At the large Ecomobiel Fair in Rotterdam on September 27, 2011, the Dutch Minister for Infrastructure and Environment, Melanie Schultz Verhaegen, also responsible for Mobility, announced the Dutch government’s interest to collaborate with Germany to put the Netherlands on the map as “a walh2alla” for hydrogen development. She mentioned the government intends to work with regional authorities to develop an action plan by this Spring to facilitate a sufficient infrastructure build up of hydrogen refuelling network to attact the first fuel cell hydrogen car fleets, buses trucks as well as passenger cars. A budget of 5 mln is set aside for this efforts.
Dutch Plan of Action announced for hydrogen infrastructure build-up September 27, 2011
The Netherlands grants a subsidy for driving on hydrogen January 14, 2010
The Dutch minister of mobility Camiel Eurlings makes 5 million euro available for companies that experiment with driving on hydrogen. By doing so he would like to stimulate the development of Hydrogen technique in transport. It’s about lorries, busses and other vehicles. See full article: http://www.demorgen.be/dm/nl/5379/Ecotips/article/detail/1053507/2010/01/13/Nederland-kent-subsidie-toe-voor-rijden-op-waterstof.dhtml