Establishing a Hydrogen Infrastructure in Germany under the roof of the Clean Energy Partnership

摘要

The Clean Energy Partnership (CEP) was established in December 2002 as a joint initiative of government and industry, lead-managed by the German Ministry of Transport. Its aim is to test and demonstrate the suitability of hydrogen as a fuel. Since 2008, the CEP has been a beacon project of the National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Innovation Programme (NIP), a market preparation programme jointly run by the German Federal Government, industry, and science and academe. The programme, with a focus on applied R&D and demonstration projects, runs until 2016. The public and private sectors each pay half of the programme's total budget of 1.4 billion euros. On the part of the Federal Government, the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure contributes 500 million euros, and the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy 200 million euros. The NOW was founded in 2008 to ensure an integrative coordination of the programme. The main areas of focus for the market activation of hydrogen and fuel cell technology in the transport sector are: 1.A supply-oriented hydrogen refuelling infrastructure and the associated sustainable production of hydrogen, and their systematic link-up to the energy system 2.Fuel-cell systems for use in sustainable and climate-friendly mobility 3.Specific measures to strengthen the German supplier industry.