EU roadmap towards a European Partnership for sustanable hydrogen technology
President Romano Prodi, Vice President Loyola de Palacio and Research Commissioner
Philippe Busquin presented a Communication on actions towards the launch of a
European Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Technology Partnership, steered by an Advisory
Council, that will devise a Hydrogen Research Strategic Agenda. The Partnership will
include all major hydrogen stakeholders, private and public, at EU level. The Commission
will also fund hydrogen development and deployment research projects. It will foster joint
public-private initiatives to promote commercialisation and business development. It will
ensure a consistent policy framework, identify a realistic deployment strategy, boost
international co-operation in this field, and promote education, training, information and
dissemination of results in the hydrogen R&D area. The timetable, the definition of the
structure, the terms of reference of the Advisory Council and invitation to note interest for
participation in the Advisory Council will be ready as early as October 2003.
Источник: Newsletter no. 62 of 12.09.2003: Energy and Transport in Europe Digest"
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