1000 million euros spread throughout Europe in 6 years for the CONS ... bustible battery (sorry) running on H2 ... which will never solve anything because H2 is only a vector and it is not naturally present on earth and unless it is produced by the sun (cf. https://www.econologie.com/hydrogene-sol ... -3952.html ou https://www.econologie.com/le-solaire-co ... -3224.html ) what I doubt!
Well it will change nothing or almost to the supremacy of fossil fuels ... It will just give the impression that it is cleaner ...
We will have taken a big step when people understand that the problem of heat pumps (and of all energy systems in the end) is not only the heat pump itself but the fuel we give it to drink!
It's been years that PACs with integrated reformer that allows to run on gasoline, methanol or bioethanol ... Pkoi the article continues to talk about this hydrogen (shit) untransportable?
Imagine 0.1% of this sum injected into the Laigret project or even in water doping (it is not too late to do well) ...
Europe yesterday launched a joint technology initiative (ITC) of a billion euros to accelerate the marketing of fuel cells and hydrogen.
Brussels sees this initiative as a means of "making fuel cells and hydrogen one of the new strategic cutting-edge technologies in the energy field": "The efficient conversion technology of fuel cells and the clean energy carrier of hydrogen can go a long way in helping Europe meet the energy challenges it faces"states a press release from Brussels.
The European Commission, industry and the European research community, which constitute this public-private partnership that is the common technological initiative (JTI), will invest together, over a period of six years, nearly one billion euros. euros in research, technological development and demonstration on fuel cells and hydrogen. The objective is to develop a mass market for these technologies before 2020.
"It is in our best interest to invest in such a results-oriented scientific research project", explains Janez Potocnik, European Commissioner for Science and Research, who welcomes the meeting of more than 60 private companies, ranging from multinationals to SMEs, the European Commission and an equivalent number of universities and research centers. "This ITC brings together the most important players to put Europe at the head of the race for new energy technologies," he adds. I hope that we will see a snowball effect in other areas of strategic research. ”
The first general meeting of stakeholders, which will take place in Brussels on October 14 and 15, will mark the official launch of the technology initiative.
Brussels hopes, through this initiative, to accelerate the development of fuel cells and hydrogen technologies in Europe and to allow their commercialization between 2010 and 2020. ITC's activities should make it possible to reduce from 2 to 5 years the time needed to commercialize hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.
The partnership will implement an integrated program of basic and applied research, technological development as well as demonstration and support activities, targeted at the most promising applications.
This JTI is also presented as the first practical example of the future European initiatives foreseen by the European strategic plan for energy technologies (SET plan) which has a crucial role to play in accelerating the development and adoption of low intensity technologies. carbon.
The first call for proposals, with an indicative budget of 28,1 million euros, was published on October 8, 2008. It covers areas such as transport and supply infrastructure, as well as production, storage and the distribution of hydrogen.
The legal entity, the fuel cell and hydrogen joint venture, will be managed by a steering committee. Day-to-day management and operation will be the responsibility of an executive director supported by the program office established in Brussels, while a scientific committee will advise the steering committee. Member States will have to monitor activities closely, through the group of State representatives.
The general meeting of stakeholders will be held annually.
Source: http://europa.eu/
PS: 1000 MILLION FOR INDUSTRIALS OK BUT WE DON'T COME ASK US FOR A CENTIME OF EUROS IN ADDITIONAL TAXES TO FULFILL THE FINANCIAL CRISIS AND BANKER CONNERIES !!
