End of ‘chicken-egg discussion’
The government is allocating a total of 125 million euros over the next four years to promote hydrogen as a fuel, reports outgoing State Secretary Vivianne Heijnen (Infrastructure). The money will be used to build approximately forty stations and enable several thousand hydrogen-powered vehicles to hit the road.
The money comes partly from the Climate Fund, and was partly released in this spring’s climate package. From March next year, transport companies, for example, can apply for a subsidy. The application must consist of at least one station and enough vehicles to make it profitable. In practice, this amounts to 10 to 15 vehicles.
This “puts an end to the chicken-and-egg discussion about whether you should first have gas stations so that you can refuel, or first cars so that you can then build a profitable gas station,” the ministry said. “Hydrogen can really make a breakthrough with this,” Heijnen thinks. “It is time for us to ensure that hydrogen delivers on its promise.”
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