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HYDROGEN MOBILITY
The Clean Energy Partnership
On the move with hydrogen
The Clean Energy Partnership
(CEP) in Germany offers it works, every day, on Germany’s Working groups: The core of the CEP
a protected framework roads.” The CEP vision has become a In the CEP experts from thirteen
for cooperation between reality: fuel-cell vehicles are on the companies – Air Liquide, Audi,
competitors in order to advance road, the infrastructure is growing, BMW, Daimler, H2 Mobility, Honda,
hydrogen mobility. Since 2002, when and hydrogen production is up and Hyundai, Linde, OMV, Shell, Total,
running. We are on the move with Toyota and the Westfalen Group
the CEP took up its work, the partners hydrogen – but there is still a lot of – have organised themselves into
have already produced essential and work to be done. task forces to optimally leverage
internationally acclaimed results. resources and synergies. To support
“Since the beginning of the project, Goals of the CEP the establishment of an integrated
the CEP partners have put their • Market activation of H2 mobility, hydrogen mobility concept in the
know-how and experience to work in market, these task forces concentrate
a unique, cross-industry cooperation,” across various modes of transport increasingly on technology, product,
• Demonstrate road capability of
says CEP Chairman Thomas Bystry. high-performance vehicles (cars, business and market development.
The market activation of hydrogen buses, trains) Specific questions that the partners
mobility in Germany has begun. • Use of fuel-cell vehicles in fleets are dealing with include: How can
• Cross-sector development and the use of fuel-cell vehicles be
On the move with hydrogen expansion of ‘green hydrogen’ accelerated, for example in fleets?
In 2017 the CEP has started a new production capacities How can we achieve greater visibility
phase. Bystry: “In Phase IV of what • Support the linking of sectors for the technology? What measures
originally started as a research and • Assist with establishing supply are needed to make it easier for
development project, we are now logistics for green hydrogen customers to buy vehicles? Currently
working on the market activation of • Demonstrate the systems the partners of the CEP are focussing
electromobility with hydrogen and capability of accompanying on the H2 electrification of the
fuel cells. Hydrogen will make a major technologies heavy-duty sector, the production
contribution to a successful energy and logistic of green hydrogen, and
transition – on the road, on rails • Standardise interfaces and protocols the development of a platform for
• International exchange at expert
and on the water – we can see that level regulations, codes, and standards.
The driving force
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