The National Hydrogen Strategy (Nationale Wasserstoffstrategie, NWS) published on Wednesday is a groundbreaking step towards a climate-neutral economy and society and provides important impulses to strengthen the economy, research institutions and local authorities in Bavaria and throughout Germany. In recent years, research institutions and industry in the Free State of Bavaria have laid the foundations to be among the pioneers in the field of innovative technologies for the hydrogen economy and hydrogen-based mobility of tomorrow.

The European Hydrogen Strategy published on Wednesday is a major step towards an internationally climate-neutral economy and society. "With the hydrogen strategy, the EU has also presented a programme for the integration of energy systems. The plans contained therein to adapt energy taxation to the climate policy goals and to quickly strive for CO2 price signals in all sectors are decisive for the attractiveness of hydrogen and synthetic energy carriers "

At a press conference at the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre today, the Bavarian State Minister of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy, Hubert Aiwanger, presented the Bavarian Hydrogen Strategy. The two board members of the Hydrogen Center Bavaria (H2.B), Prof. Dr. Veronika Grimm and Prof. Dr. Peter Wasserscheid, also presented the position paper of the Bavarian Hydrogen Alliance, which was developed as the basis for the Bavarian Hydrogen Strategy together with almost 40 partners in the Hydrogen Alliance, including research institutions, companies and representatives of associations and local authorities.