The planned Innovation and Technology Center (ITZ) for hydrogen use in aviation and shipping in northern Germany is getting closer to becoming a reality. A feasibility study by consulting firm Prognos has shown that the concept is viable. "This means we can now move on to implementation," Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing, a member of the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP), announced in Berlin. The locations of the northern German ITZ are to be the Hamburg, Bremen, and Bremerhaven, as well as Stade in the state of Lower Saxony. Further ITZ locations are being planned in parallel at three other locations in Germany - Chemnitz, Duisburg, and Pfeffenhausen. These centers will focus on other topics such as the use of hydrogen in traffic.
The federal government is providing a total of up to 290 million euros for all four locations, 70 million euros of which will go to the center in the north, according to earlier statements by Wissing's predecessor as transport minister, Andreas Scheuer. Specifically, the northern ITZ center is to offer services for hydrogen and fuel cell applications in aviation and shipping. "In aviation, there is a focus on liquid hydrogen; in shipping, there is also a focus on derivatives," the feasibility study states.
Lower Saxony's Minister of Economics Bernd Althusmann, a member of the center-right Christian Democrats (CDU), spoke of a very positive signal for the north. "It shows that our cooperation within the framework of the North German Hydrogen Strategy is now bearing fruit." The northern German states had already agreed to cooperate on hydrogen in 2019. The ITZ is to build on the existing capacities in research and industry. Hamburg's Senator for Economic Affairs, Michael Westhagemann, pointed out the great importance of the topic for the city state as a location for shipping and aircraft manufacturing.
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