Danish Strategy for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells - HY-CO Home

2. Goals and Means
The overall and long-term goal of the strategy is to ensure:
that Denmark develops and demonstrates effective and competitive
technologies and systems that integrate hydrogen – primarily based on
renewable energy sources – as an energy carrier in a clean, effective and
reliable energy supply, and that Denmark takes on a leading position in this
field.
Danish hydrogen technology research, development and demonstration should
also contribute to meeting energy policy goals in general and thus promoting to:
• secure a future energy supply at competitive prices;
• create an environmentally friendly energy system and ensure that Danish
obligations for a reduction in the emission of greenhouse gases can be
achieved as cost-effectively as possible;
• support economic growth;
• improve the competitive position of Danish companies in foreign markets
for energy and related products;
• maintain and expand Danish research competencies and knowledge
centres within energy technology.
To achieve the defined hydrogen technology goals, it is necessary to:
• promote the development of core competencies in areas with business
potential where Danish research is strong;
• plan long-term and flexible Danish research, development and
demonstration activities in close co-operation with Danish fuel cell
research ensuring that the activities can be adapted on a continuous basis
in line with international development;
• promote hydrogen technology co-operation and synergy between public
research and the private sector;
• participate in international collaborative efforts dedicated to the
development of new standards for hydrogen technologies and their
economic, energy-effective and safe implementation as part of the energy
system;
• position Danish R&D environments in the European research sphere as
well as outside Europe;
• establish optimum framework conditions for hydrogen technology
development that strengthens the competencies and competitive position
of Danish companies and research institutions.
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