Federal Transport Minister Dr. Volker Wissing presented the funding decision for around 80 million euros for "H2GO - National Fuel Cell Production Action Plan" in Berlin today. H2GO bundles the activities of 19 Fraunhofer Institutes with the aim of significantly reducing CO2 emissions in freight mobility.
The focus is on the development and rollout of industrial technologies for the economical production of fuel cells, primarily for road-based heavy goods vehicles. The Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU is responsible for the overall coordination of the research network with a total of five sub-networks. Increasing traffic volumes in road freight transport are causing a continuous rise in CO2 emissions in this segment - despite advances in consumption and exhaust technology. The need to develop alternatives to fossil fuels is therefore particularly great in heavy goods transportation. 19 Fraunhofer Institutes are working flat out to create the conditions for efficient large-scale production of fuel cells that convert hydrogen into electricity on board a vehicle. The mission of the H2GO action plan is to develop technological solutions that enable a rapid ramp-up of fuel cell production.
