National Organization for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology

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National Organization for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology

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founding February 2008
Seat Berlin
management Kurt-Christoph von Knobelsdorff (speaker), Wolfgang Axthammer
Website http://www.now-gmbh.de/

The National Organization Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology (NOW GmbH) is a program company that coordinates funding programs in the field of sustainable mobility for various federal ministries ( BMVI , BMUB ) and thus has a decisive influence on the direction of research in the corresponding areas. The sole shareholder is the Federal Republic of Germany , represented by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI). NOW GmbH is based in Berlin .

NOW coordinates and controls the national innovation program for hydrogen and fuel cell technology (NIP) of the federal government and the funding guidelines for electromobility and charging infrastructure (LIS) of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI). On behalf of the BMVI, NOW also supports the further development of the mobility and fuel strategy (MKS), the implementation of EU Directive 2014/94 / EU on the development of infrastructure for alternative fuels (Clean Power for Transport, CPT). Specifically, NOW participates in the development of an overall strategy taking into account the individual fuel options, analyzes the positions of relevant actors and coordinates projects with German participation, etc. a. within the framework of the Trans-European Transport Networks ( TEN-T ). On behalf of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety ( BMUB ), NOW GmbH supports the export initiative for climate protection technologies in the field of hydrogen and fuel cell technology, as well as for German-Japanese cooperation in the field of power to gas technology.

The primary tasks of NOW are to initiate projects, evaluate applications and bundle topics in such a way that synergy effects can be used. In addition, NOW performs cross-sectional tasks such as the development of international cooperation, training and further education, communication at the interface between politics, industry and science as well as public relations work in order to increase the general awareness of the technologies and their perspectives.

Emergence

Antares E2 hydrogen-powered research aircraft funded by NOW

NOW GmbH was founded in February 2008 to bundle projects in the National Innovation Program for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology (NIP). This program serves to promote the development of hydrogen infrastructures as well as the mobile and stationary applications of fuel cells . For mobile use z. B. in the context of the Clean Energy Partnership (CEP) vehicle fleets prepared and put into operation. NOW GmbH takes care of the content, while the project sponsors take on the scientific, technical and administrative tasks.

In addition to the original focus on hydrogen and fuel cells, NOW has also been entrusted with the promotion of battery-electric electromobility since June 2009: initially with the funding program model regions electromobility (2009-2014) and since June 2015 with the new version of electromobility on site. In addition, NOW has been coordinating the funding guidelines for charging infrastructure for electric vehicles since February 2017 and has been responsible for implementing the German government's mobility and fuel strategy (MFS) since the beginning of 2017. Since August 2017, support for the funding guidelines for LNG as a marine fuel has been added as part of the MKS.

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  1. ↑ NOW: now-gmbh.de | Tasks. Retrieved January 4, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Innovation report: "Society for hydrogen and fuel cell technology founded" from February 18, 2008
  3. ↑ Competence Network Fuel Cell and Hydrogen NRW: "The implementation of the NIP has begun" ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated September 30, 2008 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.exzellenz.nrw.de
  4. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 5, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bmvi.de
  5. ↑ http://www.bmvi.de/DE/Themen/Mobilitaet/Elektromobilitaet/Ladeinf Infrastruktur/Ladeinf Treatment.html
  6. ↑ https://www.bmvi.de/SharedDocs/DE/Anlage/MKS/politik-zuendung-lng-seeschiffe.pdf?__blob=publicationFile