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Berlin (dpa) - Federal Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer wants to promote the use of hydrogen in cars, for example.
As the CSU politician announced in Berlin on Wednesday, three projects are shortlisted for a new hydrogen technology innovation and technology center - Chemnitz (Saxony), Pfeffenhausen (Bavaria) and Duisburg (North Rhine-Westphalia).
A feasibility study is to be carried out for these projects in the coming months.
According to Scheuer, the location of the new center will receive funding in the three-digit million range.
Before that, there had been a total of 15 applications.
For a project in Bremerhaven, Hamburg and Stade, an investigation with a focus on aviation and shipping should be funded.
The Minister of Transport reaffirmed his position not to rely solely on battery-powered electric cars for the vehicle drives of the future - but also on hydrogen propulsion via fuel cells or via so-called e-fuels.
The Ministry of Transport can fund projects through the federal government's national hydrogen strategy with a total of 1.6 billion euros.
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Regarding criticism of the high costs of hydrogen, Scheuer said: "Hydrogen is not the champagne of the energy transition, but table water, we are working on it."
On the other hand, Jens Hilgenberg, Head of Transport Policy at the BUND environmental association, said: “In the transport sector in particular, no expensive bad investments should be made.
In terms of their energy efficiency, battery vehicles have a clear advantage over vehicles with fuel cell drives or even combustion engines that run on hydrogen-based e-fuels. "
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