HYDROGEN FUEL CELL FUNDING PROGRAMME LAUNCHED AMIDST CRITICISM
October 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) may have finally launched its long-planned 'Euro 1 billion' budget joint technology initiative on fuel cells and hydrogen but it has received criticism from this growing auto industry niche in the process.
This project is designed to coordinate Europe's auto makers, parts manufacturers, energy firms, EU institutions and governments in commercialising hydrogen fuel cell technologies between 2010 and 2020. And the whole process is supposed to be lubricated with liberal amounts of cash: witness the headline grabbing Euro 1 ...
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