Over the next twelve years, governments and companies in the Northern Netherlands intend to invest 2.8 billion euros in the large-scale use of sustainably generated hydrogen. This is stated in the ‘Investment agenda hydrogen Noord-Nederland‘, published by the provinces of Groningen and Drenthe, as well as 17 other organisations. To realise these investments, the initiators ask the national government to finance “part of the unprofitable top” of hydrogen production. “Without this cover, investments will not get underway. We, therefore, ask the government to set up an operating subsidy for hydrogen production. This has a positive effect on green chemistry and employment.”

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