Danish Government free hydrogen cars of all taxes and boost support for energy R/D/D
20.01.07
No tax on hydrogen cars, $160 million in annual support for energy R/D/D and hereof possible $33 million annually for hydrogen fuel cells; these are some of the main elements in a recently published Energy Plan from the Danish Government.
Danish Energy Plan 2025 and National Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Strategy
The Danish Government has released a National Energy Plan onwards 2025 where hydrogen cars are freed of all taxes and public support for energy R/D/D is doubled from $83 million annually to $166 million.
Below the main initiatives and targets of the Energy Plan 2025:
Renewable energy to provide 30% of total energy consumption
Energy savings on 1,25% annually, to avoid any increase in energy consumption
10% of bio fuels in transport by 2020
Hydrogen cars are freed of all taxes
Public support for energy R/D/D doubled to $160 million annually
Establishment of a Energy Technological Development and Demonstration program with a budget on $118 million in 2007-2010 focusing on:
- 2. generation bio fuels
- Wind turbines
- Low energy buildings
- Hydrogen and fuel cells
Back in 2005 the Danish Energy Authority launched a National Hydrogen & Fuel Cell R/D/D Strategy with an ambition of doubling the annually public support for H2 FC from $18 million (2006) to $33 million. It is expected that the Energy Plan 2025 can secure this increase in support for hydrogen and fuel cells.
Hydrogen Link comment on the Energy Plan
For the last couple of years Hydrogen Link has had an active and positive dialogue with Danish politicians concerning securing public support for hydrogen for transport.
It is therefore with great pleasure to see that hydrogen cars are now free of all taxes and that the intensions of the National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell strategy can be achieved.
The new Danish energy plan will help both Hydrogen Link and the Scandinavian Hydrogen Highway Partnership in reaching the goal of having an early hydrogen infrastructure in Scandinavian by 2012.
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