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Federal Minister Andreas Scheuer announced the locations of the Hydrogen Innovation and Technology Center under the umbrella of the German Center for Mobility of the Future.Federal Minister Andreas ScheuerWe create mobility of the future with H2. That is why we are stretching the hydrogen innovation and technology center across Germany. The result of our location competition is 3 plus 1 Chemnitz Duisburg Pfeffenhausen and Northern Germany. We want to support hydrogen and fuel cell technology in the west east south and north - holistically. The locations take up the different needs of the industry and have different focuses. Because it is important to us that each location contributes its strengths. Overall we take a look at all modes of transport such as rail ship car and plane. Only in this way can we maintain jobs in Germany and at the same time make our mobility climate-friendly. So that the locations can start their work quickly we will provide up to 290 million euros by the end of 2024. The federal states are also giving the projects a hand. With todays decision we are taking another important step on the way to making Germany a hydrogen country.To the Innovation and Technology Center Hydrogen ITZPromoting fuel cell technology in Germany is what drives us in creating the ITZ . With the ITZ the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure BMVI is implementing a measure of the National Hydrogen Strategy from June 2020. With the hydrogen center a development and test facility is to be created that has offers that are not or not sufficiently available on the market . A special focus should be on strengthening the competitiveness of startups founders and small and medium-sized companies. In an international context the ITZ should also make a contribution to setting technical and economic standards. ThatITZ is to become part of the network of the German Center for Mobility of the Future.About the location competitionFrom the first phase of the competition to participate in the feasibility study for further location selection of the ITZ 3 locations emerged as winners in April of this year. These were the three locations in Chemnitz Duisburg and Pfeffenhausen in the Landshut district. A north German cluster for maritime and aviation applications from Bremerhaven Hamburg and Stade was also selected to prepare a feasibility study. The Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure has commissioned a service provider a consortium around Prognos AG to carry out the evaluation of the location concepts and to analyze the feasibility . After an intensive evaluation process of the individual location concepts for the implementation of the ITZ and the collection of concrete requirements with the involvement of industry in the field of hydrogen and fuel cell technology the choice of location has now been made.To the German Center for Mobility of the Future DZMWith the Center for Mobility of the Future a place is to be created that is spread over several locations and where the mobility of tomorrow will be rethought and developed. The center aims to find answers to how people can move and goods can be transported on the basis of new technological possibilities.The DZM is supposed to create the necessary freedom to creatively think outside the box think up and develop forward-looking mobility concepts in an interdisciplinary and innovative way think tank to develop them development centers and to test them in practice practice campus.A scientific connection should take place via corresponding chairs with close cooperation with industry through joint research and innovation projects. This also involves testing new technologies until they are ready for the market and providing support until new companies are founded. Development priorities here are inter alia hydrogen technologies synthetic fuels innovative logistics concepts and especially digital platform-based mobility concepts.
