Abstract
Although activities in hydrogen technologies in the Czech Republic date back to the 60'ies of the 20th century, significant progress in research and implementation appeared only in the 21st century. The acceleration is linked to the foundation of the Czech Hydrogen Technology Platform (HYTEP) in 2007. The mission of HYTEP is to inform and coordinate implementation of hydrogen economy in the Czech Republic.The last three years brought visible changes. The most important one is that hydrogen mobility is part of the national action plan for clean mobility. During the conference WHTC 2017 in Prague the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Environment announced support for construction of over 100 hydrogen refilling stations and more than 100,000 hydrogen cars and buses until 2030. Thanks to this governmental activities also first commercial subject developed plans how utilize the potential of hydrogen technologies.In the future HYTEP has the ambition to initiate coordination with other former East Bloc countries. The objective is to strengthen active participation of this region in European efforts and to link it to European networks and strategies to turn regional stakeholders into active participants in hydrogen technologies.
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