The Nordic countries are coordinating national strategies
Nordic countries launch joint hydrogen research scheme
Programme designed to help coordinate and complement national R&D efforts
Europe’s Nordic countries have launched a research programme designed to accelerate collaboration in the development of a hydrogen economy. The NOK60mn ($6.25mn) Joint Nordic Hydrogen Research Programme (JNHRC)— coordinated by financial institution Nordic Energy Research—has put out a call for proposals. Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland all have hydrogen strategies in place. The research programme will be designed to help coordinate and complement these national strategies. “This Nordic collaboration should create outcomes and impact of greater value for the countries involved than could be achieved through national activities alone,” says the call for proposals. Examples of such
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