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Toyota dealer Van Gent from Ede presented this clean and sustainable hydrogen car after the meeting. As a 'user' of hydrogen, this hydrogen car fits perfectly with the efforts of the Foodvalley Region to stimulate hydrogen from generation to use for various purposes.

After the meeting 'Workplace Hydrogen: Innovation & Business Cases', alderman Engbert Stroobosscher (Veenendaal), administratively responsible for Mobility in Region Foodvalley, received the key to the Toyota Mirai. Toyota dealer Van Gent from Ede presented this clean and sustainable hydrogen car after the meeting. As a 'user' of hydrogen, this hydrogen car fits perfectly with the efforts of the Foodvalley Region to stimulate hydrogen from generation to use for various purposes.

Clean on the go

The Foodvalley region will drive cleanly and sustainably in the coming year. Alderman Engbert Stroobosscher, administratively responsible for the Mobility theme in Regio Foodvalley: “There are currently only a few vehicles running on hydrogen and Regio Foodvalley wants to contribute to the start-up of a regional hydrogen economy. If more people start driving on hydrogen, you get the market and the necessary infrastructure going.” The hydrogen car generates electricity from hydrogen in the fuel cell and only emits water vapour. The range is much higher than with an electric car and hydrogen can be quickly and easily refueled at a filling point.

“I am proud that we as an organization will be driving a hydrogen car. The hydrogen car is used as a shared car. We use this to drive clean business kilometers that would otherwise be driven with a petrol or diesel car. The hydrogen car does not emit CO2 but water vapor and in this way we contribute to cleaner air”.

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Group photo with participants workshop Hydrogen: 'Innovation & Business Cases'.

Hydrogen is a promising energy carrier for the future

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Hydrogen is an energy carrier that can be used in several applications. For example, for vehicles that have to travel long distances. But it can also be used as energy storage in a sustainable energy system, where energy is generated from renewable energy sources (such as sun and wind). It can serve as a solution to reduce the gap between the supply of green energy and the demand for it through a buffer. Various steps are required to actually apply hydrogen. Think of the generation of sustainable energy, the conversion to hydrogen, storage, distribution and ultimate end use in, for example, a truck.

There are already plenty of initiatives in Region Foodvalley, such as the 'Milkrun' project in Ede or the development of filling stations in Ede and Veenendaal. There are already filling points in Arnhem and Nieuwegein and a hydrogen filling station is being built in Amersfoort. It will be operational in March 2023. These are good steps to solve the famous 'chicken-egg' problem with new mobility. You need vehicles to develop market demand and filling points to convince users to actually switch. If both wait for each other, this will lead to delays. Collaboration between government and industry is essential to break through this.

From the Living Lab Food Valley Region Workshop meetings in the field of hydrogen are organized several times a year. The increasing hydrogen initiatives for transport, storage and distribution in the region are identified and supported where possible. The business community, government and knowledge institutions are working together to accelerate development and to boost innovation. The Hydrogen workshop on 25 January focused on innovation across the entire chain and the application of hydrogen in the agricultural sector. Each time a different aspect is highlighted, for example in previous workshops it has dealt with regulations, financing and education.

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