Within two years there must be at least one functioning charging station for hydrogen and one being under construction. This was announced by the deputy minister of transport, information technologies and communications Angel Popov during the opening of a workshop on the introduction of fuel cells and hydrogen. He specified that the construction of the first hydrogen station in the port of Burgas is at an early stage and in the long term several more locations for charging infrastructure are being discussed in Sofia, Stara Zagora and Rousse. Deputy Minister Angel Popov said that the necessary infrastructure will be provided on the territory of the country, with the distance between the stations about 200 km. "Our goal is to move from research to the real implementation of hydrogen in everyday life and economy," said the deputy minister.
The Final Workshop on "Fuel Cells and Hydrogen: Identification of the Legislative and Administrative Framework for their Implementation, Barriers and Remedies" is organized by the HyLAW project team and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The initiative is supported by the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, the Ministry of Education and Science and the Sofia Municipality.
The project brings together 23 partners from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Portugal, the Netherlands and the UK.
The main task of the project is to help remove the legal barriers to introducing fuel cells and hydrogen into different application niches. It aims to stimulate market penetration of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies by providing the creators of the relevant market with a clear vision of the regulations available.
