For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 25, 2003
Joint Statement on Hydrogen Cooperation
Joint Statement by President George W. Bush, European Council President Konstandinos Simitis, and European Commission President Romano Prodi on Hydrogen Cooperation
We affirm our commitment, on behalf of the United States and the
European Union, to collaborate on accelerating the development of the
hydrogen economy as part of our broadening cooperation on energy. We
aim to enhance the security of energy supply, increase diversity of
energy sources, and improve local and global environmental quality.
Our cooperation will lay the technical, legal, and commercial basis
needed to accelerate the commercial penetration and trade of
emissions-free hydrogen technology worldwide, in cars, buildings and
power generation, to secure to our citizens and our posterity the
abundant, secure, and clean energy required to sustain growth, ensure
security, and protect the environment.
In this context we see the potential of the hydrogen economy in
establishing a secure energy supply through clean and environmentally
sound systems. We will seek to build on complementarities in our
research efforts in exploring actively all technology options,
including a major focus on renewable energy sources, for boosting the
development of hydrogen energy.
We agree to:
further the goals of sustained economic growth;
strengthen our cooperation to work for universally compatible
codes, standards, and regulations;
strengthen our cooperation on research and development; and
work together to foster public-private collaboration.
This effort will enable us to leverage resources; bring to bear the
expertise of the public and private sector to solve the complex
challenges surrounding the hydrogen economy; establish sound,
universally compatible codes, standards, and regulations for hydrogen
fuel utilization; and provide a strong and broad foundation for the
International Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy and other
partnerships in support of the hydrogen economy.
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