Funded by the programme Interreg Alpine Space, AMETHyST project supports the deployment of local alpine green hydrogen ecosystems, with a focus on tourist areas. Designing and testing support services to roll out green H2 solutions in areas with high potential, the project aims at reinforcing the role of public authorities by raising their awareness on hydrogen and its importance in the decarbonisation of these territories.
Eleonora Cordioli – researcher at the Center for Sustainable Energy – has been interviewed by Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso transeuropa OBCT with regards to the project. In the article, Eleonora explains the objective of AMETHyST and the involved regions and entitities.
The researcher also explains the concrete results and impact expected on the Alpine regions, outlines the most urgent needs and those that might arise in the long term.
OBCT is a think tank and a media specialised on South-East Europe, Turkey, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus and on the EU policies in the fields of media freedom, civil society, the enlargement and coesion. It is committed to strengthening the European project by supporting transnational relations and exploring issues which are crucial for the EU democracy.
The interview is done in the context of the project Energy4Future that aims to explore and narrate the support that cohesion funds provide to counter energy crisis and energy poverty and by stimulating energy transition at the European level.