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Europe's first wind power-driven hydrogen production plant launched in Keratea November 19, 2005 -- Development Minister Dimitris Sioufas and the Development Ministry's General Secretary, Nikos Stefanou, today inaugurated a pioneering power plant for the production of hydrogen with the use of wind energy at the Keratea Energy Park in southern Attica. Sioufas said "our country's research community, along with the private sector, are pioneers in the research and development of technologies in the much promising sector of hydrogen." He expressed certainty that "the hydrogen economy will create new economic activity and new jobs." The project, which was financed within the context of the EU's Fifth Research Programme Framework, has of a total budget of EUR 5.4 million. The pilot hydrogen production facility will be powered by a 500 KW wind generator and have a production capacity of five cubic metres of hydrogen per hour. Participating are 14 European research agencies, from Greece, Cyprus, Germany, Spain and Portugal. Europe's first wind power-driven hydrogen production plant is owned by the Centre for Renewable Energies (CRES) and was developed by CRES, its Chairman John Agapitidis, CRES's management, a group of scientists and ATHEX-listed C. Rokas SA. Founded in September 1987 by Presidential Decree 375/87, CRES is the national Greek centre for Renewable Energy Sources (RES), Rational Use of Energy (RUE) and Energy Saving (ES). Sources: INVgr, KAPE, ELKE.
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