Draghi signs flagship Hydrogen Valley protocol

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 8 - Premier Mario Draghi on Wednesday signed the protocols with the regions involved for the Hydrogen Valley project, one of the flagship elements of Italy's post-COVID National Recovery and Resilience Plann (NRRP), which is being funded with almost 200 billion euros of EU grants and low-interest loans.
    "The project of the regions of Piedmont, Friuli-Venezia-Giulia, Umbria, Basilicata and Puglia aims to create Green hydrogen production sites in disused industrial areas," Draghi said.
    "It contributes to stimulating growth and creating employment.
    "It takes us nearer to our energy and climate goals, which the government is determined to keep and, what's more, pursue with greater and greater conviction". (ANSA).