3rd Cooperation Committee Meeting

The 3rd Cooperation Committee Meeting (CCM) of the Japanese-German Energy Partnership between the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry  took place on 28 November. The annual CCM serves to discuss the results of the cooperation to date and to define the goals and priorities for future activities within the framework of the energy partnership.

The co-chairs of Working Group 1 “Energy Transition” and Working Group 2 “Hydrogen” presented the previous activities since the last CCM and defined the future topics and activities of the energy partnership. In addition, the CCM provided an opportunity for an update on current energy policy in both countries and a fruitful exchange on national and global energy policy challenges and solutions.

Working Group 1 will continue the exchange on the topics of offshore wind and energy efficiency. In addition, new technologies for photovoltaics and geothermal energy were included as new topics for discussion. WG2 agreed to pursue the topics of hydrogen financing, safety, usage for decarbonization in various sectors and infrastructure for hydrogen imports and also to address the issue of inland distribution.