In 2000 five national hydrogen organisations established the European Hydrogen Association (EHA) and started a close collaboration to promote the use of hydrogen as an energy vector in Europe. In 2004 major European industries active in the development of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies joined the EHA and enforced this effort to create a commercial [...]
The EHA has lobbied over the past months to ensure that L type vehicles (two and three wheelers) are included in the EU Regulation on the homologation of hydrogen powered vehicles. The final EU Parliament report on this EU regulation, that was approved on September 3 (see under EU news), urged the European Commission to [...]
The European Commission published the first call and the Annual Implementation Plan (AIP) of the JTI for fuel cells and hydrogen. The information can be found at the FP 7 website.
The much anticipated BP Statistical Energy Review was presented in Brussels a week before the Emission Trading System votes in the EU Parliament. Global energy markets are heavily affected by a “massive shift” in the composition of global economic growth, according to Cristof Rühl BP’s chief economist. Non-OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries [...]
A host of hydrogen vehicles set off for an unprecedented trip across the country. The Hydrogen Road Tour, presented by the California Fuel Cell Partnership, U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Department of Energy and National Hydrogen Association, will visit 31 cities in 18 states over 13 days, giving people across America a chance to interact [...]