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As has been reported in previous EHA newsletters several new funding initiatives as a result of the financial crisis have been recently put in place that could offer additional funding to hydrogen and fuel cell activities. In order to interest authorities presiding over these funds to include H2 and FC projects in their funding schemes visibility of feasability of our technologies is crucial. Several high impact projects like the HyFleet CUTE project have offered this proof of concept to a broader public including local authorities. It is now up to the the first demonstration projects of the JTI to further broaden the scope of these demonstration projects and lift the bar to  include sites that are committed to integrate hydrogen applications in energy and transport systems and build the market. The EHA therfeore is keen to facilitate increased leveraging of funding at EU, national and local level and invited the European Investment Bank to its last General Assembly on June 17  to discuss new funding mechanisms for local authorities for energy effciency and sustainable transport.  In addition the EHA published a press release on the occasion of the EU Commission Transport Communciation stressing the need to include hydrogen and... read more

Updated 19-06-2009 The EHA welcomes the European Commission’s Communication “A sustainable future for transport: Towards an integrated, technology-led and user friendly system” (COM 2009/279/4) that was presented on June 17, 2009. The EHA fully supports the Commission’s reference to the need... read more

Updated 18-06-2009 In view of the launch of the European Energy Programme for Recovery, the EU Green Car Initiative, Clean Bus Financing Facility and Renewable Energy Financing Facility the EHA invited the European Investment Bank to its AGM and European National... read more

Updated 10-06-2009 The EHA was invited by the Hydrogen section of the Hungarian Energy Association, member of the EHA,  to meet potential stakeholders in Hungary to facilitate the development of the Hungarian Strategic Research Agenda for hydrogen and fuel cells that... read more

Updated 26-06-2009 In reference to our earlier annoucements the second Call for proposals of the Joint Undertaking for fuel cells and hydrogen (JU FCH) is expected to come out the second week of July. Please check the latest updates at the... read more

Updated 26-06-2009 The Environment Council on June 25, 2009 agreeed to more flexibiliy  for Member States in implementing the IPPC Directive. According to  Directive proposal put forward by the Commission in 2007  52,000 industrial operators will need to obtain permits from... read more

Updated 14-06-2009 A public consultation on rules to govern the future auctioning of emission allowances under the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) has been launched by consultants working for the European Commission. The consultation forms part of the Commission’s preparation... read more

Updated 10-06-2009 The European Commission has published an online consultation to seek input on the review of the Action Plan for Energy Efficiency (EEAP). EU Heads of States and Governments have endorsed an ambitious European Energy policy which seeks to enable... read more

Updated 25-06-2009 Sebastian Piech , the grandson of Ferdinand Porsche financed the development of a  British designed hydrogen-powered city car by  a team of Oxford and Cranfield universities. A prototype of the car weighing 350 Kg and reaches 50 mph, can... read more

Updated 18-06-2009 On the site of the OMV service station at Stuttgart Airport, OMV in cooperation with Linde AG and Daimler AG is opening Baden-Württemberg’s first publicly accessible hydrogen filling station on 17 June 2009. The cooperation between the participating companies... read more

Updated 15-06-2009 In the he German cities Bottrop and Gladbeck two low-floor fuel cell midibuses will be aprt of regular public transport service by Vestische Strassenbahnen GmbH, a regional transit authority.  ... read more

Updated 23-06-2009 June2-3, Marieke Reijalt, managing director of the European Hydrogen Association (EHA) visited Hungary and met representatives of several companies and institutions with interest in hydrogen energy. One of the objectives of the visit was to seek for potential partners... read more

Updated 15-06-2009 H2IT, the Italian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association, is collaborating with Italy’s biggest industry organisation Confindustria to establish an Italian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Platform, H2CC.  At the H2IT Annual General Meeting on June 26, 2009 form 1030 till... read more

Updated 09-06-2009 Empa a Swiss  interdisciplinary research and services institution  for material sciences and technology development, home of the Swiss Hydrogen Association “Hydropole”, and Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) in cooperation with Bucher Schörling, Proton Motor, BRUSA Elektronik AG, and Messer Switzerland... read more

Updated 17-06-2009 H2Expo 2010 will take place at Hamburg Messe fair grounds For more info please visit... read more