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The recent approval of the US Senate to increase the budget for hydrogen and fuel cells to € 190 mln for 2010, up from earlier  earlier announcements of the Obama administration that government spending on hydrogen for transport would be reduced, demonstrates the power that active and constructive lobbying can have on decision makers.  We salute our collaegues in the US with this success that should inspire us all to be more ambitious in contacting key decison makers in Brussels and at national and local level. The EHA this summer has embarked on a intensive verification effort of new EU Parliament members, presidents of crucial committees and other key members with close links to the sectors that are important for hydrogen and fuel cells development. We have prepared a database that inlcudes contact info of all key MEP'sand listed them also per country for easy reference for our industry and national associtaion members. In this way the EHA is mobilizing support that includes references to concrete examples of how the use of hydrogen and fuel cells are indispensable components of  clean energy and transport systems. The recent openings of Shell's cluster of hydrogen refeulling stations in the New York... read more

Updated 20-07-2009 From December 7 – 18 the 15th UN Climate Change Conference , COP 15,  will be held Copenhagen with the goal of reaching agreement on a successor to the “Kyoto agreement”, thus securing the foundation for climate change actions beyond... read more

Updated 01-07-2009 The EHA facilitated a tour of the premises of the EU Parliament in Brussels to identify suitable sites for hydrogen and fuel cell installations. Current back up power systems of the EU Parliament consist of large diesel generators complemeted... read more

Updated 01-07-2009 At the last EHA Annual General Meeting the Czech Hydrogen and Fuel cell Platform , was welcomed as EHA 15 th natioanl association member. On July 15 the inauguration of the worlds first fuel cell triple hybrid linenbus, that... read more

Updated 30-07-2009 On July 30, 2009 the European Commission published  new Energy and Transport Calls as part of the Seventh Research Framework. The topics include those that support the recently established Pulic Private Partenrships  under EU Economic Recovery Package: Green Car... read more

Updated 29-07-2009 Following the first session of the newly-elected European Parliament in Strasbourg on July 14-16, the chairs of the committees and the key positions have been granted. German MEP Herbert Reul from the centre-right European Peoples Party (EPP) was elected... read more

Updated 15-07-2009 On the eve of the first anniversary of the launching of the Union for the Mediterranean (Paris, 13 July 2008), the European Commission announced an additional contribution of €72 million, for 2009-2010, to the areas identified as priorities by... read more

Updated 08-07-2009 A report by the Stockholm Environment Institute, entitled ‘A European Eco-efficient Economy’, will provide a basis for discussions during an informal meeting of energy and environment ministers in Åre on 23-25 July. Thus, Sweden, which took over the EU’s... read more

Updated 06-07-2009 This is the first step in providing practical guidance to Covenant Signatories. The SEAP template will help the Covenant signatories to structure their actions and measures, and to follow up implementation. At the same time the template is a... read more

Updated 30-07-2009 The appropriations process in US Congress continues, with the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill (S. 1436), which includes DOE’s FY10 budget, passing on the floor of the Senate on July 29, by a vote of 85-9.  The hydrogen... read more

Updated 17-07-2009 Shell today opened a second hydrogen filling station in the greater New York City area on July 13, 2009. With a third due to open in the area later this month and one already operating there for more than... read more

Updated 08-07-2009 Sao Paulo state officials have launched Latin America’s first passenger bus with an electric engine powered by hydrogen fuel cells. The bus will start test runs on the streets of South America’s biggest city in August and will be joined... read more

Updated 08-07-2009 US Department of Energy (DOE) has granted a $308 million funding to Hydrogen Energy International USA for its Kern County, California, Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) power plant which will capture and permanently store 90% of its carbon dioxide.... read more

Updated 31-07-2009 The Stuttgart Regional Economic Development Corporation (Stuttgart Region EDC) has been awarded 115-million euros by Germany’s Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs in a competition to help jumpstart the development of sustainable transportation systems in urban areas. Supported... read more

Updated 18-07-2009 H2IT in collaboration with the local chapter of the EU Enterprise Europe Network and the Italian Federation of Scientific and TechnicalAssociations FAST is organised a seminar to present the topics of the JTI Second Call for proposals. A Representative... read more

Updated 08-07-2009 A report by the Stockholm Environment Institute, entitled ‘A European Eco-efficient Economy’, will provide a basis for discussions during an informal meeting of energy and environment ministers in Åre on 23-25 July. Thus, Sweden, which took over the EU’s... read more