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August in Brussels saw tropical temperatures as if it was heating up for a new EU Parliament legislative term and the appointment of new Commissioners.  Important dossiers for our sector will be the new Clean Transport Communication  of last June, new EU Energy Efficiency Action Plan that will come out this November, new CO2 labelling for cars and CO2 emissions for vans and minibuses, plus the role out of the Economic Recovery Package with large funding for efficiency and sustainabel urban development.. The EHA office is also collaborating with the JTI Programme office to attract speakers for the Annual JTI Stakeholders Assembly on October 26-27, 2009. On the second day a session has been added on "Building an energy system on complementarities:  Identifying synergies between European Technology Platforms". This is a topic that the EHA has been promoting in view of the EU Strategic Energy Technology Plan: a hearing that we organized in collaboration with the commisison in 2007 and our last brochure promoted the synergies between rnenewabel energy and hydrogen. Recently smart grid developments and its strong links with electric transport, supported by the EU Green Car Initiative are pointing to the need to explain the role of... read more

Updated 30-08-2009 The EHA will present local hydrogen developments at the Scotland’s Hydrogen Future Conference in Edinburgh on September 15-16, 2009. The Scotland’s Hydrogen Future Conference will explore a range of topics highlighting the complex issues of utilising hydrogen as an... read more

Updated 20-08-2009 The EHA in collaboration with the Italian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association, H2IT contributed a chapter to a new prestigious Edgar Elgar publication  “Innovation, Markets and Sustainable Energy, the challenges of hydrogen and fuel cells “. The book, edited... read more

Updated 06-08-2009 Following the first session of the newly-elected European Parliament (EP) in Strasbourg on July 14-16 2009, the different Committees have been constituted. For easy reference the EHA has listed key MEPs per EU Member State to facilitate direct lobbying... read more

Updated 10-08-2009 On 5th August 2009, President Obama announced 48 new advanced battery and electric drive projects that will receive $2.4 billion in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. These projects, selected through a highly competitive process by the... read more

Updated 30-08-2009 Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, wants to contribute to the creation of the Britain’s first “hydrogen highway”, by a scheme promoting zero-emission cars modelled on one introduced in California. The mayor of London wants to make Britain a leader... read more

Updated 19-08-2009 During his first North American speech as the new President of Toyota, Akio Toyoda reiterated that fuel cell vehicles will be commercialised by 2015. “Later this year, we will launch a plug-in hybrid for fleet customers, followed by a pure... read more

Updated 19-08-2009 Italian power company Enel on August 14, 2009 announced  that it started operating a 12 MW hydrogen-powered electricity plant in Fusina in Venice’s industrial zone of Porto Marghera. The combined cycle plant is the first of its kind in... read more

Updated 08-08-2009 The Hychain-Minitrans project, coordinated by Air Liquide, develops fleets of small hydrogen-powered urban vehicles. This project will make it possible for users in four European Union countries – France, Italy, Spain and Germany – to test these vehicles in... read more