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Over the last weeks several important communciations of the Commission are pointing to an increasing awareness of the role of fuel cells and hydrogen, next to batteries and elctricitity in moving towards the decarbonization of transport. President Barroso embarking on his second turn as head of the Commission, made a special refernece to decarbomization in his 5 year plan. The EHA office, hosting the second General Assembly of HyRaMP the first week of October in Brussels, facilitated several meetings and presentation of key EU officials to explain the significance of the new policies for hydrogen and fuel cell development in Europe. The EHA submitted this month also a contribution to the consultation on the Future of Urban Mobility for which an Action Plan has been developed. The EHA is stressing the importance of coordinating the development of the infrastructure  for hydrogen refuelling and battery recharging with regards to the efficient use of primary sources. This links directly to efforts and financial investment needed to achieve the goals of the EU Strategic Eenrgy Technology Plan that saw a communciation on the estimated € 50 billion of private and public financing needed for 2010-2020 to develop key energy technologies that contribute... read more

Updated 30-09-2009 Last June the European Commission published a Communication (COM 2009/279/4 on ” A sustainable future for transport: towards an integrated, technology led and user-friendly system. ” The communication  included objectives for the next ten year European Transport Policy.  The... read more

Updated 30-09-2009 HyRaMP’s Annual General Assembly on October 7-8, 2009 in Brussels focussed attention on the role of hydrogen in EU’s and local energy and transport policy. The secretariat of HyRaMP, the European Regions and Municipalities Partnership for hydrogen nad fuel... read more

Updated 16-09-2009 The EHA  presented regional and  national hydrogen activities at the Conference “Scotland’s Hydrogen Future – Building a Sustainable Economy through Hydrogen and Renewable Energy” that wase held on  15-16 September 2009 in Edinburgh. The conference, endorsed by the... read more

Updated 30-09-2009 The European Commission’s Urban Mobility Action Plan was presented on 30 September in a move designed to help local and national authorities make urban travel ”easier, greener and better organised”. The action plan encourages cities to exchange information and good practices, eventually leading to a “set... read more

Updated 24-09-2009 The EU’s bid for leadership in green technologies will focus on developing a network of “smart cities” to demonstrate renewable and other low-carbon energies in Europe, according to draft European Commission proposals. The recommendations are featured in a draft communication setting... read more

Updated 16-09-2009 The European Institute for Innovation and Technology has appointed its first director. The EIT Governing Board has appointed Gérard de Nazelle as the first director of the Institute. Mr de Nazelle will play a key role in guiding the... read more

Updated 15-09-2009 As the architecture of the new Commission is expected to be established at the end of October, this next Commission will have to translate tougher climate commitments into policies. This was what Commission President José Manuel Barroso emphasized when he detailed his... read more

Updated 04-09-2009 The post-holiday relaunch of the European Parliament was committed to the priorities of Swedish Presidency at the Council of the European Union and the audition of three new commissioners. The topics dominating this week agenda were institutional/power-oriented and concerned climate... read more

Updated 29-09-2009 ENEL is expected to build a CCS post-combustion unit to abate CO2 emissions from a 300 megawatt power production line within the Porto Tolle plant. ENEL currently has three other smaller CCS projects slated to go online – one... read more

Updated 20-09-2009 At the annual Frankfurt Auto Show on September 15, Daimler Chief Executive Officer Dieter Zetsche declared that hydrogen fuel cells but not batteries are the ultimate way to move beyond oil. “The chances further down the road seem to... read more

Updated 10-09-2009 Two major agreements were presented within 24 hours that will mark a significant step forward in the market roll out of hydrogen and fuel cell vehicles in Europe: Toyota, Hyundai, Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Co. and Honda... read more

Updated 30-09-2009 Jean-Louis Borloo, French Minister of Ecology and Energy and Christian Estrosi, Minister of Industry, presented an action plan for electric cars development and hybrids rechargeable on October 1st. The objective is to put into circulation 2 millions... read more

Updated 16-09-2009 On September 15th 2009, the “Observatoire de l’Hydrogène et des piles à combustible” (Observatory on Hydrogen and Fuel Cells) was created following the agreement of ADEME, French Hydrogen Association (AFH2) and Alphea in the framework of the French platform... read more

Updated 16-09-2009 The ‘Scotland’s Hydrogen Future’, which includes  a newly unveiled plan for a ‘hydrogen corridor’ from Aberdeen to Inverness has been discussed during the conference on ‘Building a Sustainable Economy through Hydrogen and Renewable Energy ‘organized by the Moray-based United... read more