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The FCH JU Stakeholders Assembly held in Brussels on October 26-27,  illustrated the impressive progress over the last 12 months in the development of  commercial hydrogen applications.  Honda's key note speech demonstrated the commitment of car makers to the production of commercial fuel cell vehicles and Plug Power illustrated the steady progress in the commercialisation of stationary applications.  EU's Research Commisisoner Janez Potocnic and DG TREN 's responsible unit director  Stefan Tostmann both mentioned the importance of the pioneering spirit of the European fuel cell and hydrogen industry in kicking off the first  European Industrial Initiative on energy as proposed by the EU Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan). The SET Plan is regarded the technology pillar of the EU 's energy and climante policy and the Commission estimated the budget needed for fuel cell and hydrogen development at around € 5 bln for 2013-2020.    As also the new EU Transport policy for 2010 - 2020 is under way the EHA is gearing up  its national and local forces to inform politicians of the need to leverage funding to allow an even bigger budget to accelerate early markets.  The third edition in the series of joint strategy papers of the... read more

Updated 02-10-2009 The EHA met with the the interim director of the Unit Automotive of the Commission’s DG Enterprise to discuss the first experiences wit hte EU Green Car Initiaitve that was annouced last November as part of teh EU Economic... read more

Updated 01-10-2009 The Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) Stakeholders’ General Assembly will take place on 26 and 27 October at the European Commission’s Charlemagne conference centre in the European quarter of Brussels. The EHA and  HyRaMP are collaborating... read more

Updated 28-10-2009 Air Products’ hydrogen fueling technology was formally dedicated at a ceremony today as partof an alternative fuel, green energy initiative led by the Town of Hempstead. Air Products is a member of the project team establishing Long Island’s first... read more

Updated 22-10-2009 Air Liquide’s latest hydrogen production unit began operations on the site of ConocoPhillips’ San Francisco refinery in Rodeo, California, on the north eastern shore of the San Francisco Bay. The 142,000 Nm3/h* steam methane reformer (SMR), owned and operated... read more

Updated 28-10-2009 The proposal for the new Energy Efficiency Plan sets binding energy efficiency targets for Member States. The draft, entitled “7 Measures for 2 Million New EU Jobs”, aims to simplify the 2006 Efficiency Action Plan, by focusing on a ... read more

Updated 26-10-2009 Following the re-election of José Manuel Barroso at the head of the European Commission for the next five years on, September 16 by the EU Parliament, the outline of the new Commission is excepted to be established at the end... read more

Updated 15-10-2009 The European Commission, along with leaders from 22 world countries, explored on 13 October 2009, the best ways to accelerate the commercialisation of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) at the 3rd Ministerial Meeting of the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum... read more

Updated 08-10-2009 The European Commission recently launched an online Strategic Energy Technologies (SET-Plan) Information System, “SETIS”, which provides the latest research results on the status, forecasts and R&D investment figures for low-carbon technologies. It underpins the effective strategic planning, conception and... read more

Updated 07-10-2009 A long awaited communication of the European Commission on the financing of the EU Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan) came out  on  October 7th indicating a need to increase  EU annual private and public investment from €3 to €8... read more

Updated 25-10-2009 The first coal-fired power station with incorporated carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology is scheduled to be constructed in Hatfield, Yorkshire. The plant will be a demonstration plant which has been scheduled after winning a €180m from the European... read more

Updated 21-10-2009 By March 2010, Air Products will install the first ever 24-hour self service hydrogen fuelling station in Hürth, Germany. The station will allow bus drivers to refuel their vehicles around the clock and for future use, Air Products will... read more

Updated 20-10-2009 The UK Carbon Trust has launched a bid for a breakthrough in fuel cell technology. The “Polymer Fuel Cells Challenge” aims to accelerate the commercialisation of breakthrough UK-technology for cost effective (mass) production of fuel cell powered cars and... read more

Updated 09-10-2009 French car maker Renault SA and its Japanese alliance partner Nissan Motor Co plan to build two factories in the U.K. and Portugal to produce lithium-ion batteries for future models of electric vehicles. The announcement is in line with... read more