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The first month of the second decade of EHA's operations in promoting hydrogen as an energy carrier in Europe, was dedicated to the hearings of relevant  new Commisoners designate and trying the find out what their responsibilites could mean for hydrogen and fuel cell development. In addition the EHA office chased Spanish colleagues to find out more about the scopet of the proposed EU Electric Car Plan. Together with the JTI Industry Grouping NEW IG, HyRaMP and Fuel Cell Europe we have sent a joint letter to the Member State representative offices in Brussels to ask attention for the role hydrogen and fuel cell cars as part of and electric transport system. We now have information that a majority of the Member States indicated that would like to see a focus on more technolgies that just batteries in the Action Plan mentioning also fuel cells. The new Industry Commissioner Tajani also indicated his interest to focus more on green automotive technologies mentioning specifcally the need of active and coordinated involvement of Member States and Regions. As the Bulgarian Hydrogen Association requested membership last week (see under National News),  the EHA,  now with 16 national member associations and hosting the... read more

Updated 16-01-2010 The EHA submitted to EU Commission president Barosso’s request for input on his EU 2020 strategy. The EHA indicated that the European hydrogen and fuel cell sector embodies the potential that the Commission’s consultation paper seeks to realise by... read more

Updated 27-01-2010 Honda on January 27, 2010 began operations of a next generation solar hydrogen station prototype at the Los Angeles Center of Honda R&D Americas, Inc., intended for ultimate use as a home refueling appliance capable of an overnight refill... read more

Updated 20-01-2010 The European Commission published the results of the first JTI Call: 16 projects were approved among which a big vehicles demonstration project “H2Moves Scandanavia”, involving Daimler and Fiat fuel cell cars. Also the third extension of the succesful Hydrosol... read more

Updated 16-01-2010 ADAC, Europe’s biggest automotive club, awarded Linde’s CEO Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Reitzle with the 2010 Personality ‘Yellow Angel’. ADAC praised  Reitzle’s longstanding and strong commitment to hydrogen as a future fuel for automobiles and for the consolidation of the... read more

Updated 04-01-2010 The first ship “Viking Lady” to employ a 320 kW Molton Carbonate fuel fuel cell in history docked  at the Copenahgen  Nyhavn at Kvaesthusmolen pier. Shipping is now responsible for roughly three percent of global emissions of greenhouse gases,... read more

Updated 21-01-2010 Climate change Commissioner-designate, Connie Hedegaard, said she sees herself as a horizontal coordinator, with the task of mainstreaming climate action into all EU policies, during her three-hour hearing in the European Parliament on Friday (15 January).”It is not going to be easy to... read more

Updated 20-01-2010 Spain’s Prime Minister Zapatero unveiled the priorities for their Presidency of the Counci lbefore the European Parliament on Wednesday, 20 January. The Spanish leader, whose country currently holds the EU’s six-month rotating presidency, said the 27-member union should take... read more

Updated 19-01-2010 The EU Commision published Recommendation 2009/1020/EU of 21 December 2009 on the safe implementation of the use of low sulphur fuel by ships at berth in Community ports. Art. 4b of Council Directive 1999/32/EC relating to a reduction in... read more

Updated 31-01-2010 Bulgarian Hydrogen Society (BG H2 Society) has been founded by the Ministry of Defense of Republic of Bulgaria, members of Bulgarian Parliament, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy (UCTM) and Bulgarian Academy of Science as well as experts from... read more

Updated 10-01-2010 French researchers have presented a study that enable to produce and use hydrogen by replacing platinum by a synthetic enzyme. This method should open a new era for the profitability of fuel cells by enabling the production of hydrogen... read more