EHA welcomes our newest supporting member the Irish Renewable Energy Storage Ltd. Their mission is to achieve an optimized H2-energy storage per volume onboard vehicles, for static applications, for energy storage as well as in H² fuelling-stations. Renewable Energy Storage Ltd sees itself therefore as a partner of every application-integrator. The technology they have chosen to develop, after analysis and evaluation of all possible storage methods and media is to adsorb and desorb H2 in gazeous format into a carbonaceous material. This storage process is stable and repeatable. This technology is at the same time economical and industrially feasible in every economic environment. Their strategy is to team up with an industrial partner to make progress to industrial levels and standards, in a joint-development arrangement. Initial contacts are being made and implementation started in early 2010, planning to achieve industrial levels at the beginning of 2012. Thereafter the storage technology will be proposed for licensing to FCV (or H2-ICE) manufacturers for large-scale implementation. This stage is planned to commence in early 2015. The Renewable Energy Storage Ltd website is coming soon.
EHA welcomes Hydrogenics Europe as a new EHA SME member. Hydrogenics has over 60 years of experience in designing, manufacturing, building and installing industrial and commercial hydrogen systems around the globe. Offering expertise in a range of applications, from Hydrogen generators for Industrial processes and Fueling stations, Hydrogen fuel cells for electric vehicles, such as urban transit buses, their latest city bus model was launched last month, as well as commercial fleets, utility vehicles and electric lift trucks. Fuel cell installations for freestanding electrical power plants and UPS systems (uninterruptible power supply) and Hydrogen storage and power systems for optimizing solar and wind systems during lulls and peaks are also part of their portfolio. For more information visit the Hydrogenics website.
The Official Journal of the EU , announced in its June 18 , 2010 issue the publication of the third Call for proposals of the Joint Undertaking for Fuel Cell and Hydrogen. Call information has been published on the Cordis website. A little over € 89 mln is available for Transport, hydrogen production and stationary applications as well as early markets. The Deadline for proposals is October 13, 2010.
The European Commission published an overview of the European Industrial Initiaitves that are being established under the EU Strategic Energy Technology Plan ( SET-Plan). The core idea behind the SET Plan is to make low-carbon technologies more affordable and competitive. The EU’s approach focuses on the European Industrial Initiatives (EII). Industry-led, the EIIs aim to strengthen industrial participation in energy research and demonstration, boost innovation and accelerate deployment of low-carbon energy technologies. EIIs target sectors in which working at EU level adds most value, and technologies for which the barriers, the scale of the investment and the risk involved can be better tackled collectively. The Joint Undertaking for Fuel Cells and Hydrogen was the first Initiative approved under the SET Plan. The spanish presidnecy unveiled three new EII’s on June 3. The publication can be downloaded here.
The Sixth International Hydrail Conference will be hosted July 1 – 2, 2010 in Istanbul Turkey and will help the government in Turkey to understand and accept hydrail as a necessary clean mode of transport for that country going forward.
The Hydrail (hydrogen rail trains) conference is internationally focused as past gatherings have been held in places such as Charlotte, NC, USA, Herning, Denmark, Salisbury, NC, Valencia, Spain, Charlotte, NC and now Istanbul, Turkey.
The EHA is organizing its 10th Annual General Assembly amd Annual National Association Action meeting on June 22, 2010 focussing on national support actions to implement EU transport and energy decarbonisation targets. The recent EU communication on Clean and Energy Effcient Vehciles, the development of a White Paper on Sustainable Transport for Europe, the Strategic Transport Technology Plan all require acceleration of national support for hydrogen and fuel cell development to ensure rapid uptake of commercial applications. The EHA National Association Action meeting will highlight key developments in several EU countries as well as updates on the most important EU dossiers to stimulate the rigth actions at Member State level. To register send an email to info@h2euro.org with name organisation and tel. number.
The A22 “Brennero” motorway bets on sustainable mobility and becomes a landmark with the project “corridoio verde” (green corridor). The initiative – very innovative under the environmental and energy point of view – was presented to the European Parliament on the initiative of Member of the MEP Patrizia Toia. The idea of sustainable mobility implemented with the A22, provides for the switch of freight transport from road to rail and for yhe production and distribution of green fuels. In the coming years hydrogen distributors will be built along motorway Monaco-Modena, which is a part of the central portion of the axis connecting Berlin to Palermo. Italy - said MEP Antonio Cancian - faces a historic chance to show that it is capable to combine transport and energy use optimization. Source: Anordest See PROJECT SUMMARY
Intelligent Energy, Lotus Engineering, LTI Vehicles and TRW Conekt, with funding from the UK Government’s Technology Strategy Board, unveiled a full performance, zero-emissions Fuel Cell Hybrid London taxi on June 7 with the presence of vice mayor Kit Malthouse.
While the taxi looks and drives like an iconic London black cab, the Fuel Cell Black Cab is powered by an Intelligent Energy hydrogen fuel cell system hybridised with lithium polymer batteries; allowing the vehicle to operate for a full day without the need for refuelling. Capable of achieving a top speed of over 80 mph, it has a range of more than 250 miles on a full tank of hydrogen, refuels in about 5 minutes and produces no emissions other than water vapour.
One of our newest members is the Macedonian Association for Hydrogen (MAH2), established on the 23rd of May 2008. The president of MAH2 is Perica Paunović from the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje. The main goal of MAH2 is to integrate the leading scientists together with policymakers, public authorities, managers, sponsors and researchers to help incorporate scientific and technological progress in the field of advanced hydrogen technologies in the Macedonian society. They also focus on the distribution of knowledge in order to increase the public awareness about the hydrogen economy. Together with the Bulgarian Hydrogen Society, Scientific Centre in Patras (Greece), University in Zagreb (Croatia) and University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy (Bulgaria) they established the international project “Green Hydrogen House”. MAH2 also organised the 4 Working Commissions within the Network of the Macedonian Association for Hydrogen; Defence and Security (with the Ministry of Defence), Education (with the Ministry of Education and Science), Energy (with the Ministry of Economy) and Environment (with the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning). For more information about the Macedonian Association for Hydrogen click here
EHA welcomes the Slovenian Development Centre for Hydrogen Technologies (DCHT) as the 18 th EHA national association member. DCHT was founded by five companies and two research institutes in a bid to boost research, development and applicable projects in the field of hydrogen and fuel cells in Slovenia. The main goal of the Centre is to pool industry and institute-based knowledge capacities. Other goals include providing conditions for the transfer of expertise, stimulating lasting cooperation between research and the business sector, influencing state development politics, organizing expert meetings on hydrogen technologies and increasing competitiveness of Slovenian companies and institutes in the long-term. Some of their partner projects are: working on fuel cell components, modules and system integration, the establishment of hydrogen refueling stations (Ljubljana) and Intensive collaboration with the Slovene Ministry of Defense on a number of related projects. Website is coming soon