MONTH: AUGUST 2011

Canadian Government Invests in Fuel Cell Bus Development

August 30, 2011

The Government of Canada has initiated a series of university-industry partnerships which includes a project to further develop fuel cell technology for buses. Through the Automotive…

Introduction

August 29, 2011

Hydrogen and Fuel Cell transport is breaking barriers and records! The Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands, with support of Linde Benelux, built a fuel…

Energy Festival in Firenze, Italy

August 29, 2011

The 2011 edition of “L’energia spiegata ‐ Festival dell’Energia” marks a significant shift towards a wider and more international approach of the event. During previous editions,…

EC Study on Structuring and Financing Energy Projects

August 29, 2011

The European Commission published on August 29th 2011 a Study on “The structuring and financing of energy infrastructure projects, financing gaps and recommendations regarding the new TEN-E…

Commission proposes to cut sulphur dioxide emissions from shipping by 90 %

August 29, 2011

Better air quality is on the way, thanks to proposals from the European Commission to lower the sulphur content of shipping fuels. The proposals should reduce…

Four Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid Buses Begin Service in Hamburg

August 29, 2011

Hamburg transit agency Hamburger Hochbahn AG has acquired four Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid buses under the German NaBuz demo scheme; with a further three buses to…

Joint European Summer School for Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technology

August 27, 2011

The 1st joint European summer school for fuel cell and hydrogen technology will take place in Viterbo, Italy, 22 August – 2nd  September 2011. The Summer…

University of South Carolina’s fuel cell project praised

August 25, 2011

Energy Secretary of the United States Steven Chu stepped briefly into USC’s innovative energy research district. Touring a portion of the multimillion-dollar development the university hopes will…

ENFICA-FC entitled with REACT best project

August 20, 2011

ENFICA-FC project won the REACT competion for climate-friendly transport research project. News and results of the competion can be found here. The prize ceremony was held in…

Breaking News! Fuel cell powered race car breaks speed records

August 16, 2011

The FORZE IV, a fuel cell powered formula race car, built by the Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands, with support of Linde Benelux, broke…