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 Belgrade in May17, 2011 during the REACT conference. The certificate can be downloaded here. Source: ENFICA-FC
The European Commission has launched an electronic public consultation on the Clean Transport Systems (CTS) initiative. CTS is a part of the Flagship Initiative for “Resource efficient Europe” to modernise and decarbonise the transport sector.
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 a fuel cell car record on August 16, 2011 in the Hague. Covering the 1/8th mile in just 10,459 seconds.
A planned hydrogen powered ferry service in Bristol, UK, has won an “Environmental Innovation of the Year” award from UK publication Sustainable Shipping.com. The ferry will run in Bristol harbour from September 2011 with the capacity to carry 12 passengers. The operator, Bristol Hydrogen Boats, is a consortium formed between No 7 Boat Trips, the Bristol Packet, and Auriga Energy Ltd, and supported by Bristol City Council. Jas Singh, Managing Director of Auriga Energy Ltd and spokesperson for the consortium, said: “We can’t express how delighted we are with the Award. This is a great boost for the project so early in the process. Together, we are involved in creating history with the UK’s first zero-emissions hydrogen ferry to operate in Brunel’s town. This is only the beginning of a great new era of sustainable boat and ship operations.” Bristol Council now wants to find a way to generate hydrogen locally from renewable energy. Source: fuelcellsworks
The European Commission has published a Call for Tender for the monitoring report of the Directive 2009/33/EC on the promotion of clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles (according to Article 10 of the Directive). The time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is set as 8 September 2011 at 16h Brussels time. The objective of this contract is to provide a monitoring study on the implementation of the Directive. The study should provide a documentation and analysis of the actions taken by the Member States to promote the purchase of clean vehicles. It shall also asses the effects of the Directive, in particular the resulting impacts on the market development of clean and energy-efficient vehicles. Based on the analysis it is expected that the need for further action is assessed and appropriate recommendations are made. The Clean Vehicles Directive aims at promoting and stimulating the development of a market for clean and energy-efficient vehicles and introduces for the first time sustainability obligations into public procurement law for the whole EU. As such, the Directive requires public authorities and some other operators to take into account the impact of these vehicles during their operational lifetime in terms of energy [...]
The European Business and Technology Centre (EBTC) and the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) invite interested EU companies and researchers to join the pan-European Business & Research Delegation to India, surrounding the ‘Environment and Energy Conclave’, 25 Aug -27 August 2011.
Participants are invited to attend and submit a poster for the Fifth International Conference on Polymer Batteries and Fuel Cells (PBFC-5) which will be held at Argonne National Laboratory on August 1-5, 2011. PBFC, is an international bi-annual conference covering critical issues in polymer electrolyte batteries and fuel cells and alternates locations between Asia, Europe, and the United States (previous meeting sites were Korea, Italy, Las Vegas, and Japan). This fifth in the series of conferences will focus on the topics of lithium polymer electrolytes, electrode materials for lithium polymer and lithium-air batteries, alkaline-exchange and proton-exchange membranes for fuel cells, polymer electrolyte-electrocatalyst interfaces, noble and non-noble metal electrocatalysts, and electrolyte and electrode degradation. More information on PBFC-5 in general, the list of invited speakers, and the registration form at: http://www.cse.anl.gov/pbfc-5/ Registration closes on July 15, 2011.
A Joint European Summer School on FC & H2 Technology will be held between 22 August and 2 September this year in Viterbo, Italy. The educational event is foreseen to be organised annually with the support of the European Commission following the successful pattern of the previous similar activities such as the EU Integrated Projects Real-SOFC and Large-SOFC, the European Summer School on Hydrogen Safety as well as the HySafe Consortium summer school. Partial funding for the summer school is provided through the TrainHy-Project which is a part of the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking. Under the scope of the project the University of Ulster (UK), Riso National Laboratory – Denmark Technical University (Denmark), and the Forschungszentrum Julich (Germany) joined to Heliocentris (Germany) to form the TrainHy Consortium that is the organizing agent. The Joint European Summer School, which consists of four separate courses, addresses topics from the whole field of low and high temperature fuel cells as well as hydrogen technology and safety. They are designed to meet with the needs of a diverse audience: newcomers to the field as well as experienced students and young professionals. The courses comprise of: A Primer on Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology, [...]