Local initiatives to integrate electric transport applications in urban transport systems are accelerating throughout Europe. Electric vehicles powered by batteries and fuel cells require the development of a new sustainable refuelling infrastructure that makes the most efficient use of local primary energy sources including renewables. The EHA incollabroation with...
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The Industry Grouping of the Joint Undertaking for Fuel Cells and Hydrogen, NEW IG, Fuel Cell Europe, the European Regions and Municpalities Partnership for fuel cells and hydrogen, HyRaMP, and the EHA have sent a joint letter to EU Member States representatives in the Competiveness Council to explain the...
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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 2020, contributing to the priorities that form the main drivers...
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The EHA and the European Industrial Gases Association, EIGA, have prepared a joint position paper to ask the EU Commission for its consideration of the impacts of the current Seveso II Directive that dates from 1996 on to he commercial use of hydrogen as a clean energy carrier. ...
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Copenhagen, November 30, 2009. The European Hydrogen Association, EHA, (www.h2euro.org) in collaboration with Danish Hydrogen supplier H2Logic, HyRaMP, the European 30-member Regions and Municipalities Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells, the Joint Undertaking for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells (JU FCH) and its Industrial Grouping, NEW IG, is organising a...
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The EHA, at a Stakeholder Consultation Meeting organised by DG Environment on Novemebr 10, on the review of the EU Seveso II Directive, asked the EU Commission more consideration of the use of hydrogen as an energy carrier in its environmental protection legislation. Current environmental legislation look at hydrogen...
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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 Recovery Package to support the struggling European car industry. The programme focusses...
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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 with the JTI Programme office to ensure a good representation...
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Last June the European Commission published a Communication (COM 2009/279/4 on ” A sustainable future for transport: towards an integrated, technology led and user-friendly system. ” The communication included objectives for the next ten year European Transport Policy. The EHA sent out a press release on that occasion indicating...
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HyRaMP’s Annual General Assembly on October 7-8, 2009 in Brussels focussed attention on the role of hydrogen in EU’s and local energy and transport policy. The secretariat of HyRaMP, the European Regions and Municipalities Partnership for hydrogen nad fuel cells is hosted by the EHA. The first day featured...
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The EHA presented regional and national hydrogen activities at the Conference “Scotland’s Hydrogen Future – Building a Sustainable Economy through Hydrogen and Renewable Energy” that wase held on 15-16 September 2009 in Edinburgh. The conference, endorsed by the Scottish government and Royal Mail and was co organized by...
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The EHA will present local hydrogen developments at the Scotland’s Hydrogen Future Conference in Edinburgh on September 15-16, 2009. The Scotland’s Hydrogen Future Conference will explore a range of topics highlighting the complex issues of utilising hydrogen as an energy carrier. It can be stored for applications in vehicles,...
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The EHA in collaboration with the Italian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association, H2IT contributed a chapter to a new prestigious Edgar Elgar publication “Innovation, Markets and Sustainable Energy, the challenges of hydrogen and fuel cells “. The book, edited by Stefano Pogutz of Bocconi University in Milan, presents an...
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Following the first session of the newly-elected European Parliament (EP) in Strasbourg on July 14-16 2009, the different Committees have been constituted. For easy reference the EHA has listed key MEPs per EU Member State to facilitate direct lobbying of EHA national association members and EHA industry members. The...
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From December 7 – 18 the 15th UN Climate Change Conference , COP 15, will be held Copenhagen with the goal of reaching agreement on a successor to the “Kyoto agreement”, thus
securing the foundation for climate change actions beyond 2020. The event offers a great opportunity for the hydrogen...
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The EHA facilitated a tour of the premises of the EU Parliament in Brussels to identify suitable sites for hydrogen and fuel cell installations. Current back up power systems of the EU Parliament consist of large diesel generators complemeted with battery packs. Fuel cell systems connected to the natural...
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At the last EHA Annual General Meeting the Czech Hydrogen and Fuel cell Platform , was welcomed as EHA 15 th natioanl association member. On July 15 the inauguration of the worlds first fuel cell triple hybrid linenbus, that will go into operation this summer, took place in Prague....
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The EHA welcomes the European Commission’s Communication “A sustainable future for transport: Towards an integrated, technology-led and user friendly system” (COM 2009/279/4) that was presented on June 17, 2009. The EHA fully supports the Commission’s reference to the need for the implementation of demontration projects and public interventions with...
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In view of the launch of the European Energy Programme for Recovery, the EU Green Car Initiative, Clean Bus Financing Facility and Renewable Energy Financing Facility the EHA invited the European Investment Bank to its AGM and European National Association Meeting (ENAM) on June 17, 2009 in Brussels to...
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The EHA was invited by the Hydrogen section of the Hungarian Energy Association, member of the EHA, to meet potential stakeholders in Hungary to facilitate the development of the Hungarian Strategic Research Agenda for hydrogen and fuel cells that is currently being undertaken by the Central Hungarian Innovation Centre...
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On May 26-28, 2009 the European Commission organised a tree day conference on “Sustainable Development, a challenge for European Research”. In his opening speach, EU Research Commissioner Janez Potočnik indicated that in the first two years of the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), 44% of the budget for collaborative...
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In order to ensure greater visibility of hydrogen applications to Brussels key decsion makers, the EHA has facilitated several meetings between EHA members and EU and Brussels institutions. These have resulted in a meeting with the Brussels Environment Agency to discuss the Brussels Climate Plan and the contribution of...
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EHA attended the Convenant of the Mayors event organised by Energie Cités and the Climate Alliance who are both managing the new office of the Convenantin Brussels. There are now more than 450 cities member of the Convenant, which is supported by the European Commission. The objective of the...
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The EHA was invited to participate in an EU Policy Forum with Bosch and JTI at Hannover Fair. Dr. Richard Aumayer of Bosch Automotive emphasized the importance of the right communication on future transport: Bosch anticipates that this future will consist of both battery and fuel cell vehicles. Gijs...
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The EHA will be present at the 15th Group Exhibit Hydrogen + Fuel Cells at HANNOVER MESSE 2009 – 20-24 April 2009. Together with the EHA’s Spanish, Italian and Belgian national association members, AEH2, H2IT and VSWB, the EHA booth will feature information on how hydrogen is extending the...
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The EHA organised a meeting with the Brussels Transport Authority STIB, to discuss the integration of the hydrogen buses in their fleet. STIB has recently conducted a well to wheel analysis of alternative vehicles and demonstrated an interest in the use of hydrogen and natural gas mixtures to facilitate...
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The EHA presented national strategies at the Roads2HyCom Workshop “REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND HYDROGEN PROJECTS” organised by Roads2HyCom in co-operation with HyRaMP, the European Regions and Municipalitities Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells on March 4, 2009 in Brussels. The EHA highlighted the developments in France (H2E project coordinated by...
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The EU Network of Excellence, HySafe, that is bringing together the expertise of a large number of European hydrogen safety experts, held its final General Meeting on February 24-26, 2009 in Brussels. The EHA was invited to present its activities in Brussels highlighting the various EU dossiers that are...
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The EHA contributed to the European Economic Social Committtee’s exploratory opinion “Education and training needs for the carbon-free energy society” (TEN 364) that has been requested by EU Commissioner for Energy Andris Piebalgs. At a hearing that was attended by the commissoner the EHA suggested the creation of an...
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As the European Parliament is voting March 11 on its report on the Integrated Pollution and Prevention and Control Directive and Member States will decide in the March EU Council. The EHA reinforced its attempts to convince law makers that the authorisation of small H2 reformers should be facilitated...
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The EHA Board invited the new interim director of the JTI, Philippe Vannson, to its last meeting last Janaury 27 in Brussels to discuss topics for cooperation. The EHA has sent a letter to the JTI Governing Board offering the expertise of its members to facilitate harmonisation of authorisation...
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After the vote on the Emission Trading System ETS, last December the EU Commission is now embarking on a tedious task to adopt Community wide and fully-harmonised implementing measures for allocating the allowances referred to in paragraphs 4, 7 and 12 including any necessary provisions for a harmonised...
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The EHA facilitated a meeting with technicians of the EU Parliament and EHA industry members to present an update of stationary and portable hydrogen applications and discuss the use of these application in EU Parliament buildings. Back up power and material handling equipment could be potential areas where hydrogen...
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EHA hosted a seminar on the public procurement of clean vehicles in Brussels organized by the EU project Procura. The seminar featured the results of the Procura project that has been looking at lowering barriers with regards to the procurement of clean vehicles by public and private fleet owners....
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The FCH Instruct office, that is preparing the operational structure and activities of the Joint Undertaking for Fuel cell and Hydrogen (JTI) organized a debriefing on the JTI Stakeholders General Assembly held last October in Brussels. More than 500 people participated in the Assembly event; 40% from Industry, 20%...
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The EHA presented the study that was commissioned together with the German Hydrogen and Fuel cell association, DWV at the Annual conference of the dutch Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association, NWV. The conference was attended by over 100 industry and government representatives. For more information on the NWV activitis...
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Anticipating the vote in the Council of the EU expected this December, DG Enterprise invited industry to discuss a draft of the implementing measures of the EU Regulation for hydrogen powered vehicles. The EU Commission is accepting further input and comments on this document by January 15, 2009 in...
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The Weiterbildings Zentrum fuer Brendstoffzelle in Ulm organized a three day international Masterclass for participants of the members countries of the International Partnership for Hydrogen Economy (IPHE). Experts in fuel cells and hydrogen production and distribution gave lectures on a wide range of topics to participants from Hungary, Australia...
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Task 23 on Small Hydrogen Reformers of the IEA Hydrogen Implementation agreement asked the EHA to present EU policy affecting hydrogen installations in Europe. The EHA referred to the ETS and IPPC legislation that is currently being discussed at the EU Parliament and for which the EHA has submitted...
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The Road to Copenhagen initiative was created in response to the need for business and key stakeholders to participate in and influence the process leading up to the post 2012 agreement of the Kyoto Protocol being adopted. By invitation of EU Commission Vice President Margot Wallström, Club of Madrid,...
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The EHA participated in a hearing of MEP Malcolm Harbour, rapporteur for the EC communication the promotion of pre commercial procurement of innovative products. The EHA has followed the EU dossiers on Lead Markets and Pre commercial Procurement to increase the visibility of commercial hydrogen applications with public procurement...
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Commissioner Janez Potocnik of Research and Andris Piebalgs of Energy launched the EU Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan) in the presence of heads of industry and EU policy makers. At the inauguration the FCH JTI was mentioend several times by the Commissioners as great examples of European Industial...
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The EHA was invited to give an update on EU policy affecting the use of hydrogen as an energy vector at the First ZEMSHIP conference in Hamburg. The objective of the ZEMSHIP project, financed by the EU LIFE programme is to build a fuel cell ship and refuelling station....
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As part of EHA’s effort to increase the visibility of hydrogen applications in Brussels, the EHA organised a meeting with the technical staff of the EU Parliament to inform them about the use of hydrogen applications, the inauguration of the JTI FCH and the fuel cell and hydrogen exhibition...
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The EHA facilitated the first Annual General Meeting of HyRaMP in Brussels. At the meeting the new HyRaMP Board, legal structure and Annual Work Plan for 2009 was approved. The EHA Board thanked the EHA for its continuous support in establishing HyRaMP as an organisation and for coordianting the...
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The EHA congratulated the EU Commission and JTI Industrial Grouping with the inauguration of the JTI for fuel cells and hydrogen on October 14 in Brussels. The EHA highlighted the need to ensure that the use of hydrogen and fuel cells is also facilitated by upcoming important EU legislation...
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The European Hydrogen Association, EHA, congratulates the European Commission and all industry and research stakeholders with the inauguration of the Joint Technology Initiative (JTI) for Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH). Amidst a demonstration of fuel cell and hydrogen cars and buses and hydrogen refuelling stations, the hydrogen and fuel...
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The EHA invited officials of the Brussles Ministry of Transport and Environment as well as the Belgian Institute for the Environment (BIM) to Autoworld on the occasion of the inauguration of the FCH JTI to show different commercial hydrogen applications and to discuss potential projects in Brussels. The EHA...
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The Industry and Finance Workshop co-organised by the New Energy World Industrial Grouping, Fuel Cell Europe and the EHA on the eve of the inauguration of the FCH JTI on October 14, saw the participation of a large number of EU decision makers and industry representatives. The EHA in...
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EHA is actively follow urban sustainable development projects to identify programmes and local network activities that could help support the deployment of early market hydrogen applications . Recently several initiatives presented their plans for the Poznan meeting where the UNFCCC meeting in Copenhagen is being prepared. The OECD Round...
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Membership is restricted to national associations, organisations, and individuals supporting the mission and objectives of the...
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IBM presented its annual CEO study on new business opportunities in ICT. The EHA discussed the role of fuel cell as back up power for datacenters and the use of hydrogen as electricity storage medium to facilitate the development of efficient smart electricity grids at the IBM business forum....
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The EHA organised a meeting with the director of EREC the European Renewable Energy Council to discuss potential joined projects that demonstrate synergies between renewable energy and sustainable hydrogen production. EREC’s position on hydrogen is neutral and does not actively support its use as a renewable energy storage medium....
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The EHA has lobbied over the past months to ensure that L type vehicles (two and three wheelers) are included in the EU Regulation on the homologation of hydrogen powered vehicles. The final EU Parliament report on this EU regulation, that was approved on September 3 (see under EU...
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In 2007 the International Energy Agency and the IPHE conducted a series of workshops (Detroit, Paris and Shanghai) on Hydrogen infrastructure development. The EHA presented local hydrogen developments in Europe at the Paris workshop. The hydrogen activities at the secretariat of the IEA are currently being reviewed. The EHA...
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The EHA sent a letter to the JTI Governing Board to communicate its support of the JTI and to highlight specific areas that the EHA sees as crucial to commercial development and that have been communicated previously also to the FCH Instruct office :
1. Regulation, Codes and Standards (RCS)...
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The EHA, as follow up of the Commission’s presentation at the EHA’s General assembly last June on the SET Plan, in which fuel cells and hydrogen are listed as EU’s key technology challenges for the coming decades, organised a meeting at DG TREN to discuss the integration of clean...
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The EU Parliament rapporteur Holger Krahmer (GE-Alde) presented his report on the recast of the IPPC directive The Commission commented that is has no clear understanding yet of minimum required emission levels for specific industrial processes but that it is tightening the use of Best Availbale Technologies (BAT’s). The...
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The EHA over the last two years has actively promoting facilitated authorisation of smaller hydrogen generators in the review of the Integrated Pollution and Prevention and Control Directive. The recast of the IPPC Directive is currently being reviewed by the EU ParliamentThe EHA sent a paper for an amendment...
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The European Commission last July opened a consultation on the Second Strategic Energy Review. In the context of the rapid change in the global energy situation, with the main lines of EU energy policy established, both the European Council (March 2008 European Council, Presidency conclusions, par.25) and the...
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