BBC radio 4 on August 11 featured a documentary on current devleopmennts in hydrogen transport developments including test rides in Toyota fuel cell cars in Berlin and delivery vans in Birmingham. To listen in connect to BBC Radio...
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Under pacts signed on July 29 by India’s junior science minister Prithviraj Chavan and UK minister for science and universities David Willets in New Delhi, the two countries will invest £ 3 million (US$ 4.7 million or Indian rupees 218.06 million) each to promote partnerships between groups already working on fuel...
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Fiat Panda presented the prototype of a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle – the Panda Hydrogen, in Rio de Janeiro.
Fiat presented the vehicle at the Challenge Bibendum, an international event that takes place in Rio de Janeiro between days 05/30 and 02/06.
The Fiat Panda Hydrogen is a prototype electric vehicle...
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At the first Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington, D.C. on July 19. and 20., ministers reaffirmed their commitment to previously-announced targets for the deployment of electric vehicles including fuel cell vehicles, which the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates will create global market momentum leading to at least 20 million...
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Ballard Power Systems has announced the successful completion of factory testing of a utility-scale distributed generation system using the company’s proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells. Installation and commissioning of the system for a multi-year demonstration at FirstEnergy Generation Corp’s Eastlake Plant in Ohio is planned for third quarter...
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Arcola Theatre launched seven of its new HyLight fuel cell-powered lighting systems at this year’s Latitude Festival, held last week in Suffolk, providing lighting for everything from marquees to forest performances, as well as powering laptops, phone chargers and ticket machines. HyLight, claims Arcola, is the first fuel cell...
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Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies recently intoduced a palm-size universal portable power charger and power extender for ANY electronic device requiring up to 2W of power. Devices compatible with the MiniPak include cellphones,smartphones,GPS handhelds, and MP3 players. New opportunities also exist to disconnect hundreds of practical USB powered “apps” from...
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A hydrogen fuel cell-powered aircraft developed by the ‘ENFICA-FC’ project has completed a number of successful test flights out of Reggio Emilia airport in Italy, establishing new speed and endurance records for electrically powered class C aeroplanes.
The European Union is supporting the development of ‘more electric’ and ‘all electric’ aircraft. The...
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Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Hydrogenics Corporation (”Hydrogenics”), a leading developer and manufacturer of hydrogen generation and fuel cell products, today announced that it has secured orders for electrolyzers with customers in Russia and the Middle East. In Russia, Hydrogenics will supply a large industrial company in the city of Tomsk with...
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Sofinnova Partners, acting as a leading investor, Gimv and Amundi Private Equity Funds on july 1, 2010 announced their investment in McPhy Energy, together with the historic investors in a second round of funding worth €13.7m. The funds will be used towards the global expansion of McPhy Energy and...
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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...
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Fuel Cell 2000 has compiled a report of progress in hydrogen and fuel cells in the United States. Here you can read about what the various states are investing in and which is most advanced in terms of both concrete installations and preparatory measures. You will also find information...
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By 2015 Kia wants to become the world´s leading producer of fuel cell vehicles and says it will have 10,000 on the road by 2015.
Kia plans to sell between 1000 and 2000 a year between now and 2012, although initially cars will be offered only to government bodies and...
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Berlin, 12 May 2010. Germany in the Year of Hydrogen and Fuel Cells 2010: In the lead up to the World Hydrogen Energy Conference (WHEC) in Essen, the Clean Energy Partnership, a syndicate of thirteen global corporations, sends an important signal. CEP partners Linde, Statoil and TOTAL expand the...
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Toyota has managed to cut the cost of making a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle by 90% in the past five years. “Our target is, we don’t lose money with introduction of the vehicle,” said Yoshihiko Masuda, Toyota’s managing director for advanced autos. In result the automaker plans to offer...
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Dr. Dieter Zetsche, CEO of Daimler, who was awareded the IPHE Award at the opening day of the WHEC 2010 in Essen, indicated that the time for hydrogen market introduction have never been better; in the long run only hydrogen is best placed to substitute oil; battery technology is not able...
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At the opening ceremony of the World Hydrogen Energy Conference in Essen on May 16 the Japanese minister for Research, responsible for NEDO, the Japanese New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation, and Nilgun Parker representing Peter Ramsauer, Minister of Transport, Construction and Urban Development signed an Memorandum of Understanding on future...
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On 12 May 2010 a new hydrogen refuelling station close to the center of Berlin was opened. As one of the first global multi – energy gas station (also powers biofuel, gas, gasoline and diesel), it sources its hydrogen largely from renewable energy sources. In addition excess gaseous hydrogen is used for operating...
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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was honored on the 05th of May for a decade-long championship of eco-friendly hydrogen and alternative fuel vehicles. The governor dropped by the NHA Hydrogen Conference and Expo in Long Beach to pick up the award and preview a fleet of hydrogen-fueled cars and trucks from...
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The Clean Energy Partnership (CEP) in Berlin brings the everyday usability of hydrogen vehicles and infrastructure to life: a rally with hydrogen vehicles from Berlin to Hamburg via Stolpe will demonstrate this while creating a symbolic bridge to CEP’s new site in Hamburg. On the same date a new high-tech...
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The European Hydrogen Association, EHA, (www.h2euro.org) welcomes the Commission’s Communication on Clean and Energy Efficient Vehciles (COM 2010/186) as an important step forward in policy support for green car technologies. The video’s, shown during Commissioner Tajani’s press conference (April 28, 2010) of hydrogen cars, filling up at public hydrogen refuelling...
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BMW’s Forschung und Technik GmbH celebrates its silver anniversary and revealed the fuel cell hybrid series concept. BMW has been working on hydrogen-fueled vehicles since at least the mid-1990s, mostly focusing on the use of liquid hydrogen in internal combustion engines rather than fuel cell electric vehicles. This new...
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The three year old Andreas Anuik Hardenberg, had the honor of placing the key in the lock of the first hydrogen plant in Greenland. It is the national energy company, Nukissiorfiit, that has procured the mobile plant which is now installed and in operation outside the company headquarter in...
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Back in the seventies Jack Nicholson promoted one of the first hydrogen fuelled combustion cars, a Chevy. The event was video taped and is now circulating on you tube. For your enjoyment: please click...
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The Royal Mail has announced plans to begin testing two hydrogen-powered vans at Stornaway in Scotland.
The six-month trial will feature Transit-based vans with a back-up of a 2.3-litre petrol engine, a supercharger, and either two or three hydrogen tanks, which provide a range of about 85...
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The National Innovation Program Hydrogen and Fuel Cells (NIP) on 16 February launched a national media campaign „Changing Energy“ on hydrogen and fuel cell technology. In more than 40 events all over Germany the campaign will demonstrate what hydrogen and fuel cell technology is, where the products are,...
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During the 2010 Olympic and Paralympics Winter Games British Columbia operated the worlds largest fleet of fuel cell powered buses in a single location to date. Where no car is allowed hydrogen busses are. BC Transit low – floor hydrogen buses have a range of 450 – 500 kilometers...
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Solvay announces today it will invest over EUR 5 million in the construction of a test fuel cell with a total electric power of 1 megawatt (MW) at the SolVin plant in Lillo, Antwerp, Belgium. The investment is part of the Project Hydrogen Region Flanders – South Netherlands. The...
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Air Products has been awarded the prestigious Rushlight Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Industry Award for its innovative Series 100 Hydrogen Fueling Station technology. The technology, which is helping break down barriers to the development of the hydrogen economy, clearly fit the Award’s aims of promoting and celebrating leading environmental...
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On February 8 the President of the Region of Lombardy Formigoni inaugurated the first hydrogen- natural gas mixture station in L in Milan.
The use of hydrogen natural gas mixtures in some countries with a good gas network could be an intermediate step towards the use of pure hydrogen in...
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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 of fuel cell electric vehicles. Designed as a single, integrated...
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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 project to produce hydrogen from solar thermal has been funded....
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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 company as a global company in the fields of gases...
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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, or more than one billion metric tons of carbon dioxide...
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Arnhem local authority, together with the Province of Gelderland, the regional authorities of Arnhem-Nijmegen, and the business sector, plan to invest 2.6 million euro in hydrogen-based urban cars and buses.
All vehicles will eventually be refuelled at the first hydrogen filling station in the Netherlands. Experiments are currently taking...
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Icelandic New Energy and Brimborg, Ford retailer in Iceland, have the pleasure of announcing still further steps in demonstrating hydrogen as fuel for transport; hydrogen which is made from water and renewable power from local resources. Ten Ford Focus FCV will be integrated into the traffic in Reykjavik in December 2009....
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December saw more announcements on future fuel cell martime applications as SVDesign unveiled the “OrganiK” of designer Sylvain Viau designed for life at sea. The concept features a narrow hull which betters fuel economy and also allows for much higher cruising speeds. The OrganiK is propelled by two pods...
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Air Liquide has announced that the second of two hydrogen fuelling station as part of the Canadian Hydrogen Energy Demonstration Project will be Vancouver International Airport, after Montreal’s Trudeau International Airport, announced previously. The project was leading by Air Liquide Canada in collaboration with Natural Resources Canada, the governments...
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The Linde Group and the US company Algenol Biofuels LLC have agreed to collaborate in a joint development project in order to identify the optimum management of carbon dioxide and oxygen for Algenol’s unique algae and photobioreactor technology. This cooperation will see the companies join forces to develop cost-efficient...
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Daimler has announced that ten new fuel cell buses ( Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL-Hybrid) will enter service with the Hamburg transport authority, Hamburger Hochbahn, next year. Hamburger Hochbahn will also receive 20 fuel cell passenger cars – the Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-CELL model – starting 2010.
The Citaro FuelCELL-Hybrid is participating in...
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The City of Copenhagen has inaugurated its first hydrogen fueling station. It has also unveiled eight new hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, comprising two work vehicles and six cars, that will refuel at the hydrogen station.
The inauguration sees Copenhagen pass the first milestone towards its ambitious goal of becoming the...
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Air Products on 9 November announced a long-term supply contract and plans to build a new world-scale hydrogen production plant to serve ExxonMobil’s (Esso) Rotterdam refinery in the Netherlands and additional customers in the region.
The plant will feature technology advancements to maximize facility energy efficiency and emission reductions. ...
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Air Products’ hydrogen fueling technology was formally dedicated at a ceremony today as partof an alternative fuel, green energy initiative led by the Town of Hempstead. Air Products is a member of the project team establishing Long Island’s first hydrogen fueling station, along with the Town of Hempstead, the...
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Air Liquide’s latest hydrogen production unit began operations on the site of ConocoPhillips’ San Francisco refinery in Rodeo, California, on the north eastern shore of the San Francisco Bay.
The 142,000 Nm3/h* steam methane reformer (SMR), owned and operated by Air Liquide Large Industries U.S L.P, is one of...
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ENEL is expected to build a CCS post-combustion unit to abate CO2 emissions from a 300 megawatt power production line within the Porto Tolle plant. ENEL currently has three other smaller CCS projects slated to go online – one near Venice and two in Brindisi. None are operative yet,...
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At the annual Frankfurt Auto Show on September 15, Daimler Chief Executive Officer Dieter Zetsche declared that hydrogen fuel cells but not batteries are the ultimate way to move beyond oil. “The chances further down the road seem to me better on the fuel-cell side than on the battery-electric...
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Two major agreements were presented within 24 hours that will mark a significant step forward in the market roll out of hydrogen and fuel cell vehicles in Europe:
Toyota, Hyundai, Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Co. and Honda have signed a Letter of Understanding regarding the development of...
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Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, wants to contribute to the creation of the Britain’s first “hydrogen highway”, by a scheme promoting zero-emission cars modelled on one introduced in California.
The mayor of London wants to make Britain a leader in fuel cell technology and is planning a network of...
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During his first North American speech as the new President of Toyota, Akio Toyoda reiterated that fuel cell vehicles will be commercialised by 2015.
“Later this year, we will launch a plug-in hybrid for fleet customers, followed by a pure electric vehicle in 2012,” Toyoda President said at a Center...
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Italian power company Enel on August 14, 2009 announced that it started operating a 12 MW hydrogen-powered electricity plant in Fusina in Venice’s industrial zone of Porto Marghera. The combined cycle plant is the first of its kind in the world to operate on such a scale.
Powered by hydrogen...
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The appropriations process in US Congress continues, with the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill (S. 1436), which includes DOE’s FY10 budget, passing on the floor of the Senate on July 29, by a vote of 85-9. The hydrogen and fuel cell technologies provisions of this bill remain unchanged...
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Shell today opened a second hydrogen filling station in the greater New York City area on July 13, 2009. With a third due to open in the area later this month and one already operating there for more than a year, this is Shell’s first cluster of hydrogen filling...
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Sao Paulo state officials have launched Latin America’s first passenger bus with an electric engine powered by hydrogen fuel cells.
The bus will start test runs on the streets of South America’s biggest city in August and will be joined by three similarly powered vehicles next year, said Sao Paulo...
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US Department of Energy (DOE) has granted a $308 million funding to Hydrogen Energy International USA for its Kern County, California, Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) power plant which will capture and permanently store 90% of its carbon dioxide. Hydrogen Energy International USA, a joint venture between BP and...
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On the site of the OMV service station at Stuttgart Airport, OMV in cooperation with Linde AG and Daimler AG is opening Baden-Württemberg’s first publicly accessible hydrogen filling station on 17 June 2009. The cooperation between the participating companies is subsidised by the State of Baden-Württemberg. The hydrogen filling...
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In the he German cities Bottrop and Gladbeck two low-floor fuel cell midibuses will be aprt of regular public transport service by Vestische Strassenbahnen GmbH, a regional transit authority. ...
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The EU Joint Undertaking for Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (JU FCH) has put its new website online with information on calls, projects and events. Also links to the EHA and HyRaMP websites are included. Under Events the next JU FCH Stakeholders General Meeting is announced: October 26-27, 2009 in...
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On May 15, 2009, a Swedish engineering group, Morphic Exergy Fuel Cells who operates in the areas of fuels cells and wind power, signed a contract with the Narbonne Associates of France for the dissemination of its Polaris 140 portable fuel cell, having a guarantee of minimum value of...
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As the U.S. Energy Department announced a 60% budget cut on May 7, 2009 for hydrogen-related projects to $68.2 million for the next fiscal year, the EU together with 68 industries and top EU research insitutes in hydrogen and fuel cell system development are stepping up their efforts ...
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On May 5, 2009, Hydrogenics Corporation read out that two additional Hydrogenics’ fuel cell powered hybrid Minibuses is now in function. Hydrogenics Corporation, a leading global developer of clean energy solutions who is always industrious in enhancing the Hydrogen Economy by commercializing hydrogen and fuel cell products. The owner...
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The Linde Group, signed a long term contract with the Shell Oil Company to supply Hydrogen via pipeline in Houston, Texas. The project of using Hydrogen mainly for clean-burning transporting fuel at the Deer Park Refining Company worth more then $ 50 million, will commence in mid 2010. ...
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The US National Hydrogen Association, NHA, released a new report called the “Energy
Evolution: An Analysis of Alternative Vehicles and Fuels to 2100″ showing that a
scenario which initially includes a mix of alternative vehicles, and is later dominated by hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles sales is the only way to...
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On the occasion of the 24 th Electric, Fuel Cell and Hybrid Vehicle Symposium in Stavanger May 11-13, 2009, HyNor the Norwegian Hydrogen HyWay consortium is organizing a Hydrogen Road Tour from Oslo to Stavanger. The event, a 570 km rally starting the 11th of May 2009 will be...
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The German Transport minsiter Wolfgang Tiefensee visited the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Group Exhibit in Hannover expressing his great admiration for the accomplishments of the organisations and companies at this year’s fair. He confirmed the German government’s continued commitement to hydrogen and fuel cells as an integral part of...
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On the occasion of the World Hydrogen Energy Conference (WHEC) 2010 in Essen the International Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy (IPHE) is organizing “IPHE Global School Student Competition”.
The objective of the competition is to increase young people’s awareness, enthusiasm and knowledge of H2 & FC. The best contribution will...
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The United States Federal Transit Administration has released a report which reviews more than 20 hydrogen bus trials and demonstrations which operated worldwide between 2002 and 2007. The trials were in the US, Europe, China, Japan and Australia. Both internal combustion and fuel cell powered buses were trialled, as...
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“We have to make our zero emissions vehicles fascinating and beautiful,” said Mercedes-Benz’ research and development boss, Dr. Thomas Weber at the Geneva Motor Show 2009. This year Mercedes therefor will spend a chunk of his 8 billion euro budget doing just that. Weber is convinced that for him...
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Honda is featuring fuel cell car the FCX Clarity fuel cell car at the Geneva Motor Show (March 5-15, 2009) . The FCX Clarity is a next-generation, zero-emission, hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicle based on an entirely new Honda V Flow fuel cell platform, powered by the Honda V Flow...
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A fuel cell that Air Liquiode’s subsidiary AXANE developed was tested on February 19, 2009 at the Autrans (Alps, France) resort to light a cross-country ski trail. The 2,5 kW fuel cell made it possible to supply electricity without any emissions polluting this totally isolated site. AXANE, in partnership...
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The European Investment is setting up a Clean Bus Financiang Facility that will provide € 15 mln funding to clean bus projects already this year. “We have two basic lines of action. One is energy efficiency and the other is public transport. Our intention is to use new technologies...
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EU Commissioner for Energy, Andris Piebalgs presented the annual EU Sustainable Energy Awards during the EU Sustainable Energy Week to 6 projects that are part of the EU Sustainable Energy Campaign. The HYFLEET CUTE project, the world’s biggest hydrogen and fuel cell bus demonstration project, was the winner in...
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In an interview with the German car magazine “Auto Motor und Sport” on January 28, 2009 Daimler’s CEO, Dieter Zetsche announced the start of small series production of fuel cell cars from the middle of 2009. Daimler is looking to reach annual production numbers of 100.000 vehicles in four...
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The Copenhagen City Council plans to purchase 15 hydrogen-powered vehicles to showcase the local authority’s sustainable energy initiatives in time for the Copenhagen Climate Conference. The City is pushing ahead with plans to purchase 15 adapted electric cars at a cost of 14 million kroner. Deputy Mayor for the...
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Hydrogen and Fuel Cells as Strong Partners of Local Renewable Energy Systems – 9th February 2009
Hydrogen, produced by renewable energy and used in fuel cells as highly efficient stationary and portable power systems, offers the possibility to develop zero emission local energy chains. This session provides insight in the...
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The German Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (DWV) sent out a press release on the synergies between battery and fuel cell vehicle development. According to the DWV the car of tomorrow will have an electric motor, a battery and probably even most of the cars of tomorrow will also...
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The goal of achieving sustainable mobility with zero emissions came a step closer today when Opel announced the European part of GM’s biggest-ever test program for fuel cell vehicles during a visit by Germany’s Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs Wolfgang Tiefensee.
Nine companies will be the first...
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EHA went on a fact finding mission to verify the use of hydrogen applications in the new James Bond movie. James Bond gets behind the wheel of a black 2008 Ford Edge SUV in the new 007 film “Quantum of Solace,” that opened recently in Brussels theaters and in the...
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The European Commission published the first call and the Annual Implementation Plan (AIP) of the JTI for fuel cells and hydrogen. The information can be found at the FP 7...
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A host of hydrogen vehicles set off for an unprecedented trip across the country. The Hydrogen Road Tour, presented by the California Fuel Cell Partnership, U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Department of Energy and National Hydrogen Association, will visit 31 cities in 18 states over 13 days, giving people...
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The purpose of this proposal for a Regulation of the European on type-approval of hydrogen powered motor vehicles and amending Directive 2007/46/EC is to lay down harmonised technical provisions for the type-approval of hydrogen-powered vehicles for the first time. There is a need to introduce EU-wide approval criteria for...
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CEA le Ripault (Indre & Loire), is organising a meeting on Ocotber 28 2008, as part of the national Pact Pme programme for SME’s, to identify collaboration and technology transfer opportunities in the field of fuels and hydrogen storage. For more information on participation please contact :
Mme Estelle VITALI
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The German National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Innovation Programme” (NIP) is off to an impressive start. At a meeting in Berlin on September 22 already more than 60 hydrogen and fuel cell projects were presented. The National Innovation Programme provides a common framework for numerous hydrogen and fuel...
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”As President, I will tap our natural gas reserves, invest in clean coal technology, and find ways to safely harness nuclear power. I’ll help our auto companies re-tool, so that the fuel-efficient cars of the future are built right here in America. I’ll make it easier for the American...
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At the age of 76 one of the pioneers in fuel cell developments in recent years died in Vancouver at the age of 76. Geoffrey Ballard, who started his career with Mobil and the USArmy, founded Ballard Research to work on lithium batteries and later on fuel cells built...
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The EHA is co-organising sessions at the Fuel cells and Hydrogen Joint Technology Initiative Stakeholders General Assembly that will be held October 13-15, 2008. Both session will be held on October 13, 2008 at the Autoworld Museum in Brussels. The session “Does it make sense to invest in Fuel...
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