The French Environment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo on Jul y 27, presented a national strategy for sustainable development, for the period 2010-2013. The new strategy identifies nine strategic challenges following the French green bill, the Grenelle de l’environment announced in 2007, which sets out a series of commitments and objectives...
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A large demonstration project for fuel cell electric vehicles, known as H2MOVES, has been announced in Oslo July 6, 2010. The project, based in Scandinavia, will bring seventeen of the latest state‐of‐the‐art electric vehicles with fuel cells from Daimler and FIAT to Oslo including the establishment of a large scale hydrogen...
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In the first ever Annual Energy Statement to Parliament, the new UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne on June 27 set out 32 actions being taken to accelerate the transformation of the energy system and wider economy by 2050. The Statement includes 32 actions of coalition energy...
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The new UK Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Association (UK HFCA) was launched this week as the result of the merger of Fuel Cells UK and the UK Hydrogen Association. The new industry body will provide a common voice for the sector, advocating a positive social, political and economic environment...
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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...
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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...
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The Danish Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells was established in accordance with the organizational and activity diagram, suggested in The Hydrogen Strategy from 2005. The chairman is Helge Holm-Larsen (Director of business development).
The organization is built on an extensive cooperation between de executive researchers and developers, the grant...
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During the general meeting this month the Norwegian Hydrogen Forum has elected their new board members. The current board is as follows:
Stein Trygve Briskeby, Statoil (Chair)
Hans Jörg Fell, Hydrogen Technologies (Deputy Chairman)
Dyre Rolstad, RAFS (Director)
Magnus Thomassen, SINTEF (Director)
Helge Weydahl, Prototech (Director)
Preben Vie, IFE (Director)
Julien Meyer, IFE (Other)
Christina Bu, NAF...
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With the increase in the use of renewable energy sources, the need for effective storage becomes greater. The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change recently awarded over £7 million to eight different firms to be spent on the creation of so-called smart technologies, including storage solutions.
Pump storage systems, like...
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After rounding up the test operation the TriHyBus, the fuel cell triple hybrid bus will provide regular operations in and around the city of Neratovice in the Czech Republic from this spring on. In addition to the fuel cell, the bus will also use batteries for storing energy during braking,...
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Christa Thoben, Minister for Economy of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Canadian Vice consul Henri Proulx signed an agreement of collaboration between the Zentrum für Brennstoffzellentechnik (ZBT), of the University of Duisburg-Essen, and the Canadian research institute NRC-IFCI (National Research Council Canada – Institute for Fuel Cell...
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The Annual Press Conference of the DWV was held in the German governement’s press centre in Berlin building on February 18, stressing the need to address the efficient use of primary energy resources in transport indicating complementarity of fuel cell electric and battery electric vehicle developments. Concerning this last...
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The Portugese Hydrogen Association APH2 published the “Lisbon Statement on Hydrogen” to draw governments attentioin to the need to speed up the support for sustainable hydrogen infrastrucutre developments. The statement urges overnments to boost directly
or indirectly the implementation of a Hydrogen based Economy.
• Governments should make efforts to balance...
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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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Bulgarian Hydrogen Society (BG H2 Society) has been founded by the Ministry of Defense of Republic of Bulgaria, members of Bulgarian Parliament, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy (UCTM) and Bulgarian Academy of Science as well as experts from Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Technical University of Sofia and...
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French researchers have presented a study that enable to produce and use hydrogen by replacing platinum by a synthetic enzyme. This method should open a new era for the profitability of fuel cells by enabling the production of hydrogen from nickel, iron or cobalt, less expensive and rare than...
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H-PAC programme aims at developing a French free carbon hydrogen and fuel cells production mainly for stationary applications. At mid-term, H-PAC will promote the introduction of hydrogen in the energy mix to play both a role as a clean energy vector in stationary systems and as storage of renewable...
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The first hydrogen pumping station in the Czech Republic was launched into operation in Neratovice, central Bohemia, on November 5, after three years of preparations by the Nuclear Research Institute (ÚJV) in co-operation with Linde Gas. It has taken almost three years and three million Euro dollars to complete...
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A fuel cell power boat was launched on 9 December to circling in the Amsterdam canals. The Nemo H2 which can transport up to 87 people, is a unique boat specially designed to run on a fuel cell engine, where hydrogen and oxygen combine to generate electricity and water,...
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Plans to promote the use of electric and hydrogen powered cars have been published in Denmark by the country’s Conservative People’s Party and the Municipality of Copenhagen.
The plan suggests a continuation of the present registration tax exemption on electric and hydrogen cars through 2015. The plan also calls for...
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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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The Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Nordic Countries conference will be held on 24-26 November 2009, in Oslo, Norway. This conference combines the annual HyNor conference and the Norwegian hydrogen and fuel cell seminar. This year’s conference will be focus on infrastructure, cars and buses in the HyNor project from...
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The first coal-fired power station with incorporated carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology is scheduled to be constructed in Hatfield, Yorkshire. The plant will be a demonstration plant which has been scheduled after winning a €180m from the European Union. Additionally, those funds in a previously arranged agreement are...
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By March 2010, Air Products will install the first ever 24-hour self service hydrogen fuelling station in Hürth, Germany. The station will allow bus drivers to refuel their vehicles around the clock and for future use, Air Products will design and incorporate the safety systems to allow it to...
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The UK Carbon Trust has launched a bid for a breakthrough in fuel cell technology. The “Polymer Fuel Cells Challenge” aims to accelerate the commercialisation of breakthrough UK-technology for cost effective (mass) production of fuel cell powered cars and buses, as well as electricity and heat in homes and...
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French car maker Renault SA and its Japanese alliance partner Nissan Motor Co plan to build two factories in the U.K. and Portugal to produce lithium-ion batteries for future models of electric vehicles. The announcement is in line with the stated ambition of the alliance to become the leading...
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Jean-Louis Borloo, French Minister of Ecology and Energy and Christian Estrosi, Minister of Industry, presented an action plan for electric cars development and hybrids rechargeable on October 1st. The objective is to put into circulation 2 millions cars by 2020 as they expect an increase of 4%...
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On September 15th 2009, the “Observatoire de l’Hydrogène et des piles à combustible” (Observatory on Hydrogen and Fuel Cells) was created following the agreement of ADEME, French Hydrogen Association (AFH2) and Alphea in the framework of the French platform HYPAC. This observatory is created with the aim to become...
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The ‘Scotland’s Hydrogen Future’, which includes a newly unveiled plan for a ‘hydrogen corridor’ from Aberdeen to Inverness has been discussed during the conference on ‘Building a Sustainable Economy through Hydrogen and Renewable Energy ‘organized by the Moray-based United Nations Training Centre, the Scottish Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association,...
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The Hychain-Minitrans project, coordinated by Air Liquide, develops fleets of small hydrogen-powered urban vehicles. This project will make it possible for users in four European Union countries – France, Italy, Spain and Germany – to test these vehicles in a real-life situation. In Spain, 13 vehicles powered by a...
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The Stuttgart Regional Economic Development Corporation (Stuttgart Region EDC) has been awarded 115-million euros by Germany’s Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs in a competition to help jumpstart the development of sustainable transportation systems in urban areas. Supported by the Baden-Wuerttemberg Ministry for Environment, the Stuttgart Region’s entry...
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H2IT in collaboration with the local chapter of the EU Enterprise Europe Network and the Italian Federation of Scientific and TechnicalAssociations FAST is organised a seminar to present the topics of the JTI Second Call for proposals. A Representative of the JTI Programme office and Italian members of the...
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A report by the Stockholm Environment Institute, entitled ‘A European Eco-efficient Economy’, will provide a basis for discussions during an informal meeting of energy and environment ministers in Åre on 23-25 July. Thus, Sweden, which took over the EU’s rotating Presidency on July 1st, has pledged to put energy...
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June2-3, Marieke Reijalt, managing director of the European Hydrogen Association (EHA) visited Hungary and met representatives of several companies and institutions with interest in hydrogen energy. One of the objectives of the visit was to seek for potential partners in commencing building future hydrogen instrastucture in Hungary, possibly including...
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H2IT, the Italian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association, is collaborating with Italy’s biggest industry organisation Confindustria to establish an Italian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Platform, H2CC. At the H2IT Annual General Meeting on June 26, 2009 form 1030 till 1230 in Milan, similar initiatives in other EU countries and...
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Empa a Swiss interdisciplinary research and services institution for material sciences and technology development, home of the Swiss Hydrogen Association “Hydropole”, and Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) in cooperation with Bucher Schörling, Proton Motor, BRUSA Elektronik AG, and Messer Switzerland have developed a communal vehicle running on hydrogen. „Bucher CityCat...
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The third meeting Marie Curie Research Training Network “Hydrogen” will take place from October 21-25, 2009 in Warsaw. Hosted by the University of Warsaw . The Hydrogen network brings together leading researchers from different disciplines and sectors with a combined expertise that maximises the chance of achieving scientific breakthroughs...
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In recognition of exceptional developments in one of the new century’s most fascinating technologies, and to stimulate further innovation, the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Environment and the Stuttgart Region Economic Development Corporation are – for the ninth time – inviting entries for the f-cell award, sponsored by the State of...
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The HyNor Partnership and StatoilHydro inaugurated the Norwegian hydrogen highway, HyNor on 11 May 2009 at StatoilHydro’s new hydrogen station at Økern in Oslo. The “EVS Viking Rally” began in conjunction with the HyNor opening. The starting group in the rally included 14 hydrogen vehicles, two plug-in hybrids and...
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From this June a Skoda fuel cell hybride bus, powered by a 48 kW Proton Motor fuel cell and 22 Li-Ion batteries and 4 ultra capacitors, will be touring Neratovice in the Central Bohemian region of the Czech Republic. The bus will have a range of 250 km and...
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The EHA was invited to the inauguration of the Hydrogen Region Flanders South Netherlands. The Flemish Minister of Industry, Enterprise, Research, Innovation and Trade, Patricia Ceyssens, on April 28, 2009 kicked off project that totals € 14,1 mln. for three years to develop demonstration projects in the field of...
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On 21. April Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel together with Brandenburg’s Prime Minister Platzeck laid the foundation stone for the first industrial hybrid power station in the world. It is developed and built by ENERTRAG.
The plant will harness wind to produce electricity as per conventional wind turbines. But when there...
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On 24 March 2009, Daimler, Shell, TOTAL, Vattenfall Europe, and hySOLUTIONS signed an agreement with the City of Hamburg to build a low-emission fleet of vehicles and the accompanying infrastructure, including hydrogen fuelling stations. From 2010 a total of ten Daimler fuel cell buses of the latest generation will...
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On March 13 European Commissioner for Science and Research, Janez Potočnik, opened a new facility for testing fuel consumption and emissions of trucks and buses. The new installation, “VELA 7″ at the Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Ispra (Northern Italy), realistically simulates wind drag, tyre/road friction and full...
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Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Platform founded in Hungary
The long term goal of the Platform is to promote the development of hydrogen economy in Hungary. Members of the platform are research intstitutes, university departments, public associations and private companies from the energy sector.
The Hydrogen and Fuel Cell National Technology Platform...
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The first call for proposals 2009 of the French Hydrogen and Fuel cell programme Hpac has been published at the site of the French National Agency for Research l’ANR. The Call is divided among three topics:
1. Hydrogen Production; 2. Hydrogen Storage; 3. Fuel Cells.
Deadline for this Call is March...
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At the Annual press conference of the German Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association, DWV, at the Presss office of the German Parliament on Febraury 18, 2009, Peter Froeschle of Daimler AG explained that Daimler is developing battery and fuel cell vehicles to power future transport applications. He emphasized that...
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The Italian Ministry of Industry presented the 30 winning proposals on Energy Efficiency , among which three on hydrogen and fuel cells, that will be financed and approved by the National Industrial Innovation programme Industria 2015. In total 86 proposals were received. The 30 approved projects, totalling more than...
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The French Environment minister Jean-Louis Borloo presented a proposal with 104 concrete measures providing a legal toolbox as a result of a nation wide survey the “Grennelle de l’environnement” held in in 2007: the proposed measures focus mainly on legal changes to facilitate the uptake of clean technologies:
- energy ...
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The „NRW Hydrogen HyWay” was inaugurated by Dr. Jens Baganz, secretary of State for the economy of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, last November during the 8th annual meeting of the competence network Fuel Cell and Hydrogen NRW of the state agency EnergieAgentur.NRW. This new lead project in...
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UK 09-12-2008
The recently released James Bond movie featured four Ford Hydrogen Edge’s and a high tech dwelling in the desert powered by fuel cells that at the end of the movie goes up in flames including the wall mounted hydrogen cilinders. In an effort to monitor the way the use...
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On the occasion of a Government supported seminar on electric vehicles GM released 10 Equinox FCV’s that will be used by different types of customers that range from Insurance companies to oil companies. As an integral part of GM’s strategy towards further electrification of the car, this fourth generation...
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More than 130 stakeholders discussed the establishment of the French Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Platform, on November 12 in Paris. EHA board member Claude Derive of the French Hydrogen Association AfH2 is coordinating the development of a first draft framework for the Platform. More info at the...
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UK 01-10-2008
In the same month that the UK Government announced it is increasing its CO2 reduction target from 60% to 80% by 2050 (like the new US President), Air Products announces that it has experienced nearly 100% growth in its global hydrogen energy business in 2008. Its efforts included the...
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Empa – the Materials Sciences & Technology Department Environment, Energy and Mobility Laboratory for Hydrogen & Energy in collaboration with the Swiss Hydrogen Association, Hydropole is organising the 3rd Hydrogen & Energy Symposium in January 28 .30 2009 in Braunwald, Switzerland. For more information please visit www.empa.ch/h2e Materials Science...
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Last month saw the opening of the upgraded 700 bar hydrogen filling station in Berlin with the filling of the fuel cell car Hydro-Gen4 by GM/Opel. For the first time at a public station an infrared interface was used for data communication between filling station and vehicle. Ramping up...
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The European Commission agreed State Aid financing of the € 67 mln Horizon Hydrogen Energy (H2E) program. The program is dedicated to the development of hydrogen vehicles with State Aid on October 8, 2008. Air Liquide together with 17 other French companies are collaborating in the program. The European ...
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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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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
Animation territoriale...
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USA 28-08-2008
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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Spain 02-08-2008
A Spanish Formula Zero team, EuplatecH2, won the Formula Zero Grand Prix held in Rotterdam. In the finals, the Dutch University of Delft team was defeated by the Spanish with less than two tenths of a second. The battle for third place was in favor of the British. They...
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Senternovem in the Netherlands is organising a seminar on October 7, 2008 on Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Applications in practice with presentations of the results of the EU FP6 projects HYPER, handbook for stationary systems and HyApproval, Handbook for Hydrogen Refuelling stations, that will be presented by the EHA....
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Italy 02-08-2008
H2IT is organizing a Post-FCH Stakeholders Seminar on October 16, 2008 in Milan to align Italian hydrogen and fuel cell interests with the JTI Implementation Plan. Representatives of the Governing Board have been invited to present their views on the the JTI programme and Italy’s contribution. More information on...
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German government announced a plan to establish an International Energy Security University in Berlin. The location should be an old gas storage building at Schonberg and the plan is supported by different multinational energy...
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The French president Nicloas Sarkozy communicated its plans for a fixed 5,5% VAT on clean vehicles and other clean...
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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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Italy 02-07-2008
H2IT appointed its new Board for 2008-2010. The Board elected as its president Aldo Fumagalli, chair of the Sustainable Development Committee of the largest industry organisation in Italy, Confindustria and CEO of Sol a multi-national industrial gas company. The newly elected president indicated five priority areas for H2IT:
- Development...
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Thorsteinn Sigfusson, a well known promoter of many national and international hydrogen projects and professor at the Universityof Icelans , published a new book: “Planet Hydrogen – The Taming of the Proton”; The Coxmoor Publishing Company, Longborough (UK) 2008. ISBN 978-1-901892-27-7, 230 p., dealing with the relationship of hydrogen...
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ZEMSHIPS is a project for the realization of the first fuel cell powered passenger ship world wide in the category of up to 100 passengers. The project is financially supported by funds of the EU-LIFE program. The idea was born to operate a fuel cell passenger in the city...
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The French Hydrogen Association, AFH2 will be present at the Fête des Transports et De la Mobilité Durable (Stand AFH2) at the Jardins du Trocadéro (Paris, Septemberr 12 – 14 2008. More info at the AFH2 website www.afh2.org: the site is also featuring a banner referring to its 10...
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The EHA was contacted by the Cabinet of Patricia Ceyssens, Flemish minister for Economy, Enterprise, Science, Innovation & Foreign Trade to facilitate a round trip in Europe with her BMW Hydrogen 7. The EHA provided the minister with the locations of liquid hydrogen refuelling stations in Europe and offered...
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At the G8 conference in Hokkaido next month Suzuki will be present with a new hydrogen fuel cell version of its SX4 crossover, the SX4-FCV. Fitted with a fuel cell supplied by GM, and a 70 MPa (10,000 psi) storage tank, the SX4-FCV has a maximum operating range of...
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The local authorities of Amsterdam and Rotterdam have set up a National Hydrogen Coalition. This platform will include companies, knowledge institutes, civil society organisations and governments, working together towards the large-scale application of hydrogen. The coalition will make an important contribution to national policy objectives with respect to the...
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The VSWB, the Flanders Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association organised a workshop in the presence of the Minister of Economy of Flanders to present a bilateral project to establish a Hydrogen Region (Waterstof Regio). A Masterplan has been developed that will involve local industry, research institutes and local government...
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From May 1, 2008, a hydrogen fuelling station is operating in Zaragoza as part of the celebration of the International Exposition (Zaragoza-EXPO 2008). The on-site hydrogen production, developed in collaboration with Air Products, will be generated via water electrolysis, since the thematic key of this EXPO is “Water and...
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Italy 05-06-2008
H2IT organised a seminar on “Italy and the JTI”. A key note speech of Andre Martin, executive director of the FCH Instruct office, outlined the JTI activities and the development of the German Hydrogen Strategy. This led to a vivid discussion of Italian priorities. Guided by a representative of...
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The Berlin Transport Authoriity, the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) is preparing the acquisition of 50 more hydrogen buses this year to be delivered next year. With 14 hydrogen buses already in daily service the BVG saved 130 t CO2 since 2007. The BVG is operating also 5 CNG buses, but...
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The French Hydrogen Association is organising a seminar on Safety Aspects regarding the use of Hydrogen in collaboration with INERIS on June 26, 2008. The programme includes a presentation of the HyApproval hydrogen fuelling station handbook that the EHA is disseminating in collaboration with the EHA national member associations....
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The Total Hydrogen station in Brussels is set to open June 2, 2008 in Brussels. The station is located in the south of Brussels on the highway Brussels-Paris. The Linde Group is supplying the hydrogen. The BMW Hydrogen 7 cars that are used by the Commission will refuel at...
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