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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 hydrogen refueling stations. Organized by the [...]
Italian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association AGM promotes creation of national platform Updated 15-06-2009H2IT, 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 the status of the work in [...]
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 in production and storage of hydrogen, [...]
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 Baden-Württemberg.The f-cell award is presented in [...]
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 14 battery electric vehicles. The vehicles [...]
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 stores hydrogen at 350 bar. The [...]
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 is too much wind for the [...]
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 be operating in Hamburg in service [...]
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 drive cycles for real-life articulated lorries [...]
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 (HTC Platform) held its first general [...]