A hydrogen fuel station is to be built in Swindon, UK, at the site of a Honda car manufacturing company. Swindon has received a £250,000 grant from the South West England Regional Development Agency to build the ultra-modern fuel station.
Environment Minister Stefania Prestigiacomo signed the decree of the environmental compatibility of the construction of a plant for the production of pure hydrogen from natural gas at the Milazzo refinery.
Spanish Hydrogen Association has prepared the seventh edition of an online Hydrogen course. It will be hold from 7th of April to 23rd of May on the Internet, with optional lessons at Tres Cantos (Madrid) from 14th to 17 th of April. There will be a technical visit day on the 18th of April. The course is in Spanish language. For more information and on-line registration: www.courseh2.com
A new hydrogen refuelling station opened on February 1st 2011 in Arjeplog, Sweden. The opening is a result of costumer desire to test their electric cars with fuel cells in cold climates. Several car manufacturers can already show off hydrogen-powered electric cars that have a performance at the same level of a conventional car with a combustion engine. In 2015, hundreds of thousands of these fuel cell vehicles to roll onto the market, according to some of the major car manufacturers. The use of these vehicles in the cold climate of the region will aim to eliminate doubt as to how fuel cells function in the cold and winter climate, which makes the test arena in northern Sweden is very attractive. Over the years, the number of vehicle manufacturers who wish to test the gas-powered vehicles (both light and heavy) in a cold climate has steadily increased. It is considered possible to obtain a sufficient volume for deployment of one or two public stations in this region. Source: Vatgas
The Association Française de l’Hydrogène will attend the Renewable Energy Fair being held in Lyon Eurexpo of 15 to 18 February 2011.
AFH2 will have a stand and it will participate in the workshops “Hydrogen / Fuel Cell” that will take place Thursday, Feb. 17, from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the European Energy Research. The program of these workshops is available by clicking here .
more information about the Renewable Energy Fair is available here
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If you live in Oslo, you can now lease a hydrogen car!
Hynor currently has a Mazda RX8 that runs on hydrogen. It can be refilled at Økern Statoil in Oslo and Drammen. This is a rare opportunity to showcase your business while trying out a hydrogen propelled vehicle!
For more information: Contact Benjamin Myklebust at ZERO (benjamin@zero.no)
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The Hungarian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell National Technology Platform (HFC Platform) was founded in 2008 with 30+ members, including companies, universities and research institutions, with a common aim to help establishing the hydrogen economy in Hungary. The Platform promotes co-operation between academy, industry and government pursuing hydrogen becoming the dominant energy carrier for the public sector, households and industry by 2050. To view Implementation Plan see link above. For more information: Hungarian HFC Platform
Local people living and working in the Billingham and Port Clarence areas of the UK have met members of the Air Products team who are wishing to build the Tees Valley Renewable Energy Facility, a 49MW power generation project that will use waste destined to landfill to supply electricity to more than 50,000 homes in the North East. The exhibition, which was held at Stockton City Learning Centre on 18th October and the Port Clarence Community Centre on 19th October, was an opportunity for local people to learn more about the proposed project, which was announced in July 2010, in advance of a planning application being submitted by Air Products to Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council.
HyNor Oslo Buss will operate 5 fuel cell buses, from the Belgium bus manufacturer Van Hool, with hydrogen as fuel from December 2011 including a hydrogen station. The operation will be based at Rosenholm bus garage, where the hydrogen station also will be established. Ruter is responsible for the operation, but the actual driving of the buses will be done by an operator chosen from a competitive tender in February 2011. The hydrogen station will be procured in October 2010 after a competitive tender. HyNor Oslo Buss is a common project between the regional transport executive company Ruter (authority), the environmental organisation Zero, Oslo City and Akershus County. The two latter have contributed substantial to the financial of the project. In addition the project has got external financial support from Transnova, Norwegian Research Council and an EU program (Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking program – FCH JU). The project will reduce noise and make a better air quality in the Oslo area in addition to reduced global emission from public transport. HyNor Oslo Buss project is a part of a common European demonstration project (CHIC) of fuel cell buses from 2010 to 2016. This project includes also fuel cell [...]
Air Products recently announced plans to install the UK’s first mobile hydrogen fuelling station with dual-pressure fuelling capability. It will also be the UK’s only mobile hydrogen station capable of refuelling buses. This milestone project will be an important next step as the potential for a UK hydrogen economy moves ever closer: the station’s 700-bar hydrogen fuelling capability is pivotal in attracting demonstrations of vehicles. This is because many of the major automotive manufacturer’s vehicles now store hydrogen at this higher pressure to enable them to achieve greater range between refuellings. Air Products is leading the consortium involved in this initiative, which includes Transport for London and the UK’s premier vehicle testing facility – Millbrook Proving Ground – where the station is based. The project is partly funded by the Technology Strategy Board and the Department for Transport’s Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Grant Programme, which is administered by Cenex, the UK Centre of Excellence for Low Carbon and Fuel Cell Technologies. “As a global market-leader in hydrogen fuelling – involved in many UK projects including fuelling London buses and black cabs – we’re able to deploy our innovative technologies and expertise around the world,” commented Ian Williamson, Hydrogen and Bio Energy [...]