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 defeated the Belgian Solvay Umicore Zero [...]
Netherlands Updated 02-08-2008Senternovem 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. The meeting will be held at [...]
Italy Updated 02-08-2008H2IT 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 www.h2it.org.
Germany Updated 02-08-2008German 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 companies.
France Updated 02-08-2008The French president Nicloas Sarkozy communicated its plans for a fixed 5,5% VAT on clean vehicles and other clean products.
Canada Updated 02-08-2008At 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 the first fuel cell bus in [...]
European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), appointed first Board. Updated 02-08-2008The new 18 member Governing Board of the EIT will identify, select and launch the first EU “innovation hubs” before the end of 2009, expected to cover the fields of climate change, renewable energy and ICT. The board’s inaugural meeting in Budapest on 15 September 2008 will mark the official start to the agency’s operations. Its first tasks will include establishing the institution’s [...]
MIT Develops New Water-Splitting Catalyst that works at room temperature Updated 01-08-2008Researchers at MIT, Prof. Daniel Nocera and Dr. Matthew Kanan, have developed a new water-splitting catalyst consisting of cobalt and phosphorous that operates in pH neutral water at room temperature and 1 atm pressure. A report on their discovery was published online 31 July 2008 in the journal Science. The cobalt-phosphorous catalyst targets the generation [...]