The EHA has lobbied over the past months to ensure that L type vehicles (two and three wheelers) are included in the EU Regulation on the homologation of hydrogen powered vehicles. The final EU Parliament report on this EU regulation, that was approved on September 3 (see under EU news), urged the European Commission to [...]
In 2007 the International Energy Agency and the IPHE conducted a series of workshops (Detroit, Paris and Shanghai) on Hydrogen infrastructure development. The EHA presented local hydrogen developments in Europe at the Paris workshop. The hydrogen activities at the secretariat of the IEA are currently being reviewed. The EHA gave an update on its activities [...]
EHA sent letter to JTI Governing Board on need for structured RCS activity. Updated 19-09-2008The EHA sent a letter to the JTI Governing Board to communicate its support of the JTI and to highlight specific areas that the EHA sees as crucial to commercial development and that have been communicated previously also to the FCH Instruct office :
1. Regulation, Codes and Standards (RCS) strategy coordination: The EHA proposes a [...]
The EHA, as follow up of the Commission’s presentation at the EHA’s General assembly last June on the SET Plan, in which fuel cells and hydrogen are listed as EU’s key technology challenges for the coming decades, organised a meeting at DG TREN to discuss the integration of clean energy technologies in the EU quartier. [...]
France: CEA le Ripault (Indre & Loire), is organising a meeting on Ocotber 28 2008 Updated 15-09-2008CEA 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 et RDT Centre
ARITT Centre
6 rue du [...]
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 cell research projects conducted by academic [...]
EU Barometer points to change EU consumers behavior with regards to energy Updated 11-09-2008The EU poll showed that after poverty, climate change is seen as the most serious problem Europe faces. The survey also found that 61% of people had taken some personal measure to cut CO2. A quarter of those asked said they had altered their buying habits and used the car less to help the environment, [...]
EU Parliament Industry Committee adopts Renewables Report Updated 11-09-2008The EU Parliament Industry committee backed a report by MEP Claude Turmes that calls for a 5% share of renewables in transport fuel by 2015 and a 10% target by 2020. specifying that at least 20% of the 2015 target and 40% of the 2020 goal must be met from “non-food and feed-competing “ second generation biofuels [...]
EU Parliament Industry Committee adopts ETS Report Updated 11-09-2008The EP Industry Committee adopted the report of MEP Lena Ek on the Emission Trading System (ETS). In the event that international climate talks later in 2009 in Copenhagen are not successful, the report of EU Parliament rapporteur Lena Ek on the Emission Trading System (ETS) calls on the Commission to list which sectors could [...]
The EU Parliament rapporteur Holger Krahmer (GE-Alde) presented his report on the recast of the IPPC directive The Commission commented that is has no clear understanding yet of minimum required emission levels for specific industrial processes but that it is tightening the use of Best Availbale Technologies (BAT’s). The EHA discussed with Mr. Krahmer the [...]