MONTH: OCTOBER 2008

EU Parliament Environment Committee approves report on CCS

October 7, 2008

The EU Parliament Environmental Committee approved its report on the proposed Directive on Carbon Capture and Storage referring to the need to include all three CCS…

EU Parliament Environment Committee approves ETS.

October 7, 2008

A higly anticipated vote on the major EU Energy and Climate dossiers took place in the EP Environment Committee on October 7.  The Committee approved the…

EHA was invited to IBM’s “Shape your future Day”

October 7, 2008

IBM presented its annual CEO study on new business opportunities in ICT. The EHA discussed the role of fuel cell as back up power for datacenters…

EU Parliament adopted a legislative report on hydrogen powered motor vehicles

October 7, 2008

The purpose of this proposal for a Regulation of the European on type-approval of hydrogen powered motor vehicles and amending Directive 2007/46/EC is to lay down…

EHA met with the European Renewable Energy Council to discuss clean hydrogen production pathways

October 2, 2008

The EHA organised a meeting with the director of EREC the European Renewable Energy Council  to discuss potential joined projects that demonstrate synergies between renewable energy…

UK

October 1, 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…

Switzerland

October 1, 2008

Empa - the Materials Sciences & Technology Department Environment, Energy and Mobility Laboratory for Hydrogen & Energy in collaboration with the Swiss Hydrogen Association, Hydropole is…

Germany

October 1, 2008

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.…

France

October 1, 2008

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…