Major investment announced in German H2 infrastructure
Six partners in the 'H2 Mobility' initiative - Air Liquide, Daimler, Linde, OMV, Shell and Total - have set up a specific action plan for ..read on»

Hydrogen Infrastructure for Europe: covering every 300 km?
In the latest feedback on the discussions on the specifications in Art 5 on Hydrogen Refueling Stations, HRS,in the EU Commission’s proposal for an EU Directive on Alternative fuels infrastructure  (COM 2013/18) it seems that Member States are hesitant in confirming targets for hydrogen stations. Many refer to the need to align the roll out of infrastructure with the roll of out of  (fuel cell) vehicles. Industry is questioning if the 300 km distance between stations of a national HRS network is not too high, referring to the need for solid urban HRS networks as well.
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President Obama admires Swedish FC Technology during recent visit
Swedish fuel cells were selected as showcase when Sweden presented its finest green innovations to president Obama, during his official visit on September 4th.  
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H2 going mainstream: H2 handling instructions enter fire stations across France
Hydrogen handling is going main stream as French fire fighters recently developed a “Note d’Information Opérationnelle” that describes how to handles hydrogen installations.
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Turning heads: towards a Hydrogen Event of the Year
In this season of festivals it is tempting to imagine a hydrogen event that will turn heads and attract the crowds of Glastonbury, V Festival, Pukkelpop or Aix en Provence. Hydrogen conferences to date have attracted mostly researchers, application developers, consultants, government officials (sent of paying out of pocket), students (sent or paying out of pocket), retired engineers regretting not to be part of this wave. Although the H2 and FC industry over the last 7 years has achieved remarkable results in terms of performance and costs and many Drive and Rides are part of the program,  the general public let alone VIP or even local press do not seem to find their way yet to these events. The coming European FC and H2 event season offer an opportunity to change this tide: the EHA will be presenting at the International Conference on Hydrogen Safety, September 9- 11 in Brussels,  
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Hydrogen Refuellng Station Authorisation procedures in Europe
Please find a link to the compilation of authorisation procedures of the CHIC FC bus project co-funded by the FCH JU.

Survey on national H2 and FC activities for EHA members
Dear EHA national association member! Please follow this link to update us on your activities.

EHA AGM puts national hydrogen associations at centre stage in H2 roll out
At the last EHA Annual General Meeting on June 28, 2013,  EHA members discussed how to effectively engage EHA’s network of 21 national associations in the new hydrogen infrastructure opportunities described in recent EU policy. Both the EU Clean Power for Transport package, presented last January and the EU Energy Technologies and Innovation communication of last May have put hydrogen at the forefront of EU ‘s clean transport and energy ambitions. This will require strong local stakeholder networks that are able to  develop and execute local hydrogen deployment strategies that make use of the excellent European technologies in this field that are now entering commercial stage. The presentation of DG Energy  at the AGM,  on the EU’s expectations on the role of electrolysis in energy storage, pointed to the need to explain that the rapidly increasing need for energy storage needs to take into account the time and investment required to arrive at competitive storage solutions like hydrogen.
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Fuel cell vehicles back in US Climate Action plans
On June 26 in a speech given at the Georgetown University President Obama acknowledged that climate change poses an immediate threat and outlined the President’s Climate Action Plan
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Shallow economic prospects for shale gas in Europe?
DG Environment director of strategy,Robin Miege, said that although shale gas could be  a “game-changer” in the United States, condition in Europe were rather different
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