Energy Festival in Firenze, Italy
The 2011 edition of “L’energia spiegata ‐ Festival dell’Energia” marks a significant shift towards a wider and more international approach of the event. During previous editions, the Energy Festival confirmed its leading role in the energy debate at national level.
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EC Study on Structuring and Financing Energy Projects
The European Commission published on August 29th 2011 a Study on “The structuring and financing of energy infrastructure projects, financing gaps and recommendations regarding the new TEN-E financial instrument”.
The report, written by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants aims to answer three key questions :
1. What was the structure of energy transmission infrastructure investments in the last five years in terms of investment volumes, financing structures, financing sources and the financing capacity of operators, and what do we expect to see in the future?
2. What challenges arise regarding the financing of such infrastructure projects, and where are the financing gaps?
3. What measures and instruments should be implemented to over come such challenges and gaps?
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Commission proposes to cut sulphur dioxide emissions from shipping by 90 %
Better air quality is on the way, thanks to proposals from the European Commission to lower the sulphur content of shipping fuels. The proposals should reduce sulphur dioxide emissions by up to 90 %, and fine particle emissions by up to 80 %.
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Four Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid Buses Begin Service in Hamburg
Hamburg transit agency Hamburger Hochbahn AG has acquired four Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid buses under the German NaBuz demo scheme; with a further three buses to be delivered next year. NaBuz demo is a subsidiary project of the Clean Energy Partnership (CEP), funded by NOW GmbH’s National Innovation Programme (NIP) and closely linked to the wider Clean Hydrogen In European Cities (CHIC) fuel cell bus project. Hamburg is a phase 0 city in the CHIC project. The Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid features battery hybridisation for energy recovery and storage and a continuous power output of 120 kW delivered by the same fuel cell stacks used in the company’s flagship fuel cell vehicle, the B-Class FCELL, which has also been trialled in Hamburg.  
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Joint European Summer School for Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technology
The 1st joint European summer school for fuel cell and hydrogen technology will take place in Viterbo, Italy, 22 August – 2nd  September 2011.
The Summer School will now take a broader approach and address topics from the whole field of low and high temperature fuel cells as well as hydrogen technology.
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University of South Carolina’s fuel cell project praised
Energy Secretary of the United States Steven Chu stepped briefly into USC’s innovative energy research district. Touring a portion of the multimillion-dollar development the university hopes will spearhead the way to world leadership in fuel cell technology.
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ENFICA-FC entitled with REACT best project
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Breaking News! Fuel cell powered race car breaks speed records
The FORZE IV, a fuel cell powered formula race car, built by the Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands, with support of Linde Benelux, broke a fuel cell car record on August 16, 2011 in the Hague. Covering the 1/8th mile in just 10,459 seconds.
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European Environment and Energy Business & Research Delegation – Kolkata, India
The European Business and Technology Centre (EBTC) and the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) invite interested EU companies and researchers to join the pan-European Business & Research Delegation to India, surrounding the ‘Environment and Energy Conclave’, 25 Aug -27 August 2011.
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Registration deadline for the Fifth International Conference on Polymer Batteries and Fuel Cells (PBFC-5), Argonne, Aug. 1-5
Participants are invited to attend and submit a poster for the Fifth International Conference on Polymer Batteries and Fuel Cells (PBFC-5) which will be held ..read on»