Italy
H2IT 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.…
Germany
German 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…
France
The French president Nicloas Sarkozy communicated its plans for a fixed 5,5% VAT on clean vehicles and other clean products.
Canada
At 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,…
European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), appointed first Board.
The 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…
MIT Develops New Water-Splitting Catalyst that works at room temperature
Researchers 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…
Italy
H2IT appointed its new Board for 2008-2010. The Board elected as its president Aldo Fumagalli, chair of the Sustainable Development Committee of the largest industry organisation…
Iceland
Thorsteinn Sigfusson, a well known promoter of many national and international hydrogen projects and professor at the Universityof Icelans , published a new book: "Planet Hydrogen…