Introduction
At the EHA Spring starts early this year. Fuel cell vehicles seem to pop up more frequently in references to electromobility and comments on the long term perspective of hydrogen are contradicted by recent the Mercedes Benz F-Cell World Tour and new refueling station openings. Five Think hydrogen passenger cars will be launched during the he Norwegian Hydrogen Forum General Assembly and EHA industry member McPhy signed a contract with Italy’s largest power company Enel for one of its solid hydrogen storage units. The EHA assisted in the kick off of 5 European funded projects over the last month: February marked the kick off of the HyLIFT-DEMO project, demonstrating 30 Fuel Cell Forklift trucks in 3 European sites, the HyFacts project that is developing training programs for authorisation officials and the HyPROFESSIONALS project which aims to develop educational and training programs for future hydrogen professionals. The EHA also facilitated the first technical expert workshop in Brussels of the The FC-HyGuide project, which aims to develop a guidance manual for the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Fuel Cell and Hydrogen based systems and related training materials and courses. Events to look forward to this following month include the HyRaMP commemorative cocktail which will highlight a new beginning for the partnership as it broadens it’s scope to Electromobility on March 16th. Both the EHA and HyRaMP are speaking at the European Parliament Seminar, “Powering Europe’s Future Mobility” hosted by the European political group ALDE on March 15.
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Following the Mercedes Benz F-Cell World Tour
EHA is following the progress of the 3 B-Class F-Cell  vehicles that were launched for their trip around the world. The journey started on the 29th of January 2011 in Stuttgart Germany, and in 125 days the vehicles will have traveled around the world and a distance of 30,000 km. The editor and others involved in the journey are frequently updating the public on their trip. Their journal not only lets us know about the vehicles but gives an interesting story to the people and places that are visited around the world.  The latest news shows the vehicles are in New Orleans Louisiana in the USA. Link to the Travel Notes of the tour which included pictures and video documenting (in German): http://fcellworlddrive.posterous.com/ .. ..
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“Powering Europe’s Future Mobility” Seminar hosted in European Parliament
Tuesday, March 15th the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats group of the European Parliament will be hosting a half day seminar titled, “Powering Europe’s Future Mobility”. The presentations will discuss European Mobility and Energy objectives including the role of hydrogen. Discussions will be lead by officers of the European Commission, Members of the European Parliament, FCH JU, Members of HyRaMP and EHA, and more. The topics to be addressed include: EU Energy Infrastructure priorities: the challenge of energy storage Hydrogen as Energy Storage solution: industrial perspective Preparing for commercialization: EU Joint Undertaking for fuel cells and hydrogen The role of energy companies: Green E-motion project
H2 Mobility: the German roll out plan Cars 21: a new strategy for clean and energy efficient vehicles Towards an EU Regional partnership for electromobility and hydrogen Activities in New EU Member States: Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria In order receive an access badge to the Parliament and to register for this event please send your full name and date of birth to elke.pingel@europarl.europa.eu The final agenda to this event will be uploaded here, check EHA soon for updates!
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HyER (formerly HyRaMP) Commemorates New Spring In Electric and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Roll Out
On February 16th 2011, HyRaMP members along with additional European regions came together in an effort to establish the  “broadened HyRaMP Partnership” at a Workshop that took place in Brussels. At a Workshop  HyRaMP future activities were discussed and it was decided to take the necessary steps to adapt HyRaMP’s structure and its name to reflect the new activities, to be presented to HyRaMP members at the next Annual General Meeting later this year. To commemorate this new spring in European regions support for the roll out of electric vehicles in Europe, HyRaMP will be hosting a cocktail ceremony on March 16th at the Palais de Academies in Brussels.
For more information on this event please contact: secretariat@hy-ramp.eu
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7th Int’l Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Expo
This event is the worlds's largest Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Event for industry professionals. The Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Expo 2011 will gather companies,  products, and ..read on»

11th International Short Course and Advanced Research Workshop “Hydrogen Technologies and Infrastructure”
The 11th International Short Course and Advanced Research Workshop "Hydrogen Technologies and Infrastructure" in a series "Progress in Hydrogen Safety" will be held in Belfast 16-20 ..read on»

Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells – international course
Background: Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells The PEFC Fuel Cell uses a polymer membrane as an electrolyte ..read on»

Air Products supplies mobile hydrogen fuelling to California lab
Air Products has supplied a mobile hydrogen fuelling system to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, to power hydrogen shuttle buses to transport people ..read on»

Shell to develop coal gasification technology in China
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Air Products new hydrogen facility on Middletown Ohio
Air Products announced it will build, own, and operate a new air separation unit (ASU), a new hydrogen production facility and will make additional investment ..read on»

Conference: Sustainable Energy Storage 2011
The IC-SES is an International Conference on Sustainable Energy Storage which will take place from 21 - 24 February 2011 in the Europa Hotel, Belfast, ..read on»