TAG: NATIONAL H2 UPDATES

French government seeks to lower legal barriers of clean technologies

January 7, 2009

The French Environment minister Jean-Louis Borloo presented a proposal with 104 concrete measures providing a legal toolbox as a result of a nation wide survey the…

Taking the North Rhine Westphalia HyWay.

January 6, 2009

The „NRW Hydrogen HyWay" was inaugurated by Dr. Jens Baganz, secretary of State for the economy of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, last November during…

UK

December 9, 2008

The recently released James Bond movie featured four Ford Hydrogen Edge's and a high tech dwelling in the desert powered by fuel cells that at the…

Germany

December 9, 2008

On the occasion of a Government supported seminar on electric vehicles GM released 10 Equinox FCV's that will be used by different types of customers that…

France

November 12, 2008

More than 130 stakeholders discussed the establishment of the French Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Platform, on November 12 in Paris. EHA board member Claude Derive of…

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…

Germany

September 8, 2008

The German National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Innovation Programme" (NIP) is off to an impressive start. At a meeting in Berlin on September 22 already…