Yesterday saw the launch of a second pan-European deployment of hydrogen refuelling infrastructure, and passenger and commercial fuel cell electric vehicles.  The six-year H2ME 2 project brings together 37 partners from across Europe.  It will include the deployment and operation of 1,230 fuel cell vehicles, the addition of 20 extra hydrogen-refuelling stations (HRS) to the European network and will test the ability of electrolyser-HRS to help balance the electrical grid.   See press release here and FCH JU press release here....

Swedish steelmaker SSAB, mining company LKAB and utility company Vattenfall have joined to develop technology to decarbonise SSAB's operations using hydrogen in place of coal or natural gas in its productin process. This would help Sweden meet its goal for the long term of net zero emissions by 2045 but also create a technology that can be used worl...

Although the Hyundai ix35 has been the only fuel cell sports utility vehicle on the market, it has seen increasing competition from Toyota and Honda‘s fuel cell models in the past few years. This is partly due to the fact that it is based on a former generation model. However, this is about to change. In a recent interview, Hyundai Motor UK Product ...

Following the opening of Denmark's 9th hydrogen refuelling station (HRS) in early March, the country has become the world's first to boast a basic national network of HRSs. All the stations use hydrogen produced by renewable electricity with electrolysers. Although the hydrogen is currently imported from neighboring Germany, starting in 2017, it wil...

Last week H2 Logic inaugurated the nineth hydrogen refuelling station in Denmark open to the public, in Kolding. The station is the third to open in Denmark in the last six months and will service local FCEV's from Hyundai. Hydrogen for the station is delivered from a central electrolyser plant operated by Strandmøllen and based on technology from t...

The next generation of electric cars will be hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, according to Uno-X group CEO Vegar Kulset. The company has ambitious plans for the rollout of the first commerical network of hydrogen refuelling stations (HRS) in Norway, with a goal of 20 stations by 2020 in Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger and Kristiansand. The group beli...

UK based startup company Riversimple hopes to have its fuel cell car design, named the Rasa, in production by 2018. The lightweight Rasa (1146 pounds) will boast an 8.5 kW fuel cell stack, giving it  a top speed of 60 mph and a 300 mi range. It will not be leased or sold but customers will be able to gain access to a Rasa through a monthly subscript...

Easy Jet has plans for cutting its carbon emissions by using a hydrogen fuel cell while taxiing to and from the runway. The airline reports that 4% of its total fuel consumption is used in taxiing and this technology will help towards the goal of reducing CO2 emissions by 7% by the year 2020. For details, refer to the Guardian article here....

Honda and GM are taking their partnership further. The pair plans to set up a joint factory to manufacture fuel cell stacks by the year 2025 while each will continue to manufacture its own vehicle, using the shared technology. While Honda plans to release its Honda Clarity FCV next year, GM is still focusing on its successful Chevrolet Bolt EV which...