Hydrogen & Renewables Communities Discuss Goals at NHA Renewable H2 Forum ALBUQUERQUE, NM - The hydrogen and renewable energy sources communities, occasionally at odds in the past and jealous of each other over perceived government funding inequities and other slights, got together here last month in what hopefully will be fruitful collaboration in the future.
Major European Companies Sign On to $6.25 Billion 10–Year H2 Initiative BRUSSELS - Some of Europe’s biggest industrial names in hydrogen and fuel cell development last month signed a declaration urging the creation of a multi-year Joint Technology Initiative (JTI) on hydrogen and fuel cells with a total funding target of Euro 5 billion ($6.25 billion) for the next decade.
Briefly Noted: Plug Power Plug Power is firing on all cylinders: In mid-October, the Latham, NY-based fuel cell developer announced it had signed a strategic partner agreement with Russia’s national innovation company, New Energy Projects (NIC NEP), to collaborate on technology and market developments in Russia.
Briefly Noted: Alstom/EPRI/We Energies France’s power and rail equipment maker Alstom is teaming with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Wisconsin-based We Energies utility to demonstrate a novel carbon dioxide capture process.
Briefly Noted: Saint-Gobain In other French news, Saint-Gobain High Performance Materials, a part of French engineered materials conglomerate Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, has linked up with Germany’s Forschungszentrum Juelich national laboratory to jointly start developing solid oxide fuel cells.
Briefly Noted: UK Aviation CO2 Warning Britain’s government must do more to curb the expected huge expansion in air travel, otherwise risk vastly exceeding its self-imposed goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 60% by 2050.
Events The “13th Symposium on Regenerative Energy Sources and Hydrogen Technology” will be held Nov. 2-4 at Stralsund University of Applied Sciences, Stralsund, Germany (conference language is German).
