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CHP Act Amendment Boosts Demand

“Through the first six weeks of this year alone, we received more requests than during all of 2015,” Andreas Frömmel from German FuelCell Energy Solutions reported during the E-world 2016. That should come as no surprise: Large-scale fuel cell plants have gained in popularity ever since the German parliament amended the CHP Act at the ...
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/ CHP, Demand, E-world, E.On, FCES, Frömmel, FuelCell Energy Solutions, worldwide
Fuji Electric: Far East Takeover

Fuji Electric: Far East Takeover

Japanese Fuji Electric bought up N2telligence, based in Wismar, Germany, at the beginning of this year. The company, which had introduced several TriGeneration and QuattroGeneration modules in collaboration with its Japanese partner (see ZBT system), announced in a press release that Fuji Electric Europe had acquired a majority stake (70%) in N2telligence on Jan. 11, ...
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/ Asia, CHP, Fuji Electric, N2telligence, QuattroGeneration, Takeover, Wismar
HyCO4-web

Green Hydrogen Use in Refineries

At the beginning of this year, the German Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association had its first-ever H2 economic forum in the German capital. On Feb. 18, 2016, around 50 representatives from politics and business were invited to the Dutch embassy in Berlin to discuss green hydrogen opportunities with Germany’s federal environment minister, Barbara Hendricks ...
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/ BP Europe, Business, EU Commission, Europe, Green Hydrogen, Green washing, HyCO4, ILUC, Netherlands, politics, Refineries, Rotterdam
FormulaE_Berlin2016_V2

Formula E in the Midst of Berlin

The next Formula E race in Germany won’t play out on the Tempelhof Field – as originally planned – but in former East Berlin. As the area that used to be the city’s airport was repurposed this year, the organizers agreed on a May 21 race track exactly on the border between the districts Central ...
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/ Alexanderplatz, Berlin, Daniel Abt, ePrix, Formular E, Germany, Tempelhof Field
blue-hamster

Blue Hamster Falls into Deep Slumber

German Mossau Energy, which closed down its business at the end of 2015, had not had any luck in finding either a successor to the company or an investor for its Blue Hamster idea. Helmut Janßen said to Ostfriesische Nachrichten: “Mossau Energy is no more. That has nothing to do with insolvency.” Eighty-one-year-old Günter Mossau, ...
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/ Blue Hamster, electrolysis, Germany, Kerafol, Middle East, Mossau Energy, successor
Kanada-Storage-web

Energy Storage Europe Continues to Grow

Expectations exceeded – this best sums up the three days from March 15 to 17 in Düsseldorf, Germany. In its fifth year, the Energy Storage Europe (ESE) and the four events taking place at the same time were able to attract an even greater number of participants: around 50% more exhibitors and 60% more attendees ...
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/ Düsseldorf, Eicke Weber, Energy Storage, Europe, Europe, Intersolar, Munich
9783937863313

Free Download: Book About the Hydrogen Society

Both the author Arno A. Evers and the publishing house Hydrogeit Verlag decided to donate the book The Hydrogen Society – More Than Just a Vision? to the worldwide H2-community. This book written by Arno A. Evers was published in April 2010 on the annual Hanover Fair where the author had established a global meeting ...
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/ Arno A. Evers, Barack Obama, Book, Download, e-book, free, Hydrogeit Verlag, Hydrogen Society, worldwide
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Fuel Cell Market is Growing

November 2015 saw the publication of the Fuel Cell Industry Review 2015, including market data and analyses for 2015. Since 2014, a team led by E4tech had contacted fuel cell companies around the globe, aggregated their supply figures and can now show the latest trends in the industry, much as Fuel Cell Today had done ...
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/ Bloom, California, China, David Hart, E4tech, eZelleron, forklift, Franz Lehner, FuelCell, Germany, Growing, Korea, market, MyFC, NACCO, Plug Power
Justin-Trudeau

Hopes for Fuel Cells under Trudeau Two

The overwhelming Liberal Party victory in Canada has caused a great deal of speculation in the Canadian fuel cell community raised hopes for a revitalized federal support program. The ruling Conservative party had bet heavily on oil and other primary resources, and lost when the nation’s economic troubles were blamed on oil prices. The Conservatives ...
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/ Canada, Canadian, cleantech, Justin Trudeau, Liberal Party, North America, Prime Minister
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How Much Electric is in Hybrid?

Are cars like the BMW i8 electric vehicles? A question hotly debated by many stakeholders in the electric transportation industry, not least since the government has planned to introduce various incentives for these types of vehicles. The German Electric Mobility Act (EmoG) passed in June 2015 says that communities can allow electric cars on bus ...
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/ BMW, CO2, Electric, Electric Mobility, Germany, hybrid, i8, Klaus Fröhlich, Munich
9783662449714

New Book About Hydrogen and Fuel Cell

It was exactly last Christmas that the Springer publishing company started to offer a new specialist book on Hydrogen and Fuel Cells. The book takes a broad approach toward the topic, including everything from H2 generation to future fuel cell applications. The editors are Dr. Johannes Töpler, Chair of the German Hydrogen and Fuel Cell ...
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/ Book, DWV, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell, Jochen Lehmann, Johannes Töpler, Springer, Ulrich Schmidtchen, worldwide
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A Test Drive from Innsbruck to Amsterdam

This is a report from Mortimer Schulz, the owner and founder of solutions in energy e.U., who drove a rented Hyundai Tucson ix35 FCEV on February 16th and 17, 2016 from Innsbruck to Amsterdam with a total distance of 1,099 kilometres (km). His motivation was to gain experience in pursuing a journey in a fuel ...
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/ Amsterdam, Europe, FCEV, Hyundai, Innsbruck, ix35, Mortimer Schulz, Test Drive, Tucson
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THE E-JOURNAL ON

hydrogen and fuel cells

H2-international is the English-language e-journal of choice for everyone who wants to stay at the forefront of news about hydrogen and fuel cells. In-depth articles about science, technology and the latest developments keep readers up to date on advances in the hydrogen and fuel cell sector as well as the electric vehicle and the energy storage market. The focus is on detailed yet clearly written news stories by industry journalists and R&D experts.

In-depth news articles on hydrogen, fuel cells, energy storage and electric transportation.

The e-journal is intended for readers who are looking for in-depth news articles on hydrogen, fuel cells, energy storage and electric transportation. The main audience consists of professionals and executives working in all parts of the energy market.. This group comprises decision makers at production and trading companies, representatives for associations, government agencies as well as universities, and staff members at gas companies, carmakers and their suppliers.

The publisher Sven Geitmann, owner and founder of the Hydrogeit publishing house, had taken an intense interest in hydrogen and fuel cells as early as 1997 and became a contributor to energieportal24 and H2Report in 2000. After he wrote a number of technical books, he founded his own publishing company in the northwest of Berlin. In 2005, he took on responsibility for the former “H2Tec” magazine, which he renamed “HZwei”. This trade publication soon boasted a revamped design and more issues per year and grew into the quarterly must-read for everyone following the hydrogen and fuel cell market.

In 2015, Hydrogeit Verlag created the global English-language edition H2-international. Since then, it has kept readers in all corners of the world up to date on what’s happening in the sector.