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f-cell with 24-hour rally

f-cell with 24-hour rally

by | Oct 13, 2019 | Europe

During this year's f-cell, which took place on 10 and 11 September 2019 in Stuttgart, a look into the future was taken and the question of how hydrogen can make the transport sector more climate-friendly was answered.

During this year’s f-cell, which took place on 10 and 11 September 2019 in Stuttgart, a look into the future was taken and the question of how hydrogen can make the transport sector more climate-friendly was answered.

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Austria as hydrogen nation No. 1

Austria as hydrogen nation No. 1

by | Oct 13, 2019 | Europe

On 2 July 2019, Sebastian Kurz, chairman of the new Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), and his party colleague Elisabeth Köstinger jointly presented their climate protection package.

On 2 July 2019, Sebastian Kurz, chairman of the new Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP), and his party colleague Elisabeth Köstinger jointly presented their climate protection package. The goal formulated therein is to make the Alpine republic CO2-neutral by 2045. According to Kurz, hydrogen should play a key role in this process: “This is not only a clean alternative hope for the future in the field of mobility, but also a great opportunity for Austria to become the world’s number one hydrogen nation.

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Battery instead of fuel cell trains for the North

Battery instead of fuel cell trains for the North

by | Oct 7, 2019 | Europe, Germany

The entry of the Coradia iLint could be delayed.
The entry of the Coradia iLint could be delayed.

The success story of fuel cell trains to date is currently undergoing a severe setback: As the Kieler Nachrichten (news) recently reported, electric trains could roll through Schleswig-Holstein from 2022, but they are likely to be equipped with accumulators for energy storage and not with hydrogen.

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A feeling of fulfilment

A feeling of fulfilment

by | Sep 18, 2019 | Europe

The Force-VIII - an eye-catcher during the Hanover Trade Fair
The Force-VIII – an eye-catcher during the Hanover Trade Fair

While Formula E in Germany was held in Berlin on 24 and 25 May 2019 with purely battery-operated racing cars, preparatory measures are currently underway elsewhere to ensure that hydrogen cars can also take part in races in the future. On 28 March 2019, the LMPH2G prototype completed its first laps at Le Mans with driver Emmanuel Collard and prominent co-driver Bertrand Piccard.

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Wind rescuers at the Minister of Economic Affairs

Wind rescuers at the Minister of Economic Affairs

by | Jul 2, 2019 | Europe, Germany

Dr. Buchholz (centre) surrounded by wind rescuer supporters
Dr. Buchholz (centre) surrounded by wind rescuer supporters

Not only the movement “Fridays for Future” has many supporters at the moment, also the “Windretter” have a lot of supporters behind them. On 10 April 2019, the initiator Sybille Riepe handed over an open letter with 4,105 signatures to the Minister of Economics of Schleswig-Holstein, Dr. Bernd Klaus Buchholz.

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MAN joins H-Tec Systems

MAN joins H-Tec Systems

by | Jul 2, 2019 | Europe, Germany

T. Bareiß, Parliamentary State Secretary at the BMWi (l.), in front of the GP Joule Electrolyzer at the Hannover Messe with F. Zimmermann
T. Bareiß, Parliamentary State Secretary at the BMWi (l.), in front of the GP Joule Electrolyzer at the Hannover Messe with F. Zimmermann

MAN is a vehicle and mechanical engineering group and is commonly associated with combustion engines and commercial vehicles. This is now likely to change, as the subsidiary of Volkswagen AG has held 40 percent of the shares in H-Tec Systems GmbH, an electrolyser manufacturer, since the end of March 2019.

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