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General News

• Hydrogen's benefits as fuel becoming obvious
  By Mary D. Nichols:" ....It's also worth noting that - contrary to public perception - hydrogen as a fuel source is at least as safe as gasoline and the safety record of the industry is impeccable...."; see http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_8032177
  
• DOE to Hold Pre-Solicitation Meeting for Hydrogen Storage Engineering Center of Excellence, October 5, 2007; see http://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/news_storage_center.html
• Illegal use of hydrogen leads to balloon blast in NW China, September 22, 2007; see http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/22/content_6768129.htm
• China aims for 1,000 hydrogen cars by 2010 - 1st August 2006
  Platinum today - UK
  China is aiming to take the lead in "green car" technology by aiming to make Shanghai the first city to use hydrogen-powered cars on a large scale, according ...
• A hydrogen fire occurred at ATMEL labs in Colorado Springs on 31 July 2006
• July 18th, 2006: Berlin wants 250 hydrogen buses. Every fifth bus in Berlin will be powered by hydrogen by 2009, according to officials from the city's mass transit company.
• A possible hydrogen blast in a government square in Yangquan, a town in North China's Shanxi Province, killed 3 and wounded 6 on February 12. ... http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-02/13/content_519715.htm
• AL transporter had an accident on a German highway. One person killed, no H2 release. Approximately 300.000 Euro damage, highway closed for 17h. ... http://www.netzeitung.de/deutschland/342370.html
• Norway implements tax incentives for hydrogen-fuel cell vehicles ... see http://www.bellona.no/en/energy/36437.html
• Sunlight to Fuel Hydrogen Future ... see http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,65936,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1
• Tokyo Gas Offers Home Hydrogen System ... see http://www.greencarcongress.com/2004/12/tokyo_gas_offer.html

EC related News

• An interim report on the results from this Researchers Questionnaire is now available to download from http://www.roads2hy.com/pub_download.asp (January 17th, 2007)
• Proposal for EC regulation for safe H2 vehicles/approval processes (July 14th, 2006)

• 150 Fuel Cell Vehicles to be Tested in HyChain Project; see http://www.fuelcelltoday.com/FuelCellToday/IndustryInformation/IndustryInformationExternal/NewsDisplayArticle/0,1602,7163,00.html
• The EC started consultations for the FP7. Some ideas are presented in europa.eu.int/comm/research/future/index_en.cfm
• US-EU Summit: Cooperation on the Development of the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Works welcomed and encouraged the collaboration between the United States and the European Union on accelerating development of the global hydrogen economy, which ...