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Study: ‘shipping wind and sun to Belgium is feasible’
Joris Van Roy Posted On January 27, 2021


A study by the Hydrogen Import Coalition (HIC) shows that shipping wind and solar energy from other sunny and windy parts of the world to Belgian ports is ‘feasible and cost-effective’. The idea is to use hydrogen carriers that are […]


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HysetCo to replace 600 Parisian diesel taxis by FCEVs
Joris Van Roy Posted On January 27, 2021


HysetCo, the French asset management company that runs a fleet of more than 100 hydrogen-powered taxis in Paris under the Hype brand has acquired cab operator Slota Group. Toyota Mirai FCEVs will progressively replace Slota’s current fleet of 600 diesel […]


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Total and Engie to build 40 MW electrolyzer for hydrogen
Félix Bouland Posted On January 14, 2021


In a joint press release, French petroleum group Total and French energy provider Engie have announced the launch of the Masshylia project for hydrogen production from renewable electricity. A new 40 MW electrolyzer will be built on Total’s biorefinery in […]


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French Hopium to build high-performance hydrogen luxury sedan
Félix Bouland Posted On December 24, 2020


Born out of French racing driver Olivier Lombard’s imagination, Hopium is on its way to build the world’s first high-performance luxury sedan powered by hydrogen. Boasting more than 500 hp and 1 000 km of range, the Hopium Mãchina prototype […]


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Nikola loses mega-order for 2 500 electric refuse trucks
Joris Van Roy Posted On December 24, 2020


The American e-truck start-up, Nikola, is further sliding down the slope after announcing that the mega-deal for 2 500 battery-electric garbage trucks was abandoned. Nikola would develop these refuse trucks based on the electric Tre for Republic Services, one of […]


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TME invests deeper in Portuguese hydrogen buses
Joris Van Roy Posted On December 21, 2020


Toyota Motor Europe (TME) is strengthening its alliance with Portuguese bus builder CaetanoBus in the development, production, and sales of fuel cell-driven city buses. It’s now becoming a shareholder through its existing joint venture Toyota Caetano Portugal (TCAP). TME is […]


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H2Accelerate: joint effort to gear up hydrogen truck rollout
Joris Van Roy Posted On December 16, 2020


Truck manufacturers Daimler Truck, Volvo Group, and Iveco are teaming up with oil and gas companies Royal Dutch Shell and Austrian OMV to accelerate the rollout of hydrogen trucks in Europe. The ‘common-interest alliance’ is baptized H2Accelerate (H2A). It wants […]


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EU truck makers agree on fossil-free vehicles by 2040
Joris Van Roy Posted On December 15, 2020


CEOs of all European truck manufacturers have agreed – under the umbrella of EU car federation ACEA – to have all new trucks sold by 2040 to run fossil-free. They acknowledge that it is the only way to attain the […]


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EU’s 82-points plan for ‘smart, green and affordable transport’
Joris Van Roy Posted On December 10, 2020


The European Commission has presented its plan for a ‘smart, green, and affordable transport’ of the future on Wednesday. The ‘‘Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy’ is an 82-points plan focusing on ten key areas called ‘flagships’ with targets set for […]


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Ineos buys Hambach plant from Daimler
Félix Bouland Posted On December 9, 2020


On Tuesday, German car manufacturing group Daimler announced to sell its Smart production plant in Hambach (north-east of France) to Ineos Automotive, part of the British chemical company Ineos. All staff should be transferred to the new owner, and production […]


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Limburg Hydrogen Society to set up filling station in Genk
Joris Van Roy Posted On December 3, 2020


‘Limburg Hydrogen Society’ a consortium of companies and institutions active in the Belgian province, has the ambition to produce green hydrogen locally and have a filling station operational in Genk by 2023. The goal for participating partners like logistics company […]


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Nikola ditches Badger pickup after GM withdrawing
Joris Van Roy Posted On December 1, 2020


American carmaker General Motors is withdrawing from its deal with electric truck start-up Nikola to become a shareholder and co-develop and build the latter’s Badger pickup. As that project was only viable with an established carmaker’s help, Nikola decided to […]


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Toyota’s Mirai II has much higher ambitions
Tony Verhelle Posted On December 1, 2020


The second generation of Toyota’s hydrogen car Mirai is very different from its predecessor. As a consequence, the number one Japanese car manufacturer has much higher ambitions for Mirai II. It wants to sell at least ten times more Mirai […]


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Flanders dedicates (only) €125 million to hydrogen research
Joris Van Roy Posted On November 30, 2020


Flanders has dedicated €125 million of its post-corona €4,3 billion ‘Resilion-plan’ for research and innovation in the field of hydrogen as a green alternative energy. ‘Only’ 125 million, as compared to €9 billion Germany is betting on hydrogen and France’s […]


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Alstom’s hydrogen trains head for Italy
Félix Bouland Posted On November 27, 2020


On Thursday, French train manufacturer Alstom announced having signed a contract with the regional Italian rail operator, Ferrovie Nord Milano (FNM), to deliver six hydrogen trains. The manufacturer has converted its Coradia regional train platform to fuel cell technology to […]


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Sefcovic: ‘EU on course to be battery independent by 2025’
Joris Van Roy Posted On November 25, 2020


On a three-day ‘European Conference on Batteries’ hosted this week online by the German EU presidency, it turns out already 500 companies have joined the alliance for ‘an Airbus of Batteries‘. The European Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič is confident that “by […]


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Cummins to set up fuel cell factory in Germany (update)
Joris Van Roy Posted On November 24, 2020


American engine multinational Cummins will set up a new factory in Herten in Germany’s Ruhr Area to assemble fuel cell systems used in the Alstom Coradia iLint hydrogen trains to start with. Yesterday it published a survey about the consumer […]


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Toyota Mirai 2, not for Europe… yet
Gert Verhoeven Posted On November 20, 2020


Toyota indicates that the Mirai Mk2 will be launched on the Japanese market and in the United States at the end of 2020. Whether and when this version will come to Europe could not be confirmed by the Belgian importer. […]


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Antwerp gets two garbage trucks on hydrogen
Joris Van Roy Posted On November 20, 2020


The city of Antwerp is going to deploy two ‘zero-emission’ garbage trucks on hydrogen as part of the European REVIVE project. Revive stands for ‘Refuse Vehicle Innovation and Validation in Europe’, a four-year project that started in 2018 to test […]


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DAF: ‘trucks can reduce CO2 emissions by 90% on HVO diesel’
Joris Van Roy Posted On November 19, 2020


Today’s modern trucks can almost all drive on renewable ‘blue’ (HVO) diesel made from waste vegetable oils without modifying the diesel engine. When used purely (HVO100), instead of mixing with fossil diesel and made from the right feedstock, it can […]


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Daimler Truck and Volvo sign fuel cell joint venture
Joris Van Roy Posted On November 3, 2020


Daimler Truck AG and Volvo Group have signed the binding agreement on the joint-venture they announced in April of this year to bundle their efforts in developing and producing hydrogen-driven fuel cells for heavy-duty vehicles. Volvo Group will get a […]


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Plastic Omnium and ElringKlinger join forces in fuel cells
Joris Van Roy Posted On October 30, 2020


French automotive supplier Plastic Omnium has courted German spare parts manufacturer ElringKlinger to jointly develop fuel cells. The fruit of that courtship – a newly setup joint-venture – is called EKPO, with 60% held by ElringKlinger and 40% by Plastic […]


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Opel to equip Zafira Life with hydrogen fuel cell
Joris Van Roy Posted On October 26, 2020


German-French carmaker Opel is going to equip its ‘lounge on wheels’, the Zafira Life, with a fuel cell (again). The technical details are not communicated yet. According to newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the development has reached a stage road testing […]


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Ghent: capturing carbon to make ‘green’ methanol
Joris Van Roy Posted On October 22, 2020


In the harbor of Ghent, the North-C-Methanol project is to become the world’s first in CO2 capturing on such a large scale and use it to create in a sustainable way methanol for the chemical industry and as an alternative […]


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Shell opens its first hydrogen refueling station in the Netherlands
Joris Van Roy Posted On October 15, 2020


Shell has opened this week its first hydrogen refueling station (HRS) in its home country, along the A4 highway between The Hague and Amsterdam, near Hoofddorp. That brings the total number of public ‘private’ hydrogen stations in the Netherlands to […]


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Sweden builds self-supporting sustainable apartment complex
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On October 12, 2020


In Sweden, a housing corporation will soon finish 44 self-supporting apartments. Residents will we totally independent of the network for water, electricity, and heat. “We will show the world that all available ecologic methods can manage it all.” “We’ve searched […]


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Faurecia invests in new hydrogen tank factory
Joris Van Roy Posted On October 7, 2020


The French automotive supplier, Faurecia, has opened on Tuesday in Bavans, Doubs (France), its ‘world R&D center’ to develop hydrogen storage systems for cars and trucks. CEO Patrick Koller announced that the company would build a new factory to mass-produce […]


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Hyundai XCIENT Fuel Cell trucks hit the road in Switzerland
Joris Van Roy Posted On October 7, 2020


On this Wednesday, the seven first Hyundai XCIENT Fuel Cell trucks of a fleet of fifty have hit the road in Switzerland. The trucks are rented on a pay-per-use base, offering a flat fee per kilometer, including all expenses and […]


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