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New meter to handle hydrogen
Following the UK government’s decision to fund a network of 15 hydrogen refuelling stations by the end of the year, and Toyota’s launch of its hydrogen fuelled Mirai car in Europe, a new flow meter has been introduced to the UK by Litre Meter. Hydrogen is pumped at very high ...
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Toyota about to launch hydrogen cars in UK
The first hydrogen powered Toyota Mirai cars have arrived in the UK ahead of their official launch next month. Toyota is billing the Mirai as the world’s first mass-produced fuel cell saloon, and is launching it in selected European markets – the UK, Germany and Denmark – where a hydrogen ...
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Pay at pump hydrogen sites to open in autumn
The UK’s first pay at pump hydrogen refuelling facilities are scheduled to open in London in the autumn.In an update for investors, ITM Power, said HyFIVE, an EU funded project (with partners BMW, Daimler, Honda, Hyundai and Toyota), is to deploy three hydrogen refuelling stations (HRS) in London.Two sites have ...
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Pay at pump hydrogen sites to open in autumn
The UK’s first pay at pump hydrogen refuelling facilities are scheduled to open in London in the autumn. In an update for investors, ITM Power, said HyFIVE, an EU funded project (with partners BMW, Daimler, Honda, Hyundai and Toyota), is to deploy three hydrogen refuelling stations (HRS) in London. Two ...
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Go ahead for hydrogen site
A hydrogen refuelling station is to be built on the London forecourt of an un-named "major global fuel retailer", with proposals for a further roll-out. ITM Power, an energy storage and clean fuel company, revealed the plans as it announced that it had been awarded a total of £2.89m by ...
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Hydrogen refuelling station planned for London forecourt
A hydrogen refuelling station is to be built on a London forecourt of an un-named “major global fuel retailer”, with proposals for a further roll-out. ITM Power, an energy storage and clean fuel company, revealed the plans as it announced that it had been awarded a total of £2.89m by ...
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Hydrogen at Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury’s is claiming a UK supermarket first with the installation of a forecourt hydrogen dispenser, which will be installed on its Hendon store by the end of the year.Sainsbury’s says the SmartFuel station will be able to fuel a growing number of hydrogen-powered fleets driving around London.Avishai Moor, Sainsbury’s fuel ...
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Toyota boss predicts hydrogen will supplant gasoline
Toyota’s chairman predicted hydrogen would take over from gasoline as the primary fuel as it announced that it will begin selling hydrogen fuel-cell electric cars in Japan on 15 December, 2014, and in the US and Europe in mid-2015. The Toyota Mirai, which means Future in Japanese, has the cruising ...
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Solar-powered hydrogen refuelling plant opened
The UK’s first commercial scale solar-powered hydrogen production and refuelling facility has been opened in Swindon. It was developed by a consortium of businesses including BOC and Honda, which has its UK manufacturing site on the outskirts of Swindon. The consortium claimed the development had achieved a number of significant ...
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Sainsbury’s claims a first with installation of hydrogen fuel dispenser
Sainsbury’s is claiming a UK supermarket first with the installation of a forecourt hydrogen dispenser, which will be installed on its Hendon store by the end of the year. Working with hydrogen infrastructure specialist Air Products, Sainsbury’s says the SmartFuel station will be able to fuel a growing number ...
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Hyundai delivers first hydrogen fuel cell vehicles to UK customers
Hyundai Motors UK has taken delivery of its first hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, and claims to be the first car manufacturer to supply these zero-emission vehicles to paying customers in the UK. The arrival of ix35 Fuel Cell vehicles comes just days after business minister Matthew Hancock announced £11m of ...
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15 UK hydrogen fuelling stations to be set up
The arrival of hydrogen cars on UK roads is a step closer, according to the business minister Matthew Hancock, after he announced up to £11m of funding. The investment is intended to prepare the UK for the roll-out of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), and will be used help ...
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Honda plans small-scale hydrogen fuel cell vehicles from 2015
Honda is one of the car manufacturers looking at small-scale hydrogen fuel cell vehicles from next year but big-volume numbers will not start ramping up until 2020, says Thomas Brachmann, Honda’s chief project engineer for powertrain technology. There are still a great many hurdles to overcome, he said, not least ...
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New members strengthen hydrogen cell body
The Greater London Authority, Welsh Government, and Transport Scotland have all joined the UK H2Mobility project. The project aims to promote the use of hydrogen fuel cells in the transport sector, to reduce CO2 emissions for the transport sector, and has been responsible for building hydrogen fuel stations in ...
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Hyundai’s hydrogen car wins technology award
Hyundai received the Technology Award for the ix35 Fuel Cell at this year’s Fleet World Honours which took place this afternoon at the prestigious Royal Automobile Club in London. The award, which was shared with the Renault Zoe, is recognition of Hyundai’s commitment to bringing the ix35 Fuel Cell vehicle ...
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Breakthrough in hydrogen fuel cell technology
A British company claims that a breakthrough it has made could make the introduction of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles a reality. Cost has been a barrier to the full-scale introduction of fuel, but ACAL Energy claims to have devised a cell which would cost no more than a four-cylinder petrol ...
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Toyota joins hydrogen power project
Toyota has joined the London Hydrogen Partnership, which is working to attract and roll-out hydrogen fuel projects in the capital. Deputy London mayor, Kit Malthouse, said: “We want Toyota and the London Hydrogen Partnership to develop a roadmap for fuel cell vehicles and hydrogen refuelling station rollout. Toyota will provide ...
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Government report estimates 1.5m hydrogen vehicles on UK roads by 2030
Over one and a half million hydrogen powered vehicles could be on UK roads by 2030 according to a joint Government-industry study published this week. The forecast is made in an interim report commissioned to evaluate the benefits of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) and ensure the UK is ...
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European hydrogen road tour visits the UK
The UK’s first public-access hydrogen refuelling station was host to seven fuel-cell cars today (October 4), as they filled up at Swindon on the UK leg of the H2 Moves European Hydrogen Road Tour. The station, operated by industrial gases and clean energy business BOC, is the only refuelling stop ...
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Hydrogen study launch
A ground-breaking project to ensure the UK is well-positioned for the rollout of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles has been launched.The UKH2Mobility programme aims to analyse in detail the specific UK case for the introduction of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles; review the investments required to commercialise the technology; and ...