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A fleet of 10 Ford Focus H2-Vehicles to Iceland

After receiving 10 new hydrogen vehicles from FORD, Iceland has now the largest fleet of hydrogen vehicles in Europe. The vehicles are imported by Icelandic New Energy and Brimborg after being successfully operated in a DOE-Demonstration program in the US. It shows a great faith in the hydrogen activities in Iceland, managed by Icelandic New Energy and the service work of Icelandic Hydrogen, who is servicing all hydrogen vehicles in Iceland, that the destination of Iceland has been chosen for the final period of the operation. The vehicles will be leased to customers in January 2010 and operated in the Reykjavik area.

Denmark Opens H2 Fueling Station Links Germany and Scandinavia

There have been so many openings of hydrogen fueling stations in the past few years that now days I hardly take notice of another opening. But, the opening of the H2 fueling station in Copenhagen, Denmark has caught my attention and I’ll tell you why. Yesterday, Copenhagen opened its first hydrogen filling station, which gives Denmark a total now of 7 H2 filling stations. Why is this important? It is important because Denmark links the Scandinavian Hydrogen Highway system (including Norway, Sweden and Denmark) with the overall European Union Hydrogen Highway system that includes these 3 countries plus Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom. In fact, Denmark is the link between Sweden and Germany. Besides Copenhagen, there are hydrogen fueling stations in the other Danish cities of Arhus, Herning, Samso, Sydthy and 2 in Holstebro.

Three Japanese Hydrogen Cars Make 1,100 Kilometer Fun Run

Toyota, Nissan and Honda have decided that today they will take their fuel cell cars on a 1,100 kilometer (683 miles) fun run. The cars will leave Toyko and travel to Fukuoka and will demonstrate that their refueling range is similar that or exceed that of gasoline-powered cars. The cars participating in this run will be the Honda FCX Clarity, Toyota FCHV-adv, and Nissan X-Trail FCV. The Japanese fuel cell fun run started today after senior government officials and Toyota, Nissan and Honda executives held a ceremony at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo to mark the occasion. The fuel cell vehicles have hit the roadways today and are expected at the Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture on Thursday. Over the two-day journey the hydrogen cars will refuel twice and the drivers will stay overnight in Osaka

Czech Open a Hydrogen Fueling Station

The first Czech hydrogen fueling station has opened its door for operation in Neratovice, central Bohemia. This adds one more H2 fueling station to the European Union Hydrogen Highway system. The Czech Republic borders Austria to the south and Germany to the west, which both have multiple hydrogen fueling stations. The new Czech H2 station expands the reach of the EU hydrogen highway system. After 3 years and $3 million Euros the station was finally completed by Linde Gas and the Czech Nuclear Research Institute. Annually the station has the capability of pumping six tons of hydrogen gas. The new hydrogen fueling station will be used at first to refuel the TriHyBus which runs on fuel cells, ultracapacitors and batteries

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