Nine European partners – including associations, major companies,

universities, technology and research centres from seven countries – have launched the H2TRUST consortium. The project aims to foster a smooth and well managed transition to full-scale commercialisation of fuel cell and hydrogen applications in Europe, and emphasise the importance of hydrogen safety among all stakeholders.

Co-funded by the European Commission-supported Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), the H2TRUST consortium will run until November 2014. The project is led by Barcelona-based MATGAS, a joint venture between Air Products, the National Research Council of Spain, and the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

The consortium members include Air Products [see pages 6 and 7], European Hydrogen Association, Solvay Speciality Polymers Italy, Politecnico di Milano, McPhy Energy in France, SOL SpA and CiaoTech (PNO Group) in Italy, and Eindhoven

University of Technology in the Netherlands.One of the consortium’s main goals is to assess

industry efforts to ensure fuel cell and hydrogen technology remains safe, and that there is adequate regulation, hazard awareness, incident readiness, and ability to respond to any public concerns.

Risk assessments will focus on each of the main application areas: hydrogen production, storage and distribution, mobility and vehicles, non-vehicles, and residential power generation. The consortium expects that the results will help to create a long-lasting culture of preventive safety in the industry, as well as a legacy of tools and knowledge that reinforce best practice and public confidence.

H2TRUST: www.h2trust.eu

MATGAS 2000 AIE: www.matgas.org

Air Products UK, Hydrogen as Fuel: www.airproducts.co.uk/h2energy

European Hydrogen Association: www.h2euro.org

McPhy Energy: www.mcphy.com

European Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking: www.fch-ju.eu

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NEWSH2TRUST for hydrogen sustainability and safety 1

Nuvera fuel cells for Fincantieri marine vessels 1

ROAD VEHICLESGM Fuel Cell Equinox car tops 100 000 miles 2

Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell car used to grow food 2

MOBILE APPLICATIONSBMW, Linde MH, TUM trial hydrogen forklifts 3

SMALL STATIONARYBallard telecom backup outdoor solution, equity 3

CommScope fuel cells in CableLabs network 4

Panasonic, Tokyo Gas condominium Ene-Farm 4

CFCL m-CHP project in UK, German subsidies 4

LARGE STATIONARYPOSCO builds manufacturing plant, FCE boost 5

Air Products in AFC industrial hydrogen project 6

FuelCell Energy progresses DOE SOFC projects 6

Bloom production, JPMorgan Chase and Macy’s 6

AFC, Waste2Tricity Thailand commercialisation 7

FCES MCFC unit to German education ministry 7

PORTABLE & MICROAquafairy shows Japan solid hydrogen fuel cells 8

FUELINGActa repeat electrolysers order, boosts funding 8

Air Liquide, Toyota Tsusho hydrogen refueling 8

Catacel, DJW Technology CPOX hydrogen unit 9

COMMERCIALISATIONITM Power wins Welsh backing, grows in US 9

Restructure for Logan Energy for global growth 9

RESEARCHFCO Power for high power density SOFC stack 10

OWI methanol reformer/HTPEMFC, truck APU 10

SFU, Ballard nano X-ray CT sees inside fuel cell 11

DOE $4m funding for hydrogen storage projects 11

FEATURESHySA/Catalysis: Creating opportunities

from South Africa’s mineral wealth 12–15

Simplifying mass production of PEM fuel cell technology: PA Consulting Group 16–17

REGULARSEditorial 3

Call for Papers: Fuel Cells Science & Technology 2014 5

News In Brief 7, 11

Research Trends 15

Patents 17–19

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H2TRUST for hydrogen sustainability and safety

Nuvera fuel cells for Fincantieri marine vessels

US-based Nuvera Fuel Cells is working with Italian shipbuilder

Fincantieri on a programme to power luxury marine vessels with advanced hydrogen PEM fuel cell technology.

Nuvera has been commissioned to produce and deliver eight Orion™ hydrogen PEM fuel cell stacks (total power 260 kW), which will be used as range-extenders for use on luxury marine vessels. The programme is scheduled to begin in December, with delivery of the Orion stack prototype units by mid-2014.

Nuvera’s fuel cell auxiliary power units (APUs) will provide marine vessels with silent, air-independent propulsion (AIP). This is the same technology used in non-nuclear submarines, generating electricity to drive an electric motor for propulsion or for recharging

the boat’s batteries [see the HDW feature in FCB, June 2012].

Nuvera’s Orion stacks offer excellent power density in sizes ranging from 10 to 300 kW, that can be integrated into industrial mobility, automotive, aerospace, and marine applications. Nuvera recently won funding from Pacific Northwest National Lab to demonstrate transport refrigeration units in trucks, powered by fuel cells [FCB, September 2013, p4].

Interest in hydrogen fuel cells for marine applications has grown as the marine industry looks for new ways to tackle environmental concerns and improve engine reliability [see the feature on marine fuel cells in FCB, May 2010].

Nuvera Fuel Cells: www.nuvera.com

Fincantieri: www.fincantieri.com