New Hydrogen Centre; Sees 6 Million Hydrogen Cars in Europe by 2020

The Linde Group has officially inaugurated a new €3-million Hydrogen Centre in Germany. Linde is focusing in its research and development on the renewable production of hydrogen, especially bio-hydrogen.

"In cooperation with specialists in the field, we are advancing the development of several methods for biomass conversion into hydrogen. We are confident that soon all the hydrogen required by the Linde Hydrogen Center can be produced by sustainable production methods"

- Dr Aldo Belloni, member of the Executive Board of Linde AG.

"It would be a shame if Germany were to sleep through a trend in hydrogen technology the way we slept through hybrids.”

- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Reitzle, CEO of the Linde Group.

This sounds like positive news... and has sparked an entertaining hydrogen vs biofuels debate over at Green Car Congress. Check it out.

We like CUTE buses!

Following on from the success of the major EU-assisted project: CUTE (Clean Urban Transport for Europe), six cities and regions in Europe and Canada are joining forces to buy more hydrogen-powered buses. Thus accelerating economies of scale. Since mid-2003, 27 public transport buses have covered more than 1 million km and carried more than 4 million people in 9 European cities as part of the CUTE project.

The cooperating cities and regions in the new alliance are: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, British Columbia Province, Hamburg and London. The Mayor of London plans to introduce 70 new hydrogen vehicles to London by 2010.