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NEWS
Protonex technology for Canadian autonomous underwater vehicle project at Cellula Robotics 1

ROAD VEHICLES
Hyundai begins NEXO FCEV sales in Korea 2
Dutch team sets new record of 2888 km in 24 h 2
Toyota begins sales of Sora fuel cell bus 2
UPS hybrid van in California with Ballard module 3

MOBILE APPLICATIONS
Element 1 materials handling hydrogen generator 3
Toyota adds 20 forklifts, station at Motomachi 4
WATT supply, engineering deal for Hymer RVs 4
FCH, Shift2Rail JUs study fuel cells for railways 4

SMALL STATIONARY
HPS unveils Picea energy storage system 5
Helbio Korean order, distribution for CHP unit 5

LARGE STATIONARY
Toshiba fuel cell for baseball stadium in Sendai 6
GRASSHOPPER flexible MW-scale power plant 6

PORTABLE & MICRO
myFC JAQ Hybrids for Huangdou e-commerce 7

FUELING
Germany adds stations in Wolfsburg, Ingolstadt 7
Air Liquide to fuel first French hydrogen bus line 7
Shell, ITM open M40 station at Beaconsfield 8
Metacon, AGA hydrogen for FCEV winter tests 8
H2 Mobility selects Oldenburg, Brunsbüttel, Siegen 8
Plug Power GenFuel hybrid station in California 9
Japan H2 Mobility accelerates station deployment 9
DOE H-Prize winner SimpleFuel exports to Japan 9
Air Products tech for first China Energy stations 10
Nel’s new Nikola order, halts H2V P2G project 10

ENERGY STORAGE
ITM grant to study renewable hydrogen in BC 11
Fraunhofer ISE tests hydrogen feed-in to gas grid 11

COMMERCIALISATION
UK boosts refueling infrastructure, 200 FCEVs 11
Europe’s role in hydrogen, fuel cell value chains 12
NOW, GIZ to push FCH in emerging economies 12
SerEnergy branch office for Norway 12
SFC Asian defence order, Simark oil & gas order 12
Symbio rolls out new visual identity, website 13
More multinationals join Hydrogen Council 13
Oxfordshire has UK’s second Hydrogen Hub 14

RESEARCH
EPFL, GRT unveil formic acid fuel cell/reformer 14
ARPA-E funding for SOFC DG system projects 14
Toyota foundation awards for hydrogen research 15
DOE funds SOFC projects at Mohawk, WVU 15

REGULARS
Editorial 3
News In Brief 5, 15
Patents 16–19
Events Calendar 20

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NEWS
FuelCell Energy 5 MW unit for Campbell Soup 1
HTEC, Shell plan Canada’s first retail hydrogen refueling station in Vancouver this year 1

ROAD VEHICLES
JIVE 2 under way to accelerate fuel cell buses 2
Van Hool to build 40 buses for Cologne and Wuppertal, with order for Ballard fuel cells 2
Chinese fuel cell buses operating in Chengdu 3
Deployment of 500 fuel cell trucks in Shanghai 3
French ROAD project developing refrigerated semi-trailers with fuel cell powered supplies 4

MOBILE APPLICATIONS
Ballard to develop air-cooled stack for forklifts 4
Indian Railways to develop fuel cell power train 4
Siemens funding for fuel cell train with Ballard 5
Boreal Sjø, Wärtsilä to design hydrogen ferry 6
HES partners to form complete value chain for hydrogen-electric long-range UAVs 6
Ultra Electronics USSI SOFC contract for UAS 6

PORTABLE & MICRO
Aberdeen site uses BOC Hymera in TCP lighting 7
EVERYWH2ERE project to develop fuel cell containerised ‘plug and play’ gensets 7

FUELING
LBST says 64 new hydrogen stations in 2017 8
H2 Mobility opens new station in Esslingen with Shell, Air Liquide 8
High V.LO-City adds PitPoint station in Delfzijl 8
Uno-X opens first hydrogen station in Bergen 9
Trillium CNG hydrogen for California buses 9
SEAFUEL project for renewable hydrogen in transportation for three Atlantic regions 10
HYDRAITE to cut cost, boost hydrogen quality 10
Royal Society looks at low-carbon hydrogen 10

ENERGY STORAGE
HyDeploy P2G project to reduce UK home CO2 11
Siemens solar hydrogen electrolysis for Dubai 11

COMMERCIALISATION
Ballard, Nisshinbo in next stage to develop NPMC-based fuel cells for materials handling 12
Ceres Power’s SteelCell advances at FC Expo 12
NREL-KPA-Toyota expedite permitting of FCEV repair facilities 12
Impact Coatings for Michelin, China deal 13

REGULARS
Editorial 3
News In Brief 5, 13
Research Trends 14–15
Patents 16–19
Events Calendar 20

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NEWS
Elcogen, Convion supply SOFC CHP systems to business district smart grid project in Finland 1

ROAD VEHICLES
Hyundai NEXO showcases autonomous FCEVs 2
Toyota 3000 Mirai California sales, now Canada 2
Ballard, Kenworth fuel cell truck validation 3
REVIVE to deploy Europe fuel cell refuse trucks 3
Hydrogenics wins Chinese urban vehicle order 4

MOBILE APPLICATIONS
PowerCell stack orders from Chinese customers 4

LARGE STATIONARY
Toshiba hydrogen fuel cell for 7-Eleven in Japan 5
Bloom Energy Servers for factory in Japan, Korean power plant 5
MHPS first order for integrated SOFC/gas turbine 6

PORTABLE & MICRO
myFC commercial order for JAQ Hybrid charger 6
SFC Bundeswehr order for more military units 7

FUELING
Bad Homburg wins second H2 Mobility site bid 7
McPhy contract with Engie for French station 7
Nel Hydrogen station for SSAB in Sweden 8
Hydrogenious links with Broad-Ocean in China 8
Korea targets 310 hydrogen stations by 2022 9
Jülich, H2 Mobility analyse costs of battery versus hydrogen infrastructure 9

ENERGY STORAGE
Reiner Lemoine seeks firms for ecoPtG project 10
REFHYNE project to install world’s largest
electrolysis plant in Shell German refinery 10

COMMERCIALISATION
AFC progress in system, electrode performance 10
Ballard narrows focus, cuts costs at Protonex, offloads SOFC technology to Upstart Power 11
Bramble Energy progress on 5 kW PCBFC stack 11
Engie takes control of Electro Power Systems 12
Ceres signs fifth partner for joint development 12
FuelCon ships test stations for German project 12
McKinsey study shows German NIP1 achieved objectives, NIP2 will continue programme 13

REGULARS
Editorial 3
News In Brief 5, 13
Research Trends 14–15
Patents 16–19
Events Calendar 20

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NEWS
Hydrogen key to unlock North Sea wind energy 1

ROAD VEHICLES
Hyundai unveils next-gen FCEV NEXO at CES 2
Sheffield hydrogen vans to improve air quality 2
SunLine Transit adds latest FC7 fuel cell bus 3
ASKO orders Scania fuel cell trucks, starts hydrogen production 3
Nedstack signs JV with Chinese partner Huaxia 4

MOBILE APPLICATIONS
myFC to halve weight of Lamina range-extender 4
Ballard next-gen fuel cell system for drones, more Insitu flight tests 4
PIPAA project, led by Safran, wins French grant 5

SMALL STATIONARY
Swedish utility selects PowerCell for home demo 6
SOLIDpower produces 1000th BlueGEN SOFC 6

LARGE STATIONARY
Second FuelCell Energy onsite biogas product wins CARB DG certification 6

PORTABLE & MICRO
German Bundeswehr largest SFC products order 7
myFC ready to deliver JAQ Hybrid, targeting Chinese smartphones 7

FUELING
Air Liquide, Groupe ADP station at Paris-Orly 7
Two Uno-X Hydrogen stations in Norway, Nel station for Estonia 8
Air Liquide, Total station in Baden-Württemberg 8
PitPoint station in Delfzijl to supply two buses 9
Japanese firms link to roll out hydrogen stations 9

ENERGY STORAGE
McPhy tech in Jupiter 1000 P2G demo in France 10

COMMERCIALISATION
AFC Energy in first order for De Nora cathodes 10
Ballard partner’s Shanghai fuel cell engine facility 11
Ceres Power for market field trials, new OEM deal 11
Element 1 tech licensing with Asian manufacturer 11
ITM Australian subsidiary, joins mobility initiative 12

RESEARCH
German government funds AutoStack-Industrie 12
SOCTESQA standardises solid oxide stack testing 12
Surrey scientists create low-cost AEMFC catalysts 13

REGULARS
Editorial 3
News In Brief 5, 13
Research Trends 14–15
Patents 16–19
Events Calendar 20