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NEWS
Faurecia, Michelin form joint venture to create global leader in hydrogen fuel cell mobility 1
Toyota, JAXA partnering on lunar rover project 1

ROAD VEHICLES
Aberdeen bus fleet passes 1m miles in service 2
New Flyer buses pass FTA testing, ready to order 2
ELO hydrogen bus with German, Dutch partners 2
OLEV £14m for UK hydrogen transport projects 3
Met Police completes scooter trial with IE units 3

MOBILE APPLICATIONS
Horizon FCT targets materials handling in US 4
PowerCell automaker stack order, systems order 4
Intelligent Energy, MetaVista MOU for UAVs 4

SMALL STATIONARY
PACE on track for 2800 micro CHP units by 2021 5
Intelligent Energy fuel cells in construction cabins 5

LARGE STATIONARY
Bloom, SK D&D distribution for SOFCs in Korea 5

PORTABLE & MICRO
myFC JAQ Hybrid orders from S. Africa, Sweden 6
More SFC portable Jenny 1200 units for defence 6
myFC, Krusell to develop cases for smartphones 6

FUELING
HysetCo JV to promote Paris hydrogen mobility 7
Nel to supply two hydrogen stations for Korea 7
LBST report says 48 new stations opened in 2018 7
Industry focuses on fueling hardware for trucks 8
Swiss order for Nel 2 MW PEM electrolyser 8
Nproxx high-pressure hydrogen tank certified 8

ENERGY STORAGE & P2G
Joi Scientific partners with NB Power for first hydrogen powered distributed electric grid 8

GREEN HYDROGEN
Air Liquide to build 20 MW PEM electrolyser 9
AREVA H2Gen 1 MW electrolyser for MethFuel 9
Rotterdam H-vision for ‘blue’ hydrogen from NG 9

COMMERCIALISATION
GenCell, Flex partner for volume manufacturing 10
Hexagon Xperion now Purus, joins Audi project 10
myFC pulls out of Asian JV, new China structure 10
SOLIDpower, Datadvance extend generator life 11
New enerday becomes Sunfire Fuel Cells 11
Plug begins GenDrive production, Rochester plant 11
Chroma, Hephas link for fuel cell testing in NEVs 12
Elcogen E12m EIB loan for manufacturing plant 12
Element 1 tech licence deal with China’s DNK 12
Great Wall Motor won’t join German H2 Mobility 12
Hydrogen roadmap for European energy transition 13
ARIEL electric air compressor for electromobility 13
Atrex develops, demos 5 kW SOFC for NETL 13

RESEARCH
CUTRIC funds Canadian urban mobility project 14
SOFC reaches 11 years in Jülich lifetime test 14
WUSTL direct borohydride fuel cell for UUVs, drones 14

NEWS FEATURE
Ajusa Hydrogen Technologies develops novel bipolar plates with optimised water management for fuel cell stack 15–16

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