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NEWS
Plug Power acquires American Fuel Cell, enhanced R&D will boost on-road applications 1
Hyon wins DNV GL approval for maritime use
of PowerCell module-based fuel cell solutions 1

ROAD VEHICLES
US Hybrid, BYD bus for Honolulu Airport 2

SMALL STATIONARY
Altergy fuel cells power CSX railroad crossings 2
Viessmann launches products for residential use 2

LARGE STATIONARY
Toshiba hydrogen fuel cell at hotel in Kawasaki 3
French Guiana 140 MWh ‘green’ energy storage 3

PORTABLE & MICRO
myFC order for 500 JAQ Hybrids from Lightec 4

FUELING
Iwatani first retail hydrogen station in Okayama 4
French agency orders McPhy station for buses 4
Nel order for first H2Station solution in S. Korea 4
Renewable hydrogen roadmap for California 5
Swiss companies join to accelerate station rollout 5
Infrastructure firm Nemoto Tsusho joins JHyM 6

ENERGY STORAGE & P2G
IMechE report says P2G boosts UK renewables 6
Colruyt, Parkwind, Fluxys in Belgian P2G plan 6
HyNet project in UK plans green gas for industry 7

GREEN HYDROGEN
Asahi Kasei ‘green’ hydrogen in Germany, Japan 7
Dutch hydrogen coalition to boost electrolysers 8
ELY4OFF project in assembly, commissioning 8
BIG HIT at capacity for Orkney green hydrogen 8
Toshiba, Iwatani demo Hokkaido hydrogen supply 9
DOE for nuclear-compatible hydrogen production 9
UK in £20m boost to develop hydrogen economy 10

COMMERCIALISATION
Ceres, Weichai plan Chinese bus range-extender 10
DOE reports on progress in hydrogen, fuel cells 10
Gore membranes’ 5000 h in Sunrise Power stacks 11
PowerCell stack, system order from auto OEM 11
ComSos to commercialise European SOFC tech 11
ETL certification for WATT’s Imperium 11
Xebec links with Furui in China, JNK in Korea 12
FCHEA highlights fuel cell, hydrogen industry 12

RESEARCH
DOE funding for 21 hydrogen, fuel cell projects 12
INN-BALANCE for FCEV auxiliary components 13
CSM shows durable protonic ceramic fuel cells 13

NEWS FOCUS
New Argonne technology can lower hydrogen refueling costs 14–15

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