News Archive: 2008
Membership Workshop - New Date 14 January 2009 Announced
18/12/2008
Following the postponement of the Workshop which was due to be held 16 December, we should like to confirm that the meeting shall now take place on Wednesday 14th January 2009 in Brussels. ...
JTI publishes first calls with budget of €28.1m
8/10/2008
The Joint Technology Initiative of Fuel Cells and Hydrogen has today published the first calls for proposals on the EU website, Cordis. The calls amount to €28.1m in funding from the JTI. ...
European Commissioner Janez Potocnik points to JTI as commitment to Fuel Cells and Hydrogen
22/09/2008
In the first interview by a Commissioner since the coming into force of the JTI Regulation, Mr. Potočnik from DG Research, pointed to the benefits to be reaped resulting from the formation of ...
European Parliament adopts hydrogen vehicle type approval
4/09/2008
Yesterday, the European Parliament backed the European Commission´s proposal to simplify the approval of hydrogen powered vehicles The EU-wide approval criteria are aimed at averting the ...
The FCH JU Regulation is published today in the Official Journal
12/06/2008
The Council regulation EC No 521/2008 of 30 May 2008 setting up the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking has been published today and enters into force on 15 June 2008. The text can be ...
NEW-IG Welcomes JTI Regulation
30/05/2008
The Industry Grouping of the Joint Technology Initiative on Fuel Cells and Hydrogen, New Energy World IG (NEW IG), welcomes the adoption of the Council Regulation creating the Fuel Cell and ...
European Parliament votes for FCH JTI Regulation
20/05/2008
Today the European Parliament voted on the FCH JTI regulation opinion. It was voted in favour by an overwhelming majority ( 619 MEPs voting, 590 in favour, 15 votes against and 14 abstentions). ...
Membership Survey 2008
7/04/2008
At the last Board meeting held in February, the Board decided that the Secretariat would undertake a membership survey to gather your input on the activities that have been performed by the NEW ...
IG grows to 58 members
3/04/2008
Membership of the JTI Industry Grouping just keeps growing In line with the objectives for 2008, the Industry Grouping has seen the addition of 4 new companies so far in 2008 with more ...
Joint Technology Initiative expected to launch end of June
3/04/2008
A Rapporteur was assigned in January to propose amendments at the European Parliament stage in the process; MEP Pia Elda Locatelli (an Italian Socialist MEP) is a Member of the Committee on ...
Mr. Van Breda Vriesman speaks at European Parliament
7/03/2008
On 5th March, the Chair of the NEW-IG, Mr. Van Breda Vreisman presented at the European Parliament and to other key stakeholders regarding the IG’s position on the Regulation helping the ...