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Commercial Group Joins Hydrog
Commercial Group Joins Hydrog.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n RNS Number : 2162W ITM Power PLC 16 November 2010 \n \n\n16 November 2010\n \nITM Power plc\n(\"ITM Power\" or \"the Company\")\n \nCommercial Group Joins ITM Power's Hydrogen On Site Trials\n \nITM Power (AIM: ITM), the energy storage and clean fuel company, is pleased to announce that the Commercial Group has signed an agreement to participate in the Hydrogen On Site Trials (HOST) of ITM Power's transportable high pressure refueling unit (HFuel). The HFuel unit was built with support from the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) and launched at the Company's AGM on 15th September 2010. \nThe Commercial Group, is the largest, privately owned office services company in the UK, with 2,500 loyal customers, including some of the top 100 companies in the country. The company has received praise from Jonathon Porritt, Director of Forum for the Future, as being an organisation that \"continues to demonstrate that profitability and business growth can be achieved through environmentally sound practices\". Commercial Group has been widely commended by the Carbon Trust, Energy Saving Trust, Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP) and Chartered Institute for Logistics and Transport (CILT) for its low carbon operations.\nCommenting for ITM Power, CEO Graham Cooley said: \"We are pleased to welcome the Commercial Group to our HOST programme. Their assessment of our energy storage: clean fuel technology, for decarbonising return to base logistics fleet vehicles, will provide ITM Power with exceptionally useful data in the urban and suburban environment.\" \n \nSimon Graham, Commercial Group's Environmental Strategist added: \"We are excited to be taking part in ITM Power's HOST programme next year. Vehicle emissions are the largest element of our carbon footprint and a key factor in our environmental performance. As an innovator in low carbon logistics, we are constantly looking for ways to improve our performance and we look forward to working with ITM Power on their ground breaking programme. HOST will provide us with a unique opportunity to operationally assess what could be the most important decarbonising technology for fleets.\"\n \nAbout HOST\nHOST will begin in 2011, and comprises the operation and refueling of two Revolve Technologies hydrogen Ford Transit vehicl...