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Participation in French Mobility Programme
Participation in French Mobility Programme.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 6661I ITM Power PLC 05 July 2013 \n \n\n5 July 2013\n \nITM Power plc\n(\"ITM Power\" or the \"Company\")\n \nParticipation in French Hydrogen Infrastructure Programme\n \nITM Power (AIM: ITM), the energy storage and clean fuel company, announces its participation in Mobilité Hydrogène France, the hydrogen infrastructure programme for France. The following announcement was made yesterday evening in Paris:\n \nHydrogen for Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles in France\n \nLaunch of a national study\n \nHydrogen and fuel cells could increase the potential for the deployment of electric vehicles in Europe, whilst strengthening renewable energy production capacities in regions of France. This is the shared vision of the twenty partner members of the \"Mobility Hydrogen France\" consortium, who have combined forces and expertise to produce an economically competitive and supported deployment plan for a private and public hydrogen refuelling infrastructure in France between 2015 and 2030, including an analysis of cost-effectiveness.\n \nRegional, national and international, private and public stakeholders were brought together by the French Association for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells (\"AFHyPaC\") and supported by the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, to share their knowledge and expertise in order to develop coordinated deployment scenarios for vehicles and hydrogen stations, and to emphasise the clear benefits and costs of this transition. The results will be published in late 2013. \n \nThe French approach follows on from the \"H2 Mobility\" initiatives in Germany and Great Britain, amongst others, and is co-funded by the stakeholders themselves and the European Union within the HIT (Hydrogen for Transport Infrastructure) framework project. The consortium has been formed in parallel to a draft European Directive to promote the development of alternative fuels such as electricity and hydrogen, which is currently being considered by the European Parliament and the European Council.\n \nIn the context of growing urbanisation, electric vehicles, whether Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) or Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEV), for personal, utility or for public use, represent an attractive and durable solution that allows the reduction to zero of CO2 and ...