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[{"type":"text","content":"\n RNS Number : 9790U ITM Power PLC 26 October 2010 \n \n\n26 October 2010\n \nITM Power plc\n(\"ITM Power\" or \"the Company\")\n \nSouthampton City Council Joins ITM Power's Hydrogen On Site Trials\n \nThird Local Authority Joins HOST \n \nITM Power (AIM: ITM), the energy storage and clean fuel company, is pleased to announce that Southampton City Council has signed an agreement to participate in the Hydrogen On Site Trials (HOST) of ITM Power's transportable high pressure refueling unit (HFuel), becoming the third English local authority to join the trials. The HFuel unit was built with support from the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) and launched at the Company's AGM on 15th September 2010. \n \nSouthampton is often referred to as the \"Home of the Transit\" as commercial Transit vehicles are manufactured nearby at Ford's plant at Swaythling. Southampton City Council has an environmental strategy targeting air quality improvements from transport and increasing the use of renewable energy. The Council's Carbon Reduction policy includes a target to reduce CO2emissions by 40% by 2020. In 2009/10 alone an impressive reduction of 7.5% was achieved, including 400 tonnes through an LED traffic light replacement programme. \n \nCommenting for ITM Power, CEO Graham Cooley said: \"We are very pleased to welcome Southampton City Council as our third local authority 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 \nLorraine Brown, Executive Director of Environment for Southampton City Council, added: \"This is a win-win for Southampton as we strive to make the city exemplary in its standards of air quality, whilst promoting the local production of clean transport technology. We are particularly pleased to support ITM Power in the trialling of its Transportable High Pressure Hydrogen Refuelling Station, such initiatives will be invaluable in pursuing our carbon reduction targets. It is also especially appropriate for ITM's hydrogen trials to be undertaken using vehicles that were manufactured in the city of Southampton.\" \n \nAbout HOST\nHOST will begin in 2011, and comprises the op...