#10 Newsletter 2018The 55^th Executive Committee (ExCo) Meeting of the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Technology Collaboration Programme on Advanced Fuel Cells (AFC TCP) was held at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Berlin, Germany on the 14 and 16 November 2017. As usual the event was well attended with representatives coming from Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Israel, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Spain and the US. A welcome to all was given by Detlef Stolten, the AFC TCP Chairman.

Prof. Detlef Stolten (Germany) was re-elected as Chair. Dr. Nancy Garland (United States) and Dr. Jonghee Han (South Korea) were elected as Vice-Chairs.

The annexes presented their direction of further term for 2019-2023.

Next to the presentations of the annexes country updates of Germany and Israel were presented.

The 56^th Executive Committee (ExCo) Meeting of the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Technology Collaboration Programme on Advanced Fuel Cells (AFC TCP) was held at the Hotel Sunroute Ariake, Tokyo, Japan during February 27 and March 1 2018. 20 participants were present, including 12 ExCo members from Austria, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the US.
National updates from China, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the US were presented as well as an update on Annex 35. Key highlights are:

• Japan is keen on establishing a hydrogen based society in the future. Therefore, a new strategy is under final process. The key points of the strategy can be found here.
• Denmark plans to be independent of fossil fuels by 2050. There is no specific strategy for fuel cells or hydrogen yet. (read more).
• Italy updated its National Energy strategy 2017- 2030. The Ministry of Economic Development has integrated the H₂ Mobility Roadmap into the National Strategy Framework for alternative fuels, in line with the Directive 2014/94/EU in January 2017 (read more)
• China published an English version of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Vehicle Technology Roadmap from October 2016. A new updated technology roadmap for FCEV is available on www.ieafuelcell.com under publications.
• The French Energy Transition for Green Growth Act established the multiannual energy plan. The Energy plan was updated and sections on energy storage as well as the launch of a national plan to deploy the hydrogen technology have been integrated (read more)
• In Switzerland the Revised Energy Act is in force as of January 1, 2018 as first step of the Energy Strategy 2050, but fuel cells & hydrogen are not an element of national policy.

Between the 55^th and 56^th ExCo Meeting the number of Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles and number of Hydrogen Stations in operation have been collected and presented (see respective topic in this newsletter)
The next (57^th) ExCo Meeting will be held in Linz, Austria from 06^th to 08^th November 2018.

As of January 25^th, 2018 Croatia is an official member of the AFC TCP. The University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, designated by the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Croatia as the ExCo representative, was founded in 1919 and is considered as the one of the most prestigious technical faculties in the Republic of Croatia. According to the Statute, up to the 2025, the Faculty aims to be recognized as one of the leading institutions in the field of mechanical engineering, naval architecture, and aeronautical engineering in Southeast Europe, with huge highlight on hydrogen and fuel cells technologies. Furthermore, it aims to provide its scientific and educational potential with a key role in initiating development and ensuring the progress of the Croatian economy based on innovations. The FSB has the role of linking the research and teaching process with the aim of creating innovative and creative social elite, as well as creating a new value by transferring research results to the industry. The Faculty in its daily work follows the principles of innovation as an essential component of teaching and research activities, which will create new scientific values as well as educate professionals capable for active and successful lifelong learning.
The faculty employees an interdisciplinary team of almost 300 qualified personnel, most having many years of experience in the field of research and development.

The AFC TCP started a survey in 2017 to receive a representative number of worldwide deployed fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) as well as hydrogen refueling stations (HRS) by the end of 2017. It shows, that the Toyota Mirai is the most sold FCEV in the world with more than 6.000 units deployed by 2017 from a total of 7.186 FCEV. Key regions like Japan, Europe, California, and China have set major targets for the number of FCEV and HRS until 2020 and beyond, e.g. Japan is planning to have 40.000 FCEV by 2020 and 200.000 by 2025. 330 HRS have been in operation by the end of 2017 and the targets imply that in 2020 the number of HRS will be more than doubled.

The AFC TCP started a survey in 2017 to receive a representative number of worldwide deployed fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) as well as hydrogen refueling stations (HRS) by the end of 2017. It shows, that the Toyota Mirai is the most sold FCEV in the world with more than 6.000 units deployed by 2017 from a total of 7.186 FCEV. Key regions like Japan, Europe, California, and China have set major targets for the number of FCEV and HRS until 2020 and beyond, e.g. Japan is planning to have 40.000 FCEV by 2020 and 200.000 by 2025. 330 HRS have been in operation by the end of 2017 and the targets imply that in 2020 the number of HRS will be more than doubled.

Link to survey.
Link to GEVO 2018

Hyundai Motor, in cooperation with H2 Energy, will provide 1,000 fuel cell electric trucks to Swiss commercial vehicle market, beginning 2019 through to 2023. The fuel cell electric truck is expected to have a range of approximately 400 km under real-life driving conditions and is being developed according to European regulations

More information can be found here

The International Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle Congress 2018 (FCVC 2018) will take place on 23-25 October 2018, Rugao, China. The International Hydrogen Fuel Cell Association (IHFCA) and the Society of Automotive Engineers of China (SAE-China) will jointly organize this annual conference, which was first held in 2016.  
In addition to 2017’s four well-received sessions, the FCVC 2018 will add one new session ‘Market & Capital Investment’ to better connect HFC technology developers and entrepreneurs with global capital and market.

More information can be found here