International Summer School on PEM fuel cells applications and integration

Organised by the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC), Institute for Energy (IE), in cooperation with the UNIDO International Centre for Hydrogen Energy Technologies (ICHET), the International Summer School on PEM fuel cells applications and integration will take place in Istanbul, Turkey, on 19-23 July.

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World Hydrogen Energy Summit cancelled

The World Hydrogen Energy Summit, which was to take place in Istanbul on 15-17 July 2010, has been postponed to a later date due to an unfavourable conjuncture.

New Delhi project gets media attention

UNIDO-ICHET's New-Delhi hydrogen three-wheelers project has been the subject of an article published in the Financial Times on February 15, 2010.

President of Iceland, Turkish Prime Minister and UNIDO DG visit ICHET booth in Abu Dhabi WFES 2010

President of Iceland Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and UNIDO Director General Kandeh Yumkella - among other personalities - met with representatives of the International Centre for Hydrogen Energy Technologies (ICHET) in the Abu Dhabi World Future Energy Summit (WFES 2010) which took place in the Capital City of the United Arab Emeritates from 18 to 21 January 2010.
On 18 January, ICHET representatives received in the Centre's booth a Turkish delegation led by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan - who had delivered a keynote speech at the opening session of the summit earlier that day - Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yıldız, Minister of State Zafer Caglayan and Minister of Finance Mr. Mehmet Şimşek. There, ICHET Managing Director Dr. Mustafa Hatipoglu gave them brief information on the Centre's current hydrogen energy projects. PM Erdogan expressed his continued interest in ICHET activities and renewed his appreciation of the support provided by the Turkish Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources.
On the closing day, the President of Iceland Dr. Olafur Ragnar Grimsson visited ICHET booth and noted the progresses in ICHET project implementation since his latest encounter with Dr. Hatipoglu at the occasion of a meeting of the Hydrogen Society in 2008 in Reykjavik.
He was later followed by Director General of UNIDO Dr. Kandeh Yumkella and Director of the UNIDO Energy and Climate Change Branch Dr. Pradeep Monga who expressed their confidence of the numerous projects currently led by the Centre.
The WFES 2010 event has also been the occasion for ICHET to meet with administrators of the Masdar City project and to envision with them the implementation of hydrogen ernergy solution in the domain of transportation, mobile housing and backup power systems in the renewable energy city.

UNDP brings its support to ICHET

On Wednesday 13 January 2010, ICHET hosted in its Istanbul offices a meeting between its own Directors, the Director of the UNIDO Centre for Regional Cooperation Suleyman Yılmaz and UNDP Turkey Programme Manager for Environment & Sustainable Development Dr. Katalin Zaim. This meeting marked the beginning of a tighter collaboration between UNDP and ICHET in order to publicize ICHET activities and support programmes through the distribution of ICHET promotional material within the UNDP network.

ICHET projects in Renex

ICHET is currently demonstrating its hydrogen house and land vehicle project at Renex 2009, a renewable energy fair which is currently taking place in Istanbul Expo Centre.

Global Renewable Energy Forum in Mexico

ICHET Associate Director for Projects and Programmes Dr. Nicolas Lymberopoulos and ICHET Senior Consultant Dr. Frano Barbir participated to the Global Renewable Energy Forum on 7-9 October 2009 in Mexico. This UNIDO event consisting of pannel discussions andan exhibition gathered 500 decision makers and scientists in Leon- 350 km north from Mexico City - around the moto "scaling up renewable energy". Dr. Lymberopoulos made a remarkable presentation on hydrogen energy and the role and activities of ICHET.