November 16 2002
Spanish Hydrogen Association Founded
Source:SHAF
On November 8th, in Madrid in the framework
of the science week (Semana de la Ciencia)
the successful conference on the
presentation of the AeH2 took place (see
conference brochure in PDF-format). The
introductory speeches were held by Pedro
Meroño, president of the national energy
commission, and by Isabel Monreal
Palomino, director of the Institute for
Diversification and Saving of Energy (Instituto
para la Diversificación y el Ahorro de la
Energía - IDAE). The morning of
presentations was structured in two sessions.
The first session (10:00 – 11:20) was
moderated by Antonio Luis Iglesias Martín,
deputy general director for energy planning of
the Ministry of Economics. The presenters
were: Antonio González García-Conde, INTA
‘‚The Spanish Hydrogen Association‘), Angel
Perez Sainz, Head of Unit ‘Energy Conversion
and Transport Systems’, DG Research of the
European Commission (‘Hydrogen and Fuel
Cells in the 6th Framework Programme‘) and
Reinhold Wurster, LBST (‘Situation of and
Expectations on Hydrogen in the Automotive
Sector: A Challenge for Europe‘).
The second session (12:00 – 13:45) was
presided by Juan Antonio Alonso, director of
funding at IDAE. The presenters were:
Rafael Luque Berruezo, director of ARIEMA
(‘Hydrogen and Fuel Cells: present situation
and perspectives; technical, economic and
financial aspects‘), Javier Brey Sánchez,
GREENCELL (RES2H2: Integration of
Renewable Energies – Hydrogen‘), Guillermo
Wolff, Repsol YPF, and Angel Sáez, Air
Liquide España (‘Hydrogen Refuelling
Stations‘), Miguel Fraile Gallo,
IRISBUS-IVECO (‘The Project CITYCELL: A
Challenge for the Transport of the Future‘)
and Alberto Vegas Serrano, INTA (‚FIRST:
Applications in Remote Telecommunications
Systems‘).
A clsoing round of discussions (13:45-14:15)
was held with the audience. The number of
conference participants was estimated at
about 300.
The AeH2 already starts with a powerful and
impressive industrial and institutional
membership consisting of Air Liquide, Ajusa,
Aragonesas, Ariema, BP España, CEPSA,
David FCC, Energía Hidroeléctrica de
Navarra, Elcogas, Empresarios Agrupados,
Endesa Generación, Gas Natural, Greencell,
Index, Irisbus, Isofoton, Lomjas, Praxair, and
Repsol YPF.
"Situation of and Expectations on Hydrogen in the Automotive
Sector: A Challenge for Europe"; (download 2.3 MB pdf; partly in Spanish
language).
http://www.hydrogen.org/Wissen/pdf/AEH2_Presentation_08NOV2002.pdf
