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To: Patrick McLoughlin, Secretary of State for Transport

Hydrogen Highways Hydrogen Filling Points at all Motorway Service Areas

Dear Secretary of State,
Please require all Motorway Service Areas to provide Hydrogen refuelling facilities for Fuel Cell cars by 2018 so that people who wish to travel without creating harmful emissions by using Hydrogen powered vehicles can be sure of being able to refuel on long journeys.

Why is this important?

Over one and a half million hydrogen powered vehicles could be on UK roads by 2030 according to a joint Government-industry study published today. The forecast is made in an interim report commissioned to evaluate the benefits of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) and ensure the UK is well positioned for their commercial roll-out.
For more see:
http://news.bis.gov.uk/content/detail.aspx?NewsAreaId=2&ReleaseID=422877&SubjectId=2

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Updates

2014-10-10 18:04:20 +0100

More on the progress we are making:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1ccf85ce-4fcb-11e4-908e-00144feab7de.html#axzz3FlJ8JZRr

2014-10-09 16:18:25 +0100

We are getting there !
http://www.itm-power.com/news-item/government-funding-to-help-prepare-the-uk-for-the-arrival-of-hydrogen-fcevs/

2014-05-19 16:56:36 +0100

Great to see this but time for the Hydrogen Highways too !
http://www.ecotricity.co.uk/for-the-road/our-electric-highway

2014-04-11 15:23:28 +0100

Now Mercedes are saying that they need these refuelling points when their new model is introduced: http://www.slashgear.com/mercedes-hydrogen-fuel-cell-car-due-2017-16320863/

2014-04-03 10:56:06 +0100

Things are moving in London: "The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, said: “To sell this technology we need to show Londoners and the wider world that it is not science fiction. By building the vehicles and the filling stations and allowing people to kick the tyres we will be able to demonstrate that hydrogen is a viable option and that London is at the forefront of efforts to make it so.” Hydrogen infrastructure will be built across several countries as part of this European project. Filling stations will be built and operated in Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Austria and Italy, as well as in London. An advantage for the new technology is that these stations will share internationally agreed fuel and re-fuelling standards. All of the partners in the project see the initial investment to build small clusters of stations as key to gaining the research knowledge that will demonstrate the viability of hydrogen fuelled vehicles."
This is from an ITM Press Release.

2014-01-27 17:24:41 +0000

Fedex to use hydrogen:
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1089920_fedex-follows-french-lead-tests-hydrogen-fuel-cell-range-extenders

2013-10-24 20:19:36 +0100

Fuel Cell car passes 100K - That is 100,000 miles !
http://www.fuelcelltoday.com/news-events/news-archive/2013/october/fuel-cell-equinox-tops-100,000-miles-in-real-world-driving

2013-10-14 17:41:51 +0100

The latest from Toyota:
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1087665_toyota-prototype-of-hydogen-fuel-cell-car-shown-to-journalists

2013-10-04 10:28:29 +0100

We are winning ! They have seen the light in Wales so it can only be a matter of time before Scotland and england follow suit.
http://www.itm-power.com/news-item/welsh-government-backing-for-itm-power-in-wales/

2013-10-01 21:13:20 +0100

All we want to do is to keep up with Germany:
http://www.fuelcelltoday.com/news-events/news-archive/2013/october/germany-agrees-action-plan-for-hydrogen-refuelling-network

2013-09-24 11:34:54 +0100

‘Technology-wise we are nearly ready, but where are the fuel stations?'
See: http://evfleetworld.co.uk/news/2013/Sep/Hydrogen-fuel-cell-is-long-term-mobility-solution-says-Mercedes/0438010758?goback=.gde_137901_member_275084854#!

2013-09-04 13:59:30 +0100

See this too:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-for-low-emission-vehicles

2013-09-04 11:17:14 +0100

Progress on Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars:
http://www.ukh2mobility.co.uk/

2013-07-17 20:41:50 +0100

Hyundai are building the cars - all we need is the infrastructure
http://www.just-auto.com/news/why-hyundai-thinks-fuel-cells-are-a-fosbury-flop_id136311.aspx?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=rss-feed

2013-07-05 18:10:00 +0100

The French are taking this seriously - we need to too !
http://www.fuelcelltoday.com/news-events/news-archive/2013/july/france-launches-mobilit%C3%A9-hydrog%C3%A8ne-france-hydrogen-infrastructure-programme