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Map of European Fuel Cell stationary units and buses including
percentage share of Euro industry by country. In Europe, there
are currently 81 Stationary H2/FC units (power plants) in operation
with a total capacity of 12 MW power. There are 27 H2/FC buses
planned by the EU-sponsored CUTE programme. Germany leads with
a share of the European industry of 31% followed by UK with
19%, Italy with 7% and France, Spain with 6%.
Some recent EU policy actions: Action plans on energy efficiency
include improving energy efficiency by +18% from 1995 to 2010
and increasing the share of co-generation to 12% of EU-15
(member countries) electricity by 2010. A white paper on renewable
energies recommends to double the share of renewable energies
from now 6% to future 12% of final energy. There are active
committees who analyze the communication on alternative fuels.
They propose Hydrogen with a share of 5% of road transport
fuel by 2020.
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