The H2 Ekokaravan is a self-sustained RV-type vehicle fitted with a wind turbine and an array of photovoltaic cells. Complete with all the modern facilities, it is able to produce its own electricity from wind and solar energy or from the stored hydrogen obtained through electrolysis during excess electricity production.
ICHET has initiated a series of pilot projects aiming at raising public awareness of hydrogen energy technologies and developing locally the competences and skills required for their integrated implementation.
Technology transfer to local engineers and scientists.
ICHET is organizing workshops and seminars for the training of students, engineers and scientists willing to join the hydrogen energy drive and participate to the upcoming energy revolution.
ICHET supports hydrogen energy related initiatives worldwide. Demonstration projects benefit from a $10,000 financing for feasibility study, followed by up to $1,000,000 for project implementation. The Centre also supports scientists, engineers and industrialists by providing access to laboratories, conferences and workshops.
On Friday 3 February 2012 Dr. K. Yumkella Director General of UNIDO visited the DELHY-3W site at the Pragati Maidan Exhibition ground in New Delhi and had a chance to see the vehicles and the refueling station and even to ridein one of the hydrogen fuelled 3-wheelers.·
"This project is proof that the UNIDO International Centre for HydrogenEnergy Technologies in collaboration with UNIDO headquarters and UNIDORegional Office can put flesh and bones in innovative energy concepts, incollaboration with local industry and academia" mentioned the DG during his visit.
The first fleet in the world of hydrogen fuelled 3-wheelers or rickshaws was launched in New Delhi, India on Monday 9 January, 2012. It is complemented by a hydrogen refueling station established at Pragati Maidan, where the fleet will be operating. The fleet and refueling facility were developed in the contect of the DELHY-3W project that was set-up and co-funded by UNIDO ICHET. Dr. Mustafa Hatipoglu ICHET MD and His Excellency Mr. Burak Akçapar Turkish Ambassador to India were among the esteemed group that inaugurated the facility.
Organized by the International Centre for Hydrogen Energy Technologies (UNIDO-ICHET) , the First Black Sea Hydrogen Sulphide Workshop will take place on 14-15 December in Istanbul Green Park Hotel. This symposium will address a range of issues related to the technical and economical feasibility of industrial extraction of gaseous hydrogen from the hydrogen sulphides dissolved in the Black Sea. Hydrogen as a fuel is at the core of key technologies that will facilitate the transition to a low carbon economy in the future. Because its most common production process through electrolysis has an energy cost comparable to its yield, it is nowadays most often envisioned as a medium for the temporary storage and transportation of the energy produced from renewable sources such as wind and sun.
With over 50,000 Google hits (as of 17th October 2011) for the "Boozcaada Hidrojen" request, the Turkish web has started buzzing with references to last Friday event. Here below you will find a regularly updated account of the media coverage this event has benefitted from.
Organized by the International Centre for Hydrogen Energy Technologies (UNIDO-ICHET) , the First Black Sea Hydrogen Sulphide Workshop will take place on 14-15 December in Istanbul Green Park Hotel.
