NEW-IG: Pierre Etienne FRANC – Air Liquide
New Chairman for 2 years

Pierre Etienne Franc, Technologies of the Future Director at Air Liquide, is elected to be the new Chairman. He is taking over form Gijs van Breda Vriesman, Commercial Manager Europe - Global Hydrogen Lead Alternative Energies at Shell, who has led the organization for the past 4 years.

Against the background of the EU ambition to decarbonise the Transport and Energy sector by 2050, the fuel cell and hydrogen sector have a very important role to play in contributing to the solution.

New Energy World Industry Grouping (NEW-IG) - “Fuel Cell and Hydrogen for Sustainability” is the private partner of the European Commission in the Joint undertaking for Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technology and an important driver of this development.

NEW-IG is an association opens to all industrial companies with fuel cell and hydrogen R&D activities in Europe, including the European Economic Area, associate and candidate countries.

NEW-IG is the key interlocutor to the European Commission for the proposed Joint Technology Initiative (JTI) for fuel cell and hydrogen, the new way of realizing strong-long public-private partnerships for Europe.

Over the next months the NEW-IG will develop a concrete vision and roadmap for market-introduction of fuel cell vehicles and for the role of fuel cell and hydrogen technology can play in decarbonisation of the energy system. It is crucial that for the next decade not only sufficient funding for R&D is secured, but also that a supportive regulatory framework is built for speeding up commercial deployment for FCH technology.

For more information: www.fchindustry-jti.eu

Reminder:

A coalition of thirty major organizations coordinated a study to compare the vehicles and infrastructures needed to reach the decarbonisation goal set by the European Commission

To read the study and get more information, visit www.zeroemissionvehicles.eu