Press Release: European Commission opens state of the art Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Test Facilities

European Commissioner for Science and Research, Janez Potocnik on 7 July 2005 opened new hydrogen and fuel cell testing facilities at the European Commission's Institute for Energy in Petten, the Netherlands. The new facilities were part of the Commission's endeavour to provide policy-makers and industry with independent evaluation of the performance of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies in terms of efficiency, safety, environmental impact and reliability, through simulating lifetime operational conditions of fuel cells and hydrogen fuel tanks.