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Takes a while to load the page with map detail and best viewed in full screen which again takes a while to load in Google maps once you click on the full screen icon.

https://www.mygridgb.co.uk/map/

Shows what can be achieved in a relatively short space of time.

Great news - all public sector fleet managers should be swapping orders away from Ice now and H2 vendors need to soon have viable, cost-effective options and depot refuelling/support infrastructure packages ready or lose the opportunity to EV long term. The race is on and we are far behind!

Thanks for sharing Bilbo. I took early retirement as I could see IHT taking my real tax to a level that meant I worked for the taxman 9 months of the year. Sure accountants could whittle that down but I could never spend the money above IHT limits in a lifetime that %wise is very short past 50 - by that I mean the final 15-20% of life for many involves some sort of illness/incapacity. I am making more now than from pensions and investments than when I worked full time and yet have bags of spare time for enjoying living instead of being on the treadmill.

Thanks TM - I had forgotten you have EV. I seriously looked at getting one but I often do very long journeys in my car so it doesn't really work. We have nearby ITM refuelling at Teddington but the H2 network is still a bit too scarce so will wait till next car change before getting FC. I think there is a case for a small fuel cell city car for those without home recharging once the H2 refuelling infrastructure is there.

Anyone living in London knows how difficult it is to park anywhere near your home let alone find a parking bay with a charging point. Car parks are jam packed and people double park so you can't get out of your parking slot. To think this will miraculously change with thousands of recharging points for those who don't have home charging available is in cloud cuckoo land. Ok that is city life but a high percentage of car owners live in cities or big towns in terraces or flats. I see things moving our way as reality sinks in. The Porche Taycan 9 hrs to do 130 miles is the canary in the coal mine imho.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/nov/28/electric-cars-porsche-charging-network

Many thanks Bellers. Yes let's all raise a glass to ITM on Christmas Day for a fantastic 2020 and even better 2021!

UK, EU or Asia?
GC We’ve also raised enough money to build a second potentially larger gigafactory to increase our capacity 'well above' 2GW. We saw these GW scale targets coming and we’re making a very concerted effort to respond to the demands of this huge new industry. We have spent two years designing the manufacturing process to get to a GW scale; we now have a Gigafactory blueprint for further deployments.

Interestingly, the rapid expansion of off-shore wind turbine roll-out projects has created a shortfall in specialist ships to install them. Delivery capacity in time to meet demand will be a critical success factor for competitors at the contract bid stage. The same will apply to electrolysers.

A football field of solar on the ITM factory would set a good example to others and reduce overhead long term, no pun intended.

Luckily got into McPhy on 17 Jun RH and have added since then. Can't remember if it was your tip or mine:-)

I think a big partnership deal may well be on the cards soon together with large funding inject similar to ITM . There is so much EU demand they will not be able to keep up otherwise.

https://www.h2-view.com/story/european-hydrogen-week-an-interview-with-itm-powers-graham-cooley/

Thanks Toneman - an interesting read. The first ever debate on hydrogen in the House - we certainly are behind the drag curve in parliament. One interesting quote (and this funding could instantly be switched the H2 buses with no impact on the taxpayer) - 'In addition, it is essential that we reform the bus service operators grant to focus only on green fuels such as hydrogen, as we currently spend £600 million per year incentivising the running of diesel buses'

Data centres, back up power for hospitals, frozen storage facilities, supermarkets, operations centres - the list is endless. Pennies dropping right, left and centre.

The French twin of ITM. Interesting to compare the SP for both companies with Tesla over the past 5 years. Over-cooked or under-done - place your bets! I say upwards trend. GLA!

Thanks for your posts RH. I read them all and sure others are too. Too bad you have to go back to work. Hopefully H2 will solve that soon so you can concentrate on research for us:-)

A spectacular fail at de-ramping- £1 on Monday. GLA.

https://mcphy.com/en/press-releases/msci-index/

https://fuelcellsworks.com/news/plug-power-raises-approximately-1b-to-accelerate-the-first-nation-wide-green-hydrogen-network/

Good idea - letters to local MP and Council Leaders. Suggested template anyone? You can use this site to send them easily - https://www.writetothem.com/