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NyOrka Page 27 12/18/2008factors. As an alternative, LBST suggests to fill the gap for energy into Europe withimported biofuels and non-carbon energy from neighbouring countries.Iceland:Geothermal powerHydro PowerNorway:Hydro PowerUkraine:Brown CoalHydro PowerRomania:BiomassHydro PowerBulgaria:Hydro PowerBiomassGeothermal PowerNorth Africa:Solar powerWind powerTurkey:BiomassFigure 11 Hydrogen or electricity by cable? Pathways for hydrogen import to Europe have beenmapped by the ‘Encouraged’ project29.4.2.6 Niche marketsIn 2006 there were 65 hydrogen fuelling stations listed as operational or planned inEurope 30 , mostly used to refuel buses. Hydrogen stations are foreseen to be introducedaligned with introduction of concentrated hydrogen fleets in certain communities. Thesewould be the basic hubs that later connect and form hydrogen – regions such as isplanned between Bergen, Norway, through the west coast of Sweden and across theNordic Sea to Denmark 31 .Another niche market is backup–power storage for peak–load demand or bufferingfluctuations between production and demand. Grid systems have limited capacity toaccept fluctuating supply from production units such as wind mills. Hydrogen acts as anelectricity storage that can deliver more power when the demand increases.29 Encouraged EC project no 006588, Energy corridor Optimisation for European Markets of Gas Electricity andHydrogen 6 th FP. Coordinating organisation: Frauenhofer ISI, Martin Wietschel30 www.h2stations.com31 Hy-Nor project as presented at HyFLEET:CUTE general assembly, Reykjavik May 2008.