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An $8.7 million hydrogen technology investment fund the state was supposed to start months ago has been held up by a dispute over who should manage the project. The fund was created by lawmakers in 2006 to help finance companies working to develop clean-burning hydrogen fuel from renewable resources such as wind and water. In early August, the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism selected H2 Energy to run the program. However, H2 Energy was the lowest-ranking choice of...
Read More Ford of Ocala, a leading dealership for new and pre-owned Ford vehicles in Ocala, Florida, is pleased to announce that Ford Motor Company, in association with BP, has opened a second hydrogen station, which fuels a fleet of Ford Focus fuel cell vehicles, on December 11 at Oviedo, Florida. Thus, the Ford Motor Company, BP and the state of Florida have marked an important milestone in their collective path towards the use of hydrogen as viable alternative fuel for the future. The new station...
Read More PolyFuel, Inc, a manufacturer of engineered fuel cell membranes for the portable electronic and automotive industries, has announced that Mark Campion has resigned.
The firm said that Campion will leave as CFO on 8 February to take up a similar position at a non-competing private technology company based in California. PolyFuel added that it had begun the process of recruiting a replacement and would update the financial markets in due course. PolyFuel (LSE:PYF) is a world leader in fuel...
Read More A Rochester Hills hybrid supplier said Thursday it has received $1.2 million in federal funding to accelerate research into developing an energy storage system for hydrogen-based and hybrid vehicles. BluWav Systems LLC said the funding, contained in the recently passed federal omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal 2008, will allow it to develop energy storage systems for integration with fuel cell-based power generation. The system would take advantage of fuel cell start, run and shut-down...
Read More By David Morgan (10 Jan 08)
As I flew into South Korea to examine Kia's fuel-cell research and development programme, I had just read a depressing account on "emission-free" power plants by a Dr Wilson Flood. Dr Flood was clearly frustrated by recent hyped claims that the "hydrogen fuel cell" car had arrived to solve the planet's pollution woes. Honda plans to market the world's first hydrogen fuel cell car - at £50,000 a throw - and begin the car's...
Read More Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited (“CFCL”), a global leader in fuel cell development, announces that it has shipped a NetGenPlusTM unit to the United Kingdom part of its agreement with E.On UK Ltd and Gledhill Water Storage Ltd to develop micro-combined heat and power (m-CHP) products for the British market. CFCL will next week ship a NetGenPlusTM unit to its appliance partner De Dietrich Thermique, part of the Remeha Group, as part of CFCL’s agreements to develop commercial...
Read More Brunnthal, Germany, January 8, 2008 – SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG, the leading provider of methanol powered fuel cell systems in the medium power range, has further strengthened its leading position in the European leisure markets. This is clearly demonstrated by several major incoming orders from all over Europe in November and December 2007 for 1,100 EFOY fuel cells in total. Of these, 300 fuel cells were delivered in Q4 of 2007, 800 fuel cell systems will be relevant to 2008 sales....
Read More MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc. (MTI Micro), developer of the Mobion® micro fuel cell technology and a subsidiary of Mechanical Technology Incorporated (MTI) (NASDAQ: MKTY), launched its new developmental pilot production line ("pilot line") in its facility in Albany, NY. "This is the first in a number of steps MTI Micro is taking to further our goal of manufacturing readiness in 2008 — an important precursor for high-volume manufacturing," said Peng Lim, CEO of MTI....
Read More Efforts to position Rochester at the center of an emerging alternative energy industry moved forward Monday when U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter announced that the military will fund research to move locally designed fuel cells into mass production. "The fuel cell industry is just one of the new high-tech sectors that hold tremendous promise for the Rochester community," Slaughter said at Delphi Corp.'s research and development facility in Brighton. Slaughter, D-Fairport, said...
Read More BEAVERTON, Oregon--(Business Wire)--Hydra Fuel Cell Corporation (www.hydrafuelcell.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of American Security Resources Corporation (OTCBB:ARSC), announced today that it has received a $1,100,000 Purchase Order for fuel cell systems from Miami-based, international building products distributor Conexa.
Jim Twedt, President and CEO of Hydra, stated, "We are very pleased with the speed that Conexa and their distributors are moving to market. Their P O is for 50...
Read More The deadline for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Request for Information (RFI) on topic areas for fuel cell R&D has been extended to January 14, 2008. Visit DOE's E-Center to view the full RFI (DE-PS36-08GO38002) and for information on how to provide comments. Comments must be received no later than 11:59 PM EST on January 14, 2008. DOE is seeking information on potential topic areas for research, development, and demonstration of fuel cell technologies for automotive, stationary,...
Read More GM announced today that they would be debuting the Cadillac Provoq at the CES show in Las Vegas. According to the company the Provoq "continues Cadillac's remarkable heritage of landmark concept vehicles, this time in a vehicle free from petroleum fuel and emissions, the ultimate luxury." We're not sure if that means it's a luxury fuel-cell or electric car, but we do know that we'll be there to bring it to you as soon as it bows (if not sooner). The car will...
Read More MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - By next fall, Middletown High School will be powered by fuel cell technology thanks to an $800,000 state grant to cover the costs of installation.
The fuel cell will generate electricity, heat the swimming pool and ultimately save taxpayers money, according to school and state officials. Gov. M. Jodi Rell said about $800,000 in state funds will go toward the project.
"Middletown, in 2005, was one of the first municipalities in Connecticut to commit to a clean energy...
Read More Acta, the AIM-listed catalyst developer, has launched a prototype of the world's first platinum-free disposable fuel cell utilising two-cell and four-cell units for use in low power applications. The first order was supplied to a customer at the end of December 2007. Prototypes of the two- and four-cell units This launch is an important step towards Acta's commercial exploitation of the disposable fuel cell - a product cheap enough to compete with existing battery technologies,...
Read More Latest Version to be Shown at CES and Tactical Power Source Conferences in January 2008 Major OEMs, Retailers and Distributors to Receive Samples in February UL Certification Process Initiated, Customer Shipments Targeted for Q3 EATONTOWN, N.J., Jan 03, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Millennium Cell Inc. (NASDAQ:MCEL) and Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies announced today the completion of a pre-production version of the HydroPak(TM) portable power generator that incorporates a unique water-activated...
Read More Fully integrated solution offers compact power supply for industrial applications BEND, ORE., USA, December 31, 2007 – IdaTech, plc, a global fuel cell solutions provider, is pleased to announce the launch of the iGen™ fuel cell system, a CE certified 250 watt integrated power generation solution for charging batteries in industrial applications. Operating on a liquid fuel, the compact iGen™ system is the newest addition to IdaTech's family of reliable fuel cell power...
Read More The Connecticut Department of Utility Control (DPUC) has issued its draft decision approving three projects which incorporate six DFC3000 plants produced by FuelCell Energy, it has been announced.
A final decision is scheduled to be made by the DPUC on January 9th 2008, after which project developers will be in a position to finalise electricity purchase agreements with utility companies and project financing.
As a result of the approvals, FuelCell Energy has secured an estimated $43 million...
Read More HyRadix® Inc., a leading provider of on-site hydrogen generation systems and supply solutions, has entered into an agreement with Praxair India, a subsidiary of US based Fortune 300 company, Praxair, Inc., for the supply of the HyRadix Aptus® on-site hydrogen generator for industrial hydrogen applications within India. This multi-year agreement covers the certification of the HyRadix Aptus hydrogen generator via the Praxair vendor qualification process as well as the exclusive supply...
Read More By 2009, fuel cells produced in Danbury will be feeding electricity back into the state's energy grid while providing heat for two hospitals and helping natural gas flow across Connecticut. It will be clean, non-polluting energy, which doesn't burn anything or send a lot of heat into space. "Energy efficiency is very important when you're looking at things like global warming," said Dan Brdar, president of FuelCell Energy Inc., the Danbury-based company that will...
Read More MTI Micro to leverage consumer market platform in low-power applications for the military markets MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc. (MTI Micro), developer of the Mobion® micro fuel cell technology and a subsidiary of Mechanical Technology Incorporated (NASDAQ: MKTY), and Trident Systems, Inc (Trident), a leader in the development of unattended ground sensors, are teaming to pursue opportunities to leverage MTI Micro´s consumer market platform into low-power military markets; teaming opportunities...
Read More 7 Alternative Plants Will Receive Subsidies Regulators have picked power projects that would run on hydrogen, wood and even manure for a state program that subsidizes greener ways of generating electricity.
The Department of Public Utility Control in a preliminary ruling chose seven projects around the state to receive long-term, subsidized contracts for the electricity they'll produce. Each project will be paid above-market rate prices for up to 20 years, part of a state program known...
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