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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New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Solid Oxide Fuel Cells in Europe: a Strategic Review finds that SOFCs are likely to reach commercialization in Europe between 2010 and 2012. The market is estimated to reach about $61 million in the first year of commercialization.

Consistent research and development efforts are expected to pay off as solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) emerge as the preferred fuel cell technology for distributed generation. Besides their high electrical efficiency and... 
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Christof von Branconi, EVP & COO of Tognum AG, Replaces Retiring Board Member, Michael Bode, CEO of CFC Solutions GmbH

DANBURY, Conn., Dec. 20, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq:FCEL), a leading manufacturer of high efficiency, ultra-clean power plants for commercial, industrial, municipal and utility customers, today announced the appointment of Christof von Branconi, 47, EVP and COO of Tognum AG's Onsite Energy Systems & Components Division, to its Board... 
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WASHINGTON, DC - On December 5th, industry leaders and representatives from government agencies attended Shaping Your Carbon Choices, a conference on understanding the solutions to and determining the business opportunities in carbon emissions management.  On the day following the conference, a select group of attendees formed the Carbon Management Council, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping companies understand and discover solutions to the challenges of reducing... 
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In the hydrogen economy, automobiles would be powered by the simplest element on the periodic table, leveraging the element's abundance. But as the Hindenburg disaster demonstrated, hydrogen is the also most difficult element to compress into a safe, usable form. Why not instead synthesize a hydrocarbon-based fuel, such as methanol or even gasoline?

Sandia National Laboratories is building such a fuel synthesizer in a bid to harnesses sunlight to reverse the process of combustion.... 
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The H2R is the most recent incarnation of BMW’s ongoing Hydrogen research program, and is the 16th edition in their Art Car Collection. Not only merely a work of grand artistic proportions, the research vehicle has already achieved nine records for hydrogen-powered cars on the high-speed of track of Miramas in France.

Featuring a combustion engine, the H2R prototype can accelerate from 0-62mph in six seconds, achieving a top speed of over 186mph. Further to the prototype, BMW have... 
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BOTHELL, Wash., Dec 19, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Neah Power Systems, Inc. (OTCBB:NPWS), a leading developer of fuel cells for military applications, notebook computers and portable electronic devices, announced its initial product offerings will focus on distinctive military applications requiring power sources that can operate without air and in harsh environments.

The company's working micro fuel cell prototype, which was demonstrated on September 28, 2007, runs as a closed-loop system... 
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Vancouver, British Columbia – (MARKET WIRE) – December 18, 2007 – Power Air Corporation (OTCBB:PWAC), a Zinc power company, today announced that it has entered into an Agreement for Collaborative R & D with the National Research Council of Canada Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation (NRC-IFCI) to develop a proprietary Air Cathode suitable for use in Zinc Air-based energy systems.

“We expect this collaboration will yield a proprietary, cost effective, high performance... 
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OVIEDO, Florida, December 7, 2007 (ENS) - Florida's second hydrogen vehicle fueling station was opened with a ceremony today in the city of Oviedo, about 10 miles northeast of Orlando, where the state's first hydrogen station opened in May.

Florida Department of Environmental Protection, DEP, Secretary Michael Sole joined executives from Ford Motor Company, BP America, Inc., Progress Energy Florida and the United States Department of Energy to officially open the new fueling... 
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Proprietary Electrolysis Product Generates Zero Emission Transportation Fuel

Hydrogenics Corporation (TSX: HYG)(NASDAQ: HYGS), a designer and manufacturer of hydrogen and fuel cell systems, today announced that it has been selected by Air Liquide Canada to provide a hydrogen generation system to support BC Transit's fleet of 20 fuel cell-powered buses. The system is anticipated to be delivered in 2008 and will be located at BC Transit's Langford Transit Centre.

This onsite hydrogen... 
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Ballard Power Systems and Plug Power have been evaluating the impact of hydrogen and fuel cell technology on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and had the results independently verified by the Center for  Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies (CEERT). The analysis focused on fuel cell applications most likely to achieve near-term commercialization, specifically residential cogeneration, distributed generation, backup power systems, materials handling and public transit buses. The... 
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A few weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to be able to attend a General Motors (GM) event comprised of several briefings about its Project Driveway program, GM’s fuel cell strategy in general and the hydrogen infrastructure; and a ride and drive of its fuel cell-powered Chevy Equinox, the star of aforementioned Project Driveway. While the presentations were quite informative, I found that driving the fuel cell Equinox was incredible!

Chevy Equinox

A week later I lucked out again and... 
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CLEVELAND, Dec. 14, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The following letter from CEO John Freeh is being released by HydroGen Corporation (Nasdaq:HYDG) to its shareholders:

To Our Fellow Shareholders,

I am pleased to report that my first month at the helm of HydroGen has been informative and intense. Operating mainly from our Versailles, Pennsylvania manufacturing facility, I have undertaken in-depth reviews of our current status with regard to technology development, production, and market engagement.... 
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Montreal firm to build bus fueling stations in Victoria, Whistler

B.C. Transit officials this week announced that they had finalized a six-year, $20 million contract with a Montreal-based company to supply hydrogen for the 20 new fuel-cell buses that will make up the lion’s share of the Whistler Transit fleet in late 2009.

The contract announced on Monday (Dec. 10) will see Air Liquide Inc. work with Sacre-Davey Group, Hydrogen Technology and Energy Corp. and Hydrogenics Corp. to... 
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How do you survive in a remote, mountainous region that has no water or wind and sometimes goes without sunlight for weeks?

This is not the premise for a survivalist reality show; it's a question NASA must answer before sending humans to live and work on the moon.

Within the next twenty years, people again will explore the vast lunar terrain. This time, we're going to build a permanent outpost where we will conduct scientific research, learn to live off the land, and test new technologies... 
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Rochester, New York is on the way to developing America’s first Hydrogen Village, a largescale demonstration project that will harness the energy of the city’s downtown waterfall toproduce hydrogen from electrolysis for mobile and stationary applications. The pressurized hydrogen will be stored in tanks at hydrogen fueling stations for use in fuel cell car and bus demonstrations, and delivered by underground pipeline to some downtown buildings to replace the use of natural gas.... 
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Hydrogenics Corporation (TSX: HYG)(NASDAQ: HYGS), a designer and manufacturer of hydrogen and fuel cell systems, today announced that it has been awarded a contract to supply an onsite HySTAT® Hydrogen Station to Ford Motor Company's Fuel Cell Centre, located beside the company's Vehicle Testing Grounds in Dearborn, Michigan.

Built on a modular platform to serve various areas of hydrogen vehicle testing, the HySTAT-30 Hydrogen Station will generate hydrogen by electrolysis,... 
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Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited (“CFCL”), a global leader in fuel cell development, has been granted another European patent for its innovative fuel cell technology. CFCL holds a substantial number of patents for a range of fuel cell innovations, with more than 75 patents granted in international markets for 29 inventions.

This patent relates to the assembly of a fuel cell stack. It covers CFCL’s technical know-how in best combining solid-oxide fuel cells and metal interconnect... 
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Johnson Matthey announced today that it has signed an agreement to buy Argillon Group for €214 million in cash from Ceramics Luxembourg 2(f) S.à r.l., a company owned by KKR funds.

Argillon Group is an international group specialising in catalysts and advanced ceramic materials. The group currently manufactures and sells a range of products into a number of different industries. Argillon has leading catalyst technology which is used to control the emissions of oxides of nitrogen... 
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