Strong Chinese Presence, Fuel Cell Audi Debut Mark 10th Anniversary Hannover Fair HANNOVER - A lightweight compressed hydrogen tank with radically different architecture, the first public outing of Fiat’s Nuvera-powered Seicento fuel cell car, a strong Chinese presence, and wind-generated hydrogen on a small Norwegian island were among the highlights of the 10th anniversary Hydrogen + Fuel Cell Group Exhibit at the huge Hannover Industrial Fair here April 19-24.
H2 Highway Wants Popular Input, CalEPA Sec’y Tamminen Tells NHA Conference LOS ANGELES - California’s Hydrogen Highway will not be something shoved down the public’s collective throats by a government bureaucracy but will rely on input from both experts and the citizenry, the man largely responsible for the concept told the annual National Hydrogen Association (NHA) conference here last month.
Canada Announces First Funds for British Columbia Hydrogen Highway VANCOUVER, BC - In a first step towards what planners expect will eventually be a stretch of hydrogen fueling facilities linking the west coasts of Canada and the United States, Canada’s Prime Minister last month announced initial funding for an ambitious Hydrogen Highway in British Columbia.
Military Supports Wide Range of Fuel Cell R&D, U.S. is Most Active, Says Survey LONDON - Some 20 U.S. Defense Department organizations are actively involved in fuel cell development for military purposes - an interest that started back in the 1960s - and last year, the department spent about $130 million on fuel cell r&d, according to a new market survey.
Briefly Noted: Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Corp., Japan’s largest general trading company, says it has developed a new prototype high-pressure electrolyzer capable of generating hydrogen at maximum pressures of 35 MPa (5,000 psi) without a compressor.
Briefly Noted: PEMEAS Celanese AG, the Frankfurt, Germany-based international chemicals company, has spun off its fuel cell activities into a new company, PEMEAS Fuel Cell Technologies
Events Hydrogen and fuel cells are part of the agenda of the “6th Annual International Symposium on Combinatorial Approaches for New Materials Discovery”
