Briefly Noted: Honda Honda’s second-generation fuel cell vehicle, the 2005 Honda FCX, has been certified by both the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Air Resoruces Board (CARB) for commercial use.
Briefly Noted: Hydrogenics Hydrogenics, Corp. Toronto, has won a contract from Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Waltham, MA for an integrated fuel cell power system as possible replacement for military batteries or diesel generators.
Briefly Noted: NREL The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO broke ground late last month for a new research building on the lab’s main campus.
Briefly Noted: Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Corp. the large Japanese trading company, has set up H3 Energy Lt. as a spinoff venture in Vancouver, BC to develop, manufacture and market high-pressure electolyzers, the company announced.
Briefly Noted: U-Cal Berkeley Study A new report by the University of California, Berkeley’s Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL) says California is on the verge of becoming a global leader in clean energy with a sustainable hydrogen economy but only if there is strategic investment in renewable energy research and development.
Briefly Noted: Rutgers Report And in New Jersey, Rutgers University’s Center for Energy, Economic and Environmental Policy (CEEEP), New Brunswick, has issued its first report in which it recommends the state undertake five basic steps to determine whether it’s in New Jersey’s interest to promote hydrogen energy.
