Bigger Turnout, Muted Progress, No Big Announcements At 2005 Fuel Cell Seminar PALM SPRINGS, CA - The Fuel Cell Seminar has come quite a long way over the past few years. Expectation levels have been raised by high-profile announcements and product launches at previous events, and it was possible to be just a little deflated by this year’s Nov. 14-18 event at the Convention Center here.
Japanese Version of H&FCL to Debut in January at Tokyo FC Expo 2006 RHINECLIFF, NY/NAGOYA, JAPAN - Beginning in January 2006, “The Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Letter” will debut in Tokyo as a translated Japanese version in a cooperative venture with a Japanese fuel cell publication, “Fuel Cell Japan.”
Bolt-On H2 System Boosts Mileage, Cuts Emissions, Canadian Company Says BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO - A small company that has been developing on-board electrolyzers since 1996 is marketing an add-on hydrogen generator whose output, injected into the diesel engines of large semitrailer trucks, significantly cuts fuel consumption and emissions.
Opportunities The United Nations Industrial Development Organization’s International Centre for Hydrogen Energy Technologies, (UNIDO-ICHET) in Istanbul, Turkey, seeks to fill the following positions.
MarketPlace Editor’s Note: This is the first in a new series of occasional columns for brief, non-advertising, free-of-charge notices for hydrogen- and fuel cell-related equipment and services (Advertisements are accepted for H&FCL’s online version only).
Briefly Noted: BP's Big Alternative Energy Plans British oil company BP plans to double its investment in alternative and renewable energies, including solar, wind, hydrogen and combined-cycle gas turbines, to create a new low-carbon business, BP chief executive Lord Browne has announced.
Briefly Noted: Honda/Plug Power Station Torrance, CA-based Honda R&D Americas, Inc., together with its partner Plug Power, Inc. Latham, NY has launched Home Energy Station III providing electricity for the home and hydrogen for future fuel cell-powered vehicles.
Briefly Noted: Hydrogenics Mississauga, ON-based Hydrogenics Corp. has introduced its next generation of HyPM 500 Series Fuel Cell Power Modules.
Briefly Noted: FuelCell Energy Sued A Bozeman firm that processes credit information for banks and other financial institutions, has sued PPL Energy Services Holding, Allentown, PA and FuelCell Energy, Danbury, CT because the fuel cells didn’t perform as promised, according to an Internet news report.
Events The "15th International Seminar on Double Layer Capacitors and Hybrid Energy Storage Devices" will be held Dec.5-7 at the Embassy Suites Deerfield Beach Resort, Deerfield Beach, FL.
