March 2007   Vol. XXII   No. 3   ISSN 1080-8019
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Buzz Aldrin & Steve Wozniak Plan Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle Drive to South Pole
SEATTLE, WA/SANTA MONICA, CA - Confirming a report that first surfaced last summer, retired Astronaut Buzz Aldrin and Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak are planning to drive a fuel cell-powered vehicle across Antarctica from the McMurdo Station on Ross Island to the South Pole this December.

EU-Supported HyICE Team Completes H2 I.C. Engine Optimization Project
MUNICH/BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON, DC - Modern internal combustion engines, laid out specifically for hydrogen fuel, offer clear advantages in terms of performance and cost over other propulsion systems.

It’s Spring! - Show Time in Geneva: Giugiaro Shows His Vision of a H2 Fuel Cell Car
TURIN/GENEVA - Italdesign’s Giorgetto Giugiaro is unleashing his latest conceptual version of a hydrogen fuel cell-powered passenger car, the Vadhô, at the Geneva Motor Show March 8-18.

Fast Forward: New GM Fuel Cell Module


Fast Forward: Solar Tower for Southwest?


Fast Forward: Fuel Cells for NY Metro North?


Fast Forward: Hydrogen in Brunei


DoE News:

FY ‘08 H2 Fuel Initiative Request Up Slightly, In Line with Initial Bush Pledge
WASHINGTON, DC – In his new budget request for fiscal year 2008, President Bush is asking for a total of almost $309 million for his Hydrogen Fuel Initiative - $307.5 million for the Energy Department and another $1.425 million for the Transportation Department.


Profile:

Hungarian-Born Process Control Expert Seeks to Mass-Produce Solar-H2 Plants - Now
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, NY - A Hungarian-born process control and environmental expert who came to the United States as a pennyless student refugee after Hungary’s1956 Revolution, now wants to help bring about another revolution: the commercial large-scale introduction of solar hydrogen, as quickly as possible.


H2 Electric Racing Group Releases Initial Specs for Fuel Cell Racing Cars
DETROIT, MI - “Gentlemen, switch on your fuel cells!” could conceivably be the starting command for the first fuel cell race car competition that a new group here hopes to start two years from now with an Indianapolis-type race.

Germany, an Also-Ran in H2 Technology, is in Forefront Again, Says DWV
BERLIN - Germany, up through the 1980s a world leader in hydrogen and fuel cell technologies but then dropping behind, is now catching up again, the German Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (DWV) says.