MIRAMAS, FRANCE - Going for a Sunday Drive took on a whole new meaning last month for what are now unarguably the world’s fastest terrestrial hydrogenauts:
California’s Air Board Sets Toughest-Yet Greenhouse Gas Limits for 2009 Vehicles SACRAMENTO, CA - In what is described as the world’s toughest rule yet, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) late last month approved a new regulation that would sharply reduce greenhouse gas emissions in cars, pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles, starting with the 2009 model year and achieving full force by 2016.
New CARB Rule May Help Stimulate H2, Fuel Cell Progress, Says Chairman Lloyd SACRAMENTO - The California Air Resources Board’s new greenhouse gas rule will help to promote the use of renewable hydrogen, and the carmakers’ arguments against adopting the measure haven’t been very convincing, says ARB chairman Alan C. Lloyd.
Stuart Teams Up with China’s Electrolytic Equipment Manufacturer PERIC TORONTO - In yet another example of accelerating interest in China and the Chinese market, Stuart Energy Systems here has entered what it calls a master supply and distribution agreement with a Chinese electrolyzer maker.
LONDON/VANCOUVER BC - A grand total of 188 companies, research institutions and other organizations around the globe are competing in the race to develop portable fuel cells, says a new survey published last month by the online portal “Fuel Cell Today” (FCT).
Praxair/Ballard LH2 Truck Fire Followup: Driver’s Fault, Praxair Says DANBURY, CT/VANCOUVER, BC - The hydrogen leak and fire that caused light damage to a Praxair liquid hydrogen carrier during unloading at a Ballard facility in early August was caused by the driver’s failure to follow procedures, Praxair said last month.
IEA’s Hydrogen Implementing Agreement Releases 25th Anniversary Report WASHINGTON, DC - Stepped-up international cooperation, high- and low-temperature hydrogen production processes, industrial and non-energy uses of hydrogen are on the agenda for the next five years of the International Energy Agency’s Hydrogen Implementing Agreement (HIA).
