COLOGNE - Taking another crack at a concept first tried some thirty years ago, researchers at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) here have produced hydrogen by thermochemically splitting steam via concentrated sunlight.
PolyFuel Announces Lower-Cost, Higher Output Fuel Cell Membrane Material MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - PolyFuel, the four-year-old startup fuel cell membrane developer here, has unveiled what it calls a breakthrough hydrocarbon-based membrane material early last month that the company says should go a long way toward significantly cutting the, so far, prohibitively high costs of fuel cell power plants.
Big Chinese Turnout, Advanced Swiss, U.S. Concepts Highlight Shanghai Bibendum SHANGHAI - A snappy French-Swiss fuel cell lightweight prototype with a 250-mile range, a Ford hydrogen i.c. engine with lean NOX Trap aftertreatment; Peugeot-Citroen’s quirky Quark, and a futuristic Chinese three-wheeler running on hydrogen peroxide were among the highlights of this year’s Challenge Bibendum, the first time the event was run in Asia.
Silicon-Ammonia Combination is Proposed as Hydrogen Carrier Technology FRANKFURT - A German specialist in inorganic chemistry is proposing an innovative hydrogen energy system in which silicon made from common sand functions as hydrogen energy carrier - a “tailor-made” link between decentralized renewable energy production and a hydrogen infrastructure.
WASHINGTON, DC - Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham last month announced the U.S. Energy Department has selected 36 lead organizations and their partners to receive more than $75 million in research projects to support the President’s Hydrogen Fuel Initiative.
