Briefly Noted: Abraham in Tokyo Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham during a four-nation swing through Asia, called on Tokyo for closer cooperation between Japan and the United States in both nuclear and hydrogen energy
Briefly Noted: European Platform launched last month what’s called the “European Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology” Platform. While it’s not quite clear what is meant by the term “platform”
Briefly Noted: Russian SOFC Russia’s first power system based on a natural gas-fueled solid oxide fuel cell has been tested in the All-Russia Research Institute of Technical Physics
Briefly Noted: Kettering Fuel Cell Center Kettering University, Flint, MI will construct an 8,600 sq. ft. Center for Fuel Cell Systems and Powertrain Integration on its campus
Briefly Noted: HaveBlue/Texas Ovonic HaveBlue LLC, a developer of technology that produces hydrogen from seawater via renewable energy sources, says it has reached an agreement with Texaco Ovonic Hydrogen Systems LLC, Rochester Hills, MI under which the Michigan company will provide development-stage metal hydride hydrogen storage systems
Briefly Noted: Sensor Products has introduced Tactilus, an electronic tactile force and pressure mapping sensor suitable for fuel cells.
Briefly Noted: Power and Energy develop a novel low cost membrane for hydrogen recovery from fuel cell reformates. The company says it plans to manufacture high efficiency palladium alloy thin film membranes, based on nanostructures to efficiently generate high-purity hydrogen from any fuel source
