February 2004   Vol. XIX   No. 2   ISSN 1080-8019
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DoE News: DoE 2005 H2 Budget Request is $227 Million, Includes $95 Million for Core Program
WASHINGTON, DC - President Bush’s budget request for fiscal year 2005, released early this month, includes a grand total of $227 million for the Energy Department’s hydrogen efforts, dispersed over several programs and agencies.

Democratic Front Runner Kerry Backs H2 From Renewables, Also From Coal, Nukes
WASHINGTON, DC - If elected president, Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire Primary winner John Kerry would create a Hydrogen Institute that would bring together leading scientists and policy advisors to best advance the potential of hydrogen, according to a survey by the Washington-based Sustainable Energy Coalition released last month.

National Research Council Releases Massive H2 Economy & DoE H2 Program Review
WASHINGTON, DC - Mixing low-key criticism of the U.S. Energy Department’s hydrogen and fuel cell program with praise, the long-awaited, massive assessment of a Hydrogen Economy by the National Research Council of the National Academies was released this month.

California TV Station is First to Test New Fuel Cell-Powered News Camera
SACRAMENTO, CA - Launching a new television industry technology, Sacramento’s TV station KOVR-TV will start testing a fuel cell-powered advanced video news camera this month.

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Millennium Cell Extends Borohydride Cooperation with France’s Peugeot Citroen
EATONTOWN, NJ/PARIS - Millennium Cell, Inc., the developer of sodium borohydride-based on-board hydrogen storage systems, and French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen are extending their two-year-old cooperation to further improve its trademarked Hydrogen on Demand storage technologies, Millennium Cell announced.

PolyFuel Rolls Out Its First DMFC- Specific Membrane for Portables
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - PolyFuel, the 4-year-old start up developer here of advanced fuel cell membranes specifically for direct methanol fuel cells for portable devices, last month officially announced its first offering, its PolyFuel DMFC membrane.

Florida Gov. Bush Proposes $15 Million for Fuel Cells in 2004-2005 Budget
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Florida’s new budget proposed for the next fiscal year 2004-2005 contains $15 million for hydrogen fuel cells, Gov. Jeb Bush’s office announced last month.

Research: U-Mass Researchers Report Novel Solar Electrolysis Process with 30% Efficiency
BOSTON, MA - Harnessing the heat properties of solar radiation in addition to utilizing solar energy’s electrochemical properties, scientists at the University of Massachusetts here have devised an electrolysis technique that they say doubles previously known efficiencies of sun-driven water splitting.

Siemens Westinghouse Stops Factory Plans for SOFC Generating Plants
PITTSBURGH, PA - Siemens Westinghouse Power Corp. has halted plans for a large new factory to build its solid oxide fuel cell power plants in Munhall, a suburb of Pittsburgh.