Briefly Noted: Acceptance Study ongoing five-country public perceptions survey of hydrogen-powered buses indicates that support for hydrogen and fuel cells is generally high, but that knowledge about them is rather low.
Briefly Noted: DoE Workshops series of educational hydrogen workshops organized by the U.S. Energy Department will kick off this month, March 26, in Lansing, MI
Briefly Noted: Hydrogenics partnering with Purolator Courier Canada Ltd. to develop and deploy a fuel cell hybrid delivery van and an on-site hydrogen refueling system
Briefly Noted: IdaTech/RWE IdaTech and RWE Fuel Cells, a subsidiary of Germany large RWE utility, Essen, will jointly install two natural gas-fueled 5 kW combined heat and power fuel cell systems
Briefly Noted: CSA/Standards develop new standards on an accelerated schedule for hydrogen gas dispensing systems and pressure relief devices for hydrogen fuel containers.
Briefly Noted: Medis start distributing its first fuel cell product, a disposable liquid fuel power pack charger for cell phones, by the end of this year.
Briefly Noted: Air Liquide/Messer-Griesheim France's Air Liquide is acquiring a large part of the German industrial gas company Messer Griesheim - specifically, business activities in Germany, Britain and the United States - for about Euro 2.68 billion ($3.31 billion).
