July 2004   Vol. XIX   No. 7   ISSN 1080-8019
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July 2004   Volume XIX - Number 7

GHW Presents Advanced Pressurized Alkaline Electrolyzer at HYFORUM
BEIJING/MUNICH - GHW, a Norwegian-German maker of advanced electrolyzers, has developed a new, more compact variant of advanced pressure alkaline electrolyzers that the company says is suitable for on-site hydrogen production at filling stations.

DoE NewsNon-Platinum Catalysts are Possible, DoE’s Annual H2 Review Meeting is Told
PHILADELPHIA, PA - Experimental work by researchers at Brookhaven National Laboratory indicate that catalysts employing metals other than platinum may be possible, participants in the U.S. Energy Department’s annual Hydrogen Program Review here were told.

Fast Forward: China Tests "Start2" Fuel Cell Car


MTI MicroFuel Cells, Toshiba Announce Tiny Direct Methanol Fuel Cells
ALBANY, NY/TOKYO - It was a replay of David vs. Goliath last month in the starting battle over future market shares - via press releases so far - for tiny methanol fuel cells for handheld devices.

H2 Backup Power for Maine Enviro Center Includes Novel Pressurized Electrolyzer
WISCASSET, ME - A renewable energy hydrogen backup power system for an environmental center in a small town in Maine - the first such system in the state - will include a novel electrolyzer that doesn’t need a compressor to squeeze the hydrogen for storage.

Argentine Energy Company Proposes Huge Wind-H2 Project for Patagonia
BUENOS AIRES/BONN - An Argentinian energy company is proposing a gargantuan wind project to produce hydrogen for both domestic use and export that, if realized - a big If - could meet a large share of global energy demand.

Malaysian Researchers Build Experimental Solar Hydrogen House
BANGI, MALAYSIA - An American-made PEM pressure electrolyzer provides the hydrogen that runs a fully sustainable, airy, elegant solar-powered house near a university campus here.

Opportunities: NEDO Invites Internat'l Cooperation
Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) is inviting international participation in an international joint research project.

Briefly Noted: Profitability at Quantum
There’s gold - at least some - in them there hills, after all: Irvine, CA-based Quantum Fuel Cell System Technologies Worldwide, Inc. reports its Fuel Cell Systems segment had its first profitable year, apparently one of the first instances of a manufacturer of fuel cell products to make money

Fuel Process Developer HydrogenSource is Dissolved by Owners Shell, UTC Fuel Cells
SOUTH WINDSOR, CT - After three years of existence, the owners of Hydrogen Source LLC here, UTC Fuel Cells and Shell Hydrogen (US), have pulled the plug on this developer of fuel processing systems.

Briefly Noted: Ansaldo FC Plant
Ansaldo Fuel Cells, a Genoa-based Italian subsidiary of the Finmeccanica SpA group, has launched a production line for stationary fuel cells

Briefly Noted: Proton Energy/GE Supply
Proton Energy Systems, Wallingford, CT, a manufacturer of pressurized PEM-based electolyzers, has signed a 36-month non-exclusive agreement with GE Supply, a division of General Electric Company, as distributor of Proton’s products for the electric power production industry

Briefly Noted: New H2 Websites
Two new websites for the hydrogen community

Briefly Noted: Lynntech Industries
Lynntech Inc., the College Station, TX-based fuel cell developer, plans spinning off its fuel cell test solution unit as an independent operation, Lynntech Industries, Inc.

Briefly Noted: HIAT
"The Hydrogen Institute of Applied Technologies" (HIAT) is one of the first tenants of a new "Hydrogen Technology Competence Center" that formally opened its doors for business late last month in Schwerin, Germany

Briefly Noted: Kebaili Corp.
Kebaili Corp., a Laguna Beach, CA-based sensor technology developer, says it has developed the world’s smallest hydrogen micro-sensor on the market today.

Briefly Noted: IF LLC
IF LLC, a Boca Raton, FL-based consultancy founded by David Haberman, has been awarded a subcontract to support a hydrogen energy investigation project by the Defense Logistics Agency of the Defense Energy Supply Center.

Briefly Noted: Infrastructure Bill
Another hydrogen infrastructure bill has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Briefly Noted: European H2 Interest
Interest in hydrogen is growing across Europe

Briefly Noted: Open U. for Renewables
The education, research and technology assessment committee of the German parliament, the Bundestag, has unanimously voted to support the creation of an International Open University for Renewable Energies

DaimlerChrysler Delivers First F-Cell Cars; GM Sets HydroGen3 Distance Record
LISBON/BERLIN - Grand design or happy coincidence, but some of the major automotive fuel cell news of last month took place in Old Europe

Events
A discussion, “Platinum Global Issues Roundtable: Our Energy Future,” is scheduled for the morning of July 14 at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, DC

Transitions
Sheridan, Rasul, Baker, Earle, Britton, Leach, Giolli, Zalepa