July 2004   Vol. XIX   No. 7   ISSN 1080-8019
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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 News

Non-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.

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.

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