Stories

Praxair LH2 Truck Leak Causes Fire at Ballard Facility, Truck Damage is Minimal
VANCOUVER, B.C. - A malfunctioning automatic shut off valve and leak on a Praxair 18-wheeler liquid hydrogen tanker truck appears to be the most likely cause of a hydrogen explosion and fire that occurred in early August at a Ballard Power Systems facility in Burnaby.

UPS Adds Three Fuel Cell Vans to Delivery Fleets in California and Michigan
SANTA MONICA, CA - More powerful and with longer range than the first generation, three new large fuel cell-powered package delivery vehicles are being added to the fleet of delivery service UPS.

Infrastructure: S. Calif.’s AQMD Opens H2 Station, Orders Equipment for 3 Others
DIAMOND BAR, CA - Highlighting international interest in California’s clean air activities, diplomats from a dozen countries along with area officials were on hand to witness the formal opening here of one of the first hydrogen fueling stations open to the public in California last month.

Infrastructure: Hydrogenics Unveils Toronto’s First H2 Fueling Station During Fair’s "Green Day"
TORONTO - Canada’s first electric railway was shown here in 1884 at the Canadian National Exhibition. And the country’s first closed-circuit color TV network made its debut here in 1964.

Fast Forward: Oil Prices

With oil prices reaching an anguish-provoking $49/barrel or so last month, it could be you ain’t heard nothing yet: How does $182 a barrel grab you?

That’s the number Matt Simmons, head and founder of an internationally respected 30-year old energy investment bank, Simmons & Company International, Houston, has been throwing out in some recent presentations, including at a late-May conference on the study of peak oil in Berlin, according to an opinion piece on energy security in the Aug. 23 on-line version of India’s “Business Line,” the financial daily of “The Hindu.”

Fast Forward: CARB's Fate

Fast Forward: Next-Generation DaimlerChrysler FC Vehicles

Fast Forward: Ford FC Cars

Fast Forward: Berlin FC Doubledeckers

Fuel Cell Partnership Releases Safety Study for Hydrogen Vehicle Garages, Facilities
WEST SACRAMENTO, CA - Current garage designs are likely to be safe to house and service future hydrogen fuel cell (HFCVs) and hydrogen i.c. vehicles without modifications, according to a 2-year study commissioned by the California Fuel Cell Partnership (CaFCP).

DoE News

On-Board Generation R&D Stops
WASHINGTON, DC - In hindsight, it seems like a foregone conclusion: Based on the recommendations of a review panel, the U.S. Energy Department decided last month to halt all work on on-board fuel processor research and development for fuel cell vehicles that had looked at the idea of extracting hydrogen from gasoline.

Cold Fusion Advocate Gene Mallove is Killed, Victim in Suspected Robbery
CONCORD, NH/NORWICH, CT - With great dismay, H&FCL has belatedly learned of the shocking death of Eugene F. Mallove, Sc.D., the internationally known expert and advocate of low-temperature nuclear reactions and founder and editor of the field’s principal voice, “Infinite Energy” magazine.