GM Unveils Volt as First Example of Electric Drive Train System for both I.C.s, Fuel Cells DETROIT, MI - Call it the Mix-&-Match Principle of Automotive Architecture: General Motors Corp. this month unveiled a new concept electric vehicle, the Chevrolet Volt, at the North American International Auto Show here Jan. 7-21 as the first embodiment of a new family of interchangeable power plants - including hydrogen fuel cells - and fuels powering a common electrical drive train, called the “E-Flex System,” with “E” standing for “electric” and “Flex” symbolizing flexibility.
GOLDEN, CO – Excel Energy, the large Minneapolis-based Midwestern gas-and-electricity utility, last month joined forces with researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory here in an experimental wind-to-hydrogen energy production system.
Research Centers in Europe, Americas, Asia Launch World Wind Energy Institute HURUP THY, DENMARK - Seven existing universities and research centers on five continents have joined forces and launched the new decentralized World Wind Energy Institute (WWEI), the institute’s secretariat here and the World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE) in Bonn announced last month.
FuelCell Energy Bids on Big Conn. Project, Launches Hybrid Project with Enbridge DANBURY, CT - More and Bigger Fuel Cell Plants: FuelCell Energy, Inc. here reported last month it had submitted bids for fuel cell power projects totaling 98.6 MW to the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) for its Project 100, the Fund’s plan to install 100 MW of electricity in the state to be generated by renewables by 2008.
We Must Do Much More To Stem Global Warming, UC-Davis’ Dan Sperling Says BERKELEY, CA - While Arctic ice thaws, weather extremes become more frequent and Midwest tornadoes and Gulf Coast hurricanes become more violent, too little is done to stem the drift towards higher global temperatures to halt or reverse the problem, a respected transportation and environment expert believes.
DRESDEN, GERMANY - What is described as the world’s first two-year Master’s degree program in hydrogen energy technology will be launched here this spring at Dresden Technical University.
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Energy Department has decided to stop funding future, applied research and development of pure, undoped single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) for onboard hydrogen storage in vehicles.
