GM Rolls Out First Chevrolet Fuel Cell Equinox SUVs TARRYTOWN, NY - Exactly one year after General Motors lifted the curtain on the hybrid fuel cell version of its Chevrolet Equinox SUV (H&FCL Oct. 06), the real thing rolled out last month in day-long media demonstration programs in California and New York.
2007 Fuel Cell Seminar and Exposition: In Search of Markets SAN ANTONIO, TX – Not long ago, in the days when President Bush was peppering his State of the Union addresses with visions of a hydrogen future and fuel cell companies’ stocks soared in the wake of every press release, the annual Fuel Cell Seminar was drawing over 2,000 attendees. Things seem to have settled back down to a more sustainable plateau since those heady days. This year’s event in San Antonio drew some 1,700 people, just about the same as the 2006 Seminar.
PV, Wind Produce Much More H2 Fuel Per Acre Than Biofuels, New Analysis Says MUNICH – A new analysis of land resources needed for the production of close to a dozen alternative transportation fuels, from biodiesel to hydrogen, shows that photovoltaics and wind can generate as much as ten times the amount of energy in form of hydrogen than biofuels from the same acreage.
EU, European Space Agency Study LH2-Fueled Hypersonic Transport Plane PARIS/BRUSSELS – The idea of hydrogen-powered hypersonic airplane travel which got a lot of attention in the 1980s and early 1990s with Ronald Reagan’s “Orient Express,” the “National Aerospace Plane,” and Britain’s HOTOL concepts is being revived by the European Union (EU) and the European Space Agency (ESA).
Tokyo Motor Show Disappoints with Mostly No-Shows In H2, Fuel Cells MAKUHARI, JAPAN - The 40th Tokyo Motor Show, which opened here to the public Oct. 27, was largely a disappointment for what it didn’t show, or say, about any hydrogen and fuel cell technology advances.
Briefly Noted: Inherent Uncertainties in Climate Change Climate change is inherently uncertain, and policy makers should perhaps hew to the old adage, “Go with what you’ve got” - the bottom line of a new climate change study by two researchers, Gerard H. Roe and Marcia B. Bake.
Briefly Noted: H2 Economy Impact on Water Supplies Hydrogen supporters generally assume that water supplies for a future hydrogen economy are virtually limitless, in part because of the belief that hydrogen will recycle through the environment, returning time and again as rain, for example. But a new study says producing hydrogen electrolytically from water may in fact have a large impact on water resources.
Briefly Noted: European Commission Proposals The European Commission last month adopted two proposals to promote the development of clean and safe hydrogen vehicles, but the move has not met with universal approval.
Briefly Noted: Ottawa Hydrogen Station Presided over by Canada’s environment minister John Baird, Ottawa opened its first hydrogen fueling station last month as part of the Canada’s “Hydrogen on the Hill” project led by Industry Canada and Ford of Canada.
Briefly Noted: New CaFCP Member The National Fuel Cell Research Center (NFCRC) at the University of California, Irvine is the 32nd organization to join the California Fuel Cell Partnership.
Events The “World Hydrogen Technologies Convention” will be held Nov. 4-7 at the Congress Palace, Montecatini Terme, Italy.
