March 2007   Vol. XXII   No. 3   ISSN 1080-8019
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March 2007   Volume XXII - Number 3

Buzz Aldrin & Steve Wozniak Plan Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle Drive to South Pole
SEATTLE, WA/SANTA MONICA, CA - Confirming a report that first surfaced last summer, retired Astronaut Buzz Aldrin and Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak are planning to drive a fuel cell-powered vehicle across Antarctica from the McMurdo Station on Ross Island to the South Pole this December.

EU-Supported HyICE Team Completes H2 I.C. Engine Optimization Project
MUNICH/BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON, DC - Modern internal combustion engines, laid out specifically for hydrogen fuel, offer clear advantages in terms of performance and cost over other propulsion systems.

It’s Spring! - Show Time in Geneva: Giugiaro Shows His Vision of a H2 Fuel Cell Car
TURIN/GENEVA - Italdesign’s Giorgetto Giugiaro is unleashing his latest conceptual version of a hydrogen fuel cell-powered passenger car, the Vadhô, at the Geneva Motor Show March 8-18.

Fast Forward: New GM Fuel Cell Module


Fast Forward: Solar Tower for Southwest?


Fast Forward: Fuel Cells for NY Metro North?


Fast Forward: Hydrogen in Brunei


DoE News: FY ‘08 H2 Fuel Initiative Request Up Slightly, In Line with Initial Bush Pledge
WASHINGTON, DC – In his new budget request for fiscal year 2008, President Bush is asking for a total of almost $309 million for his Hydrogen Fuel Initiative - $307.5 million for the Energy Department and another $1.425 million for the Transportation Department.

Profile: Hungarian-Born Process Control Expert Seeks to Mass-Produce Solar-H2 Plants - Now
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, NY - A Hungarian-born process control and environmental expert who came to the United States as a pennyless student refugee after Hungary’s1956 Revolution, now wants to help bring about another revolution: the commercial large-scale introduction of solar hydrogen, as quickly as possible.

H2 Electric Racing Group Releases Initial Specs for Fuel Cell Racing Cars
DETROIT, MI - “Gentlemen, switch on your fuel cells!” could conceivably be the starting command for the first fuel cell race car competition that a new group here hopes to start two years from now with an Indianapolis-type race.

Germany, an Also-Ran in H2 Technology, is in Forefront Again, Says DWV
BERLIN - Germany, up through the 1980s a world leader in hydrogen and fuel cell technologies but then dropping behind, is now catching up again, the German Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (DWV) says.

Briefly Noted: New California H2 Station
Another Hydrogen Station in California.

Briefly Noted: Global Warming/Electricity Awareness Survey
Most Americans don’t understand the connection between their own electricity use and global warming, a new report says.

Briefly Noted: Green Label for Clean German Cars
German transportation minister Wolfgang Tiefensee has suggested a carbon dioxide labeling system for new German cars.

Briefly Noted: Fuel Cell Fire Dep't Car
Fighting Fire with Hydrogen.

Briefly Noted: Hythane for India
Hythane for India.

Briefly Noted: Intelligent Energy/Suzuki
Fuel cell systems developer Intelligent Energy has entered a partnership with Japan’s Suzuki Motor Corp. to develop prototype hydrogen fuel cell motorcycles.

Briefly Noted: Quantum Orders
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc., has been given another contract to expand its hydrogen vehicle and mobile hydrogen infrastructure programs.

Briefly Noted: Rent-A-Fuel Cell Limo
And now, it’s Rent-a-Hydrogen-Fuel Cell Limo.

Opportunities
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Analysis: Environmental Impacts of Hydrogen Systems

Research and Development for Hydrogen Production and Delivery Technology


Events
The “POWER-GEN Renewable Energy Conference 2007" is scheduled for March 6-8 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas, NV.

Transitions
Garman, Decker, Sullivan, Aldrin, Nelson, Silvestri, Saillant, Greenberg, Hutchison, Johnson, Alger, Hurd, Baxter-Clemmons, Stempel, Ovshinski, Metzger, Penley, Peterson, Scoggins, Tester, Gibbons, Habicht, Hidary, Kelly, Paul, Prend, Tierney, Tschinkel, MacDonald, Stamwitz, Fenton, Bertrand, Hembree, Dexter