April 2007   Vol. XXII   No. 4   ISSN 1080-8019
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EU Consortium to Build Fuel Cell Plane, Boeing Plans FC Plane Tests This Year
TURIN/MADRID – Fuel cells are taking to Europe’s air: A team of 11 companies and institutions has begun work on a European Union-sponsored project to develop a hydrogen-powered fuel cell plane in a three-year program.

Hydrogen Needs Bigger Push, Public Awareness is Fading, NHA Conference Hears
SAN ANTONIO, TX - With bio-fuels, ethanol and plug-ins hogging the alternative energy spotlight these days, it was reassuring to see high-level energy and auto industry executives come out strongly last month in support of hydrogen as key energy vector at the annual National Hydrogen Association (NHA) conference here.

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Princeton Team Designs Gravity-Assisted, Fuel-Controlled PEM Fuel Cell
PRINCETON, NJ - A team of Princeton University scientists has developed a much simplified, more efficient variant of PEM fuel cell technology in which the amount of hydrogen fed into it - and the gravity-controlled level of by-product water - controls the amount of power produced.


Fast Forward: First H2 Bimmer for Schwarzenegger


NHA Foundation Starts 2-Year Outreach Program, Considers Magazine Launch
SAN ANTONIO - In the works for more than a year now, the National Hydrogen Association (NHA) is in the process of launching a two-year, $2 million public information and outreach campaign to increase broad understanding of hydrogen and its role in the energy mix and counter the often ill-informed voices that in recent years have dominated the alternative energy debate.

Book Review: Energy Autonomy: The Economic, Social and Technological Case for Renewable Energy
Reviewed by Richard Engel
Dr. Hermann Scheer, author, German legislator, and leading activist for renewable energy in Europe, uses his new book primarily to attack the petroleum and nuclear industries for obstructing renewable energy. This may have been a fair argument in the past, but the energy industry landscape is changing rapidly.