California’s Altergy Systems Unveils World’s First Fuel Cell Assembly Line FOLSOM, CA - Making hydrogen and fuel cell technology competitive in the market place advanced significantly last month with the unveiling of what is described as the world’s first - and only - automated high-volume fuel cell assembly line.
160 Hydrogen-Plus Stations to Operate Worldwide by Year-End, New Survey Says LONDON - A new survey of the world’s hydrogen infrastructure concludes that there will be more than 160 hydrogen fueling stations world-wide by the end of this year, with most of the additions in California, Canada, Scandinavia and the European Union.
Briefly Noted: Hybrid Reversal Researchers at Imperial College London have stood the standard automotive hybrid fuel cell configuration - big fuel cell, small auxiliary battery for acceleration and uphill driving - on its head and have experimentally put together the opposite.
Briefly Noted: Air Liquide-GM Deal French industrial gas producer Air Liquide says it will provide five 700 bar (10,000 psi) portable fast-fill hydrogen fueling systems to General Motors in the United States.
Briefly Noted: AeroVironment Test Flight Monrovia, CA-based AeroVironment says it has flown its Puma small unmanned aircraft for nearly five hours powered by a hybrid fuel cell battery system in a test flight for the Air Force Research Laboratory.
Briefly Noted: New Business New Business: France’s Technip oil, gas and petrochemical engineering group has been awarded a Euro 60 million ($81.2 million) contract for a 68,700m3/hour hydrogen plant at a refinery in Huelva, Spain.
Briefly Noted: Nuvera Moves Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc., the developer of multi-fuel processing and fuel cell technology, is in new bigger digs.
Briefly Noted: More Takeovers More Takeovers: ECOtotality, Inc., a Scottsdale, AZ company that seeks to develop and commercialize renewable energy technologies, has acquired the Fuel Cell Store.
Opportunities: ND Sequestration Test The Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Bismarck, ND has issued a Request for Proposal to demonstrate various carbon dioxide capture techniques.
Opportunities: NHA Student Contest The National Hydrogen Association is announcing the 2007-2008 hydrogen student design contest, “Hydrogen Applications for Airports.”
Opportunities: f-cell Award Call for entries: Germany’s Stuttgart Region Economic Development Corp., in cooperation with DaimlerChrysler, invites entries for innovative fuel cell technologies for its “f-cell Award.”
Events The “Third International Energy, Exergy and Environment Symposium” is scheduled for July 1-5 at the University of Evora, Portugal.
