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Iceland Takes Next Step with H2 Rental Cars, Fuel Cell APU for Tourist Ship
REYKJAVIK - Iceland, the New Frontier for the coming global hydrogen economy, is about to launch another First: Hydrogen rental cars.

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.

The Nordic Countries:

Hydro Opens First H2 Station, Fueling Priuses, on Norway’s Hydrogen Highway
PORSGRUNN, NORWAY – Norway’s oil and gas company Hydro opened its first hydrogen fueling station last month near its research center here as part of the country’s ambitious HyNor hydrogen highway.

GM Shifts Hundreds of Fuel Cell Engineers To Prepare for Volume Production
DETROIT – General Motors is starting to gear up for fuel cell car volume production.

U.S. Coal Reserves May Be Smaller Than Generally Assumed, NRC Study Says
WASHINGTON, DC - The National Research Council in a new report last month put a damper on optimistic predictions that coal would last for hundreds of years as a future last-resort key national energy source.

Fast Forward: Caribbean H2 House

Fast Forward: Exxon

Fast Forward: Big Bucks in Alternatives

Fast Forward: Cities' Fuel Cell Bus Competition

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.