Briefly Noted: Hydrogen Engine Center Hydrogen Engine Center Inc. (HEC), Algona, IA reports it has received an order for two hydrogen-fueled V-8 Oxx PowerTM i.c. engines.
Briefly Noted: Nanophosphate Battery General Motors Corp. will co-develop nanophosphate battery chemistry with lithium battery manufacturer A123Systems, Inc., Watertown, MA (H&FCL Jan. 07) for its electric drive E-Flex System, GM’s new plug-and-play powertrain architecture for both fuel cell or plug-in vehicles like the prototype Volt.
Briefly Noted: Biggest PV Plant Yet What’s described as the world’s largest photovoltaic solar power plant has started churning out electricity on a former East German military airbase.
Briefly Noted: Primary Energy in Germany More primary energy news, Spiegel online says wind power has its own dangers, with “thousands of mishaps, breakdowns and accidents” reported in recent years.
Briefly Noted: Millennium Cell/Horizon Eatontown, NJ-based Millennium Cell, Inc. is teaming up with Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies, Singapore, in a joint development and licensing agreement that centers on the commercialization of fuel cell power products with more than 20 watts of output.
