Briefly Noted: Plug Power/Ballard Two major fuel cell developers, Plug Power Inc., Latham, NY and Ballard Power Systems, Vancouver, are teaming up in a $2 million contract by the U.S. Defense Department.
Briefly Noted: FuelCell Energy 1 MW Plant/Sharp FuelCell Energy, Danbury, CT reports its Asian distributor, Marubeni Corp., has sold its first 1 MW power plant to Japanese electronics manufacturer Sharp Corp.
Briefly Noted: Virent's Sugar Power Demo Virent Energy Systems, Inc., the Madison, Wi-based developer of renewable biomass fuels for power systems, reports it has successfully achieved startup of the first-ever demonstration system converting sugar and glycerin into electric power.
Briefly Noted: Cabot's Dynalyst Cabot Corp's fuel cell group, part of Cabot Superior MicroPowders, has launched four commercial grades of its DynalistTM high-performance platinum electrocatalysts.
Briefly Noted: Fuel Cell Ice Resurfacer And finally, a couple of items from our What-Will-They-Think-Of-Next? Dep't.: The $50,000 Aqueon Hydrogen Fireplace and The Fuel Cell-Powered Ice Resurfacer.
