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DoE Requests $195.8 million for Hydrogen Technologies, up 20%, in New '07 Budget
WASHINGTON, DC - At $195.8 million, the U.S. Energy Department's Hydrogen Technology budget request last month for fiscal year 2007 is roughly 20% higher than what was actually appropriated in FY '06, $155.6 million.

Quantum Buys Specialty Car Maker, a Step Towards Limited H2 Vehicle Production
IRVINE, CA - Hydrogen-powered cars may move into the consumer mainstream initially not via mass assembly by a major carmaker, but because of the gumption of smaller specialty boutique manufacturers and outfitters.

BP, Edison Utility Plans 500 MW Hydrogen-Fueled Power Plant for S. California
CARSON, CA - If all goes according to plan, a novel 500 MW power plant fueled by refinery byproducts converted to mostly hydrogen will start churning out electricity five years from now for Southern California.

Air Liquide to Run 5-Year EU Multi-State HYCHAIN-MINITRANS Demo Project
BRUSSELS - Air Liquide, the large French industrial gas producer, has gotten the jump on its international competition by winning management of another European Union major multi-national hydrogen demo project.

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U-Texas Team Develops More Efficient H2/CO2 Separation Membrane for Steam Reforming
AUSTIN, TX - Aspirations of "green" hydrogen advocates notwithstanding who want to make the stuff simply by splitting water via electrolysis and clean, renewables-derived electricity, most hydrogen today is made industrially by breaking down natural gas - a fossil fuel - by steam-reforming it.

Hindenburg Fear Stymies GM Hydrogen Project in New York
TARRYTOWN, NY - The Hindenburg Syndrome is alive and well in affluent, and presumably well-educated, Westchester County.

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Single-Wall Nanotube Supports Are Best for DMFCs, Notre Dame Researchers Say
NOTRE DAME, IN - Single-wall carbon nanotubes apparently are turning out to be the support of choice for catalytic materials in direct methanol fuel cells, prodding the fuel cells into performing better than with other materials, a couple of papers by teams headed by a Notre Dame researcher say.

Ballard Makes Interim CEO John Sheridan's Job Permanent, Releases 2005 Results
VANCOUVER - John Sheridan, who stepped in as interim president of Ballard Power Systems last fall after Dennis Campbell's unexpected departure, has been appointed as Ballard's new president and CEO, effective immediately.