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Our Anniversary: 20 Years H&FCL
Time Flies When You're Having Fun, they say. Well, Maybe. Anyway, what you see below is the gestating Hydrogen Economy's equivalent of the Dead Sea Scrolls, complete with original stains, creases and scribbles.

High Energy Costs, Oil Shock Memories Are Backdrop to Hydrogen + Fuel Cell Exhibit
HANNOVER, GERMANY – With skyrocketing oil prices and 1970s energy crises memories looming as ominous backdrop, the 12th annual Hydrogen + Fuel Cell Group Exhibit last month here took on, in the eyes of many participants, special gravitas.

Fast Forward: Nick Abson

Briefly Noted: Daimler-Chrysler Fuel Cell Patrol Car
F-Cell cars (F as in Fuzz) for police patrol.

Fast Forward: Hydrogenics Mideast Office

Fast Forward: Japanese Fuel Cell Train

Fast Forward: Danish Fuel Cell Commuter Train Plans

Two Russian Companies Plan $217 Million Cash Investment in Plug Power
LATHAM, NY - A group of Russian investors with strong interest in hydrogen and fuel cell development have agreed to make a very large investment in Plug Power, Inc. here, the company announced.

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Bodman Announces $52.5 Million for Storage, Catalysts & Membrane Research
DETROIT, MI – U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman last month announced an upcoming three-year $52.5 million solicitation to fund basic research in hydrogen storage, catalysts and membranes.

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Geothermal Energy Accelerates in U.S., Europe, Australia, New Zealand
WASHINGTON, DC/BERLIN, GERMANY/MOKAI, NEW ZEALAND – Suddenly, geothermal energy is hot: Reports of proliferating new projects are coming in from many parts of the globe: the United States, Germany, Australia and New Zealand, to name a few.

German "MIT Technology Review" Article Says Hydrogen Economy is a Non-Starter
HANNOVER, GERMANY – "Good-Bye, Hydrogen" is the provocative headline of a front page article in the April issue of the German edition of MIT's respected "Technology Review" magazine.