Quantum Wins Contract for 15 Hydrogen Hybrid I.C. Prius Cars from Norway IRVINE, CA - Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. here has received a purchase order for 15 hydrogen-fueled, internal combustion-engined Toyota Prius hybrid vehicles from Norway, the company announced last month.
DoE News: Storage R&D is Focus of Hydrogen Program Merit Review CRYSTAL CITY, VA - Hydrogen storage, a main concern for the prospects of a future hydrogen economy, took center stage at the Energy Department’s Hydrogen Program’s Annual Merit Review May 16-19 here.
Anti-H2 Article in German “Technology Review” is Dismissed as Irrelevant BERLIN - “Good-Bye, Hydrogen,” the recent, provocatively titled anti-hydrogen article in the German edition of MIT’s “Technology Review” magazinedidn’t create much of a stir in the German hydrogen community which generally dismissed it as somewhere between uninformed, out of date, plain wrong and irrelevant.
CORRECTION CORRECTION: The names of two persons mentioned in our May issue were in error. In the Hannover Joint Exhibit story, the correct last name of Formula Zero’s events director is Eiso Vaandrager (not Vandrager, as printed). And in the ”Brief” item on the ARRC/H2 Alliance, the correct full name of the founder is Alan Eliot Goldberg (not Eliot Goldberg, as printed).
Briefly Noted: FutureGen Sites Twelve sites in seven states have applied to be selected as location for FutureGen, the design of a clean coal-burning power plant that will produce both electricity and hydrogen.
Briefly Noted: New Nuclear Hydrogen Journal The first issue of a new scholarly publication, “The International Journal of Nuclear Hydrogen Production and Applications,” has just been published.
Briefly Noted: Boeing/Airbus Fuel Cell Cooperation Boeing and Airbus, the two fiercely warring 800-pound gorillas among the world’s airplane makers, may cooperate in the development of fuel cells for onboard auxiliary power units (APUs).
Briefly Noted: Linde Expansion German industrial gas manufacturer Linde AG is adding to its North American hydrogen business: in mid-May.
Briefly Noted: New KTN Fuel Cell Portal Four major players in Britain’s hydrogen and fuel cell community have launched a new Internet portal, the Low Carbon and Fuel Cell Technology Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN).
Briefly Noted: Hydrogen Engine Center The Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc. (HEC), makers of hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engines in Algona, IA, has received a $161,2100 order for an a 250 kW genset from Natural Resources Canada to be used in a wind/hydrogen demonstration.
Briefly Noted: BIC Looks at Cartridges An unlikely contender best known for making ball points, shavers and cigarette lighters is getting set to jump into the fuel cell fray: the French BIC Group says it is exploring the emerging micro fuel cell cartridge industry.
Briefly Noted: Vespa/ECN Fuel Cell Scooter Italy’s maker of the fabled “Vespa” scooter, Piaggio, has built and successfully tested a prototype low-emission “Fresco” fuel cell version together with the Energy Research Center of the Netherlands (ECN).
Briefly Noted: US Fuel Cell Council State Activities Report Forty-seven states plus the District of Columbia have some sort of fuel cell or hydrogen legislation, demonstration or other activity taking place, says a new report released last month by the Washington, DC-based Breakthrough Technologies Institute.
Briefly Noted: Baker Student Award Entries The Fuel Cell Seminar organizers are once again looking for candidates for the Dr. Bernard S. Baker Student Award for Fuel Cell Research.
Briefly Noted: Hydrogen from Caramel And finally, from our There-Will-Always-Be-An-England-Even-in-Fuel-Cells Dep’t: “Scientists build caramel-powered margarine-making fuel cell.”
Events The “2nd International Hydrogen Train & HYDRAIL Conference” is scheduled for June 7 at the Herning College of Business and Engineering in Herning, Denmark.
