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.”
