Fast LH2 Freighter, Solar Investment Highlight 16th World Hydrogen Conference LYON, FRANCE – The concept of a 75 mph LH2-powered transatlantic cargo catamaran and a pitch for the huge investment potential of solar energy for hydrogen were, arguably, the highlights of the 16th World Hydrogen Energy Conference here last month.
Opportunities The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, is seeking candidates for three Assistant and Associate Professor positions in its Energy Systems Engineering program to develop sustainable energy systems and solutions.
Briefly Noted: Scandinavian Hydrogen Highway If all goes well, the 15 hydrogen Priuses Norway is acquiring to accelerate its HyNor hydrogen highway, will be able to roam across Scandinavian borders in a few years.
Briefly Noted: Alstom Alstom, the French power generation and transportation conglomerate, is investigating the feasibility of fuel cell-powered streetcars.
Briefly Noted: Solar electricity study Solar-generated electricity - specifically, photovoltaics - is slowly overcoming material constraints and seems set to become a viable alternative as electricity distribution generation systems.
Briefly Noted: BMW/TOTAL German carmaker BMW and the French oil company TOTAL plan to cooperate more closely in launching hydrogen energy technology.
Briefly Noted: 10 MW FuelCell Energy plant They’re getting bigger: FuelCell Energy, Inc. says it has won the go-ahead for pre-development financing for a 10 MW fuel cell power plant.
Briefly Noted: Ansaldo U.S. plans Italy’s Ansaldo Fuel Cells, a Genoa-based manufacturer of molten carbonate fuel cells, plans to launch its products in the United States.
Briefly Noted: Intensys A new Belgian company to develop alkaline fuel cell technology, IntensysTM, was launched last month, the result of a reorganization of E-Vision.
Briefly Noted: Delphi SOFC milestone Delphi Corp., Troy, MI, says it has reached an important milestone in its efforts to bring solid oxide fuel cell technology to market by 2011.
Briefly Noted: Chevron/Georgia Tech Chevron Corp., San Ramon, CA has formed a strategic research alliance with Georgia Tech intended to develop cellulosic biofuels and hydrogen as transportation fuels.
Briefly Noted: Hydrogenics/BOC Hydrogenics Corp., Mississauga, Ontario, has signed an agreement with BOC to provide on-site hydrogen generation plants to the industrial gas company for five years.
Events The "Lucerne Fuel Cell Forum" which includes two conferences, "Fuel Cells for a Sustainable World," and the "7th European Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Forum," will be held July 3-7 at the Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland.
