DoE News: Running Counter to Trend, DoE FY '06 H2/Fuel Cell Budget Request is Up WASHINGTON, DC - Running counter to the belt-tightening trend in the administration’s total $2.57 trillion 2006 budget request released in early February, the Energy Department is asking for relatively large increases for hydrogen energy and fuel cell technology.
Ballard Reports Progress in Cold Start, Durability, Cost Reduction VANCOUVER - Ballard Power Systems here last month reported what appears to be significant progress in three key areas - freeze start ability, durability and cost reduction - without reducing performance in its automotive fuel stack technology.
Briefly Noted: Sen. Harkin Ethanol Bill Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) has introduced legislation to help convert ethanol and other farm-derived fuels into hydrogen.
Briefly Noted: Smart Fuel Cell Smart Fuel Cell AG (SFC), the innovative Munich-based maker of direct methanol fuel cells, claims significant cost reduction via a new membrane.
Briefly Noted: FC Hondas/Las Vegas Las Vegas goes fuel cell: American Honda has leased two Honda FCX fuel cell vehicles to the City of Las Vegas, NV.
Briefly Noted: Nuvera/Uhdenora Pact Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc., Cambridge, MA and Milan, Italy, is joining forces with Uhdenora SpA, a developer of electrochemical plants for making chlorine and caustic soda in an excess hydrogen-based power system.
Briefly Noted: Masterflex Cargo Bikes The European Union’s Regional Development Fund together with the German state of Northrhine-Westfalia are helping to finance the development of fuel cell-powered so-called cargo bikes.
Briefly Noted: Hydrogenics/GM Forklift General Motors of Canada and Hydrogenics Corp. last month demonstrated a hydrogen fuel cell-powered forklift that the companies say is moving towards commercialization.
Briefly Noted: FuelCell Energy/Starwood Danbury, CT-based FuelCell Energy Inc. has joined forces with Alliance Power, a Littleton, CO-based developer of distributed generation facilities, to provide a 1 MW fuel cell power plant to the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina
Briefly Noted: Quantum Patent Irvine, CA-headquartered Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. reports it has been awarded a U.S. patent for portable and transportable hydrogen fueling systems.
Briefly Noted: European Hydrogen Ass'n Six major companies are now members of the European Hydrogen Association (EHA) as a result of changes in the organizations by-laws that permit such direct memberships.
Opportunities: NYSERDA The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is announcing a Program Opportunity Notice (PON) No. 920
Events The "Power-Gen - Renewable Energy" conference is scheduled for March 1-5 at the Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas, NV.
