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.
