DoE News: Record Turnout, Number of Presentations at Hydrogen Program Review Meeting ARLINGTON, VA - Hydrogen seemed to be everywhere during the last week of May in the nation’s capital area. The U.S. Energy Department’s annual Hydrogen Program Overview here last month turned out to be bigger and more elaborate than the last one, with almost twice as many presentations and participants than last year.
Millennium Founder Amendola Proposes Urea/Ammonia-Based Energy System OCEAN, NJ - Steven Amendola, the chemist who founded Millennium Cell Inc. and who introduced sodium borohydride to the international hydrogen community, has a new trick up his sleeve. A chemical energy system based on urea and ammonia. Both are industrial and agricultural chemical commodities, widely used in, among other things, the production of fertilizers, animal feeds, explosives, plastics and, in the case of urea, some hair conditioners and lotions and even as an alternative to rock salt as a less corrosive road deicer.
Plug Power Hopes to Sell 300 GenCore Systems in 2005, Strengthens Honda Ties NEW YORK - “The markets do exist, they are reacting slowly, but we think our persistence will result in success this year,” said Plug Power’s chief executive officer Roger B. Saillant last month at the company’s annual stockholders meeting here.
Opportunities: Baker Student Award Dr. Bernard S. Baker Student Award for Fuel Cell Research for currently enrolled graduate or undergraduate students. The application deadline is June 30 2005.
Opportunities: UNIDO-ICHET Jobs The United Nations Industrial Development Organization’s International Centre for Hydrogen Energy Technologies (UNIDO-ICHET), Istanbul, Turkey, announces the following positions: Research Proposal Developer/Writer; Major Gifts Development Officer; and Post Doctorals.
Opportunities: Hannover Young People Competition The organizers of the Hydrogen + Fuel Cells Group Exhibit at the Hannover, Germany, Fair April 24-26, 2006 are sponsoring a “Worldwide Hydrogen Ambassadors Competition” for young people.
CORRECTION: The print version of last month’s issue, May 2005, was misnumbered as No. 1. The correct number is No. 5.
Briefly Noted: DoE Science Grants Energy Department has announced $64 million in grants over three years for 70 hydrogen research projects.
Briefly Noted: Toyota Tanks Toyota Motor Corp. has developed a new line of high-pressure all-composite hydrogen tanks rated at 35 and 70 MPa (5,076 and 10,153 psi).
Briefly Noted: Norway H2 Plans Norway stole the show in Europe last month with triple-pronged moves towards the greater use of hydrogen as transportation fuel.
Briefly Noted: HERA/McGill University HERA Hydrogen Storage Systems Inc., Longueuil, Quebec, has acquired the exclusive license for a “substantial” intellectual property portfolio developed by McGill University, Montreal, in the area of advanced hydride materials for storage.
Briefly Noted: FuelCell Energy Danbury, CT-based FuelCell Energy Inc. last month announced the sale of two 250 kW Direct FuelCell molten carbonate fuel cell power plants. FuelCell Energy is providing the plant to generate electricity and residual heat for domestic hot water and heating to the State University of New York’s College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
Briefly Noted: LIPA Wind Plans The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) has installed its first combination of solar power and fuel cell technologies on Long Island. LIPA announced that it will, together with FPL Energy, apply to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for authorization to install an offshore wind energy park off Long Island’s South Shore.
Briefly Noted: Oxford Intelligence Renewables Study A new study by a British consultancy says renewable energy investment projects in Western Europe are likely to surge during the next 2-5 years – “IF governments remain committed.”
Briefly Noted: High School Fuel Cell Contest Winners Six high school teams have won $9,000 in the third annual Hydrogen Fuel Cell Model Car Challenge at the end of April in Washington, DC, part of the U.S. Energy Department’s National Science Bowl.
Events A “Fuel Cell” conference is scheduled for June 7-8 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Minneapolis, MN.
