New Turkish UN Hydrogen Center Opens with International Conference ISTANBUL - Just about a year after its official launch and a dozen years after it was first proposed, the new International Centre for Hydrogen Technologies (UNIDO-ICHET) opened its doors to its first conference last month.
Perspectives: Hydrogen Pioneer Cesare Marchetti Still Bets on Nuclear Power as Primary Source FLORENCE, ITALY - Cesare Marchetti, the Italian physicist who, together with a handful of like-minded scientists around the world began promoting the idea of a global Hydrogen Economy back in the 1960s, believes nuclear energy will still emerge as a main primary energy source as the hydrogen economy evolves.
Fast Forward: Fuel Cell Tourist Vessel The folks who brought you the world's first operational fuel cell submarine, Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft are working on a fuel cell-powered passenger ship for canals and inland waterways.
Briefly Noted: UK Decarbonized Power Plant British Petroleum (BP) has started engineering and design work for DF-1, the first industrial-scale plant to generate electricity using hydrogen extracted from natural gas to produce "decarbonized fuel," reducing carbon dioxide emissions by some 90%.
Briefly Noted: EC Testing Center The European Commission last month opened a new hydrogen storage and fuel cell testing facility in Petten, the Netherlands. European Commission Energy Commissioner, Latvia's Andris Piebalgs, announced in Brussels a new four-year program promoting sustainable energy technologies.
Briefly Noted: Wal-Mart Fuel Cell Pallet Trucks Vancouver, BC-based developer of fuel cell products for industrial vehicles, Cellex Power Products, Inc., reports Wal-Mart has completed a first round of alpha trials of four pallet trucks powered by 2.5 kW PEM stacks, developed jointly with DuPont, at a distribution center in Harrisonville, MO.
Briefly Noted: Medis UK Deal Medis Technologies Ltd announced another deal in Europe for market testing its fuel cell Power Packs.
Briefly Noted: Plug Power Sales Latham, NY-based Plug Power Inc. last month reported the sale of 116 GenCore backup fuel cell systems to Tyco Electronics Power Systems.
Briefly Noted: GM Survey General Motors-sponsored survey of American attitudes toward U.S. energy policy and and emerging automotive technologies has found, Americans believe energy security should be the top priority of the country's energy policy. The survey also found wide support for a large "moon shot"-type effort to to develop a hydrogen economy.
Briefly Noted: DTE Hydrogen Energy Park With almost no fanfare, DTE Energy opened its new multi-use Hydrogen Energy Technology Park to the public in mid-July with an Open House.
Briefly Noted: AeroVironment LH2 High Flyer AeroVironment, the Monrovia, CA-based developer of high-altitude long-endurance airplanes, has flown the world's first liquid hydrogen, fuel cell-powered unmanned aerial vehicle.
Briefly Noted: PEMEAS-E-TEK Merger Two makers of fuel cell complementary fuel cell components, Germany's PEMEAS and the fuel cell division of Italy's Gruppo De Nora, plan to merge.
Briefly Noted: Russian Hydrogen Plant Hamilton, Bermuda-based Foster-Wheeler Ltd. reports its British subsidiary has been awarded a contract to prepare a basic design package for a hydrogen production facility in Russia.
Events The "International Conference and Trade Fair for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies" is planned for Aug.31-Sept. 1 at the Hamburg Messe Fairgrounds, Hamburg, Germany.
