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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.

Rolls Royce Opens First Automated Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Pilot Production Line
LOUGHBOROUGH, ENGLAND - With assists from partners in the United States and Asia, Rolls Royce Fuel Cell Systems Ltd., has launched what is described as the world’s first automated production line for solid oxide fuel cells here.

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UTC Fuel Cells Upgrades PAFC Stationary Plant Design, Eyes Future 400 kW Version
SOUTH WINDSOR, CT - For years, naysayers have predicted the imminent demise of UTC Fuel Cell's 200 kW fuel cell power plant, the industry's phosphoric acid (PAFC) workhorse for a decade and a half.

British Sports Car Maker Morgan to Build a Fuel Cell Sports Car
GOSPORT, HAMPSHIRE, UK - Morgan, the last of the legendary British sports carmakers, is doing a Back to the Future.

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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.

Malaysia's Agni Energy Co. Claims to be Developing Affordable Fuel Cell Car
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - A Malaysian company, Agni, Inc., here claims to be on its way to commercializing an affordable fuel cell car, dubbed the REAL.