Briefly Noted: Beijing Olympic Fuel Cell Cars Fighting Olympic Air Pollution: A total of 20 hydrogen fuel-cell cars are to provide zero-emission transportation services for the Beijing Olympic Games this month, China’s news agency Xinhua reports.
Briefly Noted: Three AAAS Papers Alternatives to expensive platinum as catalytic material in fuel cells and a new solid oxide fuel cell electrolyte expected to permit near-room temperature operations were the subjects of three important reports in the July 31 issue of “Science” and “Science Express.”
Briefly Noted: QuantumSphere QuantumSphere, Inc., a developer of advanced catalyst materials, says it has developed and is already selling advanced nano-augmented catalyst materials for electrolysis that increases the hydrogen output of electrolyzers up to three times while maintaining energy efficiency.
Briefly Noted: New 400 kW UTC Plants South Windsor, CT-based UTC Power plans to start shipping its next-generation 400 kW power plant, the PureCell®) Model 400 system that’s been under development for several years, in 2009.
Briefly Noted: Global Fuel Cell Survey The latest edition of the Worldwide Fuel Cell Industry Survey released last month once again found substantial job growth and gains in sales and research spending in the most recent reporting year.
Briefly Noted: New Fuel Cell Blog Fuel Cells 2000, the non-profit arm of the Washington, DC-based Breakthrough Technologies Institute, has launched the “Fuel Cell Insider” blog, a new web log devoted to fuel cells and related fuels.
