Fuel Cells Today articles from January 2006

Fuel Cells Today archives from January 2006

IdaTech Unveils ElectraGen3 Backup Power Fuel Cell System.
January 3, 2006... IdaTech, LLC recently unveiled its new ElectraGen3 fuel cell system, a CE-certified, hydrogen-based proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell solution that is capable of producing up to three kilowatts of power. According to IdaTech, the...

MTI Micro Announces Succession Plan for CEO Position.
January 3, 2006... MTI MicroFuel Cells, Inc. recently announced its plan for succession of the company's CEO William Acker. The company's board has formed a search committee and hired the executive search firm Korn/Ferry International to assist in the process....

WestStart to Host Clean Heavy-duty Vehicle Conference in CA.
January 3, 2006... WestStart-CALSTART, Inc. will host "Clean Heavy-duty Vehicle Conference 2006: Clean Technologies and Fuels -- Are We There Yet?" February 22 through 24 at the San Diego Hilton Resort in San Diego, CA. On Wednesday, February 22, an evening...

Celanese Sells Common Shares in PEMEAS Fuel Cell Technologies.
January 4, 2006... The Celanese Corporation, an integrated global producer of value-added industrial chemicals, recently announced the sale late last month of its common shares in PEMEAS GmbH, a global leader in membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) for...

CIDETEC Announces New Prototype Fuel Cell Motorbike.
January 4, 2006... Spain's Center for Electrochemical Technologies (CIDETEC) recently announced that its Energy Department has designed a prototype for a fuel cell-powered motorbike. According to CIDETEC, the project, which was financed by the Gipuzkoa...

Ceres Power Wins Local U.K. Green Business Award.
January 4, 2006... Ceres Power recently announced it has received a 1,000-pound (about $1,700) "Green Business Award" from the town of Crawley in West Sussex, England in recognition of its employees' contribution to environmental improvement. According to...

Hydrogenics Receives Order for Fuel Cell Power Modules.
January 4, 2006... Hydrogenics Corporation recently announced it has been awarded a contract worth $8 million from a military original equipment manufacturer for the company's HyPM 500 series fuel cell power modules. "Winning this impressive contract through...

Jadoo Power to Introduce New Fuel Cell Products in Las Vegas.
January 5, 2006... Jadoo Power Systems, Inc. recently announced plans to introduce its new line of fuel cell products for professional consumers during next week's ShowStoppers event at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2006 in Las Vegas, NV. Specifically,...

Nippon Oil to Install Fuel Cell Cogeneration Units in Japan.
January 5, 2006... Ballard Power Systems recently announced that its partner Nippon Oil Corporation will begin installing one-kilowatt, kerosene-powered residential fuel cell cogeneration units in various locations throughout Japan beginning in March. ...

VT Congressman Announces Funding for Hydrogen Fueling Station.
January 5, 2006... U.S. Representative Bernie Sanders (I-VT) recently announced that his office secured a grant of nearly $1 million from the Department of Energy (DOE) to help support the development of a new hydrogen fueling station system in Burlington, VT....

Quantum Programs to Receive $6.95 Million in DOD Funds.
January 6, 2006... Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. recently announced that its Mobile Hydrogen Infrastructure (MHI) and Alternative Mobility Vehicle (AMV) programs are allocated to receive a total of $6.95 million in funding under the FY 2006...

Ballard Power Systems Announces New Board Appointment.
January 6, 2006... Ballard Power Systems recently announced the appointment of former MSN Canada general manager Gerri Sinclair to the company's board of directors, effective immediately According to Ballard, Sinclair currently serves as the chair of the...

Hy-Drive Wins Temporary Injunction Against CHEC.
January 6, 2006... Hy-Drive Technologies, Ltd. recently announced that a justice of the Ontario Superior Court last month granted the company's request for a temporary injunction against the Canadian Hydrogen Energy Company, Ltd. (CHEC) related to a case in which...

Genesis to Develop Portable Fuel Cell Power System for Army.
January 6, 2006... Genesis Fueltech, Inc. recently announced it will develop a portable 250-watt fuel cell power and battery charging system under a contract with the U.S. Army. According to Genesis, the system will feature a liquid fueled reformer capable...

Weekly Update.
January 6, 2006... 30TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION ON ADVANCED CERAMICS AND COMPOSITES, January 22-27, 2006, Doubletree Oceanfront Hotel/Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront, Cocoa Beach, FL TACTICAL POWER SOURCES SUMMIT: A TWO-DAY CONFERENCE FOCUSING...

Northrop Grumman, Protonex to Develop FC System for Air Force.
January 9, 2006... Northrop Grumman Corporation and Protonex Technology Corporation recently announced they have won a one-year contract to design and develop a lightweight fuel cell (FC) system for the U.S. Air Force. According to Northrop Grumman and...

Matsushita Battery Develops New Micro Fuel Cell Technology.
January 9, 2006... Matsushita Battery Industrial Company, Ltd. (MBI), a subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Industrial Company, Ltd., recently announced it has developed a new fuel supply method for fuel cells that power portable devices. According to the company,...

FuelCon Delivers FC Test Station to University of Hawaii.
January 9, 2006... German fuel cell (FC) test system developer FuelCon AG recently announced the delivery of a new FC test station to the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute (HNEI) of the University of Hawaii. According to FuelCon, HNEI specified the need for...

MTI Micro Signs Early Adopter Agreement With Military OEM.
January 10, 2006... MTI MicroFuel Cells, Inc. recently announced it has signed an early adopter alliance agreement with a leading provider of intelligence, secure communications systems, government services and homeland security. The agreement was completed in...

Hy-Drive Completes Private Placement of 2.7 Million Units.
January 10, 2006... Hy-Drive Technologies, Ltd. recently announced the completion of a private placement of approximately 2.7 million units at a price of 85 cents Canadian per unit for gross proceeds of approximately $2.3 million Canadian (about $2 million U.S.)...

FRA to Host Renewables Finance and Investment Summit in AZ.
January 10, 2006... Financial Research Associates, LLC (FRA) will host "Renewable Energy Finance and Investment Summit: Navigating Opportunities & Risks in the Renewable Fuel & Renewable Power Markets," March 8 through 10 at the Pointe South Mountain Resort in...

Microcell Receives Frost & Sullivan Technology Award.
January 10, 2006... Frost & Sullivan recently announced it has awarded Microcell Corporation its 2005 Technology Innovation Award in the field of advanced energy sources for its efforts in developing the Microcell -- an extrusion-based proton exchange membrane...

Survey Reveals Significant Consumer Awareness of FC Technology.
January 10, 2006... Maritz' Automotive Research Group (ARG) recently announced the results of a new survey of 1,009 adult automobile owners and drivers, which reveal that 61 percent of those polled are familiar with fuel cell technology. According to Maritz,...

Honda to Begin Producing Next Generation of FCX Vehicle.
January 11, 2006... American Honda Motor Company, Inc. recently announced it will begin production in Japan of its next-generation FCX hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicle (FCV) in three to four years. According to Honda, the FCX concept employs the company's V...

Ion Power Installs First Commercial Fuel Cell in Delaware.
January 11, 2006... Ion Power recently unveiled the first commercial fuel cell installation in the state of Delaware at its headquarters in New Castle. According to the company, the five-kilowatt (kW) Plug Power GENCORE unit is integrated into the building's...

DMFCC Completes Development of Methanol Fuel Cell Cartridge.
January 12, 2006... VIASPACE, Inc. recently announced that its subsidiary Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation (DMFCC) has completed development of its first methanol fuel cell cartridge and plans to begin sampling with customers. According to VIASPACE, the...

P+E Ships Bulk Hydrogen Purifier System to Japanese Customer.
January 12, 2006... Power+Energy, Inc. (P+E), a company developing hybrid hydrogen separation technology for fuel cell applications, recently announced the shipment of its third PE9000 Series bulk hydrogen purification system to an existing customer in Japan that...

PSA Peugeot Citroen, CEA Introduce GENEPAC Fuel Cell Stack.
January 12, 2006... PSA Peugeot Citroen and French research organization CEA recently announced the introduction of GENEPAC, a new fuel cell stack. The stack was developed by CEA using specifications prepared by PSA Peugeot Citroen. According to PSA Peugeot...

ISE to Launch New Sector Index for Alternative Energy.
January 12, 2006... The International Securities Exchange (ISE) recently announced the launch of a new specialized sector index option -- the ISE-CCM Alternative Energy Index. According to ISE, the Alternative Energy Index provides investors with exposure to...

Next Week's Publishing Schedule.
January 13, 2006... EIN will not publish its newsletters on Monday, January 16 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. We will resume our regular production schedule on Tuesday, January 17. (EIN EDITOR: 1/12)

Millenium Cell Programs Receive $1.7 Million in Defense Bill.
January 13, 2006... Millennium Cell, Inc. recently announced that its soldier power program has been allocated $1.7 million of funding in the FY 06 Defense Appropriations Bill. According to Millennium Cell, the soldier power program is a joint effort with...

QuantumSphere Announces New Scientific Advisory Board Member.
January 13, 2006... Santa Ana, CA-based metallic nanopowders manufacturer QuantumSphere, Inc. recently announced that professor George Olah, recipient of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, has joined the company's Scientific Advisory Board. According to...

NHA to Host Annual Hydrogen Conference in Long Beach, CA.
January 13, 2006... The National Hydrogen Association (NHA) will host the NHA Annual Hydrogen Conference 2006: Global Progress Toward Clean Energy from March 12 through 16 at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center in Long Beach, CA. On Sunday, March...

Weekly Update.
January 13, 2006... 30TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION ON ADVANCED CERAMICS AND COMPOSITES, January 22-27, 2006, Doubletree Oceanfront Hotel/Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront, Cocoa Beach, FL TACTICAL POWER SOURCES SUMMIT: A TWO-DAY CONFERENCE FOCUSING...

FuelCell Energy Promotes President and COO to CEO.
January 17, 2006... FuelCell Energy, Inc. recently announced the election of R. Daniel Brdar as the company's new chief executive officer (CEO). According to FuelCell Energy, Brdar, who previously served as its president and chief operating officer (COO), has...

PSA Peugeot Citroen to Test Intelligent Energy Fuel Cells Systems.
January 17, 2006... Intelligent Energy recently announced a joint program with PSA Peugeot Citroen under which the company's automotive fuel cell systems will be tested and integrated within PSA Peugeot Citroen's electric vehicles (EVs) for future deployment in EV...

Voller to Receive Patent Approval of Portable FC Technology.
January 17, 2006... Voller Energy Group PLC recently announced it will receive patent approval for technology that enables the company's portable fuel cell system to safely provide mains output (230 volts in Europe and 110 volts for North America) and work from...

PA Governor Announces Funding for SOFC Development.
January 17, 2006... Pennsylvania governor Edward Rendell recently announced an $8.5-million state investment in 25 clean energy projects, including support for solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) research in Chester County, PA. According to Rendell, Franklin Fuel...

Ballard, Plug Power to Jointly Develop PEM Fuel Cell System.
January 18, 2006... Ballard Power Systems recently announced it will jointly develop an advanced prototype proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell system with Plug Power, Inc. under a $2-million program awarded by the Department of Defense (DOD). According...

MTI Micro Signs Agreement With SES AMERICOM.
January 18, 2006... MTI MicroFuel Cells, Inc. (MTI Micro) recently announced it has signed a market development agreement with satellite service provider SES AMERICOM, Inc. to evaluate the use and integration of the company's Mobion micro fuel cell technology into...

Cleantech to Host Venture Forum in San Francisco.
January 18, 2006... Cleantech Venture Network, LLC will host the Cleantech Venture Forum IX from March 21 through 23 at the Marriott-San Francisco in San Francisco, CA. On Tuesday, March 21, Cleantech will host an invitation-only, pre-event session --...

UTC Power's PureCell 200 Certified to FC 1-2004 Standard.
January 19, 2006... UTC Power recently announced that its PureCell 200 fuel cell power solution has been certified to meet the ANSI/CSA America FC 1-2004 Stationary Fuel Cell Power Systems Standard. According to UTC Power, the PureCell 200 produces 200...

SFC Smart Fuel Cell Achieves DIN ISO 9001:2000 Certification.
January 19, 2006... Germany's SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG recently announced it has achieved certification according to DIN ISO 9001:2000 standards for the development, production and marketing of fuel cells and accessories. According to SFC, the certificate was...

Safe Hydrogen Technology Receives MRET SEED Funding.
January 19, 2006... Safe Hydrogen, LLC. recently announced it has been awarded $308,000 from the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust (MRET) Sustainable Energy Economic Development (SEED) program, a division of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC), to...

Hydrogenics to Supply Refueling Station to Basin Electric.
January 19, 2006... Hydrogenics Corporation recently announced it has been awarded a contract by the Basin Electric Power Cooperative of Bismarck, ND to supply an electrolyzer-based hydrogen refueling station for installation at North Dakota State University's...

Astris Delivers Fuel Cell Generator, Test Equipment to El.Ma.
January 20, 2006... Astris Energi, Inc. recently announced that it has delivered the initial order for a fuel cell generator and supporting test equipment to Electronic Machining s.r.l. (El.Ma.) of Italy. According to Astris, the delivery is part of a $200,000...

NanoLogix Receives $750,000 in Financing From Nutmeg Group.
January 20, 2006... Nanobiotechnology company NanoLogix, Inc. recently announced it has received a $750,000 financing commitment from U.S.-based investment fund the Nutmeg Group. According to NanoLogix, the financing will help the company reach "critical"...

GTI Demonstrates Operation of SOFC on Military Logitics Fuel.
January 20, 2006... Gas Technology Institute (GTI) recently announced the demonstration of a high-power-density solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) using real-world military logistics fuel (JP8) containing 600 to 700 parts per million (ppm) of sulfur. According to...

Weekly Update.
January 20, 2006... 30TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION ON ADVANCED CERAMICS AND COMPOSITES, January 22-27, 2006, Doubletree Oceanfront Hotel/Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront, Cocoa Beach, FL TACTICAL POWER SOURCES SUMMIT: A TWO-DAY CONFERENCE FOCUSING...

CA Fuel Cell Company Announces New Name and Symbol.
January 23, 2006... The company previously known as Fortune Partners, Inc. recently announced the change of its name to Power Air Corporation in an effort to emphasize its entry into the alternative energy sector. Livermore, CA-based Power Air noted that it...

Hoku Scientific Announces Extension of Lock-up Agreements.
January 23, 2006... Hoku Scientific, Inc. recently announced that lock-up agreements entered into by its stockholders in conjunction with the company's initial public offering will be extended from January 31 to February 6. According to Hoku Scientific, the...

GTI Awarded Patent for HydroFill Technology.
January 23, 2006... The Gas Technology Institute (GTI) recently announced it has been awarded a patent for its newly developed HydroFill, a hydrogen dispenser control technology and algorithm. HydroFill was developed through a collaboration with the Department of...

BoroScience Canada, Inc.
January 23, 2006... Halifax, Nova Scotia-based BoroScience Canada, Inc. is involved in the research, development and manufacture of boron compounds, with special emphasis on providing solid materials for hydrogen generation for fuel cells. Company founder Dr....

Hydrogenics Delivers Hydrogen Generation Unit to Russian Utility.
January 24, 2006... Hydrogenics Corporation recently announced it has supplied an onsite electrolysis-based HySTAT-A hydrogen generator to Russian state-owned utility OAO NSCHK in Novorsibirsk. According to Hydrogenics, the hydrogen produced by the HySTAT-A...

Power+Energy Introduces New Family of Hydrogen Separators.
January 24, 2006... Ivyland, PA-based hydrogen membrane systems supplier Power+Energy, Inc. (P+E) recently announced the introduction of a new line of commercial hydrogen separators, including models that can tolerate and remove sulfur from reformed fuel streams....

EERC Awarded $2.5 Million to Build New NCHT Facility.
January 24, 2006... The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota recently announced that its contracts related to hydrogen technologies are expected to total more than $20 million within the next few months, following a...

CA Fuel Cell Company Halts Development to Settle Debt.
January 25, 2006... The Sacramento Business Journal recently reported that Sacramento, CA-based fuel cell manufacturer Anuvu, Inc. has temporarily halted development and reduced its staff from more than 12 this time last year to three. According to the...

Astris to Collaborate with Queen's University, Queen's-RMC FCRC.
January 25, 2006... Astris Energi, Inc. recently announced it has initiated projects with university-based research and development organization Queen's-RMC Fuel Cell Research Centre (FCRC) and the Queen's University Fuel Cell Team (QFCT). According to...

Seymourpowell Employs PTC Pro/ENGINEER to Design ENV.
January 25, 2006... PTC, the Product Development Company, recently announced that product design and strategy agency Seymourpowell employed PTC's Pro/ENGINEER to help design a new hydrogen-powered motorcycle. According to PTC, Seymourpowell was commissioned by...

Napier University to Generate Hydrogen Fuel Via Solar Power.
January 25, 2006... Napier University recently announced that a team of scientists at its School of Engineering, led by professor Tariq Muneer, plans to use electricity produced by on-campus solar panels to create hydrogen gas through electrolysis. According...

FuelCell Energy Announces Sale of 1-MW DFC in Japan.
January 26, 2006... FuelCell Energy, Inc. recently announced the sale of a one-megawatt (MW) Direct FuelCell (DFC) power plant to Sharp Corporation for use at the company's Kameyama manufacturing facility in Japan's Mie Prefecture. According to FuelCell...

Sandia, Sharp to Collaborate on Fuel Cell Development.
January 26, 2006... Sandia National Laboratories recently announced it has signed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with Sharp Corporation to work together on renewable and alternative energy technologies, including advanced fuel cells for...

HyRadix, IFP Announce Joint Hydrogen Generation Program.
January 26, 2006... HyRadix, Inc. and IFP recently announced the initiation of a joint development effort focused on hydrogen generation using liquid feed stocks. According to HyRadix and IFP, the two will work under the multi-year program to expand the...

DMFCC Exercises Option for 100 Caltech, USC Patents.
January 27, 2006... VIASPACE, Inc. recently announced that its subsidiary Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation (DMFCC) has exercised an option and signed license agreements with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the University of Southern...

Power Air Appoints New Director of Engineering.
January 27, 2006... Livermore, CA-based fuel cell company Power Air Corporation recently announced the appointment of former Xantrex Power program manager Andrew Turnbull as the company's new director of engineering. According to Power Air, Turnbull will join...

Georgia Tech to Offer Fuel Cell Systems Short Course.
January 27, 2006... The Georgia Institute of Technology's Center for Innovative Fuel Cell and Battery Technologies is offering a short course titled "Fuel Cell Systems Developments for Near-Term Military Needs" on March 29 and 30. The course will be held at...

DOE Announces Funding, 'Roadmap' to Advance FCVs.
January 27, 2006... The Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced $119 million in funding and a research "roadmap" aimed at identifying and overcoming the technical and manufacturing challenges associated with the further development of commercially available...

Weekly Update.
January 27, 2006... 2ND ANNUAL CLEAN-TECH INVESTOR SUMMIT, February 1-2, 2006, The Lodge at Rancho Mirage, Palm Springs, CA RENEWABLE FUEL ASSOCIATION'S (RFA) 11TH NATIONAL ETHANOL CONFERENCE: POLICY & MARKETING -- FROM NICHE TO NATION, February 20-22, 2006,...

General Hydrogen Orders Ultracapacitors From Maxwell.
January 30, 2006... Maxwell Technologies, Inc. recently announced that General Hydrogen Corporation has placed a 200,000-unit, three-year purchase order for Maxwell's BOOSTCAP ultracapacitors. According to Maxwell, General Hydrogen plans to use the BOOSTCAP...

DMFCC Files Additional Patent for Fuel Cell Cartridge Technology.
January 30, 2006... VIASPACE, Inc. recently announced that its subsidiary Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation (DMFCC) has filed an additional patent on its fuel cell cartridge technology. According to VIASPACE, the provisional application for the patent,...

U.K. Selects Ceres for New Energy Research Partnership.
January 30, 2006... Ceres Power recently announced its selection as the only fuel cell company in the British government's new Energy Research Partnership (ERP), the goal of which is to enable private and public funders of energy research to work together in...

Applied Ventures Closes Investment in ClearEdge Power.
January 31, 2006... Applied Ventures, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Materials, Inc., recently announced the closing of a $2-million investment in Hillsboro, OR-based stationary fuel cell manufacturer ClearEdge Power, Inc. According to Applied...

ARSC Announces Successful Demonstration of HydraStax Units.
January 31, 2006... American Security Resources Corporation (ARSC) recently announced that its Hydra Fuel Cell Corporation subsidiary has successfully demonstrated beta units of its proprietary HydraStax hydrogen fuel cells in Beaverton, OR. "We had over 20...

Cala to Develop New Residential Tower in FL With Fuel Cells.
January 31, 2006... Titusville, FL-based Cala Corporation, "a world-leading company in fractional ownership, cruise ship lifestyle, ocean residences and the first undersea resort," recently announced it has hired local architectural firm Michael A. Penny to plan...

Hydrogen Engine Center Moves Production to New Facility.
January 31, 2006... Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc. (HEC) recently announced it has moved production into a new 28,000-square-foot building, quadrupling the company's space for the assembly of engines capable of burning hydrogen and alternative fuels. "We plan...