Fuel Cells Today articles from March 2006

Fuel Cells Today archives from March 2006

Capstone, FuelCell Energy Debut DFC/T Hybrid System.
March 1, 2006... Capstone Turbine Corporation and FuelCell Energy recently announced the debut of a fuel cell/microturbine hybrid energy system that uses heat from a FuelCell Energy 250-kilowatt Direct FuelCell to power a modified Capstone 60-kilowatt...

H2 ECOnomy Receives Armenian Patent, Files for U.S. Patent.
March 1, 2006... H2 ECOnomy recently announced it has received a patent for its method of producing enhanced strength conductive composite material. The patent was issued by the Republic of Armenia Intellectual Property Agency. Subsequent to being awarded the...

Citizen Develops New Hydrogen Sensor for Monitoring Fuel Cells.
March 1, 2006... Citizen Watch Company, Ltd. recently announced its development of a catalytic-combustion-type hydrogen sensor that can be used to monitor fuel cells and detect hydrogen leaks. According to Citizen, the new product has a unique coiled coil...

Ztek, DoN to Collaborate on Hydrogen Fueling Station.
March 2, 2006... Ztek Corporation recently announced an agreement to collaborate with the Department of the Navy (DoN) on a hydrogen fueling station project at the Camp Pendleton U.S. Marine Corps base in California. According to Ztek, the station will have...

Fuel Cell Technologies Reports 4th-quarter Financial Results.
March 2, 2006... Kingston, Ontario-based solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) manufacturer Fuel Cell Technologies Corporation (FCT) recently announced its financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2005, reporting total quarterly revenue of $123,134,...

AmerenUE Awards Solar Fuel Cell Systems to 24 MO Schools.
March 2, 2006... AmerenUE recently announced it has awarded self-contained solar hydrogen fuel cell energy systems to 24 schools in Missouri under Ameren Corporation's "Power Up" program. AmerenUE noted that it donated 105 fuel cell kits last year to...

Antig, AVC to Unveil Commercial Fuel Cell for Notebook PCs.
March 3, 2006... Antig Technology and AVC Corporation recently announced the introduction of a commercially available integrated fuel cell for notebook computers. AVC integrated Antig's SoC PCB fuel cell module technology with its own expertise in thermal...

Ballard Reports Fourth-quarter Financial Results.
March 3, 2006... Burnaby, British Columbia-based proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell developer Ballard Power Systems, Inc. recently announced its financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2005, reporting a quarterly net loss of $16.1...

FuelCell Energy to Head DOE Coal-based Fuel Cell Project Team.
March 3, 2006... FuelCell Energy, Inc. recently announced it has been selected by the Department of Energy (DOE) as prime contractor of a third project team to develop a coal-based, multi-megawatt solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system. According to FuelCell...

Weekly Update.
March 3, 2006... RENEWABLE ENERGY FINANCE AND INVESTMENT SUMMIT: NAVIGATING OPPORTUNITIES & RISKS IN THE RENEWABLE FUEL & RENEWABLE POWER MARKETS, March 8-10, 2006, Pointe South Mountain Resort, Phoenix, AZ NHA ANNUAL HYDROGEN CONFERENCE 2006: GLOBAL...

Equitex Stockholders Approve Acquisition of HPI.
March 6, 2006... Equitex, Inc. recently announced that its stockholders have ratified two proposals authorizing the previously announced acquisition of Hydrogen Power, Inc. (HPI) through a newly formed Equitex subsidiary, as well as related common stock...

ECD Ovonics Announces Pricing of Equity Offering.
March 6, 2006... Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD Ovonics) recently announced it has priced its equity offering of 7 million shares of common stock, including 6.6 million shares to be sold by the company and 383,072 shares to be sold by certain directors...

London Hydrogen Bus Trial Extended for One Year.
March 6, 2006... BP recently announced that the European Commission (EC) has granted the company a one-year extension for a hydrogen demonstration project being conducted in association with Transport for London, the government body responsible for...

San Mateo, CA to Collaborate on New Hydrogen Station Projects.
March 7, 2006... The San Francisco Examiner recently reported that City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County (C/CAG) transportation manager Walter Martone has revealed that C/CAG is collaborating on new hydrogen fueling station development...

HEC Appoints New Vice President of Engine Sales.
March 7, 2006... Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc. (HEC), a manufacturer of internal combustion engines designed to use hydrogen, recently announced the appointment of former parts supply and distribution company owner Joe Lewis as its new vice president of engine...

Ballard Secures $8.3-million FC Bus Field Service Contract.
March 7, 2006... Ballard Power Systems, Inc. recently announced it has secured a $8.3-million contract to service 27 Ballard-powered Mercedes-Benz Citaro fuel cell (FC) buses that will run on European roads this year as a one-year extension to the CUTE (Clean...

Versa to Develop SOFCs for New Coal-based Power Plant.
March 8, 2006... Versa Power Systems, Inc. recently announced it will provide the core fuel cell technology for a new Department of Energy (DOE) project to develop a clean, multi-megawatt, coal-fueled power plant. According to Versa, the program aims to...

DPoint, Ballard Sign Agreement for FC Humidification Technology.
March 8, 2006... DPoint Technologies, Inc. recently announced a long-term license agreement with Ballard Power Systems that gives the company rights to Ballard's fuel cell (FC) humidification patents and humidifier designs. "The team from Ballard that...

GreenShift Announces Investment in General Hydrogen.
March 8, 2006... GreenShift Corporation recently announced it is investing in Richmond, British Columbia-based fuel cell system and hydrogen fueling solution developer General Hydrogen Corporation. According to GreenShift, General Hydrogen produces...

FuelCell Energy Reports First-quarter Financial Results.
March 9, 2006... Danbury, CT-based FuelCell Energy, Inc. recently announced its financial results for the first quarter ended January 31, reporting a quarterly net loss to common shareholders of $16.7 million, or 34 cents per share, compared to a net loss to...

New Alliance to Advance AG/ENA Hydrogen Fueling Station.
March 9, 2006... Architectural firm AG/ENA recently announced it has formed the multi-company ARRC/H2 Alliance to conceptually develop AG/ENA's prototype hydrogen fueling station. In addition to AG/ENA, alliance members include Shell Hydrogen, Hydrogenics,...

UCLA, UM Chemists Develop High-Concentration Hydrogen Fuel.
March 9, 2006... The University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) recently reported that a team of chemists from UCLA and the University of Michigan (UM) have developed a new fuel with a concentration of 7.5 percent hydrogen, which is significantly higher than...

ARSC Subsidiary to Deliver HydraStax to BPA for Testing.
March 10, 2006... American Security Resources Corporation (ARSC) recently announced that its Hydra Fuel Cell Corporation subsidiary will deliver a beta unit of its proprietary HydraStax fuel cell to the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) for testing. ...

Vaillant, Webasto Enter Fuel Cell Development Agreement.
March 10, 2006... German automotive supplier Webasto AG recently announced it has entered into an agreement with heating technology manufacturers Vaillant Group to jointly develop fuel cells for use in both cars and stationary applications. Webasto said it...

Ohio Governor Announces New Grants for Fuel Cell Research.
March 10, 2006... Ohio governor Bob Taft recently announced that more than $6 million in grants have been awarded to seven state companies and research collaborations to assist in the commercialization and adaptation of fuel cell technologies through the Third...

Weekly Update.
March 10, 2006... RENEWABLE ENERGY FINANCE AND INVESTMENT SUMMIT: NAVIGATING OPPORTUNITIES & RISKS IN THE RENEWABLE FUEL & RENEWABLE POWER MARKETS, March 8-10, 2006, Pointe South Mountain Resort, Phoenix, AZ NHA ANNUAL HYDROGEN CONFERENCE 2006: GLOBAL...

Plug Power Announces New Distribution Partners.
March 13, 2006... Plug Power, Inc. recently announced agreements with LOGANEnergy Corporation and Pacific Telepoint, Inc. for distribution of its GenCore product line to customers in the U.S. and South Korea, respectively. According to Plug Power, the new...

Umicore, Solvay to Codevelop Membrane Electrode Assemblies.
March 13, 2006... Materials technology group Umicore recently announced the formation of a 50-50 joint venture (JV) with Belgian chemical and pharmaceutical group Solvay for the research, development, production and sale of membrane electrode assemblies (MEA)...

NESEA to Host 18th Annual Tour de Sol in New York.
March 13, 2006... The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) will host the 18th Annual Tour de Sol, an event designed to "celebrate progress made toward more environmentally friendly vehicles," from May 10 through 14 at Saratoga Spa State Park in...

Chevron Provides Hydrogen for Fuel Cell Demo Program in CA.
March 14, 2006... Chevron Corporation recently announced it is providing hydrogen fuel for a fleet of zero-emission fuel cell buses and cars operated by the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) as part of the new HyRoad hydrogen fuel cell...

MTI Micro Appoints New Chief Operating Officer.
March 14, 2006... MTI MicroFuel Cells, Inc. recently announced the appointment of Russel Marvin, who has served as the company's vice president of engineering since April, as its new chief operating officer. In the new position, MTI Micro said Marvin will...

General Motors Says FCVs May Reach Market by 2015.
March 14, 2006... AFX News reported last week that a General Motors Corporation (GM) spokesperson has revealed that the automaker expects to begin offering commercial fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) sometime between 2010 and 2015. The news service said GM...

Angstrom Power Appoints New VP for Business Development.
March 15, 2006... Vancouver, British Columbia-based "micro hydrogen" technology developer Angstrom Power, Inc. recently announced the appointment of former Methanex fuel cells department director Dominique Kluyskens as the company's new vice president for...

Ceres Reports Technical Milestone in Fuel Cell Development.
March 15, 2006... Ceres Power recently announced it has successfully designed, built and tested a one-kilowatt fuel cell stack capable of generating sufficient power for the average home, an accomplishment the company says marks "a major step in commercializing...

DMFCC Appoints New VP for Japanese Business Development.
March 15, 2006... VIASPACE, Inc. subsidiary Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation (DMFCC) recently announced the appointment of Gary Miller as its new vice president for business development in Japan. According to VIASPACE, Miller previously worked with...

UTC Power, Van Hool to Market Fuel Cell Buses in Europe.
March 16, 2006... UTC Power recently announced plans to work with Belgian bus manufacturer Van Hool to deliver a demonstration fuel cell-powered bus to Belgian fleet operator DeLijn. According to UTC Power, the bus will be used in Belgium for six months...

BASF, Tekion to Develop Formic Acid Formulation for Fuel Cells.
March 16, 2006... BASF Aktiengesellschaft recently announced it has signed a collaboration agreement with North American micro fuel cell developer Tekion, Inc. for the development of formic acid as the fuel for Tekion's fuel cell technology. Under the...

MTI Reports Fourth-quarter, Year-end Financial Results.
March 16, 2006... Albany, NY-based Mechanical Technology, Inc. (MTI), a company primarily engaged in the development and commercialization of micro fuel cells through its subsidiary MTI MicroFuel Cells, Inc., recently announced its financial results for the...

InnovaTek, Seattle BioFuels Produce Hydrogen from Biodiesel.
March 17, 2006... InnovaTek, Inc. recently announced it has successfully demonstrated the ability to generate hydrogen from 100-percent biodiesel (B-100) produced at Seattle BioFuels, Inc.'s commercial-scale, ASTM-certified Seattle Biodiesel refinery. ...

PEMEAS Receives Favorable Patent Ruling for MEA Process.
March 17, 2006... PEMEAS Fuel Cell Technology recently announced that the European Patent Office (EPO) has upheld the company's patent for the production of membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) utilizing a continuous process that feeds such raw materials as...

USC Launches Greater Columbia Fuel Cell Challenge.
March 17, 2006... The University of South Carolina (USC) recently issued a challenge to fuel cell industry leaders around the country to join an initiative designed to help make the city of Columbia, SC a world leader in fuel cells and other alternative energy...

Weekly Update.
March 17, 2006... CLEANTECH VENTURE FORUM IX, March 21-23, 2006, Downtown Marriott, San Francisco, CA GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE'S (GTRI) FUEL CELL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENTS FOR NEAR-TERM MILITARY NEEDS COURSE, March 29-30, 2006, Georgia Tech Distance...

Power Air Opens Subsidiary at NRC Fuel Cell Institute.
March 20, 2006... Power Air Corporation recently announced the establishment of a new subsidiary at the National Research Council of Canada Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation (NRC-IFCI), a federal research and development lab that provides research and...

NYPA, EPRI to Explore Hydrogen Fuel Production Via Hydropower.
March 20, 2006... The New York Power Authority (NYPA) recently announced it has joined with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) of Palo Alto, CA in undertaking an engineering feasibility study exploring the use of hydropower to produce hydrogen for a...

Integrated Sensing Systems, Inc.(Company overview)
March 20, 2006... Ypsilanti, MI-based Integrated Sensing Systems, Inc. (ISSYS) is a leader in advanced micromachining technologies for medical devices, microfluidic and scientific analytical sensing applications. Founded in 1995 by leaders in...

Pacific Fuel Cell Announces Delivery of nanoMEAs.
March 21, 2006... Pacific Fuel Cell Corporation (PFCE) recently announced the delivery to an undisclosed customer of production-scale prototype nano membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) produced in collaboration with Bourns, Inc. "We are very pleased to...

Plug Power Signs New Agreements With Honda R&D Company.
March 21, 2006... Plug Power, Inc. recently announced two new agreements with Honda R&D Company, Ltd. of Japan to continue expanding the companies' collaborative efforts. Under the first of the new agreements, Honda R&D will continue to fund Plug Power's...

Beijing Hyundai Official Says Company to Produce FCVs by 2010.
March 21, 2006... China Daily recently reported that Beijing Hyundai chairman Xu Heyi has informed the newspaper that the company is looking to commence production of fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) by the end of the decade. The newspaper said Xu also noted that...

Angstrom Power Launches Fuel Cell-powered Flashlight.
March 22, 2006... North Vancouver, British Columbia-based Angstrom Power, Inc. recently announced the release of its A2 "micro hydrogen" fuel cell flashlight. According to Angstrom, the one-watt LED flashlight uses the company's micro hydrogen fuel cell to...

Medis Reports Fourth-quarter, Year-end Financial Results.
March 22, 2006... New York, NY-based Medis Technologies, Ltd. recently announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2005, reporting a quarterly net loss attributable to common stockholders of $5.2 million, or 19 cents per...

EWI Selected to Join Millenium Cell Project Team.
March 22, 2006... EWI recently announced it has signed a contract with Millenium Cell for a 15-month project focused on improving the manufacturing process for Millennium Cell's Hydrogen on Demand fuel cartridges. The company will be part of a team that includes...

IdaTech Forms Hydrogen Supplier Relationship With Norco, IGSA.
March 23, 2006... IdaTech, LLC recently announced it has signed a supplier relationship agreement with the Industrial Gas Suppliers Alliance (IGSA) and Boise, ID-based industrial gases producer and distributor Norco, Inc. to provide industrial hydrogen and...

Hydrogenics to Supply HySTAT-A Plants to Chinese Companies.
March 23, 2006... Hydrogenics Corporation recently announced that China Electric Power Energy Group and China National Power have each purchased one of the company's electrolysis-based HySTAT-A hydrogen generator plants. According to Hydrogenics, the...

Ceres, British Gas to Codevelop CHP Units for U.K. Market.
March 23, 2006... Ceres Power recently announced it has entered into a 2.7-million-pound (approximately $4.7-million) contract with Centrica plc (trading as British Gas), which is being partially funded by the U.K. Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), to...

Franklin Fuel Cells Receives $1 Million in '06 Defense Bill.
March 24, 2006... Franklin Fuel Cells recently announced it has received a $1-million appropriation in the U.S. Senate's 2006 National Defense Appropriations Bill. According to Franklin, the funding, which is the company's second major Defense appropriation...

Equitex Completes Acquisition of Hydrogen Power, Inc.
March 24, 2006... Equitex, Inc. recently announced it has completed the acquisition of Hydrogen Power, Inc. (HPI) through a newly formed Equitex subsidiary. Equitex now controls all of HPI's licensed intellectual property rights to patented hydrogen generation...

Astris Energi Delivers Fuel Cell Generators to Mobile Attic.
March 24, 2006... Astris Energi, Inc. recently announced it has shipped an initial order of its E7 model alkaline fuel cell generators to Elba, AL-based portable self-storage company Mobile Attic, Inc. Astris noted that Mobile Attic plans to use the...

Weekly Update.
March 24, 2006... GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE'S (GTRI) FUEL CELL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENTS FOR NEAR-TERM MILITARY NEEDS COURSE, March 29-30, 2006, Georgia Tech Distance Learning and Professional Education (DLPE) Global Learning & Conference Center, Atlanta, GA...

HCE Announces New Hydrogen Storage Device, Method.
March 27, 2006... Oakton, VA-based energy company HCE, LLC recently announced it has filed for patent protection on a new hydrogen storage concept centered around a device that creates nanometer-scale water bubbles filled with hydrogen gas. According to...

UltraCell Demonstrates Micro Methanol FC System at IDF Event.
March 27, 2006... UltraCell Corporation recently announced the demonstration earlier this month during the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco of a pre-production unit of the company's XX25, a micro fuel cell (FC) system powered by a proprietary...

CHBC President Honored With NHA Meritorious Service Award.
March 27, 2006... The California Hydrogen Business Council (CHBC) recently announced that its president, Henry Wedaa, received the National Hydrogen Association's (NHA) Meritorious Service Award earlier this month during the Annual NHA Conference and Hydrogen...

FCT Receives Court Approval for Arrangement With Madison.
March 28, 2006... Fuel Cell Technologies Corporation (FCT) recently announced it has received court approval of a plan of arrangement with Madison Pacific Properties, Inc. under which FCT will reorganize its business and receive an investment of $1.55 million...

DMFCC to Provide Fuel Cartridges for CDI Heater.
March 28, 2006... VIASPACE recently announced that its Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation (DMFCC) subsidiary has signed a fuel cartridge design, prototype and supply agreement with Catalytic Device International, LLC (CDI). Under the agreement, DMFCC...

F&S Forecasts Use of Fuel Cells, Ultracapacitors in UPS Markets.
March 28, 2006... Global growth consultancy Frost & Sullivan (F&S) recently announced the release of a new report, titled "World UPS Markets: Alternative Energy Storage Solutions," which finds that the ultracapacitor and fuel cell market for UPS applications is...

DOE Seeks Proposals for Research on Effects of Hydrogen Economy.
March 29, 2006... The Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced it is seeking proposals to conduct analysis on the potential employment effects of a transition to a hydrogen economy. According to DOE, the analysis should focus both on both existing and...

Japanese Industry Group Certifies FuelCell Energy's DFC.
March 29, 2006... FuelCell Energy, Inc. recently announced that the Japan Institute of Wastewater Engineering Technology (JIWET) has certified the company's DFC300A direct fuel cell (DFC) power plant opening at the Seibu Wastewater Treatment plant as meeting or...

HARC Publishes Fuel Cell Industry Assessment Report.
March 29, 2006... The Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) recently announced the publication of its annual Fuel Cell Industry Assessment Report, which provides summaries of the commercial activities of 110 key fuel cell stack developers and system...

Plug Power Announces End of Distribution Deal With GE MicroGen.
March 30, 2006... The Albany Business Review reported earlier this week that Plug Power, Inc. has revealed in a recent filing that the company is terminating a joint venture (JV) formed in 1999 with General Electric Company subsidiary GE MicroGen, Inc. for the...

Hydrogenics Provides Update on 1st-quarter Business Activities.
March 30, 2006... Hydrogenics Corporation recently provided an update on its first-quarter business activities, estimating that revenues will range between $4.5 and $6.5 million depending on deliveries made in the last week of the first quarter and meeting...

Tokyo Gas to Evaluate FuelCell Energy DFC Power Plant.
March 30, 2006... FuelCell Energy, Inc. recently announced that Tokyo Gas has initiated a program to evaluate a Direct FuelCell (DFC) power plant located at the company's Kawasaki Heavy Industries factory in Akashi, Japan. According to FuelCell Energy,...

NanoDynamics Granted U.S. Patent for SOFC Structures.
March 31, 2006... NanoDynamics recently announced it has been granted a U.S. patent on solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) structures. According to the company, the patent, titled "Solid Oxide Fuel Cells with Novel Internal Geometry," describes methods for...

Toshiba Develops Hydrogen-generating Microreactor.
March 31, 2006... Japanese news service Nikkei recently reported that Toshiba Corporation has developed a hand-held microreactor designed to extract hydrogen from dimethyl ether (DME) and carbon-based fuels. According to Nikkei, the microreactor is capable...

Darnell to Host Distributed and Cogeneration Conference in TN.
March 31, 2006... Darnell Group, Inc. will host the third international conference on Power Electronics for Distributed and Cogeneration (PEDAC '06) on May 22 through 24 at the Crowne Plaza in Knoxville, TN. EPRI Solutions is co-sponsoring the conference, the...

Weekly Update.
March 31, 2006... SMALL FUEL CELLS 2006: SMALL FUEL CELLS FOR PORTABLE APPLICATIONS, April 2-4, 2006, L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, Washington, DC PORTABLE POWER DEVELOPER'S CONFERENCE, April 3-5, 2006, The Richardson Hotel, Richardson, TX POWER-GEN RENEWABLE...