Fuel Cells Today articles from November 2003

Fuel Cells Today archives from November 2003

GTI Verifies Long-term Performance of PEM Fuel Cell Components.
November 3, 2003... The Gas Technology Institute (GTI) recently announced that its researchers have verified "excellent long-term performance and stability" of a large-area, five-cell proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell stack that incorporates "high-purity...

Nuvera Demonstrates New Fuel Cell Power Module.
November 3, 2003... Nuvera Fuel Cells recently announced plans to unveil its five-kilowatt (kW) "H2e" fuel cell power module during this week's 2003 Fuel Cell Seminar in Miami, FL. During the event, Nuvera said it will conduct demonstrations in which the...

Cellex Completes Field Trials for Fuel Cell Power Units.
November 3, 2003... Vancouver, British Columbia-based fuel cell power product solutions developer Cellex Power Products, Inc. recently announced the successful completion of a third set of field trials for the company's fuel cell power units for lift trucks. ...

Parker Hannifin, Vectrix Unveil Fuel Cell Hybrid Scooter.
November 4, 2003... Cleveland, OH-based Parker Hannifin, a leading manufacturer of motion and control technologies and systems, recently announced it has joined with Newport, RI-based Vectrix Corporation, a developer of zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) platform...

FCT to Manufacture, Supply University of Liege SOFC Unit.
November 4, 2003... Fuel Cell Technologies, Ltd. (FCT) recently announced it has signed a contract to manufacture a second-generation series five-kilowatt (kW) solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) unit for supply to the University of Liege in Belgium. According to...

Greenlight to Unveil FCATS G500 Fuel Cell Test Station.
November 4, 2003... Hydrogenics Corporation subsidiary Greenlight Power Technologies recently announced plans to unveil the first product in its next generation of FCATS proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell test stations during this week's 2003 Fuel Cell...

USFCC Survey Finds Growth in Fuel Cell Employment, Sales, R&D.
November 5, 2003... The U.S. Fuel Cell Council (USFCC) recently announced the release of its first member survey, which indicates that the U.S. fuel cell industry experienced growth in employment, sales, and research and development (R&D) between 2001 and 2002....

HydrogenSource Completes Beta Testing of Hydrogen Processor.
November 5, 2003... HydrogenSource, LLC recently announced it has completed beta testing of a natural gas fuel processor, which demonstrated production of a reformate stream containing 150 cubic meters of hydrogen per hour with a turn-down ratio sufficient for 30-...

Hydrogenics Announces Commercialization of FC Power Module.
November 5, 2003... Hydrogenics Corporation recently announced it has standardized the commercial design of its 10-kilowatt HyPM fuel cell (FC) power module, "[enabling] the company to manufacture the unit in greater numbers at lower cost." "This first phase...

IdaTech Unveils Five-Kilowatt NG/LPG Fuel Cell System.
November 6, 2003... IdaTech recently unveiled a new five-kilowatt natural gas (NG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) fuel cell system to the U.S. market during this week's 2003 Fuel Cell Seminar in Miami Beach, FL. According to IdaTech, the dual-fuel, combined...

Fuel Cell Organizations Enter Cooperative Agreement.
November 6, 2003... The U.S. Fuel Cell Council (USFCC), the Fuel Cell Commercialization Conference of Japan, Fuel Cells Canada and the World Fuel Cell Council/Fuel Cell Europe recently announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to advance the...

Ballard Reports Third-quarter Financial Results.
November 6, 2003... Burnaby, British Columbia-based Ballard Power Systems, a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells, recently announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, reporting a...

Enbridge to Distribute FCE Direct FuelCell Products in Canada.
November 7, 2003... Enbridge, Inc. and FuelCell Energy, Inc. (FCE) recently announced they have finalized an agreement whereby Enbridge will distribute FCE's Direct FuelCell (DFC) products in Canada. Under the agreement, FCE said Enbridge has received warrants...

DTE Energy to Build Hydrogen Technology Park.
November 7, 2003... DTE Energy recently announced it is partnering with the Department of Energy (DOE), the state of Michigan and the city of Southfield, MI to develop, build and operate a "Hydrogen Technology Park" pilot project in Southfield. According to...

IdaTech Receives ISO 9001:2000 Certification.
November 7, 2003... IdaTech recently announced it has become "the first U.S. fuel cell company" to receive International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2000 certification. According to the company, the certification process included an...

AEC Appoints New Senior Management Team.
November 10, 2003... Alternate Energy Corporation (AEC) recently announced it has expanded its senior management team by appointing Corbee Dutchburn as president and chief operating officer and Lyle Goodis as executive vice president. According to AEC, both...

Mitsubishi FCV Receives Vehicle Type Certification.
November 10, 2003... Mitsubishi Motors Corporation recently announced it has received vehicle type certification from the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport for the new Mitsubishi FCV fuel cell vehicle. Mitsubishi noted that it can now...

Hydrogenics Reports Third-quarter Financial Results.
November 10, 2003... Mississauga, Ontario-based "clean power generation company" Hydrogenics Corporation recently announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, reporting a net loss of $6.6 million, or 12 cents per share,...

USFCC Announces Single-cell Testing Protocol Participants.
November 11, 2003... The U.S. Fuel Cell Council's (USFCC) Materials and Components Working Group recently announced that ElectroChem, Greenlight Power, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Teledyne Energy Systems will participate in the first round tests of its...

Global Thermoelectric, FuelCell Energy Complete Merger.
November 11, 2003... Calgary, Alberta-based Global Thermoelectric, Inc. recently announced the completion of its merger with FuelCell Energy, Inc. of Danbury, CT. According to Global, at the end of last month each company's shareholders agreed to the merger,...

Cornell Awarded DOE Funding for Fuel Cell Institute.
November 11, 2003... Cornell University recently announced it has been awarded $2.2 million over three years by the Department of Energy (DOE) for the establishment of the Cornell Fuel Cell Institute (CFCI), which the university said "will research new materials to...

Stuart Energy Reports Second-quarter Financial Results.
November 12, 2003... Mississauga, Ontario-based hydrogen technology research, development and product engineering company Stuart Energy Systems Corporation recently announced its unaudited, consolidated financial results for the second quarter ended September 30,...

Proton to Deliver Solar-powered Hydrogen System.
November 12, 2003... Proton Energy Systems, Inc. recently announced it has received a $1.4-million contract from the University of Nevada Las Vegas Research Foundation (UNLVRF) to design, build, integrate and commission a solar-powered hydrogen system. ...

Jadoo Power Named Fortune Small Business Competition Finalist.
November 12, 2003... Jadoo Power Systems, Inc. recently announced it has been selected by Fortune Small Business (FSB) as one of the top three finalists in the magazine's first annual nationwide business plan competition. According to Jadoo Power, FSB invited...

Pacific Fuel Cell Announces Development of New PEM FC.
November 13, 2003... Pacific Fuel Cell Corporation recently announced that a research team headed by University of California-Riverside (UC Riverside) professor Yushan Yan has successfully developed a new fuel cell (FC) using carbon nanotube-based electrodes. ...

Two DFCs Sited at Seiko Epson Facilities in Japan.
November 13, 2003... FuelCell Energy, Inc. (FCE) and its Asian partner Marubeni Corporation recently announced the siting of two Direct FuelCell (DFC) power plants at the Seiko Epson facilities in Ina, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. According to FCE, Marubeni said...

Anuvu Introduces Fuel Cell-powered Pickup Truck.
November 13, 2003... Anuvu, Inc. recently announced it is now offering a zero-emission, hydrogen-powered Nissan Frontier pickup truck equipped with a fuel cell/battery hybrid engine as part of the company's Clean Urban Vehicle (CUV) line. According to the...

Weidmann Creates New Bipolar Plate Production Process.
November 13, 2003... Plastics and Rubber Weekly recently reported that Rapperswil, Switzerland-based Weidmann Plastics Technology has developed a new technique for the mass production of bipolar plates for use in fuel cells. According to the magazine,...

T/J Technologies Offers New Materials for Batteries, Fuel Cells.
November 14, 2003... T/J Technologies, Inc. recently announced the availability of "lab-scale quantities" of two proprietary new "high-performance materials" for use in advanced batteries and fuel cells. According to the company, one of the materials is a...

GenCell to Receive $1 Million from CT C&LM Fund.
November 14, 2003... The Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) and the Energy Conservation Management Board (ECMB) recently announced their approval to award $830,000 from the state's 2004 conservation & load management (C&LM) budget to fund...

Intertech to Host Hydrogen Production and Storage Forum.
November 14, 2003... Intertech Corporation will host "H2PS -- The 2003 Hydrogen Production and Storage Forum: Assessing the 'Here-and-Now' Technical, Strategic and Commercial Opportunities for Generating and Storing Hydrogen Fuel" December 3 through 5 at the Hilton...

Fortum AB Opens Hydrogen Energy Station in Sweden.
November 17, 2003... Stuart Energy Systems Corporation recently announced that Fortum AB, "the second largest power company in the Nordic countries," has officially opened a Hydrogen Energy Station (HES) in Stockholm, Sweden. According to Stuart Energy, the...

FCT to Install Residential Fuel Cell in Canada.
November 17, 2003... The government of Canada, through Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), recently entered into a $260,000 project with Fuel Cell Technologies, Inc. (FCT) to install a new residential fuel cell in Canada. NRCan said it is contributing $155,000 to...

Auto21 Announces Funding for Hydrogen Storage, FC Research.
November 17, 2003... Auto21 Network of Centres of Excellence, a national research initiative supported by the government of Canada, recently announced it has awarded funding to two separate research teams for the advancement of hydrogen storage and fuel cell (FC)...

Redox Engineering to Host Supercapacitor Seminar in FL.
November 17, 2003... Redox Engineering will host the "13th International Seminar on Double-layer Capacitors and Similar Energy Storage Devices" December 8 through 10 at the Embassy Suites Deerfield Beach Resort in Deerfield Beach, FL. The event will open on...

Plug Power Completes $58.5-million Common Stock Offering.
November 18, 2003... Plug Power, Inc. recently announced it has sold 11.7 million shares of its common stock at $5 per share for aggregate proceeds of $58.5 million, before placement fees and other offering expenses. According to the company, the proceeds of...

Proton Energy Systems Announces Third-quarter Financial Results.
November 18, 2003... Wallingford, CT-based Proton Energy Systems, Inc., "a leader in onsite hydrogen generator products and regenerative fuel cell technology," recently announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, reporting a net loss...

Sumitomo Metals Develops New Bipolar Plate Stainless Steel.
November 18, 2003... Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. recently announced the development of a new stainless steel "exhibiting high performance for the use of bipolar plates in...polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs)." "The newly developed stainless steel is an...

DaimlerChrysler Pursues FCV 'Field Experience'.
November 19, 2003... DaimlerChrysler recently reported that its fuel cell and advanced powertrain development head Andreas Truckenbrodt informed attendees of the EVS-20, the 20th International Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exposition, ending today at the Long...

SCAQMD Orders Hydrogen Energy Station From Stuart Energy.
November 19, 2003... Stuart Energy Systems Corporation recently announced that it has secured a contract from the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) for a hydrogen energy station (HES) with both vehicle fueling and power generation capabilities....

SFC Completes Second Round of Financing.
November 19, 2003... Brunnthal-Nord, Germany-based fuel cell developer and manufacturer SFC Smart Fuel Cell recently announced the closing of a second round of financing with such international investors as 3i and Pricap Venture Partners. According to SFC, the...

Quantum Secured Funding for Army Hydrogen Program.
November 19, 2003... Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. recently announced that U.S. Representative Christopher Cox (R-CA) has secured $2 million in the FY 04 Defense Appropriations Bill for the company's U.S. Army hydrogen infrastructure program....

Industry Coalition Launches National Fuel Cell Bus Initiative.
November 20, 2003... WestStart-CALSTART recently announced it is coordinating the National Fuel Cell Bus Technology Initiative, which the company envisions as a six-year, $150-million development effort to support the research, development and demonstration of fuel...

GM to Meet With Chinese Officials to Discuss FCVs.
November 20, 2003... Automotive industry officials recently reported that General Motors (GM) executives are scheduled to meet with Chinese vice premier Zeng Peiyan this week in an effort to encourage the country to embrace fuel cell vehicle (FCV) technology. ...

Norilsk Nickel Signs Fuel Cell Cooperation Agreement.
November 20, 2003... Moscow, Russia-based precious metals miner Norilsk Nickel recently announced it has signed an agreement with the Russian Academy of Science to "cooperate in the area of hydrogen energy and fuel cells." Under the agreement, the company said...

Caterpillar, FuelCell Energy Finalize Fuel Cell Contract.
November 21, 2003... FuelCell Energy, Inc. and Caterpillar, Inc. recently announced the finalization of a contract to supply a 250-kilowatt (kW) Direct FuelCell (DFC) power plant to the City of Westerville Electric Division in Westerville, OH. According to the...

Arbin Receives Fuel Cell Testing System Order.
November 21, 2003... College Station, TX-based energy storage and conversion testing equipment developer and manufacturer Arbin Instruments recently announced it has received a $500,000 order for its integrated fuel cell testing system from "a leading global...

Nissan Develops New Li-ion Battery for FCVs.
November 21, 2003... Automotive industry officials recently reported that Nissan Motor Company has a new 11-millimeter-thick lithium ion (Li-ion) battery for use in fuel cell vehicles (FCVs). According to officials, the new Li-ion battery weighs approximately...

Astris Energi Appoints Investor Relations Consultant.
November 21, 2003... Astris Energi, Inc. recently announced it has contracted with Watson Investor Relations to provide investor relations (IR) services on a "fee for services basis." According to Astris Energi, Watson Investor Relations will consult on IR...

ABI Reports on Stationary Fuel Cell Market Growth.
November 24, 2003... Oyster Bay, New York-based technology market research firm ABI recently announced the release of a new report, titled "Stationary Fuel Cell Markets: A Global Market Analysis, Major Player Strategies and Forecasts," which suggests that "a lack...

Fuel Cell Organizations Sign Collaborative Agreement.
November 24, 2003... The U.S. Fuel Cell Council (USFCC), the Fuel Cell Commercialization Conference of Japan, Fuel Cells Canada, the World Fuel Cell Council and Fuel Cell Europe recently announced they have a signed an agreement designed to initiate collaboration...

Avista Labs Announces Board of Directors Addition.
November 24, 2003... Spokane, WA-based fuel cell developer Avista Labs recently announced the appointment of Itron chairman and CEO LeRoy Nosbaum to its board of directors, saying he brings "a strong background in global energy and communications businesses" to the...

International Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy Established.
November 25, 2003... The Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced that secretary of energy Spencer Abraham, joined by ministers representing 14 nations and the European Commission, signed an agreement last week formally establishing the International...

Hyundai, Kia Unveil Plans to Test FCVs in U.S.
November 25, 2003... During last week's inaugural meeting of the International Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy in Washington, D.C., officials with Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation announced plans to test experimental hydrogen-powered fuel cell...

Tsinghua to Use Shanghai Shen-Li FCs for Bus Project.
November 25, 2003... Industry officials in China recently reported that Beijing's Tsinghua University has selected a fuel cell system developed by Shanghai Shen-Li High-Tech Company, Ltd. for use in the fuel cell (FC)-powered buses being created for the 2008...

NY Congressmen Announce $2 Million for Hydrogen Initiative.
November 25, 2003... U.S. Representatives John McHugh (R-NY), John Sweeney (R-NY) and James Walsh (R-NY) recently announced that $2 million in FY 04 Energy and Water Appropriations funding has been awarded to establish the Hydrogen "HI WAY" Initiative in New York...

Ion Power Receives Patent for MEA Manufacturing.
November 26, 2003... Bear, DE-based membrane electrode assembly (MEA) manufacturer Ion Power recently announced it has received U.S. patent number 6,641,862, titled "Preparation of Fuel Cell Electrode Assemblies." According to Ion Power, the patent addresses...

Astris Energi Launches New FC Test Load Monitoring Device.
November 26, 2003... Astris Energi, Inc. recently announced the launch of the TL5 Test Load, the company's "next-generation" test load monitoring device for the fuel cell (FC) and battery industries. According to Astris, the previous TL3 and TL4 Test Loads have...

Neutron Technologies Joins Fuel Cells Canada.
November 26, 2003... Delta, British Columbia-based electrical and control systems integrator Neutron Technologies, Inc. recently announced it has joined Fuel Cells Canada, "a nonprofit organization with a focus on being a primary source of services and support to...