Fuel Cell Technology News articles from July 1 2000

Fuel Cell Technology News archives from July 1 2000

Marubeni Orders 250-kW Plant.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... FuelCell Energy, Inc. (3 Great Pasture Rd., Danbury, CT 06183; Tel: 203/792-1460, Fax: 203/798-2945) received a commitment from the Marubeni Corp. to buy multiple fuel-cell power plants based on the company's direct-fuel-cell (DFC) technology....

L.A. Utility Inks FuelCell Energy Deal.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... FuelCell Energy, Inc. (3 Great Pasture Rd., Danbury, CT 06183; Tel: 203/792-1460, Fax: 203/798-2945) and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) have signed a contract for an environmentally-friendly fuel-cell power plant to be...

Plug Power, Engelhard Join for Catalysts.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Plug Power, Inc. (968 Albany-Shaker Rd., Latham, NY 12110; Tel: 518/782-7700, Fax 518/782-7914) has signed agreements with Engelhard Corp. (101 Wood Ave., Iselin, NJ 08830; Tel: 732/205- 5000, Fax: 732/632-9253) to develop and supply advanced...

Ocean Power Inks $10 Million Deal.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Ocean Power Corp. (5000 Robert J. Mathews Pkwy., El Dorado Hills, CA 95762; Tel: 916/536-1700, Fax: 916/536-2777) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Hydrogen Performance Technologies (HyPerTec), a recently formed fuel-cell company,...

Proton Files for $86 Million IPO.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Proton Energy Systems, Inc. (50 Inwood Rd., Rocky Hill, CT 06067; Tel: 860/571-6533, Fax 860/571-6505) has filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering to raise more than $86 million. Proton will...

Astris Moves Toward NASDAQ.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... While its present projects are financed internally, Astris Energi (2175-6 Dunwin Dr., Mississauga, Ontario L5L 1X2, Canada; Tel: 905/608-2000; Email: info@astrisfuelcell.com) is looking for investors interested in private placements and...

FuelCell Energy Exceeds Goals.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... FuelCell Energy, Inc. (3 Great Pasture Rd., Danbury, CT 06183; Tel: 203/792-1460, Fax: 203/798-2945) has completed the successful operation of the 250-kW Direct FuelCell (DFC) power plant at its Danbury headquarters. The grid-connected...

Plug Power Evolves to Marketing.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Plug Power, Inc. (968 Albany-Shaker Rd., Latham, NY 12110; Tel: 518/782-7700, Fax 518/782-7914) has reorganized with the delivery of its first commercial residential fuel cells, reflecting an evolution from a research to a market-oriented...

DCHT Signs Volume Deal with Daido.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... DCH Technology (DCHT, 27811 Avenue Hopkins, Suite 6, Valencia, CA 91355; Tel: 805/775-8120, Fax: 805/257-9398) and Daido Metal Co., Ltd. (2 Sanage-Cho, Kita-ku, Nagoya, 462-0852, Japan; Tel: 81-52- 913-1161, Fax 81-52-915-1822) are...

SOFC: Global Boosts Residential Power.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Global Thermoelectric (Bay 9, 3700-78 Ave. S.E., Calgary, Alberta T2C 2L8, Canada; Tel: 403/236-555; Email: globalhq@globalte.com) has successfully tested a residential fuel-cell system that uses natural gas as fuel and includes a simple fuel...

Xcellsis, Degussa Regenerate Catalysts.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Xcellsis Gesellschaft (Neue Strae 95, 73230 Kirchheim, Germany; Tel: 0 70 21-89 38 96, Fax: 0 70 21-89 40 66) and BASF Aktiengesellschaft researchers have found a way to regenerate catalysts in a fuel-cell vehicle using methanol. When...

Lab Makes Catalyst Cheaper, Stronger.(Argonne National Laboratory)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Argonne National Laboratory (Bldg. 205, 9700 S. Cass Ave., Argonne, IL 60439; Tel: 630/252-8520, Fax: 630/252-4167) researchers are developing catalysts for the water-gas shift reaction - a fuel processing step that increases hydrogen content...

Lab Shrinks Microchannel Vaporizer.(Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (P.O. Box 999, Richland, WA 99352; Tel: 509/375-6366, Fax: 509/375-3614) researchers are developing components for the onboard, automotive production of hydrogen from liquid hydrocarbons using a newly...

Reformer Efficient with Combustor Heat.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... General Motors Corp. (3044 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit, MI 48202; Tel: 313/556-5000, Fax: 313/556-5108) has developed a more efficient fuel reformer heated by a catalytic combustor. The combustor, granted U.S. Patent 6,071,636, is fired by...

Foils Make Thinner Plates.(Automobiles Peugeot)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Automobiles Peugeot (Paris, FR) and Automobiles Citroen (75 Avenue de la Grande-Armee, 75116 Paris, France; Tel +33-1-40-66-55-11, Fax: +33-1-40-66-54-14) have developed a fuel cell using thin porous foils as gas distribution plates. The...

IFC, Hyundai Join California Partnership.(International Fuel Cell Partnership partners with Hyundai Motor Co. Ltd.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Hyundai Motor Co., Ltd. (142-2 Kye-Dong Chongno-ku, Seol 110-793, Korea; Tel: 822/746-1114) and International Fuel Cells have joined the California Fuel Cell Partnership (P.O. Box 2815, Sacramento, CA 95812). The Partnership plans to put more...

MHTX Rolls Out Bicycle.(Manhattan Scientifics Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Manhattan Scientifics, Inc. (641 Fifth Ave., Suite 36F, New York, NY 10022; Tel: 212/752-0505) has completed initial development and testing of the "Hydrocycle," a fuel-cell-powered bicycle. The prototype bicycle use Manhattan Scientifics'...

Swedish Firm Wins GM Air Systems Order.(Opcon AB)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... General Motors Corp. has ordered air systems for fuel cells from Swedish parts maker Opcon AB (Box 30, SE-662 21 Amal, Sweden; Tel. +46 532 611 00, Fax. +46 532 128 63; Email: info@opcon.se) Opcon signed an agreement earlier this year to...

Modine to Supply DaimlerChrysler.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Modine Manufacturing Co. (1500 De Koven Ave., Racine, WI 53403- 2552; Tel: 262/636-1361), a maker of heating and cooling products, will supply fuel-cell components to a joint venture headed by DaimlerChrysler AG. Modine signed an...

Car Maker Cautions Costs Slow EV Progress.(DaimlerChrysler)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Cost must fall before DaimlerChrysler (1000 Chrysler Dr., Auburn Hills, MI 48326-2766; Tel: 248/512-2678, Fax: 248/512-3003) can sell significant numbers of fuel-cell-powered vehicles, according to officials with the automaker. In two years,...

VEHICLES: Thor, IFC to Build Buses.(Thor Industries, Inc.; International Fuel Cells, Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Thor Industries, Inc. (419 W. Pike St., Jackson Center, OH 45334; Tel: 937/596-6849, Fax: 937/596-6539) will build commercially- viable, fuel-cell-powered, zero-emissions transit buses in an exclusive alliance with International Fuel Cells,...

SGT Hires Conversion Experts.(Sustainable Energy)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Sustainable Energy (Suite 850, 1520 4th St. S.W., Calgary, Alberta T2R 0Y4, Canada; Tel: 403/262-4475; Email: eyton@sustainableenergy.com) has appointed Matthew K. Donnelly chief technical officer and president of its wholly owned subsidiary,...

FCT to Evaluate Siemens' Technology.(Fuel Cell Technologies Corp.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Fuel Cell Technologies Corp. (FCT, 20 Binnington Ct., Kingston, Ontario K7M 8S3, Canada; Tel: 613/544-8222, Fax: 613/544-5150) has agreed with Siemens Westinghouse Power Corp. (4400 N. Alafaya Trl., Orlando, FL 32826-2398; Tel: 407/281-2000)...

Acumentrics to Start SOFC Production.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Acumentrics Corp. (14 Southwest Park, Westwood, MA 02090; Tel: 781/461-8251, Fax: 781/461-1261) is getting into the SOFC business. Nigel Sammes and seven SOFC scientists and engineers from the University of Waikato (New Zealand) have joined...

IdaTech Delivers on $3.5 Million Order.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... IdaTech (20340 Empire Ave., Suite E-9, Bend, OR 97701; Tel: 541/383-3390, Fax: 541/383-3439) has delivered the first of 110 fuel-cell system units slated for sale to Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), an agency of the Department of Energy....

Teledyne Contracts to Produce Systems.(Teledyne Energy Systems)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Teledyne Technologies, Inc.'s (2049 Century Park East, Los Angeles, CA 90067; Tel: 310/277-3311; Email: tim.knox@tbe.com) Energy Systems unit has completed a strategic agreement with Humboldt State University to produce, use, and sell...

Utility Giant Enters PEM Business.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Reliant Energy (formerly Houston Lighting and Power, 1111 Louisiana, Houston, TX 77002; Tel: 713/207-3000; Email: info@reliantenergy.nl; NYSE:REI) has signed a licensing agreement with the Texas A&M University System, granting Reliant...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Letter from a Doubter.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... A contributing editor to Energy Magazine for 25 years, Ernst M. Cohn has long been a skeptic of the potential for successful commercialization of fuel cells. We were curious about whether his attitude had changed in light of spreading...

Premix Boosts Plate Production.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Quantum Composites (4702 James Savage Rd., Midland, MI 48642-6527; Tel: 517/496-2884) has developed an injection-molding process using Pemtex conductive composites to mold fuel-cell plates. A subsidiary of Premix, Inc. (North Kingsville, OH),...

Impco Awarded Hydrogen Storage Pact.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Impco Technologies, Inc.'s (16804 Gridley Pl., Cerritos, CA 90703; Tel: 562/860-6666, Fax: 562/809-1240) Advanced Technology Center has been awarded a major contract by the Department of Energy's Golden Field Office to develop and demonstrate...

Reformers Enable HBT to Expand Manufacturing.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Hydrogen Burner Technology, Inc. (HBT, 19300 Susana Rd., Rancho Dominguez, CA 90221; Tel: 310/900-0400, Fax: 310/900-0410) has sold 110 fuel-flexible reformers to DCH Technology, Inc. (DCHT 27811 Ave. Hopkins, Suite 6 Valencia, CA 91355; Tel:...

Team to Develop Clean Fuels.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Hawks Industries, Inc. (913 Foster Rd., Casper, WY 82601; Tel: 307/234-1593, Fax: 307/234-8324; Email: west_wyo@trib.com) and Blue Star Sustainable Technologies Corp. (Lakewood, CO) have formed a joint venture combining Hawks' natural gas...

BALANCE OF PLANT: Interface May Avoid Regulation Hurdles.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... SatCon Technology Corp. (161 First St., Cambridge, MA 02142; Tel: 617/661-0540, Fax: 617/661-3373) has introduced a power-conversion system with a utility grid interface for fuel-cell distributed- power-generation systems. The GridLink...

PEM: Pregnated Pores Lower Costs, Boost Power.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Ballard Power Systems, Inc. (9000 Glenlyon Pkwy., Burnaby, BC V5J 5J9, Canada; Tel: 604/412-4740, Fax: 604/412-3131) has developed a way of treating electrocatalyst particles to improve PEM performance and lower costs. Ballard impregnates...

3M Makes MEA at Low Cost.(membrane electrode assemblies)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... 3M (3M Center, 3M Center Bldg., 201-2N-19, St. Paul, MN 55144- 1000; Tel: 651/736-9563, Fax: 651/737-9563) is developing an integrated pilot process for the low-cost manufacture of high- performance, high-quality membrane electrode assemblies...

Dual-Ion Beams Improve Membranes.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... De Nora S.p.A. (Via Bistolfi, 35, 20134 Milano, Italy; Tel: +39 02 - 2 12 91; Email: DENORAspa@mail.sko.it) has developed dual-ion- beam-assisted deposition (Dual IBAD), a hybrid method combining some of the best features of metal deposition...

Turning Off O Before H.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (ZT EN7 Postfach 3220, D-91050 Erlangen, Germany; Tel: 49-9131-7-31267, Fax: 49-9131-7-31747) found that by first shutting off the oxygen supply and then shutting off the hydrogen supply, the life of a PEM fuel cell...

Slurry Improves MEA Manufacture.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... General Motors Corp. (The General Motors Bldg., 3044 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit, MI 48202; Tel: 313/556-5000, Fax: 313/556-5108) has improved its membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) for a PEM fuel cell by applying a slurry of electrode-forming...

Reformer Oxidizes Liquid Instead of Gas.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Forschungszeutrum Julich GmbH (KFA_IEV, D-52425 Julich, Germany; Tel: 246/161-2052, Fax: 246/161-6695) scientists developed an in- line reformer to oxidize carbon-containing fuel impurities in a liquid state instead of a gaseous state. By...

SOFC: Contact Layer Improves Stability, Conductivity.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (ZT EN7 Postfach 3220, D-91050 Erlangen, Germany; Tel: 49-9131-7-31267, Fax: 49-9131-7-31747) has developed a contact layer with improved electrical conductivity and thermodynamic stability, with no interactions...

Rugged Cell Ready for All Applications.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... IGR Enterprises, Inc. (23293 Commerce Park Rd., Suite B, Beachwood, OH 44122; Tel: 216/464-1255; Email: O2@igroxygen.com) has developed a reliable, mechanically rugged SOFC suitable for stationary, mobile, or portable applications. The cells...

CALENDAR.
July 1, 2000... September 3-8, 2000, International Symposium on Metal Hydrogen Systems - Fundamentals and Applications (MH2000), Noosa, Queensland, Australia. Contact: Griffith University, Evan Gray School of Science, Brisbane, QLD 4111, Australia; Tel:...