More than 3,000 organizations throughout the world are now actively engaged in fuel cell development, prompted by fast-growing interest in the sector. This year will see a significant increase in the number of companies involved in series production, within an industry that can no longer be dismissed as one that produces more patents than real-world products. Technology developers and research organizations have been joined by mainstream equipment manufacturers, finance companies, energy suppliers and automotive giants, together with a host of component and material specialists. All intend to be in at the start of one of the most exciting of 21st century energy businesses. Some $10bn has now been spent and a further $2-3bn has been firmly committed to bringing fuel cells to the marketplace. Much more will be needed to complete this task, but a further $10bn has been assigned, conditional on progress over the next few years.
Based on ten man-years’ work, “Fuel Cells: The Sourcebook” aims to be the leading reference source within this important sector. The latest edition, available early next month, provides valuable guidance for those wishing to know more about fuel cell concepts, applications and markets, and is a unique source of commercial and technical information on organizations in the sector.
“Fuel Cells: The Sourcebook”
The report provides a fundamental grounding in the basic concepts behind fuel cells; a description of the various fuel cell technologies, their major applications and the balance-of-plant features required for working systems; a regional analysis of activity; and reference sections concerned with organizations in the sector, their activities and products.
The main reference section lists 2,500 companies, research centers, institutes, universities, government agencies and other organizations at the forefront of the technology, with address, phone, fax and website details as available. Additional space is allocated to more than 500 of these companies (800+ in the CD version), for further information on contact points, a descriptive profile, and summary charts in which participants can detail their areas of interest: application sectors, technologies, activities, year established, employees, turnover and parent organization.
Product information enhances the usefulness of the book for those wishing to find details of the rapidly expanding range of materials, components, sub-systems, test equipment, stack modules and complete fuel cell systems. A supplementary table facilitates like-for-like comparisons of fuel cell power sources.
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