.jpg) This story courtesy of The Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Letter, December 2004
Big Turnout, New Products, Calls for Greater Effort Highlight Fuel Cell Seminar
SAN ANTONIO, TX - A glimpse of how Toyota sees its fuel cell future, calls for much more funding from both sides of the Atlantic, a good-sized number of new products and equipment, two- and four-wheeled scooters and cars at the obligatory Ride-and-Drive event kept participants in the 2004 Fuel Cell Seminar here informed, busy and entertained.
DoE News: About Quarter-Billion-Plus for Hydrogen & Fuel Cells in Mammoth 2005 Omnibus Bill
WASHINGTON, DC - The mammoth fiscal year 2005 omnibus appropriations bill rushed through Congress last month includes about $264 million for hydrogen and fuel cells, an early rapid check of the bill indicates, but these numbers are subject to refinement and confirmation.
Engineering Thermoplastics PEM Fuel Cell is Claimed to Cut Costs 50%
FLORENCE, KY/KELSTERBACH, GERMANY - Cost reductions of at least 50% are claimed for a new PEM fuel cell prototype made entirely of plastics by a maker of engineering thermoplastics.
Fuel Cell Seminar: US Fuel Cell Council’s Rose: $30 Billion for R&D, $30 Billion for Market Stimulation
SAN ANTONIO - About half of the $60 billion that the U.S. Fuel Cell Council’s president Robert Rose proposes spending on hydrogen and fuel cell technology, should go to r&d and infrastructure, and the other half to market stimulation.
Hydrogenics Corp. Offers to Take Over Stuart Energy, Stuart Board is Supportive
MISSISSAUGA, ON - In a move that took the international hydrogen community by surprise, Hydrogenics Corp. and Stuart Energy Systems Corp. announced last month that Hydrogenics plans to take over Stuart.
Infrastructure: Two Public Hydrogen/Gasoline Stations Open in Washington, DC and Berlin
WASHINGTON, DC/BERLIN - Hydrogen fuel got a permanent base in the nation’s capital last month in the shape of a new fueling pump alongside existing pumps for regular, premium and diesel.
Briefly Noted: Ceramatec/INEEL High-Temp Electrolysis
A new look at high-temperature electrolysis: Researchers at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) and Ceramatec, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT say they have demonstrated the feasibility of splitting water - steam - to make hydrogen in a three-year project using 800 deg. C (1,600 deg. F) heat in a small demonstration unit. |
