Fuel Cells
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Saturday, April 19th, 2008Matsushita Electric Industrial Co (better known here as Panasonic), plans on launching home fuel cell systems in Japan next year starting in April 2009. Matsushita hasn’t set the official price yet, but the company plans on keeping it below 1 million yen (about $10,000). Use of their fuel cell will cut […]
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Honda’s Home Hydrogen Fueling Station
Thursday, January 24th, 2008In conjunction with Honda’s planned limited release of its FCX Clarity hydrogen powered car this year (see Up, up and away - the hydrogen car is here), Honda plans to sell a home hydrogen fueling station, the Home Energy Station IV, which helps stop the chicken and egg syndrome envisioned for hydrogen powered cars. (Basically, […]
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Sierra Nevada brewery a fuel cell pioneer
Sunday, December 16th, 2007It takes alot of energy to make beer. So when Sierra Nevada’s founder and owner Ken Grossman decided he wanted to cut his energy bill, he installed a large solar panel arrary over the parking lot, and now he’s building an even bigger system on top of his brewery buildings.
But he isn’t stopping there.
Sierra Nevada is now generating methane a a result of recycling of its waste water. ’We are producing methane as a […]
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Up, up and away - the hydrogen car is here
Monday, November 5th, 2007The London TimesOnline reviews the Tokyo motor show that was held last week, with the announcement that Honda scooped them all by announcing it will be putting out the world’s first hydrogen fuel cell car into production next year - the FCX. The car will travel an estimated 270 miles at speeds […]
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Road Trip: Toyota fuel-cell hybrid vehicle completes long-distance jaunt
Sunday, September 30th, 2007From Edmunds.com - Toyota announced on Friday that “an improved version” of their FCHV fuel-cell hybrid car successfully completed a long distance test from Osaka to Tokyo on a single fueling of hydrogen.
Toyota’s new 5 passenger FCHV is 25% more efficient than the earlier version. It can store twice the amount of […]
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Platinum-free fuel cell developed in Japan
Sunday, September 16th, 2007Japan’s Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd has just announced that it has developed a new technology that will enable them to make fuel cells without platinum. Platinum is the precious metal used in the electrolyte process in current hydrogen-based fuel cells.
By using alkali, instead of acid, anion exchange membranes, the new fuel cell […]
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Solar-hydrogen homes try to overcome doubts
Saturday, June 2nd, 2007The International Herald Tribune has a very interesting article about a solar-hydrogen house in New Jersey that generates all its energy needs using a combination of solar power and solar derived hydrogen. Mike Strizki, the director of residential and commercial systems for Advanced Solar Products, added the solar/hydrogen system to his current home, […]
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New process generates hydrogen from aluminum alloy to run engines, fuel cells
Thursday, May 17th, 2007Physorg.com reports that researchers at Purdue University have developed a method that uses an alumininum alloy to extract hydrogen from water. The hydrogen can be used to run fuel cells or internal combustion engines. With this method to obtain hydrogen, it makes in unnecessary to store or transport hydrogen.
“Hydrogen is generated spontaneously […]
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Science Daily: New ‘Biofuel Cell’ produces Electricity from Hydrogen in Plain Air
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007Science Daily has a report on a pioneering “biofuel cell” that produces electricty from regular air spiked with a small amount of hydrogen. This biofuel cell has the potential to turn into inexpensive and renewable atlernative to current platinum based fuel cells.
Dr. Fraser Armstrong, leading a team at Oxford University, built the biofuel […]
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Ford showcases world’s first driveable fuel cell hybrid electric vehicle
Saturday, March 24th, 2007Ford Motor company showed off what they’re calling the world’s first driveable fuel cell electric plug-in car. The Ford Edge with their Hyseries Drive uses an onboard hydrogen fuel cell generator with lithium-ion batteries to achieve more than 41 mpg with zero emissions. The car also has the ability to […]
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