Fuel Cells
« Previous EntriesMantra Energy wants to convert CO2 back into new fuel
Saturday, October 25th, 2008I received an interesting note from the Mantra Venture Group the other day. It had some really interesting things in it. One of their subsidiaries, Mantra Energy, has acquired the intellectual property for a process developed at the University of British Columbia called ERC (short for electro-reduction of carbon dioxide). What ERC does [...]
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European Union pledges 1 billion euros for the Fuel Cells and Joint Technology Initiative
Saturday, October 18th, 2008The European Union has announced that it is adding a billion euros into a project designed to coordinate all European hydrogen fuel cell research. The goal is to achieve mass-market rollout of hydrogen cells by 2020. The Joint Technology Initiative (JTI) will focus on four main areas:
Transportation and hydrogen refueling infrastructure
hydrogen production and distribution
reduce the [...]
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UPS expands testing of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles
Monday, September 29th, 2008The United Parcel Service (UPS) has announced that they are expanding their U.S. hydrogen fuel cell testing program to include three large package delivery vehicles. UPS’s initial tests conducted on fuel cell cars were very successful, so they are ready to move to the next phase.
The new fuel cell trucks, which are being built as [...]
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Gore-tex based new cheaper fuel cell breakthrough eliminates need for platinum
Monday, August 4th, 2008Monash University researchers have come up with a new Goretex fuel cell design that could make hybrid cars much cheaper and more reliable. The researchers have developed an air electrode conisisting of an extremely thin layer (0.4 of a micron) of highly conductive plastic is deposited on Gore-tex, the popular outdoor and sporting goods clothing [...]
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Science Daily: MIT researchers develop new way to store solar power
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008One of the drawbacks of solar cells is that they only work when the sun is shining, and current methods to store the power produced by the cells for non-sunny periods are extremely expensive and very inefficient. Now, MIT researchers are claiming a breakthrough in power storage that will allow for inexpensive and efficient [...]
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Cyclone Power Technologies clean, green waste heat engine
Sunday, June 15th, 2008EngineeringTV has a couple of video interviews and demos with Harry Schoel, whose company Cyclone Power has developed a self-starting engine called a WHE (waste heat engine) that operates in a low pressure, low temperature range. What this means is that the Cyclone Power WHE can run on waste heat - think the exhaust [...]
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Fuel cells to power your home
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 as a result of recycling of its waste water. ’We are producing methane as [...]
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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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