At the fifth Magdeburg environmental forum staged by Daimler and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the two host partners called for the establishment of an infrastructure for electric and fuel-cell vehicles. The call is linked to extending Daimler’s Memorandum of Understanding with UNEP, in existence since 2005, with the aim of reinforcing dialogue and [...]
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Another hydrogen-based fuel cell company has brought in cash, and unlike the physics-defying BlackLight, this one’s tech is already getting tested in some big deals. Intelligent Energy said this morning that it has raised $13.6 million to help it get its hydrogen fuel cells closer to commercialization.
Fuel Cell Funding: Intelligent Energy Raises $13.6m
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Over the coming year, Dantherm Power A/S will supply hydrogen & fuel cell power units to Powertech Labs Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canadian utility company BC Hydro. Dantherm Power won the tender in competition with a number of other companies. This is yet another significant contract for the company based in Skive, Denmark. The [...]
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Shell Hydrogen LLC, announced the opening of California’s first hydrogen refueling station on a conventional Shell gasoline forecourt in West Los Angeles (LA).
Located on Santa Monica Boulevard and Federal Avenue (near I-405) the station joins California’s ‘hydrogen highway’, and gives consumers a taste of the future, with refueling services for hydrogen powered fuel cell vehicles [...]
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Daimler’s fuel cell bus fleet has set a new record. By 30 April, the 36 fuel cell buses had together clocked more than two million kilometres and transported around seven million passengers.
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Automakers are finally getting serious about hybrids, expanding their gas-electric car offerings, and retooling gas-guzzling pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles for the hybrid marketplace.With prices at the pump rising and environmental concerns mounting, General Motors Corp. rolled out four hybrids last year and will introduce another four this year, including the Cadillac Escalade SUV [...]
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The efficiency of polymer electrolyte fuel cells could be increased with new technology, scientists have claimed.
Scientists from Berkeley claim that a polymer membrane that becomes wetter as the temperature in the surrounding air increases can improve the efficiency of polymer electrolyte fuel cells.
The fuel cells can be used to power cars and according to Nitash [...]
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Direct Energy’s parent company Centrica announced recently that it had invested around £20 million in Ceres Power, which is in the process of developing a combined heat and power system (CHP) based on solid oxide fuel cell technology.The boilers are expected to be available commercially in the UK within the next two to three years, [...]
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Hybrid electric vehicles that run on both conventional gasoline and stored electricity can be no more than a stop gap until more sustainable technology is developed, according to researchers in France. They suggest that the adoption of HEVs might even slow development of more sustainable fuel-cell powered electric vehicles.
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A new process uses sunlight and a nanostructured catalyst to inexpensively and efficiently generate hydrogen for fuel.
Nanoptek, a startup based in Maynard, MA, has developed a new way to make hydrogen from water using solar energy. The company says that its process is cheap enough to compete with the cheapest approaches used now, which strip [...]
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