Posted in Batteries, Fuel Cells, Science, Transportation on 2008-02-08 | No Comments »
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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Posted in Economics, Electricity, Energy, Fuel Cells, Research on 2008-01-31 | No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Economics, Fuel Cells, Solar Energy on 2008-01-14 | No Comments »
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., a craft brewing company based in California, has announced that it has commissioned the first phase of what will be one of the country’s largest private solar installations. This commissioning comes on the heels of the installation of four 250-kilowatt co-generation fuel cell power units, also one of the largest fuel [...]
Posted in Fuel Cells, Transportation on 2008-01-09 | No Comments »
General Motors Corp. will unveil a hydrogen fuel-cell-powered Cadillac crossover concept vehicle at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Tuesday.
GM envisions the five-passenger Provoq going 300 miles (480 kilometers) on a single fill-up of hydrogen, getting 280 miles (450 kilometers) from hydrogen power and 20 miles (32 kilometers) from batteries.
It would go from [...]
Posted in Economics, Energy, Fuel Cells on 2008-01-07 | No Comments »
Millennium Cell Inc. and Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies have announced the completion of a pre-production version of the HydroPak portable power generator that uses a unique water-activated cartridge system and combines Horizon’s fuel cells with Millennium Cell’s Hydrogen on Demand storage technology.
This power source has enough energy to recharge an average [...]
