AlumiFuel Power, Inc. Announces Additional Initiatives With Its Path-to-Market Partners (31/05/11)

AlumiFuel Power (API) is continuing to make the most of its partners to deliver its early stage hydrogen generation technology to the market.

The company's technology generates hydrogen gas and steam/heat for a range of purposes, including fuel cells for undersea vehicle power plants and a variety of portable and back-up electrical power applications.

API has signed a partnership agreement with Ingenium Technologies to use this technology to power fuel cells designed and engineered by the latter company.

So far, the two firms have successfully built a hydrogen generator capable of powering a 200W fuel cell, which has demonstrated eight hours of continuous operation.

First Fuel Cell to Power Residential Building in New York (31/05/11)

The Octagon apartment complex on Roosevelt Island has become the first residential building in New York State to be heated and powered by a phosphoric acid fuel cell developed by UTC Power.

Producing the majority of the building's electricity needs, the 400kW fuel cell is fuelled by natural gas.

The PureCell Model 400 also produces usable heat, meaning there is no need to tap into the grid.

Mercedes F-Cell World Drive Comes to a Successful Finish (01/06/11)

Mercedes-Benz F-Cell Goes Around the World in 125 Days (10/01/11)

Mercedes-Benz F-Cell World Drive Makes Its Way Across America (07/03/11)

Daimler's 30,000 km F-Cell World Drive has finished on schedule outside the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart.

The project, which started in January, was the world's first round-the-world drive with fuel cell vehicles.

Fourteen countries on four continents were crossed by the three cars, covering more than 90,000 km with zero emissions in the process.

Daimler chief executive officer Dr Dieter Zetsche said: "With the F-Cell World Drive we have shown that the time for electric vehicles with fuel cell[s] has come. Now the development of the infrastructure has to pick up speed."

NTNU takes second place in Shell Eco-Marathon (30/05/11)

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology landed second place in an international competition designed to encourage students to develop designs for the vehicles of tomorrow.

A team from the university managed to travel 99km/kwh with their hydrogen fuel cell vehicle - the DNV Fuel Fighter - at the 27th Annual Shel Eco-Marathon.

Equivalent to travelling nearly 1,000km on a litre of petrol, the team were short of the 2009 version of the DNV Fuel Fighter, which covered 1,246km by the same measurement.

Canadian Fuel Cells to Power German Autos (06/06/11)

Daimler is to outfit its hydrogen fleet with fuel cells produced in Canada, the car maker has said.

The German company will make fuel cells for the B-Class F-CELL and Citaro FuelCell Hybrid city bus through its joint venture with Ford and Ballard Power Systems, the Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation, which is located near Vancouver.

"Germany's economy is booming and the fuel cell industry is on the verge of a major breakthrough," said Dr Juergen Friedrich, chief executive of Germany Trade & Invest in Berlin.

"International companies and government initiatives have created the optimal conditions for companies to prosper, especially in Germany's high-tech eastern regions."

Local GM site tries to keep U.S. in fuel cell race (05/06/11)

A General Motors team of scientists is working to keep the US ahead in the fuel cell development race.

They are fighting against the likes of Germany, Japan and South Korea, whose budgets are far outstripping those committed by the US federal government.

"We would like to be first, we would like to be out there with the best product," said Daniel O'Connell from GM's Honeoye Falls facility.

"Not getting as much support as we'd like isn't making it any easier on us. ... It's disappointing, but it's not slowing us down."

To fight back, Assemblyman Joseph Morelle is trying to persuade state legislators to provide funding for more fuel cell research.

He has proposed an investment of $215 million in state and federal funds, which is to be matched by hydrogen producers.

Skyview science teacher introduces students to hydrogen-cell power (07/06/11)

Science teacher Mike Murray is urging his pupils at Skyview High School to be the agents of change for fuel cell technology.

"Hydrogen fuels is exactly where we're going with this country. Detroit can either get with the program, or watch the revolution," he said.

High School Science Goes Green! Students Talk with Scientist from Los Alamos National Laboratory (08/06/11)

Students across the US enrolled in the Lincoln Interactive Cutting Edge Science programme have had the opportunity to participate in a discussion on alternative energy technology with Dr Cynthia Welch, a polymer scientist with Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Her work focuses on the study of polymers that can be used in various technologies, including automotive fuel cells.

Fuel cells utilise a paper-thin polymer membrane that controls electrical flow. It is a key issue that has been holding back the commercial viability of fuel cells to date.

Fuel Cell Vessel Back In Service (16/06/11)

A 100-passenger tourist vessel Alsterwasser is back in service in Hamburg after refurbishment following a fire last year.

The hydrogen-fuelled boat has two 50kW fuel cells powering a 100kW (134 hp) hybrid electric propulsion system with lead acid batteries.

Proton Motor developed the liquid cooled PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) type fuel cell system, which was modified from cells used in commercial vehicles.

UK government invests to accelerate introduction of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies (17/06/11)

A £7.5 million demonstrator programme is helping to speed up the adoption of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies in the UK.

The aim of the government-funded Technology Strategy Board programme is to show how fuel cell systems and hydrogen technologies can be used in low carbon energy and transport systems.

"Hydrogen and fuel cell technologies are at the forefront of new energy solutions, which will dramatically cut emissions from transport, and the coalition is determined to support their development," said UK energy minister Greg Barker.

Global fuel cell market test fleet reaches two million test miles (17/06/11)

Opel announced that its HydroGen4 fuel cell demonstration car has completed the two millionth mile of General Motors' fuel cell test fleet.

The Opel HydroGen4 fleet is part of the Clean Energy Partnership, which is a European project being funded by the German ministry of transport.

"This milestone is a significant landmark on our road to making hydrogen fuel cells a reality," commented Charlie Freese, executive director of GM's global fuel cell engineering activities.

Camp Pendleton Continues to Help Pave the Way for Hydrogen-Powered Vehicles (17/06/11)

US marines are doing their bit for clean energy, having driven over 30,000 miles on hydrogen-powered vehicles over the last three years.

Camp Pendleton in California has partnered with GM, Ford and Quantum Technologies to test out four hydrogen vehicles - two Chevrolet Equinoxes, a Ford Escape and a ten-passenger mini bus.

The data being gathered is being sent back to the manufactures to help them further develop fuel cell technologies.

Hydrogen in the air: electric aircraft (20/06/11)

Aerospace companies are exploring ways they can reduce their dependency on fossil fuels by looking at new technologies like fuel cells.

Currently, electricity generated by the plane's engines power hydraulic and pneumatic systems that control the aircraft, air-conditioning systems, lighting, heating, anti-icing systems for wings and control surfaces, as well as the on-board avionics and electronic systems.

But it is thought that more energy efficient fuel cells would be able to do these jobs and reduce engine use.

Airbus Works With Parker Aerospace on Fuel Cell to Power Planes (20/06/11)

Airbus is working with Parker Aerospace to develop fuel cell technologies that could replace units that derive power from the aircraft's engines.

Although it will not be possible to retrofit planes with fuel cells, Airbus aims to have the technology on board its next-generation single aisle plane, which will see service by the 2020s.

Axel Krein, senior vice-president for research and technology at Airbus, said: "We have a couple of technology elements in the pipeline for the next-generation aircraft and fuel cells is one of them."

It is hoped that the technology could cut fuel consumption by ten to 15 per cent on short haul flights.

Coca-Cola Consolidated Pioneering Green Power Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology in Charlotte Plant (21/06/11)

Coca-Cola's bottling facility has introduced hydrogen fuel cells to its forklift trucks as part of its sustainability efforts.

It has a fleet of 35 Crown and five Yale counterbalanced class one lift trucks powered by hydrogen fuel cells from Plug Power and refuelled at three indoor fuelling stations with hydrogen from Linde North America.

The technology provides up to eight hours of running time and requires just three minutes to fill.

Video: New Batmobile teased, goes green with hydrogen fuel-cell powertrain (20/06/11)

The forthcoming Batman movie is to see the Caped Crusader go green with his unique form of transportation.

Designed and constructed by Gordon Murray Auto Design, the latest Batmobile features a hydrogen fuel-cell powertrain with lithium-ion batteries. 

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