July 2010 Volume XXV - Number 7
Stories
WASHINGTON, DC – Relegation of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies to the back seat, behind a focus on efficiency, battery electrics and hybrids, was evident in various ways at the Energy Department’s Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation Meeting here last month.
WASHINGTON — The FreedomCAR public-private partnership to develop more fuel-efficient vehicles that generate fewer greenhouse gases should continue to include fuel cells and other hydrogen technologies in its research and development portfolio, says a new report by the National Research Council (NRC).
MENLO PARK, CA/COLLEGE STATION, TX – A much more reactive type of platinum and a, so far hypothetical, platinum-based composite material offer prospects of lowering costs for this essential, and expensive, catalyst for fuel cells.
SINGAPORE – Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies, best known for fuel cell toy racers and the engine for the UK’s Riversimple concept city car, last month launched a pocket hydrogen fuel cell charger for small electronic devices.
LONDON – Just about two years after it was first announced, the fuel cell hybrid version of London’s venerable black taxi made its official debut here last month.
Will BMW Join the Zeitgeist and Shift to Fuel Cell Power?
* Europe Faces Shortages of High-Tech Mineral Raw Materials:* UKs Riversimple Urban Fuel Cell Car Scheduled for Fleet Trials:* Annual Fuel Cell Vehicle Sales to Reach 670,000 in Next Decade:* Underground Coal Gasification Tests with Fuel Cells:* DoE, NYSERDA Fund MTI Micro Mobion Field Test:
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