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12/31/02 Comparative chart: H2FC stock performance results for 2002 see also this chart for comparison to NASDAQ BigCharts.com
12/27/02 First Energy To Launch Fuel-Cell Leasing Service "will in January begin leasing eco-friendly fuel-cell power-generation systems for plants and offices . . . will install co-generation systems using molten carbonate-type fuel cells at plants and buildings . . . expects to win 20-30 contracts for the new service over two to three years" Nikkei
12/31/02 SATCON TECHNOLOGY CORP - Annual Report (SEC form 10-K) via yahoo
12/31/02 SatCon Technology Executes Term Sheet for a Total of $5 to $7 Million in Equity Financing
12/31/02 SatCon Technology Reports Fiscal 2002 Fourth Quarter and Year End Results Auditors Issue Going Concern Opinion
12/28/02 The Future of the Hydrogen Economy: Bright or Bleak? Part One of white paper by Baldur Eliasson and Ulf Bossel EV World
12/30/02 New year also rings in a wealth of new laws New York: "Set a personal income tax credit of 20 percent of the cost of purchasing and installing a fuel cell to power homes." AP
12/30/02 Ballard Successfully Completes CDN $156 Million/US $100 Million Equity Financing
12/30/02 SatCon Technology to Report Results for Fiscal 2002 Fourth Quarter and Year End Tuesday, December 31, 2002 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern ET
12/29/02 GM rethinks hydrogen fuel cells "GM had fought making heavy investments in hybrid technology, saying it would have cars and trucks powered by hydrogen fuel cells in driveways after 2010. But technological stumbling blocks and competitive pressures have forced GM to rethink its plans." USA Today
12/28/02 Hitching a Ride on the Hy-wire: Get an insider's look at GM's fuel-cell concept car as it hits the road for the first time. Watch Monday 12/30 at 8 p.m., 11 p.m. and Tuesday 12/31 at 10 a.m. Eastern techtv
12/27/02 Ballard Power Cut to "Market Perform" at Adams, Harkness from "buy''
12/27/02 FAA rules present a fresh challenge for MTI Albany Times Union
12/27/02 Corporate Focus: Ballard Technology Isn't Engine of Growth Wall Street Journal via quicken.com
12/27/02 GM launches one-year test of fuel cell vehicle in Japan AutoWeek
12/26/02 G.E. Research Returns to Roots "even doing research into hydrogen energy, which some see as a way, first, to turn fossil fuels into clean energy and ultimately as a means to replace petroleum" NY Times
12/2002 THE LATEST FUEL CELL NEWS IN JAPAN fcdic.com
12/18/02 NEW ASME PERFORMANCE TEST CODE FOR FUEL CELLS ASME
12/26/02 Fuel-efficient diesels may be poised to make gains in the USA USA Today
12/26/02 Research looks for a better fuel source for cars Edmonton Sun
12/26/02 Short positions in H2FC stocks as of 12/13/02 NASDAQ
12/24/02 Star Wars car for the new Steam Age HyWire The Mail on Sunday (United Kingdom)
12/24/02 Placer Dome Inc. Tested World's First Fuel Cell-Powered Underground Mining Vehicle
12/24/02 G.M. to Offer Hybrid Power in 5 Models by 2007 NY Times [full page ad from GM about FC FedEx delivery van in Japan: "They deliver packages. We deliver the future." p.5A]
12/24/02 Nissan speeds development of hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicle Auto Week
12/23/02 Stuart Energy buys Vendenborre for C$28 million Reuters
12/23/02 FuelCell Energy Cut to 'Accumulate' at Ardour Capital from "buy'', price target cut to $8.00 from $9.50
12/23/02 Stuart Energy Systems Corporation - Conference Call - December 23, 2002 1:00PM ET
12/23/02 Stuart Energy to acquire Vandenborre Hydrogen Systems for approximately CDN $28 million in cash and equity
12/23/02 GM launches test of fuel cell vehicle "delivery service by Federal Express" Automotive News
12/23/02 Mechanical Technology and First Albany Complete Share Exchange Transaction "agreement to exchange 8 million shares of Mechanical Technology common stock owned by First Albany for 2,721,088 shares of Plug Power, Inc. common stock owned by Mechanical Technology"
12/21/02 Future drivers, future car "As far as I know I'm the only middle school teacher in the United States teaching fuel cells" Naples Daily News
12/21/02 Permit sought for Clark power plant "will use relatively new technology that subjects the [garbage] pellets and coal to intense heat, producing hydrogen and carbon monoxide gas that will fuel three steam turbines" The Courier-Journal
12/20/02 IdaTech's Portable Fuel Cell System Lights California Holiday Tree
12/20/02 Hydrogen power station planned "460 megawatt clean energy project at Onllwyn in south Wales. It would be the first time that hydrogen produced from coal had been used to generate electricity" Financial Times
12/20/02 Clean energy plant will be built without handouts "" The Western Mail
12/19/02 Community weighs up power option "It will not only generate electricity from a clean gas created from solid fuel but some of the hydrogen produced could be used to stimulate further local economic development" The Western Mail
12/18/02 £375m 'clean power station' revealed PA News
12/20/02 Tokyo government to introduce fuel-cell buses next summer The Daily Yomiuri
12/20/02 Multimedia Available: Fuel Cell Future GM
12/20/02 New Heights for Wireless Net Access? High-Flying Blimps and Planes to Deliver Fast Web Everywhere "We're in discussions and planning for a multi-day flight with a flight-weight fuel cell system next year" ABC News
12/20/02 Solid Oxide Fuel Cells can be as cheap as gas turbines, say researchers Fuel Cell Technology News via Fuel Cell Today
12/20/02 SATCON TECHNOLOGY CORP FILES (8-K) Disclosing Other Events "entered into a Forbearance Agreement with Silicon Valley Bank"
12/20/02 Nuvera Fuel Cells Reaches Agreement with BWT AG to Develop New High-Temperature Membrane
12/19/02 THE ARMY SHOWCASES INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AT NORTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW 2003 booth will feature educational displays on fuel cells and alternative fuel technologies as well as a concept vehicle
12/19/02 German One-Megawatt SOFC won’t be built Fuel cell Today
12/15/02 Fuel Cell Disruptor - Part 2 Conclusion of testimony before California Air Resources Board, December 5, 2002. EV World
12/2/02 Breakthrough Progress Achieved in DICP's DMFC Project Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China
Nov./Dec. 02 Fuel cells: A leapfrog technology for rural Latin America? Will the long-anticipated hydrogen economy develop first in the developing world? Platts
12/19/02 Making a fuel out of me Miniature fuel cells will liberate mobile users from bulky batteries Guardian Unlimited
12/19/02 FuelCell Energy Cut to 'Neutral' at Robert Baird from "outperform'' . . . target price is $10.00
12/19/02 MTI Instruments Awarded Second U.S. Air Force Contract For Jet Engine Balancing Systems
12/18/02 California Fuel Cell Partnership Welcomes Ztek as New Member
12/18/02 Ballard buys Alstom's stake in generating unit Reuters
12/18/02 Ballard to File Final Prospectus for Equity Financing
12/18/02 TSO3 announces the execution of a licensing agreement with Lynntech International
12/18/02 Fuel Cells 2000 Releases the Seventh Edition of The Fuel Cell Directory
12/18/02 IAI entering cellular communications, portable computers Through Medis Technologies, Israel Aircraft Industries will develop a power loader for cell phones, based on fuel cells. Globes Online [This articel is incorrect: no "product" has been launched yet. Probably just an overeager reporter.]
12/18/02 Ballard Completes Purchase of ALSTOM's Interest in Ballard Generation Systems
12/18/02 FuelCell Energy Reports 2002 Fourth Quarter, Year-End Results "Revenues for the fiscal year increased 57% to $41.2 million"
12/18/02 LeCroy Center Purchases SatCon Rotary UPS System to Provide Power Conditioning and Back up Power to 80,000 Online Students
12/17/02 FTC gives OK to Plug's purchase of H Power Albany Business review
12/17/02 Plug Power Gets FTC Okay for H Power Acquisition
12/17/02 China pushes new auto fuels "China is pumping a billion yuan (US$120 million) into research on alternative fuel automobiles in hopes of developing a commercial fuel cell driven car within five years, and putting it into mass production within a decade." Financial Times via Hoovers
12/17/02 FedEx Express and GM Announce First Commercial Test Of a Fuel Cell Vehicle in Japan
12/17/02 UPS Deploys Industry's First Alternative Fuel Tractors "The company also is reviewing plans for fuel cell technology projects. " UPS
12/17/02 General Motors Attacks the Japanese Market of Hydrogen Cars Neftegaz.ru (Russia)
12/17/02 GM, FedEx to test service using fuel-cell cars Japan Today
12/16/02 Coleman Powermate's AirGen 150 John Hoch, Spokesperson of Colman GreenWave.com 8:56
12/16/02 UH, Navy, HECO work to harness solar power for fuel cells in Ewa Honolulu Star-Bulletin
12/13/02 Latest partner gets fuel-cell work started "Stuart Energy of Canada agreed this week to produce hydrogen for the federally funded Honolulu fuel-cell test center scheduled to begin operations next month" Pacific Business News
12/16/02 Complainant Files Appeal in Lawsuit Won by Astris Energi Inc.
12/16/02 Marubeni Announces Siting of a Direct FuelCell® at Nippon Metal
12/16/02 SRE Controls Designs Microprocessor Controller for Ballard Power Systems
12/16/02 Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc. Recognized by World Technology Network For Work on Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes
12/23/02 Honda's CEO on Fuel Cells' Future Business Week
12/23/02 Commentary: Fuel Cells: Japan's Carmakers Are Flooring It Business Week
12/16/02 Lee urges scientists to develop hydrogen fuel chinapost.com.tw
12/16/02 Miyagi/Clean energy lights up night life Yomiuri Shimbun
12/16/02 Japan Fuel Cell Reforms Won't Charge Up Platinum Mkt "Miners, especially those in South Africa, are well aware of the lift fuel cells will likely give to platinum demand in the coming years and so are taking steps to raise output" Dow Jones
12/15/02 The Year in Ideas: Net Metering from a list of 97 NY Times
12/13/02 Ballard faithful reopen wallets, Underwriting a dream "Ballard Power Systems Inc. is the dream that always sells." National Post
12/13/02 Generator to aid in energy study PLUG? South Florida Sun-Sentinel
12/11/02 Toyota delivers fuel cell vehicles in Japan, US autoasia.com
12/15/02 Car of the future is a Hy-wire act The Sunday Times
12/15/02 A First Step to Cutting Reliance on Oil "Fuel cells could ease the threat of global warming without taking away freedom and mobility." NY Times H2FC Quoted
12/14/02 COVER STORY: A Clean Machine Long, favorable (especially for Barron's) article on H2 and FCVs, including tables of companies Barron's (paid subscription probably required - on news stands now)
12/13/02 Medis Technologies' Power Pack Featured in Time Europe Magazine Medis Technologies Inc.
12/13/02 Kyoto and alternative energy commitment fuel venture investments in emerging Canadian energy & efficiency companies Triax-Covington's E2 Venture Fund invests $4.6 million in six Ontario-based alternative energy and technology-related firms - Fuel Cell technologies Triax-Covington Corporation
12/12/02 Manitoba may be next Alberta: Doer "looking on development of the hydrogen fuel cell using Manitoba's huge untapped reserves of hydroelectric generation capacity as a golden opportunity" Canada Press
12/12/02 Dynetek Industries Chosen as Partner in the Development of Next-Generation Hybrid Fuel Cell Powered Bus with NRCan, HYGS
12/12/02 Ballard analyst back on familiar terrain 'Stunned' by management's plan to float more equity CBSMW
12/12/02 Ballard Power drops after surprise share offer AP
12/12/02 Ballard shares battered after new equity deal Reuters
12/11/02 Michael Murry Named President and CEO of Catalytica Energy Systems "most recently served as vice president and general manager of Ballard's Power Generation Division"
12/8/02 Mobiles Take Charge: Alternatives to the traditional battery and more cool designs keep mobile phones a hot item Medis Time Europe
12/12/02 ABI Updates Its Automotive Fuel Cell Forecast for the Coming Decade
12/11/02 California Fuel Cell Partnership Announces 2003 Goals
12/12/02 Ballard Power Falls After Reporting Plans to Sell More Shares Bloomberg
12/12/02 Ballard Power Systems Cut to 'Sell' at Wedbush Morgan from ''hold''
12/12/02 California Fuel-Cell to Triple Number of Autos on State Roads Bloomberg
12/12/02 Hydrogenics Selected by John Deere to Provide New Power Module for Fuel Cell Technology Demonstrator Vehicle
12/12/02 Market Regulation Services - Trade Resumption - Ballard Power Systems Inc. - BLD
12/12/02 Astris Energi Enters Joint Venture to Mass Produce Alkaline Fuel Cells
12/11/02 GM & Ford Hit With Global Warming-Related Resolutions From [Religious] Shareholder Groups Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
12/11/02 Hybrid Cars Are Attracting a Broad Range of Americans NY Times
12/11/02 Ballard to Make $100 Million Equity Offering Reuters Canada
12/11/02 5:40 PM ET Ballard Announces Cdn. $155.9 Million - US$100.2 Million - Bought Deal Ballard Power Systems
12/11/02 Ballard: FORM F-10 REGISTRATION STATEMENT
12/11/02 4:39PM Ballard Rumored To Plan Equity Financing - Sources "The issue is believed to be led by BMO Nesbitt Burns, one source said. No other details of the financing were disclosed. A Ballard spokeswoman declined to comment. Trading in Ballard shares is halted." Dow Jones
12/11/02 3:57PM Ballard Power halted: news pending
12/11/02 John Deere to Produce Fuel Cell Technology Demonstrator Vehicle; Initiative Promises Lower Emissions, Quieter Operation and Improved Efficiency "working with Hydrogenics Corporation"
12/11/02 Medis Technologies Chosen a 'Technology Pioneer' by World Economic Forum
12/11/02 Stuart Energy and Hamilton Sundstrand complete significant milestone in strategic alliance Unveil first jointly developed PEM-based Hydrogen Fueling Prototype EVAA Electric Transportation Industry Conference
12/10/02 Kyoto protocol ratified Globe and Mail
12/6/02 NEW BUS ENGINE TECHNOLOGY HELPS CANADA ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE Natural Resources Canada
12/10/02 BMW plans to test hydrogen cars in Singapore channelnewsasia.com
12/10/02 Air Products Introduces Mobile Hydrogen Fueling Unit "contains stored hydrogen generated at an external source"
12/10/02 Ballard Power Raised to 'Buy' at TD Newcrest target price is $24.00
11/15/02 Private Sector Financing Program for Stationary Fuel Cell Applications in Selected GEF-Eligible Developing Countries "agreed to consider providing up to $54 million in two stages for this program " MS Word .doc format World Bank/International Finance Corporation SEE ADDITIONAL LINKS AT BOTTOM OF PAGE
12/10/02 Ballard Power Systems Raised to 'Hold' at Wedbush Morgan
12/10/02 Analyst recommends FuelCell Energy twst.com
12/10/02 Analyst suggests Hydrogenics offers great near-term opportunity twst.com
12/9/02 Michigan Charts Course for Future with NextEnergy Center
12/10/02 Ballard shifts into lower gear to preserve cash Globe and Mail
12/10/02 Australia: Government death warrant for energy research centre "staff, who have been working on fuel cell and energy distribution projects, were yesterday told by the Minister ... that their funding would not be renewed ... The move reflected a change in the Government's attitude towards renewable energy ... "[The Government is] moving towards exploring clean coal rather than looking at alternatives like solar and wind." Sydney Morning Herald
12/9/02 Rolls-Royce aims to cut fuel cell costs SOFC Fuel Cell Today
12/10/02 Nissan Unveils UTC Fuel Cells-Powered X-Trail FCV Vehicle; Automaker To Begin Road Testing "75-kilowatt UTCFC ambient pressure fuel cell power plant. It is fueled by compressed hydrogen." UTC Fuel Cells
12/10/02 Nissan Gets OK To Test Drive Fuel-Cell Car On Japan Roads Dow Jones
12/7/02 My Fuel Cell Joy Ride EV World
12/10/02 Hydrogenics Unveils Next-Generation Fuel Cell Power Module Revolutionary Design with Reduced Weight, Noise, Cost To be Used in Transit Bus Initiative
12/10/02 Ballard Power Raised to 'Market Perform' at H.C. Wainwright from "underperform''
12/10/02 Nissan Gets [Japanese] Govt Clearance to Sell Fuel-Cell Vehicles ". . . now working on making its own fuel cell stack . . . The FCV will be fitted with a stack made by UTC Fuel Cells . . . The automaker also has a partnership on these parts with Ballard " Bloomberg
12/9/02 Ballard unveils sweeping 5-year plan "As part of the strategy, the company said it will merge three of its four divisions and cut 400 jobs — 28 per cent of its workforce — to bring the number of Ballard employees to 1,000. The changes will result in a charge of $15-million (U.S.), $12-million of which will be taken in the fourth quarter" Globe and Mail
12/9/02 Test Drive GM’s Latest Fuel Cell Cars Monaco WardsAuto.com
12/7/02 Fuel Cell Disruptor "Brook's delivered a withering analysis of fuel cell technology at this week's public workshop in Sacramento" EV World
12/9/02 FuelCell Energy, Inc. Invites You to Hear Fourth Quarter Results on Its Web Broadcast Conference Call on Wednesday, December 18, 2002, at 10:00 a.m. EST
12/9/02 Toyota Plans to Raise Hydrogen Efficiency for Fuel Cell Vehicle Bloomberg
12/9/02 Ballard cuts jobs, gets funding from auto giants Reuters
12/9/02 Ballard Announces Plan and Restructuring to Extend Cash to 2007 DaimlerChrysler and Ford sign MOU to Fund US $97 Million for Development of Next Generation Fuel Cell Engine "Ballard expects to achieve profitability by the end of [2007]" - conference call today at 9:30 a.m. PST (12:30 p.m. EST)
12/9/02 Millennium Cell and DaimlerChrysler Formalize Next Phase of Cooperation
12/8/02 Japan's automakers zip ahead on fuel-cell cars San Francisco Chronicle
12/8/02 Use of Renewable Energy Took a Big Fall in 2001 "much of the decline to a drought that cut generation of hydroelectric power by 23 percent ... solar equipment was being retired faster than new equipment was being built ... Over all, consumption of renewable energy fell 12 percent to what the department said was the lowest level in more than 12 years, accounting for only 6 percent of the energy consumed in the [US]." NY Times
12/6/02 Hydrogen-powered bus is emissions-free Hydrogenics CBC
12/6/02 Fuel cell bus being tested in Winnipeg Canadian Press
12/6/02 Colvin To Retire; Burns To Take More Active Role In Fuel Cells GM
12/5/02 Powertech Labs: 70 MPa hydrogen filling station operational HyWeb
12/3/02 Fuel-cell cars finally get street respect The Asahi Shimbun
12/6/02 Bush Shakes O'Neill, Lindsey From Posts AP
12/6/02 Natural Resources Canada Selects Hydrogenics to Lead Development Of Next-Generation Hybrid Fuel Cell-Powered Bus Hydrogenics to Integrate Unique Vehicle-to-Grid Technology Into Advanced Bus Design
12/6/02 Energy Conversion Devices Enters Arbitration Agreement With Matsushita to Arbitrate Dispute in New York City
12/6/02 Reviews: Hy-wire act full steam ahead to the future "I have seen the future of motoring and it sounds like a hairdryer and leaves a trail of steam like a kettle on boil." London Times
12/6/02 GM shuffles fuel cell research leaders "Frank Colvin, vice president of General Motors Corp.'s fuel cell activities, will retire effective Feb. 1 after 38 years with the automaker...Byron McCormick, executive director of GM fuel cell activities, will assume Colvin's responsibilities. He will report directly to Larry Burns, GM vice president of research and development and planning." AP
12/5/02 Toyota Delivers First Fuel-Cell Cars in U.S. University of California Davis
12/4/02 Hydrogen-Burning SUVs Road-Tested "Six experimental electric fuel-cell Highlanders are being loaned by Toyota to two University of California campuses for a three-year stud" Discovery Channel [H2FC Note: fuel cells do not "burn" hydrogen]
12/6/02 Airgas and Aperion Energy Systems Sign Hydrogen Marketing Agreement Airgas to Offer Hydrogen and Hydrogen-Rich Fuels to Aperion Fuel Cell Customers Airgas, Inc.
12/6/02 Presentation by Genesis Project has few details Idaho Statesman
12/5/02 H2FC SCAM WATCH: Scientific Breakthrough Liberates Energy Users from Fossil Fuel Dependence Technology breakthrough harnesses energy from the molecular structure of water Genesis World Energy
12/5/02 Looking for leap in technology: GM puts hopes in fuel cell Simplicity could spell growth, profits Detroit Free Press
12/5/02 Mister Natural "...Yakushima Island, south of Kyushu, Japan, a place designated by the U.N. as a world heritage nature preserve. His mission: to create the world's first zero-emission, hydrogen-based economy--and to pull it off through no-nonsense business principles, not tree-hugging wishful thinking." Forbes via yahoo
12/5/02 Mr. Burns' Dilemma "Larry Burns wants to ease General Motors out of the business it knows best--selling internal combustion engines. " Forbes via yahoo
12/5/02 Distributed Generation Can Ease Long Island Power Crisis Report Jackson Associates
12/5/02 Ballard: turning science fiction into fact datamonitor
12/5/02 Praxair Named Coleman Powermate's Exclusive Hydrogen Supplier for Its New AirGen Fuel Cell Generator
12/5/02 Quantum Files for Public Offering of 3,000,000 Shares of Common Stock
12/5/02 Quantum Reports Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2003 Results
12/5/02 The emperor's new car "This week saw the latest episode in the great California zero-emission fandango, as the phenomenon of automobile "sticker shock" entered a whole new dimension. " National Post
12/4/02 SatCon defaults on loan agreement "SatCon is in discussions with the bank to amend the agreement and extend the time period for raising the additional funding." Boston Business Journal
12/4/02 SHEC Labs Announces Private Placement
11/29/02 Energy efforts get energized Austin consulting firm hires two outgoing state lawmakers to help push clean energy measures Austin Business Journal
12/4/02 Ansoft and Maxwell Technologies Release Supercapacitor Model Library New library enables next-generation power-system development for industrial, automotive, and aerospace industries
12/4/02 Blasch to develop fuel-cell insulators for Siemens Westinghouse Albany Business Review
12/4/02 Startech's Plasma Converter Technology to be Featured at Waste-to-Energy Conference
12/4/02 Ballard Power Price Target Raised at National Bank maintained ''sector perform'', target price raised to C$26.50 from C$21.00
12/4/02 GM sees fuel cells used in factories before cars Bloomberg via auto.com
12/3/02 Plug Power bid for firm beats rival's "unsolicited offer was received from an affiliate of an unnamed mortgage-banking firm. According to the filing, the equity fund was willing to buy H Power for $36.7 million in cash, or $3.41 a share." Albany Times Union
11/21/02 Caves of steel - Mines are getting smarter "The first fuel-cell-powered mine locomotive has just been unveiled . . . by Vehicle Projects, a company based in Denver" The Economist
12/4/02 Fuel Cell to Power Denver's Washington Park Fire Station; First Fire Station in Colorado to Receive Power From a Fuel Cell PLUG The Governor's Office of Energy Management and Conservation
12/4/02 First Fuel Cell Cars Unveiled Reuters via Moscow Times
12/4/02 Coleman Finally Launches Version Of Ballard-Powered Unit Dow Jones
12/3/02 Pricey fuel-cell cars debut commercially in Japan Globe and Mail
12/3/02 QUANTUM Schedules Conference Call 1:30 p.m. Pacific time (4:30 p.m. Eastern Time) on Thursday, December 5, 2002
12/3/02 SatCon in Negotiations to Revise Line of Credit Covenant
12/3/02 Geoffrey Ballard of General Hydrogen named "Business Leader of the Year" by Scientific American magazine General Hydrogen Corporation
12/3/02 Global Thermoelectric Inc. Announces Normal Course Issuer Bid
12/3/02 SatCon Acquires Certain Sipex Corporation Data Conversion Product Lines New Product Line Geared Toward Enhancing Satcon's Military and Aerospace Product Revenues
12/3/02 SoftSwitching Powers Coleman Portable Fuel Cell Generator
12/3/02 'Toward a fossil-free age' There are skeptics, but UCI will test Toyota's hydrogen fuel cell prototype The Orange County Register via msnbc.com
12/3/02 Op Ed: Keeping Momentum on the Energy Bill By BOB KERREY "Is the bill a perfect piece of legislation? No, but it is the best opportunity we've ever had to jump-start production of renewable energy — and it's a sound way to help our economy. " NY Times
12/3/02 Ballard Shares Up on Fuel-Cell Generator Reuters
12/3/02 USA: Toyota delivers first two fuel cell vehicles to California universities just-auto.com editorial team
12/3/02 Coleman Powermate and Ballard Power Systems Generate Power Out of Thin Air AirGen™ Fuel Cell Generator Now Available to Industrial Users Coleman Powermate
12/3/02 Jeong H. Kim Joins Board of Directors of MTI MicroFuel Cells
12/3/02 General Motors Awards QUANTUM Follow-On Contracts Through Model Year 2006 QUANTUM
12/2/02 Panel reviewing national hydrogen plan "NAS report is due by March 1, 2003" UPI
12/2/02 Honda, Toyota deliver fuel cell cars in California Reuters
11/27/02 Apollo Receives Second Government Order to build 1kW to 5kW Apollo alkaline fuel cells for testing
12/2/02 Energy Visions Plans To Demonstrate Its All Electric Hybrid Fuel Cell System In The Spring Of 2003
12/2/02 Government receives first fuel-cell vehicles Japan Times
12/2/02 Toyota Delivers First Two, Market-Ready Zero-Emission-Certified Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles CA, includes table of specifications Toyota
12/2/02 City of LA Takes Delivery of First Fuel Cell Car "Honda FCX Only Fuel Cell Car Certified for Commercial Use" Honda
12/2/02 Ballard and Honda Sign Three-Year Supply Agreement "Ballard will supply Honda with up to 32 Mark 902 fuel cell modules through 2005 and support services for Honda's fuel cell vehicle customer deliveries in the US and Japan."
12/2/02 Ballard to supply fuel cells to Japan's Honda Reuters
12/2/02 Stuart Energy to partner with Toyota on hydrogen fueling infrastructure in support of California fuel-cell vehicle community
12/2/02 PM Koizumi launches Japan's fuel cell vehicles channelnewsasia.com
12/2/02 The future is here: Japan launches fuel cell cars Reuters via Forbes
12/2/02 Toyota, Honda deliver fuel-cell vehicles to ministries Japan Today
12/1/02 LETTER: No Tax Dollars Pay for UC's Fuel-Cell Cars LA Times
12/1/02 INI Power seeks support for microfluidic fuel cells "Larry Markoski thinks he's come up with an answer for laptop computers that run out of juice when they're away from an electrical hookup." The News-Gazette (scroll down page)
12/1/02 Albuquerque, N.M., Startup Comes Closer to Fuel Cell Power Product MesoFuel Albuquerque Journal via Hoovers
12/1/02 [Quantum Composites] new chief is right fit at right time for company "Kirsch, who spent the last three years as president of Ballard Generation Systems and vice president of Ballard Power Systems in Burnaby, British Columbia." Bay City Times
12/1/02 Leaping into fuel cells Monitor Twp.'s Quantum Composites looks for growth in auto technologies Bay City Times
12/1/02 Ex-GM CEO Makes 'Green' Auto Industry Comeback Bob Stempel - ENER Reuters

November 2002

11/30/02 Mission possible Objective Force Warrior will change the way the Army operates dailycamera.com
11/30/02 R&D 2002: Electricity-Producing Vehicles "General Motors’ Hydronomy program breaks the mold with research to link fuel cell cars to the electric grid by 2010" MIT Technology Review
11/29/02 Johnson Matthey shines in half-year results despite dollar and metal woes "The company said its fuel-cells business had 'continued to make excellent progress' and would be enhanced by more investment at a factory in Swindon." The Western Mail
11/29/02 JM promises delayed reaction The Times
11/29/02 Arizonans not sold on alt-fuel vehicles Tucson Citizen
11/29/02 Hang on to Johnson Matthey but keep an eye on US prospects The Independent
11/29/02 Fuel Cell Technologies completes $4.6 million private placement
11/29/02 ARC Canadian Energy Venture Fund 2's Holdings in Fuel Cell Technologies Corporation
11/29/02 Snow Leopard Resources Inc. Announces Third Quarter Results
11/28/02 THE SKEPTIC: Fuel Cells To Rev Up Johnson Matthey? "The investment case tends to be made worse by the lingering feeling some have that Johnson Matthey's story always seems to be about tomorrow - and that too much depends on the ultimate success or possible failure of fuel cell technology. " Dow Jones Newswires via Wall Street Journal
11/29/02 L.A. Mayor Hahn to Take Delivery of First Fuel Cell Vehicle Dec. 2 video available Dec. 3
11/29/02 ADVISORY/The Genesis Project Media Alert "Since 2000, a team of more than 400 visionaries has worked in secrecy throughout the US to create what has only been theorized in scientific circles: the generation of clean, abundant energy from hydrogen and oxygen molecules in water. The Genesis Project has chosen Boise as the location to introduce its technology breakthrough, and to explain the science behind it as well as implications for future dependency on fossil fuel sources" sounds very fishy
11/29/02 Astris Energi Seeks Partners to Join in Commercializing its Fuel Cells
11/27/02 ExxonMobil Caves To Science Slick Maneuvering By Oil Giant On Climate Change TomPaine.com
11/26/02 Fuel-cell Vehicles Key Product for Future Motor Trend
11/29/02 Hydrogenics Delivers Fuel Cell Auxiliary Power Unit to U.S. Army
11/26/02 New panel will tackle energy policy Commission aims to find approach safe from partisan sniping Wall Street Journal via MSNBC.com
11/28/02 Economy: Hydrogen politics brw.com.au
11/28/02 From oil-dependent past to hydrogen future Amory Lovins Japan Times
11/27/02 Fuel Cell Improvements Maximize Power Output the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory The Daily Californian
11/27/02 Azure Dynamics and London Taxi sign agreement for hybrid electric taxis "also a gateway to fuel cells becoming practical"
11/27/02 Today on Canada's Business Report...Energy Visions Inc. is Stretching Your Battery Farther... Canada's Business Report; Energy Visions Inc.
11/26/02 Tathacus Reinstatement of Trading and Corporate Update "will resume at the opening of the market on December 2, 2002"
11/22/02 Nippon Oil To Install Fuel Cells At 100 Affiliated Gas Stations "by 2005 ... 1,000 gas stations, or roughly 10% of its affiliated outlets, by 2010 ... aims to come up with a cell with an output capacity of 10kw that costs less than 5 million yen [US$40,900] by 2005" Nikkei
11/21/02 Clean energy: Towards a hydrogeneconomy "based on lithium nitride and has a maximum hydrogen storage capacity of 11.4 wt%...temperature required to release the hydrogen at useable pressures is too high for practical applications" Nature
11/27/02 Short Positions in H2FC Stocks as of 11/15/02 NASDAQ
11/27/02 Fuel frontier UCD institute will analyze hydrogen-vehicle feasibility Sacramento Bee
11/27/02 Fuel cells promise brave new world for platinum Business Day
11/26/02 Altair Nanotechnologies President Provides Project Update "Work continues in the development of solid oxide fuel cells for stationary, always on, electrical power. The goal of the company is not to manufacture fuel cells, but rather to build prototypes that showcase the company's nanomaterials. Altair is negotiating supply contracts with a major company that is seeking to be a manufacturer of solid oxide fuel cells."
11/26/02 BP Pulls Out of Campaign to Open Up Alaskan Area NY Times "Over the last few years, oil executives have repeatedly said in private that drilling in the refuge is not a priority"
11/26/02 Ballard Power Cut to 'Reduce' at Sprott Securities from "market perform" ... target price is $13.00
11/26/02 Ballard Power Raised to 'Speculative Buy' at TD Newcrest from "hold" ... 12-month target price raised to $22.00 from $12.00
11/26/02 Ballard shares powered by news Rise in fuel cell maker's stock sends short sellers racing Globe and Mail
11/26/02 Fuel-cell vehicles key product for future Daily Yamiuri
11/25/02 Ballard's Lancaster Comments on Fuel-Cell Autos, Infrastructure Bloomberg
11/25/02 Ballard Power Gets $1.9 Mln Fuel Cell Order From Sixth Carmaker Bloomberg
11/25/02 SHELL SEES FOSSIL FUELS CENTRAL TO GLOBAL ENERGY SUPPLY THROUGH 2050 Chemical Week Associates
11/25/02 Bush team eyes star power for energy needs Scientists asked to chart path for commercial fusion by 2037 MSNBC
11/25/02 A Vision of the Future of Personal Transportation "...announces production of Jeep(R) Liberty diesel for U.S. and Canadian markets in 2004 - Fuel cell technology: F-Cell production fuel cell vehicle and Natrium car..." DaimlerChrysler Canada
11/25/02 Ballard Stock Surges on Automotive Fuel Cell Deal Reuters
11/25/02 DaimlerChrysler to Focus on Alternative Fuels for its Future At the North American Innovation Symposium
11/25/02 Emission Controls Corp Announces a 4-for-1 Forward Split of Its Class A and Class B Common Stock "in the process of completing the development of its Power On Demand System (PODS), a hydrogen fuel cell technology"
11/25/02 GrafTech's GRAFCELL in Honda's FCX Fuel Cell Vehicle
11/25/02 SatCon Power Conditioning System Passes Requirements for ''Rule 21'' Compliance Sets Stage for Use in Generating Facilities Interconnected to the Utility Grid
11/25/02 Fuel Cell Management Magazine Premieres at 2002 Fuel Cell Seminar Quarterly Magazine
11/25/02 Ballard Receives US $1.88 Million Order from New Automotive Customer for Fuel Cells customer not named
11/25/02 DuPont Executive Joins MTI MicroFuel Cells Board of Directors David L. Peet Brings Experience in Fuel Cell Technology And Product Development
11/24/02 The Scientific American 50 Award ENERGY: MANFRED STEFENER Smart Fuel Cell ; BUSINESS LEADER OF THE YEAR: GEOFFREY BALLARD General Hydrogen Scientific American
11/23/02 Riskiest of stocks lead the charge "Take for example fuel-cell marvel Ballard Power Systems, up 72% since the market bottomed on Oct. 9, and a stellar 13% on Friday without even a press release to warrant the action" National Post
11/24/02 LETTERS: UC Money Could Be Used on Something Else "I could not believe what I read. What idiot authorized $600,000 of University of California funds to test Toyota's new fuel-cell autos? Let Toyota do its own research with its own funds and not take money out of the educational system." LA Times
11/19/02 Toyota Leases Fuel-Cell Autos to 2 UC Campuses "one modified version of the Highlander sport utility model to UC Irvine and another to UC Davis. The schools will each pay $10,000 a month on a 30-month lease" Bloomberg via LA Times
11/23/02 Honda, Toyota draw in fuel-cell car race ashai.com
11/24/02 New Gadgets May Spark Deregulation "A multipurpose cell phone that also serves as an FM radio, walkie-talkie, garage door opener and TV remote control ... The big challenge is that the device is limited to 10 to 20 hours of battery life" AP
11/23/02 Opponents to Fight Eased Air Rules AP
11/23/02 Bush Administration Seeks to Relax Clean Air Rules Reuters
11/22/02
11/22/02 Scientists Planning to Make New Form of Life "for instance, to break down the carbon dioxide from power plant emissions or to produce hydrogen for fuel" Washington Post
11/22/02 Fueling Fuel Cell Development UtiliPoint International
11/22/02 Honda to market fuel cell car from Dec 2 Reuters
11/22/02 NYSERDA Announces Contract With Connected Energy Corp.
11/21/02 L.A. Mayor Hahn to Take Delivery of First Fuel Cell Vehicle Dec. 2 Honda FCX Only Fuel Cell Vehicle Certified for Commercial Use Honda
11/21/02 Stationary Fuel Cell Market Commercialization At The Door, Says Allied Business Intelligence
11/21/02 [Stuart Energy] Second Quarter Report Fiscal 2003
11/21/02 Enova Systems Reports Third Quarter Results Revenues Increase by Over 45% Year to Date
11/20/02 Amerada Hess Increases Ownership Stake in Nuvera Fuel Cells Fortune 200 Energy Firm Renews Commitment to Fuel Cell Company By Purchasing Interest Formerly Held by Arthur D. Little
11/20/02 Toyota to Kick Off Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicle Community in California
11/20/02 Automakers Urged to Make Better Cars "What Would Jesus Drive" AP
11/20/02 SUV Fuel Proposal Being Studied AP
11/20/02 Religious leaders press automakers for less-polluting cars AP
11/20/02 Trucking eyes fuel cell contract for buses UTC The Trucker
11/20/02 White House Eyes SUV Fuel Efficiency Targets -WSJ would raise standards by about a half-mile per gallon annually in the 2005-2007 model years, or by a total of 1.5 miles a gallon by 2007
11/20/02 Groups gather locally to push fuel-cell science Cleaner-running trucks and SUVs on the horizon The Desert Sun
11/20/02 Stanford University to Lead Search for Solutions to Global Climate and Energy Needs ExxonMobil, GE, Schlumberger, Other Private Industry Leaders to Fund University's Global Climate and Energy Project
11/20/02 Scientists advance fuel cell technology UPI
11/20/02 Medis Technologies Announces Fuel Cell Advance for First Commercial Product
11/20/02 MTI MicroFuel Cells Signs Agreement With Harris Corporation to Incorporate Micro Fuel Cells Into Falcon® II Handheld Radios Micro Fuel Cells Respond to Future Military Power Needs
11/19/02 State loan to help fuel-cell research firm NexTech Materials Ltd., which plans to research, manufacture and process materials for solid oxide and proton exchange membrane fuel cells Columbus Business First
11/19/02 Hydrogen revs motors of latest fuel-cell cars directly
11/19/02 Toyota to lease fuel-cell cars to state The Japan Times
11/19/02 Gore Unveils New Technology for Membrane Electrode Assemblies "project 40,000-hour life under real-world stationary fuel cell operating conditions"
11/19/02 MesoFuel Inc. Successfully Converts Surrogate Military Fuel Into Hydrogen
11/19/00 Global Thermoelectric says may sell fuel cell unit Reuters
11/19/02 Global Thermoelectric Inc. Announces Initiatives to Maximize Shareholder Value; Retains Salomon Smith Barney
11/19/02 Greenlight expands operations and offers fuel cell testing services facility expansion supports continued growth and new fuel cell testing services division
11/18/02 Toyota to Lease Fuel-Cell Vehicles to Japan's Govt "1.2 million yen ($9,921) a month" Bloomberg
11/18/02 Toyota Announces Plan to Coordinate the Development of California Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicle 'Community' Automaker Sets December Delivery Date of First Two Vehicles Leased to UC-Irvine in the South and UC-Davis in the North
11/18/02 Entegris Gains Momentum in Fuel Cell Market with Launch of Product Selection Tool
11/18/02 Verizon eyes backup "taking a very serious look at using fuel cells to replace batteries for backup power at thousands of its telephone switching stations ... running a fuel cell made by Aperion Energy Systems through a phalanx of tests" Boston Globe (scroll down)
11/18/02 General Dynamics Equips US Army 21st Century Truck With Fuel Cell Power Unit Technology from Acumentrics Corp. Provides Up to 5 Kilowatts To Power Air Conditioning, Other Utilities
11/18/02 Plug Power and Connected Energy Announce Agreement to provide Plug Power customers with a web-based system for centrally managing Plug Power GenSys™ fuel cells
11/18/02 William J. Perry Joins Board of Directors of MTI Microfuel Cells Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Brings International Technology Development and Military Perspective to Micro Fuel Cell Commercialization
11/18/02 Toyota to start leasing fuel-cell cars next month Reuters
11/18/02 Lawsuit Against Astris Energi is Dismissed
11/17/02 An Electrovan, Not an Edsel GM's 1960s FC van NY Times
11/16/02 Fuel cell skeptics get tour of CJTS The Middletown Press
11/15/02 QuestAir Technologies' HyQuestor® hydrogen purifier installed in U.S. Government hydrogen energy station
11/15/02 World's First Energy Station Featuring Hydrogen and Electricity Co-Production Formally Dedicated in Las Vegas PLUG Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
11/15/02 MANHATTAN SCIENTIFICS INC - Quarterly Report (SEC form 10QSB) via yahoo
11/15/02 Fuel Cell Technologies Corporation Announces Private Placement "issuance of $3.2 million to $4 million worth of units at a price of $0.46 per unit"
11/15/02 Energy Conversion Devices to Arbitrate Disputes With Matsushita
11/15/02 MILLENNIUM CELL INC - Quarterly Report (SEC form 10-Q) via yahoo
11/15/02 Webcast Alert: Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. Announces First Quarter Fiscal 2003 Operating Results Webcast Today, 11:00 AM ET
11/14/02 "Advertorial": Fuel cells in our future Op-Ed page of today's NY Times ExxonMobil (PDF)
11/14/02 IdaTech to Take Orders for FCS 1200™ at 2002 Fuel Cell Seminar, Exhibit Multi-Fuel Fuel Cell Systems
11/13/02 Fuel cell expert [Geoffery] Ballard discusses future of energy The California Aggie
11/14/02 Flying Solo, in the Extreme Helios NY Times
11/14/02 HydrogenSource Develops 'Plug and Play' Fuel Processing System For Small Stationary Fuel Cell Power Plants
11/14/02 NextEnergy Renaissance Zone Approved, Announces Michigan Economic Development Corporation Michigan Economic Development Corporation
11/13/02 IIR Industry Alert: New Hydrogen Distribution Networks Ready for Fuel Cell Golden Age
11/13/02 Argonne to Open New Facility for Advanced Vehicle Testing
11/14/02 Fuel Cell Markets Quantified New Free Report is the First to Measure the Number of Fuel Cell Systems Already Operating
11/14/02 Energy Conversion Devices Announces First Quarter Fiscal 2003 Operating Results
11/14/02 Dynetek Industries Ltd. Reviews Third Quarter 2002 Results
11/14/02 MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY INC - Quarterly Report (SEC form 10-Q) via yahoo
11/14/02 Energy Secretary Unveils 'National Hydrogen Energy Roadmap' QUANTUM Honored to Have Led Hydrogen Storage Segment of Roadmap
11/14/02 Bus Powered By UTC Fuel Cells Becomes First to Enter Passenger Service in California
11/14/02 Plug Power Rated New 'Sell' at Fano Securities
11/14/02 Stuart Energy Plans Q2 Fiscal 2003 Conference Call Thursday November 21, 2002 at 10:00 am (EST)
11/14/02 SatCon Technology's Power Inverter Earns UL Listing Model AE-462-60-F-A is the Highest Power Rated On-site Generation Inverter Certified by UL
11/13/02 Energy Visions Inc. Agrees To Acquire Control Of Pure Energy Inc.
11/13/02 PLUG POWER INC - Quarterly Report (SEC form 10-Q)
11/13/02 PLUG POWER INC FILES (8-K) Disclosing Other Events and Financial Statements & Exhibits
11/13/02 TECHSYS INC - Quarterly Report (SEC form 10QSB) via yahoo
11/13/02 Rock says Ottawa is failing in technology Minister cites low use of fuel cells, Summit to unveil innovation plan
11/13/02 Government Outlines Plan for Research on Warming "The proposal was lauded yesterday by industry officials ... But many climate experts said the proposal mainly rehashed issues most scientists consider settled. " NY Times full plan available at climatescience.org
11/13/02 Analysts' Repute as Stock Pickers Under Challenge NY Times
11/13/02 U.S. maps path to hydrogen economy MSNBC.com
11/13/02 MTI loses $4.2M in 3rd quarter Albany Business Review
11/13/02 Superior MicroPowders Launches New DMFC Dynalyst Electrocatalysts
11/13/02 Adams Harkness reiterates coverage of PLUG at Mkt Perform
11/13/02 POWERBALL INTERNATIONAL INC Financials via yahoo
11/13/02 E-Touch Technology Cited As 'Coolest Invention' By Time Magazine Second Time A Manhattan Scientifics Technology Is Cited By Time
11/12/02 H POWER CORP FILES (8-K) Disclosing Other Events and Financial Statements & Exhibits via yahoo
11/13/02 Deal energizes Plug Power's finances Purchase of H Power Corp. will provide cash to run company into 2005 Albany Times Union
11/13/02 Mechanical Technology Reports Third Quarter Results and Progress Includes Technical Advances and Multi-Generational Product Strategy for Micro Fuel Cells
11/13/02 Energy Secretary Abraham Gives Major Address on the Future of Personal Transportation Highlights Hydrogen, Promotes New Vision for Trucks DOE News
11/12/02 PROTON ENERGY SYSTEMS INC - Quarterly Report (SEC form 10-Q) via yahoo
11/12/02 Abraham Unveils Hydrogen-Car System AP
11/12/02 Ballard stock jumps as U.S. competitors merge Reuters
11/12/02 State firm gets $2 million to design fuel cell [bus ] engine UTCFC New Haven Register
11/12/02 Letters to editor: Hydrogen or 'hot air'? Washington Times
11/12/02 DuPont and Asia Pacific Fuel Cell Technologies Target Scooter Market in Joint Effort DuPont Fuel Cells
11/12/02 H Power to be acquired in stock swap H Power shares surged 75 percent Tuesday after Plug Power offered $51 million in stock to acquire the firm, setting the stage for a consolidation of fuel-cell technology companies. CBSMW
11/12/02 Alberta Research Council reaches major milestone in the development of micro fuel cell technology
11/12/02 11:00 AM ET: HPOWD up 77%, PLUG down 4.55%
11/12/02 Dynetek Industries Announces New Valve Division
11/12/02 Fuel Cell Buses to Appear in China in 2008 People's Daily
11/12/02 FuelCell Energy Rated New 'Buy' at Ardour Capital 12-month target price is $9.50
11/12/02 Plug Power Agrees to Buy H Power for $50.7 Million Bloomberg
11/12/02 Plug Power Inc. to Acquire H Power Corp. For Approximately $50.7 Million in Common Stock Plug Power Inc.
11/12/02 Plug Power to Buy Rival H Power Reuters
11/12/02 Plug Power To Buy H Power For $50.7 Million Stock Dow Jones
11/12/02 MOVERS & SHAKERS: Corning, H Power, Newmont and more CBSMW
11/12/02 Hydrogenics Reports Third Quarter 2002 Results Company Achieves Record Quarterly Revenues of $4.4 Million Commercial Product & Services Order Backlog Exceeds $12 Million
11/12/02 Ballard and Millennium Cell Complete Joint Development Agreement and Formalize Next Phase of Relationship
11/12/02 Medis Technologies Reports Third Quarter and Nine Months Results
11/12/02 Enova to Assist in the Development of Process Control Systems for Stationary Fuel Cell Applications for ChevronTexaco Technology Ventures
11/12/02 Platinum demand to scale record highs in 2002 Reuters
11/12/02 INTERVIEW-China to lead growth in world platinum demand Reuters
11/11/02 Techs lead slide as Toronto stocks close lower "Ballard Power Systems Inc. (Toronto:BLD.TO - News) led the slide among industrial stocks as the fuel-cell developer ended the session down 98 Canadian cents, or 5.7 percent, at C$16.12" Reuters
11/11/02 Wireless Batteries Get Jump Start Wireless.NewsFactor.com
11/11/02 The next Apollo -- energy advancements Hibbing, MN Daily Tribune
11/11/02 UTC Fuel Cells, Northeast Advanced Vehicle Consortium to Team on Heavy Duty Fuel Cell Bus Design Project U.S. Department of Transportation and UTC Fuel Cells to share cost of project
11/10/02 UK company pioneers fuel cell Intelligent Energy The Independent
11/10/02 The burning questions of hydrogen Washington Times
11/10/02 Ben Bova: What fuel won't cause global warming or deplete the ozone? Hydrogen Naples Daily News
11/9/02 'Older, wiser' Exxon Mobil adjusts image Reuters
11/9/02 Bringing fuel-cell gospel to UCD Sacramento Bee
11/9/02 EDITORIAL A ways to go: Research into alternative fuels lags behind the need TRN Online
11/9/02 BMW teaches value of hydrogen "Aimed at secondary school children" whatcar.com
11/9/02 Siemens trims [SOFC] plant start-up, job targets "won't start manufacturing work until 2004. Products developed at the plant would not be sold until 2005 or 2006" Piitsburgh Post-Gazette
11/9/02 UA alum rolls out GM's car concept of the future AUTOnomy ARIZONA DAILY STAR
11/5/02 Bridgestone Develops Battery Additive To Double Elec Car Mileage "renders lithium-ion batteries noncombustible ... will enable cars powered by such batteries to travel 100% further than those using a nickel-hydrogen battery in a single power charge" Nikkei
11/1/02 Chubu Elec, MHI To Set Up Fuel-Cell Power Leasing Venture Nikkei
11/8/02 Chrysler Town & Country Natrium Fuel Cell Minivan Earns 'Best of What's New' Award from Popular Science Magazine
11/8/02 Angloplat buys stake in Johnson Matthey [fuel cells] unit 17.5 percent stake for 20 million pounds Reuters
11/8/02 Millennium Cell's Hydrogen On Demand System Honored With Award From Popular Science
11/7/02 Gasoline and the Grid - Peter Huber Forbes via Yahoo
11/7/02 Global Thermoelectric Inc. Announces Third Quarter Results
11/7/02 US Fuel Cell Council Members to Dominate Exhibit Floor at Fuel Cell Seminar
11/6/02 Hydrogen gaining status as future energy source Bus goes into service; Calif. filling station opens AP
11/7/02 SHELL HYDROGEN INVESTS IN HYDROGEN PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY QUESTAIR TECHNOLOGIES
11/7/02 Do fuel cells have juice? If so, Ballard Power Systems looks like a good bet multexinvestor.com
11/7/02 Millennium Cell Files Shelf To Sell Up To 3.9 Million Cmn Stock Dow Jones
11/7/02 Mechanical Technology to Discuss Third Quarter Results and Progress At Conference Call and Web Cast on November 13, 2002 10:30 a.m. (ET)
11/7/02 Proton Energy Systems Supplies On-site Hydrogen Generator To Berlin's First Hydrogen Fueling Station
11/6/02 POWERBALL INTERNATIONAL INC - Quarterly Report (SEC form 10QSB) EDGAR Online via yahoo
11/6/02 Webcast Alert: Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. Announces First Quarter Fiscal 2003 Operating Results Webcast 11/15/02 @ 11:00 a.m. Eastern
11/6/02 Proton Energy Systems Inc. (PRTN) fell 44 cents, or 15 percent, to $2.50 and traded as low as $2.46. The fuel-cell developer said its third-quarter net loss widened to 13 cents a share from 5 cents. Proton Energy said it set aside $1.43 million that may be needed to service its Hogen generators. Bloomberg
11/6/02 Japan and European Union Seen as More Aggressive On Backing Automotive Fuel Cell Deployment, US Needs to Renew Leadership Role, Says Allied Business Intelligence
11/6/02 Air Products to Build and Operate New Hydrogen Plant To Supply ConocoPhillips Lake Charles, Louisiana Refinery "will link the new facility to its existing hydrogen pipeline network, which will be extended approximately 40 miles ... Technip- Coflexip provides the design and construction expertise for steam methane reformers"
11/6/02 Thor Zero Emissions Fuel Cell Bus Placed in Revenue Service; Historic Milestone in Public Transportation
11/6/02 Proton Energy Systems Earnings Conference Call
11/6/02 Global Thermoelectric Inc. - Third Quarter Results Webcast - November 8, 2002 8:00 AM ET
11/5/02 Next-Gen Batteries May Get Constant Charge Start-up explores fuel cell technology to boost life--or capabilities--of mobile devices. Neah Power Systems pcworld.com
11/5/02 Proton Energy Systems, Inc. Announces Third Quarter Results
11/5/02 MILLENNIUM CELL INC FILES (8-K) Disclosing Other Events private stock placements
11/4/02 Technion team helping to make hydrogen fuel cells work in cars Israel21c
11/4/02 Ball [Aerospace] to lighten GIs' load Fuel cell designed to replace heavy batteries in backpacks
11/4/02 Palcan Announces Auxiliary Power System Collaboration with Clean Fuel Generation of California
10/29/02 Palcan Participating in Integrated Fuel Cell & Solar Power Project
11/4/02 New York Campus to Install Fuel Cell SUNY- Syracuse, MCFC, must be FCEL solaraccess.com - see also, 10/23/02 GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES INNOVATIVE ENERGY PROJECT AT SUNY-ESF Campus Takes Step Toward Compliance with Executive Order 111 nyserda.org
11/4/02 Avista Labs and Airgas Sign Hydrogen Supply Agreement Airgas to Market Hydrogen to Avista Labs Fuel Cell Customers
11/4/02 MesoFuel Inc. Generates 99.9% Pure Hydrogen Using Compact Fuel Cell Systems Advances in Micro-Technology Improve PEM Fuel Cell Efficiency by More Than 50%
11/4/02 Fuel Cell Technologies (FCT) Receives $700K in 5kW SOFC Demonstration Contracts
11/4/02 Medis Technologies Schedules Third Quarter Financial Results And Conference Call Tuesday, November 12, 2002, 11:00 a.m. ET
11/4/02 First California Hybrid Fuel Cell Bus Launched Into Revenue Service Thursday, October 31, 4:09 pm ET "'By injecting over $20 million in federal funds into SunLine, we have brought fuel cell technology out of the pages of Popular Science and into actual road service use' . . . said Congresswoman Bono" SunLine Transit Agency
11/4/02 Astris Energi Begins Tests of First Commercial Fuel Cells
11/1/02 Ballard Power Price Target Raised at TD Newcrest maintained "hold", 12-month target price was raised to $12.00 from $7.50
11/1/02 CALSTART Tech Teams Roll-Out Two Transit "Firsts" First California Fuel Cell Bus in Revenue Service, First Gasoline Electric Hybrid Bus CALSTART
11/1/02 Fuel Cell Technologies Signs SECA Contract
11/1/02 Scientists Say a Quest for Clean Energy Must Begin Now New York Times (free registration required)
11/1/02 At Climate Meeting, Unlikely Ally for Have-Nots NY Times
10/31/02 Iceland Invents Energy from Water Machine "the Thermator works on nothing more than hot water through use of the thermo-electric effect" PowerPulse.net
10/31/02 Calif co bids for unplugged Ford electric car unit "$10 million offer" Reuters
10/31/02 Hydrogen station opens in Richmond transit lot It will be used to test fuel-cell technology and help power prototype cars to be used in research CONTRA COSTA TIMES
11/1/02 Hydrogenics Secures $1.8 Million in New Orders to Repeat Customers

October 2002

10/31/02 GM Describes New Alternative Fuel Car at Mesa, Ariz., Conference Hy-Wire Knight Ridder via manufacturing.net
10/31/02 First California Hybrid Fuel Cell Bus Launched Into Revenue Service ThunderPower, LLC bus SunLine Transit Agency
10/31/02 US scientists say fossil fuel alternatives lacking "called for a major investment into research and development of alternative energy sources" Reuters
10/31/02 Synergy Reforms High Sulfur Diesel Synergy Technologies Corporation
10/31/02 Ballard Power Price Target Cut at CSFB maintained "outperform'', 12-month target price reduced to $20.00 from $46.00
10/31/02 Wedbush Morgan reiterates coverage of BLDP at Sell
10/31/02 Apollo program for energy? Study in Science looks at pathways to carbon-free emissions MSNBC
10/31/02 $30 Billion Venture Fund Forming for Alternative Energy Advanced Capital Services Leads Capital Pool Formation for Fuel Cell Industry
10/31/02 Ballard posts quarterly loss, hires adviser, Mulls selling fuel processing technology Globe & Mail
10/19/02 Timing crucial on Ballard holdings Victoria, Ottawa missed peak point to sell securities Vancouver Sun
10/31/02 FuelCell Energy Partner Brings Fuel Cell Technology to Zoot Enterprises "two 250-kilowatt fuel cells . . . total value of the . . . project is $3.8 million, with $1.4 million provided in the form of a grant from the United States Department of Energy"
11/2000 Why Not a 40-MPG SUV? Technology exists to double gas guzzlers' fuel efficiency. So what's the holdup? MIT Technology Review
10/31/02 Acquisitions drive up loss at Ballard Power Fuel-cell maker ends quarter in red despite 190% jump in revenue Toronto Star
10/31/02 Pumping 'gas' for hydrogen cars AC Transit opens first futuristic refueling facility in Richmond bus depot Oakland Tribune
10/31/02 GREMLIN WAS AT EDEN LAUNCH OF FUEL CELL POWERED FORD FOCUS thisiscornwall.co.uk
10/31/02 SatCon Ships the Largest Vibration Test System in Company History
10/31/02 MTI Instruments Awarded U.S. Air Force Contract MKTY
10/30/02 AC Transit buys hydrogen buses "being bought from a Belgian company and are powered by fuel cells designed by ISE Research-ThunderVolt, Inc. of San Diego and UTC Fuel Cells, based in Connecticut" Berkeley Daily Planet
10/30/02 Researchers Develop Room-Temp Hydrogen Fuel Cell "The fuel cell developed by the institute and university utilizes hydrogen-boron compounds dissolved in an alkaline solution." Nikkei
10/30/02 Plug cuts 3rd-quarter losses Albany Business Journal
10/30/02 UTC Unit Dedicated "The 200-kilowatt unit installed at the [Merk] plant sells for about $900,000, not including the costs of siting and installation." The Hartford Courant
10/30/02 Ballard Power loss almost doubles to US$40 million after big acquisitions AP
10/29/02 Fuel Cells Create US$1 Billion Demand for Materials SolarAccess.com
10/29/02 Honda Hybrids Outdistance Competition in 2003 Fuel Economy Ratings "For the first time, the mileage guide also contains a category for fuel cell vehicles. The Honda FCX is the lone entry as the only fuel cell vehicle certified by the EPA. Mileage figures are pending." American Honda Motor Company
10/30/02 UPDATE 3-Tough equity markets force Ballard to cut costs Reuters
10/30/02 Ballard Power Plans Further Steps To Conserve Cash Dow Jones
10/30/02 UPDATE 1-Ballard looks to cut costs as loss widens Reuters
10/2002 DG embraces a palette of technologies in varying stages of availability Fuel cells discussed Platts
10/30/02 Ballard Power 3rd Quarter Losses 38 Cents/Share Vs22c Dow Jones
10/30/02 Stuart Energy supplies California Fuel Cell Partnership with first satellite hydrogen fueling station Station will be located in Richmond, California and will serve as a fueling hub for CaFCP vehicles
10/30/02 Ballard Achieves Record Revenues in the Third Quarter 2002 Ballard
10/30/02 Acquisitions help Ballard sales but loss widens Reuters
10/29/02 Recording of Plug Power 3Q 2002 Earnings Release Conference Call
10/29/02 HyWeb - Gazette News from Europe
10/28/02 Commercialization of Fuel Cell of China to Fasten SinoCast
10/29/02 BOC Adds Compressed Hydrogen Capacity At Quebec Plant
10/29/02 First Fuel Cell Installed Under New Jersey Clean Energy Program NUI Elizabethtown Gas Gives Merck $710,000 Rebate Under State Initiative Encouraging Clean and Renewable Energy Technologies "200-kilowatt unit manufactured by UTC Fuel Cells"
10/29/02 Texaco Ovonic Battery Systems to Build New Plant in Ohio ENER
10/29/02 Global Thermoelectric Inc. Announces Q3 Results Conference Call release on 11/7, call on Friday, November 8, 2002 at 6:00 a.m. MT (8:00 a.m. ET)
10/29/02 Plug Power Reports Third-Quarter Results And Accomplishments conference call today, October 29 at 10:00 AM (EST)
10/28/02 Celanese to Invest EU100 Million in Oberhausen Plant, WAZ Says Bloomberg
10/28/02 Capstone Turbine Corporation and United Technologies Corporation Announce Strategic Alliance "The strategic alliance between UTC and Capstone is a long-term agreement to integrate, sell and service microturbine-based combined heat and power (CHP) solutions for commercial buildings."
10/28/02 Fuel Cells Predicted by Principia Partners to Create a 1 Billion dollar Market for Specialty Materials by 2010
10/28/02 Genoil Inc. Announces Completion of Acquisition of Hydrogen Solutions Corp. and Private Placement of Shares
10/28/02 Dynetek Industries Chosen by Chance Coach to deliver CNG Cylinders
10/25/02 MTI finds new CEO in Church "Church, a board member for the past five years, has no plans to relocate from his residence in Alexandria, Va." Albany Business Review
10/24/02 FERC delays distributed generation interconnection rules "by a month, to late November, making planned final action on new interconnection standards for small power by the end of the year less likely" Environment and Energy Daily
10/24/02 Energy Information Systems and Wind Power Will Emerge as Most Critical Energy Technologies in Next Five Years, Say Attendees at EnerTech Forum "In the next ten years, fuel cells and photo-voltaic technologies will emerge as critical technologies" EnerTech Capital
10/26/02 Army to evaluate IdaTech fuel cells The Idaho Statesman
10/25/02 Company here develops methanol fuel processor Genesis Technologies’ device eyed for military fuel-cell power systems Spokane Journal
10/25/02 Short