H2FC News Archive - 2003
News Archive: Index

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December 2003

12/31/03 Bush Plans On Global Warming Alter Little Voluntary Programs Attract Few Firms Washington Post
12/31/03 Catching On An Age-Old Power Resource Is Making a Comeback "A recent study by the Department of Energy labeled wind the "fastest-growing energy source in the world." In the three year period from 2000 to 2003, wind power capacity increased a whopping 159 percent in Europe and 87 percent in the United States, according to Standard and Poor's Ratings Services." ABC News
12/31/03 Astris Energi to begin pilot production of alkaline fuel cell POWERSTACK™
12/30/03 Mercedes-Benz F-Cell Makes Fuel Cell Power a Reality UPS Will Be The First Corporate F-Cell Customer In The U.S. Mercedes-Benz
12/29/03 Guest Opinion: Pass energy bill to expand renewable energy in America Montana Forum
12/30/03 SatCon Announces $2.2 Million in New Contracts
12/29/03 AEC Completes $530,000 Private Placement Financing with Institutional Investors Funding to be used for certifying Hydrogen Production System
12/29/03 Column: With power of magic, fuel cells win believers Western Oregon Electric Cooperative The Oregonian
12/28/03 Hitachi, Toshiba Ready Fuel-Cell Attack eWeek
12/29/03 Looking back....: Price cheer for fuel cell car New Straits Times, Malaysia
12/27/03 Solar-hydrogen car crosses nation Sunday Times, Australia
12/27/03 GM fuel guru begins his quest in Arizona "McCormick's goal is to hit showrooms with hydrogen fuel-cell cars by 2010. But in addition to producing the cars, a new fueling infrastructure will be needed. He has a vision for that as well." The Business Journal of Phoenix via MSNBC
12/26/03 Hybrid Electric is Prelude to Auto's Future, says Former GM Chairman Robert Stempel VOA
12/26/03 Solar-powered car crosses Australia The world's first hybrid hydrogen and solar powered car will be shown off in Sydney tomorrow. Daily Telegraph, Australia
12/26/03 Short positions in H2FC stocks as of 12/15/03 NASDAQ
12/25/03 Auto, Gas Companies Mull Fuel Cell Technology Fox News
12/25/03 Column: CEO leads a cause vital to Michigan NextEnergy Detroit Free Press
12/25/03 Hydrogen vehicles: US energy dept, M&M in JV Rediff, India
12/25/03 A Christmas Car EV World
12/25/03 Inventor envisions metal (not hydrogen) fuel cell revolution White Plains Journal News
12/22/03 Fuel cells drive cars into clean future "Eco-friendly automobiles driven by hydrogen-powered fuel cells are gaining the attention of the commercial sector on the back of increased consumer awareness of environmental issues." Nikkei
12/22/03 Fuel cell employs thin silicon sheets "A research team at the Tokyo Institute of Technology has designed a fuel cell that uses extremely thin sheets of silicon as the electrodes. The adoption of chip-making technologies enables miniaturization and mass production. The device is a direct methanol-type fuel cell made from an electrolyte film sandwiched between two sheets of silicon. The structure is 0.25mm thick. . ." Nikkei
12/24/03 10 technologies to watch in 2004 "Micro fuel cells: Japan's largest wireless phone carrier, NTT DoCoMo, plans to introduce cell phones powered by miniature fuel cells -- which run on hydrogen or methanol -- late next year. Look for them to also show up as expensive add-ons for high-end laptops." CNN
12/23/03 Hydrogen Processing for Fuel Cells Patented "Fuel cell researchers have tried to solve the CO-poisoning problem in several different ways. . ." SolarAccess.com
12/23/03 Toyota visits Los Alamos, Capitol in search of fuel cell research site AP
12/23/03 SatCon Technology Reports FY2003 Fourth Quarter and Year End Results
12/23/03 SatCon Technology Corp. Earnings Call scheduled for 10:00 am ET today
12/22/03 Reinventing the wheel Concept vehicle neither a moped nor a unicycle "No keys, because the machine automatically detects who you are. No stops at the gas station either because this baby runs on electricity and hydrogen fuel cell technology. . . Bombardier Recreational Products Inc." Toronto Star
12/22/03 Going under the sea for 'fire in ice' "Gas hydrate, known as "fire in ice," has stood out in recent years as a clean and bountiful energy supply." China Daily
12/15/03 FuelCon and Illies starting common activities in Asia test equipment
12/22/03 Bibendum Goes To China CARkeys, UK
12/22/03 Polymer group makes buy "Chemsultants Inc., a group of polymer and adhesive production, development and consulting companies based in Mentor, has acquired AvMat Membranes LLC, a two-employee company in Hudson that develops membranes used in fuel cells." Crain's Cleveland Business
12/20/03 Towering turbine project to put Hellgate winds to work for UM "the project will be combined with studies of solar cells and hydrogen electrolizers to find efficient ways of storing alternative-energy supplies" Montana Forum
12/22/03 Hydrogen-Fueled Three-Wheelers Could Make Impact on Developing Nations, U.S. "ECD will carry out the project in cooperation with one of India's largest automobile manufacturers, Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd." US DoE
12/22/03 Interview: MTI MicroFuel Cells CEO William Acker CNNfn (orginally aired 12/10/03)(windows media file)
12/22/03 QuestAir Technologies and Iwatani Corporation announce agreement to market hydrogen purification systems
12/22/03 SatCon Technology to Report FY2003 Fourth Quarter and Year End Results Tuesday December 23, 2003 at 10:00 A.M.
12/22/03 MTI to Exchange Options for Eligible Employees and Directors
12/22/03 Fuel Cell Powered Segway™ Photos! Exclusive for h2fc.com by FCTec staff
12/21/03 On the Record: Dave O'Reilly (chief executive and chairman of ChevronTexaco) " I hear a lot about the hydrogen economy. The question is where is the hydrogen going to come from? Hydrogen is going to come from hydrocarbons. It's going to come from natural gas or coal or oil." San Francisco Chronicle
12/21/03 Letter: US automakers turned backs on us "lest we forget, the Bush administration, soon after taking office, ended funding for gas/electric research and production, instead claiming that hydrogen fuel cells were the wave of the future. Perhaps this is true, but hybrid technology is available now" Sarasota Herald-Tribune
12/21/03 OpEd: `Rewiring' the world's energy "Climate change isn't just another issue in this complicated world of proliferating issues. It's the issue that -- unchecked -- will swamp all others. . ." Boston Globe
12/21/03 High Peaks boosts venture fund with $30M from state Microgrid plan proposed for alternative energy group: PLUG, MKTY The Business Review (Albany) via MSNBC
12/19/03 Toyobo Develops Better Electrolyte Membrane For Tiny Fuel Cells "high-performance electrolyte membrane for the types of small fuel cells envisioned for devices like cellular phones.Designed for direct-methanol fuel cells, the new electrolyte membrane is made from a hydrocarbon polymer material that features three times as much sulfone bases as conventional fluorine-based electrolyte membranes. These hydrophilic sulfone bases facilitate the migration of hydrogen ions across the membrane, boosting the energy efficiency of the fuel cell. According to Toyobo, a fuel cell using the new electrolyte membrane is 30% more energy efficient thanks to this design" Nikkei
12/19/03 Kyocera Develops Highly Efficient Home-Use Fuel Cell "home-use solid oxide fuel cell with a power generation efficiency of 54%, which at the 1kw level makes the product about 10 points more effective than cells to date" Nikkei
12/19/03 China to buy environment-friendly buses powered by hydrogen China Daily
12/19/03 Warning: Exploding batteries Safer alternatives on the way promise extended energy "lithium ion in most cases uses cobalt oxide, which has a tendency to undergo 'thermal runaway' . . . fuel cells that convert hydrogen and oxygen to electricity — don't ask me how — are a promising alternative. But fuel cells, according to the experts, cannot handle peak loads, not even the peak load generated in a cell phone. Therefore, the alternative is a fuel cell with battery backup to handle the peaks."
12/19/03 Northrop Grumman, NASA Successfully Test Composite Hydrogen Fuel Tank for Reusable Launch Vehicles "fuel tank made from composite materials can safely hold and contain liquid hydrogen under simulated launch conditions"
12/19/03 Photo: "Japanese Professor Obara (R) of Tamagawa University in Tokyo and Australian solar power pioneer Hans Tholstrup look over the world's first hydrogen fuel cell car, before the vehicle started a continental crossing from Perth to Sydney" Reuters
12/17/03 Shinano Kenshi Co, Ltd developed a new material called "carbon silk" that can be used in fuel cell electrodes Nikkei
12/19/03 Giant wind farms planned off UK coast "1,000 turbines . . . a $12.4 billion project that will create the world’s largest source of wind energy, the government said Thursday. The wind farms, which got preliminary approval on Thursday, would generate as much as 7 gigawatts of electricity, enough to supply 4 million households, and 7 percent of Britain’s total energy needs" NY Times via International Herald Tribune
12/19/03 Buses targetted in war on pollution "China is inviting public bids for six fuel cell buses (FCBs) for a demonstration of emission-free public transport in Beijing and Shanghai. It's part of a US$32 million FCB commercialization project jointly launched last March by the Chinese Government, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)." China Daily
12/18/03 Venture Capitalists are Warming to Fuel Cells Utilipoint IssueAlert
12/18/03 Time Warner Telecom Powers Up Avista Labs Communications With Integrated Voice and Data Solution
12/18/03 Proton Energy Systems Awarded Two Contracts for Regenerative Fuel Cell Development with NASA and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency
12/18/03 Cabot Superior MicroPowders Names Greg Romney General Manager of Electrochemical Materials
12/18/03 Plug Power Begins Commercial GenCore 5T Shipments; Product Is UL Listed and FCC Compliant
12/18/03 Ballard Secures Contract for Three Fuel Cell Bus Engines for Australia
12/18/03 Quantum Fuel Systems Tech Financials EDGAR Online Financials via yahoo
12/17/03 Power & Energy Expands R&D Staff For Fuel Cell Hydrogen Separation Membranes Eworldwire
12/17/03 Made-in-S'pore fuel cell makes waves Business Times Singapore
12/17/03 Alternative fuel enthusiast hopes Schwarzenegger’s promise will propel vehicle conversion The Desert Sun
12/17/03 New process for 'pure' hydrogen E4engineering.com
12/17/03 Green buses come in threes "Britain joined the hydrogen revolution yesterday with a zero emission bus hitting the streets of the capital under a scheme backed by BP and DaimlerChrysler. " Guardian, UK
12/16/03 BOC Commissions Latest U.S. Hydrogen Plant Near CITGO Illinois Refinery Helps CITGO Meet EPA Clean Air/Clean Fuels Objectives
12/16/03 Sulzer Hexis and the German Liquefied Gas Union sign agreement
12/10/03 NASA and DOE lab team on fuel cell research sealing technologies for SOFCs PNNL
12/16/03 FuelCell's Q4 loss narrows while revenue declines CBSMW
12/16/03 One year after launch, consortium powers ahead PLUG Albany Times Union
12/16/03 New hydrogen buses hit the road BBC News
12/16/03 FuelCell Energy Reports 2003 Year-End, Fourth Quarter Results
12/16/03 Astris launches advanced alkaline fuel cell generator
12/16/03 Ballard Powered Fuel Cell Buses Delivered to the City of London
12/11/03 Axane wins award at 2004 Design Observer Contest for Roller Pac fuel cell unit
12/13/03 "Japan's electronics giant Hitachi has revealed a prototype model of a notebook computer powered by a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) battery" Photo AFP via yahoo
12/12/03 NEW FUEL CELL PILOT PLANT FOR APOLLO Apollo Energy Systems, Inc.
12/15/03 "One miracle at a time" Full nanotechnology solutions are not expected to emerge for a few years yet, but companies are already working on applications ranging from flash memory based on molecular grids to the use of carbon nanohorns in fuel cells. Computerworld Singapore
12/15/03 Amsterdam tests water-fuelled buses Expatica, Netherlands
12/11/03 GLOBAL SOFC MARKET TO REACH $335 MILLION BY 2008 BCC Research
12/15/03 Danish Wind Power Giants Merge Vestas and NEG Micon SolarAccess.com
12/15/03 UQM Technologies Delivers Compressor Motors to Eaton Corporation for Use in Fuel Cells
12/15/03 Startech Environmental Is Awarded a Half Million Dollar Grant in the Energy And Water Bill for Startech Hydrogen Project
12/15/03 Japanese launch fuel-cell batteries Cape Argus, South Africa
12/14/03 New rules may give diesel vehicles a needed boost ""Diesels are approaching 50 percent market penetration in Europe," Gary Smyth of General Motors noted at a recent Washington conference held by the Diesel Technology Forum, an industry coalition. [In the US] diesels have yet to crack 1 percent of the passenger vehicle market. Other than Volkswagens, few passenger cars are even available in diesel." Detroit News
12/14/03 OIL COMPANIES SET TO LAUNCH HYDROGEN GAS STATIONS BY 2005 Press Information Bureau, India
12/14/03 "Hydrogen fuel fund by fiscal end" The Hindu, India
12/13/03 Skate scooter powers up for clean getaway Independent Online, South Africa
12/13/03 Fuel cell future for India's cars Great Reporter
12/13/03 Japan leads the charge in fuel cell applications AFP
12/12/03 Form 10-Q for QUANTUM FUEL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES WORLDWIDE INC Management's discussion via yahoo
12/12/03 Rabago and Yeoman Join HARC Research Team
12/12/03 Where’s the nearest gas station? My PDA has just run out of juice Hitachi PDALive.com
12/12/03 Centre for Energy announces key alliance partnerships
12/11/03 New U.S. standard for hydrogen generation to spur growth of fuel cell industry Underwriters Laboratories
12/11/03 GASHUB POWER STRIKES DEAL WITH IMRE AND EXPLOIT TECHNOLOGIES TO SPEED GROWTH IN FUEL CELLS TECHNOLOGY "GasHub and IMRE will jointly develop prototype fuel cells using IMRE’s novel research and proprietary technology which produces higher quality membranes with better conductivity and efficiency."
12/12/03 Singapore designed fuel cell costs half the price of existing ones "Materials Research and Engineering, working with GasHub Power . . . What makes this fuel cell unique is this patented plastic-like conductive membrane. " Channelnewsasia.com
12/12/03 Hitachi readies fuel cell for PDAs PHOTO! The Register
12/12/03 BIG CORPORATES TARGET NANO FIRMS TO PREPARE FOR FUEL CELL MARKET "Cabot Corp’s acquisition of Superior MicroPowders for $16 million in the United States and Belgium-based Timcal’s takeover of Erachem Comilog’s carbon black business unit in Europe" Small Times
12/12/03 Volkswagen skeptical about benefits of hybrid powertrains
12/11/03 InPlay: Quantum Fuel beats by $0.05, misses on revs
12/11/03 Quantum Reports Fiscal 2004 Second Quarter Results
12/11/03 2004 Tech Pioneers Hydrogenics, Medis World Economic Forum [Tech Pioneer Selection Process]
12/11/03 Hitachi Details Fuel Cell Plans PC World
12/11/03 Heliocentris rolls out new web site
12/11/03 First Albany Coverage on QTWW Reiterated at Strong Buy
12/11/03 Hitachi squeezes fuel cell into PDA ZDNet UK
12/11/03 Hitachi plans fuel-cell for handheld devices by 2005 Techworld
12/11/03 Fuel-cell breakthrough could boost portable power " . . . lengthening the working life of membranes. . . has extended the life of the membrane to over 1500 working hours" ZDNet UK
12/11/03 UQM Technologies Provides Auxiliary System Drive Motors for Use in Fuel Cell Powered Caterpillar Mining Vehicle
12/11/03 Dynetek Industries Ltd. to Deliver Hydrogen Fuel Storage Systems to Ford Motor Company
12/11/03 PROTON ENERGY SYSTEMS INC Files SEC form 8-K, Other Events
12/11/03 The World Economic Forum Designates Medis Technologies as a Technology Pioneer for 2004
12/11/03 Enova Achieves Great Success Building First U.S. Air Force Fuel Cell Bus
12/11/03 Interest Continues to Grow in AEC's Hydrogen Technology at International Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy Meeting
12/10/03 Proton Energy Systems and Distributed Energy Systems Announce Completion Of Northern Power Acquisition "At the close of market on December 10, 2003, the NASDAQ National Market will cease trading of Proton shares. Effective December 11, 2003, NASDAQ will trade shares of Distributed Energy on the National Market under the ticker symbol "DESC." Each outstanding share of Proton stock will be converted into a share of Distributed Energy common stock. Stockholders of Proton will not need to trade in their existing Proton stock certificates."
12/10/03 'Home hydrogen factory' for fuel-cell cars "Honda claims to be developing a home energy station that can produce hydrogen for fuel-cell powered cars." IOL
12/10/03 More Revisions in Plans for New York's Tallest Tower "culminating in an unoccupied, open-air structure filled with . . . windmills that may generate 20 percent of the electrical power needed by the building." NY Times
12/10/03 Shanghai Puts Brakes On Bicycles in City "Already barred from some major thoroughfares, bikes will be banned altogether from important Shanghai streets next year, newspapers reported yesterday. To further discourage riders, police are jacking up fines tenfold for infractions such as running red lights. `Bicycles put great pressure on the city's troubled traffic situation,' the English-language Shanghai Daily quoted police official Chen Yuangao as saying." AP
12/10/03 Where Are the Hydrogen Mines? Tech Central Station
12/10/03 Firms to form GTA 'hydrogen village' Group of 27 to showcase fuel-cell generators and vehicles Toronto Star
12/10/03 Millennium Cell CEO Speaking Today on Consumer Demands in the Coming Hydrogen Economy
12/9/03 METI Panel Sees Energy Demand Waning, Will Revise Outlook "[P]ower demand may decline in the future due to the declining birthrate and technological advances . . . the development of new technology, such as fuel cells, is unlikely to significantly ease the nation's demand for oil in the short term." Nikkei
12/8/03 Venture Creates Low-Cost Way To Refit Cars To Run On Hydrogen "Energy venture Hydrogen Energy Laboratory Project Co. has developed a relatively inexpensive way to modify automobiles so they can run on hydrogen. To convert a gasoline-fueled car into a hydrogen-burning car, the company uses the existing gas tank to store water and installs a separate tank containing pressurized hydrogen. The hydrogen and water are fed to the engine and injected simultaneously, in computer-controlled volumes, into the cylinders, where the hydrogen is burned in a process that creates high temperatures and instantly vaporizes the water. The expansion that occurs when water converts to steam drives the pistons. The main substance exhausted from the car is water vapor. According to the company, one cubic meter of hydrogen can propel the car for around 4km, and the tank, which is made by a Canadian firm, can hold 70 cubic meters of hydrogen. . . it currently costs 10 million yen [US$93,000] to modify an existing car . . ." Nikkei
12/15/03 More Power To You Alternative-energy technologies could soon give your phone, your car and your house their own micro-generators - HYGS, MDTL Time Global Business
12/9/03 Astris terminates agreement with Care Automotive
12/9/03 Fuels Cells Canada Announces Hydrogen Village Partnership
12/9/03 A £12m contract for Porvair International Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
12/9/03 Nissan unveils safety features "The automaker also unveiled its first saleable fuel cell vehicle, which received government approval for marketing last month. The no-emission, hydrogen-fuelled FCV, based on the X-Trail recreational vehicle, comes two years ahead of schedule but lags those of Toyota and Honda by a full year." Automotive News
12/9/03 Solid Fuel Cell Works in Heat MIT Tech Review
12/9/03 Mach One Corporation: Company Enters Into New Business Venture "Letter of Intent with SHEC Labs - Solar Hydrogen Energy Corporation ("SHEC") pursuant to which Mach One will commit to assist SHEC in securing up to $10 million in development capital"
12/9/03 Nissan to lease new fuel cell vehicle Japan Today
12/9/03 UQM Technologies Delivers Fuel Cell Compressor Motor Controls For Use in Fuel Cell Automobile UQM® Controller Manages Integrated Air and Hydrogen Compression Unit Developed by Barber Nichols for Automotive OEM's Fuel Cell Powered Automobile
12/9/03 Demonstration Projects and Establishing Lifecycle Costs of Fuel Cells are Vital to Expand Market Opportunities Frost & Sullivan
12/9/03 Biomimetics lowers cost of fuel cell e4engineering.com
12/9/03 FuelCell Energy, Inc. Invites You To Hear Fourth Quarter Results on Its Web Broadcast Conference Call on Tuesday, December 16, 2003, at 10:00 a.m. EST
12/8/03 Fuel-Cell Car Demonstration Gives Pittsburgh Students Glimpse of Future Hydrogen Economy USDoE
12/8/03 Latest Incentives Should Increase Investment in Hydrogen Infrastructure "building early pilot hydrogen highways is the logical next step for the sector to make a faster transition into hydrogen fuel cell vehicles" H2CARSBIZ
12/8/03 Plug Power to demonstrate hydrogen generation system Albany Business Review
12/8/03 FuelCell Energy, Inc. Earnings Call scheduled for Tue, Dec 16
12/8/03 Japanese venture refits cars to run on hydrogen "Hydrogen Energy Laboratory Project Co" Asia Times Online
12/8/03 UTC Fuel Cells workers ratify new contract AP
12/8/03 MICROREACTORS COULD REDEFINE CHEMISTRY, NANODRIP BY DROP "A single small device, for example, could process liquid methanol into hydrogen gas inside a micro fuel cell" Small Times
12/8/03 QUANTUM Schedules Fiscal 2004 Second Quarter Financial Results Conference Call Thursday, December 11, 2003 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time
12/8/03 Teledyne Technologies To Hold Investor Meetings
12/8/03 Eventful week on horizon for Proton Energy Systems "will unveil a new hydrogen generator at a national convention on Tuesday, and find out the next day if its acquisition of Northern Power Systems, Inc. in Vermont is finalized" Record-Journal, CT
12/7/03 Fire damages Carlsbad business Metallic Power NC Times
12/5/03 Projects point way toward energy-efficient future Toronto Star
12/5/03 TSX Venture Exchange has consented to the reduction in the exercise price of the following warrants . . . Fuel Cell technologies, Inc. TSX Venture Exchange - Daily Bulletins
12/5/03 Tathacus Resources Ltd. Announces Memorandum of Understanding with Xogen Power Inc.
12/5/03 TSX Venture Exchange - Trade Resumption Tathacus Resources Ltd. TTC TSX Venture Exchange - Halts and Resumptions
12/5/03 US Fuel Cell Council and Members to Exhibit at Power Gen 2003 Conference
12/5/03 TSX Venture Exchange - Trading Halt - Tathacus Resources Ltd. - TTC
12/5/03 THE LATEST FUEL CELL NEWS IN JAPAN, November 2003(1)
12/5/03 THE LATEST FUEL CELL NEWS IN JAPAN, November 2003(2) Fuel Cell Development Information Center
12/4/03 Emissions-Free Investing "ChevronTexaco, General Motors, Intel, United Technologies, Honda. What links these disparate companies? All have put research or investment dollars into the nascent technology of fuel cells . . ." Forbes
12/4/03 Battelle Experts to Demonstrate Solutions to Technical Defense Challenges Briefing to Showcase Latest Developments in Fuel Cell, Building Protection & Border Security Technologies
12/4/03 DaimlerChrysler delivers its first fuel-cell passenger car Technology - AFP
12/4/03 DaimlerChrysler Delivers Fuel-Cell Car to Tokyo Gas Kyodo news via MotorTrend Magazine
12/4/03 Fuel cell work energizes local firm T/J Technologies Ann Arbor News
12/4/03 Santa's sleigh will one day be fuel-cell powered Hoku Scientific Pacific Business News
12/4/03 Energy Conversion Devices Financials - EDGAR Online via yahoo
12/4/03 InPlay: FuelCell Energy target raised to $17 at RBC Briefing.com
12/3/03 Where Are We Headed? Opening press conference presentation by Dr. Alan Lloyd at 2003 Michelin Challenge Bibendum EV World
12/3/03 Hoku Scientific to discuss its future plans Pacific Business News
12/3/03 Re: ARC Canadian Energy Venture Fund 2's Holdings in Fuel Cell Technologies Corporation
12/3/03 New Fuel Cell Power Plant Dedicated at Yale University FCEL Yale University
12/3/03 Palcan Fuel Cells Announces A Joint Venture To Substantially Lower The Cost Of Fuel Cells And Create Significant Revenue
12/3/03 Edison Materials Center to get $3M Funds for hydrogen fuel cell development Dayton Daily News
12/1/03 MIT scientists say more hydrogen, less pollution Mass High Tech
12/3/03 MTI Microfuel Cells Files 50th Patent Application
12/3/03 Plug Power Announces New Product Line for On-Site Hydrogen Generation Market
12/3/03 Industry Coalition Launches National Fuel-Cell Bus Initiative National Fuel-Cell Bus Technology Initiative (NFCBTI) GreenBiz.com
12/2/03 The hydrogen alternative to fossil fuel Business Times Singapore
12/2/03 Japan Steel Works Teams With GTI to Support Advanced Hydrogen Storage Using Hydrides
12/2/03 Proton Energy Systems Launches HOGEN® H Series Hydrogen Generator
12/2/03 Startech Environmental (OTC:BB "STHK") Signs Contract for Production Of Starcell Hydrogen From Trash for U.S. Department of Energy "valued at approximately $500,000"
12/2/03 Shedding New Light on Fuel Cells Wired News
12/1/03 Carefree hydrogen firm hopes to be 'world beater' Alchemix Phoenix Business Journal
12/2/03 Fueling our future: High on hydrogen "If hydrogen becomes the fuel of the future, sunny Arizona is poised to strike it rich" Arizona Republic
12/2/03 Porvair shareholders back sale Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
12/1/03 Astris Energi reports third quarter results
12/1/03 Turning Northeast Wyoming Upside Down in the Hunt for Coal-Bed Methane "The Powder River Basin is the most active region of coal-bed methane drilling in the nation, a place where in the next few years more than 50,000 wells will have been drilled to obtain, at most, a year's supply of natural gas. . . ." NY Times
12/1/03 Fuel Cell Technologies Raises Over $4.2 Million
12/1/03 ECD Ovonics President and CEO Delivers a Keynote Talk At Materials Research Society Meeting in Boston
12/1/03 Pacific Fuel Cell Corp. Announces Appointment of Dr. Xin Wang as Vice President and Director of Research and Development
12/1/03 Cellphone's Add-Ons Demand More Juice: Battery Can't Keep Up "Consider a phone appearing in Japan this month that can pick up TV broadcasts, thanks to a built-in tuner made by NEC Corp. It runs out of power after one hour of viewing, on average. . . . There is some hope that methanol-filled fuel cells, which can provide five to 10 times as much energy as the average rechargeable battery, will help solve the power crunch. But none of the manufacturers expects them on the mass market for a few years, and even then there are big questions about their price, size and safety." Wall Street Journal
12/1/03 Sustainable Energy Technologies: Follow Up Orders for Japanese Fuel Cell Inverters
12/1/03 Tiny fuel cells that use methanol may one day provide the gas for our gadgets Pittsburgh Post Gazette
12/1/03 Taskforce On Hydrogen Fuel Sees Great Scope For India Financial Express, India

November 2003

11/29/03 Norris company faces bankruptcy questions ZeTek Power Telegraph.co.uk
11/30/03 State has little energy for fuel cells PPL: Other places are more generous with incentives for the electricity generators The Morning Call, Allentown, PA
11/30/03 UConn Research Team Working On Army Fuel Cells Goal Is To Reduce Combat Pack Burden For The Modern Soldier New London Day
11/29/03 Norris company faces bankruptcy questions ZeTek Power Telegraph.co.uk
11/27/03 "Solar generated hydrogen fuel and electricity has become a reality . . ." Solar Tower Global Group of Companies
11/29/03 Comin' In on a Wheel and a Prayer "Vaguely resembling a sporty motorcycle, the uni-wheeled Embrio uses electronic and hydrogen-fuel-cell technology to help its driver zip around obstacles. . ." Wired
11/29/03 Hydrogen fueled bus going on a test drive "AC Transit invites the public to take a free test ride on its new hydrogen fuel cell bus, which will be on display on Solano Avenue in Albany today." Oakland Tribune
11/28/03 Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. Announces First Quarter Fiscal 2004 Results Webcast 12/01/03 @ 3:30 p.m. Eastern
11/28/03 GERMANY: Construction starts on first 'integrated' hydrogen vehicle refuelling station just-auto.com
11/27/03 JM sell-off enables focus on catalysts "Johnson Matthey has put two-thirds of its colours and coatings business up for sale to fund acquisitions in its fast-growing catalysts business." Financial Times
11/27/03 UD fuel-cell powered car best Chemical engineers win competition in San Francisco Dayton Daily News
11/27/03 Still plenty of catalysts around to make Johnson Matthey one to buy Independent
11/27/03 INQUIRER survives trip on hydrogen bus The Inquirer
11/27/03 Without Energy Legislation, Grid, Power Policy in Limbo Washington Post
11/27/03 Stuart Energy Announces Final Phase of Integration Plan and Product Standardization
11/26/03 Energy Conversion Devices Files its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for Quarter Ended September 30, 2003 NASDAQ to temporarily change its trading symbol from ENER to ENERE
11/26/03 UPS to Acquire More Fuel-Efficient Planes and Vehicles "The addition of alternate fuel cell vehicles to UPS fleets around the world is also expected to increase fuel efficiency from 2002 levels of 0.1038 gallons per package to 0.1008 gallons per package in 2007. "
11/24/03 TSX Venture Exchange Daily Bulletins PALCAN FUEL CELLS: "TSX Venture Exchange has accepted for filing documentation with respect to a Non-Brokered Private Placement announced October 10, 2003" 420,000 shares @ $0.30
11/26/03 Digital Energy & Farming to Develop SOFC-based Generators for the Home, Small Business & Industrial Markets
11/26/03 ADVISORY/PHOTO OPP. ALERT: GM's ''AUTOnomy'' Fuel Cell Car on Display at Case's Weatherhead School of Management in Cleveland Tuesday, December 2, 2003
11/25/03 Drop-outs granted patents for hydrogen production Two cousins discover inexpensive method to produce non-polluting gas using discarded aluminum cans and Drano The Globe and Mail
11/24/03 "Energy Related Devices (ERD) has just entered into an agreement with Manhattan Scientifics (MSI) for a worldwide non-exclusive license to our MicroFuel CellTM technology. . . ."
11/26/03 Energy Conversion Devices Announces First Quarter Fiscal 2004 Operating Results
11/26/03 Fuel Cell Technologies Reports Third Quarter Results
11/26/03 Energy bill's failure disappoints hybrid fans USA Today
11/26/03 Praxair Increases Prices on Cylinder Gases in the U.S. and Canada "oxygen, acetylene, carbon dioxide, hydrogen and other gas products between 6 percent and 8 percent . . . In addition, cylinder and equipment rental fees will be increased 5 percent. These prices become effective on December 1, 2003" Praxair
11/26/03 Energy crisis looms, experts warn "Forget about hydrogen fuel cells, wind power, nuclear reactors and even global warming. The real energy crisis is that worldwide production of oil and natural gas will peak by 2020, warn some of the country's top experts. And the only solution will be higher energy prices, from the gas pumps right through to household electricity." Toronto Star
11/25/03 METI Sees 6 Industries As Key To Japan's Future "biotechnology, fuel cells, Internet-enabled home appliances, content such as computer software, environmental equipment and services, and robotics" Nikkei
11/24/03 Ultrathin battery helps fuel-cell cars Nikkei
11/26/03 Short positions in H2FC stocks as of 11/14/03 NASDAQ
11/26/03 Norway Builds Hydrogen Highway from Stavanger to Oslo H2CARSBIZ
11/26/03 Millennium Cell Inc. Financials EDGAR Online via yahoo
11/25/03 Senate Energy Bill Dead for This Year Washington Post
11/25/03 Ener1 Files Patent for New Fuel Cell With Integrated Control System New Control System Extends Fuel Cell Life, Provides Adaptive Power Output To Meet Variable Load Demands of Electric Vehicles
11/25/03 Senate gives up on energy legislation GOP leaders optimistic for next year; gas additive stalls plan Detroit News
11/24/03 Energy Bill in Limbo, May Be Dead for This Year Reuters
11/24/03 Burning the Midnight Oil: VW banks on diesel for the near future “I doubt anyone in this room will ever see fuel cells replace the internal-combustion engine,” said Volkswagen chairman Bernd Pischetsrieder AutoWeek
11/24/03 Cornell Fuel Cell Institute Builds Fuel Cell For Alternative Energy Source Cornell Daily Sun
11/24/03 Your next battery Scientists are scrambling to perfect the fuel cell as a methanol-powered source for energy-hungry laptops and other portable devices Boston Globe
11/24/03 United Solar Ovonic LLC -- Uni-Solar -- Selects SatCon Power Converters for Their Large Photovoltaic Power Generation Systems
11/24/03 Astris launches new fuel cell testing product "This enhanced test load device is a precursor to the launch in December of our MC250 POWERSTACK fuel cells which will enable Astris to begin pre- commercial production of the 2.4 kW model E8 fuel cell generator"
11/23/03 Fuelling change test drive of DaimlerChrysler F-Cell The Star, Malaysia
11/23/03 Korea to Help Commercialize Hydrogen Fuel Korea Times
11/22/03 India assigned key place in hydrogen club Hindustan Times
11/22/03 India News: India is vice chairman of hydrogen economy committee New Kerala
11/21/03 Ministers Sign Agreement to Coordinate Hydrogen Research Abraham says accord marks advance toward hydrogen economy Washington File (usinfo.state.gov)
11/21/03 Energy Bill Would Welcome Back Diesels "One credit, ranging from $400 to $2,400, would rise depending on how much more fuel efficient a vehicle was than the average vehicle in its class. A second credit, ranging from $250 to $1,000, would rise depending on the projected fuel savings over the vehicle's life. Fuel cell vehicles, much more costly, receive higher credits" NY Times
11/20/03 DTE Energy Technologies Signs Contract to Develop Microgrid at NextEnergy Site DTE Energy Technologies
11/21/03 Chasing FreedomCar & hydrogen economy Deccan Herald, India
11/21/03 11:50 AM Final Vote on Energy Bill Blocked Senate Filibuster on Measure Continues "On a 57-40 vote, supporters of the bill failed by three votes to cut off debate on the legislation." AP
11/21/03 Technology News: World looks at era of hydrogen-powered vehicles IPHE New Kerala, India
11/21/03 Editorial: Energy bill gives short shift to renewables Arizona Daily Sun
11/21/03 Hyundai, Kia to sell hydrogen cars in US "plan to test release 32 ecofriendly experimental cars using hydrogen and fuel-cell technologies in the United States next year" Korea Herald
11/21/03 Europe's assets should be foundation of international hydrogen partnership, says de Palacio Cordis News
11/21/03 Abraham says hydrogen revolution must occur in two decades Arabic News
11/20/03 SPEECH/03/560 Loyola de Palacio, Vice-President of the European Commission, Commissioner for Transport and Energy EU Energy Policy - looking to the future - Round table of high level US business executives on Transatlantic energy issues - US Chamber of Commerce
11/21/03 Talk from the Top: New Honda chief Takeo Fukui puts the accent on performance "By 2020, what percent of the developed world's markets will be powered by hybrids, what percent by fuel cells . . . ? . . . fuel cell penetration will be very limited, probably less than 10 percent" Autoweek
11/21/03 Medis Technologies Ltd. Financials EDGAR Online Financials via yahoo
11/20/03 ECD Ovonics Announces Departure of President And Chief Operating Officer of Ovonic Battery Subsidiary
11/20/03 Mitsubishi Heavy Develops Mobile Hydrogen Production System "system consists of control equipment, carbon dioxide collection equipment and hydrogen production equipment, all mounted on a trailer around 10 meters long. It uses technology that produces hydrogen from such sources as city gas and gasoline using a special membrane. Hydrogen is produced while the trailer is stopped. Mitsubishi Heavy has already produced a test version that can make 40 cu. meters of hydrogen per hour. In the future, it aims to make a version capable of producing 160 cu. meters per hour." Nikkei
11/20/03 Power grid plan developed to avoid outages FCEL Grand Valley Lanthorn
11/20/03 India in partnership for Hydrogen economy: Pant The Hindu
11/20/03 New York's Hydrogen HI WAY Initiative Secures $2 Million Oswego Daily News
11/20/03 15 countries to work together on hydrogen energy New Kerala, India
11/20/03 International Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy (IPHE)- Ministerial Meeting, Washington Speech: Loyola de Palacio, Vice-President of the European Commission, Commissioner for Transport and Energy “Hydrogen, a universal energy carrier - a crossroad for global Energy policies”
11/20/03 BOC displays the GH2OST, hydrogen powered car, at IPHE technology showcase
11/20/03 Avista Labs Adds Nosbaum to Board of Directors
11/20/03 Slower Than Expected Market Development Limit Early Stationary Fuel Cell Shipments, Says ABI
11/20/03 Dynetek Industries Ltd. Reviews Third Quarter 2003 Results
11/20/03 SatCon Successfully Installs 250-Kilowatt Uninterruptible Power Supply to Provide Back Up Power to 80,000 On-Line Students
11/19/03 FuelCell slides in wake of contract's finalization CBSMW
11/19/03 ALTERNATE ENERGY CORP Files SEC form 10QSB, Quarterly Report EDGAR Online via yahoo
11/19/03 Editorial: China's Message on Energy "where are America's leaders? Feathering nests, rather than imposing discipline on the nation's fuel use, or trying in any serious way to develop alternatives to fossil fuels. Each freshly turned page of this monstrous bill brings new evidence of Congressional cupidity . . ." NY Times
11/19/03 New energy rules draw fire 1,400 page bill gives too much to oil coal and gas firms, critics say "authorizes $2.15 billion in spending over five years for the research and development of hydrogen and hybrid vehicles by the nation's automobile companies" Ann Arbor News
11/19/03 New look for micro fuel cells physicsweb
11/19/03 DaimlerChrysler, New York City Team Up to Put Zero-Emission, All-Electric GEM Vehicles to Work in the City "Looking to the future, DaimlerChrysler will have road-test experience with more than 100 fuel cell vehicles by the end of 2004, including passenger cars, vans and buses." Chrysler Group
11/20/03 Intl standards eyed for fuel-cell vehicles Daily Yomiuri
11/19/03 FuelCell Energy and Caterpillar finalize power plat deal with Ohio Mass High Tech
11/19/03 Micro Fuel Cell Regulations & Compliance Seminar Series Announced by CBI
11/19/03 ECD Ovonics Confirms New Auditors to Require More Time For First Quarter Review
11/17/03 Ion Power Inc  Awarded Dept. of Energy Contract to Develop Fuel Cell Component RecyclingTechnology
11/17/03 Ion Power Inc Awarded  Patent for MEA Manufacturing
11/17/03 MGE UPS SYSTEMS Teams with FuelCellStore.com to Market Portable AirGen® Fuel Cell Generators MGE
11/19/03 Local firms give new technology the hard cell Middlesbrough Evening Gazette, UK
11/19/03 Energy bill's renewable fuels standard a win Osborne says provision is a positive for farmers, consumers in Nebraska Ethanol theindependent.com
11/19/03 GM trying to put the H into China Reuters
11/19/03 Altair Nanotechnologies Provides Shareholder Update
11/19/03 Customer Choices Will Drive Hydrogen Economy, Shell Hydrogen CEO Tells Summit
11/19/03 FuelCell Energy downgraded by Robert W. Baird from Neutral to Underperform Briefing.com
11/19/03 Astris Energi appoints IR consultant
11/19/03 Caterpillar and FuelCell Energy Finalize Ohio Fuel Cell Contract "City of Westerville Electric Division to supply a 250-kilowatt Direct FuelCell® (DFC®) power plant designed to feed power at a substation into the local electric distribution system in Westerville, Ohio." FuelCell Energy
11/19/03 10:10 a.m. H2FC's power just restored by DTE Energy after another 14 hour outage that effected 20 customers in a typical subdivsion, apparently caused by nothing more than rain. H2FC wants a fuel cell NOW PLEASE.
11/18/03 Hydrogen Program Starts In Russia Space Daily
11/18/03 Hastert Praises Energy Conference Report; Says It Meets America's Energy Needs Now "Energy Policy Act launches a state-of-the-art program to have emission-free hydrogen fuel cell vehicles on the road by 2020" US Newswire
11/17/03 Cabot Superior MicroPowders expands New Mexico Business Weekly
11/18/03 Slideshow: GM Pitches 'Hy-Wire' Car in China Reuters
11/18/03 Hydrogen research earns $5.1 million in Global Climate and Energy Project grants Global Climate and Energy Project
11/18/03 GM Wants China to Help Promote New Car AP
11/18/03 GM hoping to sell China on hydrogen fuel cell vehicle technology AFP
11/18/03 Proton Energy Systems, In Financials EDGAR Online Financials via yahoo
11/18/03 S.African platinum output rise uncertain-Matthey Reuters
11/18/03 Johnson Matthey supply/demand details Reuters
11/18/03 Platinum demand growth to slow, high prices persist Reuters
11/18/03 Snow Leopard Resources Inc. Announces its Third Quarter Results
11/18/03 GM Pitches Hydrogen Cars in Oil-Thirsty China Reuters
11/18/03 Bill offers hybrid tax credits Incentives aim to spur development of diesel, fuel-cell, gas-electric vehicle power systems "The final package includes tax credits of $250 to $2,400 for fuel cell, advanced diesel, gas-electric hybrid and other alternative fuel vehicles." Detroit News
11/18/03 China Set to Act on Fuel Economy; Tougher Standards Than in U.S. "new standards are intended both to save energy and to force automakers to introduce the latest hybrid engines and other technology in China, in hopes of easing the nation's swiftly rising dependence on oil imports . . . Some popular vehicles now built in China by Western automakers, including the Chevrolet Blazer, do not measure up to the standards the government has drafted, and may have to be modified . . ." NY Times
11/18/03 Local cell to power Beijing Olympics Shen-Li High-Tech Company Ltd. Shanghai Daily News
11/17/03 Bush Administration Misleading Public About Hydrogen Policy; Top Experts Respond to Administration's PR Offensive "Bush administration officials are renewing an offensive to burnish their environmental credentials through a push to develop hydrogen power. However, all forms of hydrogen are not the same. The vast energy and ecological benefits of hydrogen will only be realized if renewable sources of energy become the prime source for extracting hydrogen. . . the White House plan calls for massive subsidies to the coal and nuclear industries to extract hydrogen - a black hydrogen agenda" Green Hydrogen Coalition via AScribe
11/17/03 X-Trail Fuel Cell Vehicle Proves Hydrogen System in the Real World Nissan Motor Trend
11/17/03 Secretary Abraham, Energy Ministers Participate in Fuel Cell Vehicle Drive and Ride U.S. DOE
11/17/03 FCT Reprices Warrants "9,933,870 outstanding Warrants . . . Each Warrant now entitles the holder to purchase one Common Share of FCT at a price of $0.57, at any time up to the expiry of the Warrants on 4:30pm (Kingston, Ontario time) on November 28, 2003. All other terms of the Warrants will remain unchanged."
11/17/03 Coalition of Industry Leaders Launches National Fuel Cell Bus Initiative Transit Offers Best Early Market for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells: Multi-Year Effort to Develop, Deploy and Commercialize Newest Technologies in Transit Bus Applications WestStart-CALSTART
11/17/03 Lengthen Battery Life MTI, Medis "Some developers hope to bypass the cost and size problems and accelerate commercial adoption of the technology by going directly to consumers, rather than electronic-device makers. For instance, Medis Technologies is building a fuel-cell recharger that can rapidly recharge existing cellphone batteries. By designing a recharger, which is about the size of the phone itself, instead of a battery replacement, it avoids the head-on competition with lower-cost and smaller batteries." Wall street Journal
11/6/03 Definitive proxy statement relating to merger or acquisition PRTN "A special meeting of stockholders of Proton Energy Systems, Inc. will be held on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 at 10:30 a.m., local time, at the Ramada Plaza Hotel, 275 Research Parkway, Meriden, Connecticut" sec.gov
11/17/03 Ener1 to convert $12M in debt to equity South Florida Business Journal
10/2003 Lawmakers look to new nuke plants to fuel the coming hydrogen economy Popular Science
11/17/03 Opening of Siemens plant delayed again "It doesn't make sense for us to set up a manufacturing facility to make a product that still might change in design" $122M Munhall fuel cell facility remains empty Pittsburgh Business Times
11/17/03 Abraham outlines plans for hydrogen fuel, Canadian oil Washington Times
11/17/03 Rep. Cox Obtains Federal Support for Quantum's U.S. Army Hydrogen Infrastructure Program
11/17/03 Stuart Energy Receives Groundbreaking Order From South Coast Air Quality Management District for Hydrogen Energy Station in California
11/17/03 Lansing school gets $1 million to train fuel cell techs AP
11/17/03 LCC lands $1M energy grant Lansing State Journal
11/16/03 Automaker expands fuel cell development AP via The Globe and Mail
11/16/03 DaimlerChrysler to Expand On-Road Fleet of Fuel Cell Vehicles To More than 100 in 2004 Chrysler Group
11/16/03 Proposal would have U.S. riding the rails on air Firm hires ex-congressman to push national maglev system "proposing to combine magnetic levitation . . . with solar panels that would power hydrogen-generating substations for fuel to run both the trains and personal vehicles that could run on hydrogen." ANN ARBOR NEWS
11/16/03 Company developing fuel-cell subway "The Denver-based Fuelcell Propulsion Institute plans to convert a 120-ton diesel locomotive into a fuel cell-driven train" Chicago Tribune
11/16/03 2004 Alternative Fuel & Hybrid Vehicle Guide FCVs, HEVs, H2- ICEs Motor Trend
11/16/03 Bombardier EMBRIO one-wheeler Concept "This hydrogen fuel cell powered, gyroscopically balanced, one-wheeled recreational and commuting vehicle provides an extraordinary vision of the kind of personal transport we could be using 20 years from now." Gizmo, Australia
11/17/03 Cabot Superior MicroPowders expands New Mexico Business Weekly via MSNBC
11/15/03 Marubeni Announces Siting of Direct FuelCell® Power Plants at Epson Marubeni
11/14/03 US Seeks Help In Hydrogen Fuel Project The Financial express, India
11/14/03 PACIFIC FUEL CELL CORP Files SEC form 10QSB, Quarterly Report EDGAR Online via yahoo
11/14/03 Plug Power completes stock sale Albany Business Review
11/14/03 ECD Ovonics Appoints Grant Thornton As Independent Auditors
11/14/03 Porvair sells firms to its management "Porvair said it was selling the businesses to concentrate on its core areas, fuel cell technology and filtration." Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
11/14/03 ECD Ovonics Closes Additional Unit Sale for $2.8 Million
11/14/03 MEDIS TECHNOLOGIES LTD Files SEC form 10-Q, Quarterly Report EDGAR Online via yahoo
11/14/03 Microbial Fuel Cells: Optimization Of The Anode Compartment For Improved Electron Transfer Innovations-Report
11/14/03 Fuel cell plates can be made for a euro Plastics and Rubber Weekly
11/14/03 Medis Technologies Reports Third Quarter and Nine Months Results
11/14/03 FCT at Heart of First Canadian Residential Fuel Cell Demonstration
11/13/03 Plug Power Completes $58.5 Million Common Stock Offering
11/13/03 Important Advance in Developing Biological Strategies to Produce Hydrogen, Sequester Carbon Dioxide, Clean Up the Environment Abraham said: "it is easier to imagine, in the not-too-distant future, a colony of specially designed microbes living within the emission-control system of a coal-fired plant, consuming its pollution and its carbon dioxide . . ." USDOE
11/13/03 IBEA Researchers Make Significant Advance in Methodology Toward Goal of a Synthetic Genome Advance Toward the Goal of a Completely Synthetic Genome That Could Aid in Carbon Sequestration and Energy Production Institute for Biological Energy Alternatives
11/13/03 EU thematic network aims for a sea change in energy production "far reaching report on the current status and future prospects of wave energy technology" Cordis
11/11/03 Prodi presents action plan for European Growth Initiative "Among the areas foreseen for immediate research and innovation projects are . . . the hydrogen economy" Cordis
11/13/03 Fuel cell visits Salmon River Electric Co-op "Elder said the visiting fuel cell produced one kilowatt of electricity and cost about $28,000." IdaTech Challis Messenger, ID
11/13/03 Making Cheaper Hydrogen MIT Technology Review
11/13/03 GEM Neighborhood Electric Vehicles Solidify Market in 2003 More than 28,000 in Use by the End of the Year Chrysler Group
11/13/03 Stuart Energy Opens Second Hydrogen Energy Station In Sweden
11/13/03 Future is now for F-Cell cars in Singapore Jakarta Post
11/13/03 Hydrogen economy: India ready, yet wary Indian Express
11/12/03 Experts tell of fuel cells' future "In the face of stalled negotiations on a comprehensive energy bill, Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., told a meeting of congressional staffers, industry leaders and Washington insiders Wednesday that passing the legislation was a key step in advancing research on hydrogen fuel cells" UPI
11/12/03 Government Of Canada Supports Fuel Cell Technologies Ltd. To Install The First Residential Fuel Cell In Canada "$260,000 project . . . FCT's five-kilowatt fuel-cell system will be installed at the CCHT in early 2004."
11/12/03 Fuel cell may be viable in a decade Business Times Singapore
11/12/03 Repeat Pretender Why do companies keep giving money to Stan Ovshinsky, the inventor who can create anything but profits? Forbes
11/12/03 Hybrids a stopgap until hydrogen cars reality Independent Online, South Africa
11/12/03 PLUG POWER INC Files SEC form 8-K, Other Events and Financial Statements & Exhibits "The Company expects to consummate the sale of the Shares on November 13, 2003. "
11/12/03 PROTON ENERGY SYSTEMS INC Files SEC form 10-Q, Quarterly Report
11/1/03 Twenty Myths Challenged - Part IV Concluding installment of series examining the myths of the hydrogen economy EV World
11/12/03 Form 10QSB for POWERBALL INTERNATIONAL INC
11/12/03 Will Hydrogen Clear the Air? Maybe Not, Say Some New York Times (free registration required)
11/12/03 SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG Closes Deal With International Investors
11/12/03 Satcon Technology Goes Live with 2.2 Megawatt Uninterruptible Power Supply Installation Successful at Processing Facility for Deluxe Film Laboratories, the World's Largest Motion Picture Film Processors
11/11/03 Proton Energy Systems, Inc. Announces Third Quarter Results
11/11/03 Plug Power to proceed with stock sale Albany Business Review
11/11/03 The Energy Crisis on Your Lap The oldest electric technology is the largest stumbling block for the future of mobile computing Newsweek
11/11/03 ALGOR V14.1 Released visualization software tenlinks.com
11/11/03 Ansoft Partners with Leading Companies to Showcase Innovative Electromechanical Design Technology to Aerospace, Automotive, Alternative Power Industries "including NASA, Ballard and Wavecrest Laboratories"
11/10/03 Stuart Energy Systems trims quarterly loss to $7.9M on record sales Canadian Press
11/11/03 Pacific Fuel Cell Corp. Announces Development of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell with Carbon Nanotube-Based Electrodes
11/11/03 5 Stocks You Can Understand ENER Motley Fool
10/28/03 Development of an innovative stainless steel for bipolar plates will open up the new millennium in the field of fuel cells Sumitomo Metal
11/11/03 Nano-batteries promise energy savings Taiwan News
11/11/03 Anuvu Introduces Hydrogen Fuel Cell-Powered Pick-Up Truck Truck Ideal For Organizations Committed To Helping Establish Hydrogen Economy "two Anuvu Power-X™ 6 kW PEM fuel cells powering a motor from leading electric motor and vehicle provider Solectria Corporation . . . this initial version of the Clean Urban pick-up truck will be limited to 60 miles on highways in order to keep the price to $99,995 dollars (U.S.)"
11/11/03 ZAP CEO Says Electric Cars Bridge Gap to Hydrogen Infrastructure on WallSt.net
11/11/03 Plug Power prices stock placement below market Reuters
11/11/03 Plug Power Announces Common Stock Offering "11,700,000 shares of its common stock to selected investors at $5.00 per share for aggregate proceeds to the Company of $58.5 million, before placement fees and other offering expenses"
11/11/03 Marubeni Announces Siting of Direct FuelCell® Power Plants at Seiko Epson Marubeni
11/11/03 SatCon's Next-Generation Power Conditioning System Ready for Installation at Greenpoint Manufacturing Center in New York City Power Conditioning Systems (PCS) convert solar energy into useable AC electricity
11/11/03 Webcast Alert: Proton Energy Systems Announces Its Third Quarter FY 2003 Financial Results Conference Call Webcast
11/10/03 FCTec fuel cell Segway The Fuel Cell Test and Evaluation Center (FCTec) showcased this fuel cell powered Segway during the Fuel Cell Seminar in Miami, November 2003. The vehicle is powered by a 700W PEM fuel cell. PHOTO FCT
11/6/03 2003 Fuel Cell Seminar, Miami, 3-7 November, Live Report FCT
11/10/03 U.S. Automakers Change Focus From Hybrid To Fuel-Cell Vehicles "GM has suspended a plan to release a hybrid vehicle for two years from 2005. The automaker says it will opt to concentrate its management resources on fuel-cell vehicles, seen as a more eco-friendly future alternative, rather than the hybrid models it believes are merely transition vehicles." Nikkei
11/7/03 Toyo Radiator Device Enhances Home Fuel Cells "The device extracts hydrogen by passing natural gas and air through a catalyst, as in standard models, but uses an additional catalyst to absorb the surplus heat generated." Nikkei
11/5/03 Fuji Electric Developing Fuel Cells To Power Homes "The PEFC (polymer electrolyte fuel cell) prototype has already been verified to be capable of 3,000 hours of continuous operation. By modifying key components, Fuji Electric aims to boost durability and have ready by the start of next year an improved prototype that will have a power output of 1kw and will be able to operate continuously for more than 10,000 hours. By 2007 or 2008, Fuji Electric aims to have a commercial version that can run for 20,000 to 30,000 hours and will be marketed with gas companies. The fuel cell would sell for less than a tenth of the 1 million yen price tag for comparable products available now. The company is also working on a reformer that will extract hydrogen from natural gas. In addition, Fuji Electric is considering developing a 5kw version of the fuel cell for such sites as restaurants and convenience stores." Nikkei
11/5/03 First Energy Service To Generate Power For Seiko Epson Plant "Fesco will install a highly efficient cogeneration system that produces electricity using molten-carbonate fuel cells at a Seiko Epson plant in Minowa, Nagano Prefecture. Fesco will pay for the equipment, which will cost around 300 million yen and is expected to be in operation next April." Nikkei
11/10/03 Generating plant could power 250 homes CAT-FCEL Sauk Valley Newspapers
11/11/03 STMicro Develops Fuel Cells For Cellphones, Portable Devices The Financial Express, India
11/11/03 Norilsk Nickel Pursues a Palladium Fuel Cell "will spend as much as $40 million per year on research into fuel cells using palladium" Moscow Times
11/11/03 Academy of Sciences and Norilsk Nickel to sign collaboration agreement "Among the top-priority lines of activities to be followed under the agreement is the development of key elements of the infrastructure for the hydrogen electrical energy industry" RBC NEWS
11/11/03 GTL revs up fuel hopes "A FUTURE car breakthrough could keep the world turning without relying on either gasoline or the hi-tech and high-cost fuel-cell engines predicted to rule the road after 2020" Herald Sun, Australia
11/10/03 The Hydrogen Hallucination "Imagining that the simplest element in the universe held the key to solving our energy problems was exciting, but now it's time to awaken from our hydrogen hallucination and devote attention to the real solutions of improved efficiencies and sustainable sources." SolarAccess.com
11/10/03 Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. Presents a Paper Entitled "Efficient Manufacture of Low-Cost Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Using Altair's Nanaomaterials"
11/10/03 Stuart Energy Announces Results for Quarter Ended September 30, 2003
11/10/03 Quantum Receives Order From India OEM for Electronic Controllers
11/10/03 Proton Announces Contract Award from the University of Nevada Las Vegas Research Foundation for Renewable Hydrogen Project "Proton will cost share 50 percent of the $1,376,640 contract award and can receive up to $688,320 in payments from UNLVRF."
11/9/03 Caterpillar, Deere developing fuel cells for power plants, tractors AP
11/6/03 T/J Technologies Offers Lab Scale Quantities of Affordable, High Performance Materials for Practical Advanced Stored Energy Systems "electrocatalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) and direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC) . . . By using T/J’s electrocatalysts the same power may be generated with at least 10% less platinum, making fuel cells more affordable. . ."
11/5/03 GenCell Corporation set to receive $1,000,000 RD&D funding in 2004 from ’s Conservation & Load Management Fund MCFC, PEM, SOFC
11/7/03 ECD Ovonics Closes Unit Sale For $25 Million
11/7/03 World's first fuel-cell ferry to float in SF Bay Hydrogen power won't pollute the bay and will provide the muscle for the ferry that is expected to launch in 2005 - Anuvu Silicon Valley Business Ink
11/7/03 German carmakers look past gasoline MSNBC
11/7/03 Jadoo Power Systems Places in Top Three in National Business Plan Contest Jadoo
11/7/03 Public Invited to 'Electric' Weekend in Long Beach Hosted by Electric Drive Transportation Association
11/7/03 UAF tests fuel cell that may revolutionize Bush energy methanol fueled PEM by Schatz Energy Research Center at Humboldt State University Anchorage Daily News
11/7/03 PROVINCIAL AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS TO COOPERATE ON ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE " developing applications for wind- and hydrogen-energy technologies" Government of Canada
11/7/03 The "HUMIDICORE™" Fuel Cell Humidification System revolutionizes Fuel Cell design! EMPRISE CORPORATION
11/6/03 Liquid Assets "Groups ranging from the Natural Resources Defense Council to Greenpeace have advocated natural gas as the fossil fuel best-suited to carry us through the transition into a hydrogen economy." Grist Magazine
11/6/03 'Hydrogen highway' eyed "A “hydrogen highway” between Vancouver and Whistler is one of the options being looked at as part of a project to showcase the use of alternative fuels at the 2010 Winter Olympics." Whistler Question
11/6/03 Fuel cell firm Hydrogenics Corp. trims Q3 loss to US$6.6M, revenue up 25% Canadian Press
11/6/03 ADVISORY/Regional Leaders to Explore Impact of Global CliFCmate Change on Environment, Economy Speakers and panelists include: Herb Nock, Fuel Cell Energy The New England Council
11/6/03 Energy Visions Inc. Agrees To Sell NASD Bulletin Board Listing
11/6/03 Medis Technologies Schedules Third Quarter Financial Results and Conference Call Friday, November 14, 2003
11/6/03 Hydrogenics Reports Third Quarter 2003 Results Year-To-Date Revenues Increase 107 Percent to US$20.8 Million
11/6/03 Hydrogenics Third Quarter Earnings Call scheduled for 10:30 am ET today
11/6/03 USFCC Announces Testing Participants for Single-Cell Testing Protocol
11/6/03 Alternate Energy Corp. Announces New Executive Management Team Appointments
11/6/03 Hydrogen fuel cell powered special operations vehicles for the Army IAGS Energy Security
11/6/03 Genesis Fueltech reports successful long term test of methanol reformer IAGS Energy Security
10/27/03 Opportunity knocks for fuel cell transportation e4engneering
11/6/03 House, Senate Agree on Plan for Use of Ethanol Fuel "GOP sources cautioned that House-Senate differences remain over other tax provisions. These involve proposed tax breaks for buyers of vehicles that run on electricity or fuel cells; tax credits for utilities installing "clean technologies"; and provisions that would let states out of ethanol quotas on the basis of economic hardship." Washngton Post
11/6/03 GM Puts Off Its Hybrids, Letting Ford Go First untl 2007 "G.M.'s research and development executives are most enthusiastic about the hydrogen fuel cell" New York Times
11/6/03 With Silicon's Help, a Change in Status for the Lowly Battery "a director of Intel Capital, Intel's venture funding program, said the company was investing heavily in hybrid fuel cells" New York Times
10/30/03 DOE awards Cornell $2.25 million to kick-start fuel cell development Cornell
11/5/03 Fuel-cell advocates unite Agreement covers more than 300 firms, groups - Multinational initiative to spur hydrogen economy Toronto Star
11/5/03 Investors fight shy of energy's $16 trillion need "The world needs $16 trillion (£10 trillion) worth of investment in energy over the next 30 years if it is to meet growing demand for supplies, a leading agency warned yesterday." The Guardian
11/5/03 Fuel-Cell Stocks Not Powered Up Wired H2FC QUOTED
11/5/03 Plug Power to supply fuel cells for Mich. pilot project Albany Business Review
11/5/03 Enbridge Inc. and FuelCell Energy Sign Distribution Agreement
11/5/03 Hybrids Are the Stars at Tokyo's Auto Show New York Times
11/5/03 Mitsubishi's Fuel Cell-Driven Vehicle Receives Certification
11/5/03 New USFCC Working Groups to Boost Advocacy, Sustainability Efforts
11/5/03 Fuel Cell Systems: A Survey of Worldwide Activity Fuel Cell Today
11/5/03 Global Fuel Cell Markets Quantified Fuel Cell Today
11/4/03 IdaTech Unveils Natural Gas Fuel Cell System at 2003 Fuel Cell Seminar
11/4/03 McDermott Reports Third Quarter 2003 Income from Continuing Operations of $10.1 Million, $0.15 Per Diluted Share "reduced spending on fuel cell research and development projects "
11/4/03 NextEnergy Board Announce CEO and CFO
11/4/03 DTE Energy Seeks to Build Hydrogen Technology Park in Southfield
11/4/03 InPlay: Plug Power: DTE to build hydrogen energy pilot project Briefing.com
11/4/03 FUELCELL ENERGY INC Files SEC form 8-K, Other Events "amended its Certificate of Incorporation by filing a Certificate of Designation of Series A Preferred Stock of FuelCell Energy, Inc. with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware" EDGAR via yahoo
11/4/03 ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES INC Files SEC form 8-K, Changes in Certifying Accountant EDGAR via yahoo
11/4/03 Plug Power Inc. Financials EDGAR via yahoo
11/4/03 Hydrogen Advocate Dennis Weaver Invigorates California Hydrogen Business Council
11/4/03 Fuel cell-powered car visits Singapore Channel News Asia
11/4/03 Parker Hannifin and Vectrix Corp. Introduce First Patented Fuel Cell/Electric Hybrid Scooter
11/4/03 Leading Fuel Cell Organizations Reach Cooperation Agreement "to advance commercialization of fuel cells worldwide. The agreement covers activities in such areas as technical cooperation, information exchange, advocacy, harmonized product specifications and safety standards. The U.S. Fuel Cell Council, Fuel Cell Commercialization Conference of Japan, Fuel Cells Canada and World Fuel Cell Council/Fuel Cell Europe collectively represent more than 300 businesses, research institutions and others interested in fuel cells and hydrogen." USFCC
11/4/03 As Earth Warms, the Hottest Issue Is Energy NY Times
11/3/03 Discover Fuel Cell Power with Ballard's Educational Sales Program Ballard
11/3/03 Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National "Low-cost corrosion-resistant metallic bipolar plates developed at ORNL could make proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells economical for use in automobiles and portable power units ..." EurekAlert (AAAS)
11/3/03 Auditor Low on Energy ENER Motley Fool
11/3/03 Hybrid Vehicles are One of Many DaimlerChrysler Solutions For Future Environmental and Fuel-Consumption Needs DaimlerChrysler
11/3/03 HydrogenSource joins the crowd of fuel cell-related companies in the Nutmeg State Boston Mass High Tech
11/3/03 Hydrogenics Announces Commercialization of 10 KW Power Module HyPM 10 powers a range of applications from mobility to stationary generators
11/3/03 Stuart Energy Plans Q2 Fiscal 2004 Conference Call Monday, November 10, 2003 at 10:00 am
11/3/03 Global Thermoelectric Merger With FuelCell Energy Completed
11/3/03 World's First Fuel Cell Rock Band, Fueled by Millennium Cell Hydrogen on Demand System, Makes National Debut
11/3/03 HydrogenSource Demonstrates Fuel Processor for 30 to 150 kW Fuel Cell Power Plants; System To Be Modified For Stationary Hydrogen Production
11/3/03 First USFCC Member Survey Finds 19% Growth in US Fuel Cell Industry Jobs, 11% Growth in US Sales
11/3/03 SatCon Technology Finalizes $7.7 Million Financing Transaction
11/3/03 Stop that Energy Bill! Freedom Car "fails to require that Detroit actually make any vehicles with these new engines. . . The same initiative -- accompanied by the same promises -- was part of President Nixon's "Project Independence." Unfortunately, hydrogen-powered fuel cells are only marginally closer to commercial viability today than they were 30 years ago. . . "Freedom Car" initiative would be more aptly titled the "Symbolic Diversion" initiative" CATO Institute
11/3/03 Water good idea Add to our water supply every time you step on the gas pedal. Now, that's something Singapore could do with, right? Water good idea Straits Times
11/3/03 AUTO: Manufacturers show their wares "The Suzuki Mobile Terrace, which features fuel-cell technology from General Motors  Hy-Wire concept vehicle" The Nation, Thailand
11/3/03 Clean and Silent two-wheelers of the future from Yamaha 500W DMFC, PHOTOS Gizmo
11/2/03 Energy Conversion auditors step down Reuters
11/2/03 Interview: Ballard's President and CEO, Dennis Campbell Ballard Web Site
11/1/03 ECD Announces Independent Auditors Have Declined to Stand for Reelection; No Disagreements with Auditors on Accounting Principles or Practices

October 2003

10/31/03 Global Thermoelectric Shareholders Approve Combination With FuelCell Energy
10/31/03 FuelCell Energy, Inc. Shareholders Approve Acquisition of Global Thermoelectric, Inc.
10/31/03 Quantum Announces Close of Over-Allotment in Connection With Follow-On Public Offering
10/31/03 Cellex Power!" completes 3rd set of field trials and unveils the next generation fuel cell power unit at the Miami Fuel Cell Seminar, November 3-7, 2003
10/31/03 Hydrogenics Launches Next Generation Test Equipment Platform Greenlight Unveils State-of-the-Art Test Equipment Platform at Fuel Cell Seminar in Miami
10/31/03 Air Liquide Subsidiary Axane Announces Launch of Fuel Cell Prototype at Miami Fuel Cell Conference
10/30/03 Some Analysts Cut Ballard Ratings On Uncertain '04 Dow Jones
10/30/03 Ford sets July '04 date for hybrid SUV production "Phil Martens, Ford's group vice president of product creation, said it was necessary for Ford to develop its own hybrid system because it needed hybrid expertise to build even more advanced vehicles in the future, such as hydrogen-powered fuel cell cars." Reuters
10/29/03 Sumitomo Metal Develops Improved Fuel Cell Separator "will supply parts for a fuel cell vehicle developed by Honda" Nikkei
10/30/03 FCT Sells in Belgium "one of its Second Generation Series SOFC 5 kW units to the University of Liège" Fuel Cell Technologies Corporation
10/30/03 SIRTI to gather info under Army contract Organization will produce market study, movie, Web site about fuel reforming Spokane Journal of Business
10/30/03 MTI MicroFuel Cells Chief Technology Officer to Speak at 2003 Fuel Cell Seminar
10/30/03 MBA SHOWDOWN: Third Place: Jadoo Power Systems Fortune
10/30/03 Gadget Inventors Are Welcome At RadioShack Medis Wall Street Journal
10/24/03 Power Breakfast Pierre Rivard, President and CEO, Hydrogenics, Duration:7m 24s "Hydrogenics is the fastest growing company in Canada" ROB TV
10/30/03 Blackout Protection - Getting off the Grid; GVSU Research Project to Lead the Way in Rethinking Energy Distribution "The center is equipped with a fuel cell that turns natural gas into electricity, provided by FuelCell Energy, Inc." Grand Valley State University
10/28/03 MKTY CEO Sells 15,724 shares @ $5.99 sec.gov
10/29/03 GM/Toyota: alternative vehicle plans "General Motors and Toyota have agreed to extend their cooperation in developing low polluting fuel cell cars and trucks for another 2 years. The alliance, which began in 1999, has entered a more competitive phase as GM's vice president of research and development, Larry Burns, confirmed that the two competitors would not be sharing their fuel-cell stack technology." UK Comment Wire
10/30/03 Ballard loss narrows Fuel-cell maker cuts expenses, Foreign exchange gain aids advance Toronto Star
10/30/03 Hybrids help Ballard's business ""The new Honda stack design showcases several interesting concepts that are also under development at Ballard," Campbell said." The Canadian Press
10/30/03 IdaTech Receives ISO 9001:2000 Certification
10/30/03 Ballard Power downgraded by RBC Capital Mkts "from Outperform to Sector Perform" Briefing.com via yahoo
10/30/03 PLUG POWER INC Files SEC form 10-Q, Quarterly Report yahoo
10/29/03 AEC Hires JB Energy Ltd. to Complement Technical Team
10/29/03 Ballard Power Systems Q3 loss US$31.1M, compared with US$40.2M year ago CBC News
10/29/03 GTI Long-Term Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Testing Shows Outstanding Results Gas Technology Institute
10/25/03 Twenty Myths Challenged - Part III Dr. John Wilson argues that we'll need to generate hydrogen from coal or nuclear power, if we go down the H2 pathway EV World
10/27/03 Playing around with fuel cell technologies AutoWeek
10/29/03 H2FC's Table of Short Positions as of 10/15/03 h2fc.com
10/29/03 FuelCell idles more at Torrington plant Small' furlough lets market catch up Waterbury American-Republican
10/29/03 COMMENTARY: A Complete Waste of Energy "The centerpiece of the bill is a $16-billion package of tax breaks and production subsidies designed to further rig the market to favor well-connected energy producers . . . Various energy fads also find their way to the federal trough. The example with the highest profile is President Bush's $1.2-billion "Freedom Car" initiative, which promises commercially viable hydrogen-powered fuel cells in a couple of decades, though it fails to require Detroit to actually make any vehicles with such engines." Co-authors from Cato Inst. and Sierra Club LA Times
10/28/03 Axpo tests fuel cell system from Sulzer Hexis "The pre-series system HXS 1000 Premiere covers the basic electricity needs and all thermal requirements of a typical Central European single-family home. The fuel cell of type SOFC (Solid Oxide Fuel Cell) generates 1 kW of electrical and 2.5 kW of thermal power."
10/29/03 Cat fires up fuel cell power plant 250 kilowatt generator could provide energy for 250 homes serviced by AmerenCILCO Peoria Journal Star
10/29/03 Nuvera Demonstrates New 5kW Fuel Cell Power Module for Commercial Hydrogen Applications
10/29/03 Ballard Power 3rd-Quarter Loss Narrowed Dow Jones
10/29/03 Ballard loss narrowed on lower expenses Reuters
10/29/03 Ballard Reports Solid Third Quarter 2003 Results
10/28/03 Exchange Ratio Determined for Exchange of Global Thermoelectric Common Shares under Combination with FuelCell Energy GLE
10/28/03 DOE Launches Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Education Effort in Nation's Schools; Supports Bush's Hydrogen Initiative DOE
10/24/03 Hydrogen Fuels Power Broker's New Venture Ex-DWP chief S. David Freeman leaves a state energy agency for a firm that aims to alter SUVs to burn cleaner LA Times
10/27/03 Toyota's Fuel-Cell Car 'Fine-N' Boosts Cruising Distance to 500km PHOTOS NikkeiBP
10/28/03 Proton Energy Systems Schedules Conference Call to Discuss Third Quarter Results Wednesday, November 12th, 2003 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time
10/28/03 Energy Conversion Devices Financials via yahoo
10/28/03 GM Confident Hydrogen Powered Vehicles Will Hit Road from 2010 Asia Pulse via Automobile
10/28/03 Caterpillar and FuelCell Energy Announce Largest Fuel Cell Power Plant Installation in Illinois
10/28/03 Stocks of the Future! ARGY pumped Wall Street News Alert
10/28/03 Hydrogenics Announces Reporting Date For Third Quarter 2003 Financial Results conference call at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time / 7:30 a.m. Pacific Time on November 6, 2003
10/28/03 JAPAN: Petrol/hydrogen rotary engine could make production in two years Mazda just-auto.com
10/28/03 Fuel cell cars on the way "less than a decade away from solving all the technical problems associated with hydrogen powered fuel cell vehicles, a senior General Motors official said" The Australian
10/28/03 Nuvera Fuel Cell Stack Technology Demonstrated on FIAT New Generation Hydrogen Cars Demonstration confirms OEM's commitment to pursue hydrogen-powered fuel cell fleet for on-road applications
10/28/03 Mazda Showcases Renesis Hydrogen Rotary Engine AutoWeb, Australia
10/27/03 DOE's Teapot Dome Oil Field Takes Pioneering Role In Large-Scale CO2 Sequestration
10/27/03 AEC Enters Into Consulting Contract for Certification of its Hydrogen Production Technology
10/27/03 Fuel Cell Investment Yields Jobs, BTI Study Concludes Fuel Cells 2000
10/27/03 Energy Visions Inc. Announces Completion Of Its Pure Energy Inc. Acquisition
10/27/03 Quantum Closes $53 Million Follow-On Public Offering
10/27/03 Short positions in H2FC stocks as of 10/15/03 NASDAQ
10/27/03 Singapore among 4 countries selected to test hydrogen-powered cars Channel NewsAsia
10/27/03 Conference probes viability of hydrogen-powered cars ABC Online, Australia
10/26/03 Charged up over fuel cells "Markoski said most fuel cells are passive, but his is a dynamic, microfluidic system. 'Its complexity leads to better potential for performance,' he said. . . said his design eliminates the common problem of 'crossover,'" Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette
10/26/03 SPEAKING OUT: Hydrogen is key to our nation's energy economy if "we wish to derive full benefit from hydrogen, the best choice for producing it is emission-free nuclear energy" Gainsville Sun
10/24/03 California Fuel Cell Partnership in Danger? fuelsandvehicles.com via WestStart - CALSTART
10/25/03 The Panda Hydrogen: How It Is Made And How It Works Fiat carpages.com
10/24/03 Remarks by James A. Slutz, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Natural Gas and Petroleum Technology, U.S. Department of Energy Hopedale, Ohio, October 22, 2003 (at commissioning of FCEL coal mine unit)
10/2003 THE LATEST FUEL CELL NEWS IN JAPAN, OCTOBER 2003 FCDIC
10/24/03 TWO NEW VC FUNDS TARGET MIDWEST one "will focus on investments in sectors including life sciences, micro- and nanotechnology, advanced material science, fuel cell technology . . ." TheDeal.com via Small Times
10/24/03 American Stock Exchange to Trade Options on Nine Securities Hydrogenics, GrafTech, Ultralife
10/24/03 OUR TAKE: Buying Japanese Discussion of how Honda and Toyota are beating the "Big Three" on hybrids and FCVs Motley Fool
10/24/03 POWERBALL INTERNATIONAL INC Files SEC form 8-K, Changes in Certifying Accountant
10/24/03 New Star Analyst Rankings for Plug Power Inc
10/23/03 Finmeccanica and EnerTAD: working together for the clean energy of the future Agreement for the development of fuel cells "Ansaldo Fuel Cells programme will focus on developing a number of pilot plants with total power of around 10 MW by 2006 ... The basic product consists of a 500 kW electricity generator fuelled by hydrogen, which is gained from the separation of natural gas, biomass gas or other hydrocarbons (including a diesel- fired version for naval applications). This generator will also provide the model for plants with total power of several megawatts. . . Ansalso . . . is currently one of the few companies worldwide involved in the development of hightemperature fuel cells and the only European group to have invested in the development of MCFCs"
10/24/03 FuelCell Energy Chief Technology Officer Recognized as 'Energy All Star' By Mass High Tech Dr. Hans Maru honored at 2003 Mass High Tech All-Star Awards for his contribution to Advanced Energy Technology 10/23/03 Millennium Cell CEO Emphasizes Flexible Hydrogen System for near Term Markets
10/20/03 New laws reshape, fuel solar power growth Rebates generate call for more energy businesses "The incentive program also offers rebates for wind power, fuel cells, natural gas generators that reuse waste heat, and microturbines installed in commercial buildings. But more than 80 percent of the money has gone to solar projects." Sacramento Business Journal
10/23/03 Plug Power sees profits in reach Fuel-cell maker's GenCore growing in popularity as backup source, official says Albany Times Union
10/23/03 MTI enjoys healthy quarterly turnaround Company posts profit after 2002 loss, boasts of fuel-cell deal with Gillette Albany Times Union
10/23/03 HERA Hydrogen Storage Systems Purchases Ergenics
10/23/03 The end of the Oil Age Ways to break the tyranny of oil are coming into view. Governments need to promote them The Economist
10/23/03 Microfluidic battery runs on water EE Times
10/23/03 Unitrans fleet gets hydrogen-powered addition "The bus is a modified version of the natural gas-powered Bluebird model. It was built by Collier Technologies, a Reno, Nev.-based company that specializes in producing the equipment for hydrogen-burning engines." The California Aggie
10/23/03 INTERVIEW: Stuart Energy Targets China Hydrogen Power Dow Jones
10/23/03 IdaTech Receives U.S. Department of Energy Award for Fuel Cell System
10/23/03 University of Alaska Fairbanks tests new fuel cell PEM "runs on methanol, which is converted into hydrogen by a device called a reformer . . . one kilowatt . . . cost $160,000 . . . manufactured by Schatz Energy Research Center" Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
10/23/03 Hydrogenics Partners With IdaTech in $9.6 Million U.S. Award for Fuel Cell System for Large Buildings
10/23/03 FuelCell Energy, Inc., Named One of Connecticut's Fastest Growing Technology Companies in Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 50 Program
10/23/03 Ballard Power Systems To Up Ties With Japan Carmakers - Kyodo Dow Jones
10/23/03 Hydrogen, ahoy! Diesel-powered boats are big-time polluters, pumping out more noxious fumes per passenger than cars or buses. Is it time to clear the decks for fuel-cell-powered watercraft? Salon.com
10/23/03 Radical new motorcycle designs to be unveiled in Tokyo "Yamaha's line-up includes . . . the FC06, which uses a direct methanol type fuel cell (DMFC) unit with an output of 500W on a 50cc size bike to create a fuel cell commuter" gizmo.com
10/22/03 A-Class with fuel-cell drive system undergoes practical testing AutoFan.com
10/22/03 General Motors: Who Needs Hybrids? "It will be years before GM masters the technology. For now, the Hy-wire's range is a scant 80 miles. Moreover, its fuel cells cost an estimated $50,000 a vehicle, 10 times what any company could afford in a production car. Still, it's a tantalizing start." BusinessWeek
10/22/03 MIT's Plasmatron Cuts Diesel Bus Emissions, Promises Better Gas Engine Efficiency " . . . the plasmatron is an onboard "oil reformer" that converts a variety of fuels into high-quality, hydrogen-rich gas. Adding a relatively modest amount of such gas to the gasoline powering a car or to a diesel vehicle's exhaust is known to have benefits for cutting the emissions of pollutants"
10/22/03 World Premiere Of Mazda Renesis Hydrogen Rotary Engine carpages.co.uk
10/22/03 Auto leaders pledge support for fuel cell tech Times of India
10/22/03 Pricey Pumps Hinder Hydrogen Cars Wired
10/22/03 Jeep Treo Concept Vehicle "The Treo is a vivid new interpretation of where the Jeep brand could go in the future using the freedom of fuel cell technology" PHOTO carpages.co.uk
10/21/03 The fuel-cell farm project: A summary "ambitious fuel-cell project the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority wanted to build with Houston-based Enron Corp . . ." Journal Inquirer
10/22/03 STMicroelectronics Reports 2003 Third Quarter/Nine Month Results "reported substantial progress by one of its advanced R&D teams in developing tiny fuel cells, small enough to fit inside a mobile handset. . . "
10/22/03 A visitor inspects the engine of Mitsubishi's FCV fuel-cell vehicle . . . PHOTO Reuters
10/22/03 World's First Fuel Cell Powered by Coal Mine Methane Begins Operations; New Technology Mitigates Coal Mine Methane Emissions, Produces Electricity FCEL US DoE
10/22/03 Hydrogenics downgraded by Raymond James from Outperform to Mkt Perform
10/22/03 Ballard Power Systems Announces Third Quarter 2003 Conference Call Wednesday, October 29, 2003 at 7:00 a.m. Pacific time
10/22/03 Pollution Fight Turns From Smog to Global Warming "The next big regulatory battle between California and the auto industry will be over global warming" NY Times
10/22/03 Leased and Abandoned: Revolt of the EV-1 Lovers "Most EV-1's, which are sitting on a vast lot in Van Nuys, Calif., will be dismantled and their parts recycled, G.M. says. About 75 will end up in Rochester, where they will be driven by the company's fuel-cell researchers and other employees; a handful will go to colleges and museums" NY Times
10/22/03 China's Boom Adds to Global Warming Problem "China's rapid economic growth is producing a surge in emissions of greenhouse gases that threatens international efforts to curb global warming, as Chinese power plants burn ever more coal while car sales soar." NY Times
10/22/03 NASDAQ to Restore ECD's Trading Symbol to ENER at the opening of business on October 23, 2003
10/22/03 Fuel Cell Power Plant Dedicated at Ohio Coalmine FuelCell Energy's DFC Power Plant is the World's First to Operate on Coalmine Methane Gas
10/18/03 Twenty Myths Challenged - Part II John Wilson continues his rebuttal of Amory Lovins' 20 Myths white paper EV World
10/22/03 Suzuki plans fuel cell vehicles by 2010 just-auto.com
10/22/03 Fuel-Cell Powered Laptops PC Magazine
10/22/03 MTI shows profit in third quarter Albany Business Review
10/22/03 Plug Power loses $12.4M in 3Q Albany Business Review
10/22/03 Mechanical Technology Inc. Earnings Call scheduled for 10:30 am ET today
10/22/03 MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY INC Files SEC form 10-Q, Quarterly Report edgar via yahoo
10/22/03 MTI Reports Third Quarter 2003 Results and Progress
10/22/03 Energy Conversion Devices Files its Annual Report on Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2003 press release
10/22/03 ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES INC Files SEC form 10-K, Annual Report edgar via yahoo
10/22/03 PLUG 3rd Quarter Financial Call scheduled for 10:00 am ET today
10/22/03 InPlay: Plug Power beats consensus by a penny Briefing.com
10/22/03 Plug Power Reports Strong 3rd Quarter
10/22/03 Millennium Cell Announces Q3 2003 Results of Operations
10/22/03 Millennium Cell LLC Earnings Call scheduled for 8:30 am ET today
10/22/03 The Electric-Car Slide Automakers Have Pulled the Plug on Battery Power Washington Post
10/21/03 Quantum Prices Public Offering of Common Stock "8,050,000 shares of its common stock (which includes an over-allotment option of 1,050,000 shares) at $8.00 per share . . . Closing of the offering is expected on October 27, 2003" Quantum
10/21/03 APEC Endorses Initiative to Enhance Energy Security usinfo.state.gov
10/21/03 [Energy and Natural Resources Minister Hilmi] Guler Signs Agreement On Establishment Of Hydrogen Energy Research Center turkishpress.com
10/21/03 China to host int'l hydrogen energy forum in late May of 2004 People's Daily
10/21/03 International Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy (IPHE) Ministerial meeting Washington, DC November 18-21, 2003
10/2003 National Hydrogen Study Government of Australia
10/21/03 APEC Leaders Endorsed Action Plan to Enhance Energy Security in the Asia-Pacific Region "According to a press release from the Whitehouse, APEC leaders agreed to identify opportunities to develop hydrogen and fuel cell technologies and to cooperate with the International Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy." H2CARSBIZ
10/21/03 Hydrogen burns bright in new vehicles "hydrogen was the star of Monday's open house at UC Davis, where the Institute of Transportation Studies is showcasing its research programs on the future of hydrogen fuel in transportation" Daily Democrat, CA
10/21/03 UCD shows off greener, cleaner technology Davis Enterprise
10/21/03 Powerful potential seen in fuel cells Hydrogenics Rochester Democrat Chronicle
10/21/03 Stuart Energy Systems Corporation Earnings Call scheduled for Mon, Nov 10
10/21/03 Jadoo Power System, Inc. Secures Financing
10/21/03 Hydrogenics to Demonstrate Proprietary 10KW Power Modules in Fuel Cell Powered Forklifts With Channel Partners
10/20/03 The Future of Fuel: Advances in Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology PBS NewsHour
10/20/03 Hydrogen Power 9:39 - detailed discussion of H2 storage in carbon nanotubes PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer *more segments this week*
10/21/03 Sustainable Development Technology Canada Announces its Third Round of Funding for $20.4M for Clean Technology Projects "Hydrogenics will lead a consortium of technology and end-user partners to develop, demonstrate, and pre-commercialize fuel cell-powered forklifts . . ."
10/21/03 InPlay: Ballard Power cut to Hold at TD Newcrest "citing increased competitive pressures from larger players GM, Toyota, and now more openly Honda"
10/20/03 Fiat present two prototype cars with fuel cells
10/20/03 GrafTech Awarded $1.4 Million Cash Grants to Accelerate Fuel Cell Technology
10/20/03 Alternate Energy Corp. Announces Strategic Marketing And Manufacturing Agreement With Velocity Product Solutions Inc.
10/20/03 Cost, lack of infrastructure make fuel-cell cars beyond reach "a senior Toyota executive said Monday" AFP via TerraDaily
10/20/03 Fuel-Cell Could Be Key To Rochester's Future WOKR-TV
10/20/03 Suzuki Motor Corp's compact fuel cell van 'Mobile Terrace' Photo Reuters
10/20/03 Air Products' Hydrogen Fueling Station Technologies Dedicated and Now In Use at UC-Davis Institute of Transportation Studies
10/20/03 FuelCell Energy Media Advisory Dedication of World's First Direct Fuel Cell Power Plant Operating on Coalmine Methane Gas, 2 p.m., Wednesday, October 22, 2003, Hopedale, OH
10/20/03 U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command Contracts With Energy Conversion Devices for Solid Hydrogen Storage and Refueling System
10/20/03 Elec Machinery Firms To Harmonize Small-Fuel-Cell Standards "Hitachi Ltd., Toshiba Corp., and NEC Corp. plan within three years to establish a common standard for small fuel cells to be used in laptop computers and cellular phones" Nikkei
10/20/03 New power source found "relies on the natural "electrokinetic" effect of a fluid flowing over a solid surface" Sydney Morning Herald
10/20/03 Neah Power Systems and The Montecito Group Partner to Pursue Military Opportunities Micro Fuel Cell Provider's Products Show Potential as Lighter, Longer-Lasting Power Source for Mobile Electronics and 'Network-Centric' Forces
10/20/03 Fuel Cell Boat on Display During World Maritime Conference Millennium Cell, Seaworthy, Duffy Boat, and Anuvu Exhibit Water Taxi in San Francisco
10/19/03 Bush touts gasoline-free vehicles Governor wants to use megafund to lure researcher Pensacola News Journal
10/19/03 Strangeness in a strange land: Tokyo show promises worldwide Jeep Treo, Toyota Fine-N AutoWeek
10/19/03 Bay St Week Ahead:Canada warms to alternative energy cos BLD, HHO, HYGS, GLE Reuters
10/18/03 Energy Conversion Devices Announces NASDAQ to Change its Trading Symbol from ENER to ENERE Change in trading symbol arises out of ECD's delayed filing of its 2003 Form 10-K
10/18/03 Environmental groups plan to hold governor-elect to campaign pledges "Schwarzenegger pledged to place hydrogen filling stations every 20 miles by 2010 to spur widespread use of the clean burning fuel... '"On paper, some of the stuff he has in his platform is pretty good," said the Sierra Club's Paul Mason. "Let's put some of these bills on his desk and see if he walks the talk.'" AP
10/18/03 Hydrogen a future power source The Australian
10/3/03 Green Hummer for Schwarzenegger? Details of the Governator's energy program, efforts to create H2 conversion industry MSNBC
10/17/03 California Passes Pivotal Solar Energy Bill "will extend the state's Self-Generation Incentive Program through the end of 2007 . . . private sector and local governments can receive up to $4.50 per watt for installing photovoltaic systems larger than 30 kW" SolarAccess.com
10/17/03 Medis Technologies Extends Exchange Offer "new expiration date for the Exchange Offer is midnight, New York City time, on November 13, 2003, unless extended. . . The Exchange Offer is being extended in order to distribute an updated prospectus and a supplement to the Offer to Exchange and Exercise dated October 3, 2003"
10/17/03 Astris Seeks to Arbitrate Joint Venture Pact with CareAction Inc.
10/16/03 Vision Instruments and University of Michigan propose innovative approach to facilitate introduction of "Hydrogen Economy"
10/17/03 HSU's Schatz center receives $7.4 million gift Times-Standard
10/17/03 QuestAir Technologies' HyQuestor® hydrogen purifier installed in Tokyo hydrogen fueling station
10/16/03 Government of Canada: Joint Statement on the Hydrogen Economy by the United States Department of Energy and Natural Resources Canada
10/16/03 The Hydrogen Highway: Hype or a Happening? MSN
10/16/03 Abraham Announces Canada to Join International Partnership for Hydrogen Economy; Supports Bush's Hydrogen Initiative US DoE
10/16/03 Energy Visions Inc. Signs Deal With Lead Investor For Pure Energy Acquisition
10/16/03 Millennium Cell Hydrogen System Poised for Profitability in near Term Markets
10/16/03 First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Water Taxi on San Francisco Bay Powered by Anuvu Boat Demonstrates Potential For Marine Vehicles To Have Less Polluting, Quieter Engines
10/16/03 Aventine to test ethanol use in fuel cells Pekin Daily Times
10/16/03 DaimlerChrysler begins introducing the fuel cell vehicle "F-Cell" to general customers AutoFan Magazine
10/16/03 ILLINOIS 2 H2 Hosts Regional Forum in Chicago: "Positioning Illinois for Leadership in the Hydrogen Economy'' Illinois 2 H2
10/16/03 Plug Power Files Shelf Registration Statement
10/16/03 This fuel-cell system may not be just hot air MGE - Ballard EE Times
10/16/03 Fuel Cell Powered Jeep Treo from Chrysler H2CARSBIZ
10/16/03 Verizon to try out Plug Power cell Albany Times Union
10/16/03 DaimlerChrysler to deliver fuel cell cars to apanese firms Japan Today
10/14/03 Fuel cell revenues to reach $75 million in 2003 Foster Bryan
10/16/03 OTC Stock -- Breaking News! Alternate Energy Corp Wall Street News Alert [caution - see discussion on forum]
10/16/03 Plug Power files to sell $60 mln stock over time Reuters
10/16/03 MTI Microfuel Cells Chief Technology Officer Invited Speaker At Government Colloquium
10/16/03 Futuristic eco cars to hog limelight at motor show "Honda plans to unveil a concept car, Kiwami, with a fuel cell system whose hydrogen storage tank is located in the center of the vehicle . . ." The Asahi Shimbun
10/16/03 Honda's next-generation Fuel Cell "will take part in the 80th Tokyo-Hakone Ekiden relay race in January 2004" Photos gizmo.com.au
10/16/03 Editorial Focus on power management "Technological developments in fuel cells have been announced with some urgency this year." EE Times - Asia
10/15/03 Anuvu Clean Urban Vehicle (CUV) Places Third at 2003 Challenge Bibendum Hybrid Fuel Cell Car Outperforms Vehicles From Major Auto Manufacturers At Largest Environmental Vehicle Competition
10/15/03 Enbridge Inc. agrees not to oppose acquisition of Global Thermoelectric Inc. by FuelCell Energy, Inc. Global TE
10/15/03 FuelCell Energy Announces Execution of a Memorandum of Understanding to Develop Strategic Distribution Alliance with Enbridge Inc. Agreement Will Expand Market Development for Its DFC Products
10/15/03 Secretary Abraham to Travel to Ottawa, Canada to Meet with Prime Minister "will discuss . . . International Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy" US Newswire
10/15/03 Reg Technologies Inc. Announces Completion of Private Placement of 1,000,000 Units "proceeds received by the Company will be used for the completion of testing and building of additional Rand Cam!" air pumps for several fuel cell applications . . ."
10/15/03 GrafTech Announces Specialty Graphite Price Increase
10/15/03 Alternate Energy Corp. Signs Willard G. Varian, Colonel, Retired, to Manage U.S. Military & Government Relationships
10/15/03 NJNG Supports Fuel Cell Operations at Sheraton Parsippany Hotel New Jersey Natural Gas Company
10/15/03 European Fuel Cells receives ISO Certificate for fuel cell development
10/15/03 Illinois 2 H2 Hosts Regional Forum in Chicago: 'Positioning Illinois for Leadership in the Hydrogen Economy' The Illinois Coalition
10/15/03 PPL Completes Fuel Cell Installation at Starwood's Sheraton Parsippany Hotel; Second Sheraton to Receive Innovative Technology PPL Corporation
10/15/03 Energy Conversion Devices Year Loss Widened Sharply Dow Jones Business News
10/15/03 FuelCell Energy and PPL Complete Direct FuelCell Power Plant Installation at Starwood's Sheraton Parsippany Hotel FuelCell Energy, Inc.
10/15/03 Plug Power to Announce Third Quarter Results conference call and Webcast at 10:00 a.m. (ET) on 10/22/03
10/15/03 Mitsubishi Motors Showcases Fuel Cell Vehicle at Tokyo Motor Show H2Carsbiz
10/15/03 Bush to meet Schwarzenegger "As a candidate, Schwarzenegger said he would . . . tap federal money to finance his plan for a network of hydrogen car fuel stations." AP
10/14/03 Will Hydrogen Power be Part of U.S. Presidential Campaign? H2Carsbiz
10/15/03 Public acceptance essential for development of hydrogen economy EurActiv, Belgium
10/15/03 Plug-In Hybrid Vehicle Can Cut National Fuel Consumption In Half University Of Missouri-Columbia via Science Daily
10/15/03 Weidmann develops mass production method for fuel cell plates PRW.com
10/15/03 HyRadix Announces Additional Investment "CDP Capital - Technology Ventures and Sud-Chemie Inc. have acquired UOP LLC's ownership position in HyRadix"
10/15/03 FCT Reports on Product Operations
10/15/03 ECD Announces Unaudited Year-End Operating Results
10/15/03 MTI to Discuss Third Quarter Results and Progress at Conference Call And Webcast on October 22, 2003
10/15/03 Astris Energi is Top Gainer in Shareholder Value Among 16 Publicly Traded Fuel Cell Companies Astris
10/14/03 Toyota Takes on GM's Hy-Wire with FINE-N H2Carsbiz
10/14/03 Ballard declines, Honda advances on fuel-cell news Vancouver Sun
10/14/03 Millennium Cell Schedules Release of Third Quarter Financials and Conference Call to Review Results telephone conference call at 8:30 am EDT, 10/22/03
10/14/03 Tathacus Resources Ltd. Announces Amalgamation with Crucero Resources Ltd. and Reports on Xogen Power Inc. Heating Joint Venture
10/14/03 ECD Announces Timing for Release of Unaudited Year-End Operating Results conference call on Wednesday, October 15 at 12:00 noon (ET)
10/14/03 Mazda to Unveil Two-Seat Sports Car Concept and Hydrogen Rotary Engine at 2003 Tokyo Motor Show JCN
10/14/03 Fuel Cell Stocks Take Rough Ride Investors flee the fuel cell sector, citing technical hurdles to commercialization and lack of short-term profitability Tide Pool
10/14/03 UMass professor discovers electriciy-producing microorganism The Massachusets Daily Collegian
10/13/03 SHELL PARTICIPATES IN OPENING FIRST HYDROGEN REFUELLING STATION IN LUXEMBURG
10/14/03 MGE and Ballard Showcase Groundbreaking Evolution UPS Powered by Nexa RM Series Fuel Cell New Fuel Cell-Based Uninterruptible Power Supply Makes Long-Duration Backup a Reality in New York High-Rise Live Demonstration
10/14/03 SatCon Books $900,000 in New Military and Commercial Contracts "for use in commercial and military aircraft applications and in an environmental processing system"
10/11/03 Twenty Myths Challenged Part one of series in response to Amory Lovin's "Twenty Hydrogen Myths" EV World
10/13/03 Norway's Statkraft teams up for hydrogen future Reuters
10/10/03 Registration statement for FCEL shares involved in GLE acquisition sec.gov
10/13/03 Statkraft makes an international commitment to environmentally friendly hydrogen Statkraft
10/10/03 Ballard Power Faces Challenge From Customer Honda "Yuji Kawaguchi, Honda's senior chief engineer, said Japan's second-largest automaker hasn't made any decision about its relationship with Ballard beyond 2005." Bloomberg
10/11/03 Honda fuel cell can start at subzero temperatures "The new stack can also generate 50 kw, while the previous stack generated 35 kw . . . Honda plans to conduct road tests this winter on its fuel-cell vehicles in Japan and the U.S. Northeast, using the new stacks." Japan Times
10/11/03 Honda develops new fuel cell UPI
10/11/03 Deregulation Drives Stepped-Up Fuel Cell Efforts "Japanese manufacturers are stepping up their efforts to develop the core components of fuel cells because safety standards for their use in homes and automobiles are expected to be drafted soon. . . New safety standards are expected to take effect in spring 2005" Nikkei
10/11/03 Japan Firms Devising Core Fuel Cell Technology "Honda ... and the Hitachi Ltd. group have started to develop the technology to make key parts for fuel cells on their own ... if deregulation enables the installation of hydrogen filling stations in spring 2005, fuel cell use could grow exponentially, mainly in automobiles and home appliances. Thus, Japanese manufacturers are stepping up their efforts to accelerate the in-house development of such key components as stacks. . . [Ballard] did not disclose its internal mechanism, and this has presented Honda with a number of problems in the development of new models because the stack determines a fuel cell's capability." Nikkei 10/10/03 Japan Should Be Choosy About Which Technologies To Push "Japan ... enjoys a head start in the development of key technologies necessary to build fuel cell-powered vehicles. But any advantage Japan has in this field will be squandered unless regulations are eased so that hydrogen stations, the equivalent of gas stations for conventional cars, can be set up more easily in urban areas, for example." Nikkei
10/10/03 Honda Develops Efficient Fuel Cell Stack For FCX Car "the new FCX model offers 10% better fuel efficiency than existing models, extending its range by 40km to 395km per fill-up of hydrogen . . . Honda said [Ballard] will remain both a business partner and competitor" Nikkei
10/10/03 Differences among Republicans stall energy bill progress "rules for the electricity industry, gasoline additives and subsidies for a gas pipeline in Alaska might not be resolved before Congress adjourned for the year." NY Times via Contra Costa Times
10/10/03 Palcan Fuel Cells Applauds Canadian Government for its Commitment to Fuel Cell Technology
10/1/03 Pretenders to power Fuel cells must now prove they are the heir apparent to batteries Electronic Business
10/10/03 Honda Introduces Breakthrough Fuel Cell Stack That Operates At Below Freezing Temperatures Honda-Developed FC Stack Delivers Improved Performance, Range, Energy Efficiency and Recycleability Honda
10/10/03 Honda unveils beefed up fuel cell car that runs at freezing temperatures AP
10/10/03 Honda Develops Fuel-Cell Car For Subordinated-Zero Temperatures Dow Jones
10/10/03 Honda reduces cost of building fuel cell cars "the new fuel cell stack is lighter, smaller and 10 percent more fuel efficient than the fuel cell it now uses" Reuters
10/9/03 Industry Minister Allan Rock intrigued by hydrogen highway plan "Rock and newly elected California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger share visions of cruising a West Coast hydrogen highway. . . . Schwarzenegger, who recently converted his Humvee to run on hydrogen . . . "The idea is to link B.C. and California"" CP
10/9/03 Allan Rock and Herb Dhaliwal Announce a [C]$215 Million Investment to Extend Canadian Leadership in the Emerging Hydrogen Economy
10/9/03 Plug Power to Participate at International Industry Events
10/9/03 GERMANY: Mercedes hands over fuel cell Sprinter van for UPS test just-auto.com
10/9/03 Investors flee fuel-cell firms 'Significant decline in financings' reported in study of 16 publicly traded companies Vancouver Sun
10/9/03 Company banks on fuel cells Anuvu Oakland Tribune
10/9/03 Expert says fuel cells will benefit nation Detroit Free Press
10/9/03 Automakers race to put fuel-cell cars up for sale Rocky Mountain News
10/9/03 Local companies see value of their stocks appreciate PLUG, MKTY Albany Business Review
10/9/03 [European] Commission seeks participants in hydrogen and fuel cell Cordis News
10/9/03 Stuart Energy, Statkraft and EHN Sign Joint Cooperation Agreement for Renewable Hydrogen
10/8/03 MEDIA ADVISORY - Allan Rock and Herb Dhaliwal to Announce Initiatives to Extend Canadian Leadership in the Emerging Hydrogen Economy
10/8/03 DaimlerChrysler Services North America Creates Platform For Transatlantic Dialogue on Fuel Cell Technology
10/8/03 Long Road To Profits For Fuel Cell Cos., Consultants Say BLDP, FCEL, QTWW Dow Jones Business News
10/8/03 Platinum seen shrugging off shift in auto demand "Car manufacturers are looking increasingly at the ratios of precious metals used in their anti-pollution systems, mindful of the premium platinum commands over palladium -- currently more than $500 an ounce." Reuters
10/7/03 Delphi and Total Sign Research Agreement to Develop Advances In Auto Engine Equipment Technologies and Petroleum Products "extends an existing research program on fuel cells begun in April 2001"
Delphi Corp.; Total
10/8/03 Hitachi Fuel Cell Powers Notebook Computers "Hitachi aims . . . to put it on the market in early 2005 . . . The fuel cell extracts hydrogen from methanol and then produces electricity" Nikkei
10/8/03 GM puts green gloss on image coloured by Hummer Financial Times
10/8/03 Quantum Awarded Military Contract to Develop Fuel Cell Vehicle
10/8/03 Avista Labs Fuel Cell Powers Critical Radio Site During Hurricane Isabel Maryland State Communications Site Stays Up
10/8/03 MTI MicroFuel Cells and Harris Corporation to Further Develop Micro Fuel Cells for Military
10/7/03 FCEL, HYGS, at new 52-week highs today, so is QTWW
10/7/03 FuelCell Shares Rise After Announcing Plant Sale Dow Jones
10/6/03 GM to Extend Cooperation with Toyota on Environment Projects "The new pact is expected to center on the development of a driving system that uses a fuel cell." Automobile Magazine
10/7/03 InPlay: Relative Strength -- FuelCell Energy posts 5% gain in early trade; sets up for test of $14.34 one-yr high Briefing.com
10/7/03 Form 8-K for SATCON TECHNOLOGY CORP "Registrant complies with the applicable requirements for continued listing and will continue to be traded on the Nasdaq National Market"
10/7/03 Marubeni and FuelCell Energy Announce Siting of a Direct FuelCell® at JAPEX
10/7/03 Alternate Energy Corp.'s Hydrogen Increases In Purity As Process Is Refined-Maxxam Analytics Finds Latest Affordable Hydrogen Production Lab Test Results Show 99.9% Purity
10/6/03 New fuel cell vehicles could provide an economical choice Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, IA
10/6/03 Fuel Cell Cars Will Make Hybrids Obsolete, GM Says Reuters
10/6/03 Challenges of Tightening Environmental Regulations Compel Portable Power Industry to Adopt Fuel Cells Frost & Sullivan
10/6/03 GM Aims To Sell 1 Million Fuel-Cell Cars By 2020 Dow Jones Business News
10/2003 Japanese Expert Decries Country's H2 Storage R&D Policies, Says U.S. Approach is Better Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Letter
10/6/03 Accelerometer, but no fuel cells coming in IBM notebooks EE Times
10/3/03 Toshiba delays fuel cell CNET
10/3/03 Toshiba develops mobile fuel cell "" EE Times
10/3/03 Commentary: European NGOs: Assessing Pathways to The Hydrogen Economy Bellona
10/3/03 Toshiba delays commercial fuel cell "At a demonstration of its latest fuel cell prototype for portable devices in Japan on Friday, Toshiba said the cells would not be commercially available until 2005 -- a year later than previously thought." ZDNet UK
10/3/03 Toshiba develops portable fuel-cell charger IDG
10/3/03 Dynetek Industries Ltd. Delivers Hydrogen Fuel Storage System to Mitsubishi Motors
10/3/03 Toshiba Announces World's Smallest Direct Methanol Fuel Cell with Energy Output of 1 Watt to be used for Portable Devices Photo Toshiba
10/2/03 1st Annual University Student Hydrogen Design Contest! National Hydrogen Association
10/2/03 Inaugural Portable Power Conference & Expo Sheds Light on Solutions to the Portable Power Dilemma; Conference Addressed Unique Power Issues for Portable Devices
10/2/03 Amex to Trade Options on Pumatech, Inc.and Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc.
10/2/03 DOE grant advances fuel cell development at UH Houston Business Journal
10/2/03 Plug Power and Honda Achieve Major Milestone: Successful Demonstration of Home Energy Station Satellite feed available: see time and coordinates at end of release
10/2/03 FuelCell Energy Announces New DFC Project Award $954,000 Contract to Focus on Naval Base and Ship Service Fuel Cell Development
10/2/03 SatCon Announces $3.4 Million in New Contracts for High Reliability Electronics $2.9 Million in Contracts from Military Customers
10/2/03 Honda Begins Experiments With Hydrogen Home Energy Station and Improves Solar-Cell Technology for Production of Hydrogen
9/29/03 Webasto and H.C. Starck jointly develop SOFC Stacks for Auxiliary Power Units
10/1/03 Fuel cell fork lift truck presented by the partners PROTON MOTOR, Still GmbH and Linde AG
9/25/03 Casio to Forecast Enabling Technologies Over Next Decade of Fuel Cells for Mobile Devices "The company is already investigating DMFC that is replaceable for AA batteries." AsiaBizTech
10/1/01 Form 8-K for ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES INC
10/1/03 GenCell Corporation selected for contract negotiations with the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund to demonstrate its commercial-scale 40 kW fuel cell system
10/1/03 Alternate Energy Corporation: Clarification of Announcement
10/1/03 Casio forecasts the widespread use of Fuel Cell Technology in Mobile Devices Johnson Matthey
10/1/03 Dow, GM, and Johnson & Johnson Lead the Charge to Green Power including fuel cells SocialFunds.com
10/1/03 Medis Technologies Extends Exchange Offer
10/1/ 03 Alternate Energy Corp. Signs Funding Agreement With Taurus Global Agreement Will Generate Funding To Bring Affordable, Clean, and Reliable Off-Grid Power To Consumers Homes And Businesses
10/1/03 Court Issues Interim Order Permitting Global Thermoelectric To Mail Circular And Proceed With Shareholder Meeting

September 2003

9/30/03 Researchers to Get Second Fuel-Cell Toyota UC Davis
9/2003 THE LATEST FUEL CELL NEWS IN JAPAN, SEPTEMBER 2003
9/30/03 Millennium Cell Joins Chicago Climate Exchange as Founding Associate Member
9/30/03 Quantum Fuel drops on plans to sell 7M common shares CBSMW
9/30/03 New Biomimetic technology breakthrough will boost power and cut manufacturing costs of fuel cells Morgan Fuel Cell
9/30/03 Business group pushes SRS Officials tout hydrogen projects during slump Augusta Chronicle, GA
9/30/03 ECD's shares sink as fuel cell firm's loss widens Detroit Free Press
9/30/03 Report on Helios crash expected to take longer AP
9/30/03 Firm banks on fuel cells for vehicles SARTA index member Anuvu will soon take orders for alternative-powered pickups Sacramento Bee
9/30/03 British DTI launches Fuel Cell Vision at London Conference "UK Fuel Cell Vision was launched by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)" H2CARSBIZ
9/30/03 ADVISORY/USFCC Co-Sponsors Fuel Cell Policy Roundtable and Discussion on Capitol Hill
9/30/03 General Atomics Extends Strategic Alliance with SatCon Technology Corporation to Develop Integrated Power Supply for U.S. Navy's ''All-Electric Ship'' Project
9/30/03 Hydrogenics Secures $3 Million in Test Equipment Orders Japanese Auto Makers Select Greenlight Power for Fuel Cell Testing Equipment
9/29/03 Quantum Files for Public Offering of 7,000,000 Shares of Common Stock
9/29/03 Energy Surprise delay in ENER 10-K Motley Fool
9/29/03 Energy Conversion Delays Annual Report Reuters
9/29/03 EDITORIAL: The Energy Bill Gets Worse "This process is undemocratic even by Congress's clubby standards." NY Times
10/6/03 Japan: Fuel-Cell Nation NEC, Toshiba, and Sony are developing ever-smaller cells to replace batteries Business Week
9/28/03 NCL moots fuel cell research centre "working on an ambitious proposal for setting up an inter-disciplinary centre for sustained research and development (R&D) in fuel cells (for power supply) at the cost of Rs 10 crore. . . both mobile and stationary applications" THE TIMES OF INDIA
9/29/03 No shill o' the month will make me buy a laptop right now "Methanol fuel cells seem to be at the top of the list of near-term goodies, but they won't be out in quantity until the end of '04 and it should be interesting to see if there will be plug-and-play units to replace existing batteries. Hopefully airline safety won't freak out about methanol fuel cartridges that are likely twice as flammable as the miniatures on the drink cart. . .." The Inquirer, UK
9/28/03 Innovative company wins grant for energy concept New Energy Solutions Inc. "converting animal waste to hydrogen" Berkshire Eagle, MA
9/29/03 PricewaterhouseCoopers 2003 Fuel Cell Industry Survey
9/29/03 Energy Conversion Devices to Extend Filing Date Of its Annual Report on Form 10-K
9/28/03 GOP Lawmakers Put Together Energy Bill "increases in money for nuclear research, including construction of a $1.1 billion reactor for making hydrogen." AP
9/28/03 Carbon dioxide poisoning the oceans Study suggests rising acidity in seawater could be irreversible "if emissions are not curbed, the acidity of the seas will increase more rapidly over the next 1,000 years than it has over the past 300 million years, and efforts to stave off the damage are unlikely to succeed" San Francisco Chronicle
9/24/03 Ford Delays Launch Of Hybrid SUV from end of 2003 to late next summer AP
9/28/03 Grid Worry Helps Some Tech Stocks FCEL NY Times (also viewable here)
9/27/03 3M Co. shuffles scientists "initiative to get better innovations to market faster. Targeted areas include pharmaceuticals, hydrogen fuel cell components and optical films" Pioneer Press
9/26/03 Clean fuel initiative stalled by safety fears "Britain's participation in a hydrogen fuel project backed by the world's largest energy companies has been stalled by fear of explosion. BP was forced on Friday to suspend plans to open the UK's first public hydrogen pump after councillors in an east London borough rejected a last-ditch planning application. . ." Financial Times
9/26/03 Rating the performance of residential fuel cells "Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have just launched an effort to supply the needed information. They are studying how changing electrical and heating demands, outside temperatures, humidity and power systems affect the efficiency of fuel cells made by different manufacturers." NIST
9/27/03 Fuel cells start to generate a spark of interest Financial Times
9/26/03 Energy Visions Inc. Financials EDGAR Online Financials via yahoo
10/2003 GM's Race to the Future The inside story of how the world's biggest automaker came to see the hydrogen car as its salvation -- and took the lead in the engineering challenge of the century. Business 2.0
9/26/03 Ford readies hydrogen vehicles Internal combustion engine uses clean fuel Detroit Free Press
9/24/03 QinetiQ and Voller Energy sign portable fuel cell agreement "covers the manufacture of QinetiQ's 2W tubular PEM fuel cell technology" QinetiQ
9/26/03 Dynetek Industries Ltd. Showcased at Michelin Challenge Bibendum
9/26/03 Automakers tout latest fuel-cell cars at auto show GM plans to have hydrogen car on market by 2010 AP
9/26/03 Alternative fuel vehicles roll into S.F. S.F. gets a hydrogen boost, City adds two fuel cell cars to its fleet of eco-friendly vehicles San Francisco Chronicle
9/26/03 Urgency needed to develop fuel cell industry "Deputy Mayor of London and the Energy Minister attempted to give some impetus to the UK’s fuel cell programme in their addresses to the eighth Grove Fuel Cell Conference, this week." Edie
9/26/03 Defense spending bill to boost projects in region "Plug Power Inc. is slated to get part of the $6.5 million targeted for two projects to study and develop the alternative-energy systems for various military uses. " Albany Tines Union
9/26/03 New collaboration could give Scotland a million pound hydrogen industry Edie
9/25/03 Green cars start their engines, quietly HyWire @ Bibendum MSNBC
9/25/03 Hydrogen fuel cell an issue in campaign San Francisco Chronicle
9/25/03 Diesel, Fuel Cell, Hybrid Vehicles ... 2003 Challenge Bibendum Reports Gains on Many Technology Fronts
9/25/03 San Francisco and Honda to Partner on Fuel Cell Car Program Honda FCX to Join San Francisco Fleet American Honda
9/24/03 Ultralife Batteries, Inc. Receives $3.1 Million Contract from the US Military to Expand Battery Production Capability
9/25/03 Clean energy fuel cells face multiple hurdles Reuters
9/25/03 Short positions in H2FC stocks as of 9/15/03 NASDAQ
9/25/03 5 big-payoff bets on alternative energy Prices for companies that develop fuel cells, microturbines and the like have doubled, even tripled, since last spring. But that's just the beginning if one of these long-odds technologies finds a mass market. MSN Money
9/25/03 GM, Honda see future in fuel cells that power homes USA Today
9/25/03 GE Global Research and ECD Ovonics Announce Contract with NIST to Manufacture Groundbreaking Large-Area Organic Electronic Devices NIST, GE and ECD Ovonics Collaborate on $13 Million Project
9/24/03 Alternate Energy Corp. Technology Solves Key Problems Keeping Fuel Cell Vehicles From The Consumer Market Company's Proprietary Technology Overcomes Price, Distribution, And Safety Obstacles
9/24/03 Dynetek supplies CNG Storage system to Isuzu-Westport CNG-DI truck on display at 2003 Challenge Bibendum
9/24/03 Palcan Fuel Cells Receives Funding to Begin Manufacturing Process Natural Resources Canada to Contribute $175,000 Towards Palcan's Membrane Electrode Assembly
9/24/03 FuelCell Energy surge 26 pct on power plant sale Reuters
9/24/03 Stuart Energy Announces Changes to the Board of Directors
9/24/03 Toyota Expands Its Real-World Testing of Fuel Cell Hydrogen Vehicles "two more vehicles would be put into action with the assistance of the University of California, Irvine and the University of California, Davis"
9/24/03 FuelCell Pops on California Plant Deal TheStreet.com
9/24/03 Energy Conversion Devices Drives Realization of Fuel Cell Powered Vehicles Demonstration of New Generation Alternative Energy Vehicle Proves The Hydrogen Economy is a Closer Reality; Air Quality Management District Provides Technology Incentive Funding
9/24/03 Texaco Ovonic Hydrogen Systems Storage Technology to Bring Hydrogen Storage Systems to Both Vehicles and to Refueling Stations
9/24/03 FuelCell's Got the Power? Motley Fool
9/23/03 Air Products' Hydrogen to Power Fuel Cell Automobiles at Challenge Bibendum in California
9/23/03 Caterpillar, FuelCell Energy, Announce First Joint Power Plant Sale In California
9/23/03 Global Thermoelectric Updates Results At Grove Fuel Cell Symposium
9/23/03 Plug Power named to CIO Magazine list Albany Business Review
9/23/03 Dynetek Industries Ltd. to Deliver Hydrogen Fuel Storage Systems to DaimlerChrysler
9/23/03 MTI, Gillette launch fuel cell partnership Companies will work together to develop refilling systems Albany Times Union
9/23/03 Battery maker becomes investor: Gillette bets future brings fuel cell use Boston Herald
9/22/03 Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham announes new phase of fuel-cell research "10 Department of Energy (DOE) research grants, totaling $4.2 million, will be matched by another $1.2 million from university and private sector participants for research aimed at resolving obstacles to fuel-cell use" Capitol Reports
9/23/03 Schwarzenegger's plan for hydrogen fuel called unrealistic San Francisco Chronicle
9/23/03 Pekin plant to produce hydrogen fuel cells Aventine Renewable Energy says ethanol will play role in project Peoria Journal Star
9/23/03 Quantum Awarded Contract for Hydrogen Refueling System
9/23/03 SatCon Announces New Power Conditioners for the Photovoltaic Market
9/22/03 Manitoba and Iceland sign MOU to promote hydrogen development Province of Manitoba
9/19/03 European Funding for Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Development 1 MW SOFC gas turnine hybrid Rolls-Royce
9/22/03 Alternate Energy Corp. Now Exclusive Owner Of Low-Cost Hydrogen Production Technology Company Buys Out The Technology It Had Under License
9/22/03 Honda to Showcase Hybrid, Ultra-Clean Gasoline, Natural Gas and Fuel Cell Production Vehicles at 2003 Challenge Bibendum
9/22/03 Hydrogen Storage Next Big Challenge, Say Global Experts in NAVC Report Northeast Advanced Vehicle Consortium
9/22/03 Mechanical Tech, Gillette in alliance CBSMW
9/22/03 Alternative fuels power auto event Mercury News
9/22/03 USFCC Releases Testing Protocol for Composite Bipolar Plates
9/22/03 Schwarzenegger's Energy Policy Recognizes Proton's Breakthrough Sustainable Energy Technology Proton Energy Systems
9/22/03 REGI U.S., Inc. Announces Rand Cam Compressor to Be Tested "has designed and built an air pump for fuel cell applications"
9/22/03 ChevronTexaco Technology Ventures Makes Key Appointments in Hydrogen Business Unit
9/22/03 Illinois 2 H2 Kicks Off Regional Forums: 'Positioning Illinois for Leadership in the Hydrogen Economy'
9/22/03 InPlay: Mechanical Tech enters strategic alliance with Gillette Briefing.com
9/22/03 Schwarzenegger Preps for 1st Recall Debate "promised Sunday to create a network of hydrogen fueling stations throughout the state in order to promote increased use of hydrogen powered vehicles. He also said he would prevent coastal oil drilling and seek to reduce energy consumption by 20 percent within two years." AP
9/22/03 MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY INC Files SEC form 8-K, Other Events "On September 19, 2003 . . . (MTI Micro . . . entered into a strategic alliance agreement with The Gillette Company (Gillette) whereby MTI Micro, Gillette and Gillette's Duracell business unit will develop and commercialize complementary micro fuel cell products . . . Gillette has made an initial $1 million investment in MTI Micro common stock, with the potential of an additional investment of $4 million subject to agreed milestones . . ."
9/20/03 Republican actor puts sheen of green on gubernatorial bid "To bolster his environmental credentials, [Schwarzenegger has] begun talking with an Irvine company about converting a Hummer to run on either clean-burning hydrogen or natural gas. . . " AP
9/18/03 Deja Vu: Buying Stock on Margin Is Back in Vogue Regulators Worry as Investors Pour Borrowed Cash Into Market; Rolling the Dice on High Tech "investors have borrowed $174.4 billion to buy stocks as of July, the most recent complete data. That marks a 25% increase since the end of last year" Wall Street Journal
9/20/03 US Air Force eyes 'near space' vehicle "The Ascender is a lightweight design that has global positioning system-based navigation. It uses helium for lift. The aircraft has two propellers powered by fuel cells..." Jane's Defence Weekly
9/19/03 Coalition of Twelve Major US Corporations and WRI Announce Largest Corporate Green Power Purchases in US "The 97 MW announced today include the following purchases . . . The Dow Chemical Company is purchasing 35 MW of hydrogen fuel cells from General Motors" World Resources Institute
9/19/03 City of Los Angeles Dedicates FuelCell Energy's DFC300A Power Plant at Terminal Island Treatment Plant Energy-Efficient, Ultra-Clean, Commercial Fuel Cell Will Be a Renewable Energy Resource
9/19/03 Enova Fuel Cell Components Enable Both Ford and Hyundai Motor Company Fuel Cell Vehicles in Michelin Challenge Bibendum
9/18/03 FuelCell Energy, Inc. Financials yahoo
9/18/03 Engelhard Launches Range of Technologies to Remove Sulfur in Fuel Cell Applications
9/18/03 Fuel Cells to Advance Zero-Emissions Energy in Tomorrow's Economy R&D on Key Components, Diagnostics, Modeling Gets $5.4 Million Boost with 10 New DOE Research Grants PRESSI.COM
9/18/03 A Sugar Cube, Please: I Need to Charge My Cellphone "discovered a novel sugar-loving micro-organism, Rhodoferax ferrireducens, that may one day serve as a stable source of low power." NY Times
9/18/03 Anuvu to Demonstrate Most Cost-Effective Fuel Cell Car Currently Available at 2003 Challenge Bibendum™ Zero Emission "Clean Urban Vehicle" (CUV™) Will Compete, Offer Media Test Drives at World's Largest Event for Environmental Vehicles
9/18/03 SatCon Delivers Fuel Cell Electronics to Major Manufacturer for Use in Petrochemical Plant Hydrogen by-products from the plants chemical and plastic production will power a planned 35-megawatt fuel cell power generation system.
9/18/03 Plug Power Receives CIO Magazine Top 100 Companies Award
9/17/03 Independent Power Technologies Demonstrates 6 Kw Hydrogen-Air Alkaline Fuel Cell (AFC) Generator In Belgium
9/15/03 Oxford Performance Materials Receives Contract from the Department of Energy to Expand High Temperature Fuel Cell Membrane Research & Development
9/17/03 Fuel Cells to Advance Zero-Emissions Energy in Tomorrow's Economy R&D on Key Components, Diagnostics, Modeling Gets $5.4 Million Boost with 10 New DOE Research Grants DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory
9/17/03 Stuart Energy eyeing possible GE partnership, CEO tells annual meeting CP
9/17/03 Stuart Energy expects rapid growth in revenues, CEO tells annual meeting CP
9/17/03 Ballard Fuel Cell Engine Powers Mitsubishi Fuel Cell Vehicle Ballard
9/17/03 Avista Labs Secures Additional Equity Financing Enterprise Partners Venture Capital Invests $5 million
9/17/03 AEC's Affordable Hydrogen Successfully Powers Astris Fuel Cell in Live Test World's most economically produced hydrogen runs ultra-efficient fuel cell for first time Alternate Energy Corporation
9/17/03 Astris Energi Successfully Tests New Hydrogen Production System on Its Fuel Cell Astris
9/17/03 Mitsubishi Motors Plans to Test New Fuel-Cell Vehicle Bloomberg
9/17/03 Coalition of Twelve Major US Corporations and WRI Announce Largest Corporate Green Power Purchases in US "The Dow Chemical Company is purchasing 35 MW of hydrogen fuel cells from General Motors. This is the largest corporate fuel cell purchase in the world." The World Resources Institute
9/17/03 NEC Develops Smaller Fuel Cell for Notebook PCs "with 20% greater power generating efficiency than the PC built in fuel cell announced on June 30th . . . output density of 50mW/cm2 and the refinement of the packaging technology allowed reduction in size of the fuel cell module by 20%" Specs and Photos NEC
9/17/03 Marubeni To Import Propane-Powered Stationary Fuel Cells , Plug Power GenSys P AsiaPulse
9/16/03 Media Advisory: Ballard Powers 'Zero-Emission' Fuel Cell Vehicles at 2003 Challenge Bibendum
9/16/03 Cleaner cars take toll on automakers' costs USA Today
9/16/03 Will the hydrogen economy revive the nuclear industry? EurActiv
9/16/03 First CUTE fuel cell bus arrives in Germany Johnson Matthey
9/16/03 Stuart Energy to Unveil Unique Personal Energy Station Prototype
9/16/03 Quantum Fuel Systems Tech Financials yahoo
9/16/03 Second Fuel Cell Demonstrator Airplane Project to Use UQM® Electric Propulsion System Project Will Evaluate the Potential Application of Fuel Cell Technology for Future Commercial Airplane Products by Developing and Flight-Testing an Electric Motor Driven Airplane Powered by Fuel Cells
9/16/03 SatCon's Integrated Power System Passes Critical Navy Testing Demonstrated Ability to Isolate Outages in 'All-Electric' Ship Power Grid
9/15/03 ADVISORY/City of Los Angeles Dedicates New Fuel Cell Power Plant at Terminal Island FCEL LADWP
9/15/03 GOP Produces Draft Energy Legislation "The proposal for developing hydrogen fuel, however, was scaled back substantially from a plan sought by Democrats and included in an earlier energy bill. No longer would the legislation establish a timetable for developing hydrogen fuel systems, and spending would be a third less than what some Democrats sought." AP
9/15/03 Harvest Energy Technology Fuel Processors Power Global Fuel Cell Demonstration Projects
9/15/03 More Than 100 Vehicles, 15 Manufacturers, Head to Sonoma for 2003 Challenge Bibendum™ "Participants include: 11 fuel cell vehicles, 18 hydrogen powered vehicles"
9/15/03 Alternate Energy Corp.'s Affordable Hydrogen Program Achieves Purity Goal Ahead Of Schedule: Positive Lab Results Pave Way For Immediate Fuel Cell Testing
9/15/03 Astris Energi Names H. David Ramm Executive Vice-President "Ramm held a series of senior management positions over l4 years with United Technologies Corp. The last three years he was chairman and CEO of the International Fuel Cell division (now UTC Fuel Cells)"
9/15/03 ECD Awarded Contract by NIST to Develop New Optical Switching Devices Based on Ovonic™ Phase-Change Materials
9/15/03 Stuart Energy and Dynetek Industries Enter into Strategic Alliance Agreement
9/15/03 Plug Power Receives $3.9 Million Nist Program Award to Advance Stationary Fuel Cell Development "Plug Power expects to receive approximately $1.8 million in net funding from NIST during the two year, cost-share program."
9/15/03 It’s Time For DG to Become an Integral Part of the Nation’s Power Planning Solution "Fallacy 1. Current natural gas shortages make DG a bad option. Wrong. . . " Energy Pulse
9/15/03 Cleaning up coal In the face of a global environmental crisis, coal's days appear to be numbered "There is no question in Johnson's mind that the hydrogen future will happen — but when and how? What sort of catastrophe, what degree of power outages, smog, pollution, climate change, carbon overload will it take to make the shift?" Toronto Star
9/9/03 CEO Jerry Leitman: in-studio CNBC Appearance (3:15) dialup | broadband
9/12/03 Deere invests in green "modified Gator that confirms that the use of alternative fuel is now within reach. The prototype, built by Deere and Canadian-based Hydrogenics Corp., uses a hydrogen fuel cell . . . " Bettendorf News
9/12/03 University of Missouri-Rolla, Motorola Work to Improve ... "University of Missouri-Rolla and Motorola Inc.'s Advanced Technology Center in Schaumburg, Ill., are developing three-dimensional switches and tiny fuel cells to improve the reception quality and extend the operating time for wireless communications and other wireless sensing devices" AScribe
9/12/03 Neah Power Systems Receives $2 Million Government Award to Develop Leading-Edge, Silicon-based Micro Fuel Cell "The award will help fund a two-year, $6.5 million cost-shared program to further the development of Neah Power's silicon-based micro fuel cell"
9/12/03 Toyota chairman sees a growing auto market "Toyota Motor North America Inc. has yet to accept an invitation made last February to participate in FreedomCAR" Automotive News
9/12/03 Hosokawa Micron Eyes Electrode For Solid-Oxide Fuel Cells "The goal is to leverage Hosokawa Micron's nanoparticle technology to make electrodes that will enable SOFCs to operate at the relatively low temperature of around 600 C while retaining the high energy-conversion efficiency for which they are known." Nikkei
9/12/03 DTI to launch UK Fuel Cell Vision at London Conference
9/12/03 Swedish Premiere with GM/Opel HydroGen3 Fuel-Cell Vehicle H2CARSBIZ
9/12/03 Steven N. Fischer Joins Board of Directors of Mechanical Technology
9/12/03 Media Advisory: Stuart Energy Annual General Meeting With Demonstration Of Hydrogen Technology
9/12/03 Clean, green companies New Alternatives manager picks Stake Tech., Fuel Cell CBSMW
9/11/03 Power Surge SatCon SmartMoney.com
9/11/03 QUANTUM FUEL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES WORLDWIDE INC Files SEC form 10-Q, Quarterly Report
9/11/03 SATCON TECHNOLOGY CORP Files SEC form 8-K, Other Events "On September 10, 2003, the Registrant completed the sale of $762,500 secured convertible subordinated debentures as contemplated by the February 18, 2003 financing transaction. The Registrant received proceeds of $731,000, net of transaction costs."
9/4/03 Hyundai's Fuel Cell Vehicle Plans FCT
9/4/03 Why Wait for Hydrogen to Kick In? Detroit claims this promising fuel is the answer to greater efficiency. Meantime, other technologies could do the trick today BusinessWeek
9/11/03 WSU to offer degree in fuel cell technology NextEnergy backs hydrogen economy Detroit Free Press
9/11/03 Stuart Energy: Sweden Opens First Hydrogen Fueling Station
9/10/03 EU roadmap towards a European Partnership for a Sustainable Hydrogen Economy European Union
9/10/03 National Hydrogen Association and NextEnergy to hold Hydrogen Safety Codes And Standards Workshop in Michigan Wednesday September 10, 7:26 pm ET - 'Featuring Hydrogen Vehicles From Ford and General Motors'
9/3/03 A Chance of Fuel Cell Batteries Before End of World "Market analysts say about 2,000 laptops with micro fuel cells will be sold in the coming year, but that should jump to 1 million in 2008 and 120 million in 2011, just in time for the asteroid collision in 2014." financialwire.net
9/10/03 FuelCell Energy "neutral," target price raised New Ratings
9/10/03 DOE to Award $12.3 Million for Energy Efficient and Clean Energy Projects
9/10/03 Dana Corporation Expands Global Commitment to Fuel-Cell Component Technologies
9/10/03 PolyFuel Receives $2 Million Grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology for Fuel Cell R&D
9/9/03 Hydrogen: Fair & Balanced - Part 2 Conclusion of interview with Rocky Mountain Institute co-founder Amory Lovins
9/10/03 STMicro applies nanotechnology to fuel cell research "3D structure containing thousands of buried microchannels that maximizes the contact area between the gases, the catalysts and the electrodes" Silicon Strategies
9/9/03 A fuel for innovation Hydrogen, touted as energy solution, builds awareness in Denver Denver Post
9/9/03 Is Hydrogen the Gasoline of the Future? National Geographic
9/10/03 Gearing Up for a Move to the 'Hydrogen Economy' European Commission Reuters
9/10/03 New Top Analyst Rankings for Fuelcell Energy Inc
9/10/03 ST joins the Micro Fuel Cell race Mobilemag.com
9/9/03 GTI Reports Significant Results From Advanced Membrane in Cooperative Tests of Direct Methanol Fuel Cell
9/10/03 Chip Maker ST Eyes Fuel Cell to Power Mobile Phone Reuters
9/10/03 Micro Fuel Cells May Replace Batteries in Mobile Phones STMicroelectronics
9/10/03 QUANTUM FUEL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES WORLDWIDE INC Files SEC form 8-K, Financial Statements and Exhibits
9/10/03 Quantum Reports Fiscal 2004 First Quarter Results Record Revenues and Profitability Within Fuel Cell Systems Operating Segment
9/9/03 A Critical Analysis of Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Cars H2CARSBIZ
9/9/03 Ahead of the Curve - FuelCell Energy Audio Report from On24
9/9/03 MTI Microfuel Cells Executives to Speak at International Fuel Cell Conferences
9/9/03 FuelCell posts narrower than expected Q3 loss CBSMW
9/9/03 Harvest Energy Technology Fuel Processors Power Global Fuel Cell Demonstration Projects
9/9/03 BMW Presents Dual-Fuel V12 Hydrogen Engine at IAA Frankfurt Motor Show H2CARSBIZ
9/9/03 Fuel Cells May Power Up Computer Sales Investor's Business Daily
9/9/03 Avista Labs Fuel Cell Achieves Product Certifications
9/9/03 InPlay: FuelCell Energy beats by $0.09 Briefing.com
9/9/03 FuelCell Energy Reports Third Quarter 2003 Results Quarterly Cash Use Reduced | correction
9/9/03 SatCon Announces $22 Million in Order Backlog
9/8/03 The next wireless revolution on the horizon "Enter micro fuel cells. This technology, being developed by literally dozens of companies in the United States, Japan and Europe, promises to deliver a fivefold or more increase in power for small, portable devices." Daily Yomiuri
9/8/03 Alternative Energy Corp. Hydrogen Purity Tests Yield Exciting Results Inexpensive off-grid residential and commercial power now one step closer to the consumer market
9/8/03 Creation of technology platform signals next phase in hydrogen economy, says Busquin Cordis
9/8/03 Scientists Question Hydrogen Fuel Cells "Los Alamos researchers are studying how the atmosphere might respond to increased hydrogen and are establishing a baseline for further comparisons." AP
9/8/03 ECD Establishes Director of Risk Management and Internal Audit Position
9/2003 MOTT CORPORATION TECHNOLOGY SUPPORTS FUEL CELL INDUSTRY "Mott Corporation manufactures porous sintered metal for a variety of applications and technologies related to the fuel cell industry. . . "
9/8/03 Dana Corporation, HyRadix, Inc. to Develop Hydrogen Fuel Processing Systems
9/8/03 Hyundai Debuts Santa Fe FCHEV in 2003 Challenge Bibendum™ Fuel Cell/Electric Hybrid SUV Joins Veteran Santa Fe Fuel Cell Vehicle to Lead Hyundai's Charge in Michelin Environmental Event
9/8/03 New fuel cell uses germs to generate electricity Boston Globe
9/8/03 CEO Special Topic: The 10-Year Outlook for Clean Energy "Fuel Cells: This sector is a wild card. CEO sees fuel cells as one of the most promising power generation technologies on the horizon. However, the timing of when fuel cells will break through to the broad commercial marketplace is difficult to predict." Energy Pulse
9/7/03 Arnold Makes His Hummer Green "In a strategic political move to appeal to California’s many enviros, Arnold Schwarzenegger is touting a retrofit of his favorite signature Hummer vehicle – to run on clean-burning hydrogen." NewsMax
9/5/03 Northern Power Systems to build MicroGrid power network to address risk of power outages Electric Light & Power
9/5/03 S&P Equity Research Services Maintains 'Sell' (* out of *****) on Shares Of FuelCell Energy
9/5/03 PDAs and Laptops Powered by Suds MCEL Wired
9/4/03 Proton Energy Systems, Inc. Announces Filing of Form S-4 "preliminary joint proxy statement/prospectus relating to the acquisition of Northern Power Systems"
7/7/03 A Patent Problem Affecting Fuel Cells for Mobile Devices Suddenly Surfaces ". . . sending shockwaves among manufacturers of hardware and fuel cells alike the world over, companies that are focusing on development of fuel cells for use in mobile devices. U.S.-based Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corp. (DMFC), a company that claims to hold the basic patent on mobile device fuel cells, has suddenly come to the fore. . . " Nikkei Electronics
9/3/03 Breakthrough for Fuel Cells Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology
9/4/03 Delphi SECA Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Successfully Powered By Gasified Coal
9/4/03 Hydrogen Infrastructure Deployment is Key Component to U.S. and Canada Having One Million Fuel Cell Vehicles by 2015, Says ABI
9/3/03 Alternative Energy Key to Avoiding Repeat of Blackout 2003 - ECD Ovonics Leads The Way in Providing Alternative Energy Solutions - Renewable Sources of Energy Offer Safeguard Against Power Loss
9/3/03 SatCon Technology Corp. Update Call scheduled for 10:00 am ET today
9/3/03 Dynetek Industries Ltd. Announces Significant Orders for European Operation
9/3/03 Quantum Schedules Fiscal 2004 First Quarter Financial Results Conference Call Tuesday, September 9, 2003 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time
9/3/03 Palcan Develops Stationary 2-Kilowatt PEM Fuel Cell System For Growing Telecommunications And UPS Market
9/3/03 Understanding the Latest Blackout "DG is often made uneconomical by the confiscatory charges of the Wire Lords for back-up power, moving surplus power to neighbors, and for the privilege of connecting to the grid." Energy Pulse
9/2/03 Power & Energy Develops Key Fuel Cell Technology Hydrogen separator will accelerate use of fuel cells "Using advanced nano-technology, a system the size of a typical telephone directory (one tenth of a cubic foot) can supply the hydrogen needed for a 100KW fuel cell that could be used to power a car." CAREFUL!
9/2/03 PluggedIn: Laptop Fuel Cells -- Ready for Takeoff? Reuters
9/2/03 FuelCell Energy, Inc. Invites You to Hear Third Quarter Results on Its Web Broadcast Conference Call on Tuesday, September 9, 2003, at 10:00 A.M. EST
9/1/03 Alternate-Power Stocks Prove to Be Mixed Bag "The lights have been back on for two weeks, but investors may just be beginning to realize they are in the dark when it comes to the merits of the alternative energy suppliers they scooped up in the days after the massive blackout." HYGS, BLDP, FCEL Wall Street Journal
9/2/03 Small Thoughts for a Global Grid "Without a major resurgence of U.S. citizens' entering the physical sciences and engineering, the solution to the energy challenge will be too slow in coming" NY Times
9/2/03 Acumentrics and Sumitomo to Form Joint Venture to Develop and Market Solid Oxide Fuel Cells for Japan Acumentrics
9/2/03 ECD Moves Toward Independent Board With Resignation of Four Directors
9/2/03 Cost Reductions Will Hasten Fuel Cell Commercialization Frost & Sullivan
9/2/03 Honda FCX makes it big Times of Oman
9/2/03 Blackout benefits Fuel-cell makers get boost in wake of power outage "But professional money managers say investors shouldn't be too swayed by such short-term market blips, since few firms are in a position to cash in immediately on the crisis." Calgary Sun
9/1/03 Big players power into fuel cells Nippon Steel tests model using LNG; Tokyo Gas gets hydrogen from city gas Nikkei
9/1/03 Smart Fuel Cell presents commercial product Hyweb
8/30/03 Hydrogen: Fair and Balanced Part one of an exclusive hour-long, audio dialog with Rocky Mountain Institute CEO Amory Lovins EV World
9/1/03 Toyota Launches New Gasoline-Electric Hybrid System Car Dow Jones
9/1/2003 More power to portable electronics Micro-fuel cells seen as the way to keep devices running longer San Francisco Chronicle
9/29/03 Researchers find platinum substitute for hydrogen fuel production
9/2003 Battery Supplies Ran Dangerously Low in Iraq leading to a policy review of non-rechargeable batteries, as well as an examination of alternative power sources, such as fuel cells and solar panels. National Defense Magazine

August 2003

8/29/03 Snow Leopard Resources Inc. Announces 2003 Second Quarter Results
8/29/03 Base is first to test alternative fuel cell United States Air Force
8/29/03 IdaTech Field-Testing Propane Fuel Cell in Cascades Butane-Propane News
8/29/03 SHEC Labs Completes Third and Final Closing of Private Placement Offering
8/29/03 Dynetek Industries Ltd. Reviews Second Quarter 2003 Results
8/29/03 GM Sees Future in Fuel Cell Washington Post
8/29/03 DUMB LUCK INVESTOR: Awaiting Clean Energy's Payoff Optionetics.com
8/29/03 "Tokyo Gas Co. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. have jointly developed a highly efficient way to extract hydrogen from city gas" "could boost the overall energy efficiency of a fuel-cell-powered car to 40%, a significant improvement over the roughly 26% energy efficiency of hybrid cars." Nikkei
8/29/03 Nippon Steel To Enter Fuel Cell Business "will use an SOFC produced by Acumentrics Corp., a U.S. start-up whose shareholders include Sumitomo Corp. . . intends to release the small fuel cell power generation system with an output of around 10kw in the spring of 2005." Nikkei
8/29/03 Media plugs Plug's performance during blackout Albany Business Review
8/29/03 Zoot campus operating on fuel cell energy The Bozeman Daily Chronicle
8/29/03 Phill 'er up in your own garage Toronto company's home refueller solves Honda's problem for natural-gas vehicles Montreal Gazette
8/28/03 Analysis of stratospheric air resolves enigma of hydrogen balance in Earth's atmosphere "will help scientists assess the impact of additional hydrogen escaping into the atmosphere if America moves to hydrogen-fueled vehicles" AAAS
8/28/03 Fuel-Cell Company Eyes Lowell, Mass., for Expansion Ballard The Sun, Lowell, Mass.
8/28/03 EPA Denies Petition to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Motor Vehicles
8/28/03 Global Thermoelectric posts $9.6M quarterly loss ahead of takeover CP
8/28/03 FuelCell Energy Partner PPL Completes Fuel Cell Installation for Zoot Enterprises FCEL
8/28/03 SatCon Technology S-3 Registration Statement Declared Effective Company to Conduct Conference Call to Update Shareholders on Operations
8/27/03 PPL Completes Fuel Cell Installation for Zoot Enterprises FCEL PPL Corporation
8/27/03 Global Thermoelectric Announces Second Quarter Results
8/27/03 POWERBALL INTERNATIONAL INC Financials
8/27/03 Fuel Cell Demonstration at Exhibition Place City of Toronto
8/27/03 Fuel Cell Locomotive Could Free Subways from Grid Reuters
8/27/03 Arno A. Evers Fair-PR: Four Steps to a New Reliable, Cleaner and Decentralized Energy Supply based on Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
8/27/03 Company ready to fuel cars with hydrogen stored as powder "'We’re ready whenever the world is ready,' says Ovshinsky." AutoWeek
8/18/03 Report on one year demonstration of Avista labs fuel cells at military base
8/26/03 Preliminary proxy statements relating to merger or acquisition FCEL sec.gov
8/27/03 Short positions in H2FC stocks as of 8/15/03
8/27/03 Engelhard Awarded Grant for Fuel Cell Research "$5 million over five years to develop new technology to recover and recycle precious metals from fuel cell systems"
8/27/03 IdaTech Sites Propane Fuel Cell System
8/27/03 QuestAir Technologies installs HyQuestor® hydrogen purifier at Toronto hydrogen power demonstration
8/26/03 Brethren Venture Corporation Fails To Provide Cdn. $2,000,000 Loan To Energy Visions Inc.
8/26/03 Hydrogen & Fuel cells on TV: entire Nightline (ABC) last night was on fuel cells, CNBC just ran a report on hydrogen in Iceland. Stories have not appeared on respective websites.
8/27/03 Agriculture to reap benefits of bio-fuel New Zealand Herald
8/23/03 ECD shows hydrogen storage system Oakland County Press
8/26/03 Companies look to generate own power post-blackout UTC-FC Reuters
8/26/03 Alternate Fuel Vehicles and Cutting Edge Technologies Lead Ford Motor Company Entries for 2003 Challenge Bibendum™ Manufacturer Enters Fuel Cell, Hybrid and Hydrogen Vehicles in Annual Environmental Event
8/25/03 Hydrogen Economy And Nigeria allafrica.com
8/26/03 GORE MEAs Powering HySTAT™ Fuel Cells From HYDROGENICS
8/26/03 Neah Power Systems Names Dr. Arthur Homa Vice President of Engineering
8/2003 Distributed generation: It's all a matter of control "Fuel cell deployment continues to increase within the growing distributed generation fleet and with it, the increased importance of the ability to remotely monitor the conditions inside them." DTE, PLUG, HTGS Power Engineering
8/25/03 AEC Announces Further Developments On Its Hydrogen Maker "successfully completed a hydrogen volume flow test in preparation for running the Astris fuel cell"
8/25/03 Media plugs Plug's performance during blackout The Business Review (Albany)
8/25/03 On the Road to Hydrogen Former GM CEO has a “solid” solution to storage problems - ENER TheCarConnection.com
8/25/03 DaimlerChrysler Prepares Twelve Advanced Technology Vehicles for 2003 Challenge Bibendum
8/24/03 Innovative power solutions in the offing Plug Power, Intermagnetics Albany Times Union
8/24/03 Independent Generators Are Generating Interest "During the blackout, the Condé Nast building in Times Square was not permitted to use two fuel cells it has for supplemental power." "agreement with Con Ed requires building managers to turn off the cells in the event of a power failure, ostensibly to protect utility workers. 'To get the fuel cells approved, we had to agree to shut them off in a blackout'" NY Times
8/23/03 Local authorities receive fuel-cell vehicles Japan Times
8/23/03 Blackout expected to generate more interest in fuel cells AP
8/22/03 Blackout plays may go dim Need for spending outdistances sources of funds CBS.MarketWatch.com
8/2003 THE LATEST FUEL CELL NEWS IN JAPAN, AUGUST 2003 Fuel Cell Development Information Center
8/21/03 Fuel-Cell Vehicles Still Down the Road Kiplinger
8/21/03 Blackout shines light on Plug Rep. Boehlert says alternate power sources will draw funds Albany Times Union
8/22/03 Toyota to deliver fuel - cell cars Japan Today
8/22/03 Hydrogen to light up 3 carparks in fuel cell trial Idatech Straits Times, Singapore
8/21/03 Forbes Newsletter Watch: Advisers Buy Blackout Stocks h2fc.com (mis)quoted (corrections in next H2FC newsletter)
8/21/03 Fuel cells spark energy optimism Reliability helps spread adoption, but costs still high CNBC
8/21/03 Fuel Cell Boat Tested in Newport Beach, Calif. Harbor Millennium Cell, Seaworthy, Duffy Boat and Anuvu Demonstration Takes to the Water Millennium Cell
8/21/03 Put Power Where It's Needed: USFCC Urges Governors To Adopt Interconnection Standard for Distributed Generation Technologies US Fuel Cell Council
8/21/03 EU OKs RWE, DaimlerChrysler Fuel-Cell Joint Venture Dow Jones
8/21/03 Proton unveils innovative generator New Haven Register
8/20/03 UD researchers will work with DuPont and Ion Power to improve fuel cell economics University of Deleware
8/20/03 Greenvolt releases new fuel cell Globe and Mail
8/20/03 LIPA Dedicates the Installation of a Combined Heat and Power Fuel Cell at the Suffolk County William Rogers Legislative Building LIPA
8/20/03 Platinum price hoisted to its highest since March "Funds are apparently very long in platinum -- they are looking at things like fuel cell technology" Reuters
8/20/03 LIPA and Suffolk County Legislature Install Fuel Cells LIPA
8/20/03 CIBC Wrld Mkts initiates coverage of BLDP at Sector Underperform
8/20/03 Carrying the Load Clean Fuel Cell Tech Could Boost Weak, Old Power Grids ABC News
8/20/03 Siemens Westinghouse: Fuel Cell Activities FCT
8/19/03 Webcast Alert: Proton Energy Systems Announces Its Power Quality Technology Discussion with Investors Webcast August 20, 2003 @ 2:00 PM Eastern
8/19/03 WPI Hydrogen Research Looks to Fuel Future Economy Shell Providing $1.5 Million in Grant Funding Worcester Polytechnic Institute
8/19/03 Global Thermoelectric Receives US$3.1 million Order From China "thermoelectric power systems from the West-East Gas Pipeline Company of China"
8/19/03 Fuel cell emergency generator unveiled Ballard - Photo Reuters via CNN
8/19/03 Media Invite - Fuel Cells for Fresh Air! Come See A 21st Century Pollution Solution Hydrogenics
8/19/03 Power Play BLDP, FCEL, PLUG Motley Fool
8/19/03 Nationwide Hydrogen Education Tour to Launch in Denver This Fall Ford Motor Company and Colorado School of Mines Are Event Sponsors, Dr. Geoffrey Ballard to Serve as Keynote Speaker HydrogenWorks
8/19/03 E-Gang: Cutting the Other Wire Stephen Tang, CEO, Millennium Cell "the cell phone version will be contained in a package that will cost around $1.50, Tang promises." Forbes
8/19/03 The Micro Fuel Cell TheFeature.com
8/19/03 Ballard product unveiling is timely CP
8/19/03 Energy stock caution urged As investors drive up shares, analysts wary of alternative producers' staying power The Globe and Mail
8/19/03 Windsor-Montreal hydrogen corridor proposed Fuel-cell industry to serve fleets, Hopes to link with similar projects Toronto Star
8/19/03 Powering the people The internet offers a model for developing a hydrogen-powered energy network which would be less vulnerable to blackouts. Jeremy Rifkin The Guardian
8/18/03 Blackout sheds light on alternatives Investors seek energy firms that can generate profits CNBC
8/18/03 Caution: high voltage The power outage sent stocks like FuelCell and Plug Power hopping. But what's the fizzle factor? CNN
8/18/03 Ballard Unveils New Fuel Cell Emergency Generator "analysts who follow the firm questioned whether the new product would be cost competitive with traditional diesel-powered generators" Reuters
8/18/03 The Bits Are Willing, but the Batteries Are Weak "until long-promised new fuel technologies — from fuel cells to mictoturbines to Sterling engines — liberate cyberspace from the power grid, the digital economy will continue to rely on Thomas A. Edison's technology" NY Times
8/18/03 Proton Energy Systems, Inc. Reports Progress With New Power Quality Technology New Technology Stores Energy and Supplements Grid If Electricity Is Interrupted
8/18/03 Deal clears the way for fuel cell cars in California EE Times
8/18/03 Fuel Cell Technologies Reports Second Quarter Results
8/18/03 Future Still Unclear for Alternative Energy TheStreet.com
8/18/03 Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Investor Sees Opportunities Following Blackout h2fc.com
8/18/03 Modine Receives Order to Supply Thermal and Water Management Components for Automotive Fuel Cell Market
8/18/03 Comparative Charts of H2FC Stocks
8/18/03 First Albany 'more constructive' on alt. energy stocks (CPST, FCEL, AMSC, BLDP, PLUG) CBS.MW
8/18/03 Sanyo to market fuel cells for portable electronics Top lithium-ion battery maker targets eco-friendly power for notebooks, cell phones "The firm has already set up a special development team at a facility in Gunma Prefecture. By using technology now being developed for household-use fuel cells, which are considerably larger, it aims to expedite the development and commercialization of compact fuel cells. " Nikkei
8/18/03 GM Affiliate To Make Fuel Cell Parts In Japan For Sale To Asia "Quantum Technologies Inc., a California-based fuel cell component maker affiliated with General Motors Corp., intends to establish a firm in Japan by mid-2005 to build a hydrogen tank plant by 2008" Nikkei
8/18/03 Benefits of 'clean' fuel cells debated "The most abundant element in the universe - hydrogen - may one day fuel your car. But some scientists are not so sure that's a good idea. . . " Baltimore Sun
8/18/03 Stuart Energy Uses Zero Emission Hydrogen Power to Weather the Power Outage
8/18/03 Platinum Up On Renewed Fuel Cell Interest Dow Jones
8/18/03 GrafTech Files Shelf Registration Statement
8/18/03 FuelCell Energy upped to Buy at TD Newcrest "upgrade from Reduce comes on view that certain fuel cell stocks stand to benefit from enhanced spending on backup power and distributed generation" briefing.com
8/18/03 Ballard Power upped to Buy from Hold at TD Newcrest "price target to $16.50 from $15.00" briefing.com
8/18/03 Ballard Introduces Stationary Fuel Cell Power Generator for Telecommunications and UPS Markets
8/18/03 Wall Street powers into energy sector PLUG, FCEL USA Today
8/18/03 Green, local energy beckons HYGS, HHO Toronto Star
8/18/03 In the belly of a generating beast Blackout from power plant operators' point of view The Christian Science Monitor
8/17/03 Getting By Without the Grid Can America free itself from the grid and democratize energy? Time
8/16/03 Generator, Power-Line Makers Stand to Benefit From Blackout "United Technologies Corp., which sells fuel cells such as the one that powers the police station in New York's Central Park in emergencies, expects orders to increase within the next few weeks." Bloomberg
8/15/03 Blackouts Were Crystal Clear "To handle the requirements that the transmission system expects over the next 10 years, about 27,000 gigawatt-miles are required, says the Edison Electric Institute. However, only 6,000 gigawatt-miles are planned. . . Transmission and distribution capacity is an issue that could be solved by investing $10 billion a year for 10 years into modern technologies . . ." UtiliPoint
8/16/03 Blackout fuel for alternate energy firms But analysts attribute sharp gains to 'rank speculation' National Post
8/16/03 Latest Problems Fuel Power System Debate Hartford Courant
8/16/03 Households with alternative power avoid blanket outage "In Saratoga Springs, 35 miles north of Albany, an eight-apartment complex that the Naval Support Unit uses for military personnel kept its lights on Thursday evening with fuel cells, said Lt. Cmdr. Mary Lewellyn." PLUG Poughkeepsie Journal
8/16/03 Researcher holds high hopes for hybrid trains "The development of a fuel-cell-powered train will also be possible in the future" Daily Yomiuri
8/15/03 Energy Shares Surge Following Blackout Wall Street Journal via quicken.com
8/15/03 THE BLACKOUT OF 2003 series of articles about The Grid MIT Technology Review
8/15/03 Blackout 2003: Accusations Fly Over Lack of Energy Bill CNSNews.com
8/15/03 U.S. power distribution system out-of-date? WorldNow and WOODTV
8/15/03 Message: Fuel Cell Technologies Corporation "lights stayed on at its research facility in Kingston Ontario yesterday afternoon and all through the night. This was possible because of an FCT fuel cell unit that was operating in the building when the power blackout started Thursday afternoon. . . ."
8/15/03 Alternative Energy Stocks Post Gains Reuters
8/15/03 Utility stocks mixed after blackout CBS MarketWatch
8/15/03 Eastern Power Outage Unfortunate But Entirely Predictable; Aug. 14 Event Offers Wake-Up Call for U.S. Energy Policymakers Ascribe
8/15/03 Bush: Blackouts A 'Wake-Up Call' CBS News
8/15/03 Let There Be Light "43% single-day surge by the shares of American Superconductor (AMSC), a maker of advanced nitrogen-cooled transmission lines designed to transmit more electricity and, possibly, reduce the odds of cascading grid failures like the one that struck Thursday" FCEL mentioned SmartMoney.com
8/15/03 Alternative Power Company Shares Rise Amid Outage Dow Jones
8/13/03 MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY INC - Quarterly Report (SEC form 10-Q) sec.gov
8/13/03 GTI Fuel Cell Test Reaches Important Milestone bipolar plates for PEMs Gas Technology Institute
8/13/03 PROTON ENERGY SYSTEMS INC - Quarterly Report (SEC form 10-Q) sec.gov
8/14/03 Alternative power is set to blow away the old Japan Times
8/14/03 Brownout at energy firms "Those alternative energy companies, the ones developing fuel cells or solar power systems, look like they're running on empty." SatCon Boston Globe
8/14/03 Enova Selects Adams, Harkness & Hill as New Investment Banking Firm
8/13/03 MILLENNIUM CELL INC - Quarterly Report (SEC form 10-Q) sec.gov
8/13/03 Energy Department to Award $17.3 Million for 187 Energy-Saving Projects; Supports Secretary Abraham's Smart Energy Campaign "Hydrogen Program -- Fuel Cell Demonstration and Coordinated Public Education Outreach (three projects totaling $300,000)" DOE
8/13/03 Fund Keeps Its Nose Clean With Tech "In November, the managers rethought their thesis and dumped fuel cell makers Ballard Power and FuelCell Energy and most of the other renewable energy stocks." Investors Business Daily
8/13/03 U.S. Department of Energy Recognizes FuelCell Energy's DFC3000 Power Plant 2 Megawatt Power Plant at Global Energy's Wabash River Energy, Ltd. Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Facility Will Be the World's First Industrial Scale Fuel Cell Power Plant Powered by Coal-Derived Synthesis Gas
8/13/03 Japan successfully tests fuel-cell ocean probe vehicle ENN
8/13/03 House panel OKs funds for DOD mobile technology "$3 million would be allotted to the Direct Liquid Ethanol Delivery System, a project to develop fuel cell alternatives to battery power in the battlefield. Itronix and General Dynamics Corp. are partnering on that project." GCN.com
8/13/03 Palcan Fuel Cells Launches Production With Initial Orders For Its Fuel Cell Stacks
8/13/03 Mechanical Technology Reports Second Quarter 2003 Results and Progress
8/13/03 Mechanical Technology Inc. Earnings Call scheduled for 10:30 am ET today
8/13/03 Anuvu Announces Availability of Fuel Cells For Educational Research and Teaching
8/13/03 Mazda to develop rotary hydrogen car AAP
8/12/03 Fuels Cells Canada applauds the Canadian Government's commitment to the hydrogen and fuel cell industry
8/12/03 Automakers Drop Suits Over Clean-Air Regulation NY Times
8/12/03 U.S. Energy Secretary Abraham Tours Daimler Chrysler Nabern Fuel Cell Research Facility DOE
8/12/03 Clean Energy Demonstration at Exhibition Place Showcases Fuel of the Future Official unveiling of three-year hydrogen fuel cell project at this year's Ex Hydrogenics
8/12/03 Michelin Teams With Bosch to Add Diesel Expertise To Challenge Bibendum™ Line Up Robert Bosch Corp. will showcase 10 clean-diesel vehicles at annual environmental event
8/12/03 Standards pave way for fuel cell technology "CSA America, an ANSI member and accredited standards developer, is responsible for one prominent fuel cell standard in the US: ANSI Z21.83 1998, Fuel Cell Power Plants. In addition, CSA is developing CSA FC1-200x, Stationary Fuel Cell Power Systems, which is being considered as an American National Standard . . ." e4engineering.com
8/12/03 Ottawa doling out $1-billion to address Kyoto treaty "Canada's fledgling fuel-cell sector will get $130-million to develop the so-called hydrogen-powered economy." The Globe and Mail
8/12/03 Tender Offer Medis sec.gov
8/11/03 Carmakers Settle With Calif. Air Board AP
8/10/03 Gas to electricity New solid oxide fuel cell converts natural gas to electricity and auxiliary heat, long life predicted for Fairbanks unit - 5kW, "Incorporating a fuel cell stack built by Siemens Westinghouse, the electric generating unit was assembled by Ontario-based Fuel Cell Technologies for researchers at Arctic Energy Technology Development Laboratory, a part of the University of Alaska Fairbanks." Petroleum News
8/11/03 US Energy Secretary to Tour DaimlerChrysler Fuel Cell Facility in Germany; Secretary Abraham to Test Drive Fuel Cell Vehicle DoE
8/11/03 GM unveils awd hybrid powertrain "Burns said the wheel motors will likely be an integral part of GM’s fuel cell powertrain." Automotive News
8/11/03 PLUG POWER INC - Quarterly Report (SEC form 10-Q) sec.gov
8/11/03 SatCon Technology to Report FY2003 Third Quarter Results Tuesday, August 12, 2003
8/9/03 Do We Really Need Hydrogen Cars? Audio interview with Hydrogen-fueled Cars Not Best Way co-author Alex Farrell EV World
8/6/03 Transcript of FCEL-GLE conference call discussing proposed merger sec.gov
8/11/03 Strong roots in [polymer] science give Delaware edge in fuel-cell development Gore, DuPont, Ion Power The News Journal, DE
8/11/03 Teledyne Awarded $4.3 million NASA Contract Option to Deliver a PEM Fuel Cell Power System
8/11/03 Jurgen Volling, P. Eng. To Head Hydrogen Initiative For AEC
8/11/03 H2RV – FORD HYDROGEN HYBRID RESEARCH VEHICLE autofan.com
8/11/03 3 local firms in fuel cell technology to seek VC Chicago Sun Times
8/11/03 Eco-car fails to beat fuel record "The BOC GH2OST, which runs in almost complete silence, attempted to beat the current best of 10,705 miles per gallon. The revolutionary car instead notched up the equivalent of 1,200 miles on just one gallon" BBC
8/11/03 Ford early years and the new Model U The Hindu, India
8/10/03 Down the Road, Portable Power Hydrogen hailed as fuel source of the future Newsday
8/9/03 Fuel cell company comes to CU "Renew Power aims to bring to market tiny fuel cells that can run laptop computers, cellphones and personal digital assistants (PDAs) as much as five times longer than current batteries. . . fuel cell runs on formic acid" Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette
8/9/03 Layered Approach A simple technique for making thin coatings is poised to shift from curiosity to commodity "attempting to make ultrathin ion-conducting layers for fuel cells that would run at higher temperatures than today's ion-conducting materials can handle." Science News
8/9/03 Hydrogen-power innovator dies in triathlon Michael David Veith Seattle Times, WA
8/9/03 Hydrogen fuel-cell firm's loss grows Stuart Energy Toronto Star

8/8/03 V&E scores victory in patent case Lynntech v. Hydrogenics "recouped 50 percent of Hydrogenics' court costs and legal fees Aug. 4" Austin Business Journal
8/8/03 Medis files Registration Statement "We are offering to the holders of outstanding common stock purchase warrants issued in September 2002 . . . an inducement to exercise such warrants. If the loyalty program warrants are exercised between [ ], 2003 and [ ], 2003, the holders of such exercised warrants will receive, at no additional cost, an additional warrant to purchase one share of common stock for every two loyalty program warrants exercised." sec.gov
8/8/03 British hydrogen car unveiled BOC Gh2ost, The Telegraph
8/8/03 Bush Misuses Science Data, Report Says "The Bush administration persistently manipulates scientific data to serve its ideology and protect the interests of its political supporters, a report by the minority staff of the House Committee on Government Reform says." NY Times
8/8/03 $1 billion Kyoto plan on the way, sources say Liberals to unveil new spending programs Tuesday, Energy-efficient upgrades to homes worth up to $1,000 "[Official] questions the funding for fuel cells, arguing it will take too long for the technology to be deployed for it to make a significant contribution to meeting Kyoto targets. "Investment in them in the long term is good, but that money should be different than the Kyoto money."" Toronto Star
8/8/03 Dynetek supplies hydrogen storage for CNE Fuel Cell Demonstration Project
8/8/03 In-flight insight "Boeing is developing technologies to monitor the health of fuel cells during flight"
8/8/03 Stuart Energy Systems' loss grows to $7.3 million despite jump in revenue
8/8/03 Stuart Energy Announces Results For Quarter Ended June 30, 2003
8/7/03 Weekly Propaganda from ExxonMobil Placed in The New York Times, The Washington Post and selected other periodicals: "Market-based prices will provide critical signals for energy suppliers and the millions of consumers who each day make important personal decisions and tradeoffs regarding the value of energy use and conservation . . ." [Reality: energy markets rigged to favor producers and encourage consumption by failing to account for the full costs of fossil fuel production, use and dependence are designed to conceal those full costs from consumers and thereby ensure that they, to the greatest extent possible, will continue to make decisions favorable to producers (e.g. buying and driving Hummers, commuting alone in heavy SUVs). H2FC Ed.]
8/7/03 MEDIS TECHNOLOGIES LTD - Quarterly Report (SEC form 10-Q) Management's Discussion, via yahoo
8/6/03 2003 TRAVERSE CITY Q&A: Mass-produced fuel cells await final design Ballard CEO Dennis Campbell Automotive News
8/1/03 Fuelcell Locomotive for Military and Commercial Railways Fuelcell Propulsion Institute
8/2003 Stuart Energy Teams with Cheung Kong, Ford in H2 I.C. City Bus Project for Hongkong HFC Letter
8/7/03 GCEP observers skeptical of sponsors’ true intentions The Stanford Daily
8/7/03 Lovins: Hydrogen era is just around the corner The Aspen Times
8/7/03 Medis Technologies Reports Second Quarter and Six Months Results conference call at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time
8/7/03 Hydrogenics Reports Second Quarter 2003 Results Year-To-Date Revenues Increase 172 Percent to US$15.3 Million, Company Prevails on Patent Infringement Suit, Earnings Call scheduled for 10:30 am ET today
8/6/03 GOT VOCS? FUEL CELL DEVELOPER TURNS FUGITIVE EMISSIONS INTO HYDROGEN PBI Media
8/6/03 FedEx and Brown Are Going Green BusinessWeek
8/6/03 Tokyo gov't to run fuel-cell buses Japan Today
8/6/03 SATCON TECHNOLOGY CORP (SATC): Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
8/6/03 Carmakers focus on the present Cheaper fuel technologies more practical for now "Fuel-cell and hybrid vehicles may be sexy, eventual answers to the nation's fuel economy challenges, but General Motors Corp. and the Chrysler Group would rather focus today on less expensive solutions that are more readily available. " Detroit Free Press
8/6/03 'Superior' bid accepted by Global FuelCell Energy offers $112M Calgary Herald
8/6/03 Hydrogenics Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call Scheduled to start Thu, Aug 7, 2003, 10:30 am Eastern
8/6/03 The Marubeni Corporation Releases for Production Three Megawatt Order With FuelCell Energy Customer Commitments Exceed Original 1.25 Megawatt Order
8/6/03 Mechanical Technology to Discuss Second Quarter Results and Progress At Conference Call and Webcast on August 13, 2003
8/6/03 CEOs back energy firm's takeover FuelCell to buy Global with stock, Analysts told deal trumps other bid Toronto Star
8/5/03 A Closer Look at the Genesis Technology "it could be a scam" zpenergy.com
8/5/03 FuelCell Energy trumps Quantum with $112M bid for Global Thermoelectric CP
8/5/03 DOE Announces Italy to Join Intl Partnership for Hydrogen Economy, Supports Bush's Hydrogen Initiative, Intl Energy Partnerships
8/5/03 Global Thermoelectric shares sink as Quantum bows out, FuelCell offers $112M Canadian Press
8/5/03 Global Thermoelectric sags on acquisition deal Reuters
8/5/03 Motorola, Engelhard, University of Michigan Win ATP Award to Develop Miniature Fuel-Cell Power Source
8/5/03 Astris Energi, Alternate Energy Corp. Plan Fuel Cell, Hydrogen Production Joint Venture
8/4/03 Global Thermoelectric Terminates Combination Agreement With Quantum "Upon reviewing the terms of [FCEL's] proposal . . . Quantum concluded that it is not in the best interest of Quantum or its stockholders to propose any adjustments or improvements to the terms and conditions of [Quantum's offer]. . . Quantum today received a USD$2 million break-up fee from Global" Quantum
8/4/03 Global Thermoelectric Inc. Announces Resignation of a Director
8/4/03 British fuel cell car expected to break world fuel consumption record "will be powered by a direct drive brushless DC motor and a Ballard Nexa PEM fuel cell generator. BOC will supply the hydrogen" FCT
8/4/03 Five Southern California cities will add hydrogen-fueled vehicles to their fleets next year (scroll down) AP
8/5/03 Editorial comment: US energy policy "In the end, the US energy market may be shaped much more - and for the better - by the un- intended consequences of Mr Bush's fiscal policies than by the pork-barrel legislation now before Congress." Financial Times (UK)
8/4/03 FuelCell Energy to Acquire Global Thermoelectric for US$80 Million in Stock Shareholders Of Both Companies Are Anticipated To Benefit From Strong Strategic And Technological Synergies - conference call and webcast on Tuesday, August 5, 2003 at 8:30 A.M. (EDT)
8/4/03 FuelCell Energy Invests $2 Million in Versa Power Systems To Further Develop Complementary High-Temperature Fuel Cell Technology
8/4/03 Proton Energy Systems, Inc. Announces Second Quarter Results
7/31/03 Market analysis firm warns fund managers: Fuel cell market forecasts vastly over-inflated Foster Bryan Ltd. says market predictions of $1B by 2005, Made by some analysts, are far off the mark
8/4/03 Fuel for thought Electronics evolving faster than the batteries that power them ""The devices are still not as small as we would like," said Jerry Hallmark, manager of microtechnologies at Motorola labs in Arizona" signonsandiego.com
8/4/03 Power from blood could lead to 'human batteries' "bio-nano fuel cells [are] the next step for researchers after generators powered by hydrogen" Sydney Morning Herald
8/4/03 Fuel cell powers UAF energy research "Researchers plan to study the performance of the fuel cells, created by Canadian company Fuel Cell Technologies, over the next several years." Juneau Empire
8/4/03 Eco-car goes for record "competing to beat the current 10,705-mile per gallon record . . . Industrial gases supplier BOC has developed the car's hydrogen fuel supply system. . . . " BBC
8/4/03 10,705 MILES PER GALLON "fuel cell company siGEN, have built the car with the backing of industrial giant BOC" Glasgow Daily Record
8/4/03 CEO Special Topic: Fuel Cells: How to Manage Project Risks EnergyPulse
8/4/03 Another first for Honda's Fuel Cell Car gizmo.com
8/4/03 FuelCell Energy Completes Fuel Cell Installation at Starwood's Sheraton Edison Hotel
8/4/03 Starwood's First Energy Fuel Cell System Completes Installation at Sheraton Edison Hotel Fuel Cells Provide Reliable Source of Energy Reducing Hotel Energy Costs. PPL-FCEL
8/4/03 Entegris and Minnesota Governor Pawlenty Mark the State's First Use of a Stationary PEM Fuel Cell Fuel-Cell Commissioning Ceremony to be held at Chaska, Minn.-based Facility
8/4/03 Webcast Alert: Proton Energy Systems Announces Its Second Quarter FY 2003 Financial Results Conference Call Webcast August 5, 2003 @ 11:00 AM Eastern
8/4/03 Entegris powers up fuel cell operations photos Minneapolis Star Tribune
8/2/03 Fuel cell powers UAF energy research Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
7/31/03 Palcan Fuel Cells Appoints New Director
8/1/03 Stuart Energy Plans Q1 Fiscal 2004 Conference Call Friday, August 8, 2003 at 10:00 am (EST)
8/1/03 Japan Idemitsu Hastens Fuel Cell Devt;Oil Demand To Fall Dow Jones

July 2003

7/31/03 Fuel Cells to Power Johnson & Johnson's New Brunswick, N.J., Headquarters FC manufacturer not named Home News Tribune
7/31/03 Dean Debuts Environmental Strategy for Next 100 Years "Dean's environmental agenda has four elements. The first is an "environmentally sound energy policy" that emphasizes energy efficiency, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, and investment in renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power." ENS
7/31/03 Stuart Energy Systems Corporation Earnings Call scheduled for Fri, Aug 8
7/31/03 FuelCell Energy, Inc. Earnings Call scheduled for Tue, Sep 9
7/31/03 Plug reports $12.8M 2Q net loss The Business Review
7/31/03 DOE Solicits Bids for $200 Million Hydrogen Production, Delivery and Storage Projects; Supports FreedomCAR, Hydrogen Fuel Initiatives DOE
7/24/03 "Grand Challenge" for Basic and Applied Research in Hydrogen Storage Solicitation "total cumulative DOE funding available under this Solicitation for all projects is anticipated to be between $95 million and $125 million over the five-year period" DOE see also this page
7/24/03 New Solicitation: "Hydrogen Production and Delivery Research" "total cumulative DOE funding available under this Solicitation for all projects is anticipated to be up to $80 million over the four-year period. Preliminary applications are due September 4, 2003" DOE
7/31/03 Energy Conversion Devices to Cut Costs, Jobs Dow Jones
7/31/03 ADVISORY/Governor Pawlenty To Help Local Company Make the "Switch'' to Fuel Cell Power Minnesota, Entegris
7/31/03 GCEP turns to hydrogen The Stanford Daily
7/31/03 Here We Go Again! Are Fuel Cells just the EVs of the ’00s? We go on the Rally Thru the Valley to find out AutoWeek
7/31/03 Plug Power's Revenue Increases; On Track to Meet Milestones As Company Reports Second Quarter Results
7/31/03 Energy Conversion Devices Implements Major Initiatives to Reduce Cost and Increase Revenue Company cites need to accelerate commercialization of its products and technologies
7/31/03 Plug Power to Announce Second Quarter Results Thursday, July 31, 2003, conference call at 11:00 AM
7/31/03 Medis Technologies Schedules Second Quarter Financial Results and Conference Call Thursday, August 7, 2003, 11:00 a.m. Eastern
7/31/03 FuelCell Energy's Megawatt Power Plant Certified Under American National Standards Institute Z21.83 Products Safety Standard DCF1500 Becomes the First Megawatt-Class Certified Fuel Cell Power Plant
7/30/03 Medis: Current Report, Fom 8-K: "A major chemical company, performing laboratory tests using small quantities of electrically conductive polymers developed by Medis . . . has informed Medis that such polymers were capable of increasing the capacity of the electrodes of the supercapacitors used by such chemical company by up to five hundred percent. Medis has commenced negotiations with such chemical company for the use or license of Medis' polymers . . . "
7/30/03 New Estimates on Senate Carbon Dioxide Emissions Plan "a Senate plan to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions linked to global warming could achieve its goal at very little cost. This stands in contrast to public statements by Bush administration officials . . . " NY Times
7/30/03 Senate Rejects Auto Fuel Economy Boost AP
7/30/03 GM celebrates Hummer's state-of-the-art 1950s engine technology with some of today's hottest stars hummerdinger.com
7/30/03 Keeping Hydrogen in Perspective A Straightforward Discussion of the Barriers to a “Hydrogen Economy”EV World
7/30/03 EDITORIAL: Fuel cells may be a state powerhouse New Haven Register
7/25/03 AstroPower's stock removed from Nasdaq Firm has not filed financial reports
7/30/03 Millennium Cell and Icelandic New Energy Announce Hydrogen Fuel Project
7/30/03 Three Rules for Chasing Real Growth "Ballard Power isn't expected to be profitable for another two or three years, but it is arguably the best way to play the developing fuel-cell industry." TheStreet.com
7/30/03 Platinum cell phones cellular-news
7/30/03 Fuel Cell Market Survey: Small Stationary Applications Johnson Matthey
7/30/03 Plug Power Expects To Receive $12 Million In Funding From Recently Awarded Programs
7/30/03 AEC Acquires Licence To Produce Low Cost Hydrogen
7/29/03 Dynetek Industries Ltd. Announces Delivery of Helium Trailers to Raytheon Company
7/29/03 Titania nanotubes make supersensitive hydrogen sensors AAAS
7/29/03 Blowing In The Wind "Cheap electricity from wind makes it economical to electrolyze water and produce hydrogen." TomPaine.com
7/29/03 With Sun on Roof, More Yen in the Pocket "Japan has overtaken the United States as the world's leading producer of solar panels. By 2010, the government wants solar power generation to be sharply increased, to 4.82 million kilowatts, 40 percent more than experts expect Americans to generate by then. To reach that target, one million homes will have to be outfitted with solar panels — eight times more than now use solar power." NY Times
7/29/03 World Demand for Platinum To Increase by 8% to 12% Due To Fuel Cell Commercialization, According to ABI Research
7/29/03 Ballard's loss widens "The company said it's using less cash, expecting that it will use betwen $65-million and $75-million for continuing operations and capital expenditures in 2003, down from its prior guidance of $80-million." Globe and Mail
7/29/03 SAE Detroit Section to Introduce Honda FCX at October 14 Meeting
7/29/03 Hydrogenics Announces Reporting Date for Second Quarter 2003 Financial Results Thursday, August 7
7/29/03 Ballard Power losses widen CBSMW
7/29/03 Ballard reports deeper second-quarter loss "reported a steeper loss in the second quarter on Tuesday and adjusted its revenue expectations for 2003 because of lower-than-expected growth" Reuters
7/29/03 Danish breakthrough for the next generation of PEM fuel cells "runs at up to 200°C . . . The membrane of each fuel cell is made of PBI instead of Nafion. PBI is a thermally high resistant material, which posses unique properties and is less expensive than Nafion." Danish Power Systems
7/29/03 Ballard Power Systems Issues Second Quarter 2003 Results
7/28/03 Fueling the Fuel Cell Here MTI - photo Rochester R News
7/28/03 Former Ballard Technical Directors Launch PEM Engineers Inc. To Provide Fuel Cell Consulting Services
7/28/03 PAGE ONE: Global Auto Makers Are Racing To Inject Diesel Into Mainstream Pressured by Tough SUV Rules, Industry Bets New Engines Can Help Save Energy " . . . other fuel-efficient technologies have serious drawbacks. Fuel cells, which convert hydrogen into electricity to turn a vehicle's wheels, are still decades away from the showroom . . . " Wall Street Journal
7/28/03 USA: Experts worry about safety of hydrogen-fueled cars just-auto.com
7/28/03 Oil and the State: How Journalists Get it Wrong Mises.org [author in denial, "markets can do no wrong"]
7/38/03 Debunking the hype of hydrogen cars Using the gas as a fuel for cleaner cars presents a host of problems, critics contend "a better strategy would be to tackle the problems of air pollution, global warming, and energy security by funding basic research into alternative fuels including, but not limited to, hydrogen, while increasing fuel efficiency and tightening emissions standards" Pittsburgh Post Gazette
7/21/03 London gets £1m pollution-free buses London is to take part in an environmental pilot scheme which will use emission-free buses costing £1m each BBC
7/28/03 In a power bar of a bill, the Senate tackles energy This week's agenda spans fuel cells and clean coal, but environmentalists still fret Christian Science Monitor
7/26/03 Experts at US Conference on Global Warming Say Bush's Position ‘Ludicrous' AP
7/27/03 Europe and America, Partners (Sort of) "little surprise that they would disagree over the future of hydrogen" NY Times
7/24/03 Latest Fuel Cell News from Japan Fuel Cell Development Information Center
7/26/03 Fuel cell batteries eyed for household use Japan Today
7/26/03 Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., is to speak at a roundtable discussion Monday on the economic potential of fuel cell research and development in upstate New York Democrat and Chronicle
7/24/03 GCEP considers options for new areas of research Stanford Daily
7/25/03 Senate Considers Action on Energy Bill AP
7/25/03 Shell enters European commercial wind energy market Edie
7/25/03 Better Bacterial Fuel Cell Demoed Ernst Moritz Arndt University MIT Technology Review
7/25/03 Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc. Receives One of DOE's Hydrogen Fuel Initiatives Awards
7/25/03 Plug Power to Announce Second Quarter Results Thursday, July 31, 2003
7/25/03 Rell visits Proton, takes a look at state's economy Record-Journal, CT
7/25/03 Venture Capital: Fuel cells pique investor interest Seattle Post Intelligencer
7/24/03 Hyundai’s Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle To Hit The Road Next Year carpages.co.uk
7/25/03 PLUG 2nd Quarter Financial Call Thu, Jul 31, 2003, 10:00 am Eastern
7/25/03 Short positions in H2FC stocks as of 7/15/03 NASDAQ
7/24/03 Hydrogenics Selected for U.S. Air Force Fuel Cell Bus Project in Hawaii
7/24/03 Teledyne Technologies Reports Second Quarter Results "revenue growth in hydrogen generators and fuel cell test stations, partially offset by lower government sales"
7/24/03 MTI Micro Receives NYSERDA Award To Advance Micro Fuel Cell Development $200K
7/24/03 Astris Energi Cites Huge Foreign Alkaline Fuel Cell Prospect
7/24/03 Enova Systems Selected to Develop and Integrate Fuel Cell Bus for U.S. Air Force
7/23/03 TIAX Wins $2 Million Contract from National Institute of Standards and Technology to Develop New Fuel Cell Technologies Product and technology development firm will work to increase durability and power of solid oxide fuel cells
7/23/03 Energy Conversion Devices Focuses on Integrated Technologies For Energy and Information Systems New Integrated Solutions Business Group Drives System Applications
7/23/03 Skokie firm makes noise with quiet electric scooters "Electric Vehicle Technologies' new Equinox . . . building its own hydrogen fuel cell for its own vehicles as well as for use by competitors" Chicago Sun Times
7/23/03 Hydrogen car near, energy supplier says Stuart Energy Toronto Star
7/23/03 ATP/FASTec Fuel Cell E-Plane Powered by UQM® Propulsion System to Be on Display at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2003 July 24 Through August 4
7/23/03 Proton Promotes Dr. Larry M. Sweet to President
7/23/03 Millennium Cell Announces Q2 2003 Results of Operations
7/22/03 Ballard Power Systems Announces Second Quarter 2003 Conference Call Tuesday, July 29, 2003 at 7:00 a.m. Pacific
7/22/03 Future Roles for Hydrogen Energy - First European Conference H2CARSBIZ, based on Press Release from The French Hydrogen Association
7/22/03 Quantum Selected for DOE Funding; R&D Supports President's FreedomCAR and Hydrogen Fuel Initiatives
7/22/03 Proton Energy Systems Schedules Conference Call to Discuss Second Quarter Results Tuesday, August 5th, 2003 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time
7/19/03 The Hydrogen Emperor Has No Clothes EV World
7/19/03 Is Hydrogen Sustainable? EV World
7/21/03 Avista sells majority stake in Avista Labs Puget Sound Business Journal
7/21/03 Private Equity Group Invests in Avista Labs Dow Jones
7/21/03 Avista Labs Secures Private Equity Financing Chrysalix Energy Leads Series 'A' Venture Capital Round Avista Labs
7/21/03 Private Equity Group Invests in Avista Labs Avista Corp. to Retain 19.9 Percent of Fuel Cell Business Avista Corp
7/21/03 OSU-led teams win research grants "$1 million for the Production and Storage of Hydrogen Consortium, which will seek ways to control hydrogen so it can be used to generate electricity and power engines." Columbus Business First
7/20/03 Ford Turns Fumes into Fuel New technology turns troublesome emissions into clean energy "Ford officials were reluctant to discuss the price of the pilot system, though the eventual goal is a 25 percent reduction in solvent clean-up costs." TheCarConnection.com
7/18/03 Bicker brake on hydrogen fuel "Disagreements over hydrogen as an alternative fuel surfaced today at a high-level meeting on hydrogen energy called by the Planning Commission, with some energy analysts questioning the wisdom of India investing in hydrogen for transport." The Telegraph, Calcutta
7/18/03 Hydrogen roadmap to be ready in six weeks Times of India
7/18/03 Panel formed to study viability of hydrogen as fuel The Hindu Business Line, India
7/18/03 Area gets $2 million in energy-research grants "A $1.7 million phosphoric acid fuel-cell project at the East Rochester Central School System is earmarked to get an $833,430 state grant. " Rochester Business Journal
7/18/03 Congressional pork battle has familiar smell "McCain wondered about the $2.5 million earmarked for the Canola Oil Fuel Cell Initiative." AP
7/18/03 Hydrogen Cars Not Needed, U.S. Experts Say Reuters
7/18/03 Sulzer Hexis and Gastec Technology sign development agreement Gastec Technology develops heat exchanger with integral back-up heater for fuel cell systems
7/18/03 HYDRO-Gen - A New Generation Chemie, Germany
7/18/03 Hydrogen cars hold expensive surprises The Globe and Mail
7/18/03 Study disparages plans for hydrogen-fuelled cars The Globe and Mail
7/17/03 Planners put a stopper on BP's eco-friendly gas pump "Britain’s first hydrogen refuelling station has been rejected by a planning committee in the London Borough of Havering on grounds of safety. . . was earmarked to supply three buses powered by fuel cells, part of a European pilot scheme" The Times, UK
7/17/03 8 local companies win state grants to train work force MKTY Albany Business Review
7/17/03 Energy Department Awards $75M for Advanced Hydrogen Fuel Cell; R&D Supports President's FreedomCAR and Hydrogen Fuel Intitiatives DOE
7/17/03 Hydrogen-fueled cars not the best way to cut pollution, greenhouse gases and oil dependency, says expert UC Berkeley
7/17/03 INNOVATIVE FORD 'FUMES-TO-FUEL' SYSTEM TURNS WASTE PAINT EXHAUST INTO CLEAN ELECTRIC POWER Ford
7/17/03 MTI Micro Receives New York State Grant To Advance Micro Fuel Cell Development $41,000
7/17/03 Iwatani Develops Smaller, Lighter Hydrogen Storage Device "for use in providing hydrogen to fuel cell vehicles" Nikkei
7/17/03 Yamaha, Yuasa To Develop Fuel Cells For Motor Scooters "50cc-class . . . In one experiment, a prototype recorded a maximum speed of 40kph, with output of 500 watts" Nikkei
7/16/03 Honda Leases Fuel Cell Cars To Iwatani International "Iwatani International will operate its own stations to supply hydrogen fuel to the automobiles. The company will also compile data on the cars and collaborate with Honda to find ways of making them more popular." Nikkei
7/15/03 M'bishi Heavy, Others To Conduct Large-Scale Fuel Cell Tests "Testing will be expanded to an additional 31 sites, mainly in colder climates where there is great demand for hot water. . . Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. (7013), Marubeni Corp. (8002) and Kurita Water Industries Ltd. (6370), among others, will participate" Nikkei
7/14/03 Private firms vie for access to ultrafast supercomputer "Eleven companies, including Toshiba Corp., Sumitomo Chemical Co. and Asahi Glass Co., have jointly developed software to reproduce complicated chemical reactions using the Earth Simulator. They have started conducting research on applying the supercomputer to improving the performance of fuel cells." Nikkei
7/14/03 NEC boosting carbon nanohorn output "expects to begin producing 100 grams of nanohorn per hour later this year . . . The goal is to raise the output to 1kg per day. About 1g of carbon nanohorn will be used in a PC battery" Nikkei
7/17/03 Gassing Up The Laptop, Literally Neah Forbes
7/17/03 FCT Builds/Installs Fumes-to-Fuel System at Ford
7/17/03 Millennium Cell Schedules Release of Second Quarter Financials and Conference Call to Review Results 7/16/03 Safe hydrogen power needs nuclear energy Japan Times
7/16/03 Roger Billings Re-launches Billings Energy Corporation "will continue the development and commercialization of the Billings Fuel Cell and other hydrogen energy technologies including metal hydride storage, and hydrogen production equipment"
7/15/03 MTU Friedrichshafen and RWE Set Up Fuel-Cell Joint Venture MTU
7/15/03 Report: Lucerne Fuel Cell Forum 2003 Johnson Matthey
7/16/03 FORD'S INNOVATIVE 'FUMES-TO-FUEL' SYSTEM TURNS WASTE PAINT EXHAUST INTO CLEAN ELECTRIC POWER "Jointly developed by Ford, Detroit Edison and Fuel Cell Technologies . . . the "fumes-to-fuel" system turns paint fumes into hydrogen fuel for fuel cells burning paint fumes." Ford
7/16/03 Palcan Signs Japanese Joint Marketing Agreement With Japanese Conglomerate Nagase & Co., Ltd.
7/15/03 California Energy Commission uses Enterprise Energy Management to Research the Impact of Distributed Generation on the Utility Grid
7/15/03 Hyundai and Enova to Continue Hawaii EV Demonstration
7/15/03 FuelCell Energy European Partner, MTU, Announces Strategic Investment By RWE AG, Germany's Largest Electric Utility
7/15/03 Westport to collaborate with Ford to advance the automaker's hydrogen engine program "Ford will purchase Westport's fuel injection hardware, electronic controls and engineering support, including a set of prototype hydrogen fuel injectors"
7/15/03 Astris Energi Expands Its European Operation
7/15/03 New Global bid revs up shares Calgary Herald
7/15/03 Danbury, Conn.-Based FuelCell Energy to Furlough More Employees "About 7 percent of FuelCell's work force, primarily in Torrington" Waterbury Republican-American
7/15/03 Japan To Launch Major Field Tests For Home Fuel Cell Systems Dow Jones
7/15/03 Honda leases fuel-cell car to industrial gas firm Japan Today
7/14/03 Solar Energy Center gets hydrogen energy grant 4.95M from NASA Orlando Business Journal
7/14/03 Dissident shareholders welcome second proposal for Global Thermoelectric "a potential white-knight bid" [GLE closed up over 11% today, QTWW down almost 12%] Canadian Press
7/14/03 Hydrogen Is in His Dreams Affable inventor Roger Billings says hydrogen power is 'the only way to go' Time
7/14/03 Masterflex AG wins AIRBUS development contract "for the development and construction of a fuel cell system . . . to test areas where fuel cells could be employed in commercial aircraft" n-tv, Germany
7/14/03 Analysts Mention Possible Global Thermo Bidders "Analysts theorize that conglomerates with fuel-cell units, such as Siemens AG , [GE] and Delphi Corp. could be potential bidders . . . [PLUG said it] didn't submit an offer." Dow Jones
7/14/03 Barney Rush Named CEO of H2Gen Innovations, Inc.
7/14/03 Fuel Cell Technologies and Siemens Westinghouse Sign Joint Development Agreement for Next Generation Product "relates to the next generation 5-kilowatt product and covers a 3-year period, with the potential for extensions after 2006" FCT
7/14/03 Crystal Graphite to supply graphite for E-Fuel Technologies Ltd. "E-Fuel Technology Ltd., is a leading UK based developer of Redox Fuel Cell systems for automotive and static energy storage."
7/14/03 Global shares rise after competing bid arrives Reuters
7/14/03 White Rock firm says it has perfect hydrogen solution Renewable Energy Corp. (RECO) "uses a system of mirrors to harness and concentrate the power of the sun to crack water molecules, thereby releasing the hydrogen" New Mexico Business Weekly via MSNBC
7/14/03 Global Thermoelectric receives second bid for company; will open negotiations CP
7/14/03 Safe Hydrogen Selected for Funding by U.S. Department of Energy
7/14/03 Global Receives Competing Proposal "that the Board of Directors of Global has determined to be a "superior proposal" under the terms of the Combination Agreement relating to the transaction previously announced with Quantum"
7/13/03 Why America is Running Out of Gas Inflated oil prices and natural gas shortages are wiping out jobs and savings, thanks to three decades of bungled energy policy. Get ready for more bungling. "hydrogen power . . . will probably go nowhere today, for many reasons, most notably a chronic case of short attention span among American politicians when it comes to energy policy." Time
7/13/03 New substance stores 3 times more hydrogen Japan Today
7/13/03 Development on High-Performance Lichium Nitride as Hydrogen Storage Materials "(up to 6 wt%), which corresponds to almost three times higher capacity than conventional hydrogen storage alloys at temperatures lower than 200 degrees C." Hiroshima University
7 /11/03 Analysis: Hydrogen economy needs nukes? UPI
7/11/03 SHEC Labs Completes Second Closing of Private Placement Offering
7/11/03 Plug could see $3M from Senate defense bill Albany Business Review
7/11/03 Boeing picks partners for fuel cell plane 'This is still far out in the future . . . This technology isn’t even in cars yet." Crain's Chicago Business
7/11/03 Cheung Kong banks on hydrogen power as alternative fuel Channel News Asia, Singapore
7/11/03 A Pollution-Free Hydrogen Economy? Not Likely MIT Technology Review
7/11/03 Plug Power and Arsenal Get Money WTEN, NY
7/11/03 Boeing Announces Partners for Fuel Cell Demonstrator Airplane Project Intelligent Energy (UK), Diamond Aircraft Industries (Austria), the Spanish companies Sener and Aerlyper, and Advanced Technology Products (ATP)
7/11/03 Cheung Kong to launch hydrogen-powered bus with Stuart Energy Reuters
7/11/03 Boeing plans to test electric plane next year Company to name partners in fuel-cell powered craft Seattle Post Intelligencer
7/11/03 Honda eyes tie-ups to develop fuel-cell vehicles "with companies outside the automobile industry" Japan Today
7/10/03 Helios investigators issue interim mishap report "moving ahead with planning for follow-on activity to mature the solar and fuel cell propulsion systems" NASA
7/10/03 NEC Unveils Carbon Nanohorn Mass Production Technology "The electronics giant expects to begin making 100g of the new material per hour later this year, doubling the current rate of production. The goal is to raise the output to 1kg a day. Roughly 1g of carbon nanohorns will be used in a PC battery. The new production technique enables fuel cell prices to be lowered to 10,000 yen or less, which is about the same as the cost of lithium ion batteries now widely used in notebook computers." Nikkei
7/10/03 Chubu Electric, Toyota, Others To Test Clean Power System "a power system that combines solar power and fuel cell technology. The group will introduce the system at a cost of 8.6 billion yen [US$73M] at the 2005 World Exposition . . . will have an output capacity of 1,500kw, will be used to provide electricity to pavilions ..." Nikkei
7/8/03 Idemitsu To Begin Tests On Fuel Cell That Extracts Hydrogen From Kerosene "proprietary desulfurization catalysts . . . to market the cell in fiscal 2006 on a full-scale basis" Nikkei
7/10/03 Cavio International Signs Letter of Intent "Allied Energy Inc. is . . . developing its H2PowerNow portable stand-by power systems using hydrogen in fuel cells"
7/10/03 Headwaters Incorporated Announces Fuel Cell Partnership with Leading Chinese Research Institute "Headwaters NanoKinetix ("HNI") . . . is a leader in nanocatalyst development."
7/10/03 Allan Rock to Visit Kingston, Ontario, on July 11, 2003 "n the afternoon, Minister Rock will tour Fuel Cell Technologies"
7/10/03 Hamburg hosts fuel cell and hydrogen technologies event H2Expo, October
7/10/03 DTE Energy Technologies Inc. is installing three fuel cell systems in Detroit area Detroit Free press
7/10/03 Reid calls for renewable energy "warned against robbing renewable research funds to finance fuel cell technology" Reno Gazette Journal
7/9/03 Illinois 2H2 Launches: Public-Private Partnership to Establish Illinois As Leader in Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies
7/9/03 FCT Announces First Project in Canada "approved the project in principle and that contract negotiations will now follow . . . a trial of the multi-fuel capabilities of FCT's 5-kilowatt solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) unit in a commercial setting in Vancouver"
7/9/03 H2FC.com Patents Page Updated 87 new patents since 6/1/03, assignees include BLDP, PLUG, MKTY, PRTN, MCEL, GM, UTC Fuel Cells, Delphi
7/9/03 Astris Energi Announces Annual Meeting of Stockholders July 22, 2003, at the Mississauga Board of Trade
7/9/03 European Commission welcomes call for a strategic research agenda for the hydrogen economy
Chemie
7/9/03 FedEx Express and GM Move Fuel Cell Technology Another Step Toward Commercialization FedEx starts using GM fuel cell vehicle for regular deliveries General Motors Corp.; FedEx Express
7/9/03 GM Launches Japan's 1st Commercial Fuel-Cell Vehicle with FedEx Reuters Photo
7/9/03 Fuel Cells: Power Plants for Aircraft space.com
7/9/03 AEC Signs Fuel Cell Technology Agreement
7/9/03 Federal Express begins using fuel-cell car for deliveries Japan Today
7/9/03 Expo body, Toyota to provide advanced transport systems "hydrogen-powered fuel cell hybrid buses will help transport visitors" Japan Today
7/9/03 India gets ambitious on 'freedom fuel' - hydrogen "[India] is the only developing country to have embarked on production of fuel cell driven vehicles, which have been made operational in several wildlife parks and near the Taj Mahal as they pollute less." Newindpress
7/8/03 Electric Vehicles' Benefits Worth Billions $40B Could Be Gained Annually AP
7/7/03 U.S., Europe Agree to Share Fuel-Cell Research Ward's Auto
7/7/03 It's 'Four More Years' for the California Fuel Cell Partnership CFCP
7/8/03 Board backs effort on renewable energy "the city soon would be able to draw two percent of its power from another type of clean energy source — an industrial-size fuel cell. The fuel cell will be located at a Water Pollution Control Authority treatment plant on the East Shore" New Haven Register
7/8/03 The Arguments for a National Direct Current Transmission Grid Energy Pulse
7/8/03 Report Challenges Fuel Cell Integrity "promoters of fuel-cell technology have long extolled the virtues of the alternative energy source without revealing some of the pitfalls, including engineering problems, market risk, revenue risk, and the amount of platinum required to manufacture fuel cells for use in vehicles" SolarAccess.com
7/8/03 Palcan Appoints Century Communications To Publicize Global Deployment Of Its Fuel Cell Technology
7/8/03 Linde Gas Signs Preferred Supplier Agreement With Vandenborre Technologies, A Stuart Energy Company
7/8/03 QUANTUM FUEL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES WORLDWIDE INC Financials via yahoo
7/8/03 EXPO 2005 to Feature Futuristic Transit Systems "hydrogen-powered fuel cell hybrid buses developed by TMC will aid movement between the Nagakute and Seto areas" Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition; Toyota
7/7/03 Test drive: Hydrogen-powered concept car General Motors' Hy-Wire still has plenty of kinks to work out. CNN
7/7/03 Putting hydrogen to work Notre Dame researchers looking for better ways to build fuel cells South Bend Tribune
7/8/03 "California's Fuel Cell Partnership . . . will continue for four more years" Washington Post
7/7/03 Fuel cells may power cell phones, laptops "NEC, Motorola, Toshiba" USA Today
7/7/03 Revolutionizing Truck Technology "...methanol-powered truck. The clean auxiliary to a diesel engine works like a battery pack and prevents gas-guzzling idle time..." WHSV, VA
7/7/03 Idemitsu Test-Running Kerosene-based Hydrogen Fuel Cell " Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co built the test plant, which has a capacity to generate 5 kilowatts. . . The fuel cell requires about 1.7 liters of kerosene when it runs at full capacity for one hour" Dow Jones
7/7/03 Spin-off deal is pending for Avista's fuel-cell unit "A consortium of private-equity investors is preparing to pour as much as $7 million . . . expected to include Seattle-based Buerk Craig Victor LLC, Chrysalix Energy LP of Vancouver, B.C., and German investment-banking giant Dresdner Bank AG.
" Puget Sound Business Journal
7/7/03 Millennium Cell Receives Patent for Improvement of Manufacturing Process of Sodium Borohydride
7/7/03 QuestAir Technologies Inc appoints new Vice President, Sales & Marketing
7/7/03 Alternative energy uptick Many stocks have risen 20% or more above their lows Reuters
7/6/03 WU team's quasicrystal research gets notice nationally "Kelton's quasicrystals can trap and hold a lot of hydrogen on the molecular level" St. Louis Post Dispatch
7/6/03 Clean energy choices A BOSTON GLOBE EDITORIAL
7/6/03 Bay St Wk Ahead-Alternative energy stocks seen as gamble Forbes
7/6/03 For port, answer is blowing in the wind "The wharves board recently approved the installation of a fuel cell at the port. The fuel cell, being provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, will be used to convert natural gas to electricity. The port will pay for the installation of the fuel cell." Galveston County Daily News
7/5/03 Hydrogen Cartoon Family Circus
7/5/03 Can hydrogen solve future fuel woes? Some say yes, but first a cheaper way of making it has to be found AP
7/4/03 Fuel cell technology put to traffic test Honda FCX CanWest News Service
7/4/03 Fuel cell trials start at BOC e4engineering
7/4/03 US scientists explore palladium-based hydrogen sensors Platinum Today
7/4/03 Will future 4th feature fuel-cell races? "Will race fans a few decades hence go to NASCAR tracks to see the Fuel Cell 400 or the Solar 600?" Gainsville Sun
7/4/03 Raising a Stink, With Hydrogen "Flynn thinks that his odorants might be benign enough to pass through hydrogen fuel cells, and across hydrogen sensors, without damaging the catalysts in either one." Wired
7/4/03 Hy-Wire's act has its ups and its downs Chicago Tribune via Detroit Free press
7/4/03 Microbe fuel cell packs more power New anode harvests ten times more electricity from bacteria. Nature
7/3/03 Pollution advance for fuel, fuel cells Chemical engineers find way to slash sulfur emissions MSNBC
7/3/03 Columns: For the week starting July 6 "Canadian fuel cell and hydrogen technology stocks are doing well on the belief that their technology is backed by big names in automotive and energy industries" Forbes
7/3/03 Discovery Points to Cheaper Fuel Cell Systems "researchers at Tufts University have found that only a tiny amount of gold or platinum in non-metallic form is needed to create an active catalyst to purify the hydrogen before it is used in fuel cells" Reuters
7/3/03 Sulzer Hexis and G. Kromschröder AG sign agreement "for the development and supply of a safety module and burner controller for the near-series fuel cell system of Sulzer Hexis."
7/3/03 QUANTUM FUEL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES WORLDWIDE INC - Annual Report (SEC form 10-K) Management's Discussion via yahoo
7/3/03 Hoku Scientific and SANYO to Develop Fuel Cell Technology
7/2/03 Purdue Research Park Company Seeks New Ways to Fuel the Future hydrogen peroxide fuel cells Ascribe
7/2/03 Searchers retrieve parts of Helios craft "The heavy hydrogen fuel cell appears to have sunk, although both hydrogen fuel tanks, which automatically vented their hydrogen when the plane ran into trouble, were recovered."Honolulu Advertiser
7/2/03 Bruce Power acquires 3.4% stake in General Hydrogen of Vancouver for $4M US CP
7/2/03 Yamaha to develop world's first methanol fuel cell for small motorbikes ""We are now collecting data from ongoing trials of the fuel-cell powered motorcycle . . . I think it will take several years to recoup the investment, even after commercialization because it will be too expensive for customers" Agence France-Presse
7/2/03 NEC Unveils Notebook PC with Built-in Fuel Cell specifications Japan Corporate News
7/2/03 Firms race to develop home fuel cell units UPI
7/3/03 Firms vie to release first home-use fuel-cell system Suppliers hope to expand market for natural gas if they can overcome durability, cost hurdles Japan Times
7/2/03 Fuel Cell Market Survey: Portable Applications FCT
7/2/03 Interview with Solar Hydrogen Energy Corporation's president and CEO, Tom Beck EV World
7/2/03 Bruce Power acquires interest in General Hydrogen Corporation Nuclear generation can help deliver promise of clean hydrogen economy "acquisition of British Energy's 3.4% interest in General Hydrogen Corporation (USA), GHC, for $4 million (US). The acquisition follows British Energy's decision to sell its North American assets. "
6/24/03 BOC begins major fuel cell trials programme in the UK with Intelligent Energy, Avista Labs BOC Group
6/23/03 BOC to sponsor hydrogen fuel cell vehicle ‘The BOC Gh2ost’ to attempt world record in August BOC Group
7/2/03 Energy chief advances renewable alternatives "America's long-term energy needs will be better met by government support for renewable energy than by tax breaks for fossil-fuel producers, Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham said Tuesday. Abraham said he supports increased federal tax incentives for renewable energy and energy-efficiency programs but not for traditional energy industries." Denver Post
6/30/03 EPRI to develop low cost interconnection device for two-way power flow ZPEnergy
7/2/03 Yamaha announce motorbike plans to increase sales "plans to develop the world's first methanol fuel cell for small motorcycles" Ireland Online
7/1/03 SATCON TECHNOLOGY CORP FILES (8-K) Disclosing Other Events "On June 11, 2003, the Company commenced the sale of the 4,705,910 shares of its Beacon Power Corporation common stock. Through June 19, 2003, the Company had sold 3,996,626 of those shares for proceeds of approximately $1.5 million . . ."
7/2/03 Reva Working On High-end Battery Technology "the company is also in the development of fuel cells which is expected to be used by Reva EV by 2009 and to develop solar\fuel cell batteries by 2015." Financial Express, India
7/1/03 Quantum Reports Fiscal 2003 Fourth Quarter and Year End 2003 Results
7/1/03 Future Tech: 20 Hot Technologies to Watch Energy: Fuel Cells: Driving the hydrogen economy PC Magazine
7/1/03 MotoTron Acquires New Eagle Software "model-based embedded software development that allows for rapid prototyping and design in such areas as controls for fuel cells and electro-mechanical applications"
7/1/03 Motorola Labs Announces Significant Progress in Carbon Nanotube Technology
6/30/03 "Japanese chips and computer maker NEC Corp unveils a prototype of a notebook computer equipped with a small fuel cell and its cartridge in Tokyo" REUTERS PHOTO
6/30/03 NEC Develops Fuel Cell-Run PC; To Market From 2004 "The prototype included 300 cubic centimeters of 10%-concentration methanol in a single cartridge - enough to allow the PC to run for about five hours." additional details Dow Jones
7/1/03 Plug Power Ships Initial Systems to Operate On Liquid Propane Gas

June 2003

6/30/03 Gore Ionomer Credited With Enabling MEA Performance Milestones
6/30/03 DTE Energy Technologies to Remotely Monitor Fuel Cells
6/30/03 NEC Unveils Methanol-Fueled Laptop "said it will start selling it next year" AP
6/30/03 Morgan Keegan reits Outperform on Millennium Cell In Play®
6/30/03 Connected Energy Corp. Leads Team Granted Department of Energy Award "effort to demonstrate web-based communication and control protocols that apply across multiple types of distributed energy equipment, including fuel cells and internal combustion engine generation systems"
6/30/03 NEC Says Develops Fuel-Cell Battery for Laptops Reuters
6/29/03 Japan's Topix Index Gains, Led by NEC NEC "climbed to a nine-month high, gaining 37 yen, or 6.6 percent, to 595 . . . after saying it developed a fuel-cell battery for laptops that lasts about 10 times longer than conventional batteries" Bloomberg
6/29/03 NEC Develops Small Long-Lasting Fuel Cell For Mobile PCs Nikkei
6/26/03 Tokyo Gas Speeding Efforts To Develop Hydrogen Fuel Nikkei
6/29/03 Coal-bed methane abundant in Kentucky shows promise "could also play a role in development of hydrogen as a major energy source" Louisville Courier Journal
6/29/03 Fuelling futures "Palcan Fuel Cells has harnessed its two-kilowatt fuel-cell stack to a scooter" Calgary Sun
6/29/03 Not your father's tank of gas: Can a hydrogen-powered future solve America's energy woes? AP
6/28/03 Global ends dispute over Quantum buyout Firms reach deal ending challenge from Enbridge - Removes hurdle to takeover of fuel-cell developer CANADIAN PRESS
6/28/03 Global shares up "jumped 12% yesterday" Calgary Sun
6/27/03 Hyundai, UTC to develop fuel cells "aim to solve the last puzzle before the commercialization of fuel-cell-powered automobiles: how to start the engine when the temperature is below zero and water freezes" The Korea Herald
6/27/03 House panel okays more helicopters "Also approved Thursday was $9 million for fuel cell
research conducted by UTC Fuel Cells at its South Windsor plant." Middletown Press, CT
6/27/03 Drive towards home refuelling "[Shell's] hydrogen business has formed a partnership with Belgian firm Vandenborre Technologies to develop and market a compact refuelling unit based on electrolysis" e4engineering
6/26/03 An experimental reactor contains catalyzing agents that can turn organic waste into hydrogen cheaply Photo MSNBC
6/28/03 Enbridge blesses Global sale Calgary Herald
6/28/03 Political Cartoon Washington Post
6/28/03 GM likes odds on hydrogen-powered fuel cells 'Change is for the better,' says GM v-p, Technical challenges are now being solved Toronto Star
6/28/03 NASA to Investigate Flying Wing Crash AP
6/27/03 Court Issues Order Permitting Global Thermoelectric To Proceed With Common Shareholder Vote
6/27/03 Hydrogen future burns brighter "combination metal catalyst worked as efficiently in laboratory tests as a much more expense platinum catalyst, and at a lower temperature and pressure." AP
6/27/03 QUANTUM Schedules Fiscal 2003 Fourth Quarter and Year End 2003 Financial Results Conference Call
6/26/03 Fuel for love "report that Apple has been feverishly seeking out fuel-cell companies that might accept their investment dollars" MacEdition
6/27/03 Global and Quantum Settle Dispute with Enbridge Inc. "For the two year period following completion of the Combination, Quantum committed to spend a minimum of CDN$6 million annually on the
development and commercialization of SOFC technology"
6/27/03 FuelCell Energy Announces Projects Totaling $1.45M U. S. Government funded technology projects support continued fuel cell technology development
6/27/03 US sales prompt Porvair to accelerate fuel cell development Business Weekly, UK
6/26/03 Record-Setting Solar Airplane Crashes "We were flying at about the 8,000-foot altitude west of Kauai over the ocean and the aircraft simply broke up" AP
6/26/03 Cheaper Way Found to Produce Hydrogen AP
6/26/03 New catalyst paves way for cheap, renewable hydrogen "process performs as well as current methods that use precious metals such as platinum, yet runs at lower temperatures and is much cleaner" Eureka Alert
June 2003 stacking up Efficiency on a small scale and a means of curbing emissions make fuel cells an investment for the future. mechanical engineering
6/26/03 TSX suspends Snow Leopard Resources Inc. (SNW.A) "for failure to meet the continued listing requirements of TSX"
6/26/03 Hyundai and UTC Fuel Cells Collaborate on all-Weather Fuel Cell Vehicle Hyundai to Kick Off Fuel Cell Vehicle Leasing Program for Fleet Customers
6/26/03 Chrysalix Enhances Partnership with Addition of The Boeing Company 7th Partner to Join Fuel Cell Capital Partnership
6/25/03 NASA Sets Second Helios Fuel Cell Checkput Flight for Thursday Dryden Flight Research Center
6/25/03 Porvair gained 15.5 to 175.5p a high for the year - on the back of the materials science group's interim results. The company said its fuel cell technology division had generated sales far ahead of expectations. Daily Telegraph
6/25/03 2003 General Motors Hy-Wire Concept A New Definition of Personal Transportation Auto123
6/25/03 Hydrogen Economy Fact Sheet The White House
6/25/03 Successful Public Demonstration of Wind-Hydrogen Car H2CARSBIZ
6/25/03 Remarks by President Bush, Prime Minister Simitis And President Prodi in Press Availability Prodi: "we are starting a major joint research effort on hydrogen and energy. And this is important for the future"
6/25/03 Neutron Enterprises, Inc. Signs Letter of Intent "Force Scientific has recently secured the world wide rights to the INTUITION(TM) technology and software platform for the fuel cell industry. "
6/25/03 Altair Nanotechnologies Clairfies Patent Publication for Nano-Sized Yttria Stabilized Zirconia "the perfect material for solid oxide fuel cell cores"
6/25/03 Short Positions in H2FC Stocks as of 6/13/03 NASDAQ
6/25/03 FCX is a plug for progress Honda drives fuel cell development to the next level Globe and Mail
6/25/03 Opcon Autorotor Receives Order from Ballard for Serial Production PRIMEZONE
6/25/03 Research unit calls for end to clean fuel tax breaks "More emphasis should be placed on expanding the market for hydrogen and biofuels" Financial Times
6/25/03 Sun power runs city fish farm "While hydrogen-powered cars might be right for Iceland, South Africa needs to find its own alternatives to dirty industry." Natal Witness
6/25/03 Date Set For Helios Fuel Cell Checkout UVOnline.com
6/24/03 Business Inside: Govt must help build fuel-cell market Daily Yamouri
6/25/03 Clean-Coal & Hydrogen EnergyPulse
6/24/03 Abraham Says New Technologies Can Make Coal a Clean Energy Resource US Newswire
6/25/03 COMMENTARY: Any alternative fuel for dream of the open road? Christian Science Monitor
6/25/03 Millennium Cell Selected for Department of Energy Funding "Funding in this first year is anticipated at up to $600,000, with total potential funding of $3.5 million over three years."
6/24/03 Space-age computer power Sydney Morning Herald
6/24/03 ATCO Invests $1.2 Million in Advanced Fuel Cell Research NAIT Project to Determine Applications for Fuel Cell Technology
6/24/03 THE LATEST FUEL CELL NEWS IN JAPAN, JUNE 2003
6/24/03 PSA/Peugeot-Citroen expects fuel-cell car boom by 2015 AutoWeek
6/24/03 Energy Conversion Devices Acquires Texaco Energy Systems' Interest in Fuel Cell Joint Venture "for $1.00"
6/24/03 Medis Technologies Discusses Recent Developments at Annual Meeting Fuel Cell Power Pack and Instant Refueling Cartridge Prototypes Displayed
6/24/03 Engine Platform Shifts One of Many Issues Facing Powertrain Suppliers, According to CSM Worldwide "internal combustion engines and hybrid variants will continue to improve, thereby raising the bar for fuel cells"
6/24/03 Avista Labs and SiGEN Sign Distribution Agreement Avista Labs Fuel Cells Now Available to the United Kingdom Market
6/24/03 Mazda to continue work on hydrogen-powered rotary just-auto.com
6/24/03 Redrawing the Electric Power Grid FCEL CEO quoted New York Times
6/24/03 Clean fuel fails to clear 'road blocks' 19th century invention can produce electricity without pollution, but there are still technical problems Straits Times, Singapore
6/23/03 2003 Ford Focus FCV Road Test Auto123
6/18/03 Hydrogen Economy: Real or Hyped? UtiliPoint
6/23/03 A Few Basics About Hydrogen by Amory B. Lovins solaracess.com
6/23/03 High natural gas prices squeeze manufacturers "give more muscle to energy efficiency programs and research on alternative energy sources such as fuel cells" Dayton Business Journal via MSNBC
6/23/03 Hydrogen Is No Gas, Yet Wired
6/21/03 Life's a gas: What will the world be like when we're all driving hydrogen-powered cars? Andrew English reports from Los Angeles, where fuel-cell vehicles are already in everyday use The Telegraph
6/2/03 Sasol seeks 'green' fuels "involved in fuel-cell and biodiesel research"
6/20/03 DoCoMo US Chief Outlines Secrets of 3G Success "Battery life has also improved, up to about 200 hours at present, and the company plans to launch a fuel-cell powered handset in the 2004 to 2005 timeframe" InternetNews.com
6/20/03 MTI MicroFuel Cells to enter market in 2004 Albany Business Review
6/20/03 Hydrogenics Adopts New Corporate Governance Practices Company Adds James Sardo as New Independent Director
6/20/03 Nuvera Relocates Worldwide Headquarters as the Company Looks to Future Firm set to upgrade laboratories, streamline operations, and enhance services
6/20/03 Fuel cells seen as fueling growth Mechanical Technology Inc.'s "micro" products set to launch Albany Times Union
6/20/03 It Takes a Village of Fuel Cells TCS
6/19/03 Automakers Push for Tax Breaks on Fuel Cell Cars CNSnews
6/19/03 Avista Labs Fuel Cell Approved for Government Sales Independence 500 Receives GSA Contract Award
6/19/03 Report by the E.P.A. Leaves Out Data on Climate Change "Among the deletions were conclusions about the likely human contribution to warming from a 2001 report on climate by the National Research Council that the White House had commissioned and that President Bush had endorsed in speeches that year. White House officials also deleted a reference to a 1999 study showing that global temperatures had risen sharply in the previous decade compared with the last 1,000 years. In its place, administration officials added a reference to a new study, partly financed by the American Petroleum Institute, questioning that conclusion." NY Times
6/19/03 Micro-engines to power next-gen PDAs, PCs, phones "Forget about fuel cells" The Register
6/19/03 Mechanical Technology Discusses Company Progress at Shareholder Meeting
6/18/03 POWERBALL INTERNATIONAL INC (PRBL.OB) discussion section from 10Q via yahoo
6/19/03 Nissan To Spend Y85bn On Fuel Cell Over 5 Years Nikkei/Dow Jones
6/18/03 Mitsubishi Electric Introduces New Transfer-Mold/1 DIP-IPM World's First IPM for Fuel Cell & Hybrid Automotive Motor Drive Applications
6/18/03 Group Aims to Take Politics Out of Energy Policy "[The] three great energy challenges global oil dependence, the risk of climate change, and the need for modern energy to enable economic development." ENS
6/18/03 Report: CHALLENGE AND OPPORTUNITY: CHARTING A NEW ENERGY FUTURE Energy Future Coalition
6/18/03 Hydrogen Fuel May Make Earth Cooler, Cloudier Reuters
6/16/03 LBST Analysis: environmental harmlessness of a global hydrogen economy HyWeb - Gazette/German Hydrogen Association
6/18/03 Ontario being left behind by fuel-cell revolution Toronto Star
6/18/03 Fuel-cell firms have high hopes Neah SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
6/18/03 Showa Shell opens Tokyo’s first liquid Hydrogen station Shell Hydrogen
6/18/03 Teledyne Technologies To Hold Investor Meetings
6/18/03 Palcan Showcases The Future With Fuel Cell Powered Scooter For Global Masses
6/17/03 Europe and U.S. Will Share Research on Hydrogen Fuel "While the European Union views the fuel cells as a way to harness renewable power sources like solar or wind energy, the United States is focusing on ways to use it along with fossil fuels and nuclear energy. . . critics said the European Union was allowing its plans for hydrogen to be hijacked by the fossil-fuel-friendly Bush administration. " NY Times
6/17/03 Short Supply of Natural Gas Raises Economic Worries NY Times
6/17/03 Dick Gephardt Outlines Energy Strategy 2.5 million fuel cell vehicles by 2020 AP
6/17/03 LADWP Reaffirms $150 Million Commitment to Solar, Boosts 2003-4 Budget to $20 Million
6/17/03 Arotech Battery Outperforms Lithium Ion Polymer in First Ever Zinc-Air Powered MAV Flight Electric Fuel Zinc-Air Battery Powers Micro Aerial Vehicle -MAV- in Test Flights
6/17/03 Ballard shares rise on mystery fuel-cell order Reuters
6/17/03 Ballard rallies after adding new automotive customer CBSMW
6/17/03 Dynetek Industries Ltd. Announces Significant Order for Japanese CNG Vehicle Market
6/17/03 Zoot Enterprises Receives Fuel Cell Delivery from FCEL
6/17/03 Astris Energi Plans Production of the POWERSTACK MC250
6/17/03 Ballard Receives US $1.75 Million Fuel Cell Order from New Major Automotive Customer
6/17/03 Conference touts the power of hydrogen Seattle Times
6/17/03 EU and US sign partnership agreement on fuel cell technologies Cordis
6/17/03 Toyota Motors Corp's prototype of fuel cell 'Fine-S' concept car Photo REUTERS
6/17/03 Web-Based Hydrogen Safety Curriculum Launching July 1 Hydrogen Safety, LLC
6/16/03 FUELCELL ENERGY INC - Quarterly Report (SEC form 10-Q)
6/16/03 U.S. Seeks to Reassure Europe on Hydrogen ""Hydrogen can be produced using renewable, fossil and nuclear energy," Abraham said in a speech to a hydrogen development conference in Brussels, Belgium. "We are looking at all these options." " AP
6/16/03 Secretary of Energy Abraham Delivers Keynote Address to European Union Conference on Hydrogen
6/16/03 EU group pours cold water on Prodi's hydrogen dream Reuters
6/16/03 Leaks keep flying wing from using fuel-cell system "air leak occurred in a line between the fuel cell and the compressor . . . A second leak occurred in a coolant system used to reduce temperatures in the fuel cell" Honolulu Advertiser
6/15/03 Fossil Fuels, Nukes Pressure Energy Talks "The Bush administration wants to enlist European support for an international partnership to develop hydrogen energy, but differences over fossil fuels and nuclear power are complicating the talks." AP
6/16/03 Stuart Energy Systems Corporation: Shell Hydrogen Signs Agreement with Vandenborre Technologies to Develop and Market Home Hydrogen Refuelling Product
6/16/03 Hydro Environmental Resources Hosts Visit by U.S. Senator And Its Participation in International Fuel Cell Show
6/15/03 Q&A with Mr. S. David Freeman on Hydrogen Now H2CARSBIZ
6/14/03 The Folkecenter Wind-Hydrogen-Automobile Concept H2CARSBIZ
6/15/03 Abraham to Outline U.S. Hydrogen Policy "Some of the Europeans fear that an international research effort, following the U.S. lead, might give short shift to research into renewable energy sources" AP
6/15/03 Iceland wants to become world's first hydrogen-powered economy TerraDaily
6/15/03 Fuel cells without harmful greenhouse effects still a long way off: experts TerraDaily
6/14/03 Helios tests on tap "A 15-hour checkout flight June 7 found leaks in a cooling system and in an air-feeder line going to the fuel cell. The fuel cell itself was not turned on" Los Angeles Daily News
6/14/03 SC to be fuel cell research center "National Science Foundation designates the Columbia campus as its national center for fuel cell research" Greenville News
6/14/03 High stakes for Canada in a low-carbon world Toronto Star
6/12/03 Revealing Statements from a Bush Insider about Peak Oil and Natural Gas Depletion "peaking of oil will never be accurately predicted until after the fact. But the event will occur, and my analysis is leaning me more by the month, the worry that peaking is at hand; not years away. If it turns out I'm wrong, then I'm wrong. But if I'm right, the unforeseen consequences are devastating." FTW
6/13/03 Kerry Says Energy Plan a Key to National Security "called for a comprehensive effort to expand the supply of natural gas and for a hydrogen-based economy by 2020. He would create a new institute to fund research, setting a goal of 2.5 million hydrogen-powered cars on the road by 2020." Reuters
6/13/03 Study: Hydrogen Fuel May Make Earth Cooler, Cloudier Reuters
6/13/03 The National Hydrogen Association Reacts to New CalTech Study
6/13/03 TSX Reviews Snow Leopard Resources Inc. (SNW.A) with respect to meeting the requirements for continued listing
6/13/03 UK losing race for fuel of future The Scotsman
6/12/03 FedEx and UPS go green with hybrid electric and fuel cell vehicles Socialfunds.com
6/12/03 Hydrogen and the EU: High level group report published Bellona
6/12/03 Bus line’s plans put on hold Transportation commission awaits SunLine audit answers The Desert Sun
6/12/03 Japanese firms work toward viable fuel cell cars Asia Times
6/12/03 Stuart narrows loss as hydrogen product sales rise Reuters
6/12/03 A hole in hopes for hydrogen power? Scientists model scenarios where hydrogen leaks could further erode ozone layer MSNBC
6/12/03 HYDROGEN ECONOMY: Preparing For Day Hydrogen Becomes Energy Currency "What the world is witnessing now are the maneuverings of global powerhouses working to forge multiparty alliances with the aim of establishing themselves as "hydrogen majors" in the vein of today's oil majors." Nikkei
6/11/03 NGK Insulators Designs High-Output Solid Oxide Fuel Cell "According to the company, this cell can produce electricity with a high power density of 0.6 watts per sq. centimeter at a temperature of 650 C and 1.6 watts at 750 C when the voltage is at 0.7 volts." Nikkei
6/12/03 Mitsubishi Motors, Suzuki, Hino To Join METI Fuel Cell Tests "Mitsubishi and Suzuki will participate using vehicles they developed inhouse, while Hino will use its fuel cell vehicle developed with Toyota Motor Corp . . . METI plans to establish nine hydrogen refueling stations in the Tokyo region by March 2004" Nikkei
6/12/03 Hydrogen Fuel Use Could Damage Ozone "10 percent to 20 percent of the hydrogen would leak from pipelines, storage facilities, processing plants and fuel cells in cars and at power plants. . . . increased use could lead to as much as a tripling of hydrogen molecules . . . going into the stratosphere, where it would oxidize and form water. "This would result in cooling of the lower stratosphere and the disturbance of ozone chemistry,"" AP
6/12/03 Idemitsu Kosan to Open World's First Hydrogen Station Based on Gas Reforming "to start service in April 2004 at Hadano . . . hydrogen gas desulfurized and reformed from kerosene" Japan Corporate news
6/12/03 Methanol touted for fuel cells Methanol cartridges will help power laptop computers and cars London Free Press, Canada
6/12/03 Energy Bill Sets Production Goals for Fuel Cell Cars CNS
6/12/03 Hot air economy "The fact that we seem prepared to subsidize and regulate the hydrogen economy into existence is a good indication there may be no such thing as a hydrogen economy." National Post
6/12/03 Hydrogen: Running energy policy on hype "As Sam Leach used to tell us, hydrogen is the most common element in the universe. Now we hear the same line from Ballard and our politicians. Someone should tell them that electrons are even more common than hydrogen atoms, yet nobody expects the availability of electrons to lead to limitless quantities of inexpensive power. " National Post
6/11/03 Premier calls B.C. a hydrogen 'powerhouse' at fuel cell conference Vancouver Sun
6/11/03 Investors said eyeing the micro fuel cell sector Reuters
6/12/03 Altair Nanotechnologies and Hyrodgen Solar Enter Into Teaming Agreement; Companies to Form New Nevada Corporation for Development of Solar Hydrogen Generation from Funding Provided by Both Federal Agencies and Private Entities
6/12/03 Stuart Energy Reviews Results For Quarter And Year Ended March 31, 2003 Delivers 7 of 8 Corporate Milestones
6/11/03 More Venture Cap Interest Seen In Energy-Technology Cos Dow Jones
6/11/03 Fuel Cell Expert Open House Events Sponsored by the Colorado Governor's Office of Energy Management and Conservation Free Public Events Held July 12, 19, 26, and August 2 in Denver
6/11/03 ChevronTexaco Technology Ventures' HALIAS™ Fuel Processor to Supply Hydrogen to Fuel Cell Test Station Stand Alone/Fully Integrated Fuel Processor Turns Natural Gas/Propane Into Hydrogen
6/11/03 MILCOM Technologies to Manage Army's Venture Capital Initiative "a mission to discover, fund and support companies and programs developing innovative mobile power and energy technologies for the benefit of the U.S. Army and Department of Defense. OnPoint has been provided an initial endowment of $25 million." MILCOM
6/11/03 Kyoto plan offers cash for home retrofits "As much as $300-million in measures to encourage energy-efficiency savings are expected to come from the Kyoto fund, including: . . . At least $80-million to boost growth in the hydrogen-powered fuel cell industry" Globe and Mail
6/11/03 Harris Poll Shows Americans' Early Preferences and Requirements for Hydrogen Fuel-Powered Vehicles commissioned by Millennium Cell and U.S. Borax Inc.
6/11/03 Senate bill boosts fuel-cell production Could help GM efforts in Honeoye Falls Rochester Democrat Chronicle
6/11/03 Fuel cell and hydrogen economy a real possibility Toronto Star
6/11/03 U.S. Senator Clinton Fuel Cell Amendment Approved by U.S. Senate H2CARBIZ
6/11/03 Energy Visions Inc. Accepts CDN $2,000,000 Loan Commitment to Facilitate the Pure Energy Acquisition
6/11/03 Dorgan Pushing for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars KFYR TV
6/11/03 New Findings for Small Scale Hydrogen solaraccess.com
6/11/03 Ballard signs distribution deal for AirGen units Reuters
6/10/03 Security firm develops fuel-cell robot "aiming to equip the robot with a fuel-cell battery to be supplied from Yuasa Corp" Japan Times
6/10/03 Iwatani Completes Japan's 1st Hydrogen Refueling Station Nikkei
6/10/03 Methanex posts itself as fuel-cell supplier Manager champions company's methanol as 'a hydrogen carrier' Vancouver Sun
6/10/03 Gov't passing up bargain says fuel cell's godfather Dr. Geoffrey Ballard The Province
6/10/03 Ballard Pwr: Infrastructure Isn't Hurdle For Fuel Cells Dow Jones
6/10/03 Feds pledge $14.1 million to hydrogen fuel cell research Canadian Press
6/10/03 Hydrogen fuel cells unlikely to make impact for decades Scripps Howard
6/10/03 Senate votes for cut in oil use 5% by 2013 Automotive News
6/10/03 Senate OKs Billions for Nuclear Power "Build a $1.1 billion reactor in Idaho to produce hydrogen" AP
6/10/03 Genesis World Energy Poised To Meet The Energy Production Demands Of Over 100 Nations Through The Creation Of A Worldwide Supplier, Manufacturing & Support Services Network [careful!]
6/10/03 Fuel cell products ready for sale soon Stuart Energy CBC News
6/2003 Mighty Mites The fuel cell's first big market success may be alcohol-fed units small enough to power cellphones, laptops, and PDAs IEEE Spectrum
6/9/03 MRT Announces Commissioning Of Industrial Demonstration Unit To Generate Low-Cost, High-Purity Hydrogen
6/10/03 NASA halts flight of flying wing without using fuel cell power "likened the flight to using a huge altitude chamber to check the fuel cell under extremes of low temperatures and low atmospheric pressure up to about 50,000 feet" AP
6/10/03 Powering Fuel Cells: Oxide Materials May Facilitate Small-scale Hydrogen Production Science Daily
6/10/03 Flying wing's mission cut short "unable to activate an on-board fuel cell system " Honolulu Advertiser
6/10/03 Ballard Names MGE UPS Systems as Distributor and Authorized Service Provider
6/10/03 MGE UPS Systems Selected as World Wide Distributor and Service Provider for Ballard Power's AirGen-TM- Fuel Cell Generator Systems
6/10/03 SHEC Labs Unveils The Power Of 5000 Suns With It's ADVANCED SOLAR CONCENTRATOR
6/9/03 GM looking at more deals to test fuel cells Reuters
6/9/03 Voller Energy to use Palcan PC-150 Fuel Cell Stack Voller
6/9/03 Millennium Cell Featured in Three Presentations at Hydrogen and Fuel Cells 2003 Conference
6/7/03 Ethanol anything but a wonder fuel "two important questions are lost in this orgy of pork-barrel politics: Is ethanol cost-effective, and is it environmentally friendly? The short answer is, not by a long shot." National Post
6/9/03 Dynetek Industries to Deliver Hydrogen Storage for the Vancouver Fuel Cell Vehicle Project
6/9/03 Hydrogenics Extends Relationship With John Deere Multiple Unit Order Combined With NRCan Funding Paves Road to Commercialization
6/9/03 Westport delivers hydrogen-natural gas bus engine to SunLine Transit
6/8/03 Government of Canada Supports Innovative Hydrogen-Fuel Projects Natural Resources Canada
6/8/03 The Government of Canada invests in Questair Technologies to fuel advances in hydrogen economy Industry Canada
6/8/03 Ballard to Power First Canadian Fuel Cell Car Demonstration Fleet
6/7/03 Hydrogen Gives Full Power to BMW H2CARSBIZ
6/7/03 IHI Hydrogen Supply System May Make Fuel Cell Cars Popular "passes city gas through a palladium alloy membrane to extract hydrogen . . . The price of the equipment itself is still undetermined, but it will likely be set around 30% lower than the existing systems . . . aims to have the system completed in 2005" Nikkei
6/7/03 Dhaliwal Announces $14.1-Million Investment in Hydrogen Fuel Technologies Natural Resources Canada
6/7/03 Wing uses hydrogen to stay aloft Honolulu Advertiser
6/7/03 ENERGY VISIONS INC Financials yahoo
6/6/03 Ford Sees Future With Hydrogen Fuel Cells AP
6/6/03 Unions Back Research Plan for Energy "$300 billion research plan that would promote energy efficiency, reduce dependence on foreign oil and preserve manufacturing jobs . . . the plan, called the Apollo Project, would foster energy independence by promoting hybrid and hydrogen cars and energy-efficient factories and appliances . . . The plan calls for more financing for high-speed rail and fuel-cell technology, for building pipelines and storage facilities to support hydrogen-powered cars and for expanding the use of solar and wind power" NY Times
6/6/03 Solar-powered aircraft tries launch tomorrow AeroVironment AP
6/2003 Flying the Efficient Skies Fuel cells could cut jets’ energy consumption, emissions MIT Technology Review
6/6/03 James Fraser Recommends the Following Issue: Hydrogenics
6/4/03 Windmills Sow Dissent for Environmentalists NY Times (free registration required)
6/4/03 Leroy Ohlsen, Neah Power Systems Fortune
6/4/03 Dr. Ballard Thinks Big This inventor sees huge opportunities for entrepreneurs in hydrogen power. And sooner than you think. Fortune
6/5/03 DoCoMo to launch fuel cell-run handsets by 2005 supplier of fuel cells not named Reuters
6/5/03 Stuart Energy Plans Q4 Fiscal 2003 Conference Call Thursday, June 12, 2003 at 10:00 am (EST)
6/5/03 Government Support to Kick-Start the Commercialization of Renewable Biopower Technologies, Says Frost & Sullivan
6/5/03 GM Exec Calls For Better-Quality Software "auto industry will move to vehicles that run on hydrogen-powered fuel cells and rely on Internet-connected on-board systems. But that will require massive infrastructure changes, huge leaps in software quality, and maturation of wireless technologies" TechWeb
6/5/03 Altair Nanotechnologies Receives 90-Day Extension from NASDAQ
6/4/03 Getting Rich on the Environment A Growing Number of Entrepreneurs Are Finding They Can Be Green and Wealthy at the Same Time, Reports FSB: FORTUNE Small Business Fortune
6/4/03 Project Pairs Coal With Fuel Cells To Create Cleaner, More Efficient Power
6/4/03 Rogers Corporation Initiates Development Work on Fuel Cells "fuel cell stacks in systems requiring 20 watts to 5 kilowatts of power" PEM
6/4/03 TAFT ANNOUNCES $2 MILLION FUEL CELL AWARD TO STARK STATE CWRU and Alliance's SOFCo Involved in Project to Create Jobs for Ohioans
6/4/03 New Top Analyst Rankings for Fuelcell Energy
6/4/03 PolyFuel Receives Computerworld Honors Medal of Achievement Award Validates PolyFuel's Achievements in Micro Fuel Cell Research and Development
6/3/03 GM tests electric cars here "is using a fleet of more than 60 EV1s to quietly collect data for fuel cell development" Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
6/3/03 Umicore buys OM's precious metals unit
6/3/03 Crystal Graphite Corporation "Letter of Intent . . . CGC would supply Advanced Mineral Composites with high purity flake graphite material for use in the fuel cell industry"
6/3/03 FuelCell Shares Decline, Report 2Q Loss AP
6/3/03 Fuel Cell Technologies Ships Fuel Cell Unit to RWE in Germany
6/2003 Mary Tolan's Modest Proposal A rising star at Accenture is advising Big Oil and the auto industry that they can revitalize the economy, mint profits, and save the planet -- if they'll just learn to stop worrying and love hydrogen. Business 2.0
6/3/03 QuestAir Technologies Inc. awarded government funding for hydrogen demonstration project
6/3/03 On the Edge: The Future of Fuel Cells space.com
6/3/03 Building a Basket of Cheapie Tech Stocks PRTN TheStreet.com
6/3/03 FuelCell Energy Had Wider-Than-Expected Fiscal 2Q Loss Dow Jones
6/3/03 FuelCell Energy Reports Second Quarter 2003 Results
6/3/03 Plug Power Introduces First Fuel Cell Product for the Telecommunications Market 5-kilowatt, Priced at $14,995
6/3/03 JAPAN'S MITSUBISHI HEAVY DEVELOPS SMALL HOME-USE FUEL CELL "will begin sample shipments of its product, a [PEM] fuel cell, to gas companies and public institutions at the end of the year . . . But the cost of the fuel cell is still too high for the average family, the company says, so widespread use is still likely several years away." Asia Pulse
6/2/03 Palcan Fuel Cells Ltd. Re-prices Options
6/2/03 Oil and gas to continue to trump renewable energy for decades: BP chief Agence France-Presse
6/2/03 "Presidential Action" G8 "Action Plan goal: "Develop (1) hydrogen fuel cell technology and infrastructure aimed at making fuel cell vehicles price competitive within two decades, (2) cleaner fossil fuel technologies, including cleaner coal, and (3) new-generation nuclear technologies. " whitehouse.gov
6/2/03 G-8 Leaders Pledge to Develop Cleaner, Efficient Technologies "the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States pledged to accelerate research in renewable energies and to work toward the development of fuel cell and hydrogen technologies. They said their countries would participate in an International Conference on Renewable Energies in spring 2004 in Bonn. "U.S. Department of State"
6/2/03 Bush Praises G-8 Initiatives on Terror, Famine Relief "Cost-competitive hydrogen fuel cell vehicles within 20 years. The U.S. is leading by example and investing $1.7 billion in the development of hydrogen fuel cell technology and the hydrogen-powered "Freedom Car." U.S. Department of State
6/2/03 Mitsubishi Heavy develops smallest fuel cell "The cell is 100 by 60 by 30 centimeters, about half the size of conventional systems, and is capable of generating 1 kilowatt of electricity" Japan Today
6/2/03 Jemmytex launches first fuel cell demonstration units "direct hydrogen fuelled, 1 kW machines with the Ballard Nexa fuel cell unit at the core" Jemmytex Press Release via FCT
6/2/03 "A fuel cell that draws on the electron-rich environment at the bottom of the sea" e4engineering
6/2/03 Ztek development leads way for lowered hydrogen costs for on-site production FCT
6/2/03 Cabot Corporation Acquires Assets Of Superior MicroPowders, LLC
6/2/03 The Future of Fuel Cells to Be Discussed at the 3rd Annual Fuel Cell Technology Institute June 24-25, Irvine, CA
6/2/03 Quantum Receives Agreement from a Major Shareholder in Global Thermoelectric to Support Transaction
6/2/03 Hydrogenics Corporation Named Canada's Fastest Growing Company By PROFIT Magazine
6/2/03 Entegris Fuel Cell President John Goodman Elected to the U.S. Fuel Cell Council Executive Committees
6/2/03 State launches drive for fuel-cell money Pacific Business News via MSNBC
6/2/03 FuelCell Energy and Alliance Power Announce Agreement To Distribute Direct FuelCell® Power Plants
6/1/03 POWERBALL INTERNATIONAL INC Financials yahoo
6/1/03 Stuart Energy high on hydrogen Inside Toronto
6/1/03 Coal industry has high hopes for gasification "If President Bush's proposal for a "hydrogen economy" and fuel cell-powered cars is to become reality, the bulk of that hydrogen may come from coal gasification." Louisville Courier Journal
6/1/03 Canada's Fastest-Growing Companies thriving despite tough labor market "The first place spot goes to Hydrogenics . . . with revenue growth of 16,298% over the past five years" PROFIT Magazine
6/1/03 Hydrogen coming of age as World Gas Conference begins Agence France Presse
6/1/03 Mega project to come IICT way "launched a project to develop a prototype of 50 KW methanol-based fuel cell" The Hindu, India

May 2003

5/30/03 Fuel Cell Technologies Corporation (TSX: FCT) / Dr. John H. Stannard CEOcast
5/30/03 Tathacus Resources Ltd. Receives Technical Advisory Panel Technology Statements
5/31/03 Global wants deal to fuel its survival Calgary Herald
5/31/03 Ohio’s fuel cell plans gain momentum Dayton Daily News
5/30/03 Trade Resumption - Tathacus Resources Ltd. - TTC
5/30/03 NexTech develops new materials for solid oxide fuel cells FCT
5/30/03 Snow Leopard Resources Inc. Announces its 2003 First Quarter Results
5/30/03 G-8 heads to push fuel cell progress Asahi Shimbun
5/30/03 Ballard Power abandons internal-combustion generators Globe and Mail
5/30/03 State to aid CWRU fuel-cell research Cleveland Plain Dealer
5/30/03 Dynetek Industries Hydrogen Storage Technology on Display in Ford Motor Company's Fuel Cell Vehicle cross-Canada Tour
5/2003 THE LATEST FUEL CELL NEWS IN JAPAN, May 2003 Fuel Cell Development Information Center, Tokyo
5/29/03 Project pairs coal with fuel cells to create cleaner, more efficient power Ohio University
5/29/03 Entegris to Host Materials Integrity Management Symposium; Third Annual Industry Forum to Also Explore MIM Impact on Fuel Cell Developments
5/29/03 Plug Power units installed in Michigan colleges Albany Business Review
5/29/03 Millennium Cell Hydrogen on Demand on Display at Premier Military Technology Showcase
5/29/03 Astris Energi, CareAction Update Joint Venture
5/29/03 Ballard to Discontinue Sales and Marketing of its Combustion Engine Generator Sets
5/29/03 Marconi and Metallic Power Partner to Deliver Zinc Fuel Cells Marconi to Integrate Metallic Power Fuel Cells in Turn-Key Backup Power Systems for Telecommunications Industry
5/28/03 Short positions in H2FC stocks as of 5/15/03 NASDAQ
5/28/03 Ford flaunts fuel cell prototype cars at Forks Winnipeg Sun
5/24/03 Rally Cruises Valley of Trouble EV World
5/28/03 Republicans Plan a Hydrogen Economy—at Your Expense "there's one factor the president isn't talking much about: the hundreds, perhaps thousands, of new nuclear power plants his administration imagines making all of that hydrogen" Village Voice
5/28/03 Panasonic Develops Home-Use Fuel Cell System Japan Corporate News
5/28/03 Matsushita to sell fuel-cell system for households in March 2005 Japan Today
5/27/03 NATURAL GAS IS KEY FEEDSTOCK FOR NEAR-TERM HYDROGEN PRODUCTION Chemical Week
5/27/03 Antarctica a superb testbed for hydrogen power ABC Online, Australia