H2FC News Archive - Q1 2004
News Archive: Index

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March 2004

3/31/04 Energy Investment Sees a Revival Funds for New Technologies In the Industry Get Boost From Venture Capitalists "Advent invested in Ballard" Wall Street Journal
3/28/04 Sierra Nevada: Tastes great and is less environmentally filling "A Chico business leader will be leaping into a new realm of energy technology when the Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. purchases a quartet of state-of-the-art fuel cells." FCEL Chico Enterprise-Record
3/2004 Indiana Proposes Rule for Net Metering Distribution and Interconnection R&D , USDOE
3/31/04 Hydrogen highway' touted by premier CBC British Columbia
3/31/04 'Hydrogen highway' could stretch from Whistler to Los Angeles Martin to announce new gas stations at Whistler, UBC, downtown Vancouver and Vancouver airport will supply fuel-cell cars The Province
3/31/04 Cardiff Resources Inc. Receives Shareholder Approval For and Announces Amalgamation with FatPower Inc. to Form Hy-Drive Technologies Ltd. "Hy-Drive is an energy technology firm that has developed a patented Hydrogen Generating System ("HGS"). The HGS generates and injects small amounts of hydrogen and oxygen gas into the combustion chamber of internal combustion engines"
3/31/04 Iowa State U. researchers find ways to turn grass into hydrogen fuel The Simpsonian
3/31/04 Video B-Roll Via Satellite - Government of Canada and Industry announce Hydrogen Highway™ Initiative
3/31/04 Distributed power fuel cells "Ceres Power’s fuel cell employs a steel-supported design rather than traditional approaches based on ceramic or plastic." Dial Infolink Manufacturing
3/31/04 ENER1 INC Files SEC form 10KSB, Annual Report
3/29/04 Titania Nanotube Hydrogen Sensors Clean Themselves Science Daily
3/29/04 THE LATEST FUEL CELL NEWS IN JAPAN, MARCH 2004 FCDIC
3/30/04 ENOVA SYSTEMS INC Files SEC form 10-K, Annual Report
3/26/04 Of Peace And Power Medis CEO Robert Lifton The Jewish Week
3/31/04 USC, Westinghouse sign research agreement "agreement includes a pledge to develop partnership programs in hydrogen research, fuel cells, bio-defense and environmental research" AP via The State, South Carolina
3/30/04 FUEL CELL PROVIDES ENERGY FOR BMW GROUP'S THE HAGUE "The BMW Group is also working on the production launch of fuel cells as auxiliary power units in cars. However, because of dynamic performance and cost, there are no plans to use them as propulsion units." autoFan.com
3/30/04 Fraunhofer ISE presents developments for the market in Hanover "Mobile Power Box", "The natural-gas reformer for a hydrogen power of 3.5 to 6 kW was developed by the Freiburg researchers as a lowpressure
reformer."
3/30/04 Colorado Institute of Technology Partners With CCHE to Award $1.5 Million in Grants including "to a program for accelerating fuel cell development at the Colorado School of Mines"
3/30/04 Teledyne Receives U.S. DOE Cooperative Agreement for Hydrogen Production "The goal of the three year program is to develop a low cost, high-pressure, and highly-efficient electrolytic hydrogen generating system."
3/27/04 Ballard plant hit by further layoffs Vancouver Sun
3/30/04 SatCon to Form Strategic Alliance for Marketing and Sales of Ling Shaker Test Systems
3/30/04 New family of hyperbranched polymers enhance mechanical, rheological, processing performance Innovations-Report
3/29/04 Hydrogen bill considered in House The Frontiersman (Alaska)
3/29/04 Hot weather, high demand prompts power alert [in California] AP
3/22/04 The Power of the Ocean "The power output of [tidal and ocean current] generators may not easily be incorporated directly into power grids but it could produce hydrogen gas which could be used 'on shore' to produce power . . . It might be the optimum way for the present hydrogen enthusiasm to be put into effect." UtiliPoint IssueAlerts
3/29/04 Acumentrics Recognized for Rapid Development of Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell and Cost Reduction Goals
3/29/04 Illinois 2 H2 Partnership Releases Hydrogen Highway Plan; Public- Private Partnership Plans to Establish Illinois as Leader in Hydrogen and Fuel Cell
3/29/04 Pacific Fuel Cell Corp. Announces United States Patent "A fuel cell having an electrode and/or catalyst formed from a nano-carbon material . . ."
3/29/04 Students win top award with fuel cell projects The Kansas City Star
3/29/04 Japan’s Top Three Automakers To Lease Environment-Friendly Fuel-Cell Cars AIADA
3/29/04 First Albany to pay Plug Power stock as dividends "Once the registration statement becomes effective, First Albany (Nasdaq: FACT) will declare a special dividend of approximately one share of Plug common stock for every seven shares of First Albany stock." Albany Business Review
3/29/04 First Albany to declare Plug Power dividend Reuters
3/29/04 FUEL CELLS MINUS MEMBRANES "been eliminated in a new fuel-cell design that uses microfluidic effects to separate the reagents" - includes diagram Chemical & Engineering News
3/29/04 Cosmo Oil Leases First Unit of Nissan's X-TRAIL FCV Lease price 1,000,000 yen [US$9,500]/month Nissan
3/29/04 Nissan Leases X-TRAIL FCV Equipped With CO2 Air-Conditioning System Nissan
3/28/04 A new day for day traders ". . . Hydrogenics Corp., a Canadian developer of fuel cells, has just issued a press release that it won a contract to provide fuel-cell testing equipment to the U.S. Navy. With a tap of his Enter key, LeDonni buys $9,420 worth of stock in a company he has never heard of before. . ." Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel
3/28/04 TEST DRIVE: Quick, smooth and easy to handle Honda’s fuel-cell-powered FCX delivers ample power without noise or pollution The Nation, Thailand
3/28/04 Diverse sources to fuel utilities, cars of tomorrow New tech officer heads state's alternative energy research firm "[F]uel cells, solar power and other new sources will complement, not replace, energy from fossil fuels, says the newest member of the team leading alternative energy research and education in Michigan." Detroit News
3/27/04 Precious platinum Gray metal has doubled in price since early 2002 to top $900 U.S. an ounce "The industry fears that since platinum and palladium are interchangeable in a number of industrial uses, some manufacturing sectors could start turning to the much less expensive palladium, which is trading under $300 an ounce these days. . . expect to see fuel cells hit the market by about 2005 in things like laptops, personal computers and digital cameras, with them having a significant impact on metal demand around 2010" Toronto Star
3/27/04 Bob Shallit: Eye on power Folsom startup may have breakthrough fuel-cell system for television cameras - Jadoo Power Systems Sacramento Bee
3/27/04 Tests start on water-fuel cars "The [Hyundai] Tucson hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle is about to start trials in business fleets in America." ic Wales, UK
3/27/04 RIT to establish a center for fuel-cell technology Rochester Democrat Chronicle, NY
3/26/04 Needham Starts Medis Tech At Hold WSJ
3/26/04 Needham Starts Mechanical Tech At Hold WSJ
3/26/04 Needham Starts Plug Power At Hold WSJ
3/26/04 Needham Starts FuelCell Energy At Hold WSJ
3/26/04 Coverage initiated on Ballard Power by Needham & Co "Underperform"
3/26/04 ITM Power Makes Major Breakthroughs in Fuel Cell Technology "ITM’s materials used in the production of fuel cells are a unique family of ionically conducting polymers, which are cheap to produce, offer high conductivity, hydration control and the ability to recycle the platinum catalyst. Furthermore and importantly, they are also available in alkaline chemistries, which opens the route to the use of low cost catalysts. ITM has also patented a revolutionary “one-step” manufacturing process which allows a fuel cell or an entire stack to be made in a single process. By employing its unique polymer membrane at the heart of the fuel cell, cells and stacks are not only flexible in shape and design, but more importantly have the potential to be produced at or below the $50-$100 per kW. . ."
3/26/04 Dynetek Industries Ltd. to Deliver Hydrogen Fuel Storage Systems to Hyundai Motor Company
3/26/04 DSU receives $750,000 research grant "Ion Power Inc. gave the four-year research grant to the DSU chemistry department to recover and recycle materials for aging fuel-cell systems." The News Journal, Deleware
3/26/04 Team awarded for fuel cell research Clemson Tiger News
3/25/04 Ford to test fuel-cell cars in Vancouver Auto giant to expose experimental cars to 'real-world conditions' "four hydrogen-powered Focus subcompact cars . . . this is the first such long-term test for fuel-cell vehicles . . . There is no precise timing (for introducing the cars), but towards the end of the year . . . will run on a combination of Ballard fuel cells and batteries, would be tested for a couple of years" CP
3/25/04 Ethanol to Power Hydrogen Fuel Cells azom.com
3/25/04 Fuel Cells making inroads powering hotels UPI
3/25/04 200MW Fuel Cell Power Plant Project Planned for Netherlands "Akzo Nobel and Nedstack, the Dutch fuel cell developer, announced that they are investigating the feasibility of . . . building the system next to the Akzo Nobel chlorine electrolysis plant in Botlek, the Netherlands. With a peak capacity of 200 megawatts, it will be fuelled by by-product hydrogen. . . . Few details have been released" FCT
3/25/04 PPL hooks up fuel cell with Manhattan hotel FCEL Allentown Morning Call
3/25/04 Short Positions in H2FC Stocks as of 3/15/04 NASDAQ
3/25/04 Plug Power Announces Agreement With Honda for Next Phase of Home Energy Station Collaboration
3/24/04 Ballard Power Systems and Sanmina-SCI Announce Intent to Commercialize Fuel Cell-Based Backup Power Systems for the Telecommunications Industry
3/24/04 Nissan to lease fuel cell vehicles "based on its X-Trail sport-utility vehicle, to Cosmo Oil" Platinum Today
3/24/04 PACIFIC FUEL CELL CORP Files SEC form 10KSB, Annual Report
3/24/04 Hydrogen-Powered Buildings Part four of a five-part series on RPPI.org: Let the Hydrogen Economy Evolve
3/24/04 Iwatani Starts Providing Liquid Hydrogen to Ariake Hydrogen Station Japan Corporate News
3/23/04 Hitachi prototype Fuel Cell PDA expected to launch in 2005 "The prototype weighs about 700g, twice the weight of conventional PDAs . . . who knows if it will anything like the prototype photo they released. " MobileMag
3/11/03 Hybrid Cars Today, Hybrid Buildings Tomorrow "Ultimately, we will see hybrid buildings powered by combinations of grid power and alternative power sources, such as fuel cells, wind turbines and solar energy—without the need for multiple conversions of AC to DC at each device." EnergyPulse
3/23/04 DOE Launches Hydrogen Education Workshop Series
3/24/04 FuelCell Energy to Provide Direct FuelCell® Power Plant for Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers FCEL
3/24/04 Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers to Become First Hotel in Manhattan to Implement Fuel Cell Technology Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
3/22/04 The Debate Over A Corn-Based Hydrogen Economy Great Lakes Radio Consortium
3/23/04 Hitachi Develops Personal Digital Assistant Powered by Fuel Cell Kyodo News International via The Miami Herald
3/23/04 Northern Power Systems Presented with DOE Grant from Vermont Senator James Jeffords Grant Supports Development of New Distributed Generation MicroGrid Power Network | PHOTO!
3/23/04 Hydrogenics Hydrogen Generator to be Installed at National Research Council Project Combines Solar Power with Hydrogenics Electrolyzer for Advanced Renewable Energy Installation
3/23/04 Device Measures Methanol Used To Power Fuel Cells "Eiwa Corp. (9857), a trading firm that specializes in the marketing of measuring instruments and control equipment, is adding a device to its lineup that measures the methanol concentration in the aqueous methanol solution used as the source of hydrogen in direct methanol fuel cells. . . The FCD-100 will be priced at 2.5 million yen [US$23,400]" Nikkei
3/23/04 Stationary Fuel Cell Generation Has Great Potential If Obstacles Can Be Overcome Environmental News Network
3/23/04 Hydrogen production for road transport would increase greenhouse gas emissions – European automotive research report Auto Industry
3/23/04 Finally, My Last Conventional Car "Many people see hybrids as a steppingstone on the way to even more radical changes in what we drive. The buzz right now is around the hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered car—under research and development at several automakers—which would burn no fossil fuels directly and produce no harmful emissions." MIT Technology Review
3/22/04 Group wants to build network of hydrogen stations "As part of a six-year plan, the Upper Midwest Hydrogen Initiative hopes to build an $18 million network of nine hydrogen fuel stations that would allow drivers of hydrogen-fueled cars to fill up in places like Moorhead, Duluth and Des Moines, Iowa." AP via Duluth News Tribune
3/22/04 Westport Receives Purchase Order from BMW Group on Hydrogen Engine Development Program
3/22/04 University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) fuel cell exceeds expectations Siemens-FCT - Photo Alaska Journal
3/22/04 Department of Energy to Launch New Hydrogen Education Effort in Lansing USDOE
3/22/04 3 Great Speculations MKTY Motley Fool
3/22/04 Industry Urges Congress to "Stay the Course" on Fuel Cell Funding US Fuel Cell Council Outlines Steps Needed to Fulfill President Bush's Hydrogen Goals
3/22/04 Orange works with FDT and BOC to create first ever Hydrogen Fuel Cell Base Station e-consultancy
3/22/04 World wind power to grow, but boom days over "The huge growth in the global wind power market will lose a lot of its pace in the next five years but will still expand at an average of 10.4 percent a year, independent Danish windpower consultancy BTM said in an annual industry survey. . . This year, installation of wind power is expected to decline four percent from last year's installed 8,344 megawatts. . . Offshore development in Europe will take off in large scale from 2007, particularly in Germany and Britain." Reuters
3/2004 Perspective: Criticism, Praise for NRC H2 Economy Study; Media Coverage is Faulted HFC Letter
3/22/04 Dynetek Industries Ltd. Reviews Results of the Fourth Quarter and the Year Ended 2003
3/22/04 Avista Labs Changes Name to ReliOn as Part of Company Relaunch Company displays products at CTIA Wireless
3/22/04 A forklift in the road Fuel-cell makers see industrial vehicles as a stepping stone to hydrogen cars "General Hydrogen Corp. and Cellex Power Products Inc., both of Vancouver, and . . . Hydrogenics . . . are betting that within a couple of years forklifts and similar industrial-purpose vehicles will be cost-competitive with electric models that run on batteries." Toronto Star
3/22/04 Fuel-cell investing takes time Hydrogenics 'at a tipping point', Returns won't happen overnight Chief executive says Toronto Star
3/21/04 Carbon dioxide in air at record high AP
3/21/04 Oil prices sends stocks down "oil futures trading at levels not seen since the run-up to the first Gulf War in October 1990" AP
3/21/04 Expect soaring gas[oline] prices, forecast says Bloomberg News
3/21/04 Exxon Taps Scientists to Fuel Growth "Exxon is working with Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp. . . . on fuel cell vehicles that would convert gasoline into hydrogen fuel." Reuters
3/21/04 Kettering banks on fuel cells "A $1.8-million federal grant is helping the school build its Fuel Cell Systems & Powertrain Integration Center . . . Umicore is considering moving part of its operations to the business incubator." Flint Journal
3/21/04 Budding scientists Students at fair inspired by bobbing ducks, dirty basketballs "a 17-year-old senior at John Adams High School, may have found a way to make methanol fuel cells more efficient by preventing a problem called methanol cross-over." South Bend Tribune
3/17/04 First-to-Market: SFC offers fully developed products - CeBIT 2004: All-time performance DMFC prototype German Fuel Cell Manufacturer is Global Leader - SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG
3/10/04 Full steam ahead for diesel fuel cells The Navy is working to bring fuel-cell technology onboard to power its ships. ISA
3/19/04 Hydrogen: Less Bang for the Buck ENER, Hera Hydrogen Wired News
3/19/04 Commission takes first step towards realising hydrogen economy vision Cordis News
3/19/04 IAI Doing UAV Feasibility Fuel Cell Study UVOnline.com
3/18/04 Hydrogen Economy St. Philip's College promotes fuel cell literacy San Antonio Current
3/19/04 UK Business Briefs: Fuel cell phone mast . . . Environmental Data Interactive
3/17/04 FERC finds Southern improperly limited grid access Reuters
3/18/04 Crude-Oil Prices Hit 13-Year Pinnacle "and threatened to push soaring gasoline prices upward with no end in sight. The last time oil was this high -- $38.18 a barrel -- was in October of 1990 when Iraqi troops were in Kuwait blowing up oil wells." Houston Chronicle via Miami Herald
3/18/04 Toyota Motor Triathlon Race Car Concept Debuts At New York Auto Show "The wheels have their own electric motors that are powered by the Toyota fuel cell stack. As a result, the MTRC is a zero emissions vehicle." AutoFan
3/18/04 He has a Nobel, a company and Washington’s ear "Sony Corp. uses fullerenes in a cold-tolerant fuel cell for portable devices such as cell phones. Sony announced in 2001 it was developing a fullerene-spiked electrolyte that conducted electricity in much colder temperatures than in typical fuel cells, but has remained hush-hush about the project since." Small Times
3/18/04 EU Announces Hydrogen Fuel Cell Initiatives Edie
2/18/04 Quick start for European hydrogen economy Environmental Data Interactive
3/18/04 Fuel Cell Technologies Announces its Longest Running Fuel Cell CNW Telbec
3/18/04 ENERGY VISIONS INC Files SEC form 10QSB, Quarterly Report EDGAR Online via yahoo
3/18/04 Fuel cell toy "With the Thames & Kosmos kit, you can build your own experimental reversible fuel cell car to learn more about this energy source." Gizmo
3/18/04 Fuel-Cell Car Demonstration Gives Boise, Idaho Students Glimpse of Future Hydrogen Economy USDOE
3/18/04 Semiconductor Industry Executives Debate Future 'Killer Application' at Semico Summit Conference "Perhaps the most important example of a killer technology is fuel cells, that will drive the replacement over the next several years of such battery-powered devices as cell phones, laptops, and PDAs." Semico
3/18/04 Hydrogen economy: new EU hydrogen and fuel cell Quick Start initiative EU
3/11/04 Case to team up with Ashlawn Group to increase power supply for 'smart' munitions through fuel cell research Collaboration likely to help create jobs for Northeast Ohio over next five years
3/17/04 Fuel cell factory wins £ 250000 grant - 17th March 2004 Voller Energy Platinum Today
3/18/04 MILLENNIUM CELL INC Files SEC form 10-K, Annual Report
3/18/04 InPlay: Plug Power: Intraday strength attributed to rumor GE will raise stake in company
3/18/04 Palcan Fuel Cells Signs Letter of Intent with Singapore's CET Technologies Pte. Ltd.
3/18/04 Multimedia Available: Plug Power's GenCore System Supporting Remote Cell Tower in the United Kingdom
3/18/04 Plug Power's GenCore System Supporting Remote Cell Tower in the United Kingdom
3/18/04 Quantum Awarded Contract to Develop Fleet of Hydrogen Fueled Vehicles
3/17/04 Plug Power and Airgas Sign Hydrogen Fuel Service Agreement Airgas to Supply Hydrogen Fuel for GenCore Fuel Cell Customers
3/17/04 San Francisco to boast first hydrogen-powered ferry Anuvu Platinum Today
3/17/04 Hype about Hydrogen For all the buzz about future highways filled with hydrogen-powered fuel-cell cars, the technological—and environmental—high ground will belong to gasoline-electric hybrids for decades to come. By Joseph J. Romm MIT Technology Review
3/17/04 Northern Power Systems Receives $600,000 DOE Grant for Development of MicroGrid Power Network in Waitsfield, Vermont Senator James Jeffords to Present Congressional Earmark at Event to Promote Renewable Energy Initiatives
3/17/04 Texaco Ovonic Battery Systems Changes Name to COBASYS Name change reflects focus on expanding field for NiMH storage solutions
3/17/04 Clean energy luring investors' greenbacks Venture capitalists raise stake in turbines, fuel cells Denver Post
3/17/04 U.S. includes renewables in strategic plan for hydrogen ‘Hydrogen Posture Plan’ Refocus Weekly
3/17/04 Uni-Solar Ovonic Supplies Solar Cells to Lockheed Martin for Evaluation by High Altitude Airship Program Team Lightweight and flexible solar cells open up new market opportunities
3/17/04 Alternate Energy Files 10-KSB Report for Fiscal Year 2003 "Company Provides Details of 'Go to Market' Strategy for 2004" ARGY
3/17/04 Study: future cell phones to pack plenty of power People's Daily, China
3/16/04 Top Energy Department Official to Introduce Key Concepts of Hydrogen Economy to Timberline High School Students in Boise DOE
3/17/04 Toshiba Readies Diverse, Cutting-Edge Mobile Technologies for Cebit 2004 "exhibition of a prototype direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) powering a PORTEGE M100, B5-sized sub-notebook PC." "PA" News
3/17/04 Fuel cell technology coming to NPHS "one of 10 high schools in the country selected to serve as a hydrogen education site. The U.S. Department of Education plans to release a hydrogen curriculum for use by NPHS students to learn about the new technology." Venice Gondolier, FL
3/13/04 GE's purchase of AstroPower OK'd Future uncertain for jobs in Glasgow The News Journal
3/16/04 MTI Micro to Speak at Two Upcoming Conferences
2/1/04 Micro Fuel Cells Strive for Commercialization By Gregg Makuch, Director of Product Marketing, Neah Power Systems "In spite of [the] need, commercial fuel-cell products based on traditional designs have yet to emerge in the market. While the potential and prospects for micro fuel cells are enormous, new approaches are required to overcome the technical and business challenges." [detailed discussion of problems faced by PEM-DMFCs] Power Electronics
3/16/04 Millennium Cell Inc. Announces Resignation Of Stephen S. Tang H. David Ramm Named CEO And President
3/15/04 Review: Back-Up Chargers Fall Short Cellboost, MicroSolar (battery based chargers) AP
3/16/04 FuelCell Energy Quarterly Report for the period ended January 31, 2004 sec.gov
3/16/04 Gurus Yell 'Retreat' And Sell Recent Buys "Two weeks ago, the M100 bought Distributed Energy on news that it had commercial orders for its hydrogen power generation system, but they sold last week as the good financial news was met with investor indifference." Forbes
3/16/04 Fuel Cell Leaders to Gather For Annual Fuel Cell Investing Forum in 2 Weeks
3/16/04 Protonex receives VC financing for portable fuel cell technology
3/16/04 Fuel Cell Industry Hoping For Profits Hartford Courant (free registration required)
3/16/04 Hydrogen cell powers phone mast "Orange said its fuel cell was supported by a back-up LPG generator. . . The system was installed in December and is subject to a six-month trial." BBC
3/16/04 Future Cell Phones to Pack Plenty of Power, Reports In-Stat/MDR "Other technologies, such as fuel cells, are just a year or so away from commercial viability." In-Stat/MDR
3/15/04 Practical, Clean Energy For Future Transportation White paper on feasibility of hydrogen economy vs other energy options "It is becoming increasingly more clear with each passing year that hydrogen fuel cells will not be practical, and our only viable, long-term option is renewables." F. David Doty, PhD via EV World
3/15/04 GTI and Subcontractors Awarded $3.7 Million to Develop Diesel/JP8 Fueled Solid Oxide Fuel Cell System for Army "The team also includes the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the U.S. Department of Defense Fuel Cell Test and Evaluation Center (FCTec), which is operated by Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC)" GTI
3/15/04 Dynetek Industries Ltd. Delivers Hydrogen Fuel Storage System to MAZDA
3/15/04 Adept Technology Selected to Provide Robots and Vision Guidance for Automated Fuel Cell Assembly System Asia Pacific Fuel Cell and Lights Out Factory Automation Select Adept Products to Maximize Yields and Product Quality
3/15/04 Xantrex boss powers up for global push after IPO "Nearly six years after he cashed in $22-million in stock options and quit Ballard Power Systems Inc., Mossadiq Umedaly is back with another technology company that aims to be a global leader in its field." The Globe and Mail
3/15/04 Dingell turns up mileage pressure Automakers' defender issues friendly warning "diesel technology likely holds the most promise in improving fuel economy because it could take years to fully develop hybrid and fuel-cell technology" Detroit Free Press
3/14/04 State's foray into hydrogen gets foothold Billions are at stake as Schwarzenegger's cleaner-fuel drive takes its first steps. Sacramento Bee
3/13/04 Hyundai to tap Enova expertise for next FCV Auto Asia
3/13/04 How do we 'fill 'er up' when world's on empty? "I might have a filling station in my own garage, if Freeman's plans materialize for a hydrogen car and a solar-powered electrolysis device to create the fuel from water." Pasadena Star-News
3/13/04 G.E. Signals a Growing Interest in Solar New York Times via TheLedger.com
3/12/04 Advantage Capital Raises $55.25 Million Under New Markets Tax Credit Program; Low-Income Areas to Benefit From Investment "These first investments through this innovative federal program include the following projects and companies: . . . Hoku Scientific . . . [which] is located in a low-income area of Honolulu" Advantage Capital Partners
3/12/04 Speech by Margot Wallström, European Commissioner responsible for Environment :"Towards a low carbon economy" European Business Summit, Brussels, 11 March 2004 "Hydrogen and fuel cells can deliver important energy efficiency gains with respect to present-day technology, and could give a significant boost to the use of renewable energy sources in the long term." EuropaWorld
3/12/04 Avista Labs appoints new leader; readies for name change to "ReliOn" Puget Sound Business Journal
3/11/04 Toyota Seen Selling Hybrid Camry in 2006 "While Ford is planning a hybrid version of its Escape sports utility vehicle this year, U.S. auto makers have been much more reserved about the merits of gasoline-electric vehicles. They have worked more aggressively to advance zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, which are widely believed to be at least 10 to 20 years away from being commercially viable. "U.S. auto makers tend to dismiss hybrids as a toy," said Kurt Sanger, an auto analyst at ING. "But in the immediate term they are losing the battle for public perception of who is the most innovative car company." Reuters
3/12/04 Toyota Camry To Go Hybrid; Sales Set At 100,000 In '06 "mainly in the North American market . . . Earlier this week, Toyota announced an agreement to provide Ford Motor Co. with its hybrid car technology. Such agreements will generate licensing fees, a source of revenue for massive investments that Toyota needs to develop vehicles more friendly to the environment." Nikkei
3/12/04 Palcan Fuel Cells President Shen Joins Prestigious List of Executives Recognized as the Who's Who in Fuel Cell Technology
3/12/04 Avista Labs Appoints New Chief Executive Officer John D. Werderman joins Avista Labs as President and CEO
3/12/04 NextEnergy Board Announces Chief Technology Officer
3/8/04 The Hype About Hydrogen: A Realistic Primer on the Promise of Hydrogen EEN
3/12/04 PLUG POWER INC Files SEC form 10-K, Annual Report sec.gov
3/12/04 Distributed Energy Systems Announces Its FY 2003 Financial Results Conference Call Webcast Today, 11:00 AM
3/12/04 Disposable fuel cells a reality Medis Technologies is to partner with Kensington to bring fuel cells to the market in 2005, with further advances planned infoSync
3/12/04 Video camera powered by fuel cell technology Platinum Today
3/10/04 First-Generation Fuel Cells Moving Closer to Market brighthand
3/11/04 Distributed Energy Systems Corp. Announces Fourth Quarter, Year End Results
3/11/04 MEDIS TECHNOLOGIES LTD Files SEC form 10-K, Annual Report sec.gov
3/11/04 Medis-Kensington Distribution Agreement filed as exhibit to 10-K sec.gov
3/11/04 "Fuel Cell 30'' Recognized by Fuel Cell Management Fuel Cell Management
3/11/04 Fuel-Cell Car Demonstration Gives Westerville Students Glimpse of Future Hydrogen Economy USDOE
3/11/04 FuelCell Energy Chief Technology Officer Receives F.T. Bacon Medal for Fuel Cell Research
3/11/04 Medis Technologies Reports Year-End and Fourth Quarter Results
3/11/04 Enova Systems Partners with Hyundai Motor Company to Develop and Produce Next Generation Fuel Cell Vehicle
3/11/04 Jadoo Power Systems Delivers Fuel Cell Product to Local TV Station
3/11/04 Fuel-cell maker looks to market MTI unit hopes to have commercial product ready this year Albany Times Union
3/11/04 Hyundai debuts fuel cell-equipped Tucson just-auto.com
3/10/04 MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY INC Files SEC form 10-K, Annual Report
3/10/04 Monthly Status Report: USCG Air Station Cape Cod Fuel Cell Project, 01– 29 February 2004 FCEL "the preliminary analysis of the fuel cell’s operating record demonstrates the overall costs of the fuel cell are less than the costs of commercially provided heat and power and there should be adequate savings to cover the near and long term operating & maintenance costs of the fuel cell" U.S. Coast Guard
3/10/04 Acquisition increases FuelCell quarterly loss Republican-American
3/9/04 Southern California suffers transmission line overloads Power Engineering
3/10/04 Japan strives for clean-energy cars "Japan hopes 20 percent of its vehicles will run on clean, hydrogen-based fuel cells by 2030. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is expected to announce the goal soon in its Hydrogen Energy Dissemination Plan" Washington Times
3/9/04 Hydrogen cars draw city funds "Burbank will pay $125,000 for five cars that will be converted to run on hydrogen and electricity as part of $2 million, five-city pilot program launched by the South Coast Air Quality Management District." Los Angeles Daily News
3/10/04 2003 losses narrow at MTI Albany Business Review
3/10/04 Plugging into the power of sewage "Penn State's microbial fuel cell (MFC) harnesses chemical techniques similar to those the body uses to break down food - but diverts the electrons liberated in the reactions to produce electrical energy" New Scientist
3/10/04 Anuvu Fuel Cell Powers Hydrogen Car at Mohegan Sun U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Supported Fuel Cell Vehicle Is a First of Its Kind in New England
3/10/04 Nuvera, Takagi Deliver CHP Fuel Cell System to the Japan Gas Association Integrated cogeneration system deployed as part of major gas industry initiative focusing on PEM fuel cell codes and standards
3/10/04 Energy Department Releases Long-Term Hydrogen Research Plan "milestones and deliverables that DOE plans to pursue to support America's shift to a hydrogen-based transportation energy system. This plan identifies milestones for technology development over the next decade, leading up to a commercialization decision by industry in 2015" USDOE Hydrogen Posture Plan
3/10/04 NStar hit for waving BU off plan for fuel cell "NStar Electric warned BU that the university would still have to pay big fees to maintain a connection to the NStar grid. That led BU to quietly shelve the plans -- and fueled contentions by several environmentalists that the big Westwood utility, fearing it could lose high-revenue customers, is trying to strangle what could be a crucial new source of clean, reliable, economic energy for Greater Boston. . ." Boston Globe
3/5/04 PROPOSAL: Execute Contracts to Develop and Demonstrate Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD)
3/10/04 Proton Energy Systems Announces Product Milestones
3/10/04 Honda delivers fuel cell vehicle FCX to energy company
2/25/04 Fort Collins, CO Awards Avalence Hydrogen Fueling Station Contract
3/10/04 Medis Technologies and Kensington Technology Group Announce Strategic Partnership
3/10/04 MTI Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2003 Results Sets 2004 Milestones for Micro Fuel Cell Commercialization
3/9/04 HSU lab still pioneers fuel cell research Schatz Energy Research Center teaches energy efficiency while its labs pave way for it TheJack.org
3/9/04 Quantum Reports Fiscal 2004 Third Quarter Results
3/9/04 Hydrogen Hybrid Vehicle Powered With Ovonic® Solid State Hydrogen Storage
3/9/04 Hands-Down Gamble With FuelCell FCEL, PLUG, BLDP Motley Fool
3/9/04 Bruised Tech And Fuel Cells Top Buy List QTWW, DESC Forbes
3/9/04 Hydrogen Fuel Cars in the Classroom; Department of Energy Introduces Future to Ohio Students USDOE
3/9/04 Tathacus Reports on Third Quarter Results
3/9/04 Stuart Energy Announces Issuance Of 1 Million Common Shares On Exercise Of Over-Allotment Option
3/9/04 Energy Visions Inc. Announces the Continuation of Its Fuel Cell Joint Development Project With the Alberta Research Council Inc.
3/9/04 Astris Energi appoints leader for pilot production of fuel cell stack
3/9/04 HydrogenSource Develops Diesel Reformer Technology For Diesel Emissions Reduction
3/9/04 Ford turns to Toyota for hybrid car help Former gets technology, latter gets larger market Reuters
3/9/04 Fuel Cell Challenge: Make Costs Competitive Hartford Courant
3/9/04 Daido Metal Develops Water-Powered Fuel Cell Toy Car "Daido Metal will price the toy at around 20,000 yen [$180] and market it to people who are interested in fuel cell technologies." Nikkei
3/9/04 Kerry: The Investor's Best Friend? "He wants us to get 20% of our U.S. energy from renewable sources by 2020, which will benefit companies in industries like the hydrogen fuel-cell business." BusinessWeek
3/8/04 Big Boost For Honda FCX CARkeys
3/8/04 Driving the issues "Charlize Theron went to Oscar parties in a $3-million Toyota fuel-cell hybrid that creates electricity from a tank of hydrogen Calendar Live
3/8/04 New Russian fuel cell car presented at Motorshow Platinum today
3/8/04 Fuel Cell 1Q Loss Widens On Acquisition Charge Dow Jones Business News
3/8/04 InPlay: FuelCell Energy beats by $0.07, beats on revs Briefing.com
3/8/04 FuelCell Energy Reports First Quarter 2004 Results, Fiscal Year Accomplishments To Date Acquired Global Thermoelectric Inc.; Received New Orders For Three Direct FuelCell(R) (DFC(R)) Power Plants; Commissioned Three New DFC Power Plants
3/8/04 USFCC Showcases Member Technologies in Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Pavilion at 2004 SAE World Congress
3/3/04 Full Science Committee - Hearing Reviewing the Hydrogen Fuel and FreedomCAR Initiatives house.gov/science
3/8/04 Tech chiefs polish crystal ball "The poll asked in which field of business the firms intend to commercialize new technologies or products by 2010. A total of 179 fields were cited, from which the executives chose. The highest number of respondents, or 27, said they are likely to branch out into in the household-use fuel-cell sector, followed by 24 firms expecting to go into the industrial-use fuel-cell business by that time. Fuel cells, which are expected to be used increasingly in car engines and household-use generators, are attracting wide attention as a source of clean energy that does not contribute to global warming." Nikkei
3/8/04 City Gas Firms Beefing Up Home-Use Generator Sales "Tokyo Gas, Japan's largest supplier of city gas, plans to double its staff from five to 10 in April at the office overseeing sales of a fuel cell generator system that it has been jointly developing with Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and Ebara Corp. (6752). The system is expected to hit the market in the first quarter of 2005." Nikkei
3/8/04 Miniature fuel cells may oust batteries "increase efficiency by shrinking the channels that deliver fuel to the cell's heart. The apparent downside is that the effect only works with hydrogen fuel cells, whereas liquid methanol is currently the fuel of choice . . ." NewScientist.com (a production of Reed Business Information Ltd.)
3/8/04 AllPennyStocks.com Announces Its March 8th to March 12th Stock to Watch Dynetek Industries Ltd. (TSX:DNK)
3/8/04 FuelCell Energy and Alliance Power to Provide 500 Kilowatts of Renewable Power To City of Santa Barbara Sustainable Market in Wastewater Treatment Applications Developing for FuelCell Energy's DFC Power Plants
3/8/04 Quantum Awarded Two New Development Contracts for 10,000-psi Hydrogen Systems
3/8/04 Technology Partnerships Canada Invests $1.4 Million In Stuart Energy Technology Development
3/8/04 Dynetek Industries Ltd. Announces CNG System Orders for California Market
3/8/04 Uni-Solar Ovonic Receives Order for 1.25 MW of Photovoltaic Panels From Sunset of Germany
3/6/04 Setting the Record Straight 200 hour headline "set in motion a flurry of emails and telephone calls that eventually resulted in the president and CEO of Ballard " EV World
2/22/04 Two Hundred Hours "many of the eighty or so professionals attending the SAE Fuel Cell and Hydrogen workshops in Sacramento this week were as surprised as I was by Wolfgang Weiss' candid admission. Weiss – a native of Germany -- is the head of DaimlerChrysler's fuel cell development efforts at the California Fuel Cell Partnership." EV World
3/7/04 Hydrogen fuel-cell goals moving closer, industry insiders believe "after years of promotion by its advocates, sometimes bordering on hype, many people have become jaded and even skeptical that a brave, clean new world is just around the corner" Canadian Press
3/5/04 New Mexico Hydrogen Plan Lands Funds " earmarks $200,000 for the marketing and promotion of the state's hydrogen assets to attract businesses engaged in hydrogen research." Albuquerque Journal
3/5/04 Dynetek Industries Ltd. to Deliver Hydrogen Fuel Storage Systems to Ford Motor Company
3/5/04 Dynetek Industries Ltd. Announces Contract for Hydrogen Storage Systems Bound for Australian Demonstration Project
3/5/04 Dynetek Industries Ltd. Announces Order of Helium Trailers for Delivery to Raytheon Company
3/5/04 Hybrids on the high seas " The Office of Naval Research is developing innovative propulsion systems based on new fuel-cell technology for efficient generation of electrical power--and greater design flexibility--for future ships." EurekAlert
3/5/04 Quantum Schedules Fiscal 2004 Third Quarter Financial Results Conference Call Tuesday, March 9, 2004, at 1:30 p.m. Pacific
3/5/04 Hydrogenics Delivers On Multiple Test Station Order from General Motors
3/5/04 Fuel Cells to Convert Waste Gas into Energy for NYC 200-kilowatt (kw) fuel cells . . . At the 26th Ward, two complete fuel cell systems - cooling modules, power modules and a gas-processing unit have been installed on a concrete pad built near the plant's dewatering building. [Sounds like UTC Fuel Cells PAFCs] GreenBiz.com
3/4/04 Proton Energy Systems Announces Successful Installation and Sales of New H Series Hydrogen Generator
3/4/04 Medis Technologies Schedules Fourth Quarter and Year-End Financial Results and Conference Call Thursday, March 11, 2004
3/4/04 Umicore annual earnings jump, upbeat on 2004
3/4/04 Hydrogen could give clean power for Unst and for all "UNST, the most northerly outpost of humanity in the UK, soon could be at the forefront of research into storing energy from the wind as hydrogen." The Herald
3/4/04 Japan, US to launch hydrogen project "looking into the feasibility of producing hydrogen at next-generation nuclear reactors" Asahi Shimbun
3/4/04 Six 'green' Mercs heading here for test Five parties agree to test hydrogen-powered cars, which will be shipped here from May; refuelling at BP station in Upper East Coast Straits Times, Singapore
3/3/04 Connecticut Fuel Cell Makers Seek Exemptions from State Sales Taxes Waterbury Republican-American via Miami Herald.com
3/3/04 Official defends fuel cell study funds "Rep. Sherwood Boehlert, R-N.Y., chairman of the House Science Committee . . . expressed concern that Bush wants to transfer too much from other programs to pay for the year-old [fuel cell] initiative." AP
3/3/04 FuelCell Energy, Inc. Earnings Call scheduled for Tue, Mar 9
3/3/04 Compact fuel cells could oust batteries EurekAlert (AAAS)
3/3/04 Stronger evidence for desktop fusion New Scientist
3/3/04 Evidence Bubbles Over To Support Tabletop Nuclear Fusion Device Science Daily
3/3/04 Hydrogen pump station being built for fuel cell cars "A pump station to refuel hydrogen-powered fuel cell cars is being built at Siglap as part of a multi-million dollar project to test-drive such vehicles." Singapore Channel News Asia
3/4/04 Wheel of life Embrio one-wheel vehicle Sydney Morning Herald
3/3/04 Oil Company Investment in Fuel Cells & Hydrogen - a Review FCT (Johnson Matthey)
3/3/04 Mitsubishi develops Lossnay humidifier fuel cell Platinum Today (Johnson Matthey)
3/3/04 Toyota stresses importance of commercialising fuel cell vehicles Platinum Today
3/3/04 Sulzer Core Divisions with Stronger Operating Earnings Power "has achieved major technological progress with the "HXS 1000 Premiere“ pre-series unit. The service life of the fuel cell stack and the reliability of the entire system have been improved . . ." Impeller.net
3/3/04 Magnetek Delivers First 300-kW Power Conditioner to FuelCell Energy
3/3/04 MTI to Discuss 2003 Fourth Quarter Results and 2004 Milestones During Conference Call on March 10, 2004
3/3/04 Plug Power Successfully Completes NEBS Level 3 Compliance Testing For GenCore(TM)5T
3/3/04 Enova Systems Penetrates China's Hybrid Bus Markets
3/2/04 Mazda Premières At Geneva "Also in the Geneva display is the latest hydrogen-fuelled rotary-engined RX-8 . . . The Geneva car is actually a dual-fuel petrol/hydrogen design" CARkeys
3/2/04 National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition Partners With General Motors "new public awareness campaign aimed at increasing the use of E85" CropDecisions.com
3/2/04 Mandates loom for fuel consumption Republicans and Democrats cannot agree on the best way to cut America's growing use of oil and gas. "Fuel-cell hybrids for the masses are decades away" Macomb Daily
3/2/04 Fuel cell reaches milestone "A five-kilowatt solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) undergoing testing in Fairbanks has reached the 5,000-hour milestone since its start-up eight months ago. . . Fuel Cell Technologies in collaboration with Siemens Westinghouse Power Corp." EurekAlert
3/2/04 Hydrogenics sees Q4 loss widen to $7.7M Canadian press via Toronto Star
3/2/04 Mitsubishi Electric Achieves Domestic Top-Level Energy Efficiency of 83% with P.E.F.C. Co-Generation System Mitsubishi
3/2/04 Avista Labs, which makes fuel cells, has hired the Stella Group to lobby for energy and water development funding and to secure favorable tax breaks. The Hill
3/2/04 Hydrogenics Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2003 Results Successful Follow-On Equity Offering Completed In February 2004 Increases Cash Reserves To Over $100 Million; Company Expenses Stock Options in 2003
3/2/04 UQM Technologies Receives Generator Order From AeroVironment for Use in Fuel Cell Application
3/2/04 Astris Energi appoints PwC as auditors
3/1/04 Toyota, UC Irvine and Horiba Expand the Hydrogen Community "today when Toyota delivered another Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle (FCHV) to the National Fuel Cell Research Center at the University of California, Irvine." AutoFan.com
3/1/04 ‘Half-step ’ cars burn hydrogen: Too dirty? "Now some environmentalists and automakers are talking up a less ambitious, and less clean, halfstep: cars that burn hydrogen in fairly conventional internal-combustion engines." The Wall Street Journal via Arkansas democrat-Gazette
3/1/04 B.C. fuel cell power struggle Ballard posts strong finish in 2003, but marketplace still questioning the future of the company's alternative energy source Business in Vancouver
2/29/04 New energy, ideas are surfacing "Most of the jobs produced by a sustainable energy economy won't be exportable." nwitimes.com
3/1/04 Mechanical Technology Inc. Earnings Call scheduled for Wed, Mar 10
1/2004 Ultracapacitors and fuel cells make a perfect match for portable applications Portable Design
2/24/04 Forecast of Rising Oil Demand Challenges Tired Saudi Fields "the country's oil fields now are in decline, prompting industry and government officials to raise serious questions about whether the kingdom will be able to satisfy the world's thirst for oil in coming years" NY Times
3/1/04 NYC to install fuel cells at wastewater plants to curb emissions Waste News
3/1/04 Magnetek Signs Supply Agreement with Nuvera Fuel Cells
3/1/04 More Affordable Distributed Generation Will Reduce Likelihood of Major Blackouts Frost & Sullivan
3/1/04 FuelCell Energy, Inc. Invites You To Hear First Quarter Results on Its Web Broadcast Conference Call on Tuesday, March 9, 2004, at 10:00 a.m. EST