December 2006

12/30/06 Beyond Batteries: Portable Hydrogen Fuel Cells Jadoo YubaNet.com
12/30/06 H2FC Table of short positions for the period ending 12/15/06
12/30/06 Fuel cell researcher Robert Hockaday gets caught up in a world of patents, technology Free New Mexican
12/29/06 Medis CEO buys 468,500 shares for $4,228,000 through exercise of options sec.gov
12/29/06 Medis COO buys 375,000 shares for $3,846,500 through exercise of options sec.gov
12/29/06 Neah Closes $1.55 Million Bridge Loan
12/29/06 Medis president sells shares AP
12/29/06 Stock markets will close Tuesday for funeral of President Ford AP
12/29/06 Honda aims to sell fuel-cell cars to general market by 2018 "Kyodo said Fukui was confident that many customers will want to buy a fuel-cell car if it costs no more than about 10 million yen ($84,000)." AP
12/28/06 For Eco-Entrepreneurs in China, No Simple Way to Grow a Business Hydrogen Power for Fleet Vehicles Has Tough Road to Market Washington Post
12/28/06 Ener1, Inc.'s CEO and Vice Chairman Issues Letter to Shareholders "During 2006, EnerFuel launched its first product, a fuel cell humidifier, into the market which positions EnerFuel as a branded supplier. In addition, EnerFuel established customer relationships with several fuel cell industry players (i.e., Cellex, Hydrogenics and IdaTech)"
12/28/06 Blog: Fuel Cells a Cop Out "This EPA waiver lets GM include impractical vehicles as part of its required number of clean vehicles. The intent was to encourage the sale of clean commercial vehicles, not expensive prototypes funded by tax dollars." Wired
12/28/06 Plug Power fuel cells to be used at state police facilities "at 22 state police public safety communications facilities as part of a $434,000 Fuel Cells for Emergency Communications program" bizjournals.com
12/27/06 Hy-Drive bridge to hydrogen future Trucks, cars, buses, trains can be fitted with units that run on a couple litres of distilled water Toronto Star
12/28/06 Samsung demonstrates fuel cell laptop "claims that the fuel cell offers an energy density of 650Wh/L, which is about four times as much as competing offerings. The total energy storage is an impressive 12,000Wh" Ars Technica
12/28/06 30-day fuel cell notebook dock for 2007? "Samsung is moving full steam ahead down the fuel cell highway, with a notebook dock that can give you a full month's worth of power." MobileMag
12/27/06 MDTL short position as of 12/15/06 down by 1,295,750 shares (13.83%) to 8,075,811 shares nasdaqtrader.com
12/27/06 Medis Technologies President Jacob S. Weiss Exercises Options for 30,000 Shares AP
12/27/06 Franklin Fuel Cells Wins NREL Energy Investor-Conference Award
12/27/06 Jadoo Power N-Gen® Named Product of the Year by Electronic Products Magazine
12/27/06 FuelCell Energy Submits 98.6 MW of Bids for Ultra-Clean, Multi-Megawatt Power Plant Projects in Connecticut Proposals Range in Size from 2.4 MW to 28 MW
12/27/06 SatCon Provides Update on Closing of Worcester Facility
12/27/06 HydroGen Corporation Appoints Three New Members to Board of Directors
12/26/06 Ford, Toyota execs in partnership talks Ford interested in Toyota's hybrid, fuel-cell technologies: newspaper. Reuters
12/26/06 AlgoDyne Ethanol Negotiating Partnerships for the Development of its Direct-Alcohol-Fuel-Cell Technology [AlgoDyne is being pumped in an email spam campaign right now. See NY Times article on such schemes here. Ed.]
12/26/06 Medis Technologies Completes Underwriters Laboratories Certification for 24/7 Power Pack -- Receives UL Listing and Use of Mark [see Medis/More Energy listing on UL website]
12/25/06 A BIGGER battery BOOST In a few years, fuel cells may be the new power source for your gadget gifts " The cell phone is a fuel cell-maker's toughest challenge because it's the smallest gadget. Yet it is also the most pervasive, with about 1 billion expected to be sold globally this year." Motorola, Tekion The Buffalo News
12/24/06 Power to change the world Students studying how hydrogen may replace fossil fuels Denver Post
12/24/06 Blog: Taking the long way home: What's wrong with the hydrogen Grist Magazine
12/24/06 Casio Develops an EO Pump Designed for Reformed Methanol Fuel Cell Systems
12/23/06 EPA helps state pave path for auto emissions cuts Agency OKs state rules allowing manufacturing of hydrogen fuel cell cars “This waiver simply reflects the prominence of fuel cells,” said John Millett, an EPA spokesman. “Fuel cells have really taken off.” AP
12/22/06 SHEC LABS launches second Offering to fund construction of its first Renewable Solar Hydrogen Production Facility
12/22/06 SHEC LABS, Solar Hydrogen Energy Corporation selected in top 10 of the world's best renewable energy technologies
12/22/06 RG Capital Management buys 2.77 millions shares of Mechanical Technology A Cayman Islands company has taken a 7.3 percent stake in Mechanical Technology Inc. "Mechanical Technology did not disclose the names of the three investors, but on Dec. 22 RG Capital Management LP of the Cayman Islands filed a statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission revealing that it had purchased 2.77 million shares of the Albany company. RG also acquired warrants to purchase another 1.38 million shares" bizjournals.com
12/22/06 ROLLS-ROYCE GROUP PLC: Fourth Quarter Review "The Group's fuel cell business established its US headquarters and technology centre on the campus of the Stark State College of Technology in Ohio and announced a partnership with Ohio-based American Electric Power to test and evaluate prototype fuel cell systems."
12/21/06 Richland company partners with Chevron on fuel cell research InnovaTek KNDO
12/21/06 Millennium Cell and Protonex Demonstrate New Technology and Deliver Additional P2 Systems for Testing to Military New Prototype Cartridge Demonstrates over 500 Wh/kg with Protonex Fuel Cell
12/21/06 Medis Technologies President Jacob Weiss Exercises Options for 55,000 Shares AP
12/21/06 Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc. Generator Set Featured in Wind-to-Hydrogen Demonstration Project 50 Kilowatt Hydrogen-Fueled Generator Set Is Component in $2M Xcel Energy and National Renewable Energy Laboratory Project
12/21/06 Siemens VDO to Acquire Ballard Power Systems' Electric Drive Business Siemens VDO
12/20/06 Nissan, NEC May Make Lithium-Ion Cell for Hybrid Cars "Nissan has been working on a new lithium-ion battery to be used in hybrids, fuel-cell vehicles and electric cars it plans to introduce after 2010. The venture with NEC would compete with a battery company formed by Toyota Motor Corp. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co."
12/20/06 NYSERDA Issues Multiple Awards to A123Systems and Hymotion for New York State Plug-In Hybrid Vehicle Initiative
12/20/06 Transportation Secretary Peters Certifies World’s First Hydrogen Powered Santa Sleigh To Fly Through U.S. Airspace This Holiday Season US DoT
12/20/06 Ballard Announces Sale of E-Drive Operations to Siemens VDO "The sale will generate proceeds of approximately US$4 million, including estimated working capital adjustments. As a result of the transaction, Ballard expects to incur a non-cash write-down of goodwill in the fourth quarter of 2006 of approximately US$105 million."
12/20/06 United Solar Ovonic Receives $15 Million Order From BIOHAUS Order to expand sales of UNI-SOLAR® products in Germany
12/20/06 Proton Power Systems receives first commission under €2.5 million contract "a $99,000 fuel cell system to be delivered in Q1 2007. This agreement forms the first contract under a €2.5 million purchase and procurement agreement with L-3 Communications entered into in March 2006 . . ."
12/20/06 Bill backs fuel cells Harrell plan supports move to hydrogen. H2FC quoted The Post and Courier
12/20/06 Medis Technologies Announces Successful Completion of Power Pack Engineering Test Program by Underwriter Laboratories
12/20/06 Idemitsu Touts Long-Life Catalyst For Kerosene-Based Fuel Cells "Idemitsu's new catalyst can operate for 40,000 continuous hours, which is five times as long as existing catalysts and equal in duration to the lifetime of the fuel cell itself. . . The new catalyst comprises tiny spheres measuring 3mm in diameter. The spheres consist of alumina with a surface coating of ruthenium and a proprietary additive that speeds up the dissociation of water. Hydrocarbon molecules generated from the dissociation of the kerosene react with the water to release hydrogen." Nikkei
12/20/06 Harrell seeks to grab hydrogen future for S.C. The State
12/19/06 Hy-Drive Technologies Ltd. announces up to Cdn$22.1 Million Private Placement
12/19/06 State gives $650K toward local projects UltraCell bizjournals.com
12/18/06 Italy to Build World's First Hydrogen-Fired Power Plant ENS
12/19/06 IdaTech Announces Reseller Agreement With C&D Technologies for Distribution of Extended Run Backup Power Fuel Cells Solutions Announcement Expands Company's Distribution Network
12/19/06 Medis Technologies President Jacob Weiss Exercises 20,000 Options AP
12/19/06 C&D Technologies and IdaTech Announce Agreement for Fuel Cell Solutions "Initially, we will focus on the remote telecommunications backup power market segment . . .
12/19/06 FCEL trading at new multi-year lows
12/19/06 Hydrogen Engine Center: Letter to Shareholders
12/19/06 Power Air Appoints Technical Advisory Board
12/19/06 MTI Micro Receives Purchase Order for [One] Mobion®30M
12/18/06 FuelCell Energy Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2006 Results Product sales and revenues up 24 percent for the year, Met 2006 cost out goal for the 2.4 megawatt DFC3000 - reached $3,250/kW, Backlog increased over the prior quarter and year-over-year "For the year ended October 31, 2006, FuelCell Energy reported a net loss to common shareholders of $84.2 million"
12/18/06 MCEL closes at all time low
12/18/06 Quantum Technologies Reports Fiscal 2007 Second Quarter Financial Results "Quantum Fuel Systems operating segment revenues during the second quarter of fiscal 2007 were $5.2 million, representing a 10% increase over the prior year's second quarter, which was $4.8 million. This increase is primarily due to higher product sales of hydrogen fuel storage and natural gas systems. This segment's operating loss increased from $3.3 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2006 to $3.8 million for second quarter of fiscal 2007."
12/18/06 Hoku's Shindo Reaches for the Stars Dustin Shindo, CEO of Hoku Scientific, needs all the energy he can get to turn his alternative-energy company into a winner BusinessWeek
12/16/06 China joins FutureGen program China Daily
12/15/06 BMW has high hopes for hydrogen Automaker aims to show fuel’s viability with new sedan BMW Hydrogen 7 "America is about to receive the most advanced, greenest and surely the most expensive production-ready BMW in the world, valued at about half a million dollars. If you’re one of the select few to be deemed worthy by BMW, it’ll be loaned to you for free. . . A total of 100 Hydrogen 7 sedans will be distributed worldwide to countries in Europe and Asia in addition to the U.S. . . BMW hopes to start selling hydrogen-powered 7 Series sedans in the U.S. by 2020 and roll out the technology on other models thereafter. . ." Forbes Autos via MSNBC
12/16/06 New type of battery pushed for hybrid cars Maker says it's safer and cheaper "Firefly claims the battery is 70% lighter, recharges seven times faster and lasts two times longer than conventional lead acid batteries and that it is safer and costs less than today's hybrid electric batteries." Detroit Free Press
12/16/06 Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Monday's session are FuelCell Energy Inc. "[FCEL] is expected to post a per-share loss of 35 cents for the fourth quarter." MarketWatch
12/16/06 Battelle has high expectations for refining hydrogen fuel cell Columbus Dispatch
12/15/06 Quantum Technologies Schedules Fiscal 2007 Second Quarter Financial Results Conference Call December 18, at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time
12/18/06 A Great Bubbling High oil prices are transforming the world's political landscape—and launching an era of high-tech innovation that could rival the Internet boom. By Daniel Yergin Newsweek
12/18/06 The Energy Electranet The climate crisis will force a historic shift to a new global power network of small alternative sources. This network will then feed a smart electric grid. Welcome to the future. By Al Gore Newsweek
12/15/06 Porous Silicon Electrodes Enable Microfluidic Optimization of Multi-Cell Stack Power and Reliability Neah Power Systems
12/15/06 Samsung: Fuel cells, OLEDs keys to handset power "Samsung is exploring all these options and predicted that it will likely have fuel cells in its handsets by the end of 2007." EE Times
12/15/06 MTI to Raise $10.9 Million Through Sale of Common Stock and Warrants "to sell a total of 6,055,556 shares of its common stock at $1.80 per share, which represents a 20.3% discount to the closing price on December 14, 2006, and to issue these investors five-year warrants to purchase up to an additional 3,027,778 shares of the Company's common stock at an exercise price of $2.27 per share. The closing of the transaction is expected to occur on or about December 20, 2006 . . . "
12/15/06 Chief Executive of SFI Financial Group Joins Millennium Cell Board of Directors
12/2006 Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Safety NHA
12/15/06 Hydrogen on the high seas "NEW H SHIP, a recently completed EU funded project, has found that no major barriers stand in the way of using hydrogen aboard shipping vessels. . ." Cordis
12/15/06 Energy from the motion of the ocean A former surfer designs a buoy that can convert wave motion into electricity CNNMoney
12/15/06 Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd. to Collaborate with Gaz De France and De Dietrich Thermique for Residential Commercial Heat and Power System "CFCL, De Dietrich Thermique and Gaz de France will define the specifications and requirements for a CHP appliance for the French residential market. De Dietrich Thermique will undertake the integration of the fuel cell into their condensing boiler platforms."
12/15/06 Ceramic Fuel shares surge after GdF deal "Shares in Ceramic were up 17.5 percent at 35.25 pence by 1250 GMT, the highest level since it floated in March and valuing the company around 108 million pounds ($212 million). . . Shares in fellow fuel cell for domestic boilers developer Ceres Power Plc were down 3.5 percent. Ceramic's shares have outperformed Ceres by 58 percent during the last 12 months." Reuters
12/15/06 The Fuel Cell Review Ceases Publication citing ""a combination of tough advertising conditions in the fuel-cell market and a strategic realignment of print and online publishing activities"
12/15/06 Neah Power Announces Successful Completion of Phase 2 of Its Development Program with Danfoss A/S Regarding Balance-of-Plant for Porous Silicon Fuel Cells
12/15/06 Power Air Signs Letter of Intent for Asian Joint Venture With H-Plus Eco "The Korean based JV Company, to be called H-Plus PAC, will develop, manufacture, and commercialize back-up power systems for the Korean and Asian markets, using zinc air fuel cell ("ZAFC") stacks supplied by Power Air Corporation as the power source. H-Plus Eco will contribute up to KRW 5 Billion [US$5.4M] to the JV and Power Air will license its zinc air fuel cell technology to the JV Company."
12/14/06 Xcel, NREL show off wind-powered facility "uses electricity from wind turbines to produce and store pure hydrogen . . . Xcel and NREL are each paying part of the $2 million budget for the two-year project." bizjournals
12/14/06 Mileage From Megawatts: Study Finds Enough Electric Capacity To 'Fill Up' Plug-in Vehicles A new study for the Department of Energy finds that "off-peak" electricity production and transmission capacity could fuel 84 percent of the country's 220 million vehicles if they were plug-in hybrid electrics. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
12/14/06 Distributed Energy Appoints Richard S. Grant to Its Board of Directors
12/14/06 BASF Future Business to buy PEMEAS Fuel Cell Technologies
12/13/06 Russian capabilities benefit the hydrogen economy "improved hydrogen gas sensor was developed by a Russian organization with PNNL technology assistance" physorg.com
12/13/06 New Flyer gets $9 million from the U.S. government to develop hydrogen buses Winnipeg Free Press
12/12/06 Fuel Cell Today Market Survey: Portable Applications 2006 Fuel Cell Today (Johnson Matthey)
12/12/06 Efficient hydrogen production is one step closer ". . . Fukuzumi’s method uses a molecule that plays the role of both the electron mediator and the light-activated species, transferring electrons from ethanol to the hydrogen ions. . ." Royal Society of Chemistry
12/13/06 Plug Power and Vaillant Group Receive Award From European Commission for Fuel Cell System Prototypes
12/13/06 Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation Names Vice President of Business Development
12/13/06 H2FC Update: "The SEC filed a complaint yesterday against a hedge fund that has traded in Medis stock in an illegal manner. . ."
12/13/06 FCEL trades at new multi-year low 6.00
12/13/06 MCEL closes at new 22 month low 0.99
12/13/06 Plug Power Appoints New Chief Financial Officer and Several Other Key Management Positions
12/13/06 HydroGen Corporation Achieves Key Milestones On Path To Commercial Launch of PAFC System No additional technological breakthroughs are necessary in order for HydroGen to deliver full-scale commercial demonstration plants during 2007
12/12/06 Alchemy Enterprises Changes Name to Ecotality and Launches Ecotality.com New Name Reaffirms Company's Commitment to Ecology and Renewable Energy Discovery; Website Serves as Interactive Platform for Clean Tech Community
12/12/06 Solar-Powered Hydrogen Generation Rust-based solar panels could make hydrogen cheap and efficient MIT Technology Review
12/11/06 109th Congress Passes Last Minute Environmental Bills "Extending a 30 percent tax credit for the purchase of residential solar water heating, photovoltaic equipment, and fuel cell property. Expires after December 31, 2008. . . Extending for one year a residential credit of 30 percent for purchasing qualified photovoltaic property and solar water heating property, and for qualifiedfuel cell power plants. . . Extending for one year a 30 percent energy credit for the business installation of qualified fuel cells, stationary microturbine power plants, and solar equipment." ENS
12/12/06 OMV investing €37.5 million in hydrogen filling stations, biogas bbj.hu
12/12/06 Ford Delivers Hydrogen-Fueled Vehicles Ford of Canada became the first automaker to deliver hydrogen-fueled vehicles for fleet use in Canada. Technology News Daily
12/12/06 Interview with CFCL's CEO on the Fuel Cell Manufacturing Facility in Germany
12/12/06 DOE Issues Statement on Hydrogen Storage Research "has decided to only discontinue (a "no-go" decision) future applied R&D investment in pure, undoped, single walled carbon nanotubes for vehicular hydrogen storage applications . . ."
12/12/06 Hitachi to sell methanol fuel cells for PCs, handsets in 2007 - report "Hitachi has already set up facilities to make 2,000-3,000 direct-methanol fuel cells a month, the report said." AFX
12/12/06 Hitachi To Sell Methanol Fuel Cells For PCs, Handsets In '07 Nikkei
12/12/06 Feds Rap Hedge Fund "Another hedge fund is being taken to task for alleged naked short-selling and insider trading in dozens of unregistered securities. . . The companies caught up in the alleged scheme are hardly household names: Medis Technologies . . . the SEC says the illegal trading between 2001 and 2004 resulted in $6.5 million in "ill-gotten" gains" Forbes | SEC Litigation Release No. 19942 "Lyon and Gryphon Partners, after agreeing to invest in a PIPE transaction, sold short the issuer's stock, frequently through "naked" short sales in Canada. Once the Commission declared the resale registration statement effective, Lyon and Gryphon Partners used the PIPE shares to cover the short positions, a practice prohibited by the registration provisions of the federal securities laws. . ." | SEC complaint against the hedge fund
12/12/06 H2 Logic to deliver fuel cell systems for TH!NK cars Fuel cell stacks will be supplied from Ballard Power Systems
12/12/06 Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited: Proposed Development of Fuel Cell Manufacturing Facility at Nuon Industrial Park in Germany North Rhine-Westphalian Government to Invest €3.2 Million
12/12/06 Dynetek Announces Delivery of Hydrogen Storage Systems for Hydrogen on the Hill Project in Ottawa
12/11/06 Why a hydrogen economy doesn't make sense Physorg.com
12/11/06 Energy Conversion Shares Surge, Helped by Speculation of Potential Licensing Agreement "UBS analyst Steven Fisher cautioned that “at first read, IBM's technology appears to be a new competitor.”" AP
12/11/06 ENER trading up over 9% on IBM phase change memory news (ENER's "Ovonyx OUM" memory, touted as a replacement for flash memory, is presumably the technology underlying this development.)
12/11/06 PolyFuel pleased with Q4 progress; sees product launches in 2008, 2009 AFX
12/11/06 Polyfuel Trading Update "In [five cases] PolyFuel's membrane has displaced DuPont's Nafion membrane because of the superior power and efficiency characteristics of the hydrocarbon technology compared to DuPont's older fluorocarbon chemistry . . . test market activities in 2007 followed by commercial product introductions in 2008 and 2009." PolyFuel will be reporting its preliminary financial results for 2006 in April 2007."
12/11/06 Nissan Planning Fuel-Cell Vehicle for Early 2010s As Part of Environmental Strategy AP
12/8/06 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Radio Controlled Toy Car Coming After the Holidays Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies jaloplink.net
12/8/06 Fuel cell prototype could solve several pressing issues "The Battelle generator converts synthetic JP-8 aviation fuel into hydrogen to power an on-board fuel cell. The result is more than five kilowatts of electricity." Macon Telegraph
12/8/06 Zongshen PEM announces closing of non-brokered private placement 8,350,000 units at a price of CDN$0.16 per unit for gross proceeds of $1,336,000
12/8/06 Hydrogenics nearing tipping point of commercialization, new CEO says CP
12/8/06 Company developing wearable fuel cells plan Miss. shop Ardica Technologies AP
12/8/06 Ford rolls out first hydrogen bus Politicians quick to climb on-board CanWest News Service
12/7/06 NREL's hydrogen-wind plan Lab partners with Xcel to develop combo technology "next week will announce an ambitious $2 million research partnership to use hydrogen for storing wind electricity" Rocky Mountain News
12/8/06 Hydrogenics Strengthens Leadership Team Naming Daryl Wilson as New CEO "Wilson [has] held senior leadership positions with Royal Group Technologies, ZENON Environmental, TOYOTA and Dofasco." "A conference call will be held to discuss this announcement on Dec. 8, 2006 at 10:30 a.m. (EST). . . "
12/8/06 Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc. Signs Letter of Intent with Turkish Boat Builder ''Labranda' U.S. Company Enters International Marine Engine Market
12/8/06 The next notebook battery? Lithium polymer A battery technology that was touted nine years ago for notebooks may finally get its day in the sun. ZDNet Asia
12/8/06 Fuel cell technology not ready for rapid commercialization? "Mass adoption of notebook-use direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) systems may start in 2010-2011, said Kamal Shah, mobility enabling initiative manager of Intel's mobile platforms group . . ." DigiTimes
12/7/06 Hydrogen powers V-10 buses on Parliament Hill Ottawa Citizen
12/7/06 Ethylene Suggested for Hydrogen Storage NIST via physorg.com
12/7/06 SFC Portable Fuel Cells successfully pass U.S. Deptm. of Defense Review
12/7/06 Antig's prototype 2W fuel cell handset charger DigiTimes.com
12/6/06 Gilford Securities Reiterates "Buy" on MDTL, Report
12/6/06 Annual Progress Report Highlights Hydrogen Program Activities US DoE
12/6/06 DOE Advances Production of Hydrogen from Coal Projects Selected to Address Technological Challenges of Hydrogen Production in Large-Scale Facilities "The six projects total nearly $9.4 million in value, with DOE providing $7.4 million and industry partners contributing more than $1.8 million. Descriptions of the six new projects are below. . ." US DoE
12/6/06 New Advances in Soldier Power Driven by DuPont Fuel Cells and SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG U.S. Department of Defense Review Represents Major Milestone DuPont Fuel Cells
11/30/06 Acumentrics Wins Navy SBIR for Portable Power Unit
12/6/06 Burnaby’s Ballard bumped from top fuel-cell spot Vancouver Sun
12/6/06 Langford fuels up on hydrogen highway "Victoria rolled onto the hydrogen highway Friday with the official opening of the hydrogen fuelling station at the B.C. Transit depot in Langford. The $1-million station is the third of seven proposed for the province." Goldstream News Gazette
12/6/06 Antig to sample fuel cell solutions to notebook makers in 2007 DigiTimes.com
12/6/06 Altergy Systems powering holiday tree bizjournals
12/6/06 Northern Power's President Leaving Company "to become chief executive officer of Capstone Turbine Corp. . . Distributed Energy's CEO Schwallie Assumes Added Post on Interim Basis; Betsy Anderson Named Acting Head of Northern Power's Operations" DESC
12/6/06 Man Arrested in Fuel Cell Scam "Jamie Fannin of Lockport represented himself as a employee of H2 Aquaburn Master, Incorporated, seeking investors for a product based on fuel cell technology. Fannin collected more than $100,000 from residents in western New York. He's charged with grand larceny and remains in Orleans County Jail on $50,000 bail." R News (Rochester, NY)
12/6/06 Fuel cell sector revenues up in 2005, but profits still elusive: PricewaterhouseCoopers report
12/6/06 Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Exercises Option to Buy FuelCell Energy Power Plants Under Provisions of its Power Purchase Agreement Federal Investment Tax Credit provides incentive to purchase power plants that provide Brewery with greater energy independence and reliability
12/6/06 FuelCell Energy, Inc. Invites You to Its Fourth Quarter and Year End Results Web Broadcast on Tuesday, December 19, 2006, at 10:00 A.M. ET
12/6/06 The Edison of our age? Stanford Ovshinsky may not be a household name, but his inventions have the power to change the world Financial Express
12/5/06 HOKU SCIENTIFIC INC Files SEC form 8-K, Material Impairments "Hoku expected to incur a non-cash, impairment charge of approximately $675,000 to $900,000 in the third quarter of fiscal 2007 relating to a write down of capital equipment and inventory used in the Hoku's fuel cell business." sec.gov
12/2006 Keep Your Cell Phone Powered Up: Power solutions keep the gabbing going in out-of-the-way places Medis, Cellboost Entrepreneur Magazine
12/5/06 QuestAir Technologies Announces 2006 Results and 2007 Milestones
12/5/06 Nokia phones may use smell, solar power "We looked at fuel cells, but we've come to the conclusion that usability is not really there. It's not so much a technology issue but a usability problem" Reuters
12/5/06 Hoku to reduce fuel cell work force Pacific Business News
12/5/06 SAE International Sponsors Hydrogen Symposium, Dec. 6-7
12/5/06 Schwarzenegger to light fuel-cell-powered Christmas tree supplier of fuel cell not named AFP
12/5/06 Pure Energy Signs Memorandum of Understanding with the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur for Fuel Cell Development
12/5/06 Alchemy Enterprises, Ltd. Appoints Vice President of Technology Integration Dr. Tulin Akin Joins Alchemy Enterprises from Intel to Lead Continued Development of Technology in Management Change
12/5/06 Neah Commences Testing of 16 Cell Stack Architecture
12/5/06 Power Air Retains Rubenstein Public Relations
12/5/06 Hoku Scientific, Inc. Announces Revised Third Quarter Earnings Estimate
12/5/06 Photo: Workers installing the hydrogen storage tank which sits in the boot of the BMW Hydrogen 7 The Star (Malaysia)
12/5/06 Burning hydrogen BMW Hydrogen 7 - photos The Star
12/4/06 Honda FCX Concept Fuel-Cell Car Makes North American Debut Fully functional, next-generation fuel cell car offers improved performance, better cold temperature starting, dynamic styling and innovations Honda Canada Inc.
12/4/06 Lilliputian Systems Honored as a 2007 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum Breakthrough Fuel Cell on a Chip(TM) Technology Recognized as "Life-Changing Innovation"
12/4/06 Unprecedented efficiency in producing hydrogen from water "Previously, the best water photooxidation technology had an external quantum efficiency of about 37 percent. The new technology's efficiency is 42 percent" American Chemical Society
12/4/06 HydroGen Corporation Announces Plant Tour and Webcast Management to Recap Highlights of 2006, Discuss Strategies for Coming Year
12/4/06 Invention could solve “bottleneck” in developing pollution-free cars "a material which stores and releases hydrogen at room temperature, at the flick of a switch" Bath University
12/4/06 ITM Power Progress Report "operation of a diesel engine using a small addition of electrolytic hydrogen from an on-board ITM electrolyser to the existing diesel fuel"
12/4/06 ITM Power announces MoU with ABRO, a Trading Fund of the Ministry of Defence "electrolyser systems to supply hydrogen for use in diesel engines"
12/4/06 Cobasys Providing Battery System for Saturn Aura Green Line Hybrid Sedan
12/4/06 QuestAir Installs Methane Recovery System at Michigan Dairy Farm
12/4/06 HERB GREENBERG: Twist and turns of Medis MarketWatch
12/3/06 H2FC table: short positions in NASDAQ stocks ad of 11/15/06
12/2/06 Genetically engineered blood protein can be used to split water into oxygen and hydrogen using solar energy Waseda University, Japan via News-Medical.Net
12/2/06 First Drive: Chevrolet Sequel Hydrogen Fuel Cell Chapter 3 of GM's quest to 'reinvent the automobile'. MSN Autos
12/2/06 Rolls-Royce fuels Ohio's tech plans Jackson Twp. to be fuel-cell unit's U.S. base Akron Beacon Journal
12/1/06 PLUG POWER INC Files SEC form 8-K, Change in Directors or Principal Officers "Effective November 27, 2006, the Board of Directors appointed Jean M. Nelson as the Company's Chief Financial Officer."
12/1/06 Carson plan for a clean power plant wins federal tax credits The $90 million award will go toward a hydrogen-fueled power facility that will use BP refinery byproducts to produce electricity Daily Breeze
12/1/06 Significant order for NedStack fuel cell technology BV "The Dutch company, NedStack fuel cell technology BV located at Arnhem, has scored a significant order of fuel cell stacks for a stationary application. Between here and April 2007, NedStack will deliver 40 of its 8 kWe PEM fuel cell stacks to one of its most important customers. . ." fuelcellmarkets.com
12/1/06 MTI fuel cell system is ready for active duty Company wants the military to buy lightweight, environmentally friendly Mobion to replace batteries Times Union
12/1/06 Ceres Power to show off fuel cell next year
12/1/06 First electric sports car makes debut in L.A. Tesla Roadster CTV.ca
12/1/06 Chinese Electric Car Debuts for $10,000 From ZAP at the Los Angeles Auto Show
12/1/06 Firms to try again on fuel cell bids Elemental Power Group, Bridgeport Fuel Cell Park CT Post
12/1/06 Key Performance and Durability Targets Achieved ". . . Testing of more than 50 stacks of up to 1kW power output with repeated thermal cycling (on/off) between room temperature (20°C) and operating temperature (600°C) without performance degradation . . ." Ceres Power
12/1/06 Research explores hydrogen fuel use "The Hybrid and Hydrogen Research Center at Penn State and the Centre Area Transportation Authority (CATA) combined forces this month to experiment with a blend of 30 percent hydrogen and 70 percent natural gas to fuel one of the company's buses . . . hydrogen vehicles could be ready for the commercial market by 2015, provided that it is found to be a feasible alternative to gasoline" The Daily Collegian (Penn State University)
12/2006 Tech Start-ups Spurn NASDAQ for London Alternative Investment Market offers faster funds and simpler rules. Protonex IEEE Spectrum

November 2006

11/30/06 L.A. Show: Mazda Rolls Out Nagare Concept "could conceivably be powered by a hydrogen-fueled rotary engine" Edmunds
11/30/06 Energy firms in area are hoping to clean up Lillipution Systems, Nova Analytics, Nuvera, Ztek Corp. Boston Globe
11/30/06 Hydrogen-cell buses begin to make the rounds Hyundai says 34 of the costly but efficient vehicles will be on the streets by 2008 The Hankyoreh
11/30/06 Finally, a Fuel Cell Car That Doesn’t Look Like a Science Fair Escapee Honda FCX Concept NY Times
11/30/06 MTI fuel-cell system moves closer to commercialization "The Mobion 30M is a lighter power system than what is currently in use, about 2 pounds for three fuel cartridges versus 8 pounds for 11 batteries. The cost is $14,900." bizjournals.com
11/30/06 AFC Energy announces successful 1500 hours electrode performance
11/30/06 Congressman McNulty Unveils MTI's [Prototype] Fuel Cell System "now ready to accept orders for its Mobion® 30M systems from qualified customers as the Company moves to set-up military market test sites. . . Mobion® 30M systems prototype now available for sale for evaluation purposes"
11/30/06 SatCon Awarded $2.7M Contract for Energy Storage and Delivery System
11/29/06 GM shifts gears, makes push for electric cars, more hybrids "GM said it was not abandoning its plans for a fuel-cell vehicle, but would at the same time increase its commitment to hybrids." AFP
11/29/06 GM works on plug-in Saturn SUV hybrid "GM's longer-term goal remains the development and production of nonpolluting hydrogen fuel-cell powered vehicles, Wagoner said. “We continue to make significant progress in this area, and we continue to see fuel cells as the best long-term solution for reducing our dependence on oil,” he said. He said nothing about diesel, which DaimlerChrysler AG is banking on as a cleaner alternative to gasoline engines." AP
11/29/06 Hy-Drive Technologies Announces Fiscal 2006 Third Quarter
11/29/06 Ford Unveils Hydrogen Fuel Cell SUV "gets 35 mpg and can travel 350 miles on one tank of hydrogen, which Ford says is a record for a fuel cell vehicle" ForbesAutos.com
11/28/06 Alchemy Advances Development Program with Acquisition of Hydrogen Bus from Hydrogenics "Hydrogenics will also be providing Alchemy with engineering services to enable the Bus to be used with Alchemy's technology . . . Alchemy has entered into a partnership (known as a task plan) with Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to develop, build and patent our prototype 100 kilowatts Hydratus©"
11/28/06 Scottsdale company taking its hydrogen technology on the road Fueled by a $12.5 million private placement, Alchemy Enterprises Ltd. is getting ready to rig up a hydrogen-powered bus to take its message about electric power cell technology on the road. bizjournals.com
11/27/06 Fuel-cell train reaches 50kph in demonstration run "In the demonstration at Tokyu Car Corp.'s Yokohama factory, the hybrid train clocked 50kph on the 300m test track. . . But before the fuel-cell train can be commercialized, the performance and manufacturing costs of fuel cells will need to be improved." Nikkei
11/29/06 Corrections & Amplifications concerning recent article about Medis Wall Street Journal
11/29/06 Hyundai debuts fuel-cell bus The Korea Herald
11/29/06 H2FC Update: MKTY up as much as 20% in pre-market trading following yesterday's announcement by Samsung of new DMFC cell phone charger
11/29/06 Electric technologies to drive GM Wagoner will stress future of plug-in hybrids during speech today at Los Angeles Auto Show. Detroit News
11/28/06 Photo of Samsung DMFC phone charger announced today slashphone.com
11/28/06 ReliOn Fuel Cells Achieve CSA Approval
11/28/06 Proton Energy's New Hydrogen Control System for Generators Enables Utilities to Produce More Power from Less Fuel
11/28/06 Medis Technologies and Northwest Charging Systems Announce Worldwide Distribution and Purchase Order
11/28/06 Portable Energy Cells Charge Devices On the Go "Together with Samsung SDI, we have succeeded in developing a 2-watt portable fuel cell that uses methanol and will allow users to charge their mobile devices such as cell phones" "We will be able to put the fuel cell on the market within 2-3 years" Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology
11/28/06 Next-Generation Battery Makes Great Strides in Commercialization SAIT Introduces the World’s Smallest Fuel Cell for Mobile Charger Samsung
11/28/06 Major milestone achieved ahead of schedule – remains on track to deliver commercial systems by the end of 2007 Voller Energy Group
11/28/06 Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited: AGM Statement
11/28/06 University of Nottingham Research Centre to Develop Energy Technologies that are Sustainable and Affordable "A highlight of the research programme is the world-leading effort on new materials to store hydrogen in high capacities." azom.com
11/27/06 Shifting to hydrogen-run vehicles will not be easy Hindustan Times
11/27/06 Hydrogen fuel to be introduced in Delhi next year Hindustan Times
11/27/06 NMSU researchers take 'waste not, want not' philosophy into the fields "attempting to use cow manure and other organic solid wastes to produce hydrogen . . . Current methods of hydrogen production, such as electrolysis or biomass gasification, are not cost-effective because of the amount of energy needed as well as the use of non-renewable energy . . . " N. Mexico State University
11/27/06 Europe sees expansion to hydrogen refueling network Energy Business Review
11/27/06 New Unit Cell Design to Power Indoor Generator Demonstrations Power Air Corporation
11/22/06 ISO powers up storage of hydrogen fuel cells for safer transport
11/27/06 Hy9 Corporation Scales to Meet Demand For Company’s Hydrogen Purifier and Reformer Products in The Industrial, Specialty Gas and Energy Markets
11/27/06 MDTL short position as of 11/15/06 up 16.62% to 9,371,561 shares nasdaqtrader.com
11/27/06 Fuel Cell Council Industry Survey Shows Increased Sales, R&D Investment, and Employment USFCC
11/27/06 FORD To Showcase record breaking hydrogen fuel cell powered exploreR at 2006 LA Auto Show
11/27/06 Hy-Drive to Become Part of First Hydrogen Economy "entered into a marketing agreement with HreinOrka Ltd. granting rights as the exclusive agent for Hy-Drive® Hydrogen Generating Systems (HGS) in Iceland"
11/17/06 Heliocentris and Angstrom Power Partner to Launch Micro Fuel Cell Educational Products
11/27/06 QuestAir Announces Fiscal 2006 Year End Conference Call and Webcast Wednesday, December 6, 2006, at 6:00 a.m. PST
11/26/06 GM taking electric car for 2nd spin "General Motors Corp., vilified by environmentalists for killing the electric car, is hoping to bring one back. . . The new car, to be unveiled as a prototype early next year, would use an on-board internal-combustion engine as a generator to produce electricity to extend the range of the vehicle’s rechargeable batteries. . ." Los Angeles Times
11/26/06 Nissan plans to sell electric cars in 3 yrs: Nikkei "powered by self-developed lithium-ion batteries . . . Nissan will also strive to develop bioethanol cars with the help of Renault, Nikkei said, adding that the Japanese automaker would provide Renault with fuel cell and hybrid car technologies." Reuters
11/24/06 EU-funded network focuses on hydrogen storage europa.eu
11/24/06 Thin metal oxide films for Micro Solid Oxide Fuel Cell: Zürich pro-physik.de
11/24/06 Voller Energy Group Appoints Director
11/21/06 The fuel-cell-powered future is closer than you think Honda FCX Edmunds
11/23/06 Netherlands: Hydrogen filling station opened at ECN site Automotive World
11/23/06 Imperial to design fuel cell go-cart "The go-cart utilises a battery and a supercapacitor in conjunction with a fuel cell" Adfero
11/23/06 Thanksgiving holiday - US markets closed
11/22/06 Robb bullish on Mechanical Technology stock Albany Times Union
11/20/06 VW may sell new high-temperature fuel cell technology "VW needs another three years to build test vehicles using the new technology. It will likely be 10 more years before the first production cars are made." AutoWeek
11/22/06 Hydrogen storage goes metal-free "Researchers in Canada have developed a new solid material that can store and release hydrogen near room temperature without involving a transition metal." University of Windsor via physicsweb
11/21/06 The November 2006 issue of Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Safety is online NHA
11/21/06 CIBC Starts Coverage of Fuel Cell Sector "The analyst started coverage of FuelCell Energy Inc. and Hydrogenics Corp. at "Sector Performer." He started Ballard Power Systems Inc. at "Sector Underperformer," with a forecast for the company to reach profitability for the first time in 2010." AP
11/20/06 Russian Mining Company Norilsk Nickel to Buy OM Group's Nickel Assets for $408M AP
11/21/06 MKTY insiders buy 145,000 shares sec.gov
11/21/06 ReliOn Announces Three New International Distributors Conley, Precision Power and Unitek EGC Cover CALA and Southwest Europe
11/20/06 Broker Roundup: Evolution recommends Ceramic Fuel Cells initiates coverage with a buy rating and 36p price target
11/19/06 Propane Fuel Cell Passes Muster at Exit Glacier Visitor's Center Acumentrics
11/17/06 Cabot Fuel Cell Group Introduces Dynalyst™ Electrocatalysts
11/21/06 Hy-Drive Announces Significant Addition to Hy-Drive Advisory Panel "ormer Executive Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer of Detroit Diesel Corporation"
11/20/06 Nippon Oil To Launch Commercial Use Of Kerosene Fuel Cell Systems "8.5kw system to generate electricity and heat at a pool complex . . . The user will make initial investments of 20-30 million yen [$169K-$254K]. . . Full-scale commercial sales are planned for as early as next fiscal year, with Nippon Oil supplying equipment to hotels, hospitals and other facilities with extensive heating requirements" Nikkei
11/20/06 Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation Adds Vice President of Operations and Testing
11/20/06 CACT receives NYSTAR funding for fuel cell research Alfred University
11/20/06 Hydrogen-powered Cars Join Fraport’s Fleet at Frankfurt Airport Fraport
11/20/06 John Rennocks joins Intelligent Energy as chairman
11/17/06 Siemens achieves major milestone in Solid Oxide Fuel Cell program "high power density technology being developed under the U. S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA). A prototype 5 kW-class complete system using the SECA technology has operated for 2,800 hours and continues to operate at the Siemens facility near Pittsburgh, PA. It has met or exceeded all of the DOE technical and economic objectives for Phase 1 of the SECA program."
11/17/06 Fuel cell group seeks state funds for cluster "Last week, the Massachusetts Fuel Cell Partnership put out the call for millions of dollars in state support for the development of a hydrogen and fuel cell cluster in the commonwealth. . ." bizjournals
11/17/06 Fuel Cell Seminar, Day 5 Fuel Cell Today
11/15/06 $10M For first stage of Hydrogen Highway development "BC Transit will issue a Request for Proposals today that calls for the development of a prototype hydrogen fuel cell bus for commercial use." British Columbia Ministries of Transportation, Energy, Transportation
11/17/06 SFC delivers portable fuel cell systems to eight military organizations "The lightweight 1.3 kg Jenny fuel cell is an advanced version of SFC’s FCPS system. It provides a continuous power output of 25 W directly from methanol . . . A 350 ml fuel cartridge, for example, provides 350 Wh of power and, at a weight of only 360 g, replaces two conventional military batteries with a weight of 2 kg . . ."
11/17/06 Ford Selects Eaton Compressors For Use In Its FreedomCAR Fuel Cell Program
11/17/06 MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc. presents at the NYSSA 4th Annual Alternative Energy Call scheduled for Thu, Nov 30
11/16/06 Fuel Cell Seminar, Day Four Fuel Cell Today
11/16/06 DuPont Fuel Cells Introduces New Extended Life Membrane
11/16/06 Medis Technologies Announces Completion of Issuance of 1.5 Million Shares of Common Stock
11/16/06 Medis Technologies Ltd. Announces Completion of Sale of $50 Million of 7 1/4% Series A Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock "Each share of Preferred Stock is convertible at the holder's option at any time into 347.2222 shares of Medis common stock (which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of $28.80 per share). On or after November 20, 2009, if the closing price of Medis' common stock exceeds 150% of the conversion price for 20 trading days during any consecutive 30 trading day period, Medis may cause the conversion of the Preferred Stock into common stock at the then prevailing conversion rate."
11/16/06 3M’s Progress in Hydrogen Fuel Cell Research Is Advanced by Department of Energy R&D Awards
11/14/06 BMW launches Hydrogen-powered 760 "The new car will go on sale in 2007. BMW calls it "a full production ready vehicle", but only 100 will be made next year and it is unlikely to be sold to someone who just walks in off the street - it seems BMW will be picking its customers very carefully. . ." Reuters
11/16/06 UNLVRF Selects Proton for $2.3 Million U.S. Dept. of Energy Funded Hydrogen Follow-On Research Project Distributed Energy Systems Corp.
11/15/06 Honda to Start U.S. Leasing of Fuel-Cell Cars in California
11/15/06 Toshiba challenges Segway with fuel cell transporter mobilemag
11/15/06 Daily Update From the Fuel Cell Seminar - Day Three Fuel Cell Today
11/15/06 Hydrogenics to Provide Hydrogen Fueling Station for Urban Transit Demonstration in Brazil
11/14/06 Honda shows off newer, sleeker hydrogen-powered car next-generation FCX Mercury News
11/14/06 Nypro Signs Cartridge Manufacturing Agreement With Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation
11/14/06 Form 10QSB for NEAH POWER SYSTEMS, INC.
11/14/06 Modine Provides Cooling Modules for the First Hydrogen Powered Buses in Brazil
11/14/06 HydroGen Corporation Reports Results for the Fiscal 2006 Third Quarter "For the quarter ended September 30, 2006, HydroGen's net loss was $2.18 million"
11/14/06 Casio Steps Closer To Fuel Cells For Notebook PCs "The prototype is built on a board that measures 150 x 80mm and is etched with multiple layers of trenches to direct the flow of methanol from the fuel cartridge to the reformer . . . Other components on this board include sensors, valves, pumps, the reformer where hydrogen is derived from the methanol fuel, and the actual cells where hydrogen and oxygen react to yield electrons. . . Since Casio is no longer involved in the business of notebook computers, it plans to sell the reformer and license the overall design for the fuel cell system." Nikkei
11/14/06 New State Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Activity Database Now Available Fuel Cells 2000
11/14/06 It heats. It powers. Is it the future of home energy? Residential 'micro-combined-heat-and-power' units are efficient furnaces that create electricity. The Christian Science Monitor
11/13/06 First Brazilian hydrogen-powered bus to be delivered tomorrow Brazil-Arab News Agency
11/13/06 Driving a Hydrogen "Eco-Luxury" Car BMW's new luxury hydrogen-gasoline sedans are impressive engineering efforts--but the environmental jury is still out. MIT Technology Review
11/13/06 Monitoring Fuel-Cell Projects "The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a Web-based performance monitoring program for CCEF-sponsored fuel cell field installations." conntact.com
11/13/06 JOHN DVORAK'S SECOND OPINION: After The Vote, Winds Of Change Blowing In For Technology " Alternative Energy.The perception is that the Democrats are tub thumpers for the anti-global warming crowd and hate oil dependency. This means any sort of alternative is better than what we are doing now. Unfortunately this often drifts into what many consider technology dead-ends such as hydrogen-power fuel cells. This is a loser no matter what they tell you. If smart money has any influence, you'll see advancement in two alternative sources of energy: solar and wind." Dow Jones
11/13/06 AMREL Demonstrates an Array of Fuel Cell Test Solutions -- 2006 Fuel Cell Seminar, November 13th-17th
11/13/06 Hydrogenics Next Generation HyPM'R' Fuel Cell Power Modules Tailored to Specific Market Requirements 'Powered for Purpose' Designs Target Backup Power and Mobility Markets
11/13/06 Acumentrics Prototype Propane Fuel Cell Tested Technology News
11/13/06 Fuel Cell Industry Highlights Available Products List Indicates Significant Technological Progress US Fuel Cell Council
11/13/06 BAE SYSTEMS Selected to Participate in Fuel Cell Bus Program
11/13/06 Hydrogenics Reports Third Quarter 2006 Results Resumption of Production in OnSite Generation Business Unit "Net loss was $90.7 million, an increase from $7.5 million of which $79.9 million is attributable to the impairment of intangible assets and goodwill."
11/13/06 Hydrogen Engine Center Announces Agreement with ITM Power Plc "HEC anticipates that ITM can offer an assured supply of hydrogen using ITM's low-cost electrolyzer technology. ITM anticipates that HEC will provide an early route to the provision of a complete system package using HEC's proven engine technology."
11/13/06 Road Testing BMW's Hydrogen 7 Wired
11/13/06 BMW Hydrogen 7 launched CARSguide.news.com.au PHOTOS
11/11/06 Medis Technologies' Short Plan Raises Eyebrows Wall Street Journal [see commentary by H2FC's Editor here and here.]
11/11/06 Cash infusion advised for fuel cell project Additional funds necessary to bring Mobion device to market, analysts say Albany Times Union
11/10/06 Duped investors to recoup a portion of their losses "Investors in the defunct United Fuel Cell Technology Inc. now can expect to get some of their money back. They were duped by company founder Patrick Kelly into believing that he could turn water into fuel." New Jersey On-Line
11/9/06 Idaho Man Sentenced for Stealing Funds Invested in Bogus Fuel Technology Venture Kelly also used the name Genesis World Energy New Jersey AG's Office [H2FC identified "Genesis World Energy" as a scam nearly four years ago.]
11/10/06 MTI Micro sends first fuel-cell prototype to Samsung "“It's good because it represents some evidence that we're moving forward together,” [Juan Becerra, MTI Micro's vice president] said. . . Becerra said it's just a “first step” and there's “still a lot of road ahead of us.” The technology needs to be validated." bizjournals.com
11/10/06 Mesoscopic Devices, TOTO Ltd. announce cooperation for portable fuel cell generators
11/10/06 Medis Shares Decline on Share Offering AP
11/10/06 GM may revive the electric car Automaker expects future success with technology of hybrids, batteries and hydrogen fuel cells "likely to unveil a prototype plug-in hybrid at the North American International Auto Show" Detroit News
11/10/06 Mechanical Technology makes change at top Peng Lim, leader of fuel cell unit, is named CEO as company focuses on developing mobile power source Albany Times Union
11/10/06 Neah Power Systems Form 10-SB Declared Effective By SEC
11/10/06 Medis Technologies Ltd. Announces Purchase Agreement for 7 1/4% Series A Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock $50M plus $7.5M potential over-allotment
11/10/06 Medis Technologies Announces Registered Offering of 1.5 Million Shares of Common Stock and Entry Into Share Lending Agreement With Citigroup Global Markets Limited
11/10/06 Fuel cell fund looks to gauge performance, future Conn Post
11/10/06 MTI Micro Delivers Fuel Cell Prototypes to Samsung
11/9/06 China's first hydrogen refueling station goes into operation People's Daily
11/9/06 Smart Fuel Cell AG appoints Dr. Peter Podesser as CEO
11/9/06 Energy Conversion Devices Reports First Quarter 2007 Operating Results "net loss of $2.3 million (or $0.06 per share) on revenues of $27.2 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2007, as compared to a net loss of $6.5 million (or $0.22 per share) on revenues of $23.2 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2006"
11/9/06 Power and Energy, Inc. Is Awarded Contract For Hydrogen Technology Demonstration Office of Naval Research awards $2.1 M contract for diesel to hydrogen fuel processor
11/9/06 ReliOn Fuel Cells Complete NEBS Level 3 Compliance Testing T-1000™ and T-2000™ hydrogen fuel cell power solutions qualified for extreme run conditions
11/9/06 Jadoo Power Named CES Innovations 2007 Design and Engineering Award Honoree
11/9/06 Medis Technologies Reports Third Quarter Results "net loss was $6,676,000 or $.21 per share based on 32,108,884 weighted average shares, compared to a net loss of $4,595,000 or $.17 per share based on 27,582,802 weighted average shares for the quarter ended September 30, 2005"
11/9/06 Hydrogenics and APC Deliver Fuel Cell Backup Power System to Toronto Internet Service Provider
11/9/06 MTI Reports Third Quarter 2006 Results Lim, CEO of MTI Micro, to head public company "net loss of $3.678 million, or $(0.12) per diluted share, on revenues of $1.866 million while total cash used during the quarter totaled $2.981 million"
11/9/06 Peng Lim Appointed CEO of Mechanical Technology Lim, CEO of MTI Micro, to head public company
11/8/06 Ballard Power, StemCells Rise "Small stocks in the alternative-energy sector, including producers of fuel-cell and other alternative power sources, rose on hopes Democrats' control of the House of Representatives could support policies that are favorable for the group." BLDP, FCEL, PLUG Wall Street Journal
11/8/06 ENrG Inc. receives $500,000 NYSERDA Contract for Development of Advanced Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Insulation
11/08/06 Hydrogen Storage Materials to be Developed by Newly Formed Research Network "The Marie Curie Research Training Network COSY (Complex Solid State Reactions for Energy Efficient Hydrogen Storage) . . . receives €2.5 million in funding from the European Union . . . established to develop new types of reactive light-metal hydride composites . . ." azom.com
11/6/06 New Step, Same Direction No way GM will kill the electric car says Lutz "While not saying which direction GM will take, Vice Chairman Bob Lutz says GM executives believe electric vehicles are the future. GM's work on fuel cell vehicles may first bear fruit as a “series hybrid” vehicle, he says. . . for GM, “what started as a fuel cell project is now an electric vehicle project.”" Automotive News via AutoWeek
10/24/06 Biofuel cell developed in Finland "An enzyme-based power source is a viable source of electricity for the rapidly proliferating RFID tags used in the medical sector and logistics. . . ." VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
11/8/06 Dynetek reports 2006 nine months and third quarter results Record nine month revenues of $26.3 million, up 32% from the first nine months of 2005
11/8/06 Sector Wrap: Alternative Energy Sparks Alternative Energy Shares Heat Up on Democratic Gains in Congress. FCEL BLDP PLUG AP
11/8/06 VIASPACE Announces Private Financing of Up to $23.8 Million $3.8 Million Fixed-Price Convertible Debenture With $20 Million in Standby Equity Financing
11/8/06 Air Products' Hydrogen Fueling Technology in Use at BP Station in Beijing Filling Buses in Preparation for 2008 Olympics
11/8/06 USFCC Developing Portable Fuel Cell Air Guidance Document for Security Screeners
11/7/06 Distributed Energy's 3rd Quarter Revenues Increased to $14.8 Million Company Expects Strong 2006 Finish with Growing Backlog DESC
11/7/06 Distributed Energy Q3 loss widens Reuters
11/7/06 Energy Conversion Devices Awarded Contract by Department of Energy to Convert Small Gasoline Internal Combustion Engines to Run on Hydrogen
11/7/06 AFC Energy achieves excellent electrode performance during 1,000 hour transient load trial
11/7/06 NanoDynamics Introduces Hybrid Portable Micro Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell System NDRevolution 50H System to Debut at Hawaii's 2006 Fuel Cell Seminar
11/7/06 FuelCell Energy and Enbridge Announce Production of First Ultra-Efficient Hybrid FuelCell Power Plant for Pipeline Applications "combines a 1.2 megawatt (MW) Direct FuelCell® (DFC®) power plant with a 1 MW unfired gas expansion turbine. Operating at natural gas pipeline letdown stations, the system generates 2.2 megawatts . . . Availability of the hybrid power plant is expected to be in the third calendar quarter of 2007. Enbridge's research has identified 40-60 MW of opportunities for the DFC-ERG system in just one of its operating areas. . ."
11/7/06 Astris Energi Secures Fuel Cell Funding from Czech Republic Ministry of Industry Total Funding of up to 6,000,000 Czech Crowns [US$274,000]
11/7/06 ElectroChem Awarded New Contract from NASA
11/7/06 PolyFuel Sets New Record For Portable Fuel Cell Performance -- Again New, Ultra-thin 20-Micron Membrane Material Beats PolyFuel's -- and Industry's -- Best by 40%
11/6/06 Marubeni to pioneer use of fuel cells Manila Bulletin
11/6/06 GenCell Corporation Awarded Department of Energy R&D Contract as Part of National Labs Team to Advance Bipolar Plates for Automotive PEM Fuel Cells
11/6/06 GM Unveils Fuel Cell Car in China "Still, the vehicle is far from ready for commercial use, Wagoner said." AP
11/6/06 Hydrogenics to Supply Fuel Cell Power to Bus Projects Awarded by FTA Two projects will demonstrate HyPM's versatility and ease-of-integration
11/6/06 Quantum to Supply Hydrogen Fuel Storage Systems for GM Fuel Cell Vehicle Fleet Program
11/6/06 Dynetek Industries announces Third Quarter 2006 Financial Results conference call Thursday, November 9
11/6/06 MTI Micro Crosses Its 80th Patent Mark as It Prepares for Field Testing in Military and Consumer Markets
11/5/06 Center will fuel development "Rolls-Royce's decision to put its U.S. fuel-cell headquarters here means more than a few new jobs . . ." Canton Repository
11/3/06 Peugeot's Quark fuel-cell roadgoing QUAD gizmag
11/3/06 MTI To Discuss 2006 Third Quarter Results and Activities During Conference Call on November 9, 2006
11/3/06 Hillsboro Fire Department unveils fuel cell for backup power "ClearEdge Power fuel cell" Hillsboro Argus
11/3/06 FCEL Setting New 3.5 Year Lows
11/3/06 Blog: Gas to Hydrogen a Fallacy "by converting natural gas to hydrogen, and losing energy efficiency along the way, we are reducing the amount of oil we can displace compared to burning natural gas in an ICE" Wired
11/3/06 Jadoo Power Allocated $2.4 Million from 2007 Defense Appropriations Bill
11/3/06 Fuel cell plant passes 1st test Bridgeport Fuel Cell Park, FuelCell Energy Connecticut Post
11/3/06 Batteries hit their boundaries Engineers are working to make fuel cells fit in cell phones, laptops and more, giving users more juice and time. Motorola, Tekion Chicago Tribune
11/2/06 Researchers invent 'flashy' new process to turn soy oil, glucose into hydrogen University of Minnesota
11/2/06 Hawaii Opens First Hydrogen Fuel Station KITV Honilulu
11/1/06 Idaho National Laboratory to build hydrogen-producing nuclear reactor " Last month, the DOE announced awards of $8 million to three private companies to do initial engineering studies on the new design." Idaho Mountain Express
11/1/06 Nuvera Europe Relocates
11/2/06 GE's Two-Battery Strategy for Fuel-Cell Buses "[GE researchers are] slashing the size of the fuel cell to a bare minimum while relying on two distinct kinds of advanced battery technologies to deliver the necessary horsepower under a wide range of driving conditions . . ." MIT Technology Review
11/2/06 Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation Files Patent for Fuel Cartridge Valve
11/2/06 SunLine expands hydrogen fuel offerings The Desert Sun
11/2/06 Medis: Raising Estimates, Target Price on Breakthrough Order Outweighing Deal Dilution Brean Murray Currant & Co.
11/2/06 Fuel Cell Today Market Survey: Large Stationary Applications 2006
11/2/06 Medis Technologies Schedules Third Quarter Financial Results and Conference Call Thursday, November 9, 2006
11/2/06 Dynetek Industries Ltd. enters into Strategic Relationship with DELPHI South America "initial phase of the project provides for determining the market potential of Dynetek CNG cylinders and systems in Brazil"
11/2/06 Hoku income rises 3.4% to $303,000 Honolulu Star-Bulletin
11/1/06 Hoku Scientific, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2007 Results
11/1/06 Energy Conversion Devices to Host First Quarter Conference Call on November 9, 2006
11/1/06 FuelCell Energy Power Plants to Generate Renewable, Ultra-Clean Electricity at California Wastewater Treatment Facility "will generate 600 kilowatts . . . expected to be installed next summer. Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed . . . ncentive funding of approximately $2.7 million . . ."
11/1/06 HydroGen Corporation Names Retired Dow Chemical Executive to Advisory Board William Jewell Also Appointed as Senior Sales Consultant
11/1/06 DuPont nets $1M for fuel cell program "to produce components for methanol-powered fuel cells" Daily and Sunday Review
11/1/06 Spire to Provide Hoku Scientific with Solar Module Production Line Spire

October 2006

10/31/06 Energy Conversion Devices Awarded Development and Demonstration Contract for Hydrogen-Powered Airport Hybrid Tow Tractor and Ovonic Metal Hydride Fuel Cell ". . . US Army . . . contract has a total value of approximately $1.8 million"
10/31/06 Fuel-Cell Breakthrough At Volkswagon "a high-temperature fuel cell that they said could be used in passenger cars by 2020" AP
10/31/06 Proton Power Systems announces first day of dealings on AIM Fuel Cell Today
10/31/06 Plug Power To Receive $8.6M in DOE Funding
10/30/06 The Energy Challenge: Budgets Falling in Race to Fight Global Warming NY Times
10/30/06 Global warming report calls for immediate action "Hundreds of millions of people could suffer from hunger, water shortages and coastal flooding as the world gets warmer, according to a major report published today on the likely economic impacts of climate change. Sir Nicholas Stern, the former chief economist at the World Bank, said at the launch of the 700-page report that it made good economic sense to tackle global warming now before irreversible damage is done to the planet and the costs mount." London Times
10/30/06 Ceramic Fuel Cells granted another patent for fuel cell system components "for the use
of aluminium-iron alloys for fuel cell system components"
10/30/06 Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited ("CFCL") announces its trading update for the quarter ended 30 September 2006
10/30/06 Medis Technologies Announces Proposed Registered Offering of up to 1.5 Million Shares of Common Stock and Entry Into Share Lending Agreement With Citigroup Global Markets Limited "Medis will not receive any proceeds of the offering. The registered offering will be used by an affiliate of Citigroup to facilitate hedging transactions undertaken by purchasers of Medis' Series A preferred stock concurrently being offered by Medis in a private placement. . ."
10/30/06 Medis Technologies Ltd. Announces Proposed Private Offering of Series A Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock "proposing to privately offer up to $50.0 million of its Series A Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock"
10/30/06 H2FC Update: Medis Technologies and Quasar Business Solutions Inc Announce Worldwide Distribution / Ecommerce Partnership and Purchase Order "Quasar Business Solutions Inc has placed an Initial Purchase Order with Medis for 1,000,000 units of the Medis 24/7 Power Packs as a blanket purchase order to be drawn down over a 1 year period."
10/30/06 Millennium Cell Reports Third Quarter Results
10/30/06 Quantum Technologies Announces $10 Million Private Placement of Common Stock with Institutional Investors
10/29/06 Stock option backdating scandal could grow: report " . . .an analysis of late Form 4 filings showed "hundreds" of companies may have, intentionally or mistakenly, backdated grants after the 2002 reforms. . . The chairman of [Medis] told Reuters that Medis had been late in some of its Form 4 filings but did not engage in backdating of options. . ." Reuters commentary by H2FC's Editor
10/29/06 Big oil may have to get even bigger to survive Ceres, Medis "Robin Batchelor, co-manager of Merrill Lynch's New Energy Technology investment trust, prefers firms closer to commercial production. The fund's biggest fuel-cell holding is Medis" The Guardian
10/27/06 Taft Welcomes Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems to Ohio Office of Ohio Governor Bob Taft
10/27/06 A Plug With No Power "Some companies just plain shouldn't be public. Plug Power is one of those companies. . . I don't think Millennium Cell, Ballard Power, FuelCell Energy, or Hydrogenics should be public, either." Motley Fool
10/26/06 Eleven NHA Members Selected for $43.5 Million in Hydrogen Bus Program Awards
10/26/06 Hydrogen and fuel cells: fake promises? EurActiv.com (the independent media portal fully dedicated to EU affairs)
10/27/06 Millennium Cell Agrees to Supply up to 250 Chemical Hydride Canisters for the South Carolina Fuel Cell Challenge
10/24/06 Ceramic Fuel Cell Limited 2005-06 Annual Report
10/24/06 Ceres Power Holdings plc Annual Report 2006
10/26/06 Firm powers 1kW fuel cell from LPG Voller electronicsweekly.com
10/26/06 Plug Power: Transcript of Q3 Conference Call sec.gov
10/26/06 Viaspace Subsidiary Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation Completes Development of Fuel Cell Cartridge Test Device
10/26/06 Zongshen PEM announces arrangement of non-brokered private placement
10/26/06 Major DOE Fuel Cell Technology Awards Go to UTC Power UTC Power
10/26/06 Hydrogen Power Exhibits Dual Fuel Hydrogen-Gas Vehicle at the 2007 International Auto Show in Seattle
10/26/06 Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc. Awarded $5 Million from Department of Energy for PEM Fuel Cell Research Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc.
10/26/06 QuestAir and ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company Extend Term of Joint Development Agreement
10/26/06 Neah Power Granted US Patent for Bonding Electrodes into Cell and Multicell Assemblies
10/26/06 Zongshen PEM announces plan to manufacture electric motorcycles and arrangement of non-brokered private placement
10/25/06 Battery-powered fuel cells could benefit troops UltraCell Dayton Daily News
10/25/06 Fuel cell company to create 360 jobs Ultracell "will build a new manufacturing facility in the Dayton area and bring 360 jobs to the area during the next four years. . . The project, which would be a $74 million total investment, would be the world's first high-volume fuel cell production line, [Ultracell's CEO] said." Dayton Business Journal
10/25/06 H2FC Table: October Short Positions of NASDAQ H2FC Stocks
10/25/06 Hydrogen Power Begins Trading on OTC Bulletin Board under Symbol HYDP
10/25/06 A123Systems To Develop High Voltage Battery Modules for Lightweight Fuel Cell Hybrid Bus Lithium-Ion Battery Developer Partnering With General Electric, Federal Transit Administration and Ballard Power Systems as Part of National Fuel Cell Bus Program A123Systems
10/25/06 FuelCell Energy to Install Ultra-Clean Power Plant Running on Milk-Processing Waste to Power California Wastewater Treatment Facility
10/25/06 Plug Power Provides Progress Update and Financial Results for Third Quarter "Net loss for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, was $11.9 million . . . Year-to-date net loss was $37.0 million"
10/24/06 Ballard Power studies options after Q3 loss widens to US$17.9M from US$8.9M "mulling possible divestitures or restructuring for its e-drive division at Dearborn, Mich." CP
10/24/06 U.S. Department of Energy Awards $100 Million in Fuel Cell R&D "DOE will negotiate these 25 cost-shared projects for an approximate total of $127 million ($100 million DOE cost; $27 million applicant cost) over four years (Fiscal Years 2007 – 2010)." Plug Power, GrafTech, UTC, 3M, more U.S. Department of Energy
10/24/06 MDTL October Short Position up 9.69% nasdaqtrader.com
10/24/06 Hydrogenics and Prince Edward Island Energy Corporation have jointly determined to terminate their collaboration on the Prince Edward Island Wind Hydrogen Village project, as announced in April 2005
10/24/06 Distributed Energy Systems Schedules Conference Call to Discuss 3rd Quarter Results Wednesday, November 8th at 10:00 a.m. Eastern
10/24/06 Franklin Fuel Cells’ John Law to Present At NREL Forum, Thursday, October 26th
10/24/06 HydroGen Corporation To Present at Friedland Investment Events' Alternative Energy Conference on October 25, 2006
10/24/06 H2FC Update: Medis Technologies Announces Agreement With Israel Aircraft Industries to Develop Fuel Cells to Power UAV Systems
10/24/06 Foolish Forecast: Plug Injected Motley Fool
10/24/06 SatCon Approved for Listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market
10/24/06 Ballard Power Q3 loss widens to US$17.9 million from year-earlier $8.9 million CP
10/24/06 Ballard Reports Q3 2006 Results "Full-year operating cash consumption is expected to be in the lower end of the previously disclosed range of $50-$65 million"
10/23/06 Plug Power Continuous Run GenSys® Systems to Be Commissioned at NASA Glenn Research Center Field trial to demonstrate product performance and durability
10/23/06 Air Products' Hydrogen Fueling Technology Filling Cars at BP's Southeast Michigan Hydrogen Fueling Station Air Products
10/23/06 BP Opens New Hydrogen Fueling Station In Southeast Michigan Under U.S. Department of Energy Project "designed to facilitate the field-testing of fuel cell vehicles and fueling infrastructure in the United States" BP
10/23/06 GE Announces $13 Million Research Partnership to Develop a Battery Dominant, Zero Emissions Hybrid Fuel Cell Bus GE Researchers in Niskayuna to Design, Build and Demonstrate the Bus in New York; Proposed Fuel Cell Bus Expected to Have a 200-Mile Range, Improved Fuel Cell Life "with the Federal Transit Administration, Ballard Power Systems and A123 Systems" GE
10/23/06 Ballard to Power Fuel Cell Buses in Washington DC and Upstate New York ". . . GE Research will integrate Ballard's 90kW version of the HD6 module into a lightweight fuel cell hybrid bus that uses an advanced propulsion system and a lightweight bus platform. The bus will operate in revenue service in upstate New York. . . ."
10/23/06 Jadoo Power & Millennium Cell Chosen as Providers for the Greater Columbia "Fuel Cell Challenge'' Fuel Cells Will Replace Batteries and Emergency Responders Will Be Trained in Alternative Power Applications
10/23/06 FuelCell Energy and U.S. Department of Energy Finalize Award to Develop Clean Coal-Fueled Multi-Megawatt Solid Oxide Fuel Cell System $36 Million Awarded in First Phase of Developing Large-Scale, Ultra-Clean Power Plant That Efficiently Converts Coal to Electricity for Central Power Generation
10/23/06 Coverage initiated on FuelCell Energy by Goldman Sachs "Sell"
10/23/06 Coverage initiated on Ballard Power by Goldman Sachs "Neutral"
10/23/06 Coverage initiated on Energy Conversion by Goldman Sachs "Neutral"
10/23/06 A Practical Fuel-Cell Power Plant GE's advance allows for a solid-oxide fuel cell to use coal-based fuels at costs approaching that of conventional power plants MIT Technology Review
10/22/06 London attracts German hydrogen fuel cell firm "The mayor of London is committed to buses powered by hydrogen fuel cells, a technology developed by Proton Power Systems, which lists on the Alternative Investment Market on Wednesday." The Guardian
10/22/06 It will take a while for hydrogen payoff ECD, H2HEVs Chicago Tribune
10/20/06 Building Solar, Hydrogen Power in Your Garage New Jersey Resident Assembles Gadgets to Run His House ABC News
10/20/06 Yamaha's hydrogen fuel-cell scooter Digital World
10/20/06 Hydrogen Association Hosts First Ever Renewable Hydrogen Event NHA
10/20/06 Hydrogen fuel cell sales about to take off Industry insiders predict significant sales of hydrogen fuel cells for powering lift trucks by 2008. “My feeling is that in 2008/2009—which is not that far away—there’s going to be significant commercial sales.” Modern Materials Handling
10/19/06 Multi-fuel fuel cell prototype coming next year "the real unique thing about Enerage's fuel cell is its variability. It can be filled with methane, butane, methanol, ethanol, or other hydrocarbons" CNET
10/19/06 Distributed Energy Appoints Peter J. Tallian as Chief Financial Officer
10/19/06 Hydrogenics to Announce Third Quarter Results November 13
10/19/06 New York's Consolidated Edison Awards Contract to Northern Power for Mobile Power Interface Major Utility to Evaluate Innovative Solution for Supplemental Power Generation
10/19/06 Jadoo Wins Comstock's "Vanguard Award'' for Innovators of Fuel Independence
10/19/06 Plug Power Announces Follow-On Purchase Order for 120 GenCore® Fuel Cell Systems from IST in South Africa "Company unveils latest GenCore feature set at South Africa conference"
10/19/06 MP 'lied to' over wind farm proposal Sydney Morning Herald
10/18/06 Hydrogen station a joint effort of Ford, BP Detroit Free Press
10/18/06 Hoku Scientific Announces Earnings Conference Call for Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2007 will hold a conference call with investors and analysts on Wednesday, November 1, 2006 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time
10/18/06 SatCon Announces Organizational Changes "John Carroll, an existing independent director, has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors, replacing David Eisenhaure. Mr. Eisenhaure will remain a director and continue to serve as Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company. . ."
10/18/06 Running Test of a Fuelcell Railway Vehicle "TRI has focused on developing a fuel cell available for railway vehicles which follows changing loads, and building a system combining fuelcells, a high-pressurized hydrogen tank, and an inverter which is a variable frequency power conversion device." PEM by Nuvera Railway Technical Research Institute
10/18/06 Boost to Australia’s hydrogen economy "A new AUD$10.6m research cluster to support Australia’s drive towards a sustainable hydrogen economy will be launched at CSIRO's Energy Centre in Newcastle, New South Wales today." The Engineer
10/18/06 Assault and batteries "Promised fuel cell technology for notebooks remains stuck in research labs. . . Despite earlier predictions by some laptop vendors that fuel cell–powered machines would be on sale by now, they remain a year or more away from shipping." IT World
10/18/06 The October 2006 issue of Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Safety is online NHA
10/18/06 Plug Power to Announce Third Quarter Results Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2006
10/18/06 Millennium Cell shares rise on Air Force order MarketWatch
10/18/06 SATCON TECHNOLOGY CORP Files SEC form 8-K, Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing
10/18/06 5 Stocks to Sell Motley Fool [MDTL included, but not a single reason given]
10/18/06 Company Update: Medis Technologies Ltd.: Entry Into Russian Market a Meaningful Positive Brean Murray, Carret & Co., LLC
10/18/06 Millennium Cell Receives $4.0 Million Delivery Order from the U.S. Air Force "The delivery order, if fully utilized by the military, provides for up to $4.0 million in purchases of technology and products over its five year life."
10/18/06 Coverage initiated on Energy Conversion by Citigroup "Hold"
10/18/06 ITM Power: Technical Update "The Company has reduced the cost of fuel cells to $900/kW by increasing the power output of its cells to 360mW/cm2. . . ITM is continuing durability testing of its unique low cost membrane technology as applied to electrolysers. . . The long duration test has now achieved 6000 hours of operation on an intermittent test cycle without external evidence of degradation or loss of performance.
10/18/06 ITM Power in early-stage talks to market low-cost electrolyser, fuel cell AFX
10/18/06 Six projects to spark use of fuel cells The Greater Columbia Fuel Cell Challenge. The State.com
10/17/06 Biofuel cells without the bio cells Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
10/17/06 Medis Technologies Enters Memorandum of Understanding With Major Russian Groups for Production and Sale of Its 24/7 Fuel Cell Power Pack
10/17/06 Millennium Cell to Host Third Quarter Conference Call Monday, October 30 at 10:00 a.m. ET
11/2006 THE TRUTH ABOUT HYDROGEN Wild promises abound, but can the simplest element in the universe really power our homes, fuel our cars and reduce our contribution to global warming? PM crunches the numbers on the real hydrogen economy. Popular Mechanics
10/17/06 Ford, BP and the City of Taylor, Mich., Today Opened a New Hydrogen Station to Fuel Ford Focus Fuel Cells Being Used as Official City Vehicles Ford Motor Company
10/17/06 AFC Energy announces breakthrough in 500hr trial of electrode AFX
10/17/06 HydroGen Corporation Signs Agreement with ASHTA Chemicals Inc. to Install and Operate Fuel Cell Demonstration and Test Facility Power Plant Project to Be Located in Northeast Ohio
10/17/06 Printing Fuel Cells A new printing process could cheaply make complex fuel-cell reformers, and other microscale devices MIT Technology Review
10/17/06 Plug Power Signs Strategic Partner Agreement With NIC NEP for Collaboration in Russian Market "to collaborate on technology and market development efforts in Russia"
10/16/06 New hydrogen fuel station to use Air Products equipment Allentown Morning Call
10/16/06 Hoku Scientific Announces Contract With Spire Corporation for Solar Module Assembly Line; Secures Initial Supply of Solar Cells
10/16/06 Fuel Cell Technologies Ltd. announces employee layoffs and board resignations "FCTL will hold a special meeting of shareholders at the earliest practical date in 2007 to seek shareholder approval for any sale transaction requiring that approval, or alternatively, the wind-up and dissolution of the company."
10/16/06 UTC Power a Big Winner in U.S. National Fuel Cell Bus Technology Competition
10/16/06 Ballard Announces Third Quarter 2006 Conference Call Tuesday, October 24, 2006 at 8:00 a.m. PST
10/16/06 Ener1 Appoints Ajit Habbu Chief Financial Officer
10/16/06 Hard cell ". . . it's not surprising that UTC Power president Jan Van Dokkum seems so upbeat about the future of the hydrogen economy . . ." e4engineering
10/16/06 Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc. Awarded Federal Grant for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus Demonstration at Logan International Airport
10/16/06 Proton to Install Hydrogen Fueling System in New York City Metro Area Station to Use Advanced Electrolysis Technology for Onsite Hydrogen Generation
10/16/06 Voller Energy Group: AGM Trading and Technical Update
10/16/06 Voller Energy on target to deliver 1kW commercial fuel cells by end 2007 AFX
10/16/06 Toyota Group Companies to Display Latest Electric, Gasoline/diesel-electric Hybrid and Fuel Cell Vehicles at EVS-22 JCN Newswire
10/15/06 Some Battered Energy Stocks May Be Buys "Some clean-energy sectors, such as small companies that make fuel cells which can be used as substitutes for fossil fuels, have suffered more than others and could be ripe for a rebound. FuelCell Energy (FCEL), a maker of fuel-cell power plants, and Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), another fuel-cell maker, are off more than 50% from their 52-week highs." Wall Street Journal
10/13/06 Mazda delivers hydrogen-powered RX-8! auto123.com
10/13/06 GE offers fuel cell to lab for coal test Government gets unit promising low emission, high efficiency Albany Times Union
10/13/06 Clean bus fuel funds announced "On Thursday, the federal government's top public transit official announced the investment in clean-running buses during a stop at SunLine Transit in Thousand Palms, the country's first transit agency to operate an entire fleet of natural gas-powered buses. The money - $49 million from the federal government and another $49 million in matching grants - will pay for research into commercially viable hydrogen fuel cell buses" The Desert Sun
10/13/06 Hybrid hydrogen bus plan wins $5.6 million "The three-year project includes a year of building the vehicle and two years of demonstrations in Birmingham, Columbia, S.C., and cities in Connecticut." Birmingham News
10/13/06 Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc. Founder Discusses Anhydrous Ammonia Engine President Ted Hollinger Reviews Rationale and Performance Expectations of an Ammonia-fueled Commercial Internal Combustion Engine The Press-Enterprise
10/12/06 Full Test: 2005 Honda FCX Edmunds
10/11/06 Cleaner Power: Fontana firm uses fuel cells, microturbines for 60 percent of its energy FuelCell Energy, Capstone Turbine
10/13/06 Energy Conversion Devices to Present at Jefferies European Alternative Energy & Cleantech Conference on October 17
10/13/06 FuelCell Energy Named One of Connecticut's Fastest Growing Technology Companies in Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 Program Company's Continued Growth Results in Winning Selection for Fourth Consecutive Year
10/13/06 Index fund move roils fuel-cell maker's shares Change sets off 5-day trading spree at Mechanical Technology, but investors still bullish on product Albany Times Union
10/12/06 IUPUI, Army to develop ethanol fuel cells "to develop fuel cells powered by ethanol, using $1.5 million from the recently approved military budget" Indianapolis Star
10/12/06 Power Air Corp to Present at the London Stock Exchange's 'New Energy Capital Markets Day'
10/12/06 China develops its first hydrogen-fuelled car People's Daily
10/12/06 The hydrogen enigma - ideal fuel, hard to use "hydrogen is the fuel of the future but countless problems still have to be solved" motoring.co.za
10/12/06 Europe's 2020 hydrogen car plans The chief executive of Germany's Linde Group sees more than six million hydrogen-powered cars on Europe's roads by the end of the next decade. Reuters
10/12/06 MTI to Speak at Fourth Annual Energy Technology Conference
10/12/06 FTA Provides Funding for Advanced Fuel Cell Bus Projects to CALSTART
10/12/06 GE Announces Major Milestone in Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Technology Development as Part of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Fuel Cell Program Delivers a SOFC system prototype that exceeds DOE’s specifications; accelerates path toward commercially viable, large scale SOFC product applications
10/12/06 One of South Africa's Leading Wireless Providers to Deploy Plug Power Backup Fuel Cell Systems "IST Holdings (PTY) Ltd. (IST), Plug Power's South African distribution partner. . . has received follow-on orders for additional GenCore units and expects to install systems at more than 30 cell site locations throughout every region of the carrier's operations in South Africa." Plug Power
10/12/06 Fuel cell factory in Copenhagen Topsøe Fuel Cell Copenhagen Capacity
10/11/06 Federal Transit Administrator to visit SunLine Thursday James Simpson to announce major new federal support for hydrogen fuel cell bus research The Desert Sun
10/11/06 U.S. Missile Defense Agency Awards $1.25 Million Contract to Proton Energy Systems for Regenerative Fuel Cell Research
10/11/06 Hyun Won of Korea Enters Into Manufacturing Agreement With VIASPACE Subsidiary Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation
10/11/06 Mitsubishi charged up over battery car UPI
10/10/06 ADA-ES Announces Hydrogen-Methane Fuel Project with Hythane Company LLC
10/11/06 Fiscal 2007 Defense Appropriations Act Includes $1.35 Million for the Ongoing Development of Porous Silicon-Based Methanol Fuel Cells Neah Power Systems, Inc.
10/11/06 Ballard Power Systems Shares Soar on New $22M Fuel-Cell Order; ThinkEquity Affirms Rating AP
10/11/06 Company Update: Medis Technologies: Favorable Updates in Well-Attended Investor Meeting; Fine-Tuning Estimates Down for Transitional 2007 Year Rating: Buy; Price Target $35 Brean Murray, Carret & Co.
10/11/06 CMR Fuel Cells Plc Appoints Chief Commercial Officer
10/11/06 HydroGen Corporation Receives $250,000 Grant from the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority to Support 2MW Fuel Cell Power Plant Project
10/11/06 H2FC Update: Ballard, Medis
10/10/06 Medis Technologies Chairman Provides Updates of Sales and Production Programs for Medis 24/7 Power Pack
10/10/06 Ballard Announces Follow-On Supply Agreement With General Hydrogen Corporation Contract valued at approximately US$22 Million; 2,900 Mark 9 SSL'TM' fuel cells to ship in 2007 and 2008 "one-quarter of these units to ship in 2007, and the balance to ship in 2008"
10/10/06 MDTL closes at $30.49
10/10/06 NYSERDA, Northern Power and Equity Office Announce Completion of Combined Heat and Power (CHP) System at 717 Fifth Avenue, New York City Ceremony Being Held October 12, 2006 from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Eastern
10/10/06 Jadoo Teams with Network Environmental Systems to Introduce Fuel Cells for Law Enforcement Jadoo Demos New Fuel Cell Products for Surveillance, Remote Emergency Assistance, and Back-Up Communications Power at IACP Forum
10/10/06 FuelCell Energy Helps Sierra Nevada Harness 'Beer Power' to Reduce its Energy Costs by 25 to 40 Percent Fuel Flexibility Enables Internationally Renowned Craft Brewer to Advance Its Sustainable Conservation Goals by Running on Renewable Gas Generated from the Brewing Process Waste
10/9/06 Ener1 Appoints Mendes CEO and Chairman "Prior to joining Ener1, Mr. Mendes served as Chief Executive Officer of CHEP International, a $2.7 billion global logistics business providing equipment management and supply chain support services to the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and automotive industries."
10/9/06 VIASPACE Subsidiary Files Patent Application on Cartridge Connection Valve for Micro Fuel Cell
10/9/06 Linde opens hydrogen centre near Munich "Linde expects the facility to be filling on average around ten hydrogen vehicles a day – making the centre one of the busiest hydrogen filling stations in the world." gasworld.com
10/9/06 Veloform presents the new CityCruiser II e-bike with EFOY fuel cells Smart Fuel Cell
10/9/06 Ceramic Fuel Cells has released an Open Briefing interview with CEO Brendan Dow
10/7/06 Honda plans fuel cell sedan in 2008 Totally new FCX concept unveiled, Tall power stack makes car roomy Toronto Star
10/6/06 Household waste "could power London buses" "A new report has suggested "real potential" for gasification plants and anaerobic digesters to turn London's household waste into hydrogen fuel." letsrecycle.com
10/6/06 New Mexico’s Office of Emergency Management uses hydrogen fuel cells for backup Plug Power AP
10/6/06 Assessing GM's Fuel Cell Strategy The automaker plans to begin rolling out a test fleet of fuel-cell cars, but some experts say it's a mistake. "GM's focus on creating a fleet of hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles could be a costly mistake as a strategy for combating global climate change and for decreasing U.S. dependence on oil, many energy experts say. The problem, these critics argue, is that powering electric vehicles with hydrogen fuel cells is both inefficient and expensive. . ." MIT Technology Review
10/6/06 Funding Secured For Fuel Cell Project At UTC $1.65M The Chattanoogan
10/6/06 Fed marks $1.35M for RIT fuel cell research Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
10/6/06 Lithium-Ion Batteries to Survive Notebooks' Flames "UltraCell's first fuel cell, a 2.2-pound unit that costs about $1,000 and uses 1-liter methanol fuel cartridges, is sampling to some clients now and is scheduled to go into wider production in early 2007. The unit will serve as a universal power supply for several different notebook brands . . ." eWeek
10/6/06 Battery maker ETI forges alliance with Germany's P21 "The alliance, which will be signed next Tuesday in Kuala Lumpur, will help ETI Tech to develop fuel cell technology" Malaysia Business Times
10/5/06 Six cities and regions in Europe and Canada are joining forces with the aim of buying environmentally friendly zero-emissions hydrogen-powered buses "oday’s decision to go ahead with this international alliance was taken by the partners after the successful completion of the major EU-assisted hydrogen and fuel cell bus project CUTE (Clean Urban Transport for Europe)." European Commission
10/4/06 MEPs call for EU leadership on hydrogen vision theparliament.com
10/6/06 Blog: Toshiba Fuel Cell-Powered Devices on Display PHOTOS DailyTech
10/6/06 Toshiba still whittling away at their fuel cell prototypes "We can't say portable fuel cell power has really "arrived" yet -- perhaps when it no longer doubles the mass of the device it's attached to, then we can talk." PHOTOS engadget
10/6/06 MDTL trading as high as $28.40
10/6/06 Neah Power Granted US Patent for Fuel Cell Cartridge for Closed Liquid Feed Fuel Cell Systems
10/5/06 Data center fuel cells promise seven-nines uptime "Fuel cells—is the future here already, or do we have to wait another decade?" TechTarget
10/6/06 SatCon Requests Hearing Before Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel in Response to Receipt of Notice of Failure to Satisfy Continued Listing Rule or Standard
10/5/06 Ansaldo Fuel Cell Offers Big Energy Savings for Military Installations Ansaldo
10/5/06 Franklin Fuel Cells Names William “Bill” Barker To Head New-Business Development
10/5/06 University developing new fuel cell bus The Georgetown Voice
10/5/06 Could hydrogen lead to a third industrial revolution? Cordis
10/5/06 Industry signs declaration on creating hydrogen Joint Technology Initiative "The Implementation Plan identifies the total budget for the JTI to be €6.7 billion for 2007 to 2015, which should be provided by both the public and private sectors. " Cordis
10/5/05 Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc. Announces $6 Million of Equity Financing
10/05/06 GE Global Research's Hydrogen Electrolyzer Receives Popular Mechanics 2006 Breakthrough Award GE's Electrolyzer Cited as Breakthrough Technology in Hydrogen Energy
10/5/06 Medis Technologies Presents Programs for More Powerful Fuel Cells for Laptops and Office and Home Use
10/05/06 A Charging Alternative? INI Power Systems’ Novel Power Cell Could Revolutionize Battery Industry LocalTechWire.com
10/5/06 FuelCell Energy Appoints Lisa Lettieri Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
10/4/06 Hyundai Fuel Cell Vehicle Allows Public to Test Drive the Future During CaFCP Road Rally 2006 Hyundai Tucson FCEV Will Tour Southern California in Three-Day Road Rally Event
10/4/06 Houston Technology Center Announces Three New Gulf Coast Region ETF Grant Recipients "Carbon Nanotube Acceleration Project (CNAP), an operating division of Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. (CNI), was awarded $975,000 to help bring to the market a new fuel cell technology that is expected to power the next generation of portable and wireless electronic devices. . ."
10/4/06 Air Products' Mobile Hydrogen Fueler Powering California Road Rally Participants
10/4/06 Dynetek announces change in senior management
10/4/06 Korean Fuel Cell Cartridge Manufacturer Extends Agreement With Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation
10/4/06 NTT DoCoMo shows fuel cell prototype at this week's Ceatec show in Japan IDG News
10/4/06 FuelCell Energy Expands California Market with Sale of Ultra-Clean Power Plant to Resort 750-Kilowatt Fuel Cell Plant Allows Hospitality/Entertainment Facility to Manage Its Electricity Use with 24/7 Green, On-Site Power
10/4/06 Area to get hydrogen generating stations State plans to spend $21 million on project to make hydrogen for buses, state vehicles Buffalo News
10/3/06 Fuel Cells: Perfect Mobile Energy? "[MTI Micro] already has working prototypes—which its representatives neglected to bring on their visit . . ." PC Magazine
10/3/06 Less expensive fuel cell may be possible Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a new class of hydrogen fuel-cell catalysts that exhibit promising activity and stability LANL
10/3/06 Ballard Receives Follow-On US$5.85 Million Equity Contribution From EBARA Corporation
10/3/06 Power Air Secures Fuel Cell Production Capacity "Development and Pilot Production Agreement with Mid States Tool and Machine Inc. ("Mid States") of Decatur, Indiana. Under the terms of the Agreement, Power Air and Mid States will cost-reduce, tool and manufacture Power Air's Zinc Air Fuel Cell (ZAFC) power supply for use in PWAC's first commercial generator product in North America."
10/3/06 ReliOn Fuel Cells Achieve CE Approval T-1000™ and T-2000™ Certified for European Market
10/3/06 Fuel cell powered phones years away: Nokia "It is not a technology question, it is more like a supply-chain issue at the moment" Reuters
10/2000 Lipstick-Sized Fuel Cell for Mobile Phones NTT DoCoMo and Aquafairy "Details of the hydrogen generator have not been disclosed, but in October 2004 Nitto Denko filed for a patent on a method of generating hydrogen using pure iron made by reducing hydrogen oxide into pure iron, pressed into a porous shape. The new development is thought to use this pure iron. . . it is likely that actual product could be delayed until 2009 or later" Nikkei Electronics Asia
10/2/06 Suzuki's Fuel Cell Wheelchair Photo medgadget.com
10/2006 Hydrogen-Bombing Down the Track PopSci goes pedal-to-the-carbon-fiber in Honda's next-gen prototype fuel cell car after a rare one-on-one interview with Honda's president and CEO Takeo Fukui Popular Science
10/2/06 DMFC fuel cells ready for both military and Gillette "Commercialization depends on success of the upcoming field tests and also the company's partners, said [MTI's Peng] Lim. Once testing is successfully completed the fuel cells will be ready for first-stage commercialization but the speed with which they come to market depends on the eagerness of the customer to launch DMFC as a technology. However, with successful testing and a quick launch the DMFCs could be appearing on store shelves in 2008." Digital World Tokyo
10/2/06 Investor presentation describing CFCL's new 'commercial ready' fuel cell technology
10/2/06 Millennium Cell Program to Receive $2.5 Million in 2007 Defense Bill
9/30/06 Final Defense Spending Bill: Funding For Oregon Nanotech, Innovative Medical, Energy "IdaTech of Bend will receive $3 million to develop fuel cell technology suitable for battlefield military applications." office of Senator Ron Wyden
10/2/06 MTI Marks Military Fuel Cell Milestone CIO
10/2/06 MTI Micro Demonstrates Mobion® Units for Key Customer Air Force Research Labs gets a preview of 30 Watt system
10/1/06 Global warming as a hot investment opportunity Commentary: Big companies are going after growing market MarketWatch
10/1/06 Bob Lutz of GM talks about the history of Hybrid, and Hydrogen technology at GM "We are very interested in plug-in hybrid technology" carlist.com
10/1/06 Chevy's Sequel is a prelude to the future Fuel-cell-powered GM concept car could be sold now, Three tanks store enough hydrogen to travel 480 km "According to McCormick, cost issues have now been addressed sufficiently that a fuel-cell system could be cost-competitive with current powertrains, "at volume" — interpreted to be 1 million units per year." Toronto Star
10/1/06 Fuel cell buses to stay on Perth’s streets Australian Bus and Coach
10/1/06 New cell technology to 'fuel' portable PC "At the Intel Developer Forum which concluded here on Thursday, most experts were sceptical about any viable alternative [to lithium ion batteries] being immediately available." The Hindu