March 2007

3/30/07 GM to decide on fuel cells in 2010 "There are two targets the automaker has set for itself. The first is to have a fuel cell which will run for 5,500 hours - the equivalent of driving between 116,000kms and 240,000 kms depending on use. The second is to get the cost down to the equivalent of $US50 per kilowatt of power produced." just-auto.com
3/30/07 MILLENNIUM CELL INC Files SEC form 10-K, Annual Report sec.gov
3/30/07 VIASPACE INC. Files SEC form 10-K, Annual Report sec.gov
3/30/07 Viaspace Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End Financial Results "Net loss was $9,601,000 in 2006, compared to a net loss of $2,311,000 in 2005."
3/30/07 HYGS closes at new all time low $0.95
3/30/07 DESC closes at new all time low $1.37
3/29/07 QTWW closes at new 4+ year low $1.18
3/2007 Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Safety NHA
3/30/07 Hawk Corporation Awarded Research and Commercialization Grant "$1.0 million from the State of Ohio's Third Frontier Program for its Fuel Cell Stack Subassembly Manufacturing project"
3/30/07 Dutton Associates Announces Investment Opinion: HydroGen Speculative Buy Rating Reiterated in Update Report by Dutton Associates "Dutton Associates received $35,000 from the Company for 4 Research Reports with coverage commencing on 5/9/06." HydroGen Corporation
3/29/07 Wall Street Reporter interview with Scott Pearson, CEO, Protonex
3/29/07 Blog: The Future of Hydrogen Cars NY Times
3/29/07 UTC Power fuel cell fleet attains 8 million hours of operation "[A] PureCell™ Model 200 [PAFC] system installed at the Central Park police station in New York City achieved fleet-leader status, delivering more than 62,000 operating hours with its original fuel cell stack before a recent overhaul."
3/29/07 Protonex: US$27.6 million (£14.1 million) additional listing on AIM "has conditionally placed 16,000,000 new common shares ("Placing Shares") to institutional and other investors at 88 pence per share (US$1.725) to raise approximately US$27.6 million (£14.1 million) before expenses. The placing is conditional, inter alia, upon admission of the Placing Shares to trading on AIM. Goldman Sachs and Parker Hannifin Corporation were lead investors in the financing. . . trading is expected to commence on 3 April 2007"
3/29/07 Millennium Cell and Jadoo Power Awarded Program to Develop Mobile Medical Power Source for U.S. Air Force "300 watt power system that provides 12 hours of runtime for use as a long endurance power supply for U.S. Air Force aeromedical evacuation flights"
3/29/07 Quantum Ships Eleven Extended-Range Hydrogen Hybrid Vehicles to Norway's Hydrogen Highway
3/29/07 Attendees got "the big picture" at Hydrogen Expo US "1,500 attendees visited last week's Hydrogen Expo US, this time held in San Antonio, Texas" Freesen & Partner GmbH
3/27/07 Postal Service Helps Drive Development of Alternate-Fuel Technologies, Demonstrates Zero-Emissions Mail Delivery Vehicles at White House Event "For the past two and a half years, the Postal Service has been collecting and analyzing data from a General Motors HydroGen3 hydrogen fuel-cell minivan, which has been delivering mail in the Washington, D.C.-area three days a week." U.S. Newswire
3/28/07 State Awards $9 Million for Fuel cell Development NexTech, Cellex, Rolls-Royce, UltraCell, others Ohio Department of Development
3/28/07 Plenty of grunt in hydrogen fuelled engines – University and industry project wins state government go ahead grant of $1.2 million University of Melbourne
3/28/07 Full transcript of Medis Technologies year end conference call held of March 14, 2007
3/28/07 HYGS closes at new all time low $0.99
3/28/07 Company here raises funds for fuel-cell breakthrough "Akermin's approach has a twist: It uses a living enzyme, rather than a metal such as platinum, to break down alcohol and create the chemical reaction." St. Louis Post-Dispatch
3/28/07 Fuel Cell Demonstrator Airplane Powered By a UQM® Electric Motor Prepares for Ground and Flight Testing "planned experimental flight tests this year by Boeing"
3/27/07 FCEL closes at $8.70, up $1.50 (20.8%), on nearly 15 times average daily volume
3/27/07 Connecticut Clean Energy Fund Selects 68 Megawatts of Projects Incorporating FuelCell Energy's Ultra-Clean Power Plants The Selection of Six Secure Ultra-Clean Multi-Megawatt Projects Supports the State's Initiative to Improve Power Generation in Connecticut "The sales value of these projects to FuelCell Energy is more than $200 million if all projects are accepted. This volume will enable additional cost reduction and the expansion of our facilities in Connecticut and other locales.'" [See H2FC Update.]
3/27/07 Ceres Power: Interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2006 ". . . Stack technology frozen, performance and durability demonstrated; Fuel Cell Module engineered for volume manufacture. . ."
3/27/07 Ceres secures funded development contract with EDF Energy Networks to design, build and evaluate domestic power products "EDF Energy Networks is the UK's largest electricity distributor, providing power to a quarter of the UK's population . . . EDF Energy Networks . . . will be paying over £600,000 to Ceres representing its 50% share of the £1.2 million costs of the first phase of the programme."
3/27/07 Acumentrics Fuel Cells Surpass Expectations in DOE Test "The SECA tests ran for over 2400 hours. Peak power reached over 6.2 kilowatts,20% above the 5 kW design capacity of the unit. Efficiency reached 36%, availability clocked 97%, and the degradation rate was zero. In addition, the capital cost was below the $800/kW target for SECA Phase I."
3/27/07 Boeing Prepares Fuel Cell Demonstrator Airplane for Ground and Flight Testing "manned (single seat) propeller-driven airplane powered only by a fuel cell and lightweight batteries. . . The PEM fuel-cell system . . . was designed and built by the UK-based firm Intelligent Energy."
3/27/07 ReliOn Fuel Cells Complete UL Certification T-1000® and T-2000™ first fuel cells within current Underwriters Laboratories certification program
3/27/07 P21 is a Finalist in Red Herring’s “Europe Top 100” List
3/27/07 TI Boost Converter Enables Solar and Micro-Fuel Cell Innovation in Portable Electronics 0.3-V Input Power Management Chip with 0.5-V Start-Up Allows Battery-Driven Devices to Tap New Wave of Low-Power Energy Sources
3/27/07 Giving platinum catalysts a golden boost for fuel cells DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
3/27/07 Prototype for fuel cells For the first time in Thailand a group of local researchers has developed a prototype electric vehicle that uses the latest fuel-cell technology. The Nation
3/27/07 ECOtality Reports on Hydratus™ Development Performance Breakthroughs
3/27/07 Priming the pump for hydrogen fuel "Ecotality plans to produce a prototype of an apparatus called the Hydratus that generates hydrogen fuel, from a reaction between magnesium and water, as it's needed by a vehicle's fuel cell." CNET
3/26/07 Connecticut Clean Energy Fund, Under Round 2 of Project 100, Selects 11 Renewable Energy Projects At least 60.9 MW in "recommended" fuel cell projects for FCEL Connecticut Innovations [Probably the reason for FCEL closing up 8.43% today.]
3/26/07 MDTL's reported short position as of 3/15/07 at all time high of 9,389,815 shares nasdaqtrader.com
3/26/07 Protonex Acquires Solid Oxide Fuel Cell and Fuel Reforming Leader Mesoscopic Devices "for a total consideration of $12.4 million, of which approximately $3.2 million is payable in cash and the balance in new common shares in Protonex"
3/26/07 Alkaline fuel cell company, AFC energy plc, seeks £50m listing on AIM [MS Word file]
3/26/07 ITM Power: Chairman exercises options for 700,000 shares, sells 400,000 shares
3/26/07 Installation of environmentally friendly fuel cell generator on a Beneteau Oceanis Clipper 411
3/26/07 Manhattan Scientifics to Miss SEC Filing Deadline "Management reported that it lacked sufficient funds to engage its auditors to complete an audit of the company's financial statements"
3/26/07 New 'biofuel cell' produces electricity from hydrogen in plain air "The cell consists of two electrodes coated with the enzymes placed inside a container of ordinary air with 3 percent added hydrogen." American Chemical Society
3/26/07 Power Surge Requirements in Mobile Devices Drive Power and Battery Systems "To address the energy and power density problems posed by DMFCs, fuel cell system manufacturers are likely to develop direct borohydride fuel cells (DBFCs)" Frost & Sullivan
3/25/07 Energy activists snipe at rivals Technologies vie for feds' funding ""Everyone wants to use the energy crisis as leverage to support his solution," said Bob Rose, executive director of the Fuel Cell Council." The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
3/25/07 Is this the symbol of your economic future? South Carolina leaders are betting hydrogen will energy the state’s economy The State
3/25/07 Sugar Could Power IPods, Cell Phones And Other Electronics More Efficiently American Chemical Society
3/24/07 On emission to save world "Professor Herbert Kohler, DC's vice-president of research and advanced engineering, and also its chief environmental officer, says enforcing hydrogen production would stimulate manufacturers to make greener cars." carsguide.news.com.au
3/24/07 FuelCell to invest $100 mn "THe US-based Fuel Cell Energy, which is into developing and marketing of fuel cell power plants that generate electricity with higher efficiency, will be investing $100 million in India for setting up infrastructure for fuel cell power plants. . . Pinakin Patel, director, special systems and research, Fuel Cell Energy, said the investment could go to as high as $500 million to $1 billion. . ." Business Standard (India)
3/24/07 Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation mulls blending hydrogen with CNG Financial Express (India)
3/24/07 Greek scientists help build the first solar hydrogen reactor in the world Kathimerini
3/23/07 GM tries to unplug Volt hype "The Volt may never get built. Production depends on advances in battery technology that could be years away. . . GM chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner has called killing the EV1 his biggest mistake. . ." Detroit News
4/1/07 Ready For Prime Time Fuel cells remain a work in progress, but products are available for purchase now. "According to recent survey results from the U.S. Fuel Cell Council, fuel cells sales reached $353 million in 2005, up 7% over the previous year. Research and development spending rose 11% to $796 million and employment specific to the fuel cell industry grew by 12% to 7,074." Industry Week
3/15/07 Hydrogen-bombing down the track Honda FCX test drive Popular Science
3/22/07 Investment secured for Israeli fuel cell project An Israeli hydrogen fuel cell producer has raised $2.2 million from a local cleantech investment fund say local reports. "Investors BHCO confirmed the report of its stake in Engineuity Research and Development Ltd." gasworld
3/22/07 Improving Microbial Fuel Cells Using A Brush Full Of Microbes ScienceDaily
3/22/07 Hydrogenics 2006 Annual Report sec.gov
3/22/07 Dynetek reports 2006 fourth quarter and year end results
3/22/07 MKTY: share purchases by CEO (16,000 @ $1.36) , Chairman (7,500 @ $1.37) sec.gov
3/22/07 Mazda Sets Long-Term Vision for Technology Development: ‘Sustainable Zoom-Zoom’ "Begin commercial leasing of the Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid in 2008. Increase its power by 40 percent and achieve a 200 km range."
3/22/07 Mikuni Develops Low-cost Hydrogen Sensor for Fuel Cell System Nikkei
3/22/07 Horizon's H-racer Wins Business 2.0 2007 Bottom Line Design Award World's First Fuel Cell-Powered Consumer Product Named One of "the 11 Coolest New Products on the Planet"; Voted Best in Marketing Category "Brisk sales of this tiny toy contribute cash to the company's bigger R&D goals" Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies
3/21/07 Hydrogenics near 'sweet spot' after $130.8M net loss in 2006, new CEO says CP
3/21/07 Hydrogen Pushers Open your wallets—the government’s pouring more into useless technology "[B.C. premier] Campbell stuck his head under a hydrogen-powered car in Vancouver to prove how interested he is in a newfangled engine that burns money almost as fast as it wrecks the environment. . ." Monday Magazine
3/21/07 Innovative Fuel Cell Project Aimed At Meeting Large Power Needs "using protic ionic liquids to accelerate the movement of protons" ScienceDaily
3/21/07 Heliocentris launches new Systems & Solutions department
3/21/07 Emerald Technology Ventures exits cleantech start-ups "exited its investment in fuel cell assembly manufacturer Pemeas, following its acquisition by BASF Future Business GmbH" Science Business
3/21/07 Hydrogen cars face technological hurdles: experts "Representatives of European and U.S. auto and energy companies at the National Hydrogen Association convention said hydrogen technology is feasible, but faces big challenges to become commercially viable. . ." Reuters
3/21/07 Ballard Signs Supply Agreement with Dantherm for Backup Power "Ballard will supply 300-400 Mark1020 ACS fuel cells, comprising a mixture of 1kW and 2kW units, for integration into Dantherm's backup power products for European telecommunications customers. The value of the contract is approximately $1 million. Ballard expects to ship 70-100 Mark 1020 ACS units under this agreement in 2007."
3/21/07 9:45 AM: HYGS trading at all time lows: 0.94
3/21/07 Hydrogenics cutting 50 jobs, reports deeper Q4 loss CBC News CBC
3/21/07 Hydrogenics Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2006 Results Revenues of $9.5 million for the fourth quarter and $30.1 million for the fiscal year; $9.6 million of orders awarded in the fourth quarter "Net loss [for full year 2006] was $130.8 million"
3/21/07 Pacific Fuel Cell Corp. Announces Start of Production in Ohio Plant 3/20/07 Millennium Cell: Proxy Statement sec.gov
3/20/07 Acta S.p.A.: Preliminary Results for the year ended 31 December 2006 "New and improved fuel cell catalyst is undergoing testing with select customers prior to a planned second quarter launch . . . Shimshon Gottesfeld, recipient of the 2006 Grove Medal from the fuel cell industry and industry leader, has joined Acta to help build US activities"
3/20/07 Medis Technologies to Present 24/7 Power Pack at the United States Senate Emerging Technologies Conference and Exhibition
3/20/07 Air Products and FuelCell Energy Begin Construction of High Efficiency Hydrogen Energy Station Demonstration for Combined Hydrogen, Electricity and Heat Generation System Designed to Address Industrial and Transportation Applications
3/20/07 Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc. Unveils Its Hydrogen-Fueled Engine at the Aviation Industry Expo Near-Zero-Emission Engine for Airport Ground Support Vehicles
3/15/07 Hydrogen Fueling Stations to Debut in Several States in 2007 Gas Technology Institute
3/19/07 Linde Gas to Fuel All Hydrogen Vehicles at NHA Conference Bringing to market the technology to fuel all of today's hydrogen vehicles
3/19/07 Cobasys Delivers Innovative Energy Storage System for Lotus Engineering 'EVE Hybrid' Program
3/19/07 Ballard Secures U.S. DoD Materials Handling Contract "materials handling equipment application cost reduction and demonstration program. The contract is valued at up to US $5.88 million; Ballard will directly receive approximately half of the funds"
3/19/07 NEAH POWER SYSTEMS, INC. Files SEC form 10KSB, Annual Report Total assets as of 12/31/06: $1,597,369. Net loss for the year ending 12/31/06: $8,033,128.
3/19/07 Plug Power upgraded by Ardour Capital from "Hold" to "Accumulate"
3/19/07 Ener1's CEO and Vice Chairman's Letter to Shareholders
3/19/07 Plug Power Gets No Lift Motley Fool
3/17/07 The acid test "For the last decade [Volkswagen ] has been working on a different type of fuel cell that uses phosphoric acid instead of water as an electrolyte. It's a technology that Honda has looked at and rejected, but VW has made an advance that it thinks makes the idea promising. . ." Telegraph (UK)
3/17/07 Plug Power buys fuel cell firm Company expanding its product line with $45M purchase of Cellex Power Products Inc. in Canada Albany Times Union
3/16/07 Plug Power files SEC Form 10-K: Annual Report sec.gov
3/16/07 Mechanical Technology Inc. files SEC Form 10-K: Annual Report sec.gov
3/16/07 Technology firm MTI reports loss of $13.7M in '06 Albany Times Union
3/16/07 Plug buys Canadian firm for $45M to gain access to industrial markets "Saillant said Plug had been looking at Cellex for the past two years but didn't have the money to make the purchase until recently. . . Saillant said entering the forklift market will allow Plug to demonstrate that it is more than a fuel cell developer, but that it also is a systems integrator that brings its engineering, software and fuel cell experience to the table." bizjournals.com
3/16/07 Plug Power: Informational Call scheduled for 11:00 am ET today
3/16/07 Voller Energy: Technical Update "Successful assembly of prototype 1kW fuel cell system complete with own control system, gas reformate clean-up and cooling . . ."
3/16/07 Astris Energi Announces Issuance of Shares, Change of Debenture Holders and Formation of a Special Committee
3/16/07 AppliedSensor Provides Hydrogen Detection Sensors for First Hydrogen Serial Car in the Premium Segment
3/16/07 ECOtality To Speak At The National Hydrogen Association's Hydrogen Conference
3/15/07 Plug Power Announces Agreement to Acquire Cellex Power "Plug Power will pay USD 45 million in cash for all of Cellex Power's outstanding shares. Cellex Power is expected to have approximately USD 8 million in cash and cash equivalents on hand at time of closing. . . Plug Power has scheduled a conference call for Friday, March 16th at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) to provide all interested parties with information about the Cellex Power acquisition. . ."
3/15/07 Energy Conversion Devices Shares Rise on Review of Battery Business, Bullish Analyst Note AP
3/15/07 Medis Technologies files Form 10-K, Annual Report sec.gov
3/15/07 HydroGen Corporation Reports Results for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2006
3/15/07 EcoComposite Announces Low Cost Graphite Plate Series
3/15/07 MTI Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2006 Results ". . . with decreased funding and sales opportunities in the military market, will suspend its high power military product program, reduce its workforce by 20 percent, eliminate the position of COO at MTI Micro and pay severance and other benefits to employees in the amount of $0.3 million . . ."
3/15/07 MTI eliminates COO position, announces layoffs, new focus "When it hired Chief Operating Officer Marvin a year ago, officials said he was 'key in advancing technology development for our company and in providing our organization with an intense focus on product development.'" bizjournals.com
3/15/07 Retreat called strategy for success Fuel cell maker Mechanical Technology will quit military market to focus on consumer electronics Albany Times Union
3/15/07 BMW's Hydrogen 7: Future or flop? It'll be years before you can fill up on hydrogen at your local Gas N Go. But in the meantime, BMW is offering a luxurious V-12 preview of our carbon-free future. CNN
3/15/07 US Fuel Cell Council Releases Gasket Guidance Document
3/15/07 Hydrogen Expo US 2007: More than 90 exhibitors, one shared vision Freesen & Partner GmbH
3/15/07 QuantumSphere, Inc. to Present Breakthrough Efficiencies in Hydrogen Generation at the National Hydrogen Association Meeting in San Antonio On March 22, 2007
3/15/07 Ceramic Fuel Cells Signs Product Development Agreement for a German Residential Combined Heat and Power System
3/14/07 How better batteries will bring us amazing gadgets Gadgets we can only dream of could easily be ours - if we just had better batteries. UltraCell The Independent
3/14/07 Medis Technologies Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results "For the quarter ended December 31, 2006, the net loss was $6,753,000 . . . For the year ended December 31, 2006, the net loss was $33,047,000 . . . hese results are consistent with our expectations as we move forward with constructing our fully automated production line and prepare for large scale production of our 24/7 Power Pack . . ."
3/14/07 Kettering University names new fuel cell director Detroit Free Press
3/14/07 Shining prospects for Chinese fuel cell cars China Economic Net
3/14/07 Oil giants 'drag heels' on hydrogen "DaimlerChrysler is on track to sell fuel cell cars as early as 2012 but believes the oil industry has been dragging its heels on the problem of hydrogen infrastructure and should be forced to act." The Australian
3/13/07 PM dishes out more eco-cash: B.C. hydrogen fuel cells stand to benefit CP
3/12/07 Mazda Delivers Hydrogen Rotary Engine Vehicle to Japan Automobile Research Institute Mazda
3/13/07 Distributed Energy lowers Q4 reported revenue by $555,000 Reuters
3/13/07 Distributed Energy Systems Files Form 10-K With Final 2006 Audited Financial Statements
3/13/07 FuelCell Energy's 300 kilowatt DFC300MA Power Plant Certified to California's 2007 Air Emissions Standards
3/13/07 Cobasys Confirms Production Contract for 2008 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid Sedan Battery System Supplier Awarded Fourth Hybrid Program by General Motors
3/13/07 VIASPACE Announces the Close of a $3.69 Million Fixed Price Private Placement of Common Stock Transaction Replaces Convertible Debenture
3/13/07 Fuel Cell Technology Lucrative For Automakers Hydrogen fuel cells have been billed as the next big thing for cutting down on vehicle commissions but there's at least one big advantage for automakers to push fuel cells. WKSU
3/13/07 Fargo area could be hub for hydrogen "Bills pending before the Minnesota and North Dakota legislatures would appropriate money to help establish hydrogen fueling stations." The Forum
3/13/07 Hydra CTO, Ben Schafer, Named American Hydrogen Corp. President--Will Lead ARSC Group to National Hydrogen Conference
3/12/07 Quantum Technologies Reports Fiscal 2007 Third Quarter Financial Results "The Company's consolidated operating loss increased from $9.7 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2006 to $14.5 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2007. The increase was primarily due to operating losses incurred in the Tecstar Automotive Group segment . . . considering the closure of facilities and selling off or closing unprofitable business lines . . ."
3/12/07 FUELCELL ENERGY INC Files SEC form 10-Q, Quarterly Report sec.gov
3/12/07 Hell and Hydrogen No matter how well they're engineered, hydrogen cars offer no real answer to the imminent threats posed by global warming. "the Hydrogen 7 and its hydrogen-fuel-cell cousins are, in many ways, simply flashy distractions produced by automakers who should be taking stronger immediate action to reduce the greenhouse-gas emissions of their cars" MIT Technology Review
3/12/07 Fuel Cell Firefighters The world's first hydrogen powered fire department vehicle is now on the job in Sacramento, California. "It's not a fire-truck. It's an administrative car." WRCB-TV
3/12/07 "This is the new Medis Power Pack Fuel Cell . . ." youtube
3/11/07 Radio appearance by Medis CEO Robert Lifton businesstalkradio.net
3/12/07 Intelligent Energy fuel cell power system reaches two year continuous usage landmark in rural setting in South Africa
3/12/07 Nuvera Installs PowerTap™ Hydrogen Generation System in Pennsylvania
3/12/07 IdaTech Secures Multi-Year Japanese Contract for Continued Development of Hydrogen Purification Collaboration With Japanese Firms to Develop Industrial Use of Proprietary Hydrogen Purification System
3/12/07 Quantum Technologies Schedules Fiscal 2007 Third Quarter Financial Results Conference Call Monday, March 12, 2007 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific
3/12/07 QuestAir to Supply Second System to Recover Methane From Biogas in Switzerland
3/12/07 Darling announces £1.5 million funding for East of England hydrogen fuel cell technology research Energy Efficient Motorsport (EEMS)
3/12/07 CSA International Retained to Certify HydraStax® Fuel Cell for ARSC Hydra Unit
3/12/07 Hydrogen Power Reduces Debt Hanging over from Merger 3/11/07 At University of Vermont, study into hydrogen fuel cells AP
3/10/07 Ohio building head of steam in fuel cell technologies Employment isn't large yet, but the state has attracted two headquarters and plans for plants and research projects Dayton Daily News
3/2007 Fuel-cell cars race to reality But challenges still obstruct the road to mass production Consumer Reports
3/9/07 BMW's Hydrogen 7: Future or flop? It'll be years before you can fill up on hydrogen at your local Gas N Go. But in the meantime, BMW is offering a luxurious V-12 preview of our carbon-free future CNN
3/9/07 Catamount Energy Corp. Invests in Fuel Cell Power Generation
3/9/07 Plug Power Announces Webcast of Citigroup Presentation on March 14, 2007
3/9/07 Energy Conversion Devices to Present at the Citigroup 2007 Small- & Mid-Cap Conference
3/9/07 Elemental Power Group, LLC Announces the Funding of Its Fuel Cell Development Business
3/9/07 Bac2 racks up conductivity improvement in fuel cell polymer
3/9/07 Robert Lifton, Chairman, CEO and a Founder of Medis Technologies, to Appear on 'Corporate Strategies with Tim Connolly' Sunday, March 11, 2007, at 9:00 p.m. EDT
3/8/07 2008 Geneva Auto Show: Morgan Readies Fuel-Cell LifeCar Concept Edmunds
3/8/07 Distributed Energy Systems Falls to New 52-Week Low After Reporting Wider 4Q Loss
3/8/07 Distributed Energy downgraded by Merriman Curhan Ford and Ardour Capital
3/7/07 FuelCell Energy Reports First Quarter 2007 Results and Recent Accomplishments "net loss to common shareholders for the first quarter was $20.0 million or $0.38 per basic and diluted share"
3/7/07 17-Year-Old Actress Becomes World's Youngest Fuel Cell Vehicle Customer With Lease of Industry-Leading Honda FCX Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle Honda
3/7/07 Distributed Energy Reports 4th Quarter Revenues of $13.8 Million, With Net Loss of 84 Cents Per Share
3/7/07 Morgan Stanley & Distributed Energy Form Joint Venture to Finance Renewable Power Generation Projects "Morgan Stanley expects to contribute the majority of the capital to meet project financing requirements, with Distributed Energy providing the balance. Morgan Stanley will receive warrants to purchase up to 10% of Distributed Energy's common shares. The majority of those warrants vest immediately, with the remainder vesting when the combined investment by the two companies reaches $100 million." DESC
3/7/07 Energy Conversion Devices Shares Boosted by Rivals' Investment in New Chip Technology AP
3/7/07 NanoLogix Presents Hydrogen Production Technologies at Penwest Renewable Energy Convention in Las Vegas
3/7/07 Fujitsu Enhances Commitment to the Environment with Selection of UTC Power Fuel Cell for Silicon Valley Campus
3/7/07 FuelCell Energy Completes Sale of 2.4 MW Power Plant to South Korea's Leading Independent Power Producer, POSCO Power On Commissioning, 2.4 Megawatt Installation Will Become World's Largest Fuel Cell Power Plant
3/7/07 The Welding Institute Develops new Hydrogen Solution "The testing system will be the only one of its kind in the world, providing the oil and gas and automotive industries with a unique opportunity to develop appropriate alloys for the safe storage of high-pressure hydrogen" Business Weekly (UK)
3/7/07 Gazprom and Norilsk Nickel show interest in hydrogen research
3/7/07 Medis Schedules Fourth Quarter Financial Results and Conference Call March 14
3/7/05 MTI to Discuss 2006 Fourth Quarter Results and Activities During Conference Call on March 15, 2007
3/7/07 Siemens readies fuel cell as source of power "Siemens' fuel cell initially used a tube with air in its core, but latest advances have replaced the tube with eight triangular, or delta, channels. Each channel features two electrode layers and one electrolyte layer." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
3/6/07 Fuel cell research duo wins $4.6 million DOE grant "promising results from a decade of UD research on the activity and stability of tungsten carbide and the use of platinum with tungsten carbide as an electrocatalyst" U. of Deleware
2/24/07 They'll cell like hot cakes! "Ceres Power has designed a very clever bit of technology that could slash our heating bills and even dish out electricity for free, all for the cost of a standard hot-water boiler." New Scientist
3/6/07 The Toro Company Partners with New York State Parks on Hydrogen Fuel Cell Project Three Hydrogen-Powered Toro® Workman® Utility Vehicles Deployed at Niagara Falls State Park [Toro's fuel cell partner appears to be either Hydrogenics or Nuvera.]
3/6/07 Underdog fuel cells to outperform, says Clean Edge inside greentech
3/6/07 MTI Micro to Participate In Small Fuel Cells Conference [H2FC will be there!]
3/6/07 Silvestri ponders next move as he exits Plug "it turned out Saillant didn't need to be on the road as much as expected and Saillant said splitting the positions of CEO and president created a layer of inefficiency" Albany Business Review
3/6/07 GM Committed to Energy Diversity in Europe "plans for an additional demonstration fleet of up to 10 fuel cell vehicles in Europe early next year"
3/6/07 FuelCell Energy to Power Wastewater Treatment Plant With 1.0 MW of Renewable Power sewage treatment facility serving the southern California city of Riverside
3/6/07 Venture Capitalists Move From Web to Algae "venture capital firms and hedge funds are financing the construction of new plants to produce biodiesel fuel out of vegetable oil, larger and more durable wind turbines and new materials to make cheaper solar cells" NY Times
3/6/07 New Nanoscale Engineering Breakthrough Points To Hydrogen-powered Vehicles Argonne National Laboratory
3/5/07 HydroGen Corporation Shares to Begin Trading on NASDAQ Capital Market Tomorrow
3/5/07 DESC closes at new 2+ year low
3/5/07 QTWW closes at new new 4+ year low
3/5/07 Hydrogenics to Announce Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results March 21
3/1/07 Patent War Heats Up "After what one legal expert in fuel-cell patents calls an extended period of “patent passivity” in the auto industry, the number of patent filings is skyrocketing — fueled by auto makers and suppliers scrambling to protect advances in hydrogen fuel-cell technology." Ward's AutoWorld
3/5/07 Energy Conversion Devices Begins Implementing Succession Plan "At his request, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, President and Chief Scientist and Technologist, has relinquished his executive management responsibilities as the company's President and a member of its Office of the Chairman . . . He will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board of ECD Ovonics' Ovonyx, Inc. joint venture."
3/3/07 IAI reveals new aerospace projects "The 10-seater aircraft's fuel cells will reduce noise and damage to the environment. IAI is interested in the innovative use of fuel cells, an alternative energy source that could one day also be applied to military aircraft." Jerusalem Post
3/3/07 U.S. projects steep rise in CO2 emissions Report anticipates 9.2 billion tons of greenhouse gases in 2020 AP
3/3/07 What is the carry trade? The end of of the “yen-carry trade” could be devastating for capital markets throughout the world. MoneyWeek
3/3/07 H2FC Table of Short Positions as of 2/15/07 ENER short position up 43% since 1/12/07, MDTL short position now 62% of effective float
3/2/07 Proposal could benefit fuel cell companies VP of FuelCell Energy of Danbury testifies before legislators in Hartford News-Times
3/2/07 Energy talk warms up Student-organized conference draws acclaimed speakers "[Woolsey] called hydrogen fuel cell-powered passenger vehicles “one of the worst” transportation solutions due to the vast amount of infrastructure necessary and the questionable energy savings" The Stanford Daily
3/2/07 Voller: Interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2006
3/2/07 Russian cash meant career end at Plug "It appears that a Russian investment doomed Greg Silvestri's career at Plug Power Inc." Times Union
3/2/07 13 Accused of Trading as Insiders "including a former Morgan Stanley compliance official, a senior UBS research executive, three employees from Bear Stearns and a Bank of America employee" NY Times
3/1/07 Is the S.E.C. Changing Course? "In recent weeks . . . Mr. Cox has begun to send signals, both directly and through aides, that he may be swinging the pendulum more toward business and Wall Street interests and against investor groups. . ." NY Times
3/1/07 Plug Power Q4 sales decline; shares hit lifetime low Reuters
3/1/07 Plug Power Announces Fourth Quarter and Year End Financial Results For 2006 "Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2006 was $50.3 million"
3/1/07 IdaTech Announces New President and Chief Executive Officer "Mr. Claude Duss has resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer for personal reasons . . . Mr. Koyama has been with IdaTech since 2003 . . . Prior to IdaTech . . . Capstone . . . International Fuel Cells"
3/1/07 Fuel Cell Technologies Ltd. announces 2006 fourth quarter results "On October 1, 2006, FCTL voluntarily, under the direction of the sole Director, commenced actions to wind-up and / or sell the business."
2/20/07 National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) Announces Manufacturing Advancements in the Production of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Systems
3/2007 Fuel Cells Shift from Automobile to Niche Markets Nikkei Electronics Asia
3/1/07 Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc. Ships First Open Power Units
3/1/07 Pacific Fuel Cell Corp. Hires Sales and Marketing VP for Fuel Cell Components
3/1/07 Pathway to hydrogen economy on the way New Zealand Herald

February 2007

2/28/07 UC Irvine pumps out hydrogen fuel Station delivers more pressure than others, increasing vehicle range Orange County Register
2/28/07 EU research brings efficient hydrogen engines a step closer Cordis
2/28/07 We can benefit by building a hydrogen highway By Rep. Bob Inglis The Hill
2/28/07 Plug Power Engages Interim Chief Financial Officer
2/28/07 Protonex Awarded $3.5M US Army Contract "to develop a 250-watt portable fuel cell power source"
2/28/07 Distributed Energy Systems Schedules Conference Call to Discuss 4th Quarter Results Wednesday, March 7, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
2/28/07 FuelCell Energy, Inc. Invites You to Its First Quarter Results Web Broadcast on Thursday, March 8, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. ET
2/28/07 Positive Response from Military and Industry Leaders to Hydrogen Power, Inc. (HPI) Technology Demonstration
2/28/07 Viaspace Delivers Hydrogen Fuel Cell Humidity Sensor
2/27/07 Stocks Have Worst Day Since 9/11 Attacks: Dow Down 416, Nasdaq Sheds 97 on Global Market Drop AP
2/27/07 EU endorses Hydrogen Combustion Engine BMW
2/2007 Huntsman to Develop New Resin for Fuel Cells Composites Technology
2/27/07 Foolish Forecast: Plug This Hole Motley Fool
2/27/07 Air Products Newest Fueling Station at University of California, Irvine Features Industry Advancements and Capabilities to Meet Evolving Hydrogen Vehicle Fueling Needs California Hydrogen Infrastructure Project Station Boasts Extended Range Fueling Ability
2/27/07 NHA Brings Newest Hydrogen Products, Vehicles and Fueling to San Antonio March 19-22, 2007
2/27/07 Stocks Plunge in Early Trading on Growing Concerns About Slowing Economies in U.S., China "A 9 percent slide in Chinese stocks earlier set the tone for U.S. trading." AP
2/27/07 PolyFuel: "Trading Update" "olyFuel has secured two further design wins from two major Consumer Electronics OEMS . . ."
2/27/07 Proton Power Systems: Extension to Purchase and Cooperation Agreement
2/27/07 Hy-Drive and PeopleNet Announce Business Partnership
2/27/07 Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited ASX: CFU - Half Year Results Analyst Call - Mr Brendan Dow, MD
2/27/07 Arizona's First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus Tours State In partnership with APS, ECOtality launches ECObus to Demonstrate Real World Application of Hydrogen as an Alternative Renewable Energy Source
2/26/07 Power hungry "the EU has granted £3.9m (€5.8m) to a consortium of nine organisations led by VTT, the Technical Research Centre of Finland, to develop the technology to build large SOFC power plants" The Engineer
2/26/07 Neah Power Systems: Results of Operations and Financial Condition sec.gov
2/26/07 New solid oxide fuel cell cogeneration system Osaka Gas and Kyocera Construction & Maintenance
2/26/07 Clean Energy Hydrogen Company HaveBlue Equity Sale Wednesday 2/28/07
2/26/07 Ceramic Fuel Cells Interim Results for the six months ended 12/31/06
2/26/07 Nuvera Ships Forza Fuel Cell Power System to Sacré-Davey Innovations
2/26/07 Quantum Awarded Contract to Expand Hydrogen Hybrid Vehicle and Refueling Infrastructure Programs for U.S. Army
2/26/07 Pacific Fuel Cell Corp. Announces Opening of 24,000 sq. ft. Ohio Plant to Produce Fuel Cell Components
2/26/07 Citadel, Shaw, Tudor Shun Global Warming as Short Sales Climb "Hedge funds . . . have turned away from the group, including solar-and wind-power producers, ethanol and biodiesel makers and fuel-cell manufacturers, as their shares trade at a record relative to earnings." Bloomberg
2/26/07 Micros Report Initiates Coverage of Hydrogen Engine Center With Favorable Report
2/26/07 ECOtality and APS Announce Partnership to Educate Public on Green Issues Arizona's First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus Slated for First Public Education Campaign
2/24/07 HCNG: An alternative to coal and oil? "a compressed mixture of hydrogen and compressed natural gas" Green Left Weekly (Australia)
2/23/07 Southern California Gas Co. gives Cal State Northridge $2.2M incentive "for the installation of a 1-megawatt fuel-cell power plant at the university's campus" bizjournals.com
2/23/07 Ballard Board of Directors Appoints Dr. C.S. Park "Most recently, Dr. Park was Chairman and CEO of Maxtor Corporation"
2/23/07 FuelCell Energy Form DEF 14A Proxy statement, announcement of annual meeting on March 27 sec.gov
2/23/07 Plug Power Form 8-K Severance package for departing president, bonuses under "Executive Incentive Plan" sec.gov
2/23/07 2 executives leave Plug Power President out after restructuring; CFO quits, citing personal reasons Times Union
2/22/07 Driving the Ford Edge HySeries Concept Mixed motivations in Ford's understated fuel-cell plug-in hybrid Edmunds
2/22/07 Bob Stempel on the Hydrogen Prius The Car Connection
2/22/07 Fund Gets Tough With Energy Conversion Barrons
2/22/07 ISE Corporation Delivered the Northeast's First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus to CTTRANSIT
2/22/07 Acta demonstrates new catalyst for hydrogen generation "a new catalyst that will produce hydrogen from ammonia" AFX
2/22/07 Fuel cell maker's loss balloons on writedown Ballard Toronto Star
2/22/07 Medis Technologies Breaks Out To A 6 Week High RealTimeTraders.com
2/22/07 Plug Power Announces Corporate Restructuring "allowing Company CEO Dr. Roger Saillant to have more direct involvement with daily operations while also creating a more traditional and optimal organizational structure. Concurrently with this organizational restructuring, Company President Gregory Silvestri announced his resignation."
2/22/07 Plug Power Announces Resignation of Chief Financial Officer "for personal reasons"
2/22/07 Arizona State University embarks on innovative fuel cell project
2/22/07 Medis high volume production line in operation at Ismeca facility in Switzerland
2/22/07 Toro debuts biodiesel line "Toro will introduce biodiesel-powered mowers and a hydrogen fuel cell utility vehicle today at the Golf Industry Show in Anaheim, Calif." News & Observer
2/22/07 Nuvera gets $5M for new Billerica site bizjournals.com
2/22/07 Capitalizing on Human Change: Our Top Picks for 2007 Medis SeekingAlpha
2/22/07 The Harvest Energy Technology, Inc. SMR Hydrogen Generator Goes Global "100 Nm3/h High-Pressure Steam Methane Reformer"
2/22/07 Ballard Power Systems Reports 2006 Financial Results net loss of US$129M, "normalized" net loss of US$57M
2/21/07 Medis Technologies Ltd. at Piper Jaffray Second Annual Solar & CleanTech Symposium
2/21/07 ITM POWER at Piper Jaffray Second Annual Solar & CleanTech Symposium
2/21/07 Energy Conversion Devices at Piper Jaffray Second Annual Solar & CleanTech Symposium
2/21/07 FuelCell Energy, Inc. at Piper Jaffray Second Annual Solar & CleanTech Symposium
2/21/07 HYDROGEN CORP at Piper Jaffray Second Annual Solar & CleanTech Symposium
2/21/07 Alternative energy goes after investor dollars Executives tell big investors the cost of producing power in the sector is dropping at Piper Jaffray conference CNNMoney.com
2/21/07 Clean fuel co Engineuity raises $2.2m from BHCO The company’s technology produces hydrogen on board to power a modified internal combustion engine Globes
2/13/07 Tidal Mega-Power and Hydrogen Production in Northeastern Canada Energy Pulse
2/21/07 Viaspace Reports on Demand for Fuel Cell Cartridges and Strategy for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Business
2/21/07 Mazda Hydrogen Vehicle Takes Part in Cold Weather Testing in Hokkaido, Japan
2/2007 Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Safety NHA
2/21/07 Millennium Cell Announces Completion of $6 Million Private Placement Financing
2/21/07 Power Air Announces Target Products at Fuel Cell Expo 2007
2/21/07 Danish fuel cells close to breakthrough " Danish Haldor Topsøe A/S is close to a world class breakthrough in cooperation with the National Laboratories Risø. . ." Copenhagen Capacity
2/20/07 FuelCell Energy Signs 10-Year Manufacturing and Distribution Agreement with South Korea's Leading Independent Power Producer, POSCO Power "POSCO has also agreed to invest $29 million in FuelCell Energy, Inc. through the purchase of common stock at $7.59 per share, a premium over the 20-day average FuelCell Energy stock closing price. This will result in POSCO purchasing approximately 3.8 million shares which are restricted for six months."
2/20/07 POSCO unit to buy 6.79 pct stake in FuelCell Reuters
2/20/07 Toshiba's future vision sees methanol fuel cells on our heads PHOTO Digital World Tokyo
2/20/07 Plug Power Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year-End 2006 Conference Call and Webcast Thursday, March 1, 2007
2/20/07 Nissan Pioneers Fuel-Cell Limo with Nissan X-TRAIL FCV
2/20/07 Neah Power Systems Appoints Dr. Buzz Aldrin to Board of Directors
2/19/07 Toshiba Exhibits Operational Headphone Style Music Player Powered by Fuel Cells "Using 4 to 5 mL of 100% methanol, the player can realize continuous music playback extending to more than 10 hours. . . Marketing schedule is yet to be determined." Nikkei
2/17/07 Chicago Auto Show: Larry Burns Interview discussion of FCVs, BEVs, etc. Worldchanging
2/16/07 Energy Conversion Devices to Present at the Piper Jaffray Second Annual Opportunities in Alternative Energy Symposium
2/16/07 OTC Stock Review Issues an Updated Report on Neah Power Systems, Inc. "Rather than joining other companies that are attempting to create a better "Proton Exchange Membrane'' (PEM)-based direct methanol fuel cell, Neah believes an entirely new design approach is necessary to achieve the energy, power densities and reliability required by portable electronic devices." OTCStockReview.com; Neah Power Systems, Inc.
2/15/07 Hydrogen-Powered Flux Concept Wins Peugeot Design Competition Edmunds
2/13/07 SunLine Transit Agency Hydrogen-Powered Transit Buses: Preliminary Evaluation Results NREL
2/16/07 Ener1 Group Completes Block Trade With Institutional Investors Proceeds of $1.55 million Will Be Used Primarily to Accelerate the Development of Ener1, Inc.'s Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) Battery and Fuel Cell Business Plans
2/16/07 ITM Power: interim report for the six months ended 31 October 2006
2/16/07 ITM to Present at the Piper Jaffray Second Annual Solar & CleanTech Symposium
2/16/07 Ford's Edge HySeries offers glimpse of future USA Today
2/15/07 Ballard Announces Completion of Sale of E-Drive Operations to Siemens VDO
2/15/07 IDACORP Announces Year-End and Fourth Quarter 2006 Results "During 2006, IDACORP sold its fuel cell technology subsidiary IDACORP Technologies . . . IDACORP recorded a net-of-tax gain of $12 million ($0.27 per diluted share) from the sale of IDACORP Technologies in 2006."
2/11/07 Tech companies lose friend "Citigroup dropped coverage of [PLUG and MKTY] last week. The bank said the reason was because David Smith, an alternative- energy analyst, is leaving Citigroup." Albany Times Union
2/14/07 Ballard Announces 2006 Fourth Quarter Financial Results Conference Call Thursday February 22, 2007 at 8:00 a.m. PST
2/14/07 GE Helps Charge Up Promising Lithium-Ion Battery Company A123Systems GE Commercial Finance
2/13/07 Holding Out Hope For Hydrogen CNBC
2/14/07 Beltway Bet: FuelCell Energy Forbes
2/14/07 Millennium Cell Inc. Earnings Call scheduled for 10:00 am ET today
2/14/07 Researchers make hydrogen from waste Dried sludge pellets from Ashbridges Bay key to formula Toronto Star
2/14/07 CBC to Commercialize Portable Power Supply Unit Using SOFC in 2008 Nikkei Electronics
2/14/07 HydroGen Corporation to Present at Piper Jaffray's Opportunities in Alternative Energy Symposium
2/14/07 Hydrogen Engine Center: Wall Street Analyst Forum Presentation Transcript
2/13/07 Millennium Cell Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results "net loss for the quarter ended December 31, 2006 of $2.6 million, or $0.05 per share, as compared to $2.3 million, or $0.05 per share in the same period of 2005"
2/13/07 UQM Technologies Receives Additional Order From Eaton for Compressor Motors Used in Fuel Cells
2/13/07 Ener1: Wall Street Analyst Forum Presentation Transcript
2/13/07 GM's Production Sequel Fuel Cell Vehicle to Arrive in 2010 DailyTech
2/12/07 Power Air Successfully Demonstrates World's First Zinc Air Fuel Cell Powered Indoor Generator and Design Prototype at Fuel Cell Expo 2007
2/12/07 The Linde Group wins award for hydrogen centre gasworld
2/12/07 Pacific Fuel Cell Corp. Announces Nanotechnology Research Results Showing Increased Operating Life
2/10/07 School district is generating own juice Fuel cell in E. Rochester hoped to cut bills, gases Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
2/9/07 QuestAir Announces Option Grants to Directors
2/9/07 State ponders fuel cells for Metro-North "studying how fuel-cell technology could be used to power trains and stations on Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line" The Advocate
2/9/07 Energy Conversion downgraded by CIBC Wrld Mkts and Cowen & Co
2/9/07 NanoLogix Achieves Initial Sales of Hydrogen Powered Generators
2/9/07 Blog: Safe fuel cells enabled by new solid state methanol Airplane fuel cell usage may be possible after all "Hoping to package the technology in SD card-like form" Geek.com
2/8/07 Betting On Green Stocks: Medis "Redstone offers several reasons for being so bullish on Medis . . ." Forbes
2/8/07 "Water Never Required" -- Kurita's Solid State Methanol Fuel Cell Evolves PHOTOS Nikkei
2/8/07 Catalyst breakthrough boosts hydrogen fuel cells "Diagrams show the influence of the surface morphology on the kinetics of a cathodic fuel cell reaction" Argonne National Laboratory
2/8/07 Schatz Center readies hydrogen fuel station The Times-Standard
2/8/07 Energy Conversion Devices Reports Second Quarter 2007 Operating Results "a net loss of $2.9 million (or $0.07 per share) on revenues of $22.9 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2007"
2/8/07 Volkswagen Showcases Clean TDI, Biodiesel, and Hydrogen at Sustainability Summit
2/8/07 Fuel Cell Technology Firm To Put a Charge in Eastern N.C. Economy "Microcell Corporation, a Raleigh-based firm focused on hydrogen fuel cell technology, said Wednesday it would retrofit a vacant 80,000-square foot structure in the small Martin County town for its first manufacturing plant." LocalTechWire
2/7/07 DOE Announces Funding Opportunities for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Analysis
2/7/07 Hydrogen-powered cars perform better than expected "but the vehicles are not likely to be commercially viable until 2015 . . . currently cost at least 10 times as much as conventional vehicles of the same size" Indo-Asian News Service
2/7/07 HydroGen Corporation Achieves Mechanical Completion, Initiates Pre-Commissioning of Full-Scale 400kW Demonstration and Acceptance Test Facility
2/7/07 NuVant Systems Receives Extension For Fuel Cell Research
2/7/07 World's Largest Fuel Cell Exhibition Opens in Tokyo; VIASPACE Debuts Products to Asian Market
2/7/07 Energy Conversion looks at succession plan for management Reuters
2/7/07 Energy Conversion Devices Subsidiary Forms Joint Venture to Make Solar Modules in China AP
2/7/07 Ener1 Management to Discuss its Development of Hybrid Electric Vehicle Batteries and its Fuel Cell Business at Wall Street Analyst Forum
2/7/07 CMR Fuel Cells: Final Results for the Year Ended 31st December 2006
2/7/07 Dynetek Industries Announces the Termination of the Strategic Alliance Agreement with enviroMECH
2/7/07 The Hydrogen Electric Racing Federation™ Announces Its Initial Specifications Package for 'The Future of Racing'
2/7/07 Postdocs' series explores hype and hope of a hydrogen economy MIT
2/7/07 Medis: Prospectus relating the offer and resale, from time to time, of up to 5,750 shares of our 7.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock, and up to 1,996,528 shares of our common stock, which are issuable upon the conversion of the Series A preferred stock. sec.gov
2/6/07 Medis President Jacob Weiss buys 5,000 shares in open market sec.gov
2/6/07 QuestAir Reports First Quarter 2007 Results "QuestAir's sales order backlog at quarter end was $5.8 million, increased by 15% from $5.0 million at September 30, 2006"
2/6/07 NTT DoCoMo and Fuel Cell Firm Aquafairy Sign New Basic Agreement "DoCoMo's acquisition of a stake in Aquafairy based on a business and capital tie-up that was announced on September 11, 2006, is not going ahead" Japan Corporate News
2/6/07 CMR Fuel Cells announces power density of greater than 500 watts per litre
2/6/07 Dynetek Announces Program Award from Magna Steyr
2/6/07 Power Air Signs Memorandum of Understanding for Generator Fuel Supply and Recycling
2/6/07 Fuel cell cars may be commercially available in S'pore in 2012: DaimlerChrysler Channel NewsAsia
2/6/07 New EU rules may boost diesel hybrids, fuel cells Reuters
2/6/07 QuantumSphere, Inc. Announces Enhanced Fuel Cell Performance with Low-Cost Nano Catalyst 45% Increase in Power Achieved Incorporating QSI-Nano(R) Cobalt in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells
2/6/07 $2.88M for 11 NYSERDA Hydrogen Development and Demo Contracts Major NY Corporations and Universities Pursue New Uses for Clean Fuel NYSERDA
2/6/07 Economic Development Loans Awarded to Eight Firms "UltraCell will receive a $5 million 166 Direct Loan for a 10-year term at an interest rate of zero percent for the first year and three percent for years two through 10." Ohio Department of Development
2/6/07 Proton Power Systems starts utility vehicle project with Swiss Bucher AFX
2/6/07 Cambridge firm to cut cost of fuel cells CMR Fuel Cells Electronics Weekly
2/6/07 Test riding first hydrogen bike BBC
2/6/07 Universities expand fuel-cell research UD receives federal grant to study catalysts Deleware Online
2/5/07 AMREL Demonstrates Their Ultra-Low Range eLoads at the International Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Expo in Japan February 7-9
2/5/07 Norilsk to spin off power assets "as the group’s key owners accelerated their divorce and speculation grew over a possible Kremlin-backed takeover bid" Financial Times
2/5/07 What's old is new again: QuestAir recycles its business plan "by 2002 it was clear that fuel cell technology was not growing at the rates initially predicted. QuestAir's annual revenues were south of $200,000. The company needed to find a new path to profitability." Canadian Business Online
2/5/07 Solomon Hires Chief Executive Officer "Gary G. Brandt . . . From 2001 to 2005, he was CFO of Hydrogenics"
2/5/07 Fuel Cell Technologies Ltd. sets March 22, 2007 for Special Meeting of Shareholders "shareholders of FCT will be asked to approve the voluntary dissolution of the Corporation"
2/5/07 MDTL closes at $14.00, up $0.99, 7.61%
2/5/07 Proton Power Systems starts work on fuel cell hybrid system for Czech city bus with Skoda
2/5/07 USC grad to lead hydrogen push "Shannon Baxter-Clemmons, former assistant secretary for hydrogen and alternative fuels policy at the California Environmental Protection Agency, will become executive director of the [South Carolina] Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Alliance on March 1." The State
2/5/07 QuestAir to Supply PSA to Natural Gas Processing Plant in California
2/3/07 Ford's plug-in Edge shows fuel cell potential "The car combines a Ballard hydrogen fuel-cell generator with 336-volt lithium-ion battery pack that can be recharged by plugging into a household electrical outlet to provide full-time electric operation." Toronto Star
2/3/07 Blog: Medis Technologies unveils portable fuel cell power pack engadget
2/3/07 Russians juggle Plug shares Analysts believe deal between investors will have little impact on Latham firm Albany Times Union
2/2/07 University of Delaware engineers receive major grant for energy research ". . . $960,000 grant . . . The UD research team will be the first to demonstrate new “high throughput” methods of screening potentially hundreds to thousands of metal compounds at the nano-scale--particles as small as a few atoms in size--to reveal the most promising triggers for converting liquid fuels to hydrogen." UDaily
2/2/07 Naked Short Victim Strikes Back "Overstock.com filed a $3.5 billion lawsuit in California state court Friday accusing 10 of the largest U.S. securities firms of participating in a "massive, illegal stock market manipulation scheme" to distort its stock." Forbes
2/2/07 New collaboration set to make West Midlands hydrogen energy centre of the UK innovations report
2/2/07 Bryan developers acquire Lynntech Bryan College Station Eagle, TX
1/30/07 Consortium of Dutch companies starts development of hydrogen boat "Fuel Cell Boat BV" Holland Marine Equipment
2/2/07 HYGS closes at new all time low $1.02
2/2/07 DESC closes at new 20-month low $2.95
1/29/07 MDTL closes at new 20-month low $12.89
2/2/07 A Cleaner Path To Clean Fuel: Firm's Product Makes Hydrogen Gas From Water Avalence LLC Hartford Courant
2/2/07 Intelligent Energy to exhibit at FX Expo 2007 in Tokyo
2/1/07 Voller Energy: New Research Note from Westhall Capital Rated at "Buy" "We believe Voller could become the Dell of the portable fuel cell industry. . . We believe Voller will be profitable by 2011. . ."
2/1/07 PG&E Awards $1.25 Million Incentive For The Westin San Francisco Airport Hotel’s Fuel Cell Electric Power Plant "The power plant from FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq NM:FCEL), will generate 500 kilowatts" PG&E
2/1/07 Members Committed to Energy Independence Introduce Hydrogen Legislation "Today, Congressmen Lee Terry (R-NE), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Zach Wamp (R-TN), and Albert Wynn (D-MD) introduced bipartisan legislation to promote the widespread adoption of hydrogen fuel cell technology." Southwest Nebraska News
2/1/07 MapQuest launches site that helps locate stations with hard-to-find vehicle fuels
2/1/07 Yamaha hydrogen fueled "FC-AQEL" fuel cell motorcycle
2/1/07 AlgoDyne Ethanol's Direct-Alcohol-Fuel-Cell Work Prototype Completed
2/1/07 Blog: Medis Technology Introduces First Commercially Available Fuel Cell Solution Pocket PC Thoughts
2/1/07 Viaspace being pumped by "Stock Market Alerts" "VIASPACE Inc. (VSPC.OB) has just issued a huge press release that should have the attention of investors!"

January 2007

1/31/07 VIASPACE Reports on Progress Pursuing Security and Fuel Cell Opportunities and Comments on Research Analyst Upgrade
1/31/07 MKTY: Rodman & Renshaw initiate coverage at "Market Outperform"
1/26/07 Kuraray Improves Output Of Film Used In Compact Fuel Cells "At 30 microns thick, the new film is just 60% the thickness of earlier films. Methanol transmittance has been suppressed by half, while resistance to hydrogen ions has been reduced by around 40%." Nikkei
1/31/07 Distributed Energy Combining Northern Power & Proton Energy to Strengthen Operations, Reduce Cost "elimination of about 60 jobs, or 20% of the workforce"
1/31/07 ITM Power PLC: Interim Results for the six months ended 31 October 2006 "ITM's membrane technology as applied to electrolysers has now reached 10,000 hours of operation without evidence of degradation."
1/31/07 Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited trading update and cashflow statement for the quarter ended 12/31/06
1/31/06 Norilsk Billionaires Prokhorov, Potanin Split Assets "Prokhorov will take control of Smart Hydrogen, a joint venture between Interros and Norilsk Nickel, which also holds a 35 percent stake in Plug Power . . ."
1/31/07 Mikhail Prokhorov to leave Norilsk Nickel "will sell his shares to partner Vladimir Potanin and leave to create a new alternative energy firm, parent group Interros said on Wednesday . . . Prokhorov would set up a new management company within the Interros group focusing on energy and hydrogen fuel cells, part of a wider restructuring programme within the banking and industrial conglomerate." Reuters
1/30/07 Automotive Trends Survey Reveals New Car Buyers Around the World Believe the Future Belongs to Hybrid and Fuel Cell Technology PULS
1/30/07 Europeans reluctant to pay extra for clean cars Financial Times
1/30/07 Millennium Cell Inc. Earnings Call scheduled for Wed, Feb 14
1/30/07 ISSYS Launches Embedded Fuel-Cell Concentration Sensors
1/30/07 EU grant for SOFC power plants "€5.8m to a European consortium undertaking a three-year project to develop Large Solid Oxide Fuel Cell-based (SOFC) power plants." The Engineer
1/30/07 BASF Venture Capital invests $3 million in UltraCell BASF
1/30/07 Ballard Reports Solid 2006 Operating Achievements and Provides 2007 Performance Targets "Grew revenues by 15% to $62 million . . . Reduced operating cash consumption by 38% to $51.4 million"
1/30/07 Intel VP Joins PolyFuel Board "[has] held a number of other senior level marketing positions with Intel including Marketing Director - Mobile and Handheld Products and Marketing Director - Intel Japan"
1/30/07 Hydrogen Power, Inc. Featured in Exclusive Interview With WallSt.net WallStreet Direct, Inc.
1/29/07 WASD.tv interview with Jadoo at CES 4:39 youtube.com
1/29/07 FCEL closes up 14.7% on heavy volume [H2FC does not know why.]
1/29/07 US special forces to test AeroVironment Global Observer "“demonstrate the tactical utility of a hydrogen powered unmanned aircraft system for long duration (5-7 day) mission at altitudes from 55,000-65,000ft" Flight Daily News
1/29/07 Teledyne Receives Contract Option to Deliver Additional PEM Fuel Cell System
1/28/07 Bush’s climate-change plans fall short with critics "For any who hoped for a breakthrough on greenhouse-gas emission limits, Bush did not even remember the hydrogen car he promoted last year." Star News
1/28/07 IdaTech deal opens sales doors "IdaTech's Clem said the company is aiming to have its generators set up at two Oregon sites by the end of the year, although no specific orders have been announced by either state or company officials." The Bulletin
1/28/07 Technology gives Hyundai Motor the edge "Hyundai's progress in hydrogen fuel-cell technology was shown in its self-developed fuel cell stacks used in buses and cars currently under test operation. . ." Korea Herald
1/27/07 Power for the People Wind and hydrogen may spell a new approach to supplying electricity to small communities "By the fall of 2008, Hydro is aiming to have a demonstration wind-hydrogen plant up and running. Then, the corporation will spend the next three years working out the bugs for development of a final, commercial plant." The Telegram
1/21/07 GM places bets on alternative fuel vehicles Automaker names engineer to develop long-lasting, safe batteries for the cars Detroit Free Press
1/27/07 Driving the future of design "Joyce, 23, and six other students spent three months in the 40-acre GM design studio in Warren, Mich., where Harley Earl revolutionized automobile design in the mid-20th century. Working with GM engineers, the team attempted to design hydrogen fuel cell vehicles for 2030." The Scranton Times
1/27/07 H2FC Table of Short Positions for the period ending 1/12/2007
1/26/07 Proton Power Systems develops first hydrogen fuel cell-powered ship "capable of carrying up to 100 passengers"
1/26/07 AFC Energy Announces First Commercial Relationship With AKZO Nobel
1/26/07 Extension of Federal Investment Tax Credit Provides Additional Funding to FuelCell Energy Customers through 2008 Program enables end users to obtain clean energy economically
1/25/07 HYGS trades, closes at all time lows $1.00, $1.04
1/25/07 A Boost for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Research "a new variation of a familiar platinum-nickel alloy that is far and away the most active oxygen-reducing catalyst ever reported" Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
1/25/07 Nuvera to Provide PowerTap™ Hydrogen Refueling System to Raymond for Forklift Fleet Demonstration
1/25/07 FuelCell Energy Receives Orders for 1.5 Megawatts of Fuel Cell Stack Components from its European Partner MTU CFC Solutions
1/25/07 CMR Fuel Cells in Manufacturing R&D Collaboration with Xaar, Solvay
1/25/07 Pacific Fuel Cell Corp. Announces Agreement to Purchase Equipment from SGL TECHNIC, INC. and License Agreement with SGL TECHNOLOGIES, GmbH in Preparation for Manufacturing Fuel Cell Components
1/24/07 MDTL short position as of 1/15/07 up 415,839 shares (5.15%) to 8,491,650 shares nasdaqtrader.com
1/24/07 QuestAir to Supply System to Recover Methane From Biogas at a Swiss Anaerobic Digester
1/22/07 California Fuel Cell Partnership names Cynthia Verdugo-Peralta as 2007 Chair
1/24/07 DaimlerChrysler Builds First Fuel Cell-powered Fire Fighter Vehicle
1/20/07 The Altek Group Files Patent Application for Portable Fuel Cell Technology
1/23/07 State of the Union Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Reaction U.S. Fuel cell Council
1/23/07 FuelCell files shelf offering for up to 6 mln shrs Reuters
1/23/07 FuelCell Energy Files Shelf Registration for up to $150M in Any Combination of Debt Securities, Preferred Stock and/or Common Stock sec.gov
1/23/07 FuelCell Energy Files Shelf Registration for 6M Common Shares sec.gov
1/23/07 MDTL trades, closes at new 52 week low $13.57, $13.74
1/23/07 Bush to push energy and fuel economy in speech "will propose a dramatic increase in renewable fuels that would help cut U.S. gasoline consumption by 20% within 10 years . . . Some energy industry participants and analysts are speculating that the president may throw his support behind a renewable portfolio standard . . . The president is also expected to hit on a collection of past endorsements including his Advanced Energy Initiative outlined in 2005, the hydrogen car, and opening a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other restricted areas of the country to oil and natural gas exploration. . . Bush will propose a 26% increase in the budget for the initiative to $2.7 billion, according to the White House. . ." MarketWatch
1/23/07 Ballard Announces 2006 Operating Achievements Conference Call Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 8:00 a.m. PST
1/23/07 USC introduces fuel cell technology to curious consumers TechJournal South
1/23/07 Three local companies stand to receive $5.2M in tax credits "UltraCell Corp., to be located in Dayton, received a 75 percent tax credit for 10 years to establish a high-volume fuel cell manufacturing facility. The $3.9 million tax credit would go toward the $26 million project, which would invest in machinery, equipment and space. The project would create 235 jobs and retain three in the first three years." bizjournals
1/23/07 Quantum Supplies Ford With Hydrogen Fuel Injection Systems for E450 Hydrogen Shuttle Buses
1/23/07 Clean fuel technology takes stage as Bush speaks to nation Detroit News
1/22/07 Edge HySeries goes without a gas engine that pollutes "The [plug-in hybrid electric] vehicle runs 25 miles on a fully charged lithium-ion battery pack, which is recharged as needed while underway by a hydrogen fuel cell on the vehicle. Total range, Ford says, is 225 miles." USA Today
1/22/07 Batteries reaching their limits "The cell phone is a fuel cell-maker's toughest challenge because it's the smallest gadget." Motorola Chicago Tribune
1/22/07 Inglis pushes for bi-partisan support on H-Prize energy legislation "The H-Prize Act of 2007 would provide incentives for breakthroughs in moving to a hydrogen economy. The grand prize is a total of $10 million in federal funds with up to $40 million to be raised in matching private capital for commercialization."
1/22/07 Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation to Exhibit at Fuel Cell Expo 2007 in Tokyo
1/22/07 Energy Conversion Devices to Host Second Quarter Conference Call on Thursday, February 8, 2007
1/22/07 Live Webcam Interview With Hydrogen Engine Pioneer Ted Hollinger On MN1.com
1/22/07 SFC wins US Army Operational Test Command order for development of a 250 W Fuel Cell
1/22/07 IdaTech Selected by the Western States Contracting Alliance as an Approved Fuel Cell Provider Multi-Year Contract for the Purchase of Integrated Backup Power PEM Fuel Cell Systems
1/21/07 Fuel cell challenge targets forklifts Project developed to boost Columbia as model for hydrogen technology The State
1/20/07 New technology may boost alternative-energy fuel cells A machine developed in Kettering with public and private funds could allow high-volume production. Dayton Daily News
1/20/07 Danish Government free hydrogen cars of all taxes and boost support for energy R/D/D H2 Logic
1/19/07 Closed System Opens Way for More Practical Fuel Cell Using the water produced by a fuel cell to regulate the flow of hydrogen, researchers have made it act like an internal combustion engine--the more hydrogen you put in, the more power you get out Scientific American
1/19/07 51% owned "Empire Coach Enterprises, LLC" subsidiary of Quantum Fuel files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
1/19/07 Raymond to study hydrogen fuel cells "The goal of the program is to study the performance of hydrogen fuel in electric forklifts and demonstrate the safety of a hydrogen fueled forklift environment, the company said." Press & Sun-Bulletin
1/19/07 Executive Order (EO) for Distributed Generation Certification to FuelCell Energy, Inc. for its 300 kW, DFC300MA/C300 Fuel Cell CARB
1/19/07 HYGS closed at a new all time low: $1.09
1/19/07 Hy-Drive Technologies Ltd. completes Canadian tranche of previously announced Cdn$22.1 million Private Placement "A final tranche of the private placement for the balance is expected to close in January, 2007. To date the offering has grossed $25,665,000 based on the additional allotment and subscription of near 1,000,000 units."
1/19/07 Neah Power Approved to Be Quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board
1/19/07 Acta S.p.A. reports positive commercial and technical progress ahead of its close period
1/18/07 TWI powers to European lead with hydrogen materials testing Business Weekly (UK)
1/18/07 MILLENNIUM CELL INC Files SEC form 8-K, Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities, Regulation FD Disclosure sec.gov
1/18/07 Fuel Cell Tax Credit Extension is Key Component for Commercialization US Fuel Cell Council
1/18/07 MDTL trades at new 52-week intraday low ($14.30); closes at new 52-week low ($14.63)
1/18/06 Look Out Energizer Bunny, Here Comes the Fuel Cell Battery MKTY investorideas.com
1/18/07 HOKU up 95% in pre-market trading
1/18/07 QuestAir to Supply PSA to Recover By-Product Hydrogen From Petrochemical Plant
1/18/07 Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc. Delivers Its Oxx Power™ Hydrogen-Fueled 4 + 1™ Power Generator System to Demonstration Site in Toronto Canada
1/18/07 Hoku and SANYO Enter Major Polysilicon Supply Contract "for the sale and delivery of polysilicon to SANYO over a seven-year period beginning in January 2009. Under the contract, up to approximately $370 million may be payable to Hoku during the seven-year period, subject to the achievement of milestones, the acceptance of product deliveries and other conditions." Hoku
1/18/07 Hoku Scientific, Inc. Announces Election of New Director
1/17/07 Laptop battery fiasco reflects demand outstripping technology Jadoo San Antonio Express
1/17/07 Chief of General Motors calls on Washington to support the diversification of U.S. energy supply AP
1/17/07 EERC Demonstrates Hydrogen Production at Ethanol Facilities
1/17/07 Phoenix Canada Oil reports U.S. Patent granted on its licensed hydrogen generation technology "catalytically converts solar light energy to produce hydrogen gas"
1/2007 More batteries, Mr. Taggart? Embedded Computing Design
1/2007 Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Safety National Hydrogen Association
1/17/07 Acumentrics' Fuel Cells Tested by Japan Gas Association
1/17/07 Millennium Cell Develops Fuel Cartridge Manufacturing Capability Millennium Cell, Dow and EWI Complete Pilot Manufacturing Line
1/17/07 Bruno-Linked Venture Firm Received State Pension Money "Around the same time the Republican leader of the state Senate, Joseph Bruno, was investing his money and his campaign funds in Plug Power, a venture firm run by the fuel cell manufacturer's chairman received tens of millions of dollars in state pension fund money through a program spearheaded by Mr. Bruno. . ." New York Sun
1/16/07 FuelCell Energy Annual Report for the Fiscal Year ended October 31, 2006 sec.gov
1/16/07 FuelCell Energy: Form 8-K "On January 10, 2007, Jerry D. Leitman resigned as Chairman of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of FuelCell Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) and as a member of the Company’s Board, effective January 12, 2007." sec.gov
1/16/07 Editorial: Energy Time "The last thing America needs is another multi-year debate leading to yet another giant bill that offers something for everyone without really changing the way this country produces and uses energy. . ." NY Times
1/16/07 Bush May Get Democrats' Help to Meet Energy-Independence Goal Bloomberg
1/16/04 Higher gas taxes needed to fund hydrogen fuel technology, supplier CEO says Metaldyne Corp. chairman and CEO Tim Leuliette today Detroit news
1/16/07 Solar Hydrogen Energy Corporation receives Best Company to become Public - TSX Venture award
1/16/07 Hydrogen-CNG combo fuel for autos DNA India
1/16/07 The EPSRC has awarded the environmental sciences department at the University of East Anglia (UEA) a £208,000 grant to improve hydrogen storage in solid form using nanotechnology The Engineer
1/16/07 HYGS trading at new all time lows as low as $1.11 today
1/16/07 Step on the gas -- New fuel cell design adds control, reduces complexity Princeton University
1/16/07 Power outage at H2FC Headquarters
1/16/07 Millennium Cell Corrects Investor Presentation
1/15/07 Topsoe Fuel Cell strengthens and reorganises its organisation to meet the coming years’ challenges in the fuel cell industry
1/15/07 Hydrogenics Signs Distribution Agreement with Heliocentris "education, scientific and demonstration markets"
1/15/07 U.S. markets closed today for M.L. King Day
1/15/07 'Leading' energy centre unveiled Plans for a world-leading hydrogen office project, powered by efficient renewable energy sources, are to be unveiled in Methil, Scotland BBC
1/13/07 NY State Senator Bruno Bought Stock With Campaign Funds PLUG, MKTY "Last year, the senator’s re-election committee reported losing almost $99,000 on an investment in 2000 in Plug Power Inc., a maker of fuel cells based in Latham, N.Y., in which he also personally owned stock, his financial disclosure reports show. In July 2001, a year after he and his committee bought their shares in Plug Power, Mr. Bruno helped secure $500,000 in state money for a research project involving Plug Power, which has also received state contracts and other government aid." New York Times [Big photo of PLUG production floor]
1/12/07 Head of Russian firm that invested in Plug Power arrested Albany Times Union
1/12/07 BMW pours cold water on Hydrogen cars German car maker BMW says Hydrogen-powered cars that emit water vapour rather than petrol fumes are 30 years away drive.com.au
1/12/07 Giving Power to the People Medis at CES MSN
1/12/07 Millennium Cell Significantly Increases Intellectual Property Portfolio Company Filed 24 New Patent Applications in 2006; Gecko Energy Technologies Merger Adds Fuel Cell Patent Coverage
1/12/07 Quantum Awarded Contract to Supply Aerospace Hydrogen and Oxygen Storage Systems "awarded a contract by Lockheed Martin"
1/12/07 Neah Power Provides Yearly Review
1/12/07 EnerFuel Awarded Fuel Cell Development Contract "awarded a subcontract by American Science and Technology Corporation (AST) for fuel cell system design work. "
1/12/07 ECOtality and ECOtality Blog to Fund Environmental Education Programs Through Sales From Online Book and Video Store Initial Proceeds Benefit Arizona Youth Fuel Cell Competition
1/12/07 Hydrogen cars still a long way from take-off "The latest estimate is that instead of the 10 years forecast by General Motors, buyers may have to wait 30 years." theage.com.au
1/2007 GM and the Electric Car: Impressions from NAIAS "Bob Lutz, GM’s VP, told me that battery technology was abandoned because they could never store enough energy per pound to push the cars around for very long. However, he says that the advancements just in the last two years have made electric cars significantly more feasible. . . Every GM employee I talked to still touted the hydrogen fuel cell as the ultimate future of cars. I asked the lead engineer on the Volt Electric Car project, Nick Zielinski, about the wisdom of focusing on fuel cells. While he was very proud of the work GM has done with fuel cells, I think a lot of people at GM are regretting not going after battery technology more aggressively." Plenty Magazine
1/8/07 Terry Tamminen: Hydrogen, batteries, and electric cars grist
1/11/07 PLUG closes at $3.51, lowest since $3.47 on 10/9/02
1/11/07 San Francisco Public Utilities Commission announces plans for first fuel cell project "would use a 600-kilowatt [molten carbonate] fuel cell to convert gases that are naturally emitted from the wastewater treatment process into electricity to be used to help run the plant." Bay City News Service [Undoubtedly FCEL. H2FC Ed.]
1/11/07 Ford rolls out plug-in hybrid with hydrogen fuel cell Reliable Plant
1/11/07 FuelCell Energy Board of Directors Names President and Chief Executive Officer R. Daniel Brdar to the Additional Post of Chairman John Rolls Appointed Lead Independent Director
1/11/07 Brookhaven Lab Scientists Discover Gold Clusters Stabilize Platinum Electrocatalysts For Use in Fuel Cells
1/11/07 GM plans major test of fuel-cell cars in Asia "in Japan--as well as in Europe and North America. The tests will be the largest ever for an automaker, with the company planning to test anywhere from a couple of dozen vehicles to as many as 100 in each area." Daily Yomiuri
1/11/07 Platinum and palladium price forecasts for 2007 Mineweb
1/11/07 Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited (CFCL) announces the appointment of Mr Brendan Dow to the Board of Directors 1/10/07 Hydrogen Electric Racing Federation looks to revolutionize motorsports Automotive News
1/10/07 HYGS closes at new all time low
1/10/07 MDTL closes at new 52-week low
1/10/07 H2FC Special Report: 2006 Stock Performance Final Results & Analysis
1/10/07 United Solar Ovonic Supplies 700kW of Uni-Solar® PV Laminates to Solar Integrator American Energy Technologies World's Largest Metal Roof-Integrated Solar Array Commissioned in New Jersey
1/10/07 Plug Power Announces Achievement of 2006 Milestones Company receives record orders in '06
1/10/07 Ecotality Sponsors Arizona's First International Fuel Cell Competition Youth Competition Highlights Global Energy Challenge and Hydrogen Fuel Solutions
1/8/07 DOE Solicits Input on Sodium Borohydride for Hydrogen Storage Research "This information will be used as part of DOE's go/no-go decision consideration in determining the future of applied research and development of hydrolysis of sodium borohydride for on-board hydrogen storage, including regeneration of the spent fuel."
1/9/07 Europe aims for environmentally-friendly all-electric fuel cell flight by 2009 as part of €4.5m Sixth Framework research drive Flight International
1/9/07 DOE Releases Hydrogen Posture Plan
1/8/07 Experimental 'wind to hydrogen' system up and running Xcel Energy and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory NREL
1/9/07 Medis Technologies files Form 8-K "Daniel A. Luchansky was appointed to our Board of Directors, effective as of January 2, 2007. Mr. Luchansky is expected to join the audit committee of our Board of Directors within ninety days." sec.gov [Luchansky was a V.P. at the Merrill Lynch bond fund that bought $49M worth of Medis convertible notes in July 2005 that were converted to common stock in April 2006. H2FC Ed.]
1/9/07 Jadoo Power at Consumer Electronics Show click on "Consumer electronics show begins" The Today Show (NBC)
1/9/06 ITM Power Plc: Technical Update - Milestones "A low cost 5kW electrolyser using ITM's Nickel/platinum technology, at a cost for the entire stack of less than $250 /kW" "A demonstration electrolyser operating at 20 bar (approximately 300psi)" "A Dual Liquid Fuel Cell, to include a rapid refuelling cartridge and output power conditioning electronics able to operate electronic appliances" "The development of a Hydrogen Oxygen fuel cell with an estimated production cost of less than $700/kW"
1/9/06 Protonex: Preliminary results for the fiscal year ended 30 September 2006 "operating expenses have risen by 93% from $4,130,083 [in 2005] to $7,990,199 [in 2006], increasing the net loss for the fiscal 2006 year to $5,184,774 from the net loss of $2,223,370 in fiscal 2005."
1/9/06 Hydrogenics and LiftOne team up in South Carolina Pilot Deployments of Fuel Cells in Forklifts "he deployments are expected to begin in late spring 2007 and to be completed by November 2007. In addition to this new initiative, Hydrogenics will be commencing a two year deployment of 19 forklift trucks this summer at General Motor's of Canada in Oshawa, Ontario."
1/9/06 HydroGen Corporation Appoints Manager of Advanced Manufacturing
1/9/06 Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc. Hires Power Generation Industry Expert to Lead Advanced Products Group
1/9/06 Hoku Materials Plans New Polysilicon Plant for Pocatello, Idaho "Hoku expects the plant to be operational in late 2008 with a payroll of 200 employees." Idaho Commerce & Labor
1/9/06 Hoku Scientific Announces Earnings Conference Call January 23, 2007 at 5:00 p.m. ET
1/8/07 Hydrogen: a lot of hot air? Author Darryl McMahon writes that a workable form of this alternative fuel is probably 50 years away. While the technology for vehicles might be ready sooner, development of the infrastructure is lagging CanWest News Service
1/8/07 An industry powers up Statewide coalition is positioning Ohio as global destination for fuel-cell business Akron Beacon Journal
1/8/07 Ford's concept touring vehicle uses fuel cells Airstream Concept reflects 'options for tomorrow's road trips' AP via MSNBC
1/8/07 MILLENNIUM CELL INC Files SEC form 8-K, Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement Gecko merger sec.gov
1/8/07 In Russia, the New Year's holiday becomes a long winter's nap "On New Year's Eve, the British pop singer George Michael flew into Moscow to perform an hourlong concert at a party reportedly given by Vladimir Potanin, the metals and media tycoon. Michael's . . . earned $3 million for the performance . . . A man who answered the phone at Potanin's company, Interros . . ." IHT [Interros is the Russian company that bought 35% of Plug Power last April. H2FC Ed.]
1/8/07 Mr. Ovonic "Ovshinsky . . . is trying to stem the erosion of the country’s middle class, which is why Energy Conversion Devices’ factories are situated in depressed locales such as Greenville. Ovshinsky plans to grow the business into a manufacturing conglomerate the size of General Electric using his hydrogen-based economy." Greenville Daily News
1/8/07 H2Gen Innovations Provides Hydrogen Generator to Chevron Hydrogen Company for Orlando Energy Station
1/8/07 Ecotality, Inc. Engages Airboss Aerospace to Accelerate Its New Hydrogen Programs and Integration into Hydratus Bus Collaboration between Ecotality, NASA's Jet Propulsion Labs, and Airboss Aerospace Drives New Developments in Its Hydrogen Bus Program
1/4/07 Connecticut Governor Rell Receives Preliminary Report on Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Industry
1/8/07 Breakthrough for metal cation-free alkaline fuel cells RSC Publishing
1/8/07 Hydrogenics Signs Distribution Agreement With LiftOne "Under the agreement, LiftOne will market, sell, and service the HyPX fuel cell solution to potential end-users in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina."
1/8/07 QuestAir Receives Follow-On Order for H-3200 Hydrogen Purifiers From HyRadix Inc.
1/8/07 Neah Power Granted Another US Patent for Fuel Cell Electrode Structures
1/8/07 Ener1 Group, Inc. Raises $5.5 Million in Equity Private Placement
1/7/07 GM Announces New Effort To Build Electric Vehicle "The E-Flex system would require a 400-pound battery that likely won't be production-ready until at least the 2010 to 2012 time period. GM is working with a variety of battery suppliers around the world, including U.S. supplier Johnson Controls Inc., on lithium-ion technology. If the supply chain does not come through with significantly improved batteries, the Volt project could die on the vine. Cobasys, a joint venture of Chevron Corp.'s Chevron Technology Ventures LLC and Energy Conversion Devices Inc., is a separate lithium-ion battery partner for GM." Wall Street Journal
1/7/07 GM shows Chevy plug-in concept Volt runs on elecricity, uses gas engine as back-up generator CNN
1/7/07 Antig Technology Awarded ZDNet Asia's Top Asian Techno Visionaries 2006/2007
1/6/07 The Land of Rising Conservation "The government in turn has used these tax revenues to help Japan seize the lead in renewable energies like solar power, and more recently home fuel cells. One way has been a subsidy of about $51,000 for each home fuel cell." NY Times
1/5/07 Company Update: Medis Technologies Poised to Move Back Up – Trade Show/Order Season Starting, Insider Selling Quite Benign. Rated "Buy", Price Target $36 Brean Murray, Carret & Co.
1/3/07 Hy-Drive Technologies Ltd. completes first tranche valued at $14.6 million of previously announced Cdn$22.1 million Private Placement
1/5/07 Voller Energy is world’s first fuel cell manufacturer to become carbon neutral
1/5/07 Hoku Scientific, Inc. Expresses Sympathy on Death of Board Member Lloyd Fujie Loss of Board Member Triggers Receipt of NASDAQ Staff Deficiency Letter
1/4/07 POSCO to build W30b fuel cell plant "using technology transferred from U.S.-based Fuel Cell Energy" Korea Herald
1/4/07 University Hires Top Researcher for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Initiative U. of South Carolina
1/4/07 Medis Technologies CEO Robert K. Lifton Buys 468,500 Shares Through Option Exercise AP
1/4/07 Medis Technologies COO Howard Weingrow Acquires 375,000 Shares Through Option Exercise AP
1/4/07 Medis Technologies President Jacob S. Weiss Exercises Options for 55,000 Shares AP
1/4/06 Cobasys Awarded General Motors Contract to Develop Lithium-Ion Battery System for Plug-In Hybrid "Cobasys will be working with its partner, A123Systems, to provide complete battery systems featuring A123Systems' proprietary nanophosphate technology."
1/4/07 FuelCell Energy Establishes Worldwide Marketing and Distribution Agreement with The Linde Group Ultra-Clean Fuel Cell Power Plants That Run on Renewable Fuel Fit into Linde's Global Strategy around Sustainable and Low-Carbon Energy Solutions
1/4/07 Distributed Energy Appoints Bernard H. Cherry to its Board of Directors
1/4/06 CMR Fuel Cells Appoints Non-Executive Director
1/4/07 Hydrogen Power Announces New Directors and Plan of Divestiture for Its FastFunds Holdings Transactions to Create Focused Hydrogen Alternative Energy Company
1/3/07 Acumentrics Triples Manufacturing Capability
1/3/07 Zinc to Hydrogen car promises zero emissions Engineuity Mobile Magazine
1/3/07 Lawmakers hail Hickam hydrogen fueling station Air Force Times
1/3/07 Elemental Power Group, LLC Proposes Development of the World's Largest Fuel Cell Power Plants "technology provider, FuelCell Energy, Inc."
1/3/07 Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation Files Cartridge Patent Application
1/3/07 Jadoo Power to Showcase Award-Winning XRT™& N-Gen™ Fuel Cell Power Systems at Showstoppers CES 2007 CES Innovations Honoree and Electronic Products 2006 Product of the Year
1/3/07 Medis Technologies Releases Letter to Shareholders Previewing 2007
1/3/07 Millennium Cell Acquires Gecko Energy Technologies Millennium Cell and Gecko to develop hydrogen batteries for portable device markets
1/3/07 Cobasys and A123Systems Announce Partnership to Develop Lithium Ion Hybrid Electric Vehicle Battery Systems
1/2/07 Cellex Fuel Cells Deliver the Goods at Wal-Mart Hydrogen-powered electric lift trucks complete beta trials at Wal-Mart Cellex Power Products, Inc.
1/2/07 Tognum GmbH now sole owner of fuel-cell specialist MTU CFC Solutions
1/2/07 A peek under the floorboard of a fuel cell car Honda FCX - Photos San Francisco Chronicle