June 2007

6/30/07 A new breed of engineer ". . . recent LCE work by University of Waterloo researchers shows that carbon dioxide emissions produced from hydrogen extraction are almost three times as high as those from conventional fuels." Toronto Star
6/30/07 Inexpensive Bio-Inspired Materials That Could Make Hydrogen Fuel Cells Feasible "Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will receive $1.98 million from the U.S. Department of Energy over the next three years to emulate nature's use of enzymes to convert chemicals to energy, PNNL announced Wednesday (June 6)." Science Daily
6/29/07 M&M, Shell end first phase study on hydrogen-based transport zeenews.com (India)
6/29/07 SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG: Unaudited Quarterly Financial Statements for the three month period ended March 31, 2007
6/29/07 ITM Power: "Electrolytic Hydrogen Fuelling for the ITM Bi-Fuel Car"
6/29/07 British company on threshold of doorstep hydrogen ITM Power AutoWired
6/29/07 Ener1 Receives $15 Million Equity Commitment
6/26/07 New generation fuel cells set to replace rechargeable batteries in laptop computers CMR Fuel Cells plc CIPA
6/28/07 Neah Power Announces Successful Test of 16-Cell Fuel Cell Stack
6/27/07 Fuel-cell powered aircraft take to the skies EUROPA
6/27/07 China's first hydrogen engine successfully ignited "a new type of internal combustion engine" People's Daily
6/27/07 PolyFuel reiterates fuel cells using its technology coming to the market in 2008
6/27/07 AeroVironment's Puma Small UAS Achieves Record Flight of Nearly Five Hours Using Fuel Cell Battery Hybrid System Protonex fuel cell
6/27/07 Millennium Cell Executive Appointed Chief Technology Officer
6/26/07 MDTL short position for the reporting period ending 6/12/07 up 9.56% to 12,474,099 shares
6/26/07 HydroGen "speculative buy" NewRatings.com
6/26/07 Research Study Validates the Durability and Energy Output of Versa Power's Fuel Cell in Hybrid Automotive Application First-ever pairing of solid oxide system with advanced battery shows 'BIG BATTERY, SMALL CELL' design meets energy and flexibility requirements in demonstration of vehicle application
6/26/07 HOKU soaring on massive volume as high as $13.75 today
6/26/07 SatCon Receives over $2.8 Million in New Fuel Cell Inverter Orders from FCEL
6/25/07 PolyFuel defines role in mobile lifestyle quest EE Times Asia
6/25/07 Wayne State Fuel Cell Police Car Makes First Traffic Stop Great Lakes IT Report
6/25/07 Protonex reports results for the six months ending 3/31/07 "Revenues of $2.1 million in the half year period ended 31 March 2007, a 134% increase compared to the six months ended 31 March 2006"
6/25/07 Distributed Energy Systems Books African Hydrogen Order; Commissions Hydrogen Vehicle Fueling System in Florida
6/25/07 Proton Power Systems (PPS) announces preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2006 "Loss £1.8 million, as the company disbursed the new funding in the commercialisation of the business and after paying the costs of the listing"
6/22/07 HydroGen Corporation Announces Results of Annual Meeting Full-Scale Fuel Cell Demonstration and Test Facility Now Operational in Versailles, PA
6/22/07 Sea trials of sailing yacht equipped with a 1 KW fuel cell have begun Voller sail-world.com
6/22/07 Fuel cell company lands $200,000 grant Ultracell Dayton Business Journal
6/22/07 ITM Power Plc will be announcing its final results for the year ended 30 April 2007 on Tuesday 31 July 2007
6/22/07 Quantum Announces $18.75M in Private Placement of Common Stock with Institutional Investors
6/22/07 Neah Power to Present at Tenth Grove Fuel Cell Symposium
6/21/07 Comtec Launches Fuel-Cell 'Eco-Structure' Data Centre and 24/7 NOC "APC's InfraStruXure® product suite and hydrogen fuel-cell technology" [APC uses Hydrogenics fuel cells.]
6/21/07 Mechanical Technology CEO granted 500,000 shares and stock options bizjournals.com
6/21/07 Distributed Energy Systems Ships Wind Turbines To Malaysian Resort Island
6/21/07 Hoku Scientific Inc. downsizing in Kapolei "may sell its headquarters and fuel cell membrane production facility in Kapolei and move into a smaller space" Honolulu Advertiser
6/21/07 Hoku Scientific and Solar-Fabrik Subsidiaries Sign Polysilicon Supply Agreement Hoku Announces Plans to Increase Size of Polysilicon Plant and Change in Solar Strategy
6/21/07 Hydrogenics Forklift Market Development Advances Through Multiple Customer Deployments Current visibility indicates deliveries of 60-80 HyPX Power Packs
6/21/07 International Wireless Developer and Operator Orders First HydraStax(R) System "from Chicago-based, international cellular operator TeleBlu, Inc." American Security Resources Corporation [H2FC cannot find a website for a cellular operator named Teleblu, Inc.]
6/20/07 Wind Hydrogen Ltd launches $12m IPO Sydney Morning Herald
6/20/07 Form 8-K for Mechanical Technology Incorporated: Officer Compensation
6/20/07 ElectroChem Announces New Partnerships to Aid Integration of Fuel Technology and Research in India and South Asia
6/20/07 Fuel-cell materials maker Bac2 expands into new facilities at Millbrook Technology Campus, Southampton
6/20/07 HydroGen Corporation Appoints General Counsel
6/20/07 Japanese researchers develop single centimetre fuel cells The Inquirer
6/20/07 Hy-Drive Named as TSX Venture Exchange Top 50 Company
6/19/07 H2 Logic receives order on fuel cell system for power supply onboard Icelandic ship
6/19/07 US Army funds hydrogen-fuelled drone aircraft To join DARPA airship-bot flotilla 12 miles up The Register
6/19/07 Toyota's Fuel Cell Prototype This hybrid uses a battery to handle peaks while the fuel cell carries continuous load base. IndustryWeek
6/19/07 ReVolt Raises $13M Swiss firm aims to bring zinc-air battery technology to market Red Herring
6/19/07 Practical on-board hydrogen storage is goal of new Argonne research project "will investigate nanostructured polymeric materials as hydrogen storage adsorbents"
6/19/07 MTI stock proposal defeated Shareholders turn down plan to issue 30 million preferred shares Albany Times Union
6/19/07 Viaspace Subsidiary Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation Files Patent Application on Tamper Resistant Fuel Cartridges
6/19/07 HTC Hydrogen Technologies Corp. (dba "HTC Purenergy") Announces Amendment of Warrants and New Private Placement
6/18/07 Fuel-cell cars on road soon, GM predicts "Hydrogen-powered fuel-cell vehicles could be on the road with regular drivers behind the wheel in a few test areas within five or six years, according to a top General Motors Corp. official. . . Burns said he's not yet willing to say exactly when hydrogen vehicles will be mass-produced, but he said it should happen before 2020" AP
6/15/07 GM Prepares Fuel Cell Technology for Future Production Aligns Fuel Cell Researchers with Company's Core Engineering Organizations General Motors
6/18/07 Funding program to give micro fuel cells a leg up "According to a press release by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) funding worth some 18 million euros will seek to pave the way for the mass production of micro fuel cells and help make Germany the technology leader in that field." heise online
6/18/07 Hydrogen to get $8.7 million jump-start Honolulu Advertiser
6/18/07 UTC head announces billions in new deals, affirms earnings "Chenevert said Monday that the company will continue to focus on everything from cutting-edge fuel cells - what he deemed UTC's "product of the century" - to energy-efficient elevators, better engine turbo fans and other new products." AP
6/18/07 Distributed Energy, Proton to split "One of the conditions of the loan: Sell Proton Energy. . . A transaction is expected to be closed by the end of the year." Mass High Tech
6/17/07 Airbus commits to ambitious environmental targets and calls for sector to become Eco-Efficient "Airbus will also revisit fuel cell and hydrogen technology to power ground operations at airports." business-traveler.eu
6/17/07 APC shows off fuel cells for the datacentre Costs remain high, but a market exists, the vendor says "the system demonstrated would cost about £35,000(NZ$93,000)-£40,000, a bill that would pay for a generator with ten times the output. . . . [A] datacentre in an area such as central London’s Belgravia would have no choice because of strict planning legislation, and because local residents would not tolerate the noise and smoke emitted by a diesel generator on the roof of a facility" Computerworld
6/16/07 S.C. Gov. Sanford vetoes hydrogen research, other bills "Sanford has several objections to the bill, among them that lawmakers attached tax benefits unrelated to hydrogen research to the legislation. But the governor also is leery about South Carolina over-emphasizing hydrogen, instead of pursuing research of all types of alternate fuels."
6/15/07 MyTreo.net Now Shipping Medis Fuel Cell Chargers
6/07 Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Safety Hydrogen and CNG Stations – A New Risk Comparison NHA
6/15/07 Shares of General Motors Gain After Company's Prediction of Hydrogen-Powered Car Production AP
6/15/07 GM aims to market fuel cell vehicles Automaker moves 500 engineers from research to manufacturing in quest to hit market in a few years. "Hydrogen cars for the everyday driver remain years, if not decades, away, said Bill Reinert, Toyota's U.S. advanced technology chief." Detroit News
6/15/07 Shift at GM could boost Volt Fuel-cell engineers to move to production "GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz has said the automaker is working on the Volt as if it will be launched in 2010. He adds, however, that it's dependent on technological advances that haven't yet been achieved: a safe, durable and affordable lithium battery and, regarding the fuel-cell version, an affordable, available system for loading hydrogen onto a vehicle." Detroit Free Press
6/15/07 GM takes step toward fuel-cell car Reports: GM aims for 2010 production as it shifts 500 engineers from advanced development labs to core production engineering division. CNN Money
6/14/07 Zongshen PEM Power Systems Inc. Announces Private Placement of up to 9,000,000 Units and Grant of Stock Options
6/14/07 UT-ORNL Professor's Discovery Leads to $1.2M Hydrogen Grant
6/14/07 MTI Micro Delivers Second Round of Fuel Cell Prototypes "to its Korean partner"
6/14/07 ECOtality, Inc. Acquires Fuel Cell Store
6/13/07 Alternative Energy Comes Closer With Advances In Hydrogen Fuel Cell Sealing Technology SOFCs Science Daily
6/13/07 SEC Votes on Regulation SHO Amendments and Proposals; Also Votes to Eliminate "Tick" Test
6/13/07 Trading Rule Reprieve Forbes
6/13/07 Li-ion Not Ready for Prius Higher-mileage batteries no longer part of the plan — at least initially Car Connection
6/13/07 Zongshen PEM Power Systems Inc. Announces Results of Annual and Special Meeting and No Material Changes to Affairs of Company
6/13/07 Quantum's Hydrogen Vehicles Featured at Norsk Hydro's First Hydrogen Refueling Station
6/13/07 Hoku and Suntech Sign $678 Million Polysilicon Supply Contract
6/12/07 Plug Power Announces Webcast of Investor Presentation on June 13, 2007
6/12/07 IdaTech sets IPO price at 110-135p/shr for proceeds around 37.2 mln stg Thomson Financial
6/12/07 MTI Micro Receives Frost & Sullivan 2007 Excellence In Micro Fuel Cell Technology Award
6/12/07 Norway's first hydrogen station to open 6/11/07 FUELCELL ENERGY INC Files SEC form 10-Q, Quarterly Report
6/11/07 AFC Energy plc: MOU signed with the government of Indonesia (including US$13.5 million initial order) "The M.O.U. relates to the CIUP (Community Integrated Utility Program) project that aims to provide 32 million households with the ability to produce electricity and potable drinking water over the next 10 years. AFC Energy has been appointed as the exclusive fuel cell supplier to this program, whether with AFC Energy proprietary fuel cells or as an agent for third party fuel cells. The M.O.U. contains an initial order totalling US$13.5 million for three thousand 3.5kW systems at US$4,500 per system. . . " | AFC.L quote on London stock exchange
6/11/07 Power Air Completes $5 Million Private Placement
6/11/07 Voller Technical Update: Field Trial Units Installed
6/11/07 LIPA circumvented scrutiny for controversial fuel cells Newsday
6/11/07 Clean Hydrogen Producers, Ltd. Announces the Completion of Its Merger Process Into CHP Ltd.
6/11/07 World Energy Solutions' Hydrogen/Oxygen Enhanced Automobile Demonstrates a 24 Percent Reduction in Fuel Consumption
6/10/07 Report: LIPA project costly to LI ratepayers "With the single largest stake in Plug Power Inc., a politically connected Albany-area developer of fuel cells, Michigan-based DTE Energy Inc. had a significant financial interest in seeing fuel cells successfully tested in the early part of this decade. . . So why was it that DTE, which is twice the size of LIPA, tested fewer than five of the experimental units, while LIPA ratepayers footed the bill for more than 160? . . ." Newsday
6/9/07 Hilton NYC installs fuel cell power "Manufactured by UTC Power" 4Hoteliers
6/7/07 Powering a new world Hydrogen Engine center Mid-Iowa Newspapers
6/8/07 Hydrogen station demolished "BP's only UK hydrogen filling station, off the A127, Hornchurch, has been demolished after only three year's use. . ." Romford Recorder
6/6/07 PolyFuel Inc. Annual Report and Accounts
6/8/07 Pacific Fuel Cell Corp. Announces Plans for Increased Production of Bipolar Plates in Willoughby, Ohio Manufacturing Facility
6/7/07 Chinese city driving to be fuel-cell pioneer Shanghai has plans to become the first to build infrastructure to support eco-friendly automobiles Akron Beacon Journal
6/7/07 Distributed Energy Systems Investor Call scheduled for Mon, June 11
6/7/07 United Solar Ovonic Panels Power Largest Farm-Based Solar Plant in the U.S.
6/7/07 Tubular Fuel Cell System Tested for Residential Consumer Use by National Institute of Standards and Technology Acumentrics
6/7/07 Solar Hydrogen Energy Corp teams up with the University of Victoria for Large Scale Solar Concentrator
6/6/07 SFC Smart Fuel Cell Founder Manfred Stefener Sells 211,909 Shares at €37
6/6/07 CFD to rev hydrogen fuel cells $5 million grant to improve cost, design for cars "The team led by CFD includes Ballard Power Systems, BCS Fuel Cells, ESI US R&D, Research Triangle Institute and SGL Technologies. The team will perform computational and experimental studies to improve fuel cell design, materials and operating strategies for automotive applications." The Huntsville Times
6/6/07 Fuel cells to be energy of the future "hydrogen from solar power" ArabianBusiness.com
6/5/07 Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited (CFCL) in demand on bid hopes "While the shares finished flat at 39½p, more than 13 million were exchanged, compared with an average daily turnover of less than a million. . . rumour has it that a consortium of Middle East investors has been showing interest in the group’s technology." Times
6/6/07 Prince Charles Drives Ford Focus Hydrogen Vehicle PaddockTalk
6/6/07 EU to test hydrogen 7 'to see if it works' motoring.co.za
6/6/07 Astris Energi Signs Binding Agreement to Sell Assets for Consideration of US$5.8 Million and Announces Shareholders Meeting
6/6/07 Nuvera Fuel Cells to Relocate World Headquarters from Cambridge, MA to Expanded Facility in Billerica, MA
6/6/07 Plug Power Appoints New Chief Financial Officer "Most recently, he served as Treasurer and Director of Finance for Intermagnetics General Corporation, an international medical device manufacturing company with headquarters in Latham, N.Y."
6/6/07 Hydrogenics Receives $3.0 Million of Orders for HySTAT Electrolyzer Products Continued Demand for Industrial Hydrogen Applications from Merchant Gas Companies
6/5/07 Q2 2007 FuelCell Energy, Inc. Earnings Conference Call
6/5/07 Distributed Energy Systems Completes $12.5 Million Financing With Perseus Company to Hold Investor Conference Call on Monday, June 11th at 4:30PM "[DESC] received $12.5 million in cash from Perseus. In exchange, the company issued Perseus 12.5% senior secured promissory notes, due on March 1, 2008 and secured by all of the assets of Distributed Energy Systems and its material subsidiaries. The company also issued to Perseus a five-year warrant for up to 7,954,536 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.80 per share. . ."
6/5/07 Altergy Systems Unveils the World's First Automated, High Volume Fuel Cell Assembly Line Altergy Systems
6/5/07 Teledyne Awarded $11 Million in Hydrogen Generator Orders
6/1/07 UK’s first commercial implementation of fuel cell to protect computer systems "system is based on a Hydrogenics fuel cell engine" UPS Systems plc
6/5/07 UltraCell® Fuel Cell System Passes MIL-STD-810F Environmental Tests
6/5/07 Fuel Cell Company Plug Power Inc. Approved as Ceres Company
6/5/07 MTI Micro Demonstrates Technology Leadership with State-of-the-Art Mobion® Fuel Cell Technology advances to support product commercialization for consumer applications in 2009
6/5/07 Hydrogen Engine Center Demonstrates Carbon-Free Hydrogen Ammonia (anhydrous) Engine
6/5/07 Hydra Fuel Cell Taking Orders for HydraStax(R) Fuel Cells "for demonstration systems in our target markets of telecom and residential. These units can be delivered pre-certification in a beta environment or customers can order them for delivery after certification"
6/4/07 FuelCell Energy Reports Second Quarter 2007 Results and Latest Accomplishments "revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2007 of $11.4 . . . net loss to common shareholders was $18.8 million or $0.32 per basic and diluted share"
6/4/07 fuel cells get hotter "When it comes to hydrogen, cost can be a showstopper. Although the cost of outfitting a vehicle with a fuel cell power pack is about half what it was two years ago, it still comes to about $40,000 per [forklift] truck, or about 10 times the price of a conventional lead acid battery. On top of that, there's the expense of equipping a building with a hydrogen storage tank, compressor, and dispensing system, which together total another $100,000 or more." DC VELOCITY ("the ONLY publication in the Supply Chain field focusing solely and specifically on large Distribution Center operations")
6/4/07 FuelCell to Report Results After the Closing Bell "expected to report a loss of 37 cents per share for the fiscal second quarter. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial expect revenue to decline 12 percent to $8.4 million" AP
6/4/07 Altergy debuts fuel-cell assembly line bizjournals.com
6/4/07 Hilton New York Installs UTC Power Commercial Fuel Cell Power System to Help Improve Environment, Enhance Hotel Operations Virtually Pollution-Free, Quiet Fuel Cell Will Reduce Nitrogen Oxide Emissions Equivalent to Removal of 145 Cars from the Street Each Year of Use
6/4/07 FuelCell Energy Sells 5.1 Megawatts of Ultra-Clean Energy to South Korean Electric Power Producers for Grid Support and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategic Partner POSCO Power Secures New Orders From Two Power Generating Companies and One Private IPP Developer; Delivery of Power Plants Slated for Early 2008
6/3/07 1 million hydrogen-fuelled vehicles to run in India by 2020 "mostly two and three wheelers" New Kerala
6/3/07 Fuel Cells: Out of the News but Still in the Future Ballard Washington Post
6/2/07 Ford engineer says plug-in hybrid fuel-cell cars may reach market first "the duty cycle of conventional engines - lots of idling and hard acceleration under load - drastically cuts the lifespan of fuel cells at their current state of development. . . fuel cells are a good fit for plug-in hybrids because recharging the battery pack means running the fuel cell at a steady rate - not the performance peaks and valleys produced when actually driving the car" CP
6/1/07 Pip-squeak Power Plant Lilliputian Systems invented a microchip-size [solid oxide] fuel cell that can run your cell phone for a week. "While Lilliputian hasn't announced an agreement with a big manufacturer, Chief Executive Kenneth Lazarus says he's talking to most of them. He figures the company's first product will be a portable battery recharger for laptops and smart phones." Forbes
6/1/07 QuestAir Announces Shipment of Refinery Hydrogen Purifier

May 2007

5/31/07 Hydrogen Engine Center Annual Meeting Showcases Tangible Technologies
5/31/07 Air Liquide to Supply Portable Hydrogen Fueling Systems to General Motors in the U.S.
5/31/07 QTWW up 22% today on non-H2FC news
5/31/07 Hydrogenics Regains Compliance With Nasdaq Minimum Bid Price Listing Requirement
5/31/07 Zongshen PEM Realizes First Sales and Gross Profit in First Quarter of 2007
5/31/07 Hy-Drive Moves to Strengthen its Management Team
5/31/07 EU project to develop first fuel-cell aircraft "The Polytechnic of Turin is leading the project, the goal of which is to develop an intercity aircraft that uses fuel cell technology for the propulsion system, and hydrogen storage." Cordis
5/31/07 Rochester, N.Y. to Host 'Fuel Cell 2007' Conference This June Greater Rochester Enterprise
5/31/07 HyPower Strengthens Business Advisory Board Adding Former VP of Operations from VitalAire a Subsidiary of Air Liquide
5/31/07 The Linde Group concludes the sale of non-BOC gases activities in the UK to Air Liquide
5/30/07 BLDP closes at new 16 month low $4.55
5/30/07 Energy Conversion Devices Co-Founder Stanford R. Ovshinsky Exercises Options for 23,000 Shares "exercised the options for $9.69 apiece Thursday and sold all of them the same day for $33.75 to $34.02 apiece" AP
5/30/07 360 Degrees Capital Partners To Invest Up To ?5 Mln In Electro Power Systems "will provide critical funding for R&D and business development activities to support the commercialization and distribution of ElectroPS's Electro7 product, a CE-certified fuel cell power system developed for the Business Continuity market" RTTNews
5/30/07 Sandia/Boeing collaboration targets aircraft fuel cell application "looking at the feasibility of using a hydrogen-powered fuel cell for providing backup power in aircraft"
5/30/07 INI Power Systems Closes Series B Equity Financing "developer of methanol-powered Laminar Flow Fuel Cell (LFFC®) systems . . . $4.0 million Series B equity financing . . ."
5/30/07 AeroVironment Achieves Electric Vehicle Fast Charge Milestone Test Rapidly Recharges a Battery Pack Designed for Use in Passenger Vehicles. 10 Minute Re-Charge Restores Enough Energy to Run Electric Vehicle for Two Hours at 60 Miles Per Hour
5/30/07 PTA Holdings, Inc. Acquires V-Flow Fuel Maximizer, Inc.; V-Flow Introduces a Revolutionary Hydrogen Fuel Saving System to Increase Gas Mileage by up to 50% for the Automotive and Truck Industry
5/29/07 Two new publications released by Canadian Hydrogen Association
5/29/07 Fuel Cell-Powered Ice Resurfacer Smoothes the Way to the Hydrogen Economy DOE-Funded Vehicle Proving that Hydrogen Fuel Cells are "Safe, Practical, and Ready" USDOE
5/29/07 Shifting Gears, GM Now Sees Green Push for Fuel-Saving Technology Includes Building the Volt, an Electric Car "This year, GM's research labs are scheduled to turn its hydrogen fuel-cell technology over to an engineering group that prepares new powertrains for commercial launch, a sign of increased determination to put hydrogen-powered vehicles on the road. GM executives acknowledge it is unclear whether these advanced-technology vehicles will ever come to market, much less generate a profit." Wall Street Journal
5/29/07 CORRECTED: Fuel cell firm IdaTech plans UK float Reuters
5/29/07 Hy-Drive Technologies Announces First Quarter 2007 Results
5/29/07 Hy-Drive Technologies Q1 loss widens to $2 million from year-earlier $1.4M CP
5/29/07 Subsidy hike for fuel-cell equipment "According to some fuel-cell makers, the price of the [residential] systems could be as low as 1.2 million yen [$9,885] per unit by 2009 if the subsidy system is introduced." The Daily Yomiuri
5/29/07 Fuel Cell Maker Acumentrics Wins 2007 New England Innovation Award
5/28/07 METI seeking 200 bil. yen over 5 yrs to develop post-gasoline cars "METI plans to develop electric vehicles, hydrogen and fuel cells, clean diesel power and biofuels in an effort to reduce the auto industry's dependence on oil by 20 percent from the current 100 percent in 2030. . . METI will request that 160 billion yen be earmarked over the five-year period, or 32 billion yen a year, to develop fuel cells so that fuel-cell vehicles become as affordable as gasoline-driven automobiles by 2030." Kyodo
5/28/07 New Hydrogen Separator Can Supply Fuel Cells From City Gas "can attach directly to a gas pipeline to supply hydrogen for fuel cells using city gas as the source." Nikkei
5/28/07 Astris Energi Reports Fiscal 2006 Results
5/28/07 Dynetek announces resignation of Michael Lang as a director
5/28/07 Jungheinrich Takes Part In A Study On The Use Of Direct Methanol Fuel Cells "concept study of a Jungheinrich electric fork lift truck powered with a direct methanol fuel cell" Jungheinrich
5/26/07 Toronto's ‘hydrogen village' Vancouver has its “hydrogen highway,” and Toronto is countering with the “hydrogen village,” although in fact there is neither a highway nor a village. Globe and Mail
5/26/07 Riding the hydrogen highway "expectations have to be tempered with a clear-eyed view of the challenges" Globe and Mail
5/26/07 Schwarzenegger touts hydrogen-fuelled cars "The test cars used by cities like Santa Monica - which are powered by an internal-combustion engine retrofitted to run on hydrogen fuel - have a maximum range of about 70 kilometres. The short range of today's hydrogen cars has forced Schwarzenegger to alter his original plan to fund hydrogen stations along California's major freeway. Instead, they are clustered around major urban centres for the convenience of municipal fleets." CanWest News Service
5/26/07 Table: Short Positions in NASDAQ H2FC Stocks as of 5/15/07
5/25/07 Running Cars on Hydrogen Made from Starch A new way to make hydrogen from corn or potatoes could make fuel-cell vehicles more practical "The new system produces a higher yield of hydrogen than previous experimental systems that used enzymes for converting sugars into hydrogen. But while the yield of hydrogen is high, so far the rates at which the gas is produced are extremely low. . ." MIT Technology Review
5/25/07 Researchers: starch, enzymes release hydrogen from water for fuel "Using their technology, the researchers claim the requisite 300-mile range consumers expect from gasoline-powered vehicles would require just a 12-gallon tank. A full tank would hold about 60 pounds of starch—the equivalent of about nine pounds of hydrogen. About six pounds of starch produces roughly the same energy as about one gallon of gasoline. . . a proprietary blend of 13 organic enzymes not found combined in nature" EE Times
5/25/07 European Parliament adopts declaration for the development of a hydrogen economy Bellona
5/25/07 Walt Robb acquires more MTI stock "Robb acquired 14,736 shares for $1.30 each on May 15 and an additional 55,217 shares on May 16 for $1.27 per share. He now owns 350,000 shares. Robb sits on the board of directors of the company . . ." Albany Times Union
5/25/07 Energy Conversion Director Stanford R. Ovshinsky Exercises Options for 73,000 Shares "In three Form 4's filed with the SEC Thursday, Stanford R. Ovshinsky reported he exercised the options Wednesday for $10.34 to $10.40 apiece and then sold all of the shares the same day for $34.40 to $36.29 apiece." AP
5/25/07 Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited (CFCL): May Newsletter
5/25/07 Full transcript of Medis conference call of May 9 with H2FC commentary
5/25/07 Biogas-Powered Acumentrics Fuel Cell System Featured in Stockholm Environmental Center
5/25/07 FuelCell Energy, Inc. Invites You to Its Second Quarter Results Web Broadcast On Tuesday, June 5, 2007 At 10:00 a.m. ET
5/25/07 BP scraps £500m Scottish hydrogen plant and carbon capture scheme "said the government's timetable, revealed in Wednesday's energy white paper, for a competition to win financing for a prototype plant was too slow" Guardian
5/25/07 SFC Sets Share Price at 37 Euros in IPO, Close to Top of Range Bloomberg
5/24/07 SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG issue successfully placed at €37 per share "A total of 2,395,275 shares were placed. Of these shares, 1,317,990 shares derive from a capital increase and 726,073 shares were previously owned by the selling shareholders. A further 351,212 shares, also previously owned by the selling shareholders, were made available for exercise of over-allotments. " F3C quote - Frankfurt
5/24/07 Air Products' Hydrogen Technology Now Operating in Chevron Hydrogen Company's Orlando, Florida Demonstration Fueling Station
5/24/07 Vancouver's mile zero for fuel-cell vehicles "Manufacturers hope to see hydrogen-powered cars in common use within the next eight years." straight.com
5/24/07 GE and BP Form Alliance to Develop and Deploy Hydrogen Power Technologies 90 Percent Carbon Capture and Sequestration for Power Plants Using Fossil Fuels "Initially, the companies expect to work together to apply GE's proprietary gasification and turbine technology to the development of five hydrogen power plants that would use petroleum coke or bituminous coal as feedstock. . ." GE Energy
5/24/07 $940,000 Grant from Connecticut Clean Energy Fund Approved for Middletown High School Fuel Cell Project "phosphoric acid fuel cell supplied by UTC Power"
5/24/07 MDTL short position for May up 18.28% to 11,385,960 shares
5/24/07 PLUG short position for May up 18.32% to 9,357,102 shares
5/24/07 FCEL short position for May up 17.69% to 12,136,602 shares
5/24/07 Plug Power Files 8-K "On February 15, 2007, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company recommended, and the full Board of Directors approved, the payment to Roger B. Saillant of a discretionary cash bonuses for 2006 in the amount of $48,750 based on Company and individual performance." sec.gov
5/24/07 Shell Hydrogen LLC and Virent Energy Systems, Inc. Announce Agreement to Manufacture Hydrogen Using Biomass
5/24/07 Air Products' Hydrogen Technology Now Operating in Chevron Hydrogen Company's Orlando, Florida Demonstration Fueling Station
5/24/07 Hybrid Portable Solid Oxygen Fuel Cells from NDEnergy
5/24/07 H2Gen Recognized for Developing Low-Cost Hydrogen Generator "DOE Hydrogen Program R&D Award"
5/23/07 First hydrogen fueling station in Florida opens in Orlando AP
5/23/07 Energy Dept.: Hydrogen claim has drawback Refuting professor, it says alumina waste would require costly recycling "A statement that DOE is ignoring a solution because of 'egos' goes against all the facts . . . the technical merit of Purdue University’s pre-proposal was judged insufficient to warrant the submission of a full proposal" MSNBC
5/23/07 IdaTech Announces European Marketing Agreement With Chloride Group PLC Agreement Will Promote Backup Power Fuel Cell Systems in Europe and Northern Africa
5/23/07 BMW to test world's 1st mass-produced liquid hydrogen cars in Japan Japan Today
5/23/07 Orlando area gets first fleet of hydrogen-fueled Ford buses "But hydrogen-powered vehicles won't be crowding the highways for at least another decade or two." Detroit News
5/23/07 Ford Motor Company Delivers First Ultra Clean Hydrogen Powered Buses to U.S. Customers Ford
5/23/07 Hy-Drive and Mining Technologies International Expand Partnership to International Markets
5/23/07 Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc. Invites Shareholders to Attend Its Annual Meeting Wednesday, May 30, 2007 in Algona, Iowa.
5/23/07 Viaspace Expands Asian Strategy by Teaming With e-Fuel Cell Technologies of Malaysia
5/23/07 Nation's Focus Is on Ohio for Growth and Investment in Fuel Cell Industry Symposium Highlights State's Attractive Qualities for Business Development and Technology Innovation in Fuel Cell Industry Ohio Business Development Coalition
5/22/07 U.S. Army Announces First Fuel Cell Safety Assessment Report for UltraCell® Company's XX25 Reformed Methanol Fuel Cell System Certified for Military Field Use; System to Ensure More Efficient, Reliable Mobile Communications "allows testing in field environments"
5/22/07 H2Gen Innovations Announces the Sale of Seven HGM Hydrogen Generation Units "will be used to process nuclear materials at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride Conversion Facilities"
5/22/07 Voller Energy to show fuel cell in Groundhog Cabin at Site Equipment Demonstration
5/22/07 Neah Power to Present at the Robins Group Emerging Opportunities Investment Conference
5/22/07 Hydrogen breakthrough could open the road to carbon-free cars "The [UK] team has tested thousands of solid-state compounds in search of a light, cheap, readily available material which would enable the absorption/desorption process to take place rapidly and safely at typical fuel cell operating temperatures. They have now produced a variety of lithium hydride (specifically Li4BN3H10) that could offer the right blend of properties. Development work is now needed to further investigate the potential of this powder. " Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
5/21/07 Honda's hydrogen fuel cell concept car to go into production next year "The age of the hybrid fuel cell car has arrived --- with a whisper." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
5/21/07 NEAH POWER SYSTEMS, INC. Files SEC form 10QSB, Quarterly Report
5/21/07 POWER AIR CORP Files SEC form 10QSB, Quarterly Report
5/21/07 Rio Tinto and BP Join Forces to Develop Clean Energy Worldwide "a new jointly-owned company, Hydrogen Energy"
5/21/07 Distributed Energy Board of Directors Elects Bernard H. Cherry as Its New Chairman
5/21/07 MEPs adopt written declaration on establishing a green hydrogen economy and a third industrial revolution European Parliament
5/21/07 SCE, Chevron Add Fuel to Region's Hydrogen Fuel Cell Demonstration Program Utility's Objective is to Demonstrate Safe, Practical Hydrogen Fuel Technologies in a Real-World Setting SCE
5/21/07 Quantum Awarded Contract to Develop Diesel Hybrid Electric Vehicles for U.S. Army "The contract has a total value of $4.88 million."
5/21/07 Cobasys NiMHax Battery Systems to Power Verizon Hybrid Service Vans
5/21/07 HydraStax® Completes First Stage of Certification
5/20/07 Hope builds on fuel cells Area's R&D base a key to attracting production for future vehicles "GM is years away from any decision on building plants to produce fuel cell cars. Any decision would likely be made in the early part of the next decade, said Larry Burns" Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
5/20/07 The Zero-Energy Solution "solar-hydrogen residence" NY Times Magazine
5/18/07 MCEL closes at new all time low $0.62
5/18/07 DISTRIBUTED ENERGY SYSTEMS CORP Files SEC form 8-K, Change in Directors or Principal Officers "On May 14, 2007, Dr. Robert W. Shaw, Jr., the chairman of the registrant’s board of directors, informed the registrant that he is resigning from the board of directors for health reasons as of May 18, 2007. On May 18, 2007, the board of directors elected Bernard H. Cherry as its new chairman."
5/18/07 SCE, Chevron Dedicate Hydrogen Fueling Station Southern California Edison
5/18/07 Plug Power leader optimistic Shareholders learn a new phase in growth is on the horizon "Saillant explained that such a revenue "lift-off" should occur within the next 18 months. He cautioned, however, that doesn't mean the company will become cash-positive or profitable." Times Union
5/18/07 PACIFIC FUEL CELL CORP Files SEC form 10QSB, Quarterly Report
5/18/07 Clean energy claim: Aluminum in your car tank Professor says Energy Department ‘egos’ blocking hydrogen breakthrough MSNBC
5/18/07 New fuel for 21st century -- aluminum pellets? Reuters
5/17/07 Acumentrics Opens New Canadian Office With Former Staff of Fuel Cell Technologies, Ltd.
5/17/07 MDTL closes at new 30 month low $11.80
5/17/07 BLDP closes at new 16 month low $4.58
5/17/07 Plug Power defends downstate program "Plug Power Inc. will hold its annual shareholder meeting today in New York City, where it is expected to highlight its recent Canadian acquisitions. But the fuel-cell company was defending itself Wednesday in the news media about an agreement with the Long Island Power Authority" Times Union
5/16/07 Fuel cell audit sought Charges that the low-emission units are substandard spurs legislator to scrutinize LIPA deal for devices Newsday
5/16/07 Ballard Power doesn't need automotive business to be profitable, CEO says "However Sheridan was careful not to put a precise date on when the company would be making money." CP
5/16/07 Chevy Sequel Drives Into History Books as First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle to Go 300 Miles without Refueling Auto Spectator
5/16/07 Hydrogen GM vehicles pass real-world test Detroit News
5/16/07 It's Not Easy Being Green "These days, Wall Street recoils from pure-play fuel cell companies. Several in the table below have seen their share price cut in half over the past year. Two trade below a buck. But Washington remains bullish on fuel cells." Forbes
5/16/07 SECA Fuel Cell Development Program Completes Phase I
5/14/07 Topsoe Fuel Cell has been granted DKK 17.1 million (EUR 2.3 million) for two projects within its solid oxide fuel cell development programme
5/16/07 Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Safety NHA
5/16/07 Ceres secures regional development agency funding for fuel cell manufacturing process development
5/16/07 Energy Dept. Awards $11.2 Million for Hydrogen Research National Labs, Universities
5/16/07 Millennium Cell and Gecko to Participate in Governor's Hurricane Conference in Florida
5/15/07 Editorial: Hydrogen cars may be a long time coming "Other technologies may be less expensive and more quickly implemented," acknowledged JoAnn Milliken, the director of the Hydrogen Program in Bush's Energy Department. "We could decide hydrogen is too far out for major investment" and that there are "other more promising initiatives to invest in." McClatchy Newspapers
5/15/07 GM says to have fuel cell vehicles in showrooms by 2012 Reuters
5/15/07 Astris Energi Provides Update On Financial Statement Filings and Notice of Annual and Special Meeting
5/15/07 MILLENNIUM CELL INC Files SEC form 10-Q, Quarterly Report
5/15/07 Hydrogenics Receives Contract From MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG to Provide Fuel Cell Power Unit for Berlin Hydrogen Bus Strong value proposition for auxiliary power fuel cell on board hydrogen ICE bus
5/15/07 NCMS Awards Millennium Cell Funding for Next Phase of Fuel Cartridge Manufacturing Development Work Will Focus on Cost Reduction and Robust Materials
5/15/07 Neah Announces Commencement of Testing on Fuel Cell Stack Architecture Action Keeps Company On Track To Deliver Initial Prototype In 3rd Quarter 2007
5/15/07 Cobasys Strengthens Hybrid Heavy-Duty Truck Activities with U.S. Army High- Tech Vehicles
5/15/07 ECOTALITY, INC. Files SEC form 10QSB, Quarterly Report
5/14/07 UltraCell to occupy UPS airport space "UltraCell has promised the state it will employ 235 people at the Dayton plant by January 2011 and 360 by January 2012" Dayton Daily News
5/14/07 BMW Hydrogen 7 hitting UK roads next week "The [eight] cars will be used as support vehicles at a number of high profile events over the summer, transporting key participants at industrial, business and political conferences. BMW will also offer a select group of high-profile VIP users who will also take delivery of a car for short periods of time in order to experience the ‘normality’ of emissions-free motoring." autospies.com
5/14/07 Neah Concludes Secondary Offering Total Gross Proceeds Raised Approximately $6,765,438
5/14/07 Coverage initiated on Ballard Power by Lazard Capital "Hold"
5/14/07 Quantum Signs Binding Letter of Intent to Acquire Stake in a German Solar Company "This acquisition is strategic to Quantum because of this solar company's involvement in the automotive industry through its fully integrated and validated solar roof modules being sold to European OEMs."
5/14/07 Van Hool, UTC Power Unveil Belgium's First Fuel Cell Bus
5/14/07 Ener1 Group, Inc. Raises $2.0 Million in Private Placement
5/14/07 CMR Fuel Cells announces Formation of a UK based Research Consortium "with its partners Johnson Matthey Plc and Accelrys Inc . . . will research and develop expertise in the areas of catalyst science and materials modelling to develop predictive methods for the development of advanced low-cost catalysts."
5/14/07 China's leap to fuel cells Shanghai races to build hydrogen infrastructure Detroit Free Press
5/11/07 MDTL trades at 2 year low $12.15
5/11/07 Fuel Cell CargoBike: Green, Yes. Fast? No Masterflex Wired
5/11/07 German cell maker SFC aims to raise 105 mln eur "SFC is offering up to 2.69 million shares priced at between 32 and 39 euros each. The subscription period will start on Monday and will run until May 24. The stock will start trading in the new segment the following day. . . Citibank is the bookrunner, with Sal. Oppenheim as the joint lead manager." Reuters
5/11/07 DESC closes at all time low down 45% today to 0.76
5/11/07 Neah Closes Secondary Offering (corrected version)
5/11/07 Distributed Energy's loss widens; shares plunge MarketWatch
5/11/07 LIPA chair to eye controversial fuel-cell deal Newsday
5/11/07 Hydrogenics Reports First Quarter 2007 Results Significant Cost Reduction Measures Implemented Increased Production and Orders in OnSite Generation Business "Revenues were $6.9 million for the first quarter of 2007, a 28% decrease in revenues over the fourth quarter of 2006."
5/11/07 Hydrogenics Receives Letter from Nasdaq Regarding Noncompliance with Minimum Bid Price Rule Hydrogenics will be provided 180 calendar days, or until November 6, 2007, to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Rule. This notification has no effect on the listing of the Company's common stock at this time. See H2FC Update
5/11/07 QuestAir Reports Second Quarter 2007 Results
5/11/07 QuestAir Appoints New Non-Executive Director "Mr. Blaney has 29 years of experience with various divisions of the Shell Group in Canada, Asia, and the USA, most recently as Director, Downstream Business, Shell (China) Limited."
5/10/07 MDTL closes at 17 month low $12.85
5/10/07 Honda promises hydrogen sedan in '08 "Honda wouldn't say how many 2008 FCXs it will offer. Just two current-generation FCXs are being used by individuals, who lease them for $500 a month." USA Today
5/10/07 Power + Energy, Inc. Gets Navy Contract For Hydrogen From High Sulfur Diesel Fuels Office of Naval Research awards $1M SBIR pact supports fuel cell used with logistical fuels
5/10/07 Distributed Energy Reports 1st Quarter Financial Results and Enters into Agreement with Perseus, L.L.C. "For the first quarter ended March 31, 2007, revenues increased to $8.4 million from $7.6 million in the same period of 2006. The net loss for the first quarter was $14.6 million, or $0.37 per share, compared with a net loss of $7.3 million, or $0.20 per share in same period of 2006."
5/10/07 DISTRIBUTED ENERGY SYSTEMS CORP Files SEC form 10-Q, Quarterly Report "We do not believe that our cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities on hand as of March 31, 2007, together with our currently forecasted revenues and existing backlog, will be sufficient to fund operations beyond the second quarter of 2007. . ." See H2FC Update
5/10/07 MEDIS TECHNOLOGIES LTD Files SEC form 10-Q, Quarterly Report sec.gov
5/10/07 PLUG POWER INC Files SEC form 10-Q, Quarterly Report sec.gov
5/10/07 Dynetek reports 2007 first quarter results Record Q1 cylinder and system sales and total revenues - Net income of $167,000 - Cash flow from operations of $2.1 million
5/10/07 DISTRIBUTED ENERGY SYSTEMS CORP Files SEC form 10-Q, Quarterly Report sec.gov
5/10/07 Energy Conversion Devices Executives to Present at Investor Events in May 2007
5/10/07 Plug Power To Hold 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders hursday, May 17, 2007 at 10 a.m. (EDT)
5/10/07 Acta launches new high performance catalyst for fuel cells "he HYPERMEC 3-Series anode electro-catalysts are platinum-free like their predecessors, yet offer 70% higher performance than the 2-Series. . . Peak power performance of over 250mW/cm2 at 80oC with ethanol fuel"
5/10/07 Acta encouraged by tests of new fuel-cell catalyst Reuters
5/10/07 Polyfuel Receives $2M Portable Fuel Cell Development Funding From U.S. Department of Energy
5/10/07 PolyFuel a Beneficiary of Key U.S. Department of Energy Portable Fuel Cell Development Funding Program Re-instatement Demonstrates Government's Strong Support of Practical Fuel Cell for Mobile Devices
5/10/07 Politics allegedly linked LIPA, Plug Power "Three one-time Plug Power directors, some with ties to LIPA or its predecessor, the Long Island Lighting Co., were high-level insiders in the administration of former Gov. George Pataki" Newsday
5/10/07 Houston Technology Center Announces $600,000 Award to Lynntech, Inc. By the Texas Emerging Technology Fund
5/10/07 Cease Trade Order - Palcan "for failing to file the documents indicated within the required time period" TSX Venture Exchange
5/10/07 County may get hydrogen shuttle San Mateo County Times
5/9/07 National Hydrogen Association Announces New Directors, Vice Chairman, and Secretary
5/9/07 Nanodynamics plans to raise $100 million in stock sale Initial public offering could fund new plant "to feed development of electricity-producing fuel cells and other new technologies . . . has worked on an array of products, from micro-engineered carbon material to golf balls designed to veer off course less than conventional ones" The Buffalo News
5/9/07 Mobiles to get micro fuel cells by 2009 STMicroelectronics Electronics Weekly
5/9/07 Hoku Scientific Shares Fall After Maker of Fuel Cell Parts Swings to 4th-Quarter Loss AP
5/9/07 HydroGen Corporation Reports Results for the Fiscal 2007 First Quarter "net loss was $3.15 million"
5/9/07 Medis Technologies Reports First Quarter Results "For the quarter ended March 31, 2007, the net loss attributable to common stockholders was $9,335,000, or $.27 per share"
5/9/07 MTI Reports First Quarter 2007 Results "For the three months ended March 31, 2007, the Company reported a net loss of $3,156 thousand, or $(0.08) per diluted share, on revenues of $2,316 thousand."
5/9/07 Hy-Drive Announces Executive Change "Andy Harmon, has resigned his position of CFO to address personal issues. Mr. Harmon will continue with the Company, in a non-officer, executive role."
5/8/07 Energy Conversion Devices Sees Double-Digit Revenue Growth in 4Q on Solar Cell Demand AP
5/8/07 Fuel Cell Industry Hosts Congressional Expo Capitol Hill Will Get First-Hand Look at Industry Progress US Fuel Cell Council
5/8/07 Energy Conversion Devices Reports Third Quarter 2007 Results
5/8/07 Successful performance of small-scale single cell unit during 500 hour trial AFC Energy
5/8/07 Energy Conversion Devices to Host Third Quarter Conference Call on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 5:00 p.m. EDT
5/8/07 MyTreo.net to Offer the Medis Technologies 24/7 Fuel Cell Power Pack Medis
5/8/07 From Waste to Watts: City of Rialto Teams with Chevron, FuelCell Energy to Turn Restaurant Grease Into Renewable Power Ultra-clean fuel cell system will use biogas produced by kitchen grease to power wastewater treatment plant, reduce energy costs, grow city revenues, improve air quality Chevron Corporation
5/8/07 Plug Power expands reach Latham company buys Canadian lift truck maker in a $10 million deal Albany Times Union
5/8/07 Driving Michelin's Zero-Pollution Car Working in a skunkworks in Switzerland, researchers have developed the Hy-Light, a fuel-cell car that drives 80 mph and refuels at a solar-powered pump BusinessWeek
5/7/07 Medis 24/7 Power Pack Fuel Cell - Starter Kit - PRE-ORDER NOW! MyTreo.net
5/7/07 Fuel Cell Power Pack - Sweet New Treo Accessory MyTreo.net
5/7/07 Almost $7 million is coming to the Dayton area to support fuel cell advancement projects UltraCell bizjournals
5/7/07 Acumentrics Demonstrates Extended Operation of Fuel Cells on Synthetic JP-8 Diesel Fuel
5/7/07 Plug Power shares rally on acquisition, supply agreement AP
5/7/07 Ballard Signs Supply Agreement With Plug Power for Materials Handling Market "Ballard will supply Plug Power with fuel cell stacks for all of Plug Power's commercial sales in the materials handling market (including the requirements of Cellex Power and General Hydrogen) through April 2009."
5/7/07 Plug Power Announces Acquisition of General Hydrogen "Plug Power paid approximately USD 10 million, consisting of approximately USD 7 million in cash and the assumption of USD 3 million in senior secured loans previously made by Plug Power to General Hydrogen, for all of the outstanding capital stock of General Hydrogen. In addition, the shareholders of General Hydrogen received warrants to purchase up to 571,429 shares of Plug Power Common Stock."
5/7/07 MTI Instruments Growing Presence in Japan Results in Record Orders
5/7/07 United Solar Ovonic Receives Order for $5.8 million of Photovoltaic Products from Unimetal in Italy
5/7/07 Viaspace Receives First International Order for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Humidity Sensor
5/4/07 Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Buses For Vancouver 2010 Games
5/4/07 Canadian Engineering Students Unveil Their Innovative Fuel Cell Vehicle "Hydrogenics Corporation, also a sponsor, supplied the university with the fuel cell and provided technical support." Natural Resources Canada
5/4/07 US based Hydrogen Electric Racing Federation postpones launch of racing activities "by a year, until 2010 . . . competitors planning to take part in the new racing series said that they would not be able to meet the original launch target. eems
5/4/07 QuestAir Announces Second Quarter Fiscal 2007 Conference Call Friday, May 11, 2007, at 7:00 a.m. PST
5/4/07 SC Launch! Funds Hydrogen Fuel Cell Fork Lift Demonstration Project Hydrogenics SC Launch!
5/4/07 Hy-Drive On the Move new facility, product deployments
5/4/07 Acer: No major laptop battery improvement in offing Fuel-cells and other power technology for laptop PCs won't likely be available for years, an Acer executive says IDG News
5/4/07 Better Catalysts for Fuel Cells Nanoparticles with a completely new shape may lead to cheaper catalysts that could make many experimental-energy technologies more practical. MIT Technology Review
5/3/07 Acumentrics, Maker of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Power Systems and Rugged Uninterruptible Power Supplies, Launches New, Enhanced Website for Customer Satisfaction
5/3/07 Protonex Announces Additional Contract and Key Hire for Commercialization Program "awarded a second contract with the Ann Arbor-based National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) with a total program value of $400,000 to continue to increase the manufacturability of its fuel cell products"
5/3/07 Millennium Cell Awarded Program to Develop Enhanced Fuel Cartridge Design for U.S. Air Force Lightweight Cartridge to Provide Unlimited Shelf Life and Increased Energy Density for Military Applications "primary focus of this effort is to enable the flexibility for field-hydration of cartridges so that the warfighter can activate the fuel by adding field-quality water at the point-of-use on missions"
5/3/07 MTI to Discuss 2007 First Quarter Results and Activities During Conference Call on May 9, 2007
5/2/07 Beer maker, scientists to create energy "The fuel cell is essentially a battery in which bacteria consume water-soluble brewing waste such as sugar, starch and alcohol. . . t's not going to make an enormous amount of power - its primarily a waste water treatment that has the added benefit of creating electricity" AP
5/2/07 MCEL closes at new all time low $0.79
5/2/07 Zongshen PEM Power Systems Inc. Announces Year-End Financial Results for 2006
5/2/07 Hybrid battery maker Cobasys LLC has put the expansion at its Springboro plant on hold
5/2/07 Medis Technologies Schedules First Quarter Financial Results and Conference Call Wednesday, May 9, 2007
5/2/07 Energy Conversion Devices to Host Third Quarter Conference Call on Tuesday, May 8, 2007
5/2/07 Viaspace Expands Focus on Energy Products Including New Opportunities in Clean Energy Sector
5/1/07 FuelCell Energy Saves Money While Being Environmentally Friendly NBC30
5/1/07 FCEL down 5.26% on heavy volume of 4.6M shares [Could bad news for FCEL on "Project 100" proposals be leaking out? No info available on Project 100 web site.]
5/1/07 H2FC Table of Short Positions as of 4/13/07
5/1/07 Hydrogen & Fuel Cells 2007 tackles technical, environmental challenges gasworld.com
5/1/07 Quantum Signs Strategic Agreement for Distribution of Alternative Fuel Systems in India "for compressed natural gas (CNG), blends of natural gas and hydrogen, and liquid petroleum gas (LPG)"
5/1/07 Hydrogen Fuel Comes to Florida Chevron "H2Gen Innovations' . . . hydrogen converter uses methane, a natural gas component, to convert clean-burning hydrogen fuel through a steam refinery process" Convenience Store News
5/1/07 More to B.C.'s 'Hydrogen Highway' than transportation Wider deployment of fuel cells possible The Province
5/1/07 HTC Hydrogen Technologies Corp. (dba "HTC Purenergy") Announces $5,000,000 Bought Deal Financing

April 2007

4/30/07 Eden Energy acquires Chicago's HyRadix Inc
4/30/07 DOE Releases Request for Information (RFI) on a Planned Hydrogen Storage Engineering Science Center of Excellence
4/30/07 B.C. funds go to 'world's first' hydrogen bus fleet and fuelling stations "Premier Gordon Campbell told an international hydrogen and fuel cells conference Monday the province will provide $45 million towards the production of 20 buses and development of hydrogen fuelling stations in Whistler and Victoria." CP
4/30/07 H2Gen Innovations appoints former Ex-Im CFO as Chief Financial Officer
4/30/07 Woz’s and Buzz Aldrin’s hydrogen-powered Hummer trip to South Pole provokes environmentalists MacDailyNews
4/30/07 Astris Energi Provides Update On Financial Statement Filings "will delay the filing of its annual financial statements (including its MD&A) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 . . . The delay is primarily due to the unexpected death of the controller of the Company at the end of January 2007 . . ."
4/30/07 Alternative-Energy Stocks Go Mainstream FCEL TheStreet.com
4/30/07 Market Regulation Services - Trade Resumption - Palcan Power Systems Inc. - PC
4/30/07 HydroGen Corporation to Present at Jefferies & Company's 3rd Global Clean Technology Conference
4/30/07 Micro fuel cells to hit mainstream in 2010 "the technology has been plagued by high costs, lack of standards, financial losses and bad publicity . . . market is projected to range from $50-to-$100 million in sales by 2010, jumping to $100-to-$200 million by 2011, according to Angstrom Power." EE Times
4/30/07 Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Power Air Corporation's Groundbreaking Contribution to Power Generation Frost & Sullivan
4/30/07 Hydrogen Highway fuelling new hopes Globe and Mail
4/29/07 Fuel-cell cars in showrooms by 2015: industry experts Globe and Mail
4/28/07 On the Road, Hope for a Zero-Pollution Car NY Times
4/28/07 Hydrogen's second coming: A Universe of Promise (and a Tankful of Caveats) NY Times
4/28/07 Hydrogen Made on the Scene NY Times
4/28/09 At Milepost 1 on the Hydrogen Highway Any discussion of a future generation of hydrogen cars inevitably leads to the same question: Where will I fill the tank? NY Times
4/27/07 Clean, green alcohol DMFCs for laptops PC Authority
4/27/07 Plug's Powerless Quarter ". . . Plug received only three new orders for its GenCore power systems in Q1 2007, down from 52 orders in Q1 2006. So the product isn't exactly catching like wildfire. . ." Motley Fool via MSNBC
4/27/07 Hy-Drive Technologies announces annual 2006 results Net loss: $6,381,928
4/27/07 Plug Power hopes for jolt from buyout Fuel-cell maker loses $11.2M in quarter but looks to expand reach "Cellex's products will eventually be manufactured in Latham, although the "stack" that is used to make the fuel cells will still be supplied by Ballard Power Systems, another fuel-cell company based near Vancouver that Plug has been working with on a research and development project. . . Saillant said Plug would have to sell between 7,000 and 9,000 units a year to become profitable . . ." Times Union
4/24/07 AFC Energy plc: Admission to AIM - First Day of Dealings "The Company's primary route to commercialisation is to provide fuel cells to industries that produce hydrogen in large amounts as waste or by-product, such as the chlor-alkali industry" | AIM:AFC quote
4/26/07 Blog: Guest Post: Take a Tour of California's Hydrogen Highway -- Part 1 John Addison serves on the Board of the California Hydrogen Business Council. Green Options
4/26/07 Russia's achievements in hydrogen energy arouse great interest in Hanover Budapest Journal
4/24/07 Energy Revolution: European MPs bring extra support to the Fuel Cell industry "Tuesday night in Strasbourg, Members of the European Parliament brought extra support to the fuel cell industry after discussing with Fuel Cell Europe the key role these energy conversion devices can play in addressing Europe’s energy challenges, during a two hour discussion round table. . ."
4/23/07 Simple filter may inspire smaller fuel cells "The device, developed by Chinese researchers, extracts by-products that normally impair the efficiency of "direct methanol" fuel cells (DMFCs), without requiring extra power." New Scientist
4/26/07 MCEL closes at new 29-month low $0.86
4/26/07 HYGS closes at new all time low $0.88
4/25/07 All-Composite Tank Technology for Nasa Ideal for Automotive Alternative Fuel Applications Scorpius SLC
4/26/07 Ballard Power woes continue after contract delayed "[Ballard] recently received bad news after client General Hydrogen Corp. delayed forklift fuel cell orders pending its possible acquisition by Plug Power Inc. As a result, Ballard's six-month old contract with General Hydrogen, which is supposed to contribute US$22 million in revenue for 2007-2008, is at risk, according to RBC Capital analyst" National Post
4/26/07 Linde and BOC Demonstrate Hydrogen Expertise at Canada Fuel Cell Conference
4/26/07 ECD Ovonics' Battery Subsidiary Grants Patent License to G4 Synergetics "G4 Synergetics Incorporated was formed in 2005. G4 is developing a range of battery products, including NiMH, at its development facility in Florida and has a manufacturing facility in Juarez, Mexico."
4/26/07 BLDP trading at new 52-week lows 4.85
4/26/07 Plug Power Installs 63 GenCore® Systems In First Quarter 2007 Reports Q1 results
4/26/07 Hydrogenics to Announce First Quarter Results on Morning of Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders May 11, 2007
4/26/07 Toyota to Continue Providing Residential Fuel Cell Cogeneration System for Government Project
4/26/07 Pacific Fuel Cell Corp. Announces Appointment of Chuck Tanzola as VP Technology
4/26/07 Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc. COO to Present at FSX Conference
4/25/07 Millennium Cell Reports First Quarter Results "net loss for the quarter ended March 31, 2007 of $2.7 million, or $0.05 per share, as compared to $2.7 million, or $0.06 per share in the same period of 2006"
4/25/07 Millennium Cell Receives Nasdaq Deficiency Notice Related to Minimum Bid Price "According to Nasdaq regulations, Millennium Cell will be provided 180 calendar days, or until October 22, 2007, to regain compliance. This letter has no effect on the listing of the Company's common stock at this time."
4/25/07 Medis Technologies Responds to Announcement of Lawsuit - Asserts It Lacks Merit "Medis reaffirmed the truthfulness of its April 13, 2007 press release upon which the lawsuit was premised and further stated that a third party article elaborating upon such press release and cited in the plaintiff's complaint was materially inaccurate and that Medis had so informed its author prior to the article's publication and told him not to publish the article."
4/25/07 Fuel cell maker sued for Microsoft claims "in the portable fuel cell world, shipping 50 units would be a pretty historic order. So far, most companies have only produced and shown off a few prototypes" CNET
4/25/07 Medis Says It Will Challenge Lawsuit That Accuses It of Misleading Investors AP
4/25/07 BMW in talks with China government on hydrogen-powered vehicles China Knowledge
4/25/07 Linde launches hydrogen website
4/25/07 Case adds fuel cell leader "Case Western Reserve University has recruited an administrator from the Georgia Institute of Technology to lead the Wright Fuel Cell Group" Crain's Cleveland Business
4/24/07 Ballard scales back sales expectations for two customers, holds to revenue outlook "Sales from clients General Hydrogen and Cellex Power slipped below Ballard's expectations as both companies work on different stages of buyout talks with Plug Power." CP
4/24/07 MDTL's reported short position as of 4/13/07 at all time high of 9,625,950 shares up 2.51% since 3/15/07 nasdaqtrader.com
4/24/07 A volume hydrogen fuel cell car from GM by 2012? Motor Trend
4/24/07 Samsung patents hydrogen fuel cell for phones mad4mobilephones.com
4/24/07 Appalachian State Energy Center Co-hosts Third International Hydrail Conference "The conference, also hosted by Nuvera Fuel Cells, will feature a tour of Nuvera’s ForzaTM 125kW fuel cell power system, the same technology that powered the world’s first hydrogen train last September."
4/24/07 Ballard Power Q1 revenue up 44% to US$13.6M; net loss $14.3M Canadian Press
4/24/07 Versa Power's Prototype Fuel Cell Power Plant Surpasses Energy Department Performance and Economic Goals as Clean Electricity Source Versa Power Proceeds with Program to Apply Its Solid Oxide Technology in Developing Utility-Scale Power Plant with FuelCell Energy Versa Power Systems
4/24/07 FuelCell Energy and Versa Power Successfully Complete SECA Phase I Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Program Six Months Early FuelCell Energy
4/24/07 Ballard Announces 2007 First Quarter Results "loss from continuing operations for the three months ended March 31, 2007 of $14.5 million"
4/24/07 Hydrogen Engine Center Ships Solution to Global Warming and Carbon Pollution for International Chemical Industry
4/24/07 UltraCell® Receives Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Innovation Company's Reformed Methanol Fuel Cell (RMFC) Technology Honored for Revolutionizing Portable Electronics
4/23/07 Cell splits water to produce hydrogen via sunlight Washington University in St. Louis
4/23/07 GM's New Fuel-Cell Car The flexible electric car platform is innovative, but the fuel-cell version is freighted with hydrogen's flaws. "swapping out the generator for a fuel cell may be a step backward. That is in part because producing the hydrogen needed to power the fuel-cell version could increase rather than decrease energy demand, and it may not make sense economically" MIT Technology Review
4/23/07 General Motors Unveils Second Propulsion System for Chevrolet Volt - E-Flex Hydrogen Fuel Cell Continues Move Toward Electric Drive "GM's fifth-generation fuel cell system is half the size of its predecessor, yet it provides the same power and performance. The fourth generation currently powers the Chevrolet Sequel concept vehicle. The Sequel stores 8 kg of hydrogen and delivers a range of 300 miles (483 km). The fuel cell Volt will also deliver 300 miles of range, but with only 4.0 kg of hydrogen (75 miles / kg)." The Auto Channel
4/23/07 Latest Version of Chevrolet Volt Gets a Hydrogen Fuel Cell "said it plans to build 100 of its fuel-cell cars late this year or in 2008 and distribute them in the U.S., Europe and Asia for testing by the public." Edmunds
4/23/07 Hy-Drive Technologies Schedules 2006 Results and Company Update Conference Call Thursday, April 26th
4/23/07 The Brualdi Law Firm Announces Class Action Lawsuit Against Medis Technologies Ltd.
4/23/07 Medis Technologies Sued Over Announcement of Microsoft Deal, Stands by Story "sources inside the software giant, who asked not to be named, said the order was for less than $15,000, which corresponds to about 1,600 units at the wholesale price of $9" AP
4/23/07 Akzo deal helps fuel AFC Energy "the company is due to start trading on AIM tomorrow" The Independent
4/23/07 Medis Tech Backs Statements On Microsoft Sale, Faces Lawsuit "Lifton said Monday that Udis - a consultant with the company - was misquoted, and that Medis has tried to correct the mistake with Greentech. Greentech said it stands by the piece, but confirmed that a Medis spokesman had said Udis misspoke. . . a lawyer with Rosen, said the law firm currently has one plaintiff on record for the class action lawsuit filed in the Southern District of New York . . ." Dow Jones/WSJ
4/23/07 The Rosen Law Firm Files Securities Class Action Charging Medis Technologies, Ltd. With Violations of the Federal Securities Laws
4/23/07 Ceramic Fuel cells Ltd.: Trading Update of Quarter Ended March 2007 | financial tables
4/23/07 Senate Energy Committee Begins Hearings on Energy Efficiency Promotion Act AP
4/22/07 Fuel of the future far from being a reality Chicago Sun Times
4/21/07 H2FC Update: Ambulance chaser threatens nuisance lawsuit over Medis PR flap
4/20/07 Megawatt-class SOFC fuel-cell power plant to power up for 2008 EnBW and Siemens "necessary groundwork scheduled to be completed by 2008. . . installed capacity of one megawatt, in 2012." Engineering News
4/20/07 Plug Power in talks for fuel cell maker General Hydrogen Corp. would be the company's second acquisition out of Vancouver Times Union
4/20/07 Energy Conversion shares fall on restructuring plan Marketwatch
4/20/07 Fuel cells to power South Africa's remote locations "The $3-million grant awarded by the Inter-national Finance Cor-poration (IFC) to South African company IST Holdings, and US partner Plug Power, to install 400 fuel cells in remote locations and cities of South Africa is 10% complete" Engineering News
4/19/07 GM Unveils Hydrogen-Powered Volt Concept in Shanghai AP
4/19/07 Fuel cells move into data centres "Tru Vue, a picture framing and glazing product manufacturer, is the first US company to use American Power Conversion's InfraStruxure data centre enclosure, with a power and cooling system that has been updated to include fuel cells." Hydrogenics TechWorld
4/19/07 Fuel Cell Industry Requests Long-Term Tax Incentive Ways and Means Subcommittee Examines Incentives for Alternative Energy Technologies USFCC
4/19/07 Ballard: Proxy Statement Annual Meeting on May 16, 2007
4/19/07 Medis Tecnologies: Preliminary Proxy Statement Annual Meeting on July 17, 2007 sec.gov
4/17/07 Tech Tips: Going Green Medis FOX5 TV, New York
4/19/07 FuelCell Energy, Inc. Underwriters Exercise Over-Allotment Option "closed on their over-allotment option to purchase an additional 365,000 shares of FuelCell Energy common stock and have concluded the offering."
4/19/07 ECD Ovonics Announces Organizational Restructuring Plan and Preliminary Third Quarter Revenue "ECD Ovonics will host a conference call today at 4:30 pm EDT to discuss the restructuring plan. . ."
4/19/07 Hydrogenics Signs Multiple Orders Toward Development of Pre-Commercial Fuel Cell Markets Power module orders from nine customers include repeat order to The Toro Company for ongoing development of fuel cell utility vehicles
4/19/07 Neah Power Receives US Patent for Fabricating Porous Silicon-Based Structures; Eleventh Patent Reinforces Leading Position in Micro Fuel Cells
4/19/07 Neodym launches ProtiSen™ hydrogen sensor
4/19/07 Four More Countries Turn to Hy-Drive Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland Sign On
4/19/07 ECOtality, Inc. Engages GreenMountain Engineering to Accelerate Hydratus™ Development
4/19/07 Renewable hydrogen energy - an answer to the energy crisis Harvesting solar energy to produce renewable, carbon free and cost effective hydrogen as an alternative energy source is the focus of a new £4.2 million research programme Imperial College London
4/18/07 Superprotonic Raises Funds to Accelerate Development and Commercialization US Venture Partners Leads and Dow Venture Capital Joins the Round "Superprotonic is pioneering the use of solid acids as fuel cell electrolytes."
4/18/07 Plug Power Announces Negotiations With General Hydrogen
4/18/07 H2 ECOnomy unveils a groundbreaking renewable energy combination
4/18/07 Ceramic Fuel Cells Signs Partnership Agreement with Germany's Forschungszentrum Julich
4/18/07 Millennium Cell and Kuchera Defense Systems Enter into Strategic Relationship Kuchera Acquires License to Manufacture and Sell Fuel Cartridges; Kuchera and MCEL to Co-Develop PowerSkin(TM) Fuel Cell Products
4/18/07 MTI Micro to Receive Up to $1.8 Million In Funding from The U.S. Department of Energy "Office of Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technologies has reinstated MTI Micro's funding for a cost-shared program originally awarded in May 2004"
4/18/07 Energy Conversion Devices to Hold Corporate-Update Conference Call for Investors and Analysts on Thursday, April 19, 2007
4/18/07 Plug Power to Announce First Quarter Results Thursday, April 26
4/18/07 Millennium Cell to Host First Quarter Conference Call Thursday, April 26
4/17/07 Supplier: Microsoft to Brand, Sell Consumer Fuel-Cell Chargers "Medis executives said Microsoft will brand the products as its own and sell them as portable recharging stations for consumer devices. A Microsoft representative confirmed the purchase Tuesday afternoon. . ." ExtremeTech
4/17/07 Astris Energi Signs Binding Letter of Intent to Sell Assets for Consideration of US$5.8 Million "to sell substantially all of its assets . . . On closing, existing management would resign both as officers and directors of the Company. It is the intention of the Board of the Company to appoint a new CEO with a mandate to utilize the remaining cash and residual tax losses to seek a new business opportunity."
4/17/07 Microsoft in deal for fuel cells "A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed that the company made “a small” purchase from Medis." CNET
4/17/07 Microsoft says it has no plans to sell fuel cell chargers MarketWatch [MarketWatch=Herb Greenberg]
4/17/07 Ballard Announces 2007 First Quarter Financial Results Conference Call Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at 8:00 a.m. PST
4/17/07 Intelligent Energy raises over $17 million
4/17/07 Ener1 Appoints Subhash Dhar as President "Dhar previously was the President of Ovonic Battery Company Inc. & Chief Operating Officer of Ovonic Fuel Cell Company"
4/17/07 SatCon's High Reliability Product Line Expands New Products for Alternative Energy, Avionics and Aerospace
4/16/07 Quantum Partners With Major Chinese Automaker to Develop and Commercialize Advanced Vehicles "hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles, manufacture of gaseous fuel components, and integration of advanced propulsion systems"
4/16/07 Power Air Announces $2.19 Million Loan
4/16/07 Chinese Fuel Cell Patent Issued to Caltech Viaspace Inc.
4/16/07 FuelCell Energy Up on Lazard "Buy" Initiation FuelCell Energy Rises on Cheery Analyst Note Citing Bookings Prospects AP
4/16/07 Fuel-cell charger developed for Microsoft IDG News
4/15/07 A Leap For Fuel Cells: Connecticut Is Backing Showcase Plants To Feed Electricity Grid FCEL Harford Courant
4/13/07 Medis Begins Fuel-Cell Shipments To Microsoft "rose as high as 32% Friday . . . Chief Executive Robert Lifton, in an interview with Dow Jones, wouldn't say how many power packs were sold to Microsoft or give details, citing the sensitivity of negotiations with other customers. “We anticipate more deals,” Lifton said, adding Medis could eventually have trouble keeping up with demand. . ." Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal
4/13/07 Microsoft to sell fuel cells "Microsoft was unable to provide a spokesperson by press time, but [business development manager Andrew Udis] confirmed Microsoft intends to offer the devices to the public. “They've branded the product and plan to sell these around the world.”" inside greentech
4/13/07 MDTL: Microsoft Order Announcement Is Cleanly Validating Good News; Reiterate Buy and $36 Target Price Brean Murray, Carret & Co., LLC
4/13/07 Medis Technologies Begins Commercial Sales of Its Fuel Cell 24/7 Power Pack "The first shipment of Microsoft branded 24/7 Power Packs were made today."
4/13/07 World's first hydrogen fuel train tested in Taiwan People's Daily
4/13/07 Russia to present hydrogen energy projects in Hanover RIA Novosti
4/12/07 Fuel Cells Help Casino Generate Energy UTC Fuel Cells at Mohegan Sun Casino WFSB.com
4/9/07 Fuel-cell jet could someday fly at 560 mph while sipping fuel SciFi.com
4/12/07 Las Vegas Valley Water District Dedicates Hydrogen Refueling Station Facility Uses Solar Power to Generate, Store Clean-Burning Hydrogen
4/12/07 BASF Fuel Cell presents its activities: New technologies and innovative materials
4/12/07 Thirty hydrogen cars to Iceland Iceland Review
4/12/07 Gasified coal may power fuel cells UPI
4/12/07 DOE to Invest up to $8.2 Million for Hydrogen Storage Research "Four projects selected seek to develop high capacity materials that could enable hydrogen storage systems for fuel cell vehicles to meet customer expectations in terms of driving range and performance. Two projects will also focus on understanding material safety to help select the most appropriate materials for use in future vehicles." US DoE
4/12/07 Heliocentris and Parker Energy Systems Sign Distribution Agreement
4/12/07 PolyFuel Receives Two Membrane Related U.S. Patents "hydrocarbon membranes"
4/12/07 PolyFuel gains two key fuel cell patents EE Times
4/11/07 Ford apologizes after joke on Bush blows up "The No. 2 U.S. automaker has apologized after Mulally said his claim that he had intervened to prevent U.S. President George W. Bush from plugging an electrical cord into the hydrogen tank of an experimental Ford vehicle had been meant as a joke." CNN
4/11/07 Protonex to Demonstrate Its First Reformer-Based Fuel Cell Product at Hannover Fair
4/11/07 Japanese Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Patents Issued to Caltech Viaspace
3/31/07 Cape Wind Moves Forward in Permitting Process
4/10/07 FuelCell Energy Announces Closing On Sale of 9,000,000 Shares of Common Stock
4/10/07 Nippon Oil, Cosmo Oil link up in fuel cell sector "Under the agreement, which is valid for one year with provision for automatic renewal, the two firms will work together on the marketing and development of fuel cells. The two firms are currently undergoing a feasibility study and aim to start selling fuel cells to the general public from 2009, a Nippon Oil spokesman said." Reuters
4/10/07 New England's First Fuel Cell-powered Hybrid Bus Begins Service In Hartford UTC Power
4/10/07 Neah Power Receives Additional U.S. Patent for Silicon-Based Electrodes Tenth Patent Reinforces Company's Leading Position in Fuel Cells, Also Covers Use Of Porous Silicon For Battery Electrodes
4/10/07 Micro fuel cells poised for big growth in portables EE Times
4/9/07 University of Delaware unveils hydrogen-powered bus that produces no pollutants "A consortium consisting of EBus, Ballard Power Systems, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Air Liquide Advanced Technologies U.S., and the Delaware Transit Corp. has been assembled for this project." UDaily
4/9/07 Hydrogen-fueled CATA bus aims to accommodate students The bus, which cost $80,000 to renovate, will be appearing on the streets in a few weeks. The Collegian (Penn State)
4/9/07 Protonex Awards Millennium Cell Subcontract to Develop Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Fuel Systems [Value of contract not disclosed]
4/9/07 Pacific Fuel Cell Corp. Announces the First Shipment of Bipolar Plates from New Manufacturing Facility in Willoughby, Ohio
4/9/07 Lean, mean and green Stalled on the hydrogen highway, fuel cells are now the focus of a race to create the AA battery of tomorrow. Angstrom, Tekion National Post
4/2007 Soldier devices create voracious demand for better batteries "Current plans call for the use of military and commercial standard batteries through 2010, Stone said. Hybrid power systems, using sources including fuel cells and standard batteries, are to be introduced in the 2010 to 2014 timeframe. At that point, the Army hopes to have one common battery on the soldier powering all his systems." UltraCell, Protonex, EFOY National Defense
4/9/07 Viaspace Signs Teaming Agreement With Tokai Bussan Co., Ltd. of Japan
4/9/07 American Associates Group, Inc. Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Clean Hydrogen Producers Ltd.
4/8/07 Powerfully Mixed Messages at the [New York Auto] Show "a landmark Supreme Court ruling on greenhouse gas emissions wafted a message to the petrol-fueled party in Manhattan: enjoy the fun while it lasts" NY Times
4/7/07 Plug it in, fire it up, Mr. President "Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally . . . told journalists at the New York auto show that he intervened to prevent President Bush from plugging an electrical cord into the hydrogen tank of Ford's hydrogen-electric plug-in hybrid at the White House last week. . ." Detroit News
4/7/07 Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp ("SAIC") to debut fuel cell sedan at Shanghai show "based on the fourth generation of fuel cell technology developed by SAIC" Shanghai Daily
4/6/07 Mechanical Technology Inc.: Proxy Statement sec.gov
4/6/07 Blog: Let Loose in Midtown in a Gazillion-Dollar Hydrogen Car! "this week Ford let me take their $2 million prototype Edge HySeries for spin on the mean streets of Manhattan" PHOTOS! Wired
4/5/07 Energy Department Plans to Provide $14 Million for Plug-In Hybrid Battery Research AP
4/6/07 Fuel Cell Powered Micro-CHP to Debut at 2007 Hannover Fair Acumentrics
4/5/07 HYGS closes at new all time low $0.92
4/5/07 Plug Power Announces Distribution Partnership in India Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd. (TCIL) to Market, Install, Service Fuel Cell Product Line
4/5/07 Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc. Demonstrates Its Hydrogen-Fueled 4 + 1™ Power Generator System
4/5/07 OTCPicks.com Announces Initiation of Profile Coverage for Viaspace, Inc. "OTCPicks.com has been compensated twelve thousand dollars for by a third party for VSPC advertising and promotional services. OTCPicks.com is not a registered investment advisers or broker/dealer."
4/4/07 U.S. cities hot for hydrogen Las Vegas' hydrogen station and automotive fleet attracts so many tour requests that its director is starting an educational program to keep up with the demand. CNET
4/4/07 ENrG Inc. Receives NYSERDA Contract for Bi-Electrode Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cell System High-Efficiency, Alternative Energy Technology Seen as Significant in Meeting Immediate Military Needs And Further Development for Commercial Applications
4/4/07 H2FC Table: Short Positions as of 3/15/07
4/3/07 Interview: Medis CEO Robert K. Lifton 11 minutes mn1.com
4/4/07 FuelCell Energy Announces Sale of 9,000,000 Shares of Common Stock "net proceeds to the company of approximately $62.8 million"
4/4/07 Nuvera to Supply The Toro Company with PowerFlow™ Fuel Cell System for Integration into the Toro® Workman® Utility Vehicle
4/4/07 Nuvera to pimp Toro power mowers with fuel cells Mass High Tech
4/4/07 Plug Power Announces Completion of Cellex Power Acquisition
4/4/07 Hy-Drive Welcomes Mr. Gerard Sauer to Hy-Drive Advisory Panel "currently the Chief Executive Officer of AFC Energy"
4/3/07 AIST and Others Develop Compact and High Density Output Micro Fuel Cells "ultra small sugar cube-sized solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) which has the highest output of over 2W and is compatible in the operational temperature of below 600 Celsius" JCNetwork
4/3/07 High court ruling a green light Alternative-energy stocks gain momentum as clean-fuel search grows MarketWatch
4/3/07 FuelCell Energy Announces 9,000,000 Share Offering of Common Stock Proceeds to be Used for General Corporate Purposes Including Capital Expenditures [See H2FC Update]
4/3/07 Quick Take: FuelCell Pumps, Dumps Motley Fool
4/3/07 Hydrogen: More polluting than petroleum? "[hydrogen is] not completely dead, but the arguments against it are getting stronger" CNET
4/3/07 Commission in search of blueprint for hydrogen Joint Technology Initiatives European Commission
4/3/07 Protonex: Closing of Mesoscopic Devices Acquisition and US$27.6 million Placing
4/3/07 Rolls-Royce Grows Global Fuel Cells Capability With US Acquisition "acquired the assets of Ohio- based SOFCo-EFS Holdings LLC from McDermott International Inc."
4/3/07 Fuel Cells 2000 Releases the Ninth Edition of The Fuel Cell Directory
4/3/07 HyPower Announces Hydrogen Research Partnership with Middle Tennessee State University
4/3/07 Cobasys Confirms Facility Expansion for Nickel Metal Hydride and Lithium Systems Development Company expanding NiMH capabilities and evaluating several leading lithium technologies
4/2/07 Ballard Secures Fuel Cell Bus Field Service Contracts "Mercedes-Benz fuel cell bus fleets in Hamburg and Amsterdam in 2007 and 2008"
4/2/07 Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc. Unveils Its One-Cylinder Alternative Fuel Internal Combustion Engine Hydrogen-Fueled Engine Targeted to Provide Non-Polluting Home/Industrial Power Generation
4/2/07 Central Ohio firms receive state grants for fuel cell development NexTech, Edison Welding Institute, Velocys
4/2/07 Learn About Medis Technologies' Direct Liquid Fuel Cell Technology Live on MN1.com
4/1/07 New video of Medis production line