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6/4/09 CellKraft: Successful reliability test with fuel cells "After 16 months of stand-still with no conditioning routines whatsoever during the stand-still the Cellkraft S-1000 fuel cell started up successfully and powered a telecom station."
6/4/09 New type of membrane developed at Sandia may help make hydrogen hybrid cars a reality "PEM using a different material that appears to be as durable as current PEMs but which also operates well in both dry and humid environments" Sandia
6/4/09 SFC Smart Fuel Cell launches Joint Power Manager "intelligent portable power-management device that assures continuous operation of any electrical equipment carried by special operations soldiers, as well as charging batteries. It fully hybridizes available power sources, including batteries, vehicle power, solar and fuel cells"
6/4/09 Methane Could Be Storage Solution for Solar and Wind Power Reuters "microbe, Methanobacterium palustre, is the first to be found which can biochemically synthesize methane using electrons directly from current in combination with hydrogen gas . . . "
5/27/09 Adaptive Materials Achieves 12-hour, 40 Mile UGV Demonstration 150W SOFC
6/3/09 Fuel Cells Will Have To Slum It With Forklifts Now That The World Loves Electric Cars The Business Insider
6/3/09 Hydrogen Has Lofty Plans For Global Observer UAS Aerovironment Satnews Daily
6/3/09 Ballard pushes fuel cells for uses other than autos; some investors still stuck in past CP
6/3/09 Singaporean Fuel Cell Boosts Capabilities of Unmanned Reconnaissance Aircraft New drop-in 'AEROPAK' fuel cell system makes stealthy electric UAS fly longer & farther Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies
6/3/09 C.En Ltd. Appoints World-Renowned Russian Scientist Prof. E.P. Velikhov Honorary President Believes C.En's Technology for Storing Hydrogen in Capillary Arrays Can Resolve Fuel-Shortages and Pollution Challenges Confronting Modern Societies
6/2/09 GM Execs Admit Errors, See Turnaround In 3 Years "GM also has experimented with vehicles that use hydrogen fuel cells, a technology that still has a long way to go, [GM CEO Fritz] Henderson said. "The company will continue its research in hydrogen fuel cells," he said. "We have demonstrated it can work. What is far away is the commercialization of the technology."" NPR
6/2/09 "cell-ing" the transition The stars may be aligning for a shift to hydrogen fuel cells to power the nation's lift trucks. Will industry buy off on it? "as Central Grocers moves aggressively into the world of alternative energy, it is also hedging its bets. It does not own the fuel cells; instead, it leases the cells, the equipment, and maintenance services from Plug Power Inc., one of a handful of fuel cell manufacturers. It pays Plug Power a usage fee for the hydrogen. Plug Power, not Central Grocers, arranges for the shipping of hydrogen to the Central Grocers site. Central Grocers has an exit clause in its contract should the technology fail to meet its expectations. And since it already owns batteries and chargers, it can fall back on the old-fangled power source if need be." DC Velocity
6/2/09 GM looking for alternate funding for fuel-cell car development, says executive CP
6/2/09 Protonex Receives Additional $500,000 to Extend Capabilities of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Propulsion Systems
6/2/09 ITM Power: Business Strategy Update and Appointment of CEO
6/2/09 5G Wireless Signs Strategic Alliance Agreement with Applied Hadronics to Develop Mobile Hydrogen Fuel Refinery
5/26/09 Fuel cell motorcycles update: Intelligent Energy clarifies status of its fuel cell development projects "Unfortunately, these bikes will NOT be available on the market to all consumers at the end of this year. Intelligent Energy does not claim that this would be the case."
6/2/09 Inventor will stop claiming his device saves gas "signed an agreement last week with the Federal Trade Commission . . . He claimed his latest invention, the Hydro-Assist Fuel Cell, could boost automobile gas mileage by as much as 300 percent by injecting hydrogen into the engine's combustion chamber." NJ Star Ledger
6/1/09 Cleveland entrepreneur Benson Lee searches for market for small fuel cell that can generate electricity from any fuel Cleveland Plain Dealer
6/1/09 Acumentrics Appoints Adam Briggs President and Chief Operating Officer "Prior to joining Acumentrics, Mr. Briggs, 48, was president of Millennium Cell Inc., a hydrogen storage technology company. Prior to that he was with Duracell Inc. for 17 years where he held roles of increasing responsibility in the technical, sales, marketing and program management functions including vice president of Duracell’s global OEM sales and consulting group. He holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from Bowdoin College."
6/1/09 "Reject DOE Budget Cuts for Fuel Cells and Hydrogen" broadcast email sent today by Bud DeFlaviis, Director of Government Affairs at US Fuel Cell Council
5/30/09 Bloomors: Bloom Energy Rumors "After more than seven years and more than $200 million of VC funding, Bloom Energy remains steadfastly non-communicative about its technology, product and business plan. . . " greentechmedia.com
5/29/09 Review: Medis 24/7 Xtreme Portable Charger Winnipeg Free Press
5/29/09 A fresh push for fuel cell cars "As for the automakers, they say they will have more than 4,000 fuel cell cars in the hands of consumers by about 2014 and 50,000 on the road by 2017." SF Chronicle
5/29/09 MDTL closes at new all time low 0.27
5/29/09 Plug Power Announces Further Adjournment of Annual Meeting "while it continues discussions with the company's largest stockholder regarding its vote"
5/28/09 Tognum successful with gas and fuel cell systems "First MTU Onsite Energy CHP plants with 20-cylinder MTU Series 4000 gas engines sold in Germany. . . The Type HM400 (HotModule) natural-gas fuelled fuel cell is capable of an electrical output of 345 kW and a thermal output of 230 kW."
5/28/09 California Fuel Cell Partnership Celebrates 10th Anniversary
5/28/09 San Francisco International Airport Going Greener with Linde Hydrogen Linde to install fueling station for fuel cell vehicles The Linde Group
5/28/09 Fuel cell technology could take longer to commercialize, Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher says Cleveland Plain Dealer
5/28/09 Fuel cell industry powering up Growing revenue, building expansions are signs of success in area. Symposium in North Canton Akron Beacon Journal
5/28/09 PolyFuel, Inc: Further $2.5m development funding from US DoE "to advance portable fuel cell technology to meet the goals for performance, durability, and cost that the DOE has established for wide-scale commercial adoption of DMFC technology for use in laptops and other portable electronics devices . . . This further grant was won against strong competition, and its award was subject to a rigorous peer-review process by leaders in the industry"
5/28/09 Hy9 Corporation Introduces the HGS-M Series of Hydrogen Generators for the $6.5 Billion Backup Power Market Enabling Cellular Carriers to Cost Effectively Improve Network Availability With 72 Hour Backup Power
5/28/09 Ballard unplugs venture with Ebara "John Sheridan, Ballard [CEO], said residential cogeneration needs a 'longer timeline' before commercialization and profitability." National Post
5/28/09 ITM Focused on hydrogen car race challenge thestar.co.uk
5/27/09 Schwarzenegger promotes hydrogen fuel in LA Los Angeles Times
5/27/09 Proton Power inks deal for fuel cell production in Germany Reuters
5/27/09 AC Transit Selects EnerDel to Supply Batteries for Next-Generation FC Buses
5/27/09 For MTI, a dose of much-needed relief Struggling fuel-cell maker in line for stimulus funds from Energy Department "Now, MTI Micro says it has enough money to make it through the end of the year" Albany Times Union
5/27/09 SymPowerco Receives Grant Approval for Fuel Cell Project "application for grant funding from a major North American Government Agency has been approved" [Amount of grant and government entity undisclosed. Why?]
5/26/09 Zero Emission Road Warrior: Daimler's A-Class F-CELL Concludes Journey at Hydrogen Road Tour 09
5/26/09 Air Products' Hydrogen Technology Fuels 2009 Hydrogen Road Tour
5/26/09 Hydrogen Road Trip Starts In Chula Vista KPBS
5/25/09 Toyota Reportedly Planning to Give Its Hybrid Technology To GM "Such a move reportedly would benefit Toyota by allowing its technology to become the de facto world-wide standard . . . GM is described as having fallen significantly behind Toyota in developing fuel efficient vehicles because of a long-standing focus on hydrogen fuel cell development, a market for which has not materialized." autospies.com
5/26/09 Ceres Power: British Gas confirms Alpha CHP product testing successfully completed "British Gas has issued an acceptance certificate that triggers the £2m Alpha milestone payment to be paid to Ceres."
5/26/09 UltraCell Adds $3.8 Million in New Funding Investment to Fuel U.S. Manufacturing Expansion, Drive Micro Fuel Cell System Design Developments, Field Readiness
5/26/09 Mazda Delivers First Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid to Iwatani Corporation JCN
5/26/09 Plug Power Announces Adjournment of Annual Meeting
5/25/09 Ballard Announces Plans to Dissolve EBARA Ballard Corporation Joint Venture "EBARA Ballard Corporation is a joint venture with EBARA Corporation and is focused on the development, manufacture, sale, and servicing of stationary power systems for the residential cogeneration market in Japan." [Note that this press release was issued at 2:00 A.M. on a US holiday.]
5/25/09 Heliocentris Reports Financial Results for Fiscal Year 2008 Revenues up by 23 %
5/23/09 Federal stimulus money puts charge into Cornell's research into upgrading batteries, fuel cells University awarded $17.5 million to take batteries, fuel cells to next level. syracuse.com
5/23/09 Hydrogen shortchanged at the Department of Energy By Congressman Joe Pitts
5/23/09 Rechargeable batteries: Small advances rather than large strides Medis TMCnet
5/22/09 Hydrogen hopes: Can they restore funding for fuel cells? Energy Secretary Steven Chu "zeroed out" hydrogen funding, but a small band of advocates want to restore the cuts. "Chu evidently got an earful at a hearing of the Senate Energy and Water Subcommittee May 19. . ." Mother Nature Network
5/22/09 Engineering Carbon for Impressive Hydrogen Storage "no material . . . presently comes close to the 2010 targets that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has set for hydrogen storage at low-pressure, room-temperature conditions, namely 45 grams (g) of hydrogen per kilogram (H2/kg) material for rigid storage materials and 28 g per liter for liquid storage" physorg.com
5/22/09 Ceramic Fuel Cells launches modular generator product, Signs MoU with VicUrban "The new unit - called BlueGen - is a 'mini power station' for homes and other buildings. . . The Company plans to make the BlueGen product available in Victoria from early 2010."
5/22/09 Ceramic Fuel launches low emission mini power station for home "London-listed shares in the company jumped 34 percent to 8.5 pence by 0844 GMT, having earlier risen as much as 50 percent." Reuters
5/21/09 New Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Seal Could Help Bring Efficient Energy Technology To Market Virginia Tech via ScienceDaily
5/21/09 Annual road rally will highlight advances in fuel-cell technology Hydrogen powered vehicles near consumer readiness CARB
5/21/09 Hydrogen Vehicles Drive from Mexico Border to Canada NHA | Hydrogen Road Tour 2009 Route Map
5/21/09 Medis 8-K $100,00 loaned to company, 50K by Gennadi Finkelshtain, 50K by "an affiliate of Howard Weingrow"
5/21/09 Plugging away at profits Plug Power CEO remains optimistic, but cautious, about earnings timetable "Chief Executive Officer Andy Marsh told shareholders Wednesday that two of Plug Power Inc.'s product lines could become profitable within three years. . . Marsh, who became CEO a year ago, said Plug needs to sell between 4,000 and 5,000 of its hydrogen-powered GenDrive fuel cells, used in forklift trucks, annuallly to make that business unit profitable." Albany Times Union
5/21/09 No plans to halt research on hydrogen "despite the May 9 announcement that the Obama administration plans to slash hydrogen research in favor of hybrid electric cars" Augusta Chronicle
5/20/09 Driving the future: VW fuel cell Passat CNET
5/20/09 Made in China: Volkswagen's hydrogen fuel cell vehicle LA Times
5/20/09 Proton Energy Systems Announces New Partnership
5/20/09 Car race on 'hydrogen highway' "Norway has marked the opening of a 560 kilometre "hydrogen highway", with a car race between several dozen hydrogen-powered cars" BBC News
5/20/09 First solar-powered hydrogen plant in AF complete on Hickam Sourdough Sentinel
5/20/09 P.E.I. makes moves towards hydrogen future "project is much scaled back from what was hoped for a few years ago" CBC
5/20/09 S.C. lobbying to protect hydrogen funding The State
5/20/09 Viaspace Enters Agreement With World Leader in Speciality-Liquids Packaging
5/12/09 EU’s hydrogen and fuel cell funding surpasses US budget in 2010 EHA
5/19/09 Hydrogen, Hype and ... Holtz? "[what] bothers me about this latest turn of events. . . is the boldfaced and utterly shameless denials by state and local politicians of what they were saying — no, gushing — just weeks ago about fuel cell vehicles. Those same politicians now say they never focused our attention, our hopes and our money on the “hydrogen highway.” They certainly did, and we all know it. . ." Free Times - Columbia,SC
5/19/09 Energy Dept. will re-think cuts to SC hydrogen fuel research "a Senate subcommittee chairman told the Energy Secretary the cuts to hydrogen would be a mistake. The secretary agreed to continue discussing it" wistv.com
5/19/09 Plug Power Annual Shareholder Meeting to be Held On May 20, 2009
5/19/09 Daimler Buys 10% of Tesla to Add Battery Technology Bloomberg
5/18/09 Hydrogen Powered Municipal Vehicle Being Tested In Everyday Use municipal street cleaning vehicle ScienceDaily
5/18/09 Medis 10-Q filed today
5/18/09 University of Nottingham Wins E.ON Research Award "The new process of producing ‘green’ hydrogen uses three abundant and renewable sources — sunlight, biomass and water."
5/12/09 Op Ed: Baxter-Clemmons: Fuel-cell research essential to energy, economic future [Completely self-serving. The author is the executive director of the S.C. Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Alliance. Fuel cell research (and government funding of it) certainly is essential to the S.C. Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Alliance.]
5/11/09 LPC Packaging Selects Methanol-Based Fuel Cell Power Oorja Protonics Material Handling Management
5/15/09 ClearEdge seeks $30M After $11M round, company prepares to roll out energy product "on the verge of being the first to market with a hydrogen fuel cell aimed at powering large homes and small businesses" bizjournals.com [ClearEdge Power's CEO is Jon Slangerup, the one-time CEO of Stuart Energy.]
5/15/09 Morphic Technologies: Morphic Wins SEK 48m Fuel Cell Order "The order has a guaranteed minimum value of SEK 48m [US$6M] for Exergy. The product has been approved by the customer and deliveries will begin in September 2009. . . Narbonne will sell Polaris 140 to owners of house trailers and motorhomes"
5 /15/09 Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Safety NHA
5/14/09 Real world testing proves GM/Opel HydroGen4 fuel cell vehicles viable Half year report on Clean Energy Partnership given at Electric Vehicle Symposium 24 Opel [Not a single word about cost.]
5/14/09 A Lesson for Electric Car Makers in Hydrogen Vehicles’ Loss "Don’t rely too heavily on the dole for too long." Earth2Tec via Reuters
5/14/09 Q & A: Steven Chu The secretary of energy talks with Technology Review about the future of nuclear power post Yucca Mountain and why fuel-cell cars have no future MIT Tech Review
5/14/09 Going platinum: New catalyst could boost cleaner fuel use "bimetallic catalyst comprised of a palladium core or "seed" that supports dendritic platinum branches, or arms, that are fixed on the nanostructure, consisting of a nine nanometer core and seven nanometer platinum arms . . . At 60 C(the typical operation temperature of a fuel cell), the performance almost meets the targets set by the U.S. Department of Energy." physorg.com
5/14/09 Morphic Technologies: Strategic Review for Morphic Fuel Cells
5/14/09 MTI Reports First Quarter 2009 Results

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