Toyota Residential Fuel Cells Oh What a Feeling

Even though Toyota has just taken a financial hit regarding new car sales in North America this last quarter, the world’s leading automaker (arguably) in regard to sales, quality and technology has decided to continue on in the residential fuel cell market. Now, Toyota is no stranger to fuel cells as their FCHV hydrogen hybrid […]

EnergyWhiz Olympics Sends Students on Hydrogen Sprint

The EnergyWhiz Olympics, sponsored by the University of Central Florida, featured the Hydrogen Sprint this past weekend to help high school students learn about alternative energy vehicles. Students were asked to design and built hydrogen fuel cell cars and then race them head-to-head.
The Hydrogen Sprint is designed to expose students to the potential of hydrogen […]

TreadStone LiteCell Technology for Fuel Cells

The U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) has called for lightweight, high-performance fuel cell stacks to be an integral part in the upcoming hydrogen transportation system. TreadStone’s LiteCell technology is answering this call.
The LiteCell corrosion resistant metal plate technology allows fuel cell manufacturers to design and produce PEMFC stacks that are 40 to 50-percent lighter […]

Rolls-Royce Eyeballing Fuel Cells

Upscale automobile manufacturer and one of the world’s leading aerospace engineers, Rolls-Royce is looking to commercialize fuel cells within the next 2 years. By 2010, Rolls-Royce wants to develop devices for the SOFC (solid-oxide fuel cell) market.
These stationary devices will be able to generate clean energy for factories, hospitals and universities. They may also be […]

Gecko Energy to Build Small Fuel Cells in South Carolina

Gecko Energy Technologies, a division of Millennium Cell, will be manufacturing fuel cells for the portable electronics market in South Carolina. The facility will be built on the University of South Carolina, Columbia research campus.
In 2009, Gecko plans to manufacture over 10,000 fuel cell devices used by emergency workers. The product will provide lights to […]

Fuel Cells Hot in 2008

Let’s face it, fuel cells were very warm in 2007 and now they’re already hot in 2008. In October, I had talked about Horizon Fuel Cell and Millennium Cell teaming up to build a hydrogen-powered emergency generator for around $400.
In a few days, the companies will be debuting their HydroPak emergency power generator at the […]

First Home Fuel Cell Installation in Texas Completed

It’s Halloween and the first completed installation of a home fuel cell installation in Texas has just been announced. This PEM fuel cell does not run on ghost-power, however (Who you gonna call?). But, it does run on hydrogen.
In July of this year, I had talked about the Hydra Fuel Cell Corporation making its first […]

Horizon and Millennium Demonstrate Emergency Fuel Cell Power

At Japan’s CEATEC exhibition, Horizon Fuel Cell and Millennium Cell have teamed up to develop and show off the first 50 Watt fuel cell emergency power supply that is estimated to sell for under $400 to the consumer market. Horizon is supplying the fuel cell and licensing Millennium’s Hydrogen on Demand technology.
The two companies announced […]

HyPod Hydrogen Homes Heralded by Savvy Scots

The Hydrogen Production Unit (HyPod) of the PURE Energy Centre in conjunction with Fuel Cell Scotland is creating a development of off-grid hydrogen homes in Unst, Shetland Islands. Last year I had talked about how PURE was developing a wind farm project on Unst, Scotland to turn wind energy into hydrogen, which would then be […]

Welcome to Wal-Mart, Would You Like A Fuel Cell?

Well, you know when something is coming of age and becoming popular when it moves into the Wal-Mart chain of retail stores. Fuel cells are doing just that. But, they are not for sale yet.
Wal-Mart has just finished successfully testing several fuel cell powered pallet trucks in one of their Ohio facilities. Cellex and Ballard […]