Category: Fuel Cells

In the past few years, many of the residents of the Gulf Coast have been rocked by hurricanes, hunkering down in their homes as they lose power from the grid, sometime for days. Now that we’re heading into the full swing of another hurricane season, some residents are turning to hydrogen fuel cells for off-grid […]

Florida Governor Charlie Crist is getting onboard the hydrogen bandwagon by installing a fuel cell in the governor’s mansion in Tallahassee. The 5 kw fuel cell will use natural gas reformed into hydrogen and produce electricity to power lights and appliances around the home. The governor’s mansion will also have a solar pool heating system […]

Well, Johnny Cash may have once had the Folsom Prison Blues, but things are looking sunnier now days for the residents of Folsom, California. Local company Altergy Systems has announced that they have developed the world’s first automated assembly line for fuel cells. This high volume, automated assembly line is capable of producing thousands of […]

Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies, Incorporated has taken a different tact than most other companies who are trying to create hydrogen-powered vehicles. Horizon Fuel Cell has decided to go small. For instance, last Christmas one of the company’s hottest offerings was the H-Racer miniature fuel cell car with hydrogen refueling station for the hobbyist market. Horizon […]

With two of the largest fuel cell manufacturers in the world located in Connecticut, FuelCell Energy, Inc. and UTC Power, the Connecticut Hydrogen Fuel Cell Coalition (CHFCC) sees a bright future for high technology in this small state. Currently, over 2,000 people are employed in the fuel cell industry in Connecticut and CHFCC expects those […]

Leave it to a small car wash in Vancouver, British Columbia to be the first of its kind anywhere by installing a hydrogen fuel cell to power the facility and heat the water. In March 2007, Easywash will install a $1.2 million hydrogen fuel cell as part of a demonstration project. Hydrogen for the car […]

Scientists at the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) and U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have discovered that using a platinum-nickel alloy catalyst in PEM fuel cells offers 90 times the activity of the platinum-carbon cathode catalysts used today. The discovery will likely lead to cheaper and more powerful hydrogen fuel cells […]

The International Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy (IPHE) is accepting nominations for recognition of outstanding hydrogen and fuel cell research projects for 2007. In 2005 and 2006, IPHE recognized 23 outstanding international projects. Projects recognized include: 1. The Autobrane project to improve technology surrounding high temperature fuel cell membranes. 2. The HyChain Mini-Trans project aimed […]

Volkswagen is developing high temperature phosphoric acid fuel cells (PAFC), which is believes is the future for the hydrogen car industry. The prototype fuel cell that Volkswagen has developed is 30-percent smaller than the smallest fuel cell on the market. According to Volkswagen, one of the major advantages of the high temperature fuel cell is […]

Three of the major current criticisms regarding proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells for hydrogen cars has been cost, cold-cranking power and durability. The cost has come down dramatically within the past 3 years and will continue to descend as new technology is developed and production lines assembled for higher volume orders. Cold-cranking power, or […]