fuel cell News

Have a novel catalyst, but need a customer? Do you have a product that needs a competitive advantage? The Call for Catalysts initiative has been set in motion by Fuel Cells Etc to help match companies with new technologies to those who need them. "Fuel Cells Etc is often in contact with companies who are ...

May 9, 2013

By Fuel Cells Etc

FuelCellsEtc has released an online pricing tool that gives users instant price quotes for custom 5 – Layer or single sided Membrane Electrode Assemblies (MEAs).  This marks the first time such a tool has been made available to the fuel cell industry. The tool allows the user to ...

Apr. 25, 2013

By Fuel Cells Etc

FuelCellsEtc announced today that it has signed a supply and distribution agreement with Pearl Hydrogen Technology Co., Ltd covering hydrogen air fuel cells.  The agreement gives FuelCellsEtc non-exclusive rights to sell Pearl Hydrogen Technology’s hydrogen air fuel cells on a global ...

Apr. 25, 2013

By Fuel Cells Etc

James Wilde, Director, Innovation and Policy, discusses the future of fuel cell technology. The Carbon Trust has identified that UK breakthroughs in polymer fuel cells could make fuel cell cars cost competitive with combustion engine cars - doubling the number of fuel cell ...

Oct. 8, 2012

By Carbon Trust

ANNUAL FUEL CELL SHIPMENTS TO TRIPLE BETWEEN 2011 & 2012, SURPASSING 78,000 UNITS; ANNUAL MEGAWATTS EXPECTED TO INCREASE 61%, REACHING 176 MW IN 2012 Fuel Cell Today has released its latest free annual review of the fuel cell industry, reporting continued growth through 2011 and its expectations for further growth in 2012. The Fuel Cell Industry Review 2012 reports that annual fuel cell ...

Sep. 5, 2012

By Fuel Cell Today

NuVant Systems has released ELAT™ LT-1400 Gas Diffusion Layer (GDL) back on to the market at a fraction of the cost while naming FuelCellsEtc as their sole distributor. The new price of ELAT is expected to make the product far more suitable in cost sensitive applications than it has ...

Apr. 25, 2013

By Fuel Cells Etc

The Energy Department recently posted a blog about how researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory have created a fuel cell catalyst that uses roughly 85% less platinum and has more than 30 times the catalytic activity, making it cheaper and more efficient than conventional catalysts. Read ...

May 2, 2014

By US Department of Energy

Fuel cells are often touted as one method to help decrease society's addiction to fossil fuels. But there is still a lot of work to be done before fuel cells will be ready for mass market to be used in transportation, home heating and portable power for emergencies. U of C chemists Jeff Hurd and George Shimizu have taken the science behind a specific type of fuel cell towards a higher level of ...

Oct. 19, 2009

By ScienceDaily

This year, we celebrate SRM’s 112 years at the technical forefront, as a development company focusing on our own patented technology for compression and expansion of gases. SRM was established in 1908. Since then we have been inventing and developing a large number of products, with our highly efficient screw compressor technology as the core activity. Looking back, we feel confident ...

Mar. 24, 2020

By Svenska Rotor Maskiner, SRM

The latest Fuel Cell Industry Review reports that annual fuel cell system shipments in 2011 were 24,600 - growing by 39% compared to 2010, led by increases in the stationary power sector. 2011 was by far the most successful year to date in the history of fuel cells with annual megawatts (MW) shipped exceeding 100 MW for the first time as commercialisation of the industry took hold. Growth in ...

Sep. 5, 2012

By GLOBE SERIES

The Technical Program Committee for Hydrogen & Fuel Cells 2009: International Conference & Trade Show invites the submission of abstracts describing all aspects related to hydrogen and fuel cells. All accepted submissions will be scheduled as either oral or poster presentations. All abstracts will be reviewed by the Program Committee of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cells 2009 International ...

Jun. 10, 2008

By GLOBE SERIES

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Fuel Cell Technologies Office has posted the 2014 Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program Annual Progress Report. Each year projects funded by DOE's Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program are asked to provide information about their most recent progress. The report summarizes these reports and offers additional information ...

Nov. 10, 2014

By US Department of Energy

The U.S. Department of Energy's Fuel Cell Technologies Office (DOE’s FCTO) has issued a request for information (RFI) seeking feedback from the research community and relevant stakeholders to assist in the development of topics for a potential funding opportunity announcement (FOA) in 2015 for fuel cells and balance of plant (BOP) for transportation and fuel cell systems for stationary and ...

May 30, 2014

By US Department of Energy

The U.S. Department of Energy's Fuel Cell Technologies Office has issued a request for information (RFI) seeking feedback from the research community and relevant stakeholders to assist in the development of topics for a potential funding opportunity announcement in 2015 for fuel cells and fuel cell systems designed for transportation, as well as stationary and early market applications, ...

May 5, 2014

By US Department of Energy

Driven, in part, by the increased incidence of major natural disasters the fuel cell industry is enjoying a resurgence.  Rising demand and new policy initiatives from a variety of countries such as China, South Korea, and South Africa made 2012 a pivotal year for the fuel cell market.  Click to tweet: According to a recent report from ...

Nov. 22, 2013

By Navigant Consulting, Inc. (NCI)

Mercedes-Benz has announced it will set up a production facility for its recently-developed fuel cell stacks in 2000-square-meter space in Burnaby, British Columbia.  The facility will be housed in 21,000 square feet of surplus production space sub-leased from Ballard Power Systems at its specialized fuel cell manufacturing facility located in Burnaby. This lease will last until 2019. The ...

Mar. 18, 2011

By GLOBE SERIES

Driven by the increased worldwide focus on creating resilient, distributed energy systems, the fuel cell industry is experiencing a modest growth spurt.  While the stationary sector continues to be the industry powerhouse, the transportation sector is also seeing acceleration in volume.  The industry topped the $1 billion mark in revenue from the sale of fuel cell systems in 2012, ...

Aug. 13, 2013

By Navigant Consulting, Inc. (NCI)

Technical Fibre Products (TFP), in partnership with Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells (JMFC), is delighted to announce the development of a novel and commercially ready electrode substrate for use in fuel cells. The substrate is the result of a collaborative project between TFP and JMFC and has been developed to address the market need for a lower cost alternative to the Gas Diffusion Layer (GDL) ...

Feb. 1, 2015

By Technical Fibre Products Ltd (TFP)

A new report from Navigant Research analyzes the market for fuel cell passenger cars and buses, including its drivers and barriers, with global sales forecasts, through 2024. Toyota’s introduction of the Mirai, its first production-level fuel cell car, has thrust fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) back into the spotlight. While the performance of FCVs makes them ...

Dec. 1, 2015

By Navigant Consulting, Inc. (NCI)

Dr Ben Graziano, Technology Commercialisation Manager at the Carbon Trust who heads up the Carbon Trust’s Polymer Fuel Cells Challenge said: “Hydrogen is an important option for the country’s future low carbon transportation network and economic growth. By investing in pioneering fuel cell technologies and now committing alongside some of the leading industry players to the ...

Jan. 18, 2012

By Carbon Trust