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NREL Demonstrates Light-Driven Process for Enzymatic Ammonia Production
A new process using light to reduce dinitrogen into ammonia, the main ingredient in chemical fertilizers could inspire development of new, more sustainable processes that eliminate the energy-intensive, lengthier processes now commonly in use. According to researchers at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), photochemical (photon) energy can serve as a substitute ...
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Carbon Trust launches UK bid for breakthrough in fuel cell technology
The Carbon Trust is launching a UK bid for a breakthrough in fuel cell technology, which could open up a global fuel cell market worth over $180 billion by 2050, according to new analysis. The “Polymer Fuel Cells Challenge” aims to accelerate the commercialisation of breakthrough UK technology that could see the mainstream cost effective (mass) production of fuel cell powered cars and buses, ...
By Carbon Trust
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City of Hartford, Constellation and Bloom Energy Power Up Microgrid in Parkville Neighborhood
The City of Hartford, Bloom Energy, and Constellation, a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation, recently announced the completion of a fuel cell microgrid that will generate clean energy, manage electricity costs and supply emergency power for public buildings and businesses in the city's Parkville neighborhood. "I'm proud that Hartford is home to one of Connecticut's first fully operational ...
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Runcorn company leads the way in world class fuel cell technology
A world-leading new fuel cell technology developed by a small business in Runcorn has been selected for a £1million investment by the Carbon Trust as part of its Polymer Fuel Cell Challenge. ACAL Energy’s new approach means that for the first time, hydrogen-powered fuel cells could be affordable enough to be used in mass market applications such as cars – enabling the emergence ...
By Carbon Trust
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Breakthrough Energy Ventures backs Blue World Technologies by joining its €37 million series-B
With high-efficient methanol fuel cells, Blue World Technologies paves the way for making renewable e-fuels competitive. Today Blue World Technologies announced that the Bill Gates-founded Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) enters as an investor in Blue World Technologies alongside Vaekstfonden (The Sovereign Investment Fund of Denmark), DEUTZ AG, and existing investors who invested back in ...
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IntertechPira to produce Fuel Cell Early Markets event in conjunction with Core Technology Ventures Services
PORTLAND, Maine – IntertechPira is pleased to announce its partnership with Core Technology Ventures Services to organize a new event: Fuel Cell Early Markets 2007: Policy, Finance, & Applications to be held 11-12 June, 2007. Fuel Cell Early Markets 2007 will be held in Brussels, Belgium – the heart of the European community and the perfect location for this unique event, which seeks to ...
By Smithers
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Imtech innovations: sustainable energy out of residues and waste
Gouda- Recently Imtech (technical services provider in Europe) took further steps in the development of technological concepts for generating alternative energy. The latest innovations involve the conversion of residues and waste flows into sustainable energy. This has resulted in a first series of orders with a value of around 20 million euro. Imtech CEO René van der Bruggen: 'In recent ...
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Ballard Signs Non-Binding MOU With Azure Hydrogen For Fuel Cell Bus Development
Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP)(TSX: BLD) has announced the signing of a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with its partner Azure Hydrogen Corporation of Beijing, China (Azure), extending the scope of their collaboration to include fuel cell buses. The MOU with Azure envisions Ballard providing a manufacturing license agreement, engineering services, fuel cell stacks and ...
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Military Fuel Cells Provide Light and Efficient On-Demand Power for Troops, Global Market for Fuel Cells to Reach $1.7 billion in 2017
FARMINGTON, Conn., Nov. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The strongest drivers for the adoption of fuel cells by the world's armed forces are performance and energy density, particularly for use by individual troopers. On average, each soldier carries around nine pounds of disposable batteries in their kit, used for powering a range of portable electronics such as imaging and communications ...
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IntertechPira Announces Conference Co-Chairs for Fuel Cell Early Markets 2007
PORTLAND, Maine – IntertechPira is pleased to announce the conference co-chairs for Fuel Cell Early Markets 2007: Policy, Finance, & Applications, to be held 11-12 June in Brussels, Belgium and produced in conjunction with Core Technology Ventures. Co-chairing this year’s event will be: Tim Yeo MP – Member of Parliament for South Suffolk in the UK since 1983. Since 2005 he has also ...
By Smithers
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New Market Research Reveals What Production and Use of Solar Fuels Could Look Like
The sun delivers more energy to the earth in one hour than civilization currently uses from fossil fuels, nuclear power and all renewable energy sources combined in a year. This solar energy can be captured and stored directly in the chemical bonds of a material, or fuel, and then used when needed. These chemical fuels, in which energy from the sun has deliberately been stored, are called solar ...
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Ballard Sells 1-Megawatt Distributed Generation System to Toyota For California Campus Facility
Ballard Power Systems (TSX: BLD) (NASDAQ: BLDP) today announced an agreement to deploy a one-megawatt fuel cell generator that will provide peak electrical power and heat at the Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc. (TMS) sales and marketing headquarters campus in Torrance, California. Michael Goldstein, Ballard's Chief Commercial Officer said, "This agreement with Toyota for our CLEARgen(TM) system ...
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Scituate R.I. High School Teacher Recognized by President Obama and EPA; Yarmouth, Maine teacher received honorable mention
A teacher at the Ponaganset High School in Scituate, R.I., was recognized by the federal government for his work that has energized environmental education for students, as well as the school system and community. Teacher Ross McCurdy received the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators given out by the US Environmental Protection Agency at a recent White House ceremony. ...
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Ballard Power Systems and Quantron AG to Partner on Developing Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Trucks
The partnership of Ballard, a global leader in fuel cell technologies, and QUANTRON, a global leader in electric vehicle integration is expected to accelerate deployment and market adoption of fuel cell technologies. The combined, complementary expertise of Ballard and QUANTRON is seen as enabling broader customer access to zero emissions fuel cell electric trucks without compromising on range, ...
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The EU fuel cells and hydrogen joint technology initiative
The Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Technology Initiative (JTI) is a public private partnership with joint funding from the Community and from industry with industry in the lead. The Fuel Cells and Hydrogen JTI was established as a Joint Undertaking by Council Regulation (EC) 521/2008[1]. It is officially launched at the First Stakeholders General Assembly in Brussels on 14-15 October 2008. The ...
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HyperSolar to Make Zero Carbon Renewable Hydrogen Gas
HyperSolar, Inc. (OTCBB: HYSR), the developer of a breakthrough technology to produce renewable hydrogen and natural gas using water and solar power, today announced that its proprietary process can make zero carbon, renewable hydrogen gas. Rather than using conventional fossil fuel, such as natural gas, as a feedstock, HyperSolar relies on the power of the Sun and wastewater to produce carbon ...
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Portland Community College Partners with ClearEdge Power to Support Environmental Sustainability Practices
ClearEdge Power, a manufacturer of scalable, continuous onsite power systems, today announced that Portland Community College (PCC) has chosen two ClearEdge5 fuel cell systems to advance its energy efficiency, sustainability and educational goals. PCC aims to use the ClearEdge5 systems to help reduce its emissions by 37 percent. Supported by the U.S. Department of ...
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Frost & Sullivan forecasts accelerated growth for European stationary fuel cells
Innovative developments in the European stationary fuel cell market are shaping an optimistic future for the industry. There is a growing interest in many European countries to adopt this 'zero-emission' technology across various applications. Boosted by this need of sustainable solutions, the fuel cell market is transitioning from validation to the pre-commercialisation stage. Frost & ...
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Entsorga-Enteco 2009 – focus on ‘Incineration & Renewable Energies’: Starting out into a new age of energy
The generation of electricity and heat from renewable sources is gaining increasingly in vital importance. Not only on account of climate protection, but also as a substitute for the ever more scarce and more expensive fossil fuels oil and natural gas. The topic of ‘Incineration & Renewable Energies’ will accordingly be specially highlighted at Entsorga-Enteco 2009 – the International Trade Fair ...
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NREL receives numerous accolades from industry and DOE
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE)’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and its employees have garnered awards and recognition from industry groups for advancing energy research as well as furthering the lab’s sustainable operating practices. Bryan Pivovar Named Charles W. Tobias Young Investigator by the Electrochemical Society The Charles W. Tobias Young Investigator ...
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