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Nrel teams with industry to validate methanol fuel cell technology
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is collaborating with Oorja Protonics of Fremont, Calif., on a two-year project to deploy and demonstrate methanol fuel cells for power pallet jacks, a kind of forklift, in four commercial wholesale distribution centers. The total cost of the project is just over $2 million; NREL will contribute $900,000 to fund ...
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Ballard Sees Positive Developments in Clean Energy Fuel Cell Material Handling Market
Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP)(TSX: BLD) congratulates Plug Power on its recent announcement of a strategic investment from Air Liquide. Plug Power is the leader in providing fuel cell systems in material handling applications with their flagship product GenDriveTM, each powered by a Ballard fuel cell stack. Plug Power customers in grocery, retail, warehousing and manufacturing ...
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NREL and General Motors Announce R&D Partnership to Reduce Cost of Automotive Fuel Cells
The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and General Motors (GM) are partnering on a multiyear, multimillion dollar joint effort to accelerate the reduction of automotive fuel cell stack costs through fuel cell material and manufacturing research and development (R&D). Most major automakers, including GM, have made significant progress in the development of ...
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Hydrogen refuelling station at NPL
A planning application has been submitted for a new hydrogen storage and vehicle refuelling system at NPL, as part of a project backed by the Mayor of London to demonstrate hydrogen fuel cell cars. An article in Materials World by Nabil Zahlan, head of the Graphene Special Interest Group, outlines the path to commercialisation for graphene and the role NPL can play. NPL Huddersfield helped the ...
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Alfa Chemistry Materials Launches High Quality Perovskite Materials for Optoelectronic and Photovoltaic Research
In a recent statement, Alfa Chemistry Materials announces to have launched a comprehensive line of high quality perovskite materials, which emerged as the most promising and efficient low-cost energy materials in various optoelectronic and photovoltaic researches and are currently in urgent demand. Ever since the Russian scientist Gustav Rose found perovskite, a mineral composed of calcium ...
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Chemists discover recipe to design a better type of fuel cell
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 ...
By ScienceDaily
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DOE Issues Request for Information on Gas Clean-Up for Fuel Cell Applications
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Fuel Cell Technologies Office has issued a request for information (RFI) to obtain feedback and opinions from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders on the report findings from the Gas Clean-up for Fuel Cell Applications Workshop. The Gas Clean-up for Fuel Cell Applications Workshop was held last year at ...
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Webinar October 21: Opportunities for Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Power Electronics for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Applications
The Energy Department will present a live webinar titled "Opportunities for Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Power Electronics for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Applications" on Tuesday, October 21, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Numerous applications of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies could benefit from the development of next-generation power electronics based on wide bandgap (WBG) ...
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Energy Dept. Reports: U.S. Fuel Cell Market Production and Deployment Continues Strong Growth
The Energy Department has released three new reports showcasing strong growth across the U.S. fuel cell and hydrogen technologies market – continuing America’s leadership in clean energy innovation and providing U.S. businesses more affordable, cleaner transportation and power options. According to these reports, the United States continues to be one of the world’s largest and ...
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DOE Releases 2013 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report
The Energy Department today released the 2013 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report, detailing trends in the U.S. fuel cell and hydrogen technologies market. The report highlights continued growth in fuel cell commercial deployments, including material handling equipment such as forklifts as well as combined heat and power systems and back-up and auxiliary power units. More than 35,000 fuel cell ...
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Pioneering project develops new process to recycle fuel cell components
A pioneering recycling process to recover high-value materials from waste fuel cells has been developed in a collaborative project between resource recovery specialist Axion Consulting, Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells Limited and Technical Fibre Products (TFP). Funded by the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, the objective of the Recover project is to establish the technical and economic ...
By Axion Group
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Webinar February 17: Material Handling Fuel Cells for Building Electric Peak Shaving Applications
The Fuel Cell Technologies Office will present a live webinar entitled "Material Handling Fuel Cells for Building Electric Peak Shaving Applications" on Tuesday, February 17, from 12 to 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. This webinar, presented by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, will explore the synergy between a facility's use of hydrogen fuel cell forklifts and its reduction of electric ...
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SBIR/STTR Release 2 Funding Opportunity Deadline December 15—Includes Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
The Department of Energy (DOE) has issued its FY 2015 Phase I Release 2 Funding Opportunity Announcement (DE-FOA-0001227) for the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs. This FOA includes two hydrogen- and fuel cell-related topics: fuel cell-battery electric hybrid trucks and in-line quality control devices for polymer electrolyte membrane ...
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SBIR/STTR Release 2 Topics Announced—Includes Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
The 2015 Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Phase I Release 2 topics have been released and include two hydrogen and fuel cell related topics: fuel cell-battery electric hybrid trucks and in-line quality control devices for polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells. The Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO) aims to build on other early niche ...
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Axion’s laboratory-based process development proves ‘ideas can work’
Axion Consulting’s expertise in laboratory-based process development and optimisation work can help turn clients’ recycling concepts into commercial reality, contributing to the recovery of valuable resources within the Circular Economy. A great example of this is the collaborative RECOVER R&D project with fuel cell components manufacturer Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells Ltd and ...
By Axion Group
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Energy Department announces $12 million for technologies to produce renewable carbon fiber from biomass
The Energy Department today (Feb. 3) announced up to $12 million in funding to advance the production of cost-competitive, high-performance carbon fiber material from renewable non-food-based feedstocks such as agricultural residues and woody biomass. Carbon fiber derived from biomass may be less costly to manufacture and offer greater environmental benefits than traditional carbon fiber produced ...
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Hydrogen Conference at EEW Pittsburgh
Mountain States Hydrogen Business Council to organize hydrogen energy conference at Energy & Environment Week in Pittsburgh on April 13-15, 2010 in association with Freesen & Partner GmbH The Mountain States Hydrogen Business Council, a non-profit trade association, is pleased to accept the invitation of Freesen & Partner GmbH to develop and conduct the hydrogen energy conference at ...
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Alfa Chemistry Materials Launches Fuel Cell Catalysts for Renewable Energy Industry
The past decade has seen strong growth in the global renewable energy sector. The application of more renewable energy can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and diversify energy supplies. In response to the boom of green energy industries, Alfa Chemistry Materials decided to introduce a new product line of fuel cell catalysts, which are indispensable to the manufacturing of fuel cells. Fuel cell ...
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Soaring gas prices make hydrogen cars attractive
Untitled Document Hydrogen Expo USA shows market-ready solutions 09-April-2005 – A revolutionary thing that went almost unnoticed happened at the Hydrogen Expo USA technology showcase in Washington, DC: for the first time a hydrogen-fueled vehicle was able to drive inside the exhibit hall. No anxious fire marshal, no safety concerns on behalf of the venue. While in the past ...
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DOE Announces Webinars on High Performance Space Conditioning Systems, Davis-Bacon Act Compliance, and More
EERE offers webinars to the public on a range of subjects, from adopting the latest energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies, to training for the clean energy workforce. Webinars are free; however, advanced registration is typically required. You can also watch archived webinars and browse previously aired videos, slides, and transcripts. Upcoming Webinars November 18: Live Webinar ...
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