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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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FuelCell Energy to Deliver Breakthrough Efficiency Power Generation Solution at Distributed Generation Scale
September 9, 2016 -- FuelCell Energy, Inc. recently announced the development of a utility scale power project to showcase electrical efficiency that is designed to enable utilities to affordably and cleanly solve power generation challenges in land-constrained areas. Construction will begin within weeks for a 3.7 megawatt fuel cell power plant at a location in Danbury, Connecticut, following ...
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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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Hydrogenics Wins the Award for Excellence in the Field of Environmental Technology Commercialisation at CleanEquity Monaco 2013
An independent panel of judges at the recently-completed CleanEquity Monaco 2013 selected Hydrogenics (NASDAQ: HYGS; TSX: HYG) as best in class for Excellence in the Field of Environmental Technology Commercialisation. CleanEquity Monaco is the foremost emerging cleantech conference hosted by Innovator Capital, a London specialist investment bank, the accolade was bestowed following a message ...
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Advance Launches First-of-Its-Kind Fuel Cell-Powered Industrial Floor Cleaning Machine
Nilfisk-Advance Group, one of the world’s leading manufacturers and distributors of professional floor cleaning equipment, introduced today the first fuel cell-powered industrial combination sweeper-scrubber. The Advance CS7000™ Combination Sweeper-Scrubber Fuel Cell unit was unveiled by Nilfisk-Advance’s U.S. President & General Manager Jeff ...
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Air Products and FuelCell Energy Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Market Tri-Generation Stationary Fuel Cell Power Plants
LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., March 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Products (NYSE: APD) and FuelCell Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCEL) a leading manufacturer of ultra-clean, efficient and reliable fuel cell power plants, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to work toward the market development of stationary Direct FuelCell® (DFC®) power plants that simultaneously produce ...
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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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Fuel cells for powering homes
One of the applications that fuel cells may have is the supplying of homes with electrical power. When considering applications of this type that call for greater power, a research group in the UPV/EHU’s department of Mineralogy and Petrology has studied the use of one type of material, perovskites, for the design of these cells. Fuel cells are similar to batteries, but they differ from ...
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Students race their innovative solar, hydrogen model cars
Middle school students from around the state will participate in the Junior Solar Sprint and Hydrogen Fuel Cell car competitions on Saturday, May 21 sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The competitions give students the opportunity to show their engineering and design skills by building and racing high-performance model solar and ...
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Demand for hydrogen for fuel cells and other emerging markets Will Climb Sharply through 2030
Historically, the hydrogen energy market has been centered on the petroleum refinery and chemical manufacturing sectors. Since 2011, however, interest in hydrogen for the energy storage market, combined with the rise in usage of hydrogen in the fuel cell sector, has seen increased utilization of hydrogen outside of petroleum refining and chemical manufacturing. This growth is expected to ...
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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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Bloom Energy Successfully Deploys its First Fuel Cells Powered Solely by Hydrogen
Bloom Energy announced this week that, in collaboration with its Korean partner, SK Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd., an affiliate of SK Group, it has successfully deployed 100 kilowatts of solid-oxide fuel cells (SOFC) powered solely by hydrogen in Ulsan, South Korea, generating zero-carbon onsite electricity.Bloom Energy InstallationHydrogen fuel cells, which convert hydrogen into ...
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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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Ballard Ships Clean Energy Fuel Cell Modules For Use In Brazil UNDP-EMTU Bus Program
Adds to momentum in global adoption of fuel cell buses VANCOUVER, Jan. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Ballard Power Systems (TSX: BLD) (NASDAQ: BLDP) confirmed that, as per its press release of November 2, 2011, the Company successfully shipped 3 of its 150-kilowatt FCvelocityTM-HD6 fuel cell power modules to TuttoTrasporti (TUTTO) of Brazil in December 2011. TUTTO, the largest Brazilian integrator ...
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Ballard Clean Energy Fuel Cell Modules Power BC Transit Bus Fleet Thru 1-Million Miles of Service
Ballard Power Systems (TSX: BLD) (NASDAQ: BLDP) announced that the 20-bus fleet operated by BC Transit in the Resort Municipality of Whistler, British Columbia and powered by Ballard FCvelocityTM-HD6 fuel cell modules recently surpassed 1-million miles (1.6-million kilometers) of revenue service. The BC Transit fleet has been the largest hydrogen fuel cell-powered bus fleet in operation ...
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Ballard To Sponsor Event Detailing Case Study: Fuel Cell Backup Power During Hurricane Sandy
Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP)(TSX: BLD) announced today that it is sponsoring a live, complimentary webinar event entitled "Hurricane Sandy and Commercially Tested Fuel Cell Backup Power Solutions" on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 2:00 PM EDT. Interested participants may register for the webinar from the 'Events' section of Ballard's homepage, http://www.ballard.com. The upcoming webinar ...
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Environmentally friendly aircraft: hydrogen fuel cells for airplanes
Fuel cells can already be used to power motor vehicles, but what about a commercial airliner? Fuel cell powered airplanes may be nearer than you think. The first manned flight powered by a hydrogen fuel cell was flown in March 2008. A recent study explains how this energy source can be used in small aircrafts, potentially reducing greenhouse gas emissions in aviation. Hydrogen fuel cells are ...
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Ballard-Sponsored Webinar Highlights Reliability of Fuel Cell Systems in Extreme Situations
Hurricane Sandy reinforced backup power as a critical driver of resilience in wireless telecom networks VANCOUVER, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP)(TSX: BLD) this week sponsored a webinar event entitled "Hurricane Sandy and Commercially Tested Fuel Cell Backup Power Solutions". The webinar featured presentations by two experts on the topic: Kyla Reid, Head of ...
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The future of fuel cell technology - Investing in Fuel Cells
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 cars on the road globally by 2030 versus current projections. This follows on from recent investments in British fuel cell ...
By Carbon Trust
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Hydrogen-powered Fuel Cell Flies ScanEagle
Insitu Inc. announced today that its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) successfully completed its first hydrogen-powered fuel cell flight during a two-and-a-half-hour flight test. The hydrogen-powered fuel cell solution was implemented as a modular upgrade to the runway-independent, expeditionary Group 2 ScanEagle UAS. The collaboration between Insitu, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and ...
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