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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 ...

Feb. 18, 2011

By National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Honda FCX Clarity Fuel Cell vehicle lease program begins with first customer delivery

American Honda Motor Co., Inc., today announced that Ron Yerxa and Annette Ballester took delivery of their hydrogen fuel cell-powered FCX Clarity on Friday, July 25, 2008 at Honda of Santa Monica, one of three dealerships in Southern California that are part of the first fuel cell vehicle dealership network. Yerxa and Ballester are the world's first FCX Clarity customers and the first of ...

Jul. 28, 2008

By Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

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 ...

Mar. 13, 2013

By Innovator Capital Limited

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 ...

Sep. 20, 2016

By Smart Grid Observer

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 ...

Nov. 12, 2014

By US Department of Energy

Hydrogenics recognized for environmental technology commercialization

Mississauga - based Hydrogenics Corporation has won an award for Excellence in the field of Environmental Technology Commercialization. An independent panel of judges at the recently-completed CleanEquity Monaco 2013 event selected Hydrogenics, a leading developer and manufacturer of hydrogen generation and hydrogen-based power modules as best in class for Technology Commercialization. ...

Mar. 15, 2013

By GLOBE SERIES

Ballard sees positive developments in fuel cell material handling market

Ballard Power Systems has congratulated 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 GenDrive, each powered by a Ballard fuel cell stack. Plug Power customers in grocery, retail, warehousing and manufacturing operations are recognizing ...

May 15, 2013

By GLOBE SERIES

Ballard to expand fuel cell system sales in India

Ballard Power Systems has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Delta Power Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd. [Delta], expanding the range of clean energy applications they will focus on under an existing fuel cell system collaboration agreement. Christy Clark, British Columbia's Premier and Dr. Farooq Abdullah, India's Minister of New & Renewable Energy, hosted a signing ceremony in New ...

Nov. 11, 2011

By GLOBE SERIES

Ballard to power SunLine transit agency buses

Ballard Power Systems has announced it has entered into contracts for the supply of fuel cell power modules to power two different transit bus configurations at SunLine Transit Agency in Thousand Oaks, California. Ballard, ISE Corporation and New Flyer Industries have struck a deal that will provide SunLine Transit with a 40-foot fuel cell hybrid bus powered by Ballard's FCvelocity HD6 power ...

Mar. 2, 2010

By GLOBE SERIES

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 ...

May 19, 2011

By National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

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 ...

Mar. 14, 2012

By Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Ballard Power on the move

Ballard Power Systems has announced a sales order for five FCvelocity(TM)-HD6 power modules from Advanced Public Transportation Systems bv (APTS), a specialty bus OEM in The Netherlands, part of the VDL Group. The 150-kilowatt power modules will be installed and integrated by Vossloh-Kiepe with hybrid electric drive systems in 18-meter (60-foot) articulated Phileas buses manufactured by APTS. ...

Jan. 13, 2010

By GLOBE SERIES

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 ...

Jan. 28, 2013

By Nilfisk Advance

Ballard expands presence in Europe with fuel cell bus order

Ballard Power Systems has signed an equipment supply agreement with Van Hool NV, Europe's fourth largest bus manufacturer, for 21 of the company's latest-generation FCvelocityTM-HD6 fuel cell power modules. The 21 FCvelocityTM-HD6 modules will power zero-emission buses to be deployed in several European cities, which will be named following completion of the associated contracts ...

Dec. 23, 2011

By GLOBE SERIES

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 ...

Jul. 17, 2014

By Elhuyar Fundazioa - Basque Research

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 ...

Apr. 28, 2011

By Ballard Power Systems Inc.

Ballard clean energy fuel cell system to be deployed in China

Ballard Power Systems has announced the sale of a 175 kilowatt (kW) ClearGen™ distributed generation fuel cell system to Azure Hydrogen Energy Science and Technology Corporation ofBeijing,China (Azure). Azure is Ballard's partner inChinawith a focus on development and enhancement of hydrogen energy technology for a variety of applications in that marketplace. Mr. Grand Mao, Chairman of ...

Mar. 15, 2013

By GLOBE SERIES

Mercedes to build fuel cell stack production facility in vancouver

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 new ...

Mar. 18, 2011

By GLOBE SERIES

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 ...

Feb. 13, 2014

By Navigant Consulting, Inc. (NCI)

Natural foods to adopt hydrogen fuel cell technology

Complementing its culture of social responsibility and its commitment to utilizing clean energy, United Natural Foods, Inc. today announced plans to adopt hydrogen fuel cell technology to power the lift truck fleet at its Sarasota, Florida distribution center. Intended to improve efficiency, productivity and reliability, 65 GenDrive™ fuel cell powered lift trucks will be mobilized at the Sarasota ...

Mar. 13, 2010

By GLOBE SERIES

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