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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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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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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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Toshiba Promotes Move to Hydrogen Economy with Construction of Integrated Hydrogen Application Center
Toshiba Corporation today broke ground on a new Hydrogen Application Center at its Fuchu Complex in western Tokyo. Scheduled to start operation in April 2017, the center will be built around a newly designed H2One hydrogen power system that will use renewable energy to produce hydrogen and supply it to fuel-cell powered forklifts operating in Fuchu Complex. Fuel cells can be quickly refueled and ...
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PowerCell Signs MoU with ABB Power Grids Regarding Stationary Fuel Cell Power Solutions
PowerCell Sweden AB has signed a memorandum of understanding with ABB Power Grids regarding a collaboration around fuel cell based zero emissions stationary power solutions. The aim of the cooperation is to leverage the companies' existing technologies to jointly develop a complete solution for the market. A final agreement is expected to be reached within approximately 12 months.Following the ...
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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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Student winners announced in solar and hydrogen fuel cell car races
Sixty-five teams from 24 Colorado schools participated in today’s Junior Solar Sprint and Hydrogen Fuel Cell car competitions hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The student teams raced solar or hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicles they designed and built themselves. Trophies for the fastest solar powered model cars were given 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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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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UK government urged to set up green loans
Written by Emily Thomas Energy saving techniques based on the natural process of photosynthesis could be used to make future properties more sustainable if an experiment is successful. Researchers at Imperial College London are currently working on the £1 million artifical leaf project, the Guardian reported. Scientists are hoping to mimic how plants use sunlight and water to create sugar, ...
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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 Gains Additional Fuel Cell System Traction With Supply Agreement In Africa
Agreement with Inala Technologies for power generation systems Initial 32 systems to be deployed with mobile telecom operator VANCOUVER, Sept. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP) (TSX: BLD) today announced signing of an equipment supply agreement (ESA), effective through October 2013, with its new African distributor, Inala Technologies (www.inala.co.za). The ...
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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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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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Fuel Cells Rapidly Gaining Ground in Germany
Canadian fuel cell maker Ballard has opened its European headquarters in Germany. Fuji is delivering its first fuel cell exports there. And in recent weeks, US-based fuel cell power plant manufacturer FuelCell Energy announced a partnership with renowned German research institute Fraunhofer IKTS. At this year's Globe 2012, the biennial conference and trade fair on business and the environment, ...
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Pennsylvania House of Representatives Adopts Resolution Recognizing National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day
The House in Pennsylvania passed HR 1022 by a vote of 202 to 0 recognizing October 8th as “National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day” in Pennsylvania. This bill was sponsored and introduced by our Representative Megan Schroeder. Follows were her remarks introducing the bill. “I will be offering a resolution recognizing October 8, 2020, as “National Hydrogen and Fuel ...
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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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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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Student winners announced in Solar, hydrogen and lithium ion fuel cell car races
One hundred four teams from 23 Colorado schools participated in today’s car competitions hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The student teams raced solar, lithium ion, or hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicles they designed and built themselves. Trophies for the fastest lithium-ion powered model cars were given to Colorado students ...
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Ballard Signs Supply Agreement With A Major European OEM For Fuel Cell Bus Modules
Second sale to Van Hool, strengthening relationship with one of Europe's largest original equipment manufacturers of buses 21 FCvelocityTM-HD6 modules to power zero-emission buses VANCOUVER, Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Ballard Power Systems (TSX: BLD) (NASDAQ: BLDP) announced that it has signed an equipment supply agreement with Van Hool NV, Europe's fourth largest bus manufacturer, ...
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