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DOE & NREL showcase hydrogen powered bus at a Taste of Colorado
To help spread the word about advanced technology vehicles, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fuel Cell Technologies Program is showcasing alternative fuel vehicles at this year’s A Taste of Colorado. Featured at the event will be a hydrogen-powered internal combustion engine 12-passenger shuttle bus built by the Ford Motor Company. DOE recently funded the leases for 12 ...
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Ballard Signs Long-Term Engineering Services Contract To Advance Volkswagen AG Fuel Cell Automotive Research Program
Expected contract value of C$60-100 million VANCOUVER, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP)(TSX: BLD) has announced signing of an agreement with Volkswagen Group (www.volkswagenag.com) for a major Engineering Services contract to advance development of fuel cells for use in powering demonstration cars in Volkswagen's fuel cell automotive research program. The ...
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American Fuel Cell Bus Program Delivers
Ballard Power Systems (TSX: BLD) (NASDAQ: BLDP) today announced that it has, together with consortium partners BAE Systems and ElDorado National (California) Inc., successfully deployed a "Buy America"-compliant, zero-emission fuel cell bus for SunLine Transit Agency in Palm Springs, CA. The "Buy America" regulation requires the manufacturing of the bus and key components in the United ...
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Can a Greenhouse Grow Energy Savings, Too?
A grocery store, greenhouse, hotel and community college will be among a diverse group of West Coast organizations testing the next generation of fuel cells that produce both electric power and heat while saving energy, thanks to a $2.8 million combined industry and government award announced today by the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National ...
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SECA fuel cell technology proves successful in US Navy`s proof-of-concept testing
Two technologies developed under the US Department of Energy's Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA) fuel cell program recently passed successful proof-of-concept tests by the US Navy's Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division located in Newport, Rhode Island. The tests mark a breakthrough for solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC)-based power systems and reflect the potential of SOFC technology for ...
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Advanced hydrogen fuel cell power solutions highlighted at inauguration of new sysco Houston warehouse
More than 100 business leaders and government representatives today attended the official ribbon cutting for Sysco"s new 585,000-square-foot food distribution facility in North Houston. The company showcased its hydrogen fuel cell technology that powers its pallet trucks and forklifts. Sysco Houston"s entire warehouse fleet, comprised of 72 pallet trucks and 26 forklifts, utilizes Plug Power"s ...
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NREL acquires fuel cell hybrid vehicles from Toyota to support hydrogen infrastructure, production, and vehicle performance studies
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently received four fuel cell hybrid vehicles - advanced (FCHV-adv) on loan from Toyota through a two-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement. These vehicles will help NREL enhance its research related to hydrogen fueling infrastructure, renewable hydrogen production, and vehicle ...
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Fuel cell electric vehicles make rapid progress in range, durability
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently completed a seven-year project to demonstrate and evaluate hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) and hydrogen fueling infrastructure in real-world settings. The National Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Learning Demonstration Final Report shows progress in extending vehicle driving ranges ...
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NREL Dedicates Advanced Hydrogen Fueling Station
The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) today dedicated its 700 bar hydrogen fueling station, the first of its kind in Colorado and in the national lab system, as part of a celebration of National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day. The fueling station is part of NREL's new Hydrogen Infrastructure Testing and Research Facility (HITRF), where scientists will be able to produce ...
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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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Air Liquide to Supply Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure for Fuel Cell Bus Demonstration in Birmingham, Ala.
Air Liquide Industrial U.S. LP (“Air Liquide”) announced today an agreement with the Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) to supply the hydrogen fueling infrastructure for a hydrogen fuel cell bus demonstration in Birmingham, Ala. CTE, a non-profit organization that specializes in bringing clean transportation technologies to the market, ...
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GE Demonstrates Battery Dominant Fuel Cell Bus Using New Durathon™ Battery
Researchers at GE Global Research, the General Electric Company’s (NYSE: GE) technology development arm,haveachieved a first step in reducing the cost of clean fuel, zero emission buses, with a vehicle powered by GE’s new Durathon™ battery in tandem with a lithium battery and a hydrogen fuel cell. This promising development of a new energy management system could help accelerate ...
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Fuel cell bus technology development projects underway
CALSTART, North America's leading advanced transportation technology organization, has secured and launched contracts for five major fuel cell bus technology development projects with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), an important part of CALSTART's overall hydrogen pathways strategy.fuel cell bus technology development projects. The newest $24-million effort involves multiple fuel ...
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NREL, Sandia Team to Improve Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure
A new project led by the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Sandia National Laboratories will support H2USA, a public-private partnership co-launched by industry and the Energy Department, and will work to ensure that hydrogen fuel cell vehicle owners have a positive fueling experience as fuel cell electric vehicles are introduced starting in ...
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NREL Researchers Discover How a Bacterium, Clostridium thermocellum, Utilizes both CO2 and Cellulose to Make Biofuels
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) made the surprise discovery that a metabolic pathway to take up CO2 exists and functions in a microorganism capable of breaking down and fermenting cellulosic biomass to produce biofuels including hydrogen and hydrocarbons. Clostridium thermocellum is among the most efficient bacteria in directly converting ...
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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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Japanese & South Korean Automakers to Commercialize Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles by 2015, Says Frost & Sullivan
Both Japanese and South Korean automakers are optimistic about commercializing fuel cell electric vehicles by 2015, says Frost & Sullivan. Mr. Vijayendra Rao, Research Manager at Frost & Sullivan Automotive & Transportation Practice, Asia Pacificsaid that in 2011, the market for fuel cell electric vehicles in Japanand South Koreais limited to concept cars or fuel cell electric ...
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Biogas Power - Global Market Size, Feedstock Analysis, Competitive Landscape, Regulations and Key Country Analysis to 2025
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