Another Breakthrough in Aircraft Fuel Cell Technology
This past week, an Antares motor glider became the first manned aircraft to take off and land using only a fuel cell to power its electric engine. DLR, Germany's national aviation research body, conducted the test in partnership with BASF and Denmark's Serenergy, a company that designs fuel cell stacks and power modules.

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Smart Fuel Cell Opens U.S. Office in Atlanta to Meet Growing Demand For Mobile, Off-Grid Power Applications
SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG, a leading provider of fuel cell technologies for mobile and off-grid power applications, today announced its expansion into the United States with the opening of a sales and technical service office in Atlanta to meet growing demand for its fuel cell products for the defense and industrial markets.

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Bloom Energy Close to Unveiling its Fuel Cell
The story says that out of Kleiner’s cleantech investments, Bloom Energy is one of the closest to unveiling a product — the startup “will almost certainly have a commercial product ready within a year or two.”

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Fuel Cells Being Used To Power Japanese Homes
Masanori Naruse jogs every day, collects miniature cars and feeds birds in his backyard, but he’s proudest of the way his home and 2200 others in Japan get electricity and heat water - with power generated by a hydrogen fuel cell.

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US Fuel Cell Council Announces Tax Credit Extension Passed
The US Fuel Cell Council (USFCC) applauded today's vote in the US House of Representatives which granted an eight-year extension of the Investment Tax Credit for fuel cell technology.

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Toshiba to Release Fuel Cell-powered Mobile Devices by March 2009
The announcement was made at the company's booth at the IT and electronics trade show, CEATAC Japan 2008.  Nikkei Electronics reported that, while Toshiba had presented the prototype at various exhibitions and on other occasions, it was the first time the company has unveiled the actual schedule for release.

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Team Takes First Atomic-Scale Compositional Images of Fuel-Cell Nanoparticles
In a step toward developing better fuel cells for electric cars and more, engineers at MIT and two other institutions have taken the first images of individual atoms on and near the surface of nanoparticles key to the eco-friendly energy storage devices.

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Danish Professor Awarded High Honour for Fuel Cell Research
Professor Mogens Mogensen of the Danish national laboratory Risø DTU has received the prestigious Christian Friedrich Schönbein Medal of Honour, in recognition of his individual contribution to the development of the fuel cell, reports the Technical University of Denmark on its website.

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