UPS Systems Installs Hydrogen Fuel Cell at Baglan Energy Park
The new Centre, scheduled to open in October, was initiated with EU funding, and now has long- term funding guaranteed by the University. The Centre will demonstrate the viability of hydrogen production from a range of indigenous renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind power, and evaluate the benefits of using hydrogen as an energy storage medium for these intermittent renewables.

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Ballard Leaps Ahead With Biggest Ever Supply Deal
The Vancouver-based company plans to sell the cells - 1,000 in 2009 and 9,000 in 2010 - to a new joint venture between IdaTech, which makes fuel-cell systems, and the Acme Group, which sells green-energy and energy-efficiency systems to telecom companies and others.

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QuantumSphere Receives Military Contract for Advanced Methanol Fuel Cell Technology
QuantumSphere, Inc., a leading developer of advanced catalyst materials, high performance electrodes, and related technologies and systems for portable power and clean-energy applications, today announced that it has been awarded a grant by the United States Army for the development of advanced fuel cell technology that improves efficiency, integration and portability and reduces costs for portable power applications.

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High-Tech Sponge May Revolutionise Hydrogen Cars’ Fuel Storage
Scientists in Greece have theorised an idea to make a material that can pave the way for a new generation of hydrogen fuel tanks for cars that can store significant amounts of gas.

University of Crete researchers say that the new material would be able to absorb 6.1 per cent of its weight in hydrogen at room temperature and pressure.

Their work attains significance because the US Department of Energy had set for scientists the challenge create materials capable of holding 6% of their weight in hydrogen five years ago.

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Air Liquide Launches the Horizon Hydrogen Energy (H2E) Program
The H2E program, which represents an overall investment in research and technology of almost €200 million over 7 years, aims at building sustainable and competitive hydrogen-energy solutions. The research and development will cover the full hydrogen energy value chain. In particular, it will investigate the development of innovative technologies for hydrogen production using renewable energy, hydrogen storage and industrialization of fuel cells.

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Rensselaer Acquires Precision Flow Technologies SOFC Test Equipment
Rensselaer has recently installed two Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) test systems from Precision Flow Technologies (PFT). One system will be used by RPI for SOFC degradation research and contract testing with Industrial partners. The second system, donated by Precision Flow Technologies, will be used by RPI students and will also be used as test/demonstration center for PFT customers.

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