India makes cheaper fuel cell part
India’s National Chemical Laboratory has developed a polymer that could be 100 times cheaper to use than the industry-standard material for building hydrogen fuel cells.
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Panasonic halves size of prototype laptop fuel cell
Engineers at Panasonic have succeeded in reducing the size of a prototype methanol fuel cell so that it's no larger than a laptop battery pack but provides all-day power.
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The hydrogen economy may first appear in your basement
When President Bush hyped hydrogen-powered cars as the wave of the energy future during his 2003 State of the Union address, he shone the national spotlight on fuel cell transportation technology.
But it has been a development that always seems to be five years away. Now, in 2008, experts still see marketable fuel cell cars on the distant horizon. In the meantime, though, fuel cells for home power and heating have quietly entered the commercial pipeline.
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Putting fuel-cell-powered aircraft into the air
“Currently we have four different types of power in aircraft: electric, hydraulic, pneumatic, and mechanical,” he said. “Will we go all electric? No. Batteries are not sufficient for aircraft use. There is no other source. The fuel cell is not there.”
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Ceramic Fuel Cells tumbles 40%
Ceramic Fuel Cells dropped 39.7 per cent to 5.875p after admitting it was seeking to identify future financing options.
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Ohio fuel cell companies part of national trade show
Among the companies and organizations scheduled to participate are MoundTech, Miamisburg; Edison Materials Technology Center, Kettering; Yamatake Sensing Control Ltd., Mason; NexTech Materials, Lewis Center; Battelle, Columbus, and Edison Welding Institute, Columbus.
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EU group plans hydrogen, fuel cell rollout by 2020
A coalition of the European Union, European industry, and the European research community together will invest nearly €1 billion over 6 years in fuel cells and hydrogen research, technological development, and demonstration to achieve a "mass-market rollout" of these technologies before 2020.
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