(Distributed) power to the people
The fuel cell business is coming of age, at last, led by United Technologies and FuelCell Energy.

Starwood's Sheraton Hotel and Towers in Manhattan, Verizon's call center on Long Island, the Sierra Nevada brewery in northern California and a Whole Foods Market in Connecticut have little in common except this - all are powered by fuel cells that turn hydrogen into electricity, saving energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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Indian refiner to bottle water from fuel-cell plant
Mumbai-based Bharat Petroleum said it plans to break into the bottled water business to capitalize on the byproduct of hydrogen fuel cells.
The refiner said it would produce 1 million metric tons of water with every 1,000 MW of energy from hydrogen fuel cells. Bharat said it could then bottle the purified water and sell it at the company's fueling stations, according to the Business Standard of India.

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The London Hydrogen Partnership launched fuel cell viability fund
The Fuel Cell Viability Study Fund aims to help more developers and local authorities to use hydrogen fuel cell technologies by funding feasibility studies into whether it is a viable technology for applicant's buildings and transport. This will help organisations to take the first steps to installing hydrogen fuel cells, which are an efficient form of power supply with zero emissions.

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UTC Power fuel cells heading to South Korea
South Windsor, Conn.-based UTC Power, a subsidiary of United Technologies (NYSE: UTX), said today that South Korea's Samsung Everland has purchased 12 UTC fuel cell systems for installation at a plant in the town of Anyang, just outside Seoul.

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New fuel cells to bring about portable battery charging
Power engineers are developing a new small fuel cell which will be placed in batteries to enable them to be recharged without requiring access to a wall socket, the Wall Street Journal confirmed.

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Crown enlightens audience with fuel cell technology
Crown Equipment Corporation is dedicated to responsible product design, sustainable business practices and environmental stewardship. Researching the use of fuel cell technology in its fork lifts is one way the company is striving to meet these objectives.

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Zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell generator launches in Camden UK
The fuel cell will be used to provide clean temporary power at Council events replacing traditional generators, which can be both dirty and noisy.
The fuel will come from Camden’s new hydrogen fuelling depot - the first local authority-owned hydrogen fuelling facility in the country.

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