Archives: Fuel Cells

Well, Johnny Cash may have once had the Folsom Prison Blues, but things are looking sunnier now days for the residents of Folsom, California. Local company Altergy Systems has announced that they have developed the world’s first automated assembly line for fuel cells. This high volume, automated assembly line is capable of producing thousands of • Read More »

Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies, Incorporated has taken a different tact than most other companies who are trying to create hydrogen-powered vehicles. Horizon Fuel Cell has decided to go small. For instance, last Christmas one of the company’s hottest offerings was the H-Racer miniature fuel cell car with hydrogen refueling station for the hobbyist market. Horizon • Read More »

With two of the largest fuel cell manufacturers in the world located in Connecticut, FuelCell Energy, Inc. and UTC Power, the Connecticut Hydrogen Fuel Cell Coalition (CHFCC) sees a bright future for high technology in this small state. Currently, over 2,000 people are employed in the fuel cell industry in Connecticut and CHFCC expects those • Read More »

Leave it to a small car wash in Vancouver, British Columbia to be the first of its kind anywhere by installing a hydrogen fuel cell to power the facility and heat the water. In March 2007, Easywash will install a $1.2 million hydrogen fuel cell as part of a demonstration project. Hydrogen for the car • Read More »

Scientists at the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) and U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have discovered that using a platinum-nickel alloy catalyst in PEM fuel cells offers 90 times the activity of the platinum-carbon cathode catalysts used today. The discovery will likely lead to cheaper and more powerful hydrogen fuel cells • Read More »

The International Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy (IPHE) is accepting nominations for recognition of outstanding hydrogen and fuel cell research projects for 2007. In 2005 and 2006, IPHE recognized 23 outstanding international projects. Projects recognized include: 1. The Autobrane project to improve technology surrounding high temperature fuel cell membranes. 2. The HyChain Mini-Trans project aimed • Read More »

Volkswagen is developing high temperature phosphoric acid fuel cells (PAFC), which is believes is the future for the hydrogen car industry. The prototype fuel cell that Volkswagen has developed is 30-percent smaller than the smallest fuel cell on the market. According to Volkswagen, one of the major advantages of the high temperature fuel cell is • Read More »

Three of the major current criticisms regarding proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells for hydrogen cars has been cost, cold-cranking power and durability. The cost has come down dramatically within the past 3 years and will continue to descend as new technology is developed and production lines assembled for higher volume orders. Cold-cranking power, or • Read More »

The standard catalyst of choice for fuel cells right now is platinum, which is the main reason that hydrogen cars remain expensive to build. With the price of platinum today at over $1,200 per ounce and rising, (and the world supply of the metal in question) many fuel cell makers are looking to alternatives to • Read More »

Hydrogenics Corporation has been awarded a contract by American Power Conversion to deliver 500 hydrogen fuel cell modules. The 500 HyPM XR 12 kW Fuel Cell Power Modules will be integrated with American Power’s InfraStruXure architecture for use in business data centers as a source of backup power in case of electricity failure. The fuel • Read More »