A broad range
of fuel cell technologies is being developed for stationary applications.
Fuel Cells: The US Fuel Cell Council wants $ 1.2 billion for research and production
of fuel cell technologies, and for investing in fuel cell - powered vehicles and fueling stations.
Canada's NRC Innovation Centre is nurturing a domestic fuel cell industry by supporting early stage research, development, and deployment
of fuel cell technologies.
I've often thought the most appropriate application
of fuel cell technology would be for windmills and solar installations to generate hydrogen with a portion of their energy, which could be used in an adjacent stationary fuel cell when they don't.
Electric energy just makes more sense at this point, and for what it's worth, Ziebart's comments is all part of continued discussions among people within the industry of the short - and long - term benefits
of fuel cell technology.
To the use
of fuel cell technology and other industry changes, new definitions have been added for Protruding Equipment, Fuel Cell Device, and Fuel Cell System.
From the announcement: «In an effort to assist the technical community in the advancement and development
of fuel cell technology, the law firm Thompson Hine LLP announced that it has launched a fuel cell -LSB-...]
Not exact matches
With the money from the SBA, the cluster has worked to increase the awareness and adoption
of fuel -
cell technology, Rinebold says.
The majority
of the
fuel -
cell industry is rooted in the Northeast, but
fuel -
cell businesses there have only been cooperating for the past decade or so, says Joel M. Rinebold, director
of energy initiatives at the Connecticut Center for Advanced
Technology, the East Hartford, Conn. - based organization that oversees the cluster.
The
fuel cell technology company posted revenue
of $ 20.1 million in the period, which also did not meet Street forecasts.
Technology stocks involved in a bubble may be confined to a particular industry (such as internet software or fuel cells), or cover the entire technology sector as a whole, depending on the strength and depth of invest
Technology stocks involved in a bubble may be confined to a particular industry (such as internet software or
fuel cells), or cover the entire
technology sector as a whole, depending on the strength and depth of invest
technology sector as a whole, depending on the strength and depth
of investor demand.
This 4th generation
of Hyundai's
fuel -
cell technology vehicle, arrives next year, the result
of 20 years
of development.
Mississauga, Ontario - headquartered Hydrogenics Corporation, a leading developer and manufacturer
of hydrogen generation
technology and hydrogen
fuel cell systems, today announced that it has received an order valued at C$ 7.8 million to supply
fuel cell power systems for zero - emission vehicles in China.
WAMC's David Guistina talks with Judy Patrick
of the Daily Gazette about GE's newest startup, a
fuel cell business that will operate from the Saratoga
Technology and Energy Park in Malta and the high cost
of school supplies.
The design and formation
of an atomic - scale bridge between different materials will lead to new and improved physical properties, opening the path to new information
technology and energy science applications amongst a myriad
of science and engineering possibilities — for example, atoms could move faster at the interface between the materials, enabling better batteries and
fuel cells.
Some
of the other projects involve the development
of proton exchange membrane for
fuel cell application, a gyroscope based on micro-electromechanical
technology and research on innovative engineering materials to fabricate ceramic membranes that can partially oxidize methane to syngas used as feedstock in commercial methanol production.
Next steps include expanding the use
of the
technology to different applications, such as solar and
fuel cells; and using the battery to power different kinds
of electronic devices.
Another popular aspect is «greenness» — catalysts mean lower energy, cleaner processes, and environmentally friendly
technologies such as
fuel cells (see profile
of Sarah Ball).
We're moving ahead with CNG,
fuel cells, plug - in hybrids and battery electrics because there is no single
technology that holds the key to the world's energy future,» said Robert Bienenfeld, senior manager
of environment and energy strategy for American Honda.
It will also depend on the success
of competing emission - free
technologies — solar, wind, biomass, and
fuel cell energy, among others — that promise less environmental impact.
Hydrogen seems to be an excellent and clean energy vector, and catalysis is expected to be at the core
of the new developing
technologies for the production, storage, and burning
of hydrogen in
fuel cells.
Carbon capture is an obvious extended use for
fuel cells, said Tony Leo, vice president
of application engineering and advanced
technology development at FuelCell Energy.
It turns out they are indispensable for a range
of urgently needed green energy
technologies such as wind turbine generators, low - energy lighting,
fuel cells, rechargeable batteries, magnetic refrigeration and hydrogen storage.
As plug - in electric vehicle sales continue to putt along, automakers are increasingly pinning their hopes on hydrogen
fuel cells as the clean vehicle
technology of the future.
In South Africa, the fields
of infectious disease, computing, astronomy, and hydrogen
fuel cell technology have been some
of the strongest fields in research and industry.
For instance, she said that advanced
fuel cell technology is
of special interest in a country — and a continent — where underdeveloped infrastructure keeps some people from having «cost - effective, accessible, and easily deployed» energy sources.
The auto industry has already brought the cost
of fuel -
cell technology down dramatically over the last two decades.
The higher energy capacity
of this miniature thin - film
fuel cell battery «will lead to further new classes
of personal electronics, such as autonomous sensors and communication devices that are not currently possible with existing battery
technologies,» Morse asserts.
The scientists have devised a new manufacturing technique that could boost the efficiency
of an inexpensive type
of solar
cell by up to 50 %, making the
technology an economically feasible alternative to fossil
fuels in the search for sustainable energy.
Oxygen electrochemistry plays a key role in renewable energy
technologies such as
fuel cells and electrolyzers, but the slow kinetics
of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) limit the performance and commercialization
of such devices.
To benefit in twenty years» time from many
of the proposed dual - use
technologies — such as
fuel cells — it must invest alongside industry now.
Perhaps ironically, the Sea - to - Sky Highway is part
of British Columbia's Hydrogen Highway that will showcase hydrogen and
fuel cell technology for visitors and motorists.
The latest figures from the Electric Drive Transportation Association, a trade group that advocates electric, electric - hybrid and
fuel -
cell car
technology and infrastructure, reveal a diminished share
of the car market.
Efforts to reduce the waste stream from chemical manufacturing hinge on the invention
of better catalysts, as do renewable energy
technologies such as
fuel cells and artificial photosynthesis.
Hydrogen
fuel cell vehicles are vying with next - generation hybrid car
technology (which can be plugged in to recharge its battery rather than relying on the gasoline engine) to be the electric car
of the future.
This synthesis route is capable
of developing alternative catalysts
of noble metals for many eco-friendly
technologies such as
fuel cell vehicles, hydrogen generation from water and CO2 reduction.
Sandia leads a number
of other hydrogen research efforts, including the Hydrogen
Fueling Infrastructure Research and Station
Technology (H2FIRST) project co-led by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), a maritime
fuel cell demonstration, a development project focused on hydrogen - powered forklifts and a recent study
of how many California gas stations can safely store and dispense hydrogen.
But people thought some
of them — battery
technology,
fuel cell technologies — would be workable.
In a new Perspective article, published in the Journal
of The Electrochemical Society, researchers are aiming to tackle a fundamental debate in key reactions behind
fuel cells and hydrogen production, which, if solved, could significantly bolster clean energy
technologies.
We're really looking to solve the barrier in front
of PEM
fuel cell technology, making it cheaper and therefore deployable to the mass market.»
While several have
fuel cell prototype vehicles on the road — Toyota and Honda are even leasing them to the public in Japan and California — they are spending upwards
of $ 1 million to produce each one due to the advanced
technology involved and low production runs.
A large
of proportion
of energy research aims to establish and optimize renewable sources such as photovoltaics, hydrogen
fuel cells, biomass, and wind power, but energy research can also be about improving old
technologies.
In the newly released budget, the U.S. Department
of Energy cuts $ 100 million from the hydrogen
fuel cell program in fiscal year 2010 and transforms its name to «
fuel cell technologies.»
The commission's new research funding program, which will run from 2014 to 2020 under the name Horizon 2020, will continue three existing JTIs:
Fuel Cells and Hydrogen, which aims to develop clean
technologies for energy transport and storage; Clean Sky, for the development
of cleaner aircraft; and the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), a JTI aimed at speeding up drug development.
As this quick survey
of the
fuel -
cell market shows, the interest and excitement around Bloom's
technology is understandable, but more thanks to the underlying
technology's potential than to a single, PR - savvy company.
The main technical obstacles to the
fuel cell technology used to be range, longevity
of the
fuel cell and operation at cold temperatures.
This can reduce the amount
of platinum required for a
fuel cell by about 70 per cent,» says Björn Wickman, researcher at the Department
of Physics at Chalmers University
of Technology.
The most promising
of these options include renewable sources
of a variety
of types, advanced fossil -
fuel technologies that can capture and sequester carbon, and hydrogen - powered
fuel cells for vehicle propulsion and dispersed electricity generation.
Now materials scientist Sossina Haile and colleagues at the California Institute
of Technology in Pasadena have constructed the first
fuel cell based on a solid acid.
If the future
of new and clean electrical
technology — that contemporary promoters
of the
fuel cell are today offering us — really happens, then the obscure story about a curious little invention by a largely forgotten Welsh man
of science will become an epic piece
of technological history.