Pentadyne Power Corp. (Sun Valley, CA) announced its PPC 120 flywheel system, which takes in unreliable, low-quality power from the utility line...
Microsemi Corp. (Irvine, CA) announced a new ultra-low, forward-voltage, schottky diode in its patented Powermite® surface-mount package for use in battery charging...
Georgia's first residential fuel cell has been installed by Flint Energies (Warner Robins, GA) to provide heat and electricity to its service...
MesoFuel Inc. (Albuquerque, NM) has been awarded $130,470 by New Mexico's Industrial Development Board for job training funds. MesoFuel uses micro-tech advancements...
Electric Fuel Corp. (New York) announced it has received a contract to provide prototype zinc-air batteries for battlefield drones. The new batteries will provide the military's man-portable battlefield drones with longer range and flying time than existing battery alternatives. The company also plans to develop and produce advanced zinc-air batteries for other unmanned air vehicles […]
The California Fuel Cell Partnership (CaFCP, West Sacramento, CA) announced plans to take its public outreach and awareness tour to California's central coast in September 2002 with its own fuel cell electric vehicle road rally, the "California Coast 2002 – California Fuel Cell Partnership Road Rally." The three-day road rally will demonstrate the capabilities and […]
The Society of Automotive Engineers International (SAE, Troy, MI) announced the appointment of Anthony Androsky to the position of Director of its...
Hydrogenics Corp. (Mississauga, ON) announced that it has received an order from AeroVironment Inc. (Monrovia, CA) for fuel cell modules and support and testing services. The fuel cell modules will be delivered in 2002 for installation in a high-altitude, unmanned, solar-electric, Helios aircraft. The fuel cell modules will be part of an airborne fuel cell […]
Boeing Co. (Chicago, IL) announced the official opening of the new Boeing Research and Technology Center in Madrid, Spain, part of Boeing...
Proton Energy Systems Inc. (Rocky Hill, CT) hosted an official ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate the formal opening of its new 100,000ft² facility...
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL, Golden, CO) has released the ADVISOR 2002, a flexible modeling tool that rapidly assesses the performance...
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL, Argonne, IL) has developed the General Computational Toolkit (GCTool) for designing, analyzing and comparing fuel cell systems and other power plant configurations. It is a PC-based, total-system fuel cell modeling software that incorporates proton-exchange membrane, solid-oxide, molten-carbonate and phosphoric-acid fuel cell types. The program handles models of any level of sophistication […]
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Japan) has developed a compact fuel cell for residential applications and expects to start producing samples near the end...
Harvest Energy Technology Inc. (HETI, Sun Valley, CA) has delivered a 100kW hydrogen generating system to Air Products and Chemicals Inc. (Allentown,...
Dynetek Industries Ltd. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) announced successful testing of its 12,500psi, lightweight, hydrogen storage cylinder, which features a non-permeable aluminum liner wrapped with high-strength carbon fiber. The 12,500psi cylinder was developed for hydrogen storage for fueling stations that are capable of fast-filling fuel cell vehicles (FCVs). "This is a significant achievement and milestone in […]