HydroGen Corp. (Cleveland, OH), a wholly owned subsidiary of HydroGen LLC and a developer of multi-megawatt fuel cell systems utilizing its phosphoric-acid fuel cell (PAFC) technology, announced that it would locate a 400 kW commercial demonstration fuel cell project in Ohio, and would establish its corporate headquarters in Ohio. The fuel cell project will be […]
Chiste Corp., a developer and manufacturer of multi-megawatt, air-cooled phosphoric acid fuel cell (PAFC) systems through its operating subsidiary, HydroGen LLC (Jefferson Hills, PA), announced that it has changed its corporate name to HydroGen Corp. (Cleveland, OH) and completed a 1-for-25 reverse split of the corporation’s common stock. Prior to the reverse split, the corporation […]
Georgia’s first renewable energy program, Green Power EMC (Tucker, GA), just got larger with the addition of 11 new member EMCs, which brings Green Power EMC membership to 28 electric cooperatives in Georgia, offering green energy to approximately 1.2 million households. Created in 2001, Green Power EMC was originally a joint effort of 17 Georgia […]
SunPower Corp. (Sunnyvale, CA), a silicon solar-cell company and a subsidiary of Cypress Semiconductor Corp., announced the discovery of a new performance effect observed in high-efficiency silicon solar cells, “surface polarization,” which creates the non-destructive and reversible accumulation of static charge on the surface of high-efficiency solar cells, such as the company’s all-back-contact A-300. Surface […]
More than 2,000 fuel cells are providing clean, reliable, and renewable on-site or backup power at locations in more than 26 countries,...
An experimental fuel-cell-based, co-generation system that uses two home-use fuel cells developed by Toyota Motor Corp. (Nagoya, Japan) and Aisin Seiki Co. have succeeded in supplying electricity and heat to four dwellings and reducing carbon-dioxide emissions by 22.7 percent compared with conventional systems, according to experiment participants. The system can also reportedly cut energy consumption […]
Nippon Oil and Ebara Ballard Corp. (Tokyo, Japan), a joint venture between EBARA Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) and Ballard Power Systems Inc. (Vancouver,...
Medis Technologies Ltd. (New York) announced that General Dynamics C4 Systems (Taunton, MA), a business unit of General Dynamics Corp. (Falls Church, VA), plans to acquire Itronix Corp. (Spokane, WA), a provider of wireless field-computing systems, including handhelds, laptops, and tablet PCs. Itronix was selected by Medis to produce the fuel cartridges for its refillable […]
DayStar Technologies Inc. (Halfmoon, NY), a developer of photovoltaic (PV) products, announced an award of $250,000 from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to develop energy-efficient processes to manufacture solar cells with the goal of reducing the costs of producing each solar cell. DayStar is currently ramping up its proprietary manufacturing […]
Motorhome manufacturer Hymer AG (Bad Waldsee, Germany) announced that it will be integrating a fuel cell from SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG...
GE Energy (Atlanta, GA), a supplier of power generation and energy delivery technology, announced that it received a 10-year, $83 million contract...
United Solar Ovonic LLC (Ovonic Solar), a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices Inc. (ECD, Rochester Hills, MI), announced that the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL, Kirtland AFB, NM) has awarded the company a $6.7 million, 18-month contract to continue development of its ultra-lightweight, high-efficiency, solar cell technology for use in space and airship […]
Practical Solar Inc. (Boston, MA) has developed a new, proprietary concentrating solar power (CSP) system to harness energy from the sun. The...
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE, Washington, DC) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced that its wind turbine design codes — termed FAST and ADAMS — can now be used for worldwide turbine certification. Through a joint effort by the NREL and wind turbine certifying body Germanischer Lloyd (Hamburg, Germany), both codes were approved for […]
A research team led by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, has developed a new technique to handle metal defects in...