Posts Tagged fuel cells

SMILE FC: Suzuki and Intelligent Energy’s Partnership to Produce Fuel Cells

Posted by Benji Jerew in Hydrogen Power on February 21, 2013

Suzuki and Intelligent Energy have come together to establish a new corporation, SMILE FC System Corporation, in order to mass-produce fuel cells for Suzuki vehicles. With the ongoing development of hydrogen fuel cell concept vehicles, work is already underway to establish supporting infrastructure, including hydrogen generation, storage, and delivery systems. Of course, these concepts also need fuel cells, [...]

DoD Researching Fuel Cells to Help Soldiers and Marines In The Field

Posted by Leigh Kim in Hydrogen Power on February 2, 2013

On January 30, military experts agreed that more efficient portable power sources are critical in order to lighten the load of soldiers and Marines. The Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is currently designing and testing fuel cells for missions. While the DoD recognizes the individual combatant’s value, the focus has often been [...]

Apple’s Data Center and the Clean Energy Paradox

Posted by Leigh Kim in Biogas, Energy news, Solar Power on December 6, 2012

According to the North Carolina Utility Commission, Apple intends to double the amount of fuel cells it will use at its data center in Maiden, North Carolina. In November, Apple filed to increase its fuel cell size but kept the endeavor completely confidential. Bloom Energy is installing 50 Bloom boxes for Apple to produce 10 [...]

Fuel Cells in Ontario Wastewater Treatment Plant Producing Cleaner Electricity

Posted by Janina Lazo in Biogas, Hydrogen Power on October 22, 2012

From anaerobic digestion of biomass to produce biogas, which in turn is burned to produce electricity and power up their plant in California, the Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA) is now venturing into utilization of fuel cells in its Ontario plant for a cleaner and more direct means of producing renewable energy. Due to tighter [...]

New Microbial Fuel Cell Generates Hydrogen in Self-Sustaining Fashion

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Hydrogen Power on September 23, 2011

Penn State University researchers have recently demonstrated a system that produces hydrogen from water. Nothing fancy so far. What’s interesting is that they use salt water, tap water, bacteria and membranes to make the process self-powered. Unlike the experiments performed so far, where bacteria inside watery solutions could produce hydrogen only in the presence of [...]

World's First Tri-Generation Fuel Cell System Open in California

Posted by Mike Sandru in Hydrogen Power on August 19, 2011

After a collaboration between the US Department of Energy, California Air Resources Board, the Orange County Sanitation District, and private industry, California now has the world’s first tri-generation fuel cell and hydrogen station commissioned a few days ago in Fountain Valley. The tri-generation fuel cell is a combined electricity, heat and hydrogen generating system. The [...]

Polish Researchers Discover New Cheap Catalyst for Formic Acid Fuel Cells

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Hydrogen Power on June 17, 2011

Fuel cells usually need hydrogen to function, or at least a compound containing hydrogen. The rule is the same for the new direct formic acid fuel cells, developed at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, which can use formic acid to power virtually anything from phones to cars.

Cheap Hydrogen Obtained By Using Ethanol and Sunlight

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Hydrogen Power on May 31, 2011

Not only one time had ethanol been tested as a reliable source of hydrogen. Now, a multi-national team of scientists from Spain, Scotland and New Zealand have devised a method to use ethanol and sunlight to extract hydrogen for use in fuel cells to generate electricity.

Singapore Initiative to Encourage Research Projects on Development of Maritime Fuel Cell

Posted by Mike Sandru in Hydrogen Power on November 30, 2010

Mainly, the objective of the initiative is to encourage and provide funds in the early stages of development to projects that prove conducive to improvements and breakthroughs in the fuel cell field and other technologies relevant to the maritime industry.

EZlab Fuel Cell Test Station Launched by NuVant Systems

Posted by Mike Sandru in Hydrogen Power on September 3, 2010

According to the company, the station aims to make it easier for scientists to compare the performance of electrode components in fuel cells, which produce energy from fuels like alcohols, hydrogen and hydrocarbons.

Aquafairy's New Range of Cheap Fuel Cells for Portable Electronic Devices

Posted by Mike Sandru in Green Electronics, Hydrogen Power on March 13, 2010

Today, the commercially available devices powered by fuel cells are still pretty pricey. But Kyoto-based Aquafairy has presented a new range of affordable fuel cells for portable electronic devices.

Scientists Develop a Quantum-Dot Process to Split Water and Generate Hydrogen

Posted by Cristi in Hydrogen Power on February 9, 2010

Fuel cells can be used in various applications such as spacecraft, remote weather stations, large parks, rural locations, military applications and automotive industry. Fuel cells have hydrogen as the base element for their power.

New Discovery: Generating Electricity With Ground Bacteria Shewanella

Posted by Cristi in Energy news, Green News on December 22, 2009

Bio-chemist David Richardson of the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom said that Shewanella is the ideal candidate for environmental-cleanup tasks as it lives in the underground: “Understanding their biochemistry could help to develop strategies to stimulate their activities [at the cleanup sites].”

Daniel Nocera's Sun Catalytix Receives $7.1 Million for Developing Photosynthesis System

Posted by Cristi in Hydrogen Power, Solar Power on November 24, 2009

Daniel G. Nocera of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is the inventor of the most important solar energy system of the century. His 2007 designed system is able to create cheap solar energy based on the photosynthesis process.

Boosting Power Output of Fuel Cell Systems Using Flowcath Technology

Posted by Cristi in Hydrogen Power on October 27, 2009

Taking into consideration some field experts, fuel cells seem to be the future in alternative energy. The researchers try to prove with every chance they got that fuel cells which can provide the required energy for a certain application and that they are very reliable. ACAL Energy (Cheshire, UK) has recently developed a liquid cathode [...]