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Topic: Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Power Generation

  
citycat
BUCHER CITYCAT   |  Comment

Bucher CityCat: A Hydrogen-Powered Municipal Vehicle

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue May 19, 2009 at 1:43 PM

Bucher CityCat H2, the world's first municipal utility vehicle powered by fuel cells, made its debut last week in Basel, Switzerland. The street-cleaning CityCat will undergo an 18-month trial to see how well it can reduce air ...READ»

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LANDFILLS   |  1 comment

Trash Into Treasure: South Korea Builds First Landfill-Powered Hydrogen Station

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 92
Thu Sep 3, 2009 at 2:51 PM

Landfills now have a use besides stinking up large areas of land. The South Korean government is working on a project to produce hydrogen from natural biogases (aka methane) produces in landfills. The facility, which is being ...READ»

ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM   |  1 comment

Whoosh! Iceland's Got a Hot Idea

BY Ian Wylie
Relevancy Score: 72
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:19 AM

With the patience of a visionary, Bragi Arnason has been talking up the power of hydrogen power for more than 20 years. Now the energy elite is finally paying attention.READ»

SUSTAINABILITY   |  Comment

GM's Going Hydro

BY Lynne d Johnson
Relevancy Score: 70
Thu Sep 21, 2006 at 3:03 PM

Everyone is being invited to test drive GM's Chevrolet Sequel, the automaker's hydrogen-fuel-cell concept car, except me. John Voelcker at IEEE Spectrum recently wrote about his test drive, as did Joel Makower over at ...READ»

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ANTARES   |  1 comment

First Hydrogen Fuel Cell-Powered Plane Takes to the Skies

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 61
Fri Jul 10, 2009 at 8:01 AM

The world's first plane powered solely by hydrogen fuel cells took off on its maiden flight Tuesday from Hamburg Airport in Germany. The Antares DLR-H2's 10-minute flight showed off the plane's 105-mph-speed capabilities and quiet ...READ»

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PEE POWER   |  4 comments

Piss-Powered Cars Move Closer to Reality

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 59
Tue Jul 7, 2009 at 2:59 PM

Hydrogen power has long been hampered by the lack of an inexpensive, renewable fuel. As it turns out, the solution may be right underneath us. Researchers at Ohio University have discovered that hydrogen can be produced from urine ...READ»

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HYDROGEN   |  2 comments

Toasted Chicken Feathers Make Better Hydrogen Tanks for Fuel-Cells

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 57
Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 12:03 PM

Hydrogen fuel cell technology is full of promise, but it's being held back by the problem of storing the dangerous gas safely and efficiently. Some U.S. scientists have been tackling this, and their solution is as ingenious as it ...READ»

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HYDROGEN ECONOMY   |  7 comments

Why Is the Auto Industry Spending Billions on Hydrogen-Powered Wishful Thinking?

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 55
Fri Sep 11, 2009 at 3:12 PM

Everyday, it seems, we hear about another electric vehicle start-up with plans to revolutionize the auto industry. And with companies like Coulomb Technologies and Better Place slowly expanding their networks of EV charging and ...READ»

Passat Hydrogen Fuel Cell
FUEL CELLS   |  Comment

Hydrogen Fuel Gets a Boost on Long Island

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 54
Thu Feb 19, 2009 at 12:56 PM

The Long Island town of Hempstead has opened a hydrogen fueling station less than 24 hours after San Francisco unveiled three plug-in hybrid (PHEV) fueling stations. The $2 million Hempstead station, which makes hydrogen on-site ...READ»

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FUEL CELL   |  Comment

Hydrogen Fuel Gets a Boost with Stainless Steel Technology

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 53
Tue Feb 24, 2009 at 7:48 AM

The science of producing hydrogen to power fuel-cells in microbial electrolysis processes has just received a boost with some research at Pennsylvania State University that uses stainless steel components instead of the more ...READ»

CAMERA   |  Comment

Canon Planning Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cameras?

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 49
Mon Aug 11, 2008 at 2:39 PM

In the spring, rumors of fuel cell company MTI Micro working with a Japanese camera company got a lot of technophiles hot and bothered, and now it seems that the company in question might be Canon [NYSE:CAJ]. How do we know? Canon ...READ»

Terry Tamminen
BAIL-OUT   |  3 comments

Bail-out or Build-out?

BY Terry Tamminen
Relevancy Score: 45
Fri Oct 3, 2008 at 12:57 PM

As Washington and Wall Street dicker over a financial rescue plan, everyone is missing the real opportunity to fix the problem. Some see the variously proposed plans as bailouts of dumb borrowers and dumber lenders, while others ...READ»

Kenan Samms
ETHONOMICS   |  2 comments

Postcards from the Year 2030

BY Terry Tamminen
Relevancy Score: 43
Fri Jan 11, 2008 at 1:00 PM

Like our ancestors a century ago, who were debating massive transitions - - from horse to horseless, from blocks of ice to Fridgidaires, from carrier pigeons to telephones - - we too are faced with similar monumental choices today. ...READ»

Kenan Samms
ELECTRIC CARS   |  5 comments

The New Great Race - - Tesla versus Clarity

BY Terry Tamminen
Relevancy Score: 43
Thu Apr 23, 2009 at 1:28 PM

Listening to battery enthusiasts wax poetic about the Tesla recently--and seeing a few of them appearing on the streets of west Los Angeles--I began thinking about the old Tony Curtis film "The Great Race." The roads and Holiday Inns have improved dramatically since the period depicted in the movie, but the idea of testing the claims of exciting new technology at the dawn of a new transportation age is very much the same.READ»

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FUELL CELL   |  Comment

Forget Electric Cars: The Hydrogen Road Rally Starts Today

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 42
Tue May 26, 2009 at 8:00 AM

Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are often criticized for being energy inefficient, but that hasn't stopped the annual Hydrogen Road Tour from demonstrating the capabilities of fuel cell-equipped cars. The annual rally spans over 1,700 ...READ»

Kenan Samms
INNOVATION   |  Comment

Innovation: Old Often Becomes New

BY Tatsuya Nakagawa
Relevancy Score: 41
Tue Jan 29, 2008 at 11:38 AM

Originality is overrated. Engineers are often told in engineering schools that a good design typically consists of 45% duplication, 45% slight modification and 10% originality. Those who follow this principle benefit from the ...READ»

CHANGE AGENTS   |  Comment

Iceland, Baby

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 41
Wed Oct 22, 2003 at 3:08 PM

Not only is Iceland leading the way in adopting hydrogen power, but Reykjavik could very well become the first city in the world to hook up every home with broadband Net access. A conference next month will address the possibilities ...READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

Innovation: Old Often Becomes New


Relevancy Score: 40
Tue Jan 29, 2008 at 4:03 PM

Originality is overrated. Engineers are often told in engineering schools that a good design typically consists of 45% duplication, 45% slight modification and 10% originality. Those who follow this principle benefit from the ...READ»

Hjálmar Árnason
CHANGE AGENTS   |  17 comments

Hotbed

BY Michael Fitzgerald
Relevancy Score: 40
Wed Mar 19, 2008 at 2:38 PM

A trip to the steaming, bubbling badlands of Iceland proves one thing: There is hope for hydrogen.READ»

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ALTERNATIVE FUEL   |  2 comments

New Hydrogen Production Method Means Bye-Bye Oil?

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 35
Wed Jan 7, 2009 at 7:26 AM

Hydrogen's promise as an incredibly useful fuel has long been known. It's light, clean, non-polluting, and not overly difficult to produce. But researchers have recently cracked a new more effective method for producing the gas that's ...READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION   |  2 comments

The Hype of Hybrids

BY Leslie Taylor
Relevancy Score: 34
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 9:23 AM

With rising gas prices and more concern for a greener environment, the number of consumers putting hybrid vehicles on the road has increased to roughly half a million. READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION   |  Comment

Innovation Scorecard

BY Michael A. Prospero
Relevancy Score: 32
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:05 AM

When it comes to alternative and renewable energy, it's not enough to have the coolest non-oil-using eco-friendly widget.READ»