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Public must demand alternative fuels -- Edwin Black is
author of Internal
Combustion: How Corporations and Governments Addicted the World to Oil
and Derailed the Alternatives. – Central Daily – Sep 9, 2006 Islands plan for more green power -- The latest stage of a new £2.5m eco-friendly hydrogen energy project in the Western Isles has been unveiled. – BBC News -- Sep 6, 2006 Algona's Hydrogen Engine Center signs deal with India's Grasim -- HEC President Ted Hollinger said successful testing could result in a major market boost for his engines and proof that they can successfully power industries, utilities and other major power users using renewable hydrogen instead of fossil fuels. "This is a good opportunity for us to get a lot of hours running time on a hydrogen engine, prove to the world that they are durable, that our technology is sound," Hollinger said. "If we can prove that, then hopefully we'll have other people in distributed generation -- utilities and other factories around the world -- saying we can use that technology here to help us reduce our electrical cost." The advantage of testing at a chlorine manufacturing facility is that such a plant produces hydrogen as a byproduct, much of which is burned off because it is not practical to use for any other purpose. Under the model developed for Grasim, the plant will use its excess hydrogen to power the generator, which will produce electricity, replacing a portion of the plant's purchased power. -- Sioux City Journal -- Aug 29, 2006 Hydrogen project touted as future energy, business generator -- With the unveiling of the first hydrogen energy project of its kind in America on Monday, the Chewonki Foundation hoped it was taking steps toward keeping Maine homes out of Middle Eastern oil conflicts and Maine companies at the forefront of the burgeoning technology. -- Seth Koenig, Times Record News -- Aug29, 2006 Mechanical Testing of Materials for Hydrogen Embrittlement -- NineSigma, representing General Motors Corporation, is seeking proposals (technical and cost) for performing mechanical testing on steel and metal alloys for hydrogen environmental embrittlement. Submission date: Sep 22, 2006. Japan Govt. Plans Greener Cars to Wean Itself Off Oil -- Japan, which has a target of 50,000 fuel-cell vehicles on Japanese roads in 2010, aims to raise the number of such vehicles in use to 5 million by 2020. -- Yahoo News -- Aug 28, 2006 California Senate Approves Hemp Farming -- Organic Consumers Association -- Aug 17, 2006 Hydrogen power system unveiled in Maine -- A $250,000 demonstration project that produces hydrogen energy to provide backup lighting and warmth at the Chewonki Foundation's environmental education center was hailed at its unveiling Monday as the first of its kind in the nation. The nonprofit foundation teamed up with the Portland-based Hydrogen Energy Center to develop the system that was touted as an example of the kind of cutting-edge technology that can reduce dependence on fossil fuels and help ease global warming. "Hydrogen represents a huge growth industry, and the creation of this partnership will put Maine on the leading edge as this industry expands," said Gov. John Baldacci, who signed an executive order to promote the development of hydrogen energy in Maine. -- Seattle PI -- Aug 28, 2006 Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc. and Aditya Birla Group’s Grasim Industries Ltd. Sign Joint Technology and Marketing Memorandum of Understanding -- Aug 28, 2006 Interest in ocean power resurges -- The emphasis on ocean power is growing as fossil fuel becomes harder to find, its price climbs and environmental concern mounts over global warming, said Hans Krock, an engineer and president of OCEES International Inc. in Honolulu. Ocean thermal power plants, which generate electricity from the temperature difference between the tropics' warm surface water and deep cold water, could be built on land in several hundred areas around the globe's equatorial zones and also could be constructed as floating plants. Krock said the plants' electricity also could provide enough hydrogen from the ocean water to power cars and provide energy needed to replace fossil fuels in the future. The technologies already exist to move and store hydrogen, he said. "The ocean thermal energy resource is the only one big enough to supply the world's energy in place of fossil fuel," said Krock, whose company is working on contracts for plants at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority and on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean for the Navy. -- Dennis Camire, The Honolulu Advertiser -- Aug 28, 2006 Hydrogen Transportation Development Program Program Opportunity Notice (PON) No. 1082
Experimenting with Hydrogen Transportation -- Five buses with hydrogen fuel cells will be put to the test in 2007 in Sao Paulo and neighbouring cities. The four-year experiment calls for total travel of one million kilometres. If they pass the test, the hydrogen bus fleet will be expanded to 100 or 200. -- IPS -- Aug 26, 2006 High hopes for hydrogen -- Envisioned as roughly two miles in radius, it would be “the first planned end-to-end fuel cell district” and would bring together educational projects; hydrogen production, storage and distribution sites — including refueling facilities — and lots of working fuel cells. To make that vision a reality, the USC Columbia Fuel Cell Collaborative has issued The Greater Columbia Fuel Cell Challenge for projects to fill up the district. The collaborative is working to position Columbia as a leader in hydrogen fuel cell innovation and technology. -- The State -- Aug 27, 2006 Boeing hydrogen plane set to lift off -- Boeing is developing a light aircraft powered by fuel cells and electric motors, making it potentially the greenest plane ever to fly. -- Jonathan Leake, The Sunday Times -- August 27, 2006 Honda To Unveil Third-Generation Fuel Cell in LA -- Honda Motor Co. will introduce its third-generation fuel-cell system in an updated version of the FCX concept vehicle at the Los Angeles auto show in early December. -- Edmunds Inside Line -- Aug 25, 2006 Is America ready for Wind Hydrogen? -- David Gross, WaveLength Market Analytics LLC, Earthtoys.com -- Aug 2006 Mazda and Hydrogen powered vehicles -- Kilkenny Advertiser -- Aug 23, 2006 Hydrogen Fuel Station Opens in Norway -- Chron -- Aug 23, 2006 North Atlantic Hydrogen Association Founded -- Aug 8, 2006 Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc. Delivers Oxx Power™ Engines to All North American Distributors -- Aug 22, 2006 Green cars for the boys in blue -- Hydrogen-powered cars are to be used in police patrol fleets following a Scotland Yard order for 117 environmentally-friendly vehicles, it was announced on Saturday -- ETA -- Aug 21, 2006 Lincoln Composites will be first to occupy Air Park rail center -- The new tank to be built is about a meter in diameter, and up to 40 feet in length, Dick said; it’ll be used for bulk delivery of natural gas, and could have a future market transporting hydrogen for fuel-cell powered vehicles. -- Rodd Cayton, Lincoln Journal Star -- Aug 15, 2006 First Peek Inside the eBox -- AC Propulsion gives EV World correspondent first glimpse of battery electric Scion xB conversion -- Forbes Bagatelle-Black, EV World -- Aug 21, 2006 Federal Bill Would Give Solar, Fuel Cells a Boost -- "Empowering America Act" would increase solar consumers' rights, lower installation costs. -- Renewable Energy Access -- Aug 21, 2006 Schwarzenegger Signs Legislation to Complete Million Solar Roofs Plan -- Office of the Governor -- Aug 21, 2006 Green Motorsport - silent, energy-efficient and modular -- We love big ideas and this one is a ripper – a young and dynamic Dutch-based company named Formula Zero is setting up a new fuel cell race car class to help generate public enthusiasm, demonstrate the viability, and accelerate the uptake of emission-free transport. Now here’s the really clever bit – the intention is to construct a complete portable travelling circus a-la-Formula-One, which can be set up on any flat surface, complete with racetrack, grandstands, hospitality, pits, clean technology power and hydrogen generation and timing facilities. -- Gizmag -- Aug 19, 2006 Unhitching U.S. from dependence on oil -- When Ted Hollinger decided to build engines in an Iowa cornfield, he wanted them to have a name invoking memories of pioneers hitching their future to a team of oxen. And, by making “Oxx Power” engines to run on a range of fuels - including hydrogen and ethanol - Hollinger also dreams of unhitching the United States from a future dependent on oil. -- Hollinger once designed hydrogen engines for the Ford Motor Co. and for Ballard Power Systems. When those companies opted to bet their money on motors powered by hydrogen fuel cells, Hollinger left to pursue his own cutting-edge ideas. He argues although fuel cell backers must create a market from scratch, there's already a large market for the versatile engines made in Algona. The company expects to sell 10,000 to 15,000 engines next year, said Joe Lewis III, vice president of engine sales. -- Todd Dorman, Farm and Ranch Guide -- Aug 17, 2006 Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc. Launches Manufacture and Sale of Its Hydrogen and Alternative Fueled Internal Combustion Engines and Gensets -- HEC -- Aug 17, 2006 CaH2Net Update, Volume 1, Issue 5 (pdf) -- Summer 2006 Sherrod Brown focuses on energy -- Alternative sources seen as Akron niche -- ``From a hydrogen plant in Akron to a biorefinery in Lima,'' Brown said, ``Ohio can be at the center of our fight to wean the U.S. off of foreign oil.'' -- Carl Chancellor, The Beacon Journal -- Aug 15, 2006 New York Commits $10 Million to Convert Hybrids to Plug-in Hybrids -- The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announces the New York State Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) Technology Initiative, aimed at accelerating the adoption and use of plug-in hybrid electric passenger cars and light trucks in the State. -- NYSERDA -- Aug 16, 2006 NIST’s New Advanced Imaging Facility Peers Inside Hydrogen Fuel Cells -- NIST -- Aug 15, 2006 U.S. Wind Energy Installations Reach New Milestone -- Record growth generates economic, environmental, energy security benefits as wind capacity reaches 10,000 megawatts -- U.S. wind energy installations now exceed 10,000 megawatts (MW) in generating capacity, and produce enough electricity on a typical day to power the equivalent of over 2.5 million homes, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) announced today. A megawatt of wind power generates enough to serve 250 to 300 average homes. -- AWEA -- Aug 14, 2006 Swagelok Company Joins National Hydrogen Association -- Business Wire -- Aug 15, 2006 Local Plant Helped Design Hydrogen-Powered Car -- The General Motors facility in Honeoye Falls is playing a huge part in developing the company’s first hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicle. It will be shown to the public next month. “The Sequel” is GM’s first truly drivable hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicle. -- Kristen Miranda, 13 WHAM -- Aug 14, 2006 Baking bread with hydrogen in Antarctica -- According to the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD), Mawson Station, one of their Antarctic field camps, will soon be partially powered by hydrogen produced locally. And as it's cold there at this time of the year — temperatures oscillate between -10°C and -19°C — the station workers will be able to heat their huts with clean hydrogen. They also will be able to bake their bread or power their laptops with this eco-friendly energy source. This project — the first of its kind in Antarctica — should reduce Australia's greenhouse gas emissions in Antarctica. -- Roland Piquepaille, ZD Net -- Aug 11, 2006 Oil-gas to hydrogen? -- The energy school planned by the University of Wyoming must be flexible enough to deal with future changes in the state’s energy industry, members of the UW Energy Resources Council were told at their first meeting Thursday. “Wyoming has more energy resources than just oil and gas,” said Myron Allen, UW vice president for academic affairs. “Ten or 15 years from now the array may be different.” State Rep. Tom Lockhart, R-Casper, chairman of the House Minerals, Business and Economic Development Committee, said the school “must have flexibility in the design” to be prepared “when things switch from oil and gas to hydrogen or whatever they switch to.” -- W. Dale Nelson, Jackson Hole Star-Tribune -- Aug 11, 2006 Hydrogenics Awarded Supply Agreement From American Power Conversion to Deliver Up to 500 Fuel Cell Power Modules for Backup Power Applications -- Aug 10, 2006 Ice-based technology promises lower energy usage -- City and utility officials throughout Southern California are eyeing a new system that relies on ice to store energy for air conditioners as a possible way to cut peak commercial consumption and reduce the threat of crippling blackouts. -- Daily News -- Aug 10, 2006 Solar/Hydrogen Home Now Scheduled For Completion -- System Also to Generate Enough Hydrogen to Fuel Homeowner’s Car -- The first solar/hydrogen home in North America received all necessary permits and is now scheduled to be completed in the fall, it was announced today by Renewable Energy International, Inc. -- Lyle K. Rawlings, P.E., president of Advanced Solar Products, is the design engineer for the project. “This installation is far more than just a demonstration project,” explains Mr. Rawlings.“This home and its power system have been engineered to function either with or without an electrical grid connection. Addition of the hydrogen-based power system is a retrofit. It will be possible to replicate this type of home improvement anywhere.” -- Proton Energy Systems -- Aug 9, 2006 Hydrogen to power Australia’s Antarctic field camps -- Expeditioners working in Australia's remote Antarctic field camps will soon be baking bread, heating their huts and powering their laptops with clean, green hydrogen. -- "As the cost of fossil fuels continues to rise, we need to explore renewable energy options to supplement or completely replace them," AAD engineer Peter Magill said. "We have already reduced our fossil fuel use at Mawson by installing two wind turbines. And we can reduce it further by using any electricity generated by the turbines, in excess of station requirements, to produce hydrogen." Mr Magill said the hydrogen, which is made by electrolysing or splitting water molecules into their component hydrogen and oxygen molecules, will be transported in cylinders on a specially designed trailer across the sea ice to Béchervaise Island, some four kilometres away. The trailer will be towed using a hydrogen-powered quad bike modified at the University of Tasmania. The hydrogen will then be used in a hydrogen/LPG gas stove for cooking and in a fuel cell that will generate electricity to run heaters, lights, computers and a bread-maker. -- Australian Antarctic Division -- Jul 13, 2006 GM to show off drivable hydrogen car next month -- Detroit Free Press -- Aug 10, 2006 Vehicles just a small part of hydrogen wave -- The B.C. Hydrogen Highway program is an umbrella organization co-ordinating broad-based activities that support the commercialization of hydrogen and fuel-cell technologies. -- Victoria News -- Aug 9, 2006 NHA Announces the 2007 H2U Student Design Contest -- The site is a 3,334 acre plot of land in Rice, California, located on the Arizona border in the Mojave Desert, for the development of a large-scale solar and wind power park with a nearby interstate hydrogen fueling station. While the site is in a remote location, it is situated a short distance away from an active military training base in CA and a major recreational area in Arizona (Lake Havasu). It is adjacent to the Colorado River Aqueduct, borders a freight railway that connects to Las Vegas and Los Angeles and has high voltage transmission lines and highways nearby-- ideal for a combination large-scale hydrogen production facility and fueling station. -- NHA -- Aug 9, 2006 Q&A with Jeremy Rifkin -- My science and tech team, which is some of the best scientists and engineers in the whole world, I mean Nobel laureate, top people. They never say never, but what they say to me is, one, it’s completely economically unfeasible under anything on the horizon, to be able to sequester and bury CO2. The cost is through the roof. Two, how would we ever find enough mediums, both underground and, y’know, in old wells or reservoirs or under the deep ocean, to bury the CO2 in this volume? Three, how would you ever ensure that it would never leak for all of eternity? And if you do leak — No. 4 — imagine CO2 leaking from under the water in deep oceans up into the atmosphere or from caverns under the ground, everything does leak. When you have massive release of CO2, then you’re talking about truly a cataclysm. So given all of that, my belief is that the coal industry’s suggestion that this is a new lease on life, "clean coal" ... is not a just misspent opportunity. It’s just a no-go. -- Creative Loafing -- Aug 2, 2006 Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc.'s Foresight Affirmed by Ford's Introduction of a Hydrogen-Fueled Engine -- Aug 7, 2006 Hydrogen could cure petrol pain, says MP -- THE answer to high petrol prices is not ethanol or cutting the petrol excise but a radical hydrogen-based technology being trialled in Perth buses, a Liberal backbencher says. -- News Limited Australia -- Aug 7, 2006 Cleaning up -- While petrol barons are unlikely to be panicking at the thought becoming defunct, BMW is proving that hydrogen is a genuinely viable fuel for use in the future. And, with rising oil prices causing your business’s transportation and logistics outlays to soar, the benefits of such clean renewable fuel to your company’s profits are clear. -- ITP Business -- Aug 6, 2006 S.K. scientists discover matter for hydrogen storage -- Professor Lim Ji-sun of Seoul National University’s School of Physics announced on August 4 that he had found a new material with a structure that can store hydrogen in normal temperature without pressurization. -- Hankyoreh -- Aug 5, 2006 Quantum Refitting Toyota Prius for Hydrogen (Video) -- Auto Channel -- Aug 4, 2006 University of Minnesota to develop wind to hydrogen to nitrogen pilot project -- “Using Minnesota wind to make nitrogen fertilizer for farmers could transform agriculture, wind and hydrogen economics overnight,” said Rolf Nordstrom, director of the Great Plains Institute’s Upper Midwest Hydrogen Initiative (UMHI). “The fact that this could reduce input costs for farmers and boost wind development without the need for transmission lines or power purchase agreements makes this approach a potential grand slam.” -- Iowa Farmer Today -- Aug 2, 2006 Solar-Hydrogen Home Garners Wide Interest and Public Support -- NHA -- Aug 2006 Edison teams up with Chevron on hydrogen fuel station -- Southern California Edison has long been committed to alternative energy sources. In fact, more than 18 percent of the power the utility delivers to the millions of Californians it serves comes from renewable energy sources, including geothermal, solar, biomass and small hydro power. And now SCE has partnered with Chevron to build a small-scale hydrogen refueling station at SCE's Rosemead headquarters. The facility will use electricity to split water, creating hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen will be used to power fuel cell electric vehicles, with only water as a byproduct. -- Kevin Smith, Whittier Daily News -- Aug 4, 2006 China to push for 1,000 hydrogen cars by 2010 -- The Chinese government hopes to make Shanghai the first city to employ such cars on a large scale, and is planning for this to happen in time for the 2010 World Expo, which it will host. -- China Knowledge -- Aug 3, 2006 W2 Energy Inc. to Build 300 HP Rotary Hydrogen Engine -- Aug 3, 2006 Gov. Kulongoski pushes for Oregon 'hydrogen economy' -- Governor Ted Kulongoski expressed strong support for hydrogen energy technology Monday, and directed Oregon's Department of Energy to develop strategies for moving Oregon toward a "hydrogen economy." "Hydrogen holds great promise and offers great possibilities, including clean energy, good jobs, and a healthy environment," the Governor told a conference sponsored by the Northwest Hydrogen Alliance. "I will direct Oregon's Director of the state Department of Energy to develop a strategy to move our region toward a hydrogen economy." -- "Hydrogen, however, is not a bridge to the future," the Governor said. "Hydrogen is the future, along with other clean and renewable energy technologies." -- KATU 2 -- Jul 31, 2006 Governor and Senate Majority Leader Announce Innovative Energy Programs to be Located at Saratoga Technology + Energy Park -- Governor George E. Pataki and Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno today announced plans for the construction of a state-of-the-art alternative fuel research laboratory at the Saratoga Technology + Energy Park (STEP) and a new $10 million State program to convert vehicles in the State fleet to plug-in hybrids. -- Aug 1, 2006
Making Engines to Run On Hydrogen, Ammonia -- While much of the world fumes over escalating fuel prices, a small company in north central Iowa is quietly hoping to make gasoline obsolete as an engine fuel. Research at the Hydrogen Engine Center Inc., is done in an early 1900s red brick armory at the Kossuth County fairgrounds. There, a clean six-cylinder engine that looks like it could have been pulled from a Ford pickup has been running for 110 hours, not quite half the 300 hours it must continuously run for certification. The company, led by a retired Ford Motor Co. engineer, hopes to meet Environmental Protection Agency automotive 2007 emission standards. -- The Chief Engineer -- Aug 1, 2006 Hydrogen Engine Facility Opens Its Doors -- HEC Hopes To Produce 1,000 Engines Monthly -- Instead of cutting the traditional ribbon, Gov. Tom Vilsack helped cut a gas hose to show how the Hydrogen Engine Center is cutting dependence on foreign oil. "It's precisely what the country needs. If we can become less dependent on foreign oil and more dependent on what we can grow, what we can produce in the U.S. It's going to create more jobs for people, a cleaner environment and a more secure world," Vilsack said. -- KCCI8 Des Moines -- Aug 1, 2006 California Energy Commission Begins Final-Stage Field Trial Testing of Beacon Power Flywheel Demonstration System -- Aug 2, 2006 Chocolate-guzzling bacteria emit hydrogen -- University of Birmingham bioscientists released bacteria into high sugar waste and found that they emitted hydrogen gas as they consumed the substance. -- Catherine Boal, Confectionery News -- Jul 31, 2006 Hydrogen-fueled pickups revealed -- As part of an experiment using wind power to create hydrogen for fuel at the North Central Research Station south of Minot, three new hydrogen-fueled pickups were unveiled during a press conference Friday at Ryan Chevrolet. The pickup conversion was completed by AFVTech in Phoenix. -- Carla Williams, Minot Daily News -- Jul 22, 2006 Hydrogen on Track -- Trains and industrial equipment now, cars later -- Willie Jones, IEEE Spectrum, August 2006 Research will propel Iowa's wind power -- Iowa municipal utilities plan to test storage of wind energy as compressed air in underground aquifers. And researchers at Iowa State University and elsewhere are looking at using wind-generated electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, and then storing and transporting the hydrogen for use as motor fuel. As those efforts show, one of the best ways for the Iowa Legislature to support development of wind energy is through funding university research. Iowa has wind in abundance; why not make Iowa the center of wind-energy research? -- Des Moines Register -- Jul 31, 2006 On very little gas, plug-in hybrid gets couple around -- Their message is simple and aptly stated on their car bumper -- "This Plug-In Hybrid Gets 100 plus MPG." -- Stephen Elliott, Quad-Cities Online -- Jul 31, 2006 Wynn-Bono Bill to Pave Way For Hydrogen Economy -- Bill Would Reduce America's Dependence on Foreign Oil -- Jul 27, 2006 New Wyoming company explores next generation of energy while assisting existing energy methods -- Ladd Energy based in Wilson, Wyoming is exploring the feasibility of producing high-quality hydrogen using power generated from wind turbines and using excess, unwanted water from coal-bed methane (CBM) wells. -- Jul 27, 2006 California Air Resources Board Awards Hydrogen Station Grants -- Jul 24, 2006 District to design hydrogen fuel site -- The district was recently awarded a $1.25 million grant by the California Air Resources Board to design and build a hydrogen fueling station in Scripps Ranch. The station's primary focus will be to educate school children and the public about renewable energy. If approved by the San Diego School Board and accepted by the community, the facility could open as early as December 2007 behind the new Marshall Middle School off Pomerado Road. -- Helen Gao, San Diego Union-Tribune -- Jul 29, 2006 FST Energy Demonstrates Product that Eliminates Fuel Cell Dependence on Bulky Hydrogen Cylinders -- The Auto Channel -- Jul 27, 2006 Dirty Kilowatts: America's Most Polluting Power Plants -- New EIP report ranking worst plants on CO2, SO2, NOx and mercury emissions. -- Ilan Levin, Environmental Integrity Project Jul 27, 2006 Hybrid Scooter Would Run on Hydrogen -- An industrial design student in The Netherlands has built a prototype scooter that is designed to be run on hydrogen. Crijn Bouman of Delft University of Technology designed the scooter for use in inner cities. He calls it the Fhybrid. -- Robert Roy Britt, LiveScience -- Jul 26, 2006 World's Water Resources Face Mounting Pressure -- With the projected addition of 2.6 billion people to the global population by 2050, most of them in countries where water tables are already falling and wells are going dry, water shortages will likely become more commonplace and more severe. Absent a global effort to quickly slow population growth and to use water more efficiently, water shortages may translate into food shortages in more and more countries. -- Elizabeth Mygatt, Earth Policy Institute -- Jul 25, 2006
Application Filed for First U.S. Commercial Wave Energy Project -- Ocean Power Technologies (OPT), known for its PowerBuoy wave energy device, filed an application for construction permission to the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a 50-megawatt (MW) wave power generation project in Oregon, the first request in the U.S. for such a power project on a utility-scale level. -- Renewable Energy Access -- Jul 25, 2006 Hydrogen UAV in wings -- Boeing has tested a hydrogen-fuelled propulsion system for a high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned air vehicle that would stay aloft for 10 days. Although fuel-cell propulsion has also been investigated, conventional piston engines modified to burn liquid hydrogen are the favoured powerplants, says George Muellner, president, advanced systems, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems. -- Graham Warwick, Flight International -- Jul 25, 2006 NASA’s Goals Delete Mention of Home Planet -- From 2002 until this year, NASA’s mission statement, prominently featured in its budget and planning documents, read: “To understand and protect our home planet; to explore the universe and search for life; to inspire the next generation of explorers ... as only NASA can.” In early February, the statement was quietly altered, with the phrase “to understand and protect our home planet” deleted. In this year’s budget and planning documents, the agency’s mission is “to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research.” -- Andrew C. Revkin, New York Times -- Jul 22, 2006
Hydrogen farms promise limitless power -- The Wales and Ireland Rural Hydrogen Energy Project aims to release hydrogen contained in fast-growing willow trees. Hydrogen from renewable resources like trees can be obtained by the use of microbes to break down the willow into methane and hydrogen gas. -- Robin Turner, Western Mail -- Jul 24, 2006 Hydrogen event a boon for Columbia -- With an estimated $1 million local impact, the hydrogen meeting will be the first national business or trade association meeting booked into the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center since it was completed in September 2004. But more importantly to South Carolina’s economy in the long run, it’s an acknowledgment the state has “a lot going on” in the development of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. “A lot of people are very impressed with the resources in South Carolina and the level of activity for developing hydrogen technologies,” said Patrick Serfass, spokesman for the National Hydrogen Association. “We all want to learn about that and make sure that we are involving S.C. businesses and companies in the hydrogen industry as much as they can be.” Landing the 20th Annual Hydrogen Conference — the largest hydrogen conference in the country and the longest running annual hydrogen conference in the world — was a statewide effort led by the S.C. Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Alliance. -- C. Grant Jackson, The State -- Jul 22, 2006 Irish firm revolutionises the golf cart -- AN Irish company unveiled a hi-tech breakthrough yesterday that will revolutionise a golfers’ trip around a course. -- The Mocad H2 will be launched globally at the US PGA Merchandise Show in the Orange County Convention Centre in Orlando, Florida, USA, next January. The owners of electric battery Mocads will also be able to convert their trolleys to take the new cell. -- Eoin English, Irish Examiner -- Jul 22, 2006 Museum lights way in fuel cell usage -- Royal B.C. Museum security guards have been entrusted with hydrogen fuel cell flashlights, paid for by the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources. In addition to being functional, the new equipment is an entry point in educating the public about B.C.’s plans to create a Hydrogen Highway – hydrogen refuelling stations in Victoria, the Lower Mainland and Whistler. The highway will also feature mobile, stationary, portable and micro-fuel cell applications. “We want to develop this technology here and export it around the world,” Energy Minister Richard Neufeld said, adding that the province and technology sectors have redoubled their efforts to showcase hydrogen fuel cell products and uses at the 2010 Olympics. -- Andrea Lavigne, Victoria News -- Jul 21, 2006 An Electric Car With Juice -- Silicon Valley Firm Bets Its Chips on the Speedy Tesla Roadster -- Mike Musgrove, Washington Post -- Jul 22, 2006 Hybrid Technologies Inc. Lithium Smart Car Featured As CBS Anchor Kicks The Tires Of The Mooresville, NC Produced Car. This Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) has a range of 125 miles and a top speed of 70 mph. See the Video from CBS -- Jul 19, 2006 Obvio! to Introduce Electric Cars to North America -- Brazilian automotive company OBVIO! will develop and introduce lithium-ion-powered electric cars based on its 828 and 012 microsport car designs for export to North America. OBVIO! has a strategic partnership with California automobile distributor ZAP, which has agreed to be the exclusive North American distributor and has pre-purchased 50,000 OBVIO! units. -- Green Car Congress -- Jul 20, 2006
"Coal Rush” to Threaten Environment, Challenge America’s Energy Security -- Over 150 Proposed Plants Would Boost Global Warming Pollution by 10 Percent, Coal Consumption by 30 Percent; Dirty Technologies Predominate -- Jul 20, 2006 Projects test how hydrogen cars work -- When Bob Sisk started delivering the mail in the 1960s, he was assigned an Army Jeep for his route in the Washington, D.C., suburbs. Now, as he reaches the latter stages of his career, the 62-year-old letter carrier is carrying his bundles of letters and packages in a vehicle that lacks any oiled parts in its engine compartment, offers an eerily quiet ride and emits droplets of water from the tailpipe. Sisk is among a select group of government workers, academics and individuals testing hydrogen-powered vehicles in demonstration projects across the country. -- Detroit Free Press -- Jul 20, 2006 The lighter route to cleaner air -- London is spearheading the drive to cut pollution by investing heavily in hydrogen-powered buses. But is there a better way? -- Sean Dodson, The Guardian -- Jul 20, 2006 Idaho's First Hydrogen Plant Opens For Business -- A new company called Synthetic Energy is staking a claim on what it hopes is a growing market for hydrogen. Its first customer is a Boise-based gas distributor that used to truck its hydrogen all the way from Vancouver, Washington. Hydrogen is still far from being a mass market fuel. For one thing, it takes lots of expensive electricity to produce. So the Ketchum, Idaho-based startup uses wind to get about 25% of the electricity it needs to power the process -- a key innovation in renewable energy. -- Elizabeth Wynne Johnson, OPB -- Jul 19, 2006 Toyota moves to corner the 'plug-in' market -- Reversing course, the Japanese automaker reveals it will make hybrid cars that can go even farther on electricity. -- Mark Clayton, Christian Science Monitor -- Jul 20, 2006 Battery-Fueled Car Will Smoke You -- The Tesla Roadster is powered by 6,831 rechargeable lithium-ion batteries -- the same cells that run a laptop computer. Range: 250 miles. Fuel efficiency: 1 to 2 cents per mile. Top speed: more than 130 mph. The first cars will be built at a factory in England and are slated to hit the market next summer. And Tesla Motors, Eberhard's company, is already gearing up for a four-door battery-powered sedan. -- Joshua Davis, Wired magazine -- Jul 19, 2006 Zero to 60 in 4 Seconds, Totally From Revving Batteries -- In a new approach to making the electric car a mass-market product, a California company will unveil on Wednesday a model that is very specialized, very expensive and very, very fast. -- New York Times -- Jul 18, 2006 Audubon New York Chooses 100% Wind Power -- "Reliance on fossil fuels hurts birds, plain and simple," said David J. Miller, Audubon New York's Executive Director. "Pollution, destruction of habitat from mining, and potentially disastrous global climate change are all significant stresses on birds and other wildlife. Wind power, when sited properly after adequate study, is a better option." -- Renewable Energy Access -- Jul 17, 2006 Berlin wants 250 hydrogen buses -- Every fifth bus in Berlin will be powered by hydrogen by 2009, according to officials from the city's mass transit company. -- The state-owned BVG, which runs Berlin's bus and subway systems, will order some 250 hydrogen-powered buses, according to a report in Tuesday's Berliner Zeitung newspaper. -- UPI -- Jul 17, 2006 Ford Launches Production of Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engines for Delivery to Customers -- Jul 17, 2006 Modine Introduces New Green Technology, with Fuel Cells and CO2, to Help Truckers Cut Emissions and Save Money -- Jul 17, 2006 Green Mountains could get greener with hydrogen plant -- In an effort to promote alternative energy ideas in the community and gain tangible operational and performance data on hydrogen as a fuel source, the city of Burlington, Vt. has completed construction on the first hydrogen fuel station in New England. -- The hydrogen produced at the plant will fuel a modified 2005 Toyota Prius and will be created using energy from a wind turbine owned by the city's electric department. For about six weeks, the group will experiment with the vehicle before adding it to the public works department's fleet for general use. -- Mass High Tech -- Jul 14, 2006 B.C. sheds light on new hydrogen technology -- literally -- The B.C. government is trying to shed some light on fuel cell technology by spending $25,000 to outfit staff at the Royal BC Museum in Victoria with flashlights powered by hydrogen. -- CanWest News Service -- Jul 15, 2006 Antarctic camps trial hydrogen power -- Australians on expeditions to Antarctic field camps will soon be using hydrogen to bake bread, heat their huts and power their laptops. -- "We have already reduced our fossil fuel use at Mawson (station) by installing two wind turbines and we can reduce it further by using any electricity generated by the turbines, in excess of station requirements, to produce hydrogen." -- NineMSM -- Jul 14, 2006 Planned U. of I. wind farm to yield education as well as electricity -- "We believe it will be one of the first, if not the only, multi-unit utility-scale wind turbine installations [on a college campus] in the United States," said Matt Malten, the U. of I.'s sustainability coordinator. For now, it's planned that the propeller-driven turbines would produce 1.5 megawatts each. The combined 4.5 megawatts would supply slightly less than 3 percent of the university's energy needs. -- Gary Wisby, Chicago Sun-Times -- Jul 13, 2006 Video: Toyota's hydrogen SUV -- CNET -- Jul 13, 2006 Automakers race to develop hydrogen cars -- Kevin Rader, Eyewitness News WTHR -- Jul 13, 2006 Tai Robinson to Speak in Salt Lake City on July 30 -- Robinson's workshop will discuss seven cleaner, safer, local fuels available all across the U.S. today for less than the price of gasoline or diesel. His company's American Fuel Vehicles (AFV) program includes H2, CNG, LPG, ethanol, biodiesel, SVO (Straight Veggie Oil) and solar electric. -- PES Network -- Jun 30, 2006 Burbank may lobby for 'plug-in' hybrids -- Plan part of larger movement to burn less gas -- Jason Kandel, Burbank Daily News -- Jul 9, 2006 Plug-In Partners National Campaign -- Local governments are encouraged to initiate their own “Plug-In (name)” Campaign. Brokaw Joins Fight Against Global Warming -- Tom Brokaw is giving Al Gore some company in the effort to raise awareness of global warming. The former NBC anchorman is host of "Global Warming: What You Need to Know," which doubles as an explainer and call to action for average Americans. It premieres Sunday at 9 p.m. on the Discovery Channel. -- AOL News -- Jul 10, 2006
New National Coalition Formed to Promote Clean, Renewable, Domestic Wind Energy Development -- "Wind Energy Works!" Will Draw on Diverse Membership to Engage in the National Wind Energy Conversation, Combat Misinformation -- July 6, 2005 ITM Power Hydrogen Combustion Development Programme -- Existing electrolysers cost in the region of $2,000/ kW and the US Department of Energy 2010 target is $300/kW for an electrolyser stack. ITM Power has identified low cost electrolysers as a vital component to replace hydrocarbon fuels with hydrogen. ITM has achieved costs as low as $164 / per kW. -- Jul 5, 2006 SHEC Concludes Hydrogen Workshop for "SHEC Station #1" -- With the world's first solar hydrogen landfill project coming closer to the point of breaking ground, project partners coordinate the deployment of the project. -- PRWeb -- Jul 10, 2006 Witness for the prosecution -- Energy guru S. David Freeman on who killed the electric car, why, and whether it can be revived -- Diana Scott, San Francisco Bay Guardian -- Jul 5, 2006 Barun Roy: The hydrogen solution -- It can be locally produced, endlessly, from the power of the wind. And it can be used as fuel for vehicles. Three hydrogen-powered buses went into service in Beijing recently under a pilot project that will determine if this could be a viable urban transport solution for a country like China. Later this year, three similar buses are to be introduced in Shanghai. --Business Standard -- Jul 6, 2006 Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc. Announces the Sale of a 50kW Hydrogen Fueled Generator Set to Xcel Energy -- The intended use of the generator set is for a wind to hydrogen research, development and demonstration project. Researchers will analyze and compare hydrogen production directly from wind power versus using the electric grid. The hydrogen will be produced from electrolysis using an electrolyzer. "Wind generated electricity is not constant. The conversion of excess electrical output from the wind generator to hydrogen allows for the storing of energy to be used at times of no wind and thus solves the time-of-use problem," says Ted Hollinger, president of Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc. (HEC). -- Jul 5, 2006 A Power Grid for the Hydrogen Economy -- Cryogenic, superconducting conduits could be connected into a "SuperGrid" that would simultaneously deliver electrical power and hydrogen fuel -- A hydrogen-filled SuperGrid would serve not only as a conduit but also as a vast repository of energy, establishing the buffer needed to enable much more extensive use of wind, solar and other renewable power sources. And it would build the core infrastructure that is a prerequisite if rich economies are to move away from greenhouse-gas-emitting power plants and vehicles. -- Paul M. Grant, Chauncey Starr and Thomas J. Overbye, Scientific American -- July 2006 Burlington gets region's first hydrogen station -- Boston Globe -- Jul 4, 2006 Smog Buster: Honda Says SoCal Experiment Paving Way for More Hydrogen Cars -- The Spallino family of Southern California has been using its hydrogen fuel-cell-powered Honda FCX for such mundane tasks as grocery shopping and shuttling the kids to soccer practice. -- Edmunds Inside Line -- Jul 4, 2006 Burlington gets region's first hydrogen station -- CBS6 Albany -- Jul 4, 2006 Power your iPod with hydrogen -- British boffin-corp Voller has launched a hydrogen fuel cell battery charger that’ll juice-up just about anything you want and leave no harmful by-products . It has 240v AC, 12v DC and USB power outputs to charge anything that uses mains, car charger or USB charging and – for our green fingered pleasure - creates no harmful by-products. -- Stuff Magazine -- Jul 2, 1006 `Hydrail' picking up steam -- The retired BellSouth strategic planner believes Charlotte can become the first U.S. city to run a hydrogen-powered commuter train. The locomotive would operate on fuel cells that use hydrogen and oxygen to make electricity, leaving behind only water vapor. -- Bruce Henderson, Charlotte Observer -- Jul 1, 2006 250 jobs coming to Billerica -- Alternative energy firm Nuvera Fuel Cells to open new world headquarters -- Matt Murphy, Lowell Sun -- Jul 1, 2006 Sierra Club Sues Pentagon Over Wind Farm -- My Way News -- Jun 29, 2006 Royal Dutch/Shell in hydrogen transport project -- Under the plan, more than 20 buses with hydrogen combustion engines will be manufactured by the bus builder MAN and be operated by Connexxion, one of the main public transport companies in the Netherlands. -- Reuters -- Jun 29, 2006 Global Windpower Expands in 2006 -- Global wind electricity-generating capacity increased by 24 percent in 2005 to 59,100 megawatts. -- Overall, the cost of wind power has decreased by nearly 90 percent since the 1980s to 4¢ or less per kilowatt-hour in prime wind sites (See Figure). In some markets wind-generated electricity is cheaper than electricity from conventional energy sources. The cost of wind power has fallen due to advances in technology, declines in the costs of financing wind projects, and the economies of scale of turbine and component manufacturing and construction. -- Joseph Florence, Earth Policy Institute -- Jun 28, 2006 Ford to Begin Production of Hydrogen ICE Shuttles -- Green Car Congress -- Jun 7, 2006 Volvo to Preview Five-Fuel Vehicle; Includes Hythane -- The Volvo Multi-Fuel is a new prototype optimized for running on five fuels: bioethanol E85; methane in the form of either natural gas or bio-methane; gasoline; and a 10% Hythane blend (10% hydrogen, 90% natural gas). -- Green Car Congress -- Jun 7, 2006 Improved Rating For Residential Fuel Cells -- A new performance rating system for residential fuel cells developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) can help prospective buyers assess the economic value of alternative fuel-cell technologies. -- Science Daily -- Jun 27, 2006 Governor Lingle Signs Additional "Energy for Tomorrow" Bill -- “This new law marks the final legislative component of my Administration’s ‘Energy for Tomorrow’ initiatives which will help Hawai`i reduce dependence on imported oil,” said Governor Lingle. Establishing a Hawai`i Renewable Hydrogen Program to manage the state’s transition to a renewable hydrogen economy. The bill provides seed and venture capital for investments in private sector and federal projects for research, development, and testing of hydrogen power. -- Office of the Governor of Hawai'i -- Jun 26, 2006 Scientists OK Gore's movie for accuracy -- The nation's top climate scientists are giving "An Inconvenient Truth," Al Gore's documentary on global warming, five stars for accuracy. -- Yahoo News -- Jun 27, 2006 Planes need alternative fuels, too -- Gerald Brown, a senior research engineer with NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, said it would require relatively little modification to run a regular jet engine using liquid hydrogen. The hard part is storing it on board. -- Chron -- Jun 24, 2006 Cape Wind survives challenge -- Senators Edward Kennedy and Ted Stevens agree to drop a requirement giving the Massachusetts governor and the Coast Guard a veto over the project. -- Timothy C. Barmann, Rhode Island News -- Jun 22, 2006 Compromise bill removes veto threat over Cape Wind -- Kevin Dennehy and David Schoetz, Cape Cod Times -- Jun 22, 2006 Congress reaches pact on wind farm -- Accord would give Coast Guard head a say, not Romney -- Rick Klein, Boston Globe -- Jun 22, 2006 First images made of hydrogen burning in working internal combustion engine -- Images of hydrogen combustion have been captured for the first time in an internal combustion engine operating at real-world speeds and loads by engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. This window into the inner workings of a hydrogen-powered engine is helping to optimize the engines for street use some day. Researchers in Argonne's Engines and Emissions Group are experts at imaging the interiors of working engines. A few years ago, their X-ray images of combustion inside a diesel engine revealed a surprising shock wave as diesel fuel spurted out of the fuel injector. This earlier research is helping to improve fuel injectors and increase diesel efficiency. Their current research focuses on hydrogen – the most abundant element on earth – and one of many fuels being evaluated worldwide as a near-term alternative to gasoline. "Hydrogen-powered internal combustion engines (ICEs) are a low-cost, near-term technology," explained mechanical engineer Steve Ciatti, who is the project's principal investigator. "They can be the catalyst to building a hydrogen infrastructure for fuel cells." -- Physorg -- Jun 22, 2006 Tavish all for hydrogen -- MSP Tavish Scott turned heads on his way to work yesterday morning (Wednesday) when he chose an unusual mode of transport to travel there. In order to help to demonstrate the benefits of the hydrogen fuel cell operated car developed by the Unst based PURE project, the Scottish transport minister and Shetland MSP used the car to travel to Bute House for the morning’s meeting of the Scottish Cabinet. -- Jun 22, 2006 Scandinavian partnership plans for hydrogen stations -- Norsk Hydro -- Jun 22, 2006
Air Products to Supply Equipment for Two Hydrogen Fueling Stations Designed and Constructed by Chevron Hydrogen Company -- Jun 22, 2006 Release of the manuscripts from the H2Expo 2005 -- Jun 22, 2006 Secretary of Energy Appoints Hydrogen Technical Advisory Committee -- Jun 20, 2006 Hydrogen-powered Buses Debut in China -- Three hydrogen-powered buses appeared in streets of Beijing on Tuesday, bringing emission-free public transport to China for the first time. -- Xinhua CRI English -- Jun 20, 2006 Oil prices could spike, Saudi warns -- World oil prices could double or triple over the current painful $70-per-barrel level if diplomacy failed and military conflict broke out over Iran's nuclear ambitions, Saudi Ambassador Prince Turki al-Faisal warned this morning. -- Marianne Lavelle, US News -- Jun 20, 2006 Dogfight: GM v. Thomas Friedman - Round 3 -- ON May 31, I wrote a column accusing General Motors of acting irresponsibly by offering unlimited gasoline at $1.99 a gallon for one year to anyone who buys certain of its midsize sedans, big SUVs or gas-guzzling Hummers in California or Florida. At a time when we are at war in the Middle East, with an enemy who is indirectly financed by our energy purchases, it seems to me that every American, and every American company, has an obligation to reduce oil consumption. No one should be making a huge gas-guzzling Hummer, and no one should be driving one, and no one - certainly not GM - should be subsidizing people to drive them. -- Thomas Friedman -- EVWorld -- Jun 19, 2006 Technology that holds the key to world's demand for power -- Steep oil prices have fuelled rising interest in alternative sources of energy. Investors willing to accept high risks may consider following the founder of one of Britain's biggest firms of independent financial advisers into a tiny energy company. Peter Hargreaves explains why he has put some of his own fortune at stake -- A small company in Cambridgeshire called ITM Power is probably a world leader in electrolyser technology; it may also be the world leader in fuel cell technology, too. It has developed a method which in commercial production will make both electrolysers and fuel cells economic. It has already demonstrated that this technology has good longevity. -- Telegraph -- Jun 17, 2006 Researchers work on alternative jet fuel -- Another option, which has been considered for decades, is whether jetliners could run on hydrogen. Gerald Brown, a senior research engineer with NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, said it would require relatively little modification to run a regular jet engine using liquid hydrogen. -- AP Yahoo News -- Jun 19, 2006 Bethlehem company's fortunes are floating on air: Weldship Corp. is high on list as a maker of mobile hydrogen fueling trailers -- The Bethlehem manufacturing company, which got its start making welded barges for Hudson River refineries, has emerged as the sole maker of Air Products and Chemicals' HF-150 mobile hydrogen fuelers. -- TMCnet -- Jun 18, 2006 Technology that holds the key to world's demand for power -- A small company in Cambridgeshire called ITM Power is probably a world leader in electrolyser technology; it may also be the world leader in fuel cell technology, too. It has developed a method which in commercial production will make both electrolysers and fuel cells economic. -- Telegraph --Jun 17, 2006
City unveils hydrogen fueling station By Kevin Ueda Special to the Daily Press -- On Thursday afternoon, Santa Monica Mayor Bob Holbrook cut the ribbon to the city’s new hydrogen-vehicle fueling station, which will serve as home base to five hydrogen-fueled cars to be used for city services. -- Santa Monica Daily Press -- Jun 16, 2006 Diversify: Solar power for the Gulf -- AME Info -- Jun 15, 2006 (PZ) Evader Joins U.S. Merchant Marine Team for Presidential Visit -- The Solar Hydrogen House, the first of its kind in the world, powered solely by solar power and hydrogen, was originally built by the New York Institute of Technology and successfully competed in the Solar Decathlon Competition sponsored by the Department of Energy. It has been moved to the USMMA in Kings Point, New York and will be officially opened prior to the commencement exercises. Evader has been invited to participate, and one of the new EV 1000 series scooters will be prominently displayed outside the building. -- Chron -- Jun 15, 2006 Air Products and City of Santa Monica, Calif. Open New Hydrogen Fueling Station -- Jun 15, 2006 League of Conservation Voters Unveils Next Seven Members of 2006 “Dirty Dozen” -- “Oil Slick Seven” All Voted To Subsidize Big Oil Companies Making Record Profits, While Voting Against Sensible Solutions -- Jun 14, 2006
Green Watch: Toyota To Launch Its First Flex-Fuel Vehicle, More Hybrids -- Toyota said it will double the number of hybrid models it makes around 2010 and it is committed to developing a wide range of green technologies, including alternative-fuel engines, diesel engines and electric cars. -- Edmunds Inside Line -- Jun 15, 2006 Wyo company wants to convert CBM water to hydrogen -- The National Science Foundation has awarded a $100,000 grant to a Wyoming company that wants to determine the profitability of using wind turbines to convert coal-bed methane discharge water into pollution-free hydrogen and oxygen. -- Casper Star Tribune -- Jun 14, 2006 Alternative Energy Advocates Support More Federal Investment -- Axcess News -- Jun 14, 2006 Energy Department, Wind Industry Join to Create Action Plan to Realize National Vision of 20% Electricity From Wind -- AWEA -- Jun 5, 2006 Waste plant set to become green fuel factory for islands -- A £10 MILLION waste management plant is set to be turned into a factory to produce hydrogen as a green fuel for homes, vehicles and industry in the Western Isles under plans expected to be approved today. The move would see the islands become the world's first large-scale producer of hydrogen derived from organic gas. The plant in Stornoway was designed to create electricity, but could not get a national grid connection to transmit the energy. -- Scotsman -- Jun 14, 2006 A Critical Review of the Energy Policy Act of 2005's Treatment of Hydrogen -- With respect to hydrogen in particular, the ambitious goals set out by the Act will not be attained given the amount of funding and resources allocated to this industry. However, given the substantial hurdles to the implementation of a hydrogen economy, which is defined by the use of hydrogen to power vehicles and produce electricity, nothing short of an effort the size of the Apollo and Manhattan Projects would be sufficient to successfully "promote comprehensive development, demonstration, and commercialization of hydrogen and fuel cell technology" as the Act calls for. Given this reality, the U.S. should choose to either aggressively support or completely drop funding for hydrogen. Prioritizing energy funding by the most feasible, economical, and sustainable technologies will allow the U.S. to streamline its efforts and ensure that the country is left with a viable fuel source when the conversion to an alternative fuel must be made. -- Elizabeth Lokey -- Jun 13, 2006 Cleaner Fuels Will Need More Hydrogen, Additives -- Motor fuel producers must increasingly turn to hydrogen and fuel additives to meet a myriad of stricter environmental rules and more sophisticated engines, industry executives said on Tuesday. -- Planet Ark -- Jun 14, 2006 As some talk wind farms, others want to harness the tides -- Boston Globe -- Jun 13, 2006 UPS "Green Fleet" Passes 100 Million Mile Mark -- UPS was the first company in the U.S. to deploy hydrogen fuel cell technology in a commercial fleet. Since that launch in 2004, the vehicles - which emit only water - have driven 34,000 miles making deliveries. -- UPS -- Jun 13, 2006 EU Energy policy: the importance of hydrogen for Europe -- Speaking today at the 16th World Hydrogen Energy Conference, held in Lyon, France, Mr. Janez Potocnik, the European Commissioner for Science and Research highlighted the importance of hydrogen for Europe. -- European Business Guide -- Jun 13, 2006 EPA Rule Loosened After Oil Chief's Letter to Rove -- The White House says the executive's appeal had no role in changing a measure to protect groundwater. Critics call it a political payoff. -- L.A. Times -- Jun 13, 2006 Air Products Researchers Receive Department of Energy Hydrogen Program Award -- Air Products (NYSE: APD) research scientists Guido Pez and Alan Cooper were presented a United States Department of Energy (DOE) Hydrogen Program Award in May recognizing the development of innovative hydrogen storage materials. DOE presented the award for the Air Products researchers' work on a "liquid-phase hydrogen carrier" with promising storage capacity. The technology has additional attractive features that have the potential to increase overall energy efficiency and reduce the cost of the hydrogen storage system in fuel cell vehicles. -- Air Products -- Jun 13, 2006 Building into the future -- “When this car runs, the only thing that comes out of it is water,” said Craig Madsen, a University of North Dakota student. Madsen and fellow UND student Tim Langemo, both 2005 graduates of Minot High School, showed off the car to schoolchildren and attendees at the Verendrye Electric Annual Meeting. -- Jun 12, 2006 Hocking College Energy Institute closer to starting with land buy -- Proponents see alternative energy effort lending area economic kick -- Columbus Business First, via MSNBC -- Jun 11, 2006 Mountain Home wind-power plant will make hydrogen -- The nation's first commercial plant using wind power to produce hydrogen will be unveiled today near Mountain Home. -- -- Jun 10, 2006
Wind-Power Projects Halted -- Supporters See Political Motive Behind Defense Dept. Study -- "This legislation was intended to derail Cape Wind, but it had a boomerang effect and affected a lot of projects around the country," said Michael Skelly of Horizon Wind Energy, a Texas company constructing the country's largest wind farm near Bloomington, Ill. This spring, facilities in the works in North Dakota, South Dakota, Illinois and Wisconsin received "proposed hazard" letters from the Federal Aviation Administration saying the projects must be halted pending the Defense Department study. -- Ed Blume, spokesman for the nonprofit renewable energy group Renew Wisconsin, lamented that the local economy could lose out during the bureaucratic process. "In this part of the country, we have a certain construction season, and if you get beyond that season you're looking at a whole year's delay," he said. "A farmer who has a turbine on their land gets $4,000 to $5,000 per year for that turbine. This comes down to the individual farmer losing money they thought they'd have this year." -- Washington Post -- Jun 10, 2006 Ohio State to build Buckeye Bullet 2 - the world's first hydrogen fuel cell powered land speed racing research vehicle -- Ohio State Buckeyes Road To Bonneville Cruising on a hydrogen-powered boat -- Roland Piquepaille -- Jun 8, 2006 Hydrogen Power International, Inc. Subsidiary Hydrogen Power, Inc. Announces Successful Conversion of Ford Ranger Truck to Run On Hydrogen -- Hydrogen Power, Inc. has successfully completed the first phase of converting an internal combustion engine vehicle to a hydrogen hybrid, ultimately to be powered by AlumiFuel(TM) for on-board hydrogen production. -- Yahoo News -- Jun 7, 2006 Jack Coleman: Kennedys' sacred playground -- Kennedy may still succeed in killing Cape Wind, through back-room machinations in Washington. And if he does, I believe he'll destroy something else: whatever political aspirations remain for the Kennedys. -- Rhode Island News -- Jun 2, 2006 Berlin dispatches 2 hydrogen buses -- Berlin now has two hydrogen-powered buses running public transportation in the city in a project for the FIFA Soccer World Cup. -- UPI -- Jun 2, 2006 The Persecution of Wind Power Endangers the Future of All Renewable Energy, Including Solar and Ethanol -- These anti-wind groups have the potential to develop into an international anti-wind lobby, which could be detrimental to the development of wind power. Some of these groups have ties to the British nuclear energy lobby, and American anti-wind groups have an ally in Senator Stevens of Alaska, who favors oil drilling in the National Wildlife Refuge, so it is conceivable that nuclear and oil interests could help the anti-wind lobby grow into an international, organized special interest opposing every form of renewable energy competing with oil and nuclear power. Alternative Energy News Source President Russell Hasan believes that “the persecution of wind power endangers the future of all renewable energy, including solar and ethanol. If oil and nuclear interests provide funding for the anti-wind movement, there is no telling what the danger to alternative energy might be.” The only solution is for everyone who cares about renewable energy to become more politically active, by telling their representatives that they favor wind or by becoming active in the pro-wind lobby. -- Jun 1, 2006 Here comes the sun: New solutions for world's energy woes -- What SESEC brings to the energy table, Krothapalli said, is the ability to take existing technologies and find ways to make them simple to install and operate, much cheaper to produce, and more sensitive to the environment. "For such a system to work in a rural village in India, for example, it has to meet those criteria," he said. "It must be easy enough for the average person to maintain, inexpensive enough for that person to afford or his government to subsidize, and clean enough that it won't exacerbate global warming." -- Florida State University -- May 22, 2006 California Air Resources Board Announces Hydrogen Powered Vehicles Contracts -- May 30, 2006 Hydrogen Haven -- Iceland builds a zero-emission future -- Iceland may well be the first nation in the world with a completely clean, zero-emission energy economy based on geothermal hydrogen. This tiny volcanic island of just 300,000 people (descended from the Vikings) is already well on its way to achieving that national goal, with its entire home heating and electricity generation systems renewable today. The biggest remaining hurdles are Iceland´s 190,000 cars and trucks. Also at issue is the country´s fishing fleet, which presents major fuel storage challenges because the ships are at sea for several days at a time. -- Fairfield County Weekly -- Jun 1, 2006 Mass Hydrogen Coalition Says "Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Summit Breath of Fresh Air for Local High Tech Economy" -- "On June 5th, the New England high technology community will have a unique opportunity to meet leading executives driving their hydrogen and fuel cell companies towards commercial success at the 2nd Annual Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Summit, Worcester Polytechnic Institute," said Brad Bradshaw, President of the Massachusetts Hydrogen Council. -- Jun 1, 2006 Chocolate-eating bugs provide fuel of the future -- Chocoholic germs can provide hydrogen, the clean-burning energy of the future, New Scientist reports. -- ABC News -- June 1, 2006 Hydrogen Powered Cars the Norm by 2050 -- WDEF-TV News 12 -- May 31, 2006 Mary Bono honored for grants funding hydrogen powered buses -- Desert Sun -- May 31, 2006 BMW and TOTAL Promote Ongoing Development of Hydrogen as the Fuel of the Future -- The two companies have signed an agreement specifying that TOTAL will set up and operate three hydrogen filling stations in Europe by the end of 2007, supporting the introduction of BMW hydrogen cars into the market. -- Fullboost -- May 31, 2006 Bush administration cuts energy plans -- Energy Watch -- May 31, 2006 Let the sun shine: Solar/electric car hits road -- Video of NMG Battery Electric Vehicle in Bend, OR -- KTVZ Newschannel 21 -- May 23, 2006 Greenpeace report reveals French dairy cattle given water contaminated by leaking nuclear dumpsite -- Radioactivity in ground water over seven times European safety limits -- Greenpeace -- May 23, 2006 Nissan offers fuel cell car for test drive -- Nissan Motor Co. said on Tuesday it would offer its fuel-cell car for test drives in Japan for up to a year as part of its efforts to learn more about the practical use of the hydrogen-fuelled vehicles. -- Yahoo Asia News -- May 30, 2006 Fuel Cell Park Planned for Bridgeport Receives Pre-development Financing from Connecticut Clean Energy Fund -- The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) announced today that it has signed a loan agreement with Bridgeport Fuel Cell Park, LLC (BFCP) for pre-development funding of a 10-megawatt fuel cell park to be located on a brownfield site in Bridgeport, Connecticut. This fuel cell project, when completed, will be the largest in the country and will be able to power over 9,300 households with clean energy. -- May 30, 2006 Cow Manure Could Be Cheap Alternative to Gas -- A Cow Can Power a Car for 15 Miles a Day -- The secret to cheaper gas could lie in cow dung. The Vehicle Research Institute of Western Washington University in Bellingham, Wash., has been turning cow manure into fuel that can power a natural-gas car. -- ABC News -- May 29, 2006 Honda FCX Fuel Cell Test Drive, HDTV -- Funny French guy demonstrates the FCX in Tokyo. Enjoy! -- Nihon Car & Bike -- May 29, 2006 Ohio’s fuel-cell push draws company -- Rolls-Royce using Third Frontier program to join with Lebanon firm in quest for alternative energy -- Columbus Dispatch -- May 29, 2006 Fuel cell center ready to research new energy source -- The Fuel Cell Prototyping Center at Stark State College of Technology is ready to open its doors for business — or rather research. Or both. And it could become a magnet for an industry officials say will become one of the nation’s largest. -- Canton Rep -- May 29, 2006 New Study on Integrating Wind into the Power Grid -- Renewable Energy Access -- May 26, 2006 Kennedy eases his stance on wind plan -- Urges arbiter role for Coast Guard -- Boston Globe -- May 26, 2006 The Suburban Fantasy, by James Howard Kunstler -- We’d better start paying attention to the signals that reality is sending or we will be living in a very violent, impoverished and demoralized nation. And we have to begin somewhere, which is why I suggest we start by rebuilding the national passenger railroad system. It would have a significant impact on our oil use. It would put a lot of people to work on something meaningful and beneficial to all ranks of American society. The equipment is lying out there rusting in the rain, waiting to be fixed. We don’t have to re-invent anything to do it. -- Common Dreams -- May 26, 2006
Early reviews mixed for Buzzards Bay wind farm -- The Boston developer who wants to build a wind farm on Buzzards Bay understands what he's getting into. Construction magnate Jay Cashman, who has a home in West Falmouth, has watched Cape Wind Associates' five-year struggle to win approval for a wind farm on nearby Nantucket Sound - and the ongoing congressional effort to kill it. Already a local organization has expressed concerns with the project, yesterday calling it a potential threat to navigation on the bay. But with new sources of electricity needed, Cashman believes the region is warming to the idea of renewable energy, thanks in part to the high-profile Cape Wind controversy. -- Cape Cod Times -- May 24, 2006 Vast wind farm proposed -- The proposed sites are about 3 to 4 miles off the coast of Sconticut Neck in Fairhaven, Barneys Joy in Dartmouth and Naushon Island, one of the Elizabeth Islands. An estimated 30 to 40 turbines would be erected at each of the three sites. -- Standard-Times -- May 23, 2006 Hydrogenics seeks more niche markets to boost profit -- Globe and Mail -- May 25, 2006 Revolutionary hydrogen sensor developed -- M&C Science & Nature -- May 25, 2006 Interview with Dr. Warren Reynolds -- Beyond Fossil Fuel -- May 24, 2006 AG's office rejects ballot title requiring hydrogen vehicles -- WREG-TV Memphis -- May 24, 2006 |
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