Fuel cells

May 10, 2008 -- Eighty-eight teams from 29 Colorado schools participated in today’s Junior Solar Sprint and Hydrogen Fuel Cell car competitions hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

Teams used either a solar cell and motor or a fuel cell and motor to design and build solar or hydrogen powered vehicles.    » read more »

January 16, 2008 -- Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced that the state will provide a $4 million loan to FuelCell Energy Inc. to expand its Torrington plant. The $10 million project will add 100 jobs and advance the Governor’s Connecticut Energy Vision for a Cleaner, Greener State.    » read more »

Advances in fuel desulfurization and reforming lead to a successful demonstration of a portable fuel cell system using JP-8 military jet fuel

December 11, 2007 -- RICHLAND, Wash. – Two core technologies developed at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - a fuel desulfurization system and a fuel reforming system - were instrumental in the demonstration of an electric power system operating on JP-8, a fuel commonly used in military operations.    » read more »

30 August 2007 -- Many experts predict that over the coming decades, the world's industrial economies will begin to shift away from their heavy reliance on fossil fuels to the use of non-polluting hydrogen, to run our cars, our homes, our offices and our power plants. A hydrogen economy might still be many years away, but innovative products on display recently in Washington provided a glimpse of what's to come.    » read more »

OAK RIDGE, Tenn., July 10, 2007 — An agreement between Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Research Centre Julich in Germany could ultimately lead to lower cost, higher performance fuel cells for transportation and portable power applications.

Under the recently signed cooperative activity agreement, the Department of Energy's ORNL will share characterization tools and techniques while Julich will share materials and fabrication techniques. Julich has extensive experience developing direct methanol fuel cells and is building capabilities in the area of high-temperature polymer fuel cells.    » read more »

July 9, 2007 -- A new way to make cubic zirconia with very small crystal sizes could be key to making hydrogen fuel cells more reliable and cost-effective.

The invention by a team led by Zuhair Munir, distinguished professor of chemical engineering and materials science at UC Davis, was recently included in Nanotech Briefs magazine's Nano50 awards for 2007. The awards recognize technologies, products and people most likely to impact the state of the art in nanotechnology.    » read more »

Clean Energy Called Key to State’s Economic and Environmental Future

June 26, 2007 -- New York Lieutenant Governor David A. Paterson today convened the first meeting of the state’s Renewable Energy Task Force, which will work to attract clean energy industries to New York.    » read more »