Archive for the 'FUEL CELLS' Category

Replacement for Fossil Fuel?

The following video from CNN shows a new type of power cell that could produce clean-cheap energy. Embedded video from CNN Video

Lithium Battery Alliance

Dec 29, 2008 – Chemical & Engineering News reports in its December 22, 2008 issue that the Argonne National Laboratory has joined with 3M, FMC and a group of smaller companies to establish an alliance to develop a US base for manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries for transportation applications.  The coalition wants to build a prototype [...]

Ads from Traditional Energy Companies: ExxonMobil

Dec 14, 2008 – ExxonMobil [NYSE: XOM] continues with its ads talking about the future of energy in the USA and the world while it continues in its capacity as the largest oil and natural gas company. One ad in this series headlines: “the challenge: securing a reliable energy supply” [Just quoting; they didn't use [...]

Forbes Take on Lithium Batteries

Nov 15, 2008 – OK. Which alternative energy source is featured in the lead article in the Nov 24, 2008 Forbes special issue on energy? Solar, wind, hydroelectric, nuclear power, or natural gas? Remember that final comfortable answer from your high school multiple choice exams: None of the above. The article is titled “The Saudi [...]

Forbes Special Issue: Energy & Genius

Forbes Magazine’s newest issue [November 24, 2008; don’t let the date fool you; all magazines predate their issues so even two weeks later when it is still on the newsstand you will think it is fresh] is a special one on Energy & Genius. If you don’t have a subscription, check it out online or [...]

Cleantech Forum XX in Shanghai, December 3-5, 2008

The Cleantech Forum XX in Shanghai on December 3-5, 2008 at the Grand Hyatt Shanghai.  Leading companies, investment firms and government agencies participating at the event include Deloitte China, China Energy Recovery, China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection, Climate Change Capital, Evershed’s China, Shell Asia, Applied Materials, Asia Nasdaq, Bayer Technology Services, Natural Resources Defense Council, [...]

Green Ads, But Where are the Green Cars?

We constantly see ads from companies congratulating themselves for their green energy activities after spending decades fighting the inevitable. But where are the green cars discussed in the ads? The Chevy Volt is now scheduled for 2010. Here is the script from an ad on GM’s website and very similarly worded in magazine ads. One [...]

German Aerospace Center Demonstrates Fuel-Cell Powered Manned Plane

The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) presented a powerful, quiet, clean and multifunctional fuel-cell power manned plane- aviation meets the fuel cell.  The Antares DLR-H2 flying test bed was developed by the DLR Institute of Technical Thermodynamics (DLR-Institut für Technische Thermodynamik) together with Lange Aviation GmbH.  The aircraft’s maiden flight [...]

Jefferies to Host 6th Global Clean Technology Conference in London Oct 22

Jefferies International Limited will host its 6th Global Clean Technology Conference in London, England on October 22.  The 5th in the series was held last June in NYC.  Jefferies is a full service investment banking and institutional securities firm.  This one day event will feature more than 40 public and private companies who are addressing [...]

Green Ads, But Where are the Green Cars?

We constantly see ads from companies congratulating themselves for their green energy activities after spending decades fighting the inevitable. But where are the green cars discussed in the ads? The Chevy Volt is now scheduled for 2010. Here is the script from an ad on GM’s website and very similarly worded in magazine ads. One [...]

Geoffrey Ballard, 75, Fuel-Cell Pioneer Died

Aug 12, 2008 – Jeremy Pearce, The New York Times, “Geoffrey Ballard, 75, Fuel-Cell Pioneer Who Created Bus Powered by Hydrogen.”  Dr. Ballard, who died on Aug. 2, was the founder of Ballard Power Systems of Burnaby, BC, Canada, which produced a small bus in 1993 that was powered completely by hydrogen and only produced water [...]