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OnGreen Gets $1.4M Investment

OnGreen, a web-based ‘green and clean’ market place, has announced a $1.4 million investment in raised from a fund that is jointly owned by Blue Marble Ventures in Los Angeles and China Southern Hong Kong Investment Ltd in Shanghai.

11 Nov 2010

Knowledge Foundation Announces 6th Fuel Cells Durability + Performance Conference to be Held in Boston

The Knowledge Foundation has announced that the 6th Fuel Cells Durability + Performance conference will be held next month in Boston, MA from December 9-10, 2010 at the Hilton Boston Back Bay Hotel.

10 Nov 2010

New Discovery Makes Fuel Cell Powered Cars More Practical

Stop-and-go driving can wear on your nerves, but it really does a number on the precious platinum that drives reactions in automotive fuel cells. Before large fleets of fuel-cell-powered vehicles can hit the road, scientists will have to find a way to protect the platinum, the most expensive component of fuel-cell technology, and to reduce the amount needed to make catalytically active electrodes.

10 Nov 2010

Cleantech Investments Decline in 2010

Third quarter investments in cleantech venture capital funding in 2010 have suffered as per a report from Ernst & Young and Dow Jones VentureSource.

4 Nov 2010

Kia Introduces Hybrid Vehicle

At the SEMA show in Las Vegas South Korea's second largest automobile Kia Motors revealed a surprise with the Forte Hybrid Concept.

4 Nov 2010

Coca-Cola Chooses Fuel Cell Technology to Produce Clean Power

Coca-Cola Refreshments USA (CCR) declared that it has installed two UTC Power fuel cells to power the functions of its manufacturing facility at Elmsford New York.

26 Oct 2010

President of Catacel to Give featured Presentation at Fuel Cell Seminar and Exposition

William A. Whittenberger, president of Catacel Corporation, will be a featured presenter at the upcoming 2010 Fuel Cell Seminar & Exposition (October 18-21; Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center; San Antonio, Texas).

3 Oct 2010

Toho Tenax Launches Carbon Fiber Gas Diffusion Layer for Fuel Cells

Toho Tenax Co. Ltd., the core company of the Teijin Group's carbon fibers business, announced today that it has developed a gas diffusion layer (GDL) made of a carbon fiber fabric for use as an electrode component for fuel cells. The new GDL will be marketed from late September.

15 Sep 2010

Researchers Develop Hydrogen Powered Electric Bicycle

A hydrogen-powered electric bicycle prototype has been developed by researchers at Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), in partnership with the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Hydrogen South Africa (HySA). Known as A Hi Fambeni (“Let’s go” in Tsonga), the bicycle contains fuels cells that create a clean source of power by combining oxygen and heat.

15 Sep 2010

Catalytic Heat-Exchanging Materials Manufacturer Catacel One of the Fastest Growing Private Companies in the US

Inc. magazine has ranked Northeast Ohio-based Catacel Corporation No. 2709 on its fourth annual Inc. 5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies.

5 Sep 2010