A £1.1 million project aimed at creating new platinum based catalyst layer designs for fuel cells has been awarded funding by the Technology Strategy Board. Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells Ltd is leading the NECLASS project (Nano- Engineered Catalyst Layers and Sub-Structures), and together with partners Qudos Technology Ltd, Teer Coatings Ltd and Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd, is developing novel micro-and nano-structured materials to enable a significantly increased oxygen reduction mass activity of platinum within the fuel cell catalyst layers.
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $6.2 million in project funding to Ballard Power Systems under a four-year contract. Ballard Power Systems’ U.S. subsidiary, Ballard Material Products, was awarded $4.1 million for research to improve the durability of fuel cells. In addition, U.S. technology organizations that carry out fuel cell research with DOE funds will engage Ballard as sub-contractor.
Ballard Power Systems, New Flyer Industries, and ISE Corporation have signed an agreement to supply a fuel cell hybrid bus to SunLine Transit Agency in California that is powered by an FCvelocity(TM)-HD6 power module from Ballard. Currently, 20 buses that are similar to this 40-foot fuel cell bus are in operation in Whistler, B.C. This fuel cell bus, which has been delivered, will enter regular service in 2010.
United Technologies Corp.’s company, UTC Power, announced that its PureCell Model 400, a new 400 kW fuel cell system, has been certified by California Air Resources Board (CARB) to meet its latest emission standards, which is the most stringent in the U.S.
CEER’s goals focus on research concerning environmentally friendly power generation and electrochemical remediation of environmental pollutants. The center has received two federal appropriations to support work done with the U.S. Army Engineer Research & Development Center-Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (ERDC-CERL).
Hydrogenics Corporation, a leading manufacturer of fuel cell and hydrogen generation products, has received a contract to deliver six HyPM HD8 fuel cell power modules to UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization) for a boat project. This project is coordinated by ICHET (International Centre for Hydrogen Energy Technologies) in Turkey.
Valence Technology, a leading global manufacturer of energy systems, lauded BC Transit for deploying a large number of hydrogen fuel buses at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in British Columbia. This represents the largest fleet of hydrogen fuel cell buses to be put into service in the world. The fuel cell buses utilize the dynamic energy systems developed by Valence Technology.
Bloom Energy Corporation, a company based in Silicon Valley, has launched Bloom Energy Server, which uses solid oxide fuel cell technology. This fuel cell is more reliable, cleaner as well as affordable. It is a cheaper alternative to grid electricity as well as conventional renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, and biomass. The Bloom Energy Server can be used by clients as a clean energy source for distributed power production onsite.
Pike Research has released a new report on fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) in which it has predicted that the commercialization of light duty FCVs will take place by 2014. According to the report, by 2014, FCVs will be available in most parts of the world and sales of these vehicles are set to exceed 2.8 million across the world by 2020.
A team of researchers at MIT and Pennsylvania State University has been developing a new method for producing novel kinds of membranes that could have improved properties for batteries, fuel cells and other energy conversion and storage applications.
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