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Creating Ethanol from a Wide Range of Biomass

Say the word "biofuels" and most people think of grain ethanol and biodiesel. But there's another, older technology called gasification that's getting a new look from researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University.

13 Aug 2008

Canon Patent Outlines Plans to Power Electronic Equipment With Fuel Cells

Canon has applied for a patent to power electronic equipment with fuel cells. Other companies have looked at using fuel cells replace batteries in electronic devices from laptop computers to mobile phones but the Canon patent takes things a step further

12 Aug 2008

Honeycomb Material Structure Key to New Generation of Fuel Cells

Fuel cells are one of the most touted new energy technologies. New materials developments are about to make fuel cells even better

6 Aug 2008

Material With Colossal Ionic Conductivity to Lead to More Efficient Fuel Cells

A new material characterized at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could open a pathway toward more efficient fuel cells

4 Aug 2008

Fuel Cell Design Revolution from Australia Makes Hybrid Cars More Reliable and Cheaper

Monash University scientists have revolutionised the design of fuel cells used in the latest generation of hybrid cars which could make the vehicles more reliable and cheaper to build

31 Jul 2008

New Material Set to Make More Efficient Fuel Cells

A new material characterized at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could open a pathway toward more efficient fuel cells

31 Jul 2008

Alternative Energy Flies at Air Force Base With Fuel Cell Forklifts

The Defense Logistics Agency kicked off its fuel cell forklift pilot project on July 24 at the Defense Depot Warner Robins. It is part of an effort to find alternative energy sources and reduce America's growing dependence on energy imports

29 Jul 2008

Uninterruptible Power Supply Systems Embrace Flywheel and Fuel Cell Alternatives

Chloride has expanded its technology options to offer customers more choice in selecting the most appropriate power protection solution for their application

23 Jul 2008

Brookhaven Lab Scores Award for Electrocatalysis in Fuel Cells

Brookhaven lab chemist Radoslav Adzic receives the U.S. Department of Energy's hydrogen program R and D award

22 Jul 2008

Fuel Cells Successfully Demonstrated for Military, Industrial and Consumer Portable Devices

Neah Power Systems, Inc a leading developer of fuel cells for military, industrial and consumer portable electronic devices, announced today that it successfully demonstrated a reliable, automated process for bonding their patented porous silicon electrodes to polymeric support frames and generating electrical current for extended periods

22 Jul 2008