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JULY 13, 2010

Enel has inaugurated an industrial-scale hydrogen-fuelled combined cycle power plant at Fusina (Venice, Italy). It comprises a hydrogen-fuelled combined cycle plant, which generates both electricity and heat, and has an output of 12 megawatts (MW). Tags: Brief. The plant, which uses 1.3

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NOVEMBER 6, 2009

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has signed a cooperative agreement with Hydrogen Energy California LLC (HECA) to build and demonstrate a hydrogen-powered electric generating facility, complete with carbon capture and storage, in Kern County, Calif. Tags: Brief. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 9, 2010

The Boeing Company has begun to build Phantom Eye—its first unmanned, liquid-hydrogen powered, high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) demonstrator aircraft. The jig load assembly, model of a liquid-hydrogen engine and fuselage skins for Boeing’s Phantom Eye demonstrator in St. Tags: Brief. and in Seattle. Boeing photo.

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MARCH 27, 2010

Air Products has signed a contract with SK Energy to construct a hydrogen fueling station for a novel energy project to be based in World Cup Park in Seoul, South Korea. The hydrogen fueling station to be onstream in July 2010 will supply hydrogen produced solely from landfill gas to fuel a fleet of vehicles.

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AUGUST 18, 2009

entered a five-year marketing, sales, and service agreement to provide Nuvera PowerTap hydrogen generators and stations to the North American material handling market. The PowerTap generator uses steam reformation technology to produce hydrogen from natural gas. Tags: Brief. Airgas, Inc. and Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc.,

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JANUARY 4, 2010

Hydrogenics Corporation and Rosetti Marino S.p.A., an Italy-based provider of engineering and construction services and technology for the oil and gas industry, will jointly design , develop and commercialize utility-scale hydrogen power plants for peak shaving and energy management. Tags: Brief.

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AUGUST 30, 2009

M&M), one of India’s leading automotive majors, showcased its hydrogen-fueled combustion engine Alfa 3-wheeler, the Hy-Alfa, at the World Hydrogen Technologies Convention 2009 ( WHTC-2009 ) held in New Delhi last week. Tags: Brief. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M), M&M first introduced the Hy-Alfa in January 2006.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

The hydrogen production should correspond to a minimum production of 750 N m 3 /day or about 0.4 mol/s pure hydrogen (99.99%). Moreover, the high-temperature flue gases from the MCFC are expanded in a turbine, thus increasing the total power generated. Tags: Brief. Plant process flow diagram. Credit: ACS, Bensaid et al.

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MAY 8, 2009

Power+Energy Inc. (P+E) P+E) has shipped two high-capacity micro-channel hydrogen purifiers to a customer located in the Middle East. Each of the two model PE91370S units shipped has the capacity to purify 2,900 cubic feet per hour (82 cubic meters per hour) of hydrogen at standard operating conditions. Source: Power+Energy.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

With 480 kW continuous power of the FPT Industrial e-Axle, the truck has the power, torque and range to perform applications such as hub-to-hub deliveries and regional hauling; its mileage can be extended with opportunity charging. An 80% charge takes an estimated 100 minutes at 350 kW.

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AUGUST 5, 2010

The Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) has developed a four-cylinder engine at their power train engineering (PTE) laboratory that will support an 18% blend of hydrogen and compressed natural gas (HCNG). Tags: Brief. Times of India.

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

The roles for hydrogen and fuel cells in the energy mix. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released a draft version of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program Plan, which outlines the strategy, activities, and plans of DOE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program. Improve the performance and reduce the cost of hydrogen storage systems.

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APRIL 29, 2009

Cartoon of the proposed combined hydrogen and conventional power plant (top). Researchers at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands are developing ceria-based catalysts as candidates for integrating methane combustion and hydrogen generation in power plants. Methane conversion and hydrogen yield at 550 °C.

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JUNE 24, 2010

DHL Supply Chain and London Stansted Airport recently signed agreements to participate in Hydrogen On Site Trials (HOST) of ITM Power’s transportable high pressure hydrogen refuelling unit (HFuel). The demonstrations will be 100% managed and operated by ITM Power personnel, in liaison with site owners’ operations and management.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

is implementing a new alternative fuel platform to use hydrogen fuel cells to power the plant’s material handling equipment. Hydrogen fuel cell-powered forklifts, tuggers and stackers will be used in BMW’s new assembly hall that produces the new BMW X3 Sports Activity Vehicle. Tags: Brief. BMW Manufacturing Co.

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AUGUST 6, 2010

Ballard Power Systems and K2 Pure Solutions (K2) have finalized a sales agreement for deployment of a distributed generation fuel cell system to be sited at a K2 Pure Solutions bleach plant in Pittsburg, California. Hydrogen is a by-product of this process. Tags: Brief.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Left, global light-duty fleet in the electric-favoring case; right, the hydrogen-favoring case. In both electric- and hydrogen-favoring cases, availability of low-carbon electricity and hydrogen prolonged the use of petroleum-fueled ICE vehicles. Top, without CCS and CSP; bottom, with CCS and CSP. Credit: ACS, Wallington et al.

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MARCH 23, 2010

The first hydrogen plant for renewable energy storage in Greenland has been inaugurated. The plant is a test system which shall help provide suggestions for how hydrogen can be used for future renewable energy storage in the country. This way the hydrogen functions as a battery that stores energy for later use whenever needed.

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JULY 19, 2009

The national energy company of Greenland, Nukissiorfiit , has launched the H2KT project to establish a demonstration hydrogen and fuel cell plant in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, for storage of renewable energy. Diesel energy production is also used as reserve in the cities that are supplied from hydro power today. Nm 3 /hour, max.)

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JUNE 2, 2009

BC Hydro, General Electric (GE) and Powertech are collaborating on the demonstration of a Hydrogen Assisted Renewable Power System (HARP)—a clean power solution for remote, off-grid communities—in the town of Bella Coola, British Columbia. Tags: Brief. The HARP project will address two challenges.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Researchers from Tokyo City University and the National Traffic Safety and Environment Lab in Japan are developing a multi-cylinder direct-injection spark-ignition (DISI) hydrogen internal combustion engine (ICE) for application in heavy-duty vehicles. Engine performance curves showing hydrogen DISI ICE and the base diesel.

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JULY 2, 2009

The US Department of Energy has selected projects by Basin Electric Power Cooperative and Hydrogen Energy International LLC—a joint venture between BP and Rio Tinto ( earlier post )—for up to $408 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Post Combustion CO 2 Capture Project.

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AUGUST 20, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 8 research projects for funding that will focus on gasification of coal/biomass to produce synthetic gas (syngas) as a pathway to producing power, hydrogen, fuel or chemicals. Area 3: Design Concepts for Co-Production of Power, Fuels and Chemicals. million, with $6.4

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

The UK University of Birmingham’s Fuel Cell Group and Ontario’s Hydrogen Village recently signed a collaboration agreement that will result in the exchange of researchers and academics and will facilitate commercial relationships with the Province of Ontario and West Midlands’ companies. Tags: Brief.

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JULY 2, 2010

UTC Power, a United Technologies Corp. Three of AC Transit’s buses are equipped with UTC Power fuel cell systems and have now traveled more than 255,000 miles, with an average fuel economy that is 65% better than the control fleet of diesel buses running the same routes and duty cycles. Tags: Brief.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Air Products is supplying hydrogen to power a fleet of more than 50 hydrogen fuel cell buses in operation at the Asian Games and Asian Para Games from 12 November – 19 December in Guangzhou City, China. Air Products is also providing liquid nitrogen for use at the hydrogen fueling station. Tags: Brief.

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OCTOBER 30, 2010

The Toro Company was selected by ATK, an aerospace and defense company, to help design and build two fuel cell powered utility vehicles with advanced hydrogen storage technology. Tags: Brief. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Hydrogenics Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of hydrogen generation and fuel cell products, has entered into a strategic alliance with CommScope, Inc., Hydrogenics Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of hydrogen generation and fuel cell products, has entered into a strategic alliance with CommScope, Inc.,

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APRIL 27, 2010

Wegmans, a supermarket chain leader, has launched a fleet of 50 hydrogen fuel cell-powered pallet trucks fitted with Plug Power’s GenDrive hydrogen fuel cell power units and fueled using Air Products’ hydrogen and hydrogen fueling station technology at its Pottsville, Pa. Tags: Brief.

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MAY 4, 2010

Air Products’s hydrogen fueling technology has been selected for a demonstration project at the Defense Distribution Depot San Joaquin (DDJC) in Tracy, California. Upon successful negotiation of an agreement, Air Products’ hydrogen and fueling technology will be used to power 20 Class I forklifts. Tags: Brief.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

million grant to develop the state’s second hydrogen production-fueling station. The station, to be located near Bicentennial House on Mileground Road, will be the northern terminus of a “hydrogen highway” between Yeager Airport in Charleston and Morgantown. The facility will produce the hydrogen via electrolysis.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Prototype sodium silicate hydrogen generation system as presented earlier this year at DOE merit review. a developer of stabilized reactive metals for safer, more efficient industrial chemistry, announced the successful design, assembly, and initial testing of its H300 Hydrogen Generation System. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 22, 2009

Egypt-based Pharos Marine unveiled plans for a 60-meter dual-fuel hydrogen-diesel electric superyacht, the Orcageno. The propulsion system uses a generator driven by a hydrogen-diesel internal combustion engine which can be operated by either hydrogen or diesel oil to provide power for the Azipod units. The Orcageno.

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APRIL 9, 2009

Nestlé Waters North America has installed 32 Plug Power GenDrive hydrogen fuel cells, purchased in 2008, in its materials-handling fleet at their Dallas, Texas bottling facility. Nestlé Waters evaluated both hydrogen fuel cells and lead-acid batteries as potential replacements for the LPG-fueled systems. Tags: Brief.

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AUGUST 23, 2010

A research team at Heriot-Watt University (UK) is developing the first Direct Urea Powered Fuel Cells targeting applications in water treatment/purification and renewable energy where urea is a problem contaminant. Tags: Brief.

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JUNE 7, 2010

Linde has contracted with Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) in California to supply the ionic compression hydrogen fueling technology ( earlier post ) and the hydrogen for two new refueling stations, which will be located at AC Transit's Emeryville and Oakland operating divisions. Tags: Brief.

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MARCH 19, 2010

Siemens Corporate Technology (CT) is conducting research into clean combustion processes for future hydrogen-fired gas turbines for electricity generation. Combusting hydrogen with oxygen to obtain water and extract a large amount of energy with zero environmental pollution is still a long way off, Siemens notes. Tags: Brief.

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