Pike Research, a market research and consulting company, has declared the availability of its first yearly ‘Fuel Cells Annual Report’, which examines the present status of the worldwide fuel cell industry, the growth drivers and barriers experienced by the industry, where it will be placed in 2017 and why the year 2015 is said to be a vital factor for the industry.
A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a device to convert sunlight into chemical fuel. The device, which is also called the artificial leaf is made up of silicon, nickel and cobalt.
Scientists at the VU University Amsterdam and TU Delft have illustrated that the release rate of hydrogen stored in a metal hydride depends on the size of a metal alloy nanoparticle.
The AZoCleantech.com Editorial and Video team were proud to be selected to interview the finalists for the Australian Clean Technologies Ideas Competition in Sydney last week.
The Fuel Cell Today annual Industry Review 2011 forecasts shipments in 2011 surpassing 285,000 units worldwide, growing by 25% compared with 2010. This continued success follows on from 40%growth between 2009 and 2010 . Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) lead 2011 unit shipments, accounting for over 95% of the total, and regionally North America dominates with a 50% share of total units.
McPhy Energy, a company known for its solid hydrogen storage expertise, declared that its solution for mid-term renewable energy storage has been chosen for use in a residential micro-grid under the Nottingham University sponsored Creative Energy Homes (CEH) project.
The University of Birmingham has been testing a hydrogen powered prototype canal boat for inland waterways for around three years. Empa has designed the hydrogen tank for this boat.
Ballard Power Systems has optimized and consolidated the production space and product development at its specific fuel cell manufacturing facilities, which is situated in Burnaby, British Columbia.
research team at the Department of Energy (DOE)’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has employed a novel technology called electrochemical strain microscopy to investigate the reactions that restrict the extensive use of fuel cell technologies.
Building on test results presented at the 12th DOE SECA Workshop July 27th, NexTech Materials, Ltd. has performed accelerated stability tests that predict a service life of over 40,000 hours at 750°C for low cost ferritic steel (AL 441 HP) interconnect components for fuel cell applications protected by its manganese-cobalt spinel (MCO) coatings.
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