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World's Largest SOFC Fuel Cell Made by NexTech Materials

NexTech Materials, Ltd. recently completed scale-up of its FlexCell solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology to a nominal area of 1200 cm2 and power output of 400 watts per cell, believed to be the largest production planar fuel cells

30 Jul 2009

Microbial Fuel Cell Research Increases Power Output of Fuel Cells

In their most recent experiments with Geobacter, the sediment-loving microbe whose hairlike filaments help it to produce electric current from mud and wastewater, scientists supervised the evolution of a new strain that dramatically increases power output per cell and overall bulk power

29 Jul 2009

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Power Plants for Vehicles Refined by Scientists

Hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles (FCVs) can be an important part of the solution to America’s energy crisis, says Dr. Andrew Goudy of Delaware State University. He is leading a research team striving to solve a key technical FCV puzzle

21 Jul 2009

Fuel Cells Now Able to Compete With Any Form of Battery or Power Delivery For Vehicles and Other Applications

Fuel cells can compete with batteries, the internal combustion engine and the power grid. Hydrogen can compete with any fuel now produced and cause no pollution but its price is higher than gasoline or natural gas because it is difficult to transport and store

15 Jul 2009

Laptops, Mobile Phones and Remote Sensors to be Powered by Microfluidic Fuel Cells

Microfluidic fuel cells could provide the necessary energy to provide continuous power to remote sensors, mobile phones and laptops, according to a University of Southampton student

14 Jul 2009

Linde Joins California Fuel Cell Partnership

The California Fuel Cell Partnership announced that Linde North America has joined CaFCP as an associate member

7 Jul 2009

New Way of Storing Hydrogen for Fuel Cell Vehicles

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory have created a reversible route to generate aluminum hydride, a high capacity hydrogen storage material

6 Jul 2009

Chicken Feathers May Hold the Key to Fuel Storage for Hydrogen Cars

Scientists at the University of Delaware say they have developed a new hydrogen storage method - carbonized chicken feather fibers - that can hold vast amounts of hydrogen, a promising but difficult to corral fuel source, and do it at a far lower cost than other hydrogen storage systems under consideration

24 Jun 2009

Fuel Cells, Hydrogen Energy Plus Other Nanotechnology and Alternate Fuel Markets Expected to Reach $14 Billion by 2014

According to a newly released report from iRAP, Fuel Cells, Hydrogen
Energy and Related Nanotechnology - A Global Industry and Market Analysis, the fuel cell and hydrogen energy industry is highly fragmented. Worldwide about 3870 organizations are involved in fuel cells, hydrogen energy and related nanotechnology and spent an estimated $8.4 billion in 2008

24 Jun 2009

Solar Energy Research Team Heads to Europe to Continue Their Work

A solar energy research team from Valparaiso University’s College of Engineering will return to Switzerland this summer to continue testing the potential of harnessing the sun’s energy for industrial applications

19 Jun 2009