Fuel Cells 2000's Fuel Cell Technology Update - July 2003
"Jennifer Gangi" <[email protected]> Tue, 1 Jul 2003 13:17:06 -0400
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C33FF4.98F84666 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable For more information on the following stories, click on the provided link, contact Jennifer Gangi at [email protected] or call (202) 785-4222, ext. 17. To subscribe or unsubscribe to this listserve, see the end of this message. =20 Fuel Cells 2000 is currently working on a supplement to the Seventh Edition of the Fuel Cell Directory. If you would like your company to be listed in the Directory, or if you would like to update your listing, please complete and send in the listing form found at http://www.fuelcells.org/listingform.doc. =20 TRANSPORTATION APPLICATIONS =20 Ford Fuel Cell Vehicles to be Tested in Vancouver As part of a three-year collaborative development program, Ford, Natural Resources Canada and Fuel Cells Canada plan to place five hydrogen-fueled Ford Focus fuel cell vehicles on the streets of Vancouver in early 2004. The vehicles will be a hybrid-electric fuel cell version of the Ford Focus, utilizing a Ballard fuel cell engine and a Dynetek compressed hydrogen storage tank. http://media.ford.com/print_doc.cfm?article_id=3D15591 =20 Palcan Showcases Fuel Cell Powered Scooter. Palcan Fuel Cells has integrated its 2-kW fuel cell stack system into a scooter, to be marketed in Asia and India. Palcan's fuel cell uses the company's metal hydride hydrogen storage technology. http://www.palcan.com/s/NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=3D63580&_Title=3DPalcan-Sh owcases-The-Future-With-Fuel-Cell-Powered-Scooter-For-Global-Masse... =20 Hyundai and UTC Join to Develop All-Weather Fuel Cell Vehicle. Hyundai Motor Co. and UTC Fuel Cells, have signed an agreement to jointly develop a new automotive fuel cell power plant capable of operating in freezing conditions. The agreement calls for Hyundai and UTC Fuel Cells to work jointly to develop a freeze-capable fuel cell power plant and integrate it into a Hyundai sport utility vehicle platform. Hyundai plans to make fuel cell vehicles available for lease by fleet operators by 2004. http://www.utcfuelcells.com/news/archive/062603.shtml =20 Hydrogenics Sells Power Modules to Deere & Co, Receives Funds from Canadian Government. Hydrogenics Corporation has sold six of its 10-kilowatt HyPM-LP2 fuel cell power modules to Deere & Co. for integration and evaluation in off-road vehicle applications, including grounds equipment and utility vehicles. Hydrogenics also announced that Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is providing CAN$500,000 to fund reliability testing and further development of the HyPM-LP2 over the next two years.=20 http://www.hydrogenics.com/ir/NewsReleaseDetail-1.asp?RELEASEID=3D110976 =20 Ballard Receives US$1.75 Million Order From New Major Automotive Customer. Ballard Power Systems has received a US$1.75 million order from a new major automotive customer for Ballard fuel cell products. http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030617/175181_1.html =20 Helios Crashes into Pacific Ocean.=20 The remotely operated Helios Prototype solar-electric flying wing was destroyed when it crashed into the Pacific Ocean. The Helios ran on solar power by day and used fuel cell power at night. The crash occurred 29 minutes into a functional checkout flight. NASA will form an accident investigation team to determine the exact cause of the crash. http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2003/jun/HQ_03219_Helios.html =20 STATIONARY POWER =20 Avista Labs Installs Fuel Cell at FAA Site. Avista Labs has completed the installation of a three-kilowatt fuel cell system for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that will provide critical backup power for a radio transmitter receiver (RTR) site located at McChord Air Force Base in Tacoma, Washington. The installation consists of six Avista Labs Independence 500(tm) fuel cells housed in an outdoor enclosure that contains both the fuel cell system and the hydrogen fuel provided by Airgas.=20 http://www.avistalabs.com/news_over.asp#844 =20 Zoot Enterprises Receives Fuel Cell Delivery. Zoot Enterprises has received two fuel cell power plants that will be installed at its Galactic Park high-technology campus west of Bozeman, Montana. Zoot plans to use the two 250-kilowatt Direct FuelCell(r) (DFC(r)) power plants manufactured by FuelCell Energy, Inc.in conjunction with traditional diesel fuel generators and the electric grid to meet the electrical reliability requirements of its building and to support future development for its online credit processing operations at the campus. http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030617/175367_1.html =20 FuelCell Energy Awarded Four Government Contracts, Signs Distribution Deal With Alliance. FuelCell Energy, Inc. (FCE) has been awarded four government contracts worth US$1.45 million. The awards include US$850,000 for two separate contracts under the Department of Energy's Small Business Innovative Research program; US$100,000 from the U.S. Navy's Small Business Technology Transfer program; and US$500,000 for a two-year contract under the U.S. Army's Small Business Technology Transfer program. FCE has also signed an agreement with Alliance Power, Inc. to integrate Direct FuelCell(r) (DFC(r)) power plants into Alliance Power's portfolio of distributed generation solutions. http://www.fuelcellenergy.com/# <http://www.fuelcellenergy.com/>=20 http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030602/nym098_1.html =20 PORTABLE/BACKUP POWER =20 Plug Power Introduces Fuel Cell for Telecommunications. Plug Power introduced the GenCore(tm)5T, a 5-kW direct hydrogen fuel cell system designed to provide extended run back-up power specifically for the telecommunications industry in the outside plant market. http://www.plugpower.com/news/details.cfm?prid=3D177 =20 NEC Demonstrates Laptop Running on Methanol Fuel Cell. NEC revealed a prototype of a laptop computer running on fuel cell instead of a rechargeable battery, and said it will start selling it next year. NEC initially plans to introduce a computer with a fuel-cell system able to run for five consecutive hours on a single cartridge of methanol fuel, but also plans to make a PC within two years that can run continuously for as long as 40 hours.=20 http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=3Dstory&u=3D/ap/20030630/ap_on_hi_te/f uel_cell_laptop_1 =20 MHI Develops Smallest Fuel Cell.=20 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) has developed what it calls the world's smallest fuel cell. The cell is 100 by 60 by 30 centimeters, about half the size of conventional systems, and is capable of generating 1 kilowatt of electricity. http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=3Dnews&cat=3D4&id=3D261833 =20 Voller Energy to Use Palcan PC-150 Fuel Cell Stack. Voller Energy has selected Palcan Fuel Cells Ltd.'s PC-150 Fuel Cell Stack as the power source in the Voller Energy VE100 Portable Fuel Cell system. The new Voller Energy VE100 hand held product is approximately the size and weight of a laptop computer or portable typewriter and provides both DC and AC output. The VE100 also has a 13.8v DC 'cigar lighter' or automotive type electrical socket which can be used to recharge a battery in a mobile phone or laptop, or to recharge a automobile battery. http://www.palcan.com/s/NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=3D63133&_Title=3DVoller-En ergy-to-use-Palcan-PC-150-fuel-cell-stack =20 Avista Labs Fuel Cells Now Available to the United Kingdom Market. Avista Labs and SiGEN have entered into a collaborative agreement for the development of fuel cell systems and product sales. SiGEN has been appointed a non-exclusive distributor and service agent in the UK for the Avista Labs Independence(tm) fuel cell systems, which feature Avista Labs' patented Modular Cartridge Technology(tm). Under the terms of the agreement, SiGEN will purchase a small number of Independence(tm) fuel cells during 2003, with an increase in those numbers for 2004. The agreement runs through May 2005. http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030624/sftu020_1.html =20 Polyfuel Wins Computerworld Award. PolyFuel was awarded a Medal of Achievement in the 2003 Computerworld Honors Program. PolyFuel was one of six finalists in the Environment, Energy and Agriculture category. http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030604/45286_1.html =20 FUELS/REFORMERS/STORAGE =20 Organizations Speak Out Against Cal-Tech Hydrogen Study. A study by the California Institute of Technology, "Potential Environmental Impact of a Hydrogen Economy on the Stratosphere" published in the journal Science (http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/06/12/hydrogen.ozone.ap/index.html ), has sparked some rebuttal from environmental and industry organizations. Some of the responses to the study can be found at: http://www.rmi.org/images/other/E-SciH2Leak.pdf <http://www.rmi.org/images/other/E-SciH2Leak.pdf/>=20 http://www.hydrogenus.org/SchatzReaction.pdf http://www.dwv-info.de/pm/pe0304.htm. =20 Showa Shell Opens Tokyo's First Liquid Hydrogen Station. Showa Shell Seikyu KK opened the first liquid hydrogen refueling station in Tokyo, under the Hydrogen Refueling Station Pilot Program. The station is part of the Japan Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Demonstration Project, a program sponsored by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to build five hydrogen fueling stations in the Tokyo metropolitan area.=20=20 http://www.shell.com/home/Framework?siteId=3Dmedia-en&FC1=3D&FC2=3D&FC3=3D%= 2Fmed ia-en%2Fhtml%2Fiwgen%2Fnews_and_library%2Fpress_releases%2F2003%2Fshowa_ shell_liquid_hydro_station_18062003.html&FC4=3D&FC5=3D =20 Vandenborre and Shell Team Up on Home Refueling. Vandenborre Technologies N.V. has signed a development, marketing and sales agreement with Shell Hydrogen. Under the agreement, Shell Hydrogen, which will obtain non-exclusive rights to act as agent for Vandenborre's home refueling technology, will conduct market analysis of the potential of home hydrogen refueling, while Vandenborre will develop and manufacture home refueling units. The companies expect to introduce a prototype unit for field testing within a year to the European market. http://www.hydrogensystems.com/database/4_detail.asp?c=3Ddetail&recid=3D51 =20 QuestAir Awarded Government Funding. QuestAir Technologies Inc. will receive CAN$720,000 in partnership funding from the Government of Canada and the Government of British Columbia under the Western Economic Partnership Agreement (WEPA), to support the research and development of QuestAir's hydrogen purification technology. The project will be administered by Fuel Cells Canada through its Fuel Cell Demonstration Projects program, and will be located at the National Research Council's Fuel Cell Technology Laboratory in Vancouver, British Columbia. http://biz.yahoo.com/cnw/030603/questair_gov_funding_1.html =20 Hydrogen Safety to Introduce Hydrogen Training Curriculum. Hydrogen Safety, LLC will launch a new Internet-based training curriculum focused on the safe use, transport and storage of gaseous and liquid hydrogen and the design of hydrogen-power products. The new program, which will be posted next month at http://www.hydrogensafety.com <http://www.hydrogensafety.com/> , was developed by Hydrogen Safety principal Steve Woods, a lead author of NASA's hydrogen safety training program. =20 Millennium Cell Releases Poll Results. Millennium Cell joined with U.S. Borax Inc. to release the results of a new poll conducted by Harris Interactive, Inc. which found that 85 percent of Americans are "willing to try a new hydrogen-based fuel for their vehicles." According to the poll, which was commissioned by the two companies, safety was rated (by 83%) as the most important issue in accepting alternative fuels. The second most important issue was cost (78%), although nearly half of the respondents (44%) said they would be willing to pay at least twice as much as they pay now for gasoline. http://www.millenniumcell.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?function=3Ddetail&id=3D0611200 3 =20 FUEL CELL COMPONENTS =20 University of California, Riverside, Receives Funding for Electrode Research.=20 Through the California Energy Commission's Energy Innovations Small Grant Program, the University of California, Riverside, received $75,000 for its project titled "Nanostructured Electrodes for PEM Fuel Cells." http://www.energy.ca.gov/contracts/smallgrant/2003-06-16_awards_02-03.ht ml =20 NRC-IFCI Awards AMI SOFC Test Stand Contract. Advanced Measurements (AMI) have been selected by the National Research Council Canada Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation (NRC-IFCI) to provide a dual solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) test stand for its research and development of SOFC's. The dual test stand will provide testing capability for low flow fuel cells up to 100W as well as higher flows in the range of 1 kW.=20=20 http://207.54.100.37/generic_frames.asp?content_page=3Dnews.htm =20 REPORTS/MARKET STUDIES =20 Military Fuel Cell Markets. Land Warrior, next generation combat vehicles, and portable electronics may all be the beneficiaries of fuel cells, as dictated by efforts by the U.S. Department of Defense to increase spending on higher efficiency energy sources for military power supplies. Fuel cells have the potential to replace current power supplies of batteries and diesel generators, or even supply essential, reliable power in the digital battlefield, claims research firm Allied Business Intelligence (ABI) in their latest study, "Military Fuel Cell Markets: Market Potential and Opportunities in a New Era of Military Applications." ABI expects the first military fuel cell units, to be deployed in 2006, to number in the low thousands, and are expected to reach 45,000 units by 2014. http://www.alliedworld.com/servlets/ResearchDetails?productid=3DMFM03 =20 Germany's Fuel Cell Market. Fuel Cell Today has published a new survey about the progress of the German fuel cell industry. Almost 2,800 employees are working in more than 350 organizations in Germany on fuel cell related activities, according to the report. In the 1950s, German companies such as Siemens and Varta had started working on alkaline fuel cells (AFC) and many fuel cell demonstration initiatives have been first set up in Germany. Today, the country's fuel cell industry is amongst other leaders such as Japan, the USA and Canada The survey can be found at www.fuelcelltoday.com/surveys. =20 Twenty Hydrogen Myths. Rocky Mountain Institute has published a documented primer on hydrogen to clarify the abundant conflicting, confusing, and often ill-informed commentary on this fuel. "Twenty Hydrogen Myths," is written for both lay and technical readers, demystifies hydrogen energy, debunks popular misconceptions, and proposes a surprisingly easy, attractive, and profitable path to the hydrogen economy.=20 http://www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid171.php#20H2Myths =20 REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS =20 Massachusetts Emerging Technology Demonstration Solicitation.=20 Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC) has issued its Green Power Program Emerging Technology Demonstration Solicitation. MTC counts fuel cells as an eligible technology, as long as the fuel cell uses an eligible renewable fuel as defined in the solicitation. Grants of up to $500,000 will be awarded. Initial applications are being accepted from June 26, 2003, until $2 million in funding has been allocated. Deadline for applications is August 1, 2003. http://www.mtpc.org/Grants_and_Awards/GPP/03ET03Info.htm =20 Third Frontier Action Fund Seeks Proposals.=20 The Third Frontier Action Fund seeks proposals in three technology focus areas, one of which is dedicated to supporting Ohio's Governor's Fuel Cell Initiative. Grant awards will typically not be less than $500,000 or more than 10% of the total amount of funds available for the award. Deadline for proposals is July 23, 2003 http://www.connectohio.com/3rdfrontier/pdf/TFAF_RFP_2004.pdf =20 MISCELLANEOUS =20 United States, European Union to Collaborate on Fuel Cell Projects. U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham delivered a keynote address to the European Commission's Conference of the High Level Group on Hydrogen and Fuel Cell (HLG-HFC) technologies. At the Conference, the EU and the United States formally agreed to launch cooperative projects in the field of fuel cell technologies, including demonstrations of fuel cell vehicles and refueling structures, and fuel cell code & standard development. http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p_action.gettxt=3Dgt&doc= =3D IP/03/846|0|RAPID&lg=3DEN&display=3D http://www.energy.gov/HQPress/releases03/junpr/pr03129_v.htm =20 U.S. to Cooperate with Brazil on Hydrogen and Fuel Cells. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham signed a Memorandum Of Understanding with Brazilian Mines and Energy Minister Dilma Rousseff to formally initiate bilateral cooperation on energy modernization and new technologies. The signing of the MOU has initiated discussions to collaborate on hydrogen and fuel cells, and for Brazil to become the first Latin American country to join President Bush's proposed International Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy. http://www.energy.gov/HQPress/releases03/junpr/pr03132_v.htm =20 NSF Selects First Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Fuel Cells.=20 The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected the University of South Carolina's College of Engineering and Information Technology to be the nation's first Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Fuel Cells. NSF funding for the center will total $210,000 over three years. http://uscnews.sc.edu/engr-rsrc158.html =20 Alberta Institute to Head Fuel Cell Research Project. The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) plans to lead a $3.3-million public/private partnership to study the use of high-voltage fuel cell technologies. Under the partnership, which includes the government of Alberta, Western Economic Diversification Canada (WEDC), ATCO Gas and Climate Change Central, NAIT will receive a 200-kilowatt phosphoric acid fuel cell. The research team will look for innovative ways to use fuel cell energy, including heating the school swimming pool and cooling academic buildings. Additionally, the school will manage a campaign to raise public awareness of fuel cell technology.=20 http://biz.yahoo.com/cnw/030624/atco_fuel_cell_resrch_1.html =20 Boeing Joins Chrysalix Energy. The Boeing Company has joined the Chrysalix Energy Limited Partnership, which consists of Ballard Power Systems Inc., BASF Venture Capital, The BOC Group, Duke Energy, Mitsubishi Corporation and Shell Hydrogen, to become the seventh member of the private capital joint venture. http://www.chrysalix.com/news/fmu_news_more.php?NID=3D8 =20 Fuel Cells Canada Receives Contribution From WEDC. Fuel Cells Canada has received a CAN$1.5-million contribution from Western Economic Diversification Canada (WEDC), which will flow to Fuel Cells Canada over five years and augments funding provided by WEDC to support the development of the hydrogen and fuel cell industry in Canada. http://www.fuelcellscanada.ca/Industry%20news/fcnews3.htm <http://www.fuelcellscanada.ca/Industry%20news/fcnews3.htm>=20 =20 Rogers Corporation Initiates Development Work on Fuel Cells. Rogers Corporation is working to develop and sell fuel cell stacks in systems requiring 20 watts to 5 kilowatts of power. Rogers has worked with a number of companies over the past few years on specialty materials for use in fuel cells and recently signed an agreement to license additional technology related to its own development activities. The technologies involved include proton exchange membrane (PEM) materials, bipolar plates, and stack control systems. http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030604/45631_1.html =20 Standards Board Approves IEEE 1547. The Standards Board of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has approved IEEE 1547 Standard for Interconnecting Distributed Resources with Electric Power Systems. IEEE started work on the standard in 1999. More than 350 individuals participated on the working group that formulated the standard, which can now be used in federal legislation and rulemaking, and by utilities in developing technical requirements for interconnection agreements. http://www.eere.energy.gov/distributedpower/news/0603_ieee1547.html =20 CONFERENCES =20 World Nano-Economic Congress. The World Nano-Economic Congress, "Where Nanotechnology and Business Meet" will be held September 8-10, 2003, at the Fairmont in Washington DC. This event will cover the advancement of nanotechnology in six vertical applications including, energy & production pertaining to fuel cells, solar power, batteries, power transmission, lighting and energy conservation. Featured keynotes and presentations consist of over 70 leaders from top-tier organizations such as Ford, US Department of Energy, GE, National Renewable Energy Lab, NEC, Nanosys, including Richard E. Smalley, Nobel Laureate. Special 50% Discounts have been reserved for government and academic audience. For those who are not eligible for the 50% discount, you will receive 10% discount on published rates courtesy of Fuel Cells 2000. To obtain this discount you must click here https://www.iirusa.com/nano/index.cfm/Action=3DPreReg/t=3Dm/newsection=3Dye= s/p rioritycode=3DXEFCO. =20 Power Mart '03. Power Mart '03 takes place September 15-16, 2003, at the Hyatt Regency in Houston, Texas. Check out www.powermart.platts.com <http://www.powermart.platts.com/> for conference details. =20 Power Sources Symposium. The International Symposium on Power Sources for Stationary and Distributed Power Systems will be held September 16-18, 2003, at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany. For details, visit www.powersources.net <http://www.powersources.net/> . =20 Grove Fuel Cell Symposium VIII.=20 Join international delegates to discuss developments in fuel cell technology and commercialization at the Eighth Grove Fuel Cell Symposium in London, England, on September 24-26, 2003. New for 2003 is a large exhibition area featuring over 100 exhibitors, vendor presentations and live demonstrations. Find out more at www.grovefuelcell.com <http://www.grovefuelcell.com/> or contact [email protected].=20 =20 Sustainable Energy Expo. The Sustainable Energy Expo and Conference will be held October 1-3, 2003, at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California. For more information, please visit www.sustainableexpo.com <http://www.sustainableexpo.com/> . =20 Hydrogen Consumers Tour and Expo. The Hydrogen Consumers Tour and Expo will be October 11-12, 2003, at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado. For details, visit www.hydrogen.com <http://www.hydrogen.com/> . =20 Montreux Hydrogen Roundtable. The Hydrogen Infrastructure Investment Roundtable II will be held October 8-10, 2003, at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver, Colorado. For info, go to www.MontreuxEnergy.com/hydrogen.htm. =20 NREL Industry Growth Forum. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory presents the 16th Industry Growth Forum, "Financing the Path to Clean Energy and a Hydrogen Future" will be November 17-19, 2003, at the Hyatt Regency Austin on Town Lake in Austin, Texas. To register, visit http://www.incubator.com/nrel/. =20 International German Hydrogen Energy Congress 2004.=20=20 The International German Hydrogen Energy Congress will take place February 11-12, 2004, at the Trade Fair Essen in Essen, Germany. For conference information, go to www.H2CONGRESS.de <http://www.h2congress.de/> . =20 15th World Hydrogen Energy Conference. The 15th World Hydrogen Energy Conference will be held June 27 - July 2, 2004, in Yokohama, Japan. For more information, go to www.whec15.jp <http://www.whec15.jp/> . =20 #### =20 Want more fuel cell news? Subscribe to the Fuel Cell Quarterly - just US$20.00 (a bargain compared to other fuel cell newsletters and publications). Or you can make a tax-deductible contribution of US$25.00 or more to Breakthrough Technologies Institute and receive a year's subscription to the Quarterly as our way of saying thanks. 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To subscribe or unsubscri= be to this listserve, see the end of this message.</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Fuel Cells 2000 is currently working on a supplement to = the Seventh Edition of the Fuel Cell Directory. If you would like your company to be listed in the Directory, or if you would like to update your listing, please complete and send in the listing form found at <a href=3D"http://www.fuelcells.org/listingform.doc">http://www.fuelcells.org/= listingform.doc</a>.</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <h1><b><u><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>TRAN= SPORTATION APPLICATIONS</span></font></u></b></h1> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><b><font size=3D2 face=3D= Arial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Ford Fuel Cell Vehicles to be Tested in Vancouver</span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>As part of a three-year collaborative development progra= m, Ford, Natural Resources Canada and Fuel Cells Canada plan to place five hydrogen-fueled Ford Focus fuel cell vehicles on the streets of Vancouver in early 2004. The vehicles will be a hybrid-electric fuel cell version of the Ford Focus, utilizing a Ballard fuel cell engine and a Dynet= ek compressed hydrogen storage tank. <a href=3D"http://media.ford.com/print_doc.cfm?article_id=3D15591">http://medi= a.ford.com/print_doc.cfm?article_id=3D15591</a></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'> </span></i></= span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Palcan Showcases Fuel Cell Powered Scoo= ter.</span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Palcan Fuel Cells has integrated its 2-kW fuel cell stack system into a scooter, to be marketed in </span></font><font face=3DArial><= span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Asia</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'> and </span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>India</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>. Palcan’s fuel cell uses the company’s metal hydride hydrogen storage technology. <a href=3D"http://www.palcan.com/s/NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=3D63580&_Titl= e=3DPalcan-Showcases-The-Future-With-Fuel-Cell-Powered-Scooter-For-Global-M= asse...">http://www.palcan.com/s/NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=3D63580&_Tit= le=3DPalcan-Showcases-The-Future-With-Fuel-Cell-Powered-Scooter-For-Global-= Masse...</a></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Hyundai and UTC Join to Develop All-Wea= ther Fuel Cell Vehicle.</span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span style= =3D'font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Hyundai Motor Co. and UTC Fuel Cells,= have signed an agreement to jointly develop a new automotive fuel cell power pla= nt capable of operating in freezing conditions. The agreement calls for Hyundai and UTC Fuel Cells to work jointly to develop a freeze-capable fuel cell power plant and integrate it into a Hyundai sport utility vehicle platform. Hyundai plans to make fuel cell vehicles available for lease by f= leet operators by 2004.</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://www.utcfuelcells.com/news/archive/062603.shtml">http://www.u= tcfuelcells.com/news/archive/062603.shtml</a></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Hydrogenics Sells Power Modules to Deere & Co, Receives Funds from Canadian Government.</span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Hydrogenics Corporation has sold six of its 10-kilowatt = HyPM-LP2 fuel cell power modules to Deere & Co. for integration and evaluation in off-road vehicle applications, including grounds equipment and utility vehicles. Hydrogenics also announced that Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) = is providing CAN$500,000 to fund reliability testing and further development of the HyPM-LP2 over the next two years. </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://www.hydrogenics.com/ir/NewsReleaseDetail-1.asp?RELEASEID=3D1= 10976">http://www.hydrogenics.com/ir/NewsReleaseDetail-1.asp?RELEASEID=3D11= 0976</a></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3Dt1><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Ballard Receives US$1.75 Million Order From New = Major Automotive Customer.</span></font></b></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Ballard Power Systems has received a US$1.75 million ord= er from a new major automotive customer for Ballard fuel cell products.</span>= </font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030617/175181_1.html"= >http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030617/175181_1.html</a></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Helios Crashes into </span></font></b><= b><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Pacific Oc= ean</span></font></b><b><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>. </span></= font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>The remotely operated Helios Prototype solar-electric fl= ying wing was destroyed when it crashed into the </span></font><font face=3DAria= l><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Pacific Ocean</span></font><font face=3DArial>= <span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>. The Helios ran on solar power by day and used= fuel cell power at night. The crash occurred 29 minutes into a functional checko= ut flight. NASA will form an accident investigation team to determine the exact cause of the crash.</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2003/jun/HQ_03219_Helios.html">http= ://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2003/jun/HQ_03219_Helios.html</a></span></font>= </p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <h1><b><u><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>STAT= IONARY POWER</span></font></u></b></h1> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3D2 face= =3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Avista Labs Installs Fuel Cell at FAA Site.</span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 face=3DAr= ial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Avista Labs has completed the installation of a three-kilowatt fuel cell system for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that will provide critical backup power for a radio transmitter receiver (RTR) site located at McChord Air Force Base in </span= ></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Tacoma</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font face= =3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Washington</span></font><font face=3DArial><s= pan style=3D'font-family:Arial'>. The installation consists of six Avista= Labs Independence 500™ fuel cells housed in an outdoor enclosure that cont= ains both the fuel cell system and the hydrogen fuel provided by Airgas. </span>= </font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 face=3DAr= ial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://www.avistalabs.com/news_over.asp#844">http://www.avistalabs.= com/news_over.asp#844</a></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 face=3DAr= ial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><span class=3Dt1><b><fon= t size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Zoot Enterprises Receives Fue= l Cell Delivery.</span></font></b></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 face=3DAr= ial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Zoot Enterprises has received = two fuel cell power plants that will be installed at its </span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Galactic</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font face= =3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Park</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'> high-technology campus west of </span></font><= font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Bozeman</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font face= =3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Montana</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>. Zoot plans to use the two 250-kilowatt = Direct FuelCell® (DFC®) power plants manufactured by FuelCell Energy, Inc.= in conjunction with traditional diesel fuel generators and the electric grid to meet the electrical reliability requirements of its building and to support future development for its online credit processing operations at the campu= s.</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 face=3DAr= ial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030617/175367_1.html">http://biz.yahoo.com/= bw/030617/175367_1.html</a></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 face=3DAr= ial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3D2 face= =3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>FuelCell Ener= gy Awarded Four Government Contracts, Signs Distribution Deal With </span></font></b><= b><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Alliance<= /span></font></b><b><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>.</span></f= ont></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 face=3DAr= ial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>FuelCell Energy, Inc. (FCE) ha= s been awarded four government contracts worth US$1.45 million. The awards include US$850,000 for two separate contracts under the Department of Energ= y's Small Business Innovative Research program; US$100,000 from the U.S. Navy's= Small Business Technology Transfer program; and US$500,000 for a two-year contract under the U.S. Army's Small Business Technology Transfer program. FCE= has also signed an agreement with Alliance Power, Inc. to integrate Direct FuelCell® (DFC®) power plants into Alliance Power's portfolio of distributed generation solutions.</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 face=3DAr= ial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://www.fuelcellenergy.com/">http://www.fuelcellenergy.com/#</a>= </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 face=3DAr= ial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030602/nym098_1.html">http://biz.yahoo.= com/prnews/030602/nym098_1.html</a></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 face=3DAr= ial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <h1><b><u><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>PORT= ABLE/BACKUP POWER</span></font></u></b></h1> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Plug Power Introduces Fuel Cell for Telecommunications.</span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Plug Power introduced the GenCore™5T, a 5-kW direct hydrogen fuel cell system designed to provide extended run back-up power specifically for the telecommunications industry in the outside plant marke= t.</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://www.plugpower.com/news/details.cfm?pri= d=3D177">http://www.plugpower.com/news/details.cfm?prid=3D177</a></span></f= ont></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>NEC Demonstrates Laptop Running on Meth= anol Fuel Cell.</span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>NEC <font color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'>reve= aled a prototype of a laptop computer running on fuel cell instead of a rechargeab= le battery, and said it will start selling it next year. NEC initially p= lans to introduce a computer with a fuel-cell system able to run for five consecutive hours on a single cartridge of methanol fuel, but also plans to make a PC within two years that can run continuously for as long as 40 hour= s. </span></font></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=3Dstory&u=3D/ap/20030630/= ap_on_hi_te/fuel_cell_laptop_1">http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=3Dsto= ry&u=3D/ap/20030630/ap_on_hi_te/fuel_cell_laptop_1</a></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><a name=3D261833><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>MHI Develops = Smallest Fuel Cell</span></font></b></a><b><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'fo= nt-family: Arial;font-weight:bold'>. </span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) has developed what= it calls the world's smallest fuel cell. The cell is 100 by 60 by 30 centimeters, about half the size of conventional systems, and is capable of generating 1 kilowatt of electricity.</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=3Dnews&cat=3D4&id=3D26= 1833">http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=3Dnews&cat=3D4&id=3D2618= 33</a></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3D2 face= =3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Voller Energy= to Use Palcan PC-150 Fuel Cell Stack.</span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 face=3DAr= ial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Voller Energy has selected Pal= can Fuel Cells Ltd.’s PC-150 Fuel Cell Stack as the power source in the Voller Energy VE100 Portable Fuel Cell system. The new Voller Energy VE100 hand held product is approximately the size and weight of a laptop computer or portable typewriter and provides both DC and AC output. T= he VE100 also has a 13.8v DC 'cigar lighter' or automotive type electrical soc= ket which can be used to recharge a battery in a mobile phone or laptop, or to = recharge a automobile battery.</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://www.palcan.com/s/NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=3D63133&_Titl= e=3DVoller-Energy-to-use-Palcan-PC-150-fuel-cell-stack">http://www.palcan.c= om/s/NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=3D63133&_Title=3DVoller-Energy-to-use-Pa= lcan-PC-150-fuel-cell-stack</a></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3Dt21><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Avista Labs Fuel Cells Now Available to the </sp= an></font></b></span><span class=3Dt21><b><font face=3DArial>United Kingdom</font></b></span><span class=3Dt21><b><font face=3DArial> Market.</font></b></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Avista Labs and SiGEN have entered into a collaborative agreement for the development of fuel cell systems and product sales. = SiGEN has been appointed a non-exclusive distributor and service agent in the </s= pan></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>UK</span></font><font face= =3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'> for the Avista Labs Independence™ fuel c= ell systems, which feature Avista Labs' patented Modular Cartridge Technology&#= 8482;. Under the terms of the agreement, SiGEN will purchase a small number of Independence™ fuel cells during 2003, with an increase in those numbe= rs for 2004. The agreement runs through May 2005.</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030624/sftu020_1.= html">http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030624/sftu020_1.html</a></span></font></= p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Polyfuel Wins Computerworld Award.</spa= n></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>PolyFuel was awarded a Medal of Achievement in the 2003 Computerworld Honors Program. PolyFuel was one of six finalists in the Environment, Energy and Agriculture category.</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030604/45286_1.html">= http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030604/45286_1.html</a></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><u><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-= size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><span style=3D'text-decoration:none'>&n= bsp;</span></span></font></u></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><u><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-= size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>FUELS/REFORMERS/STORAGE</span></font></= u></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><u><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-= size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><span style=3D'text-decoration:none'>&n= bsp;</span></span></font></u></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Organizations Speak Out Against Cal-Tech Hydrogen Study.</span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>A study by the California Institute of Technology, "Potential Environmental Impact of a Hydrogen Economy on the Stratosphere" published in the journal Science (<a href=3D"http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/06/12/hydrogen.ozone.ap/index.= html">http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/06/12/hydrogen.ozone.ap/index.ht= ml</a>), has sparked some rebuttal from environmental and industry organizations.&nb= sp; Some of the responses to the study can be found at:</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://www.rmi.org/images/other/E-SciH2Leak.p= df/">http://www.rmi.org/images/other/E-SciH2Leak.pdf</a></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://www.hydrogenus.org/SchatzReaction.pdf"= >http://www.hydrogenus.org/SchatzReaction.pdf</a></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://www.dwv-info.de/pm/pe0304.htm">http://= www.dwv-info.de/pm/pe0304.htm</a>.</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Showa Shell Opens </span></font></b><b>= <font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Tokyo</sp= an></font></b><b><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>’s Fi= rst Liquid Hydrogen Station.</span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-s= ize:10.0pt; font-weight:normal'>Showa Shell Seikyu KK opened the first liquid hydrogen refueling station in </span></font></b><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-s= ize: 10.0pt;font-weight:normal'>Tokyo</span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'>, under the Hydrogen Refueling Station Pilot Program. The station is part of the Japan Hydrogen and Fuel C= ell Demonstration Project, a program sponsored by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to build five hydrogen fueling stations in the </span></font><= font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'>Tokyo</span>= </font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'> metropolitan = area. </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-s= ize:10.0pt; font-weight:normal'><a href=3D"http://www.shell.com/home/Framework?siteId=3Dmedia-en&FC1=3D&am= p;FC2=3D&FC3=3D%2Fmedia-en%2Fhtml%2Fiwgen%2Fnews_and_library%2Fpress_re= leases%2F2003%2Fshowa_shell_liquid_hydro_station_18062003.html&FC4=3D&a= mp;FC5=3D">http://www.shell.com/home/Framework?siteId=3Dmedia-en&FC1=3D= &FC2=3D&FC3=3D%2Fmedia-en%2Fhtml%2Fiwgen%2Fnews_and_library%2Fpress= _releases%2F2003%2Fshowa_shell_liquid_hydro_station_18062003.html&FC4= =3D&FC5=3D</a></span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-s= ize:10.0pt; font-weight:normal'> </span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-s= ize:10.0pt'>Vandenborre and Shell Team Up on Home Refueling.</span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-s= ize:10.0pt; font-weight:normal'>Vandenborre Technologies N.V. has signed a development, marketing and sales agreement with Shell Hydrogen. Under the agreemen= t, Shell Hydrogen, which will obtain non-exclusive rights to act as agent for Vanden= borre's home refueling technology, will conduct market analysis of the potential of home hydrogen refueling, while Vandenborre will develop and manufacture home refueling units. The companies expect to introduce a prototype unit f= or field testing within a year to the European market.</span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-s= ize:10.0pt; font-weight:normal'><a href=3D"http://www.hydrogensystems.com/database/4_detail.asp?c=3Ddetail&= ;recid=3D51">http://www.hydrogensystems.com/database/4_detail.asp?c=3Ddetai= l&recid=3D51</a></span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-s= ize:10.0pt; font-weight:normal'> </span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><span class=3Dt1><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>QuestAir Awarded Government Funding.</span></fon= t></b></span></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-s= ize:10.0pt; font-weight:normal'>QuestAir Technologies Inc. will receive CAN$720,000 in partnership funding from the Government of Canada and the Government of Bri= tish Columbia under the Western Economic Partnership Agreement (WEPA), to support the research and development of QuestAir's hydrogen purification technology= . The project will be administered by Fuel Cells Canada through its Fuel Cell Demonstration Projects program, and will be located at the National Research Council's Fuel Cell Technology Laboratory in </span></font></b><font size= =3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'>Vancouver</span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'>, </span></fo= nt><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'>British Colu= mbia</span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'>.</span></font= ></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-s= ize:10.0pt; font-weight:normal'><a href=3D"http://biz.yahoo.com/cnw/030603/questair_gov_funding_1.html">http:/= /biz.yahoo.com/cnw/030603/questair_gov_funding_1.html</a></span></font></b>= </p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-s= ize:10.0pt; font-weight:normal'> </span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style= =3D'font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hydrogen Safety to Introduce Hydrogen Training Curriculum.</span></font></b></strong></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-s= ize:10.0pt; font-weight:normal'>Hydrogen Safety, LLC will launch a new Internet-based training curriculum focused on the safe use, transport and storage of gaseo= us and liquid hydrogen and the design of hydrogen-power products. The new prog= ram, which will be posted next month at <a href=3D"http://www.hydrogensafety.com= /">http://www.hydrogensafety.com</a>, was developed by Hydrogen Safety principal Steve Woods, a lead author of NA= SA's hydrogen safety training program.</span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-s= ize:10.0pt; font-weight:normal'> </span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3D2 face= =3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Millennium Ce= ll Releases Poll Results.</span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 face=3DAr= ial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Millennium Cell joined with U.= S. Borax Inc. to release the results of a new poll conducted by Harris Interac= tive, Inc. which found that 85 percent of Americans are</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 face=3DAr= ial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>"willing to try a new hydrogen-based fuel for their vehicles." According to the poll, which was commissioned by the two companies, safety was rated (by 83%) as t= he most important issue in accepting alternative fuels. The second most import= ant issue was cost (78%), although nearly half of the respondents (44%) said th= ey would be willing to pay at least twice as much as they pay now for gasoline= .</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 face=3DAr= ial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://www.millenniumcell.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?function=3Ddetail&= ;id=3D06112003">http://www.millenniumcell.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?function=3Dde= tail&id=3D06112003</a></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><u><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-= size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><span style=3D'text-decoration:none'>&n= bsp;</span></span></font></u></b></p> <h1><b><u><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>FUEL= CELL COMPONENTS</span></font></u></b></h1> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>University</span></font></b><b><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> of </span= ></font></b><b><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Californi= a</span></font></b><b><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>, </span></= font></b><b><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Riverside= </span></font></b><b><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>, Receives = Funding for Electrode Research. </span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Through the California Energy Commission’s Energy Innovations Small Grant Program, the </span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>University</span></font><font face=3DArial><s= pan style=3D'font-family:Arial'> of </span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>California</span></font><font face=3DArial><s= pan style=3D'font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Riverside</span></font><font face=3DArial><sp= an style=3D'font-family:Arial'>, received $75,000 for its project titled “Nanostructured Electrodes for PEM Fuel Cells.”</span></font></= p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://www.energy.ca.gov/contracts/smallgrant/2003-06-16_awards_02-= 03.html">http://www.energy.ca.gov/contracts/smallgrant/2003-06-16_awards_02= -03.html</a></span></font></p> <p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><= span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <h1><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;text-dec= oration: none'>NRC-IFCI Awards AMI SOFC Test Stand Contract.</span></font></b></h1> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 face=3DAr= ial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Advanced Measurements (AMI) ha= ve been selected by the National Research Council Canada Institute for Fuel Ce= ll Innovation (NRC-IFCI) to provide a dual solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) test s= tand for its research and development of SOFC’s. The dual test stand will provide testing capability for low flow fuel cells up to 100W as well = as higher flows in the range of 1 kW. </span></font></p> <p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><= span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://207.54.100.37/generic_frames.asp?content_page=3Dnews.htm">ht= tp://207.54.100.37/generic_frames.asp?content_page=3Dnews.htm</a></span></f= ont></p> <p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><= span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <h1><b><u><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>REPO= RTS/MARKET STUDIES</span></font></u></b></h1> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3D2 face= =3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Military Fuel= Cell Markets.</span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 face=3DAr= ial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Land Warrior, next generation = combat vehicles, and portable electronics may all be the beneficiaries of fuel cel= ls, as dictated by efforts by the U.S. Department of Defense to increase spendi= ng on higher efficiency energy sources for military power supplies. Fuel cells have the potential to replace current power supplies of batteries and diesel generators, or even supply essential, reliable power in the digital battlefield, claims research firm Allied Business Intelligence (ABI) in the= ir latest study, “Military Fuel Cell Markets: Market Potential and Opportunities in a New Era of Military Applications.” ABI expec= ts the first military fuel cell units, to be deployed in 2006, to number in the low thousands, and are expected to reach 45,000 units by 2014.</span></font= ></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 face=3DAr= ial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://www.alliedworld.com/servlets/ResearchDetails?productid=3DMFM= 03">http://www.alliedworld.com/servlets/ResearchDetails?productid=3DMFM03</= a></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3D2 face= =3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> </span>= </font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3D2 face= =3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Germany</sp= an></font></b><b><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>’s Fu= el Cell Market.</span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 face=3DAr= ial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Fuel Cell Today has published = a new survey about the progress of the German fuel cell industry. Almost 2,= 800 employees are working in more than 350 organizations in </span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Germany</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'> on fuel cell related activi= ties, according to the report. In the 1950s, German companies such as Sieme= ns and Varta had started working on alkaline fuel cells (AFC) and many fuel ce= ll demonstration initiatives have been first set up in </span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Germany</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>. Today, the country's fuel = cell industry is amongst other leaders such as </span></font><font face=3DArial>= <span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Japan</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>, the </span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>USA</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'> and </span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Canada</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'> The survey can be found at <a href=3D"www.fuelcelltoday.com/surveys">www.fuelcelltoday.com/surveys</a>.</= span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 face=3DAr= ial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3D2 color= =3Dblack face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black; font-weight:bold'>Twenty Hydrogen Myths.</span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 color=3Db= lack face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'= >Rocky Mountain Institute has published a documented primer on hydrogen to clarify= the abundant conflicting, confusing, and often ill-informed commentary on this fuel. "Twenty Hydrogen Myths," is written for both lay and technical readers,</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-fami= ly:Arial'> demystifies hydrogen energy, debunks popular misconceptions, and proposes a surprisingly easy, attractive, and profitable path to the hydrogen economy.= </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 face=3DAr= ial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid171.php#20H2Myths">http://www.rmi.o= rg/sitepages/pid171.php#20H2Myths</a></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 face=3DAr= ial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <h1><b><u><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>REQU= ESTS FOR PROPOSALS</span></font></u></b></h1> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Massachusetts</span></font></b><b><fo= nt face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> Emerging T= echnology Demonstration Solicitation. </span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-s= ize:10.0pt; font-weight:normal'>Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC) has issued= its Green Power Program Emerging Technology Demonstration Solicitation. MTC cou= nts fuel cells as an eligible technology, as long as the fuel cell uses an elig= ible renewable fuel as defined in the solicitation. Grants of up to $500,000 wil= l be awarded. Initial applications are being accepted from </span></font></b><fo= nt size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'>June 26, 20= 03</span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'>, until $2 mil= lion in funding has been allocated. Deadline for applications is </span></font><fon= t size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'>August 1, 20= 03</span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'>.</span></font= ></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-s= ize:10.0pt; font-weight:normal'><a href=3D"http://www.mtpc.org/Grants_and_Awards/GPP/03ET03Info.htm">http://ww= w.mtpc.org/Grants_and_Awards/GPP/03ET03Info.htm</a></span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Third Frontier Action Fund Seeks Propos= als. </span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>The Third Frontier Action Fund seeks proposals in three technology focus areas, one of which is dedicated to supporting </span></fo= nt><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Ohio</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>’s Governor's Fuel Cell Initiative. Grant awards will typically not be less than $500,000 or more t= han 10% of the total amount of funds available for the award. Deadline for proposals is </span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Ar= ial'>July 23, 2003</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://www.connectohio.com/3rdfrontier/pdf/TFAF_RFP_2004.pdf">http:= //www.connectohio.com/3rdfrontier/pdf/TFAF_RFP_2004.pdf</a></span></font></= p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <h1><b><u><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>MISC= ELLANEOUS</span></font></u></b></h1> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>United States</span></font></b><b><fo= nt face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>, European = Union to Collaborate on Fuel Cell Projects.</span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-s= ize:10.0pt; font-weight:normal'>U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham delivered a keynote address to the European Commission’s Conference of the High Level Group on Hydrogen and Fuel Cell (HLG-HFC) technologies. At t= he Conference, the EU and the </span></font></b><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'>United States</span></font>= <font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'> formally agre= ed to launch cooperative projects in the field of fuel cell technologies, includi= ng demonstrations of fuel cell vehicles and refueling structures, and fuel cell code & standard development. <a href=3D"http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p_action.gettxt=3D= gt&doc=3DIP/03/846|0|RAPID&lg=3DEN&display=3D">http://europa.eu= .int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p_action.gettxt=3Dgt&doc=3DIP/03/846|0= |RAPID&lg=3DEN&display=3D</a></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-s= ize:10.0pt; font-weight:normal'><a href=3D"http://www.energy.gov/HQPress/releases03/junpr/pr03129_v.htm">http:= //www.energy.gov/HQPress/releases03/junpr/pr03129_v.htm</a></span></font></= b></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-s= ize:10.0pt; font-weight:normal'> </span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>U.S.</span></font></b><b><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> to Coopera= te with </span></font></b><b><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Brazil</s= pan></font></b><b><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> on Hydroge= n and Fuel Cells.</span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham signed a Memorandum Of Understanding with Brazilian Mines and Energy Minister Dilma Rousseff to formally initiate bilateral cooperation on energy modernization and new technologies. The signing of the MOU has initiated discussions to collabora= te on hydrogen and fuel cells, and for </span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Brazil</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'> to become the first Latin American country to = join President Bush’s proposed International Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy.</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://www.energy.gov/HQPress/releases03/junpr/pr03132_v.htm">http:= //www.energy.gov/HQPress/releases03/junpr/pr03132_v.htm</a></span></font></= p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>NSF Selects First Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Fuel Cells. </span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected the <= /span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>University</span></font><f= ont face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'> of </span></font><font fac= e=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>South Carolina</span></font><font face=3DAria= l><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>’s </span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>College</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'> of </span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Engineering</span></font><font face=3DArial><= span style=3D'font-family:Arial'> and Information Technology to be the nation= 217;s first Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Fuel Cells. NSF funding for the center will total $210,000 over three years.</span></font><= /p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://uscnews.sc.edu/engr-rsrc158.html">http= ://uscnews.sc.edu/engr-rsrc158.html</a></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Alberta Institute to Head Fuel Cell Research Project.</span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) plan= s to lead a $3.3-million public/private partnership to study the use of high-vol= tage fuel cell technologies. Under the partnership, which includes the government of </span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:A= rial'>Alberta</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>, Western Economic Diversifi= cation Canada (WEDC), ATCO Gas and Climate Change Central, NAIT will receive a 200-kilowatt phosphoric acid fuel cell. The research team will look for inn= ovative ways to use fuel cell energy, including heating the school swimming pool and cooling academic buildings. Additionally, the school will manage a campaign= to raise public awareness of fuel cell technology. </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://biz.yahoo.com/cnw/030624/atco_fuel_cell_resrch_1.html">http:= //biz.yahoo.com/cnw/030624/atco_fuel_cell_resrch_1.html</a></span></font></= p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3Dcontentfont1><font size=3D2 color=3D"#33= 3333" face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </spa= n></font></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3Dcontentfont1><b><font size=3D2 color=3D"= #333333" face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:= bold'>Boeing Joins Chrysalix Energy.</span></font></b></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3Dcontentfont1><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:window= text'>The Boeing Company has joined the Chrysalix Energy Limited Partnership, which consists of Ballard Power Systems Inc., BASF Venture Capital, The BOC Group, Duke Energy, Mitsubishi Corporation and Shell Hydrogen</span></font></span>= <span class=3Dcontentfont1><font color=3D"#333333" face=3DArial><span style=3D'fo= nt-family: Arial'>,</span></font></span><span class=3Dcontentfont1><font color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'> to become = the seventh member of the private capital joint venture</span></font></span><sp= an class=3Dcontentfont1><font color=3D"#333333" face=3DArial><span style=3D'fo= nt-family: Arial'>.</span></font></span></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-s= ize:10.0pt; font-weight:normal'><a href=3D"http://www.chrysalix.com/news/fmu_news_more.php?NID=3D8">http://www= .chrysalix.com/news/fmu_news_more.php?NID=3D8</a></span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-s= ize:10.0pt; font-weight:normal'> </span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-s= ize:10.0pt'>Fuel Cells </span></font></b><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Can= ada</span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'> Receives Contribution From WEDC<= /span></font><span class=3Dt1><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;f= ont-weight: normal'>.</span></font></b></span></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-s= ize:10.0pt; font-weight:normal'>Fuel Cells Canada has received a CAN$1.5-million contribution from Western Economic Diversification Canada (WEDC), which will flow to Fuel Cells Canada over five years and augments funding provided by = WEDC to support the development of the hydrogen and fuel cell industry in Canada= .</span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><span class=3Dt1><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'><a href=3D"http://www.fuelcellscanada.ca/Industry%20news/fcnews3.htm"><span style=3D'font-weight:normal'>http://www.fuelcellscanada.ca/Industry%20news/= fcnews3.htm</span></a></span></font></b></span></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><span class=3Dt1><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></b></span></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><span class=3Dt1><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Rogers Corporation Initiates Development Work on= Fuel Cells.</span></font></b></span></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-s= ize:10.0pt; font-weight:normal'>Rogers Corporation is working to develop and sell fuel = cell stacks in systems requiring 20 watts to 5 kilowatts of power. </span>= </font></b><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'>Rogers</span= ></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'> has worked wi= th a number of companies over the past few years on specialty materials for use = in fuel cells and recently signed an agreement to license additional technology related to its own development activities. The technologies involved include proton exchange membrane (PEM) materials, bipolar plates, and stack control systems.</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-s= ize:10.0pt; font-weight:normal'><a href=3D"http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030604/45631_1.html"= >http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030604/45631_1.html</a></span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-s= ize:10.0pt; font-weight:normal'> </span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Standards Board Approves IEEE 1547.</sp= an></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-s= ize:10.0pt; font-weight:normal'>The Standards Board of the </span></font></b><font size= =3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'>Institute</span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'> of </span></= font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'>Electrical</= span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'> and Electroni= cs Engineers (IEEE) has approved IEEE 1547 Standard for Interconnecting Distributed Resources with Electric Power Systems. IEEE started work = on the standard in 1999. More than 350 individuals participated on the working group that formulated the standard, which can now be used in federal legisl= ation and rulemaking, and by utilities in developing technical requirements for interconnection agreements.</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-s= ize:10.0pt; font-weight:normal'><a href=3D"http://www.eere.energy.gov/distributedpower/news/0603_ieee1547.html= ">http://www.eere.energy.gov/distributedpower/news/0603_ieee1547.html</a></= span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <h1><b><u><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>CONF= ERENCES</span></font></u></b></h1> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3D2 face= =3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> </span>= </font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3D2 face= =3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>World Nano-Ec= onomic Congress.</span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 face=3DAr= ial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The World Nano-Economic Congre= ss, "Where Nanotechnology and Business Meet" will be held </span></fo= nt><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>September 8-10, 200= 3</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>, at the </span></font= ><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Fairmont</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'> in </span></font><font face= =3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Washington</span></font><font face=3DArial><s= pan style=3D'font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>DC</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>. This event will cover the advancement of nanotechnology in six vertical applications including, energy & product= ion pertaining to fuel cells, solar power, batteries, power transmission, light= ing and energy conservation. Featured keynotes and presentations consist of ove= r 70 leaders from top-tier organizations such as </span></font><font face=3DAria= l><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Ford</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>US</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'> Department of Energy, GE, National Renewable E= nergy Lab, NEC, Nanosys, including Richard E. Smalley, Nobel Laureate. Special 50% Discounts have been reserved for government and academic audience. For those who are not eligible for the 50% discount, you will receive 10% discount on published rates courtesy of Fuel Cells 2000. To obtain this discount you mu= st click here <u><font color=3Dblue><span style=3D'color:blue'><a href=3D"https://www.iirusa.com/nano/index.cfm/Action=3DPreReg/t=3Dm/newsect= ion=3Dyes/prioritycode=3DXEFCO">https://www.iirusa.com/nano/index.cfm/Actio= n=3DPreReg/t=3Dm/newsection=3Dyes/prioritycode=3DXEFCO</a></span></font></u= >.</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText2><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-= size:10.0pt; font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText2><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-= size:10.0pt; font-weight:bold'>Power Mart ’03.</span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText2><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt'>Power Mart ’03 takes place </span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>September 15-16, 2003</span></fo= nt><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>, at the Hyatt Regency in </span>= </font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Houston</span></font><font size= =3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>, </span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'f= ont-size: 10.0pt'>Texas</span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt= '>. Check out <a href=3D"http://www.powermart.platts.com/">www.powermart.platts= .com</a> for conference details.</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText2><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-= size:10.0pt; font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText2><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-= size:10.0pt; font-weight:bold'>Power Sources Symposium.</span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText2><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt'>The International Symposium on Power Sources for Stationary and Distributed Pow= er Systems will be held </span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:= 10.0pt'>September 16-18, 2003</span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>,= at </span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Ludwig</span></font><font size= =3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'fo= nt-size: 10.0pt'>Maximilian</span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt'> </span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>University</span></font><font s= ize=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'> in </span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'= font-size: 10.0pt'>Munich</span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0p= t'>, </span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Germany</span></font><font size= =3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>. For details, visit <a href=3D"http://www.powersources.net/">www.powersources.net</a>.</span></fon= t></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText2><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-= size:10.0pt; font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText2><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-= size:10.0pt; font-weight:bold'>Grove Fuel Cell Symposium VIII. </span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Join international delegates to discuss developments in = fuel cell technology and commercialization at the <b><span style=3D'font-weight:= bold'>Eighth Grove Fuel Cell Symposium</span></b> in<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>= </span></b></span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>London</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font face= =3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>England</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>, on </span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>September 24-26, 2003</span= ></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>. New for 2003 is a large ex= hibition area featuring over 100 exhibitors, vendor presentations and live demonstrations. Find out more at <a href=3D"http://www.grovefuelcell.com/">= www.grovefuelcell.com</a> or contact <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">sm.wilkinson@elsevi= er.com</a>. </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-s= ize:10.0pt'> </span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-s= ize:10.0pt'>Sustainable Energy Expo.</span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText2><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt'>The Sustainable Energy Expo and Conference will be held </span></font><font siz= e=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>October 1-3, 2003</span></font><font= size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>, at the </span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Los Angeles</span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'fo= nt-size: 10.0pt'>Convention Center</span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font= -size: 10.0pt'> in </span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>L= os Angeles</span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>, </= span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>California</span></font><font s= ize=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>. For more information, please visit <a href=3D"http://www.sustainableexpo.com/">www.sustainableexpo.com</a>.</span= ></font></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText2><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt'> </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText2><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-= size:10.0pt; font-weight:bold'>Hydrogen Consumers Tour and Expo.</span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText2><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt'>The Hydrogen Consumers Tour and Expo will be </span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>October 11-12, 2003</span></font= ><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>, at the </span></font><font size= =3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Colorado</span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'fo= nt-size: 10.0pt'>Convention Center</span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font= -size: 10.0pt'> in </span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>D= enver</span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>, </span></font><font size=3D2><= span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Colorado</span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>. For details, visit <a href=3D"http://www.hydrogen.com/">www.hydrogen.com</a>.</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText2><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-= size:10.0pt; font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3D2 face= =3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Montreux Hydr= ogen Roundtable.</span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 face=3DAr= ial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The Hydrogen Infrastructure Investment Roundtable II will be held </span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>October 8-10, 2003</span></= font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>, at the Brown Palace Hotel = in </span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Denver</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font face= =3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Colorado</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>. For info, go to <a href=3D"www.MontreuxEnergy.com/hydrogen.htm">www.MontreuxEnergy.com/hydroge= n.htm</a>.</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3D2 face= =3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> </span>= </font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3D2 face= =3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>NREL Industry= Growth Forum.</span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 face=3DAr= ial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The National Renewable Energy = Laboratory presents the 16th Industry Growth Forum, “Financing the Path to Clean Energy and a Hydrogen Future” will be </span></font><font face= =3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>November 17-19, 2003</span></fon= t><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>, at the Hyatt Regency Austi= n on </span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Town</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font face= =3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Lake</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'> in </span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Austin</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Texas</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>. To register, visit <a href=3D"http://www.incubator.com/nrel/">http://www.incubator.com/nrel/</a>.= </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 face=3DAr= ial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText2><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-= size:10.0pt; font-weight:bold'>International German Hydrogen Energy Congress 2004. = </span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText2><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt'>The International German Hydrogen Energy Congress will take place </span></font= ><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>February 11-12, 2004</span= ></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>, at the Trade Fair Essen in </sp= an></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Essen</span></font><font size= =3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>, </span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'f= ont-size: 10.0pt'>Germany</span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0= pt'>. For conference information, go to <a href=3D"http://www.h2congress.de/">www= .H2CONGRESS.de</a>.</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText2><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-= size:10.0pt; font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText2><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-= size:10.0pt; font-weight:bold'>15<sup>th</sup> World Hydrogen Energy Conference.</span><= /font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText2><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt'>The 15<sup>th</sup> World Hydrogen Energy Conference will be held June 27 ̵= 1; </span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>July 2, 20= 04</span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>, in </span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Yokohama</span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>, </span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'f= ont-size: 10.0pt'>Japan</span></font><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt= '>. 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