Fuel Cells 2000's Fuel Cell Technology Update - January 2006
"Jennifer Gangi" <[email protected]> Tue, 3 Jan 2006 12:34:03 -0500
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C6108B.E4095B15 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Fuel Cell Technology Update - January 2006 =20 To unsubscribe to this listserve, please see the end of this message. =20 Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! Looking forward to a great 2006 - the year of the fuel cell. =20 TRANSPORTATION APPLICATIONS =20 Hyundai Delivers Fuel Cell Tucson to AC Transit. Hyundai Motor Company delivered the first of 10 Hyundai and Kia Tucson Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEV) to the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit). The delivery marked the beginning of a five-year demonstration and validation project designed to evaluate fuel cell vehicles and hydrogen infrastructure technologies. Hyundai plans to place two additional Tucson FCEVs with AC Transit in early 2006, and will round out the fleet with six Kia Sportage FCEV models in late 2006 and 2007. http://worldwide.hyundai-motor.com/common/html/about/news_event/press_re ad_2005_32.html =20 Fuel Cell Zamboni Takes the Ice. The first ever hydrogen fuel cell-powered ice resurfacer, the eP-ICEBEAR, made its world debut last month in ice hockey-crazed Grand Forks, North Dakota. The vehicle is powered with a Nuvera Fuel Cells 5-kW PowerFlow fuel cell power module and was developed by ePower Synergies, Inc. and the Resurfice Corporation.=20=20 http://www.nuvera.com/news/press_release.php?ID=3D11 =20 Nuvera Enters Agreement with Fiat Powertrain Technologies and Centro Ricerche. Nuvera Fuel Cells has entered into a multi-year agreement with Fiat Powertrain Technologies and Centro Ricerche Fiat to research and develop a high-efficiency hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system for fuel cell vehicles. Together, the partners will be the exclusive supplier of the new fuel cell powertrain to the Fiat Group, which includes Fiat Auto, IVECO, and Case New Holland.=20 http://www.nuvera.com/news/press_release.php?ID=3D10 =20 STATIONARY APPLICATIONS =20 Plug Power, IST Receive $3 Million Grant from IFC, IST Orders 80 GenCore Systems. The International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group has awarded a $3 million grant to IST Holdings (PTY) Ltd and Plug Power Inc., to install 400 fuel cells in remote locations and cities of South Africa over the next three years. Plug Power will produce the five-kilowatt fuel cell systems, which IST will import, distribute, install, and maintain. The project is worth a total of $14 million. To jump start the program, IST has issued a purchase order for 80 of the Plug Power's GenCore(r) backup fuel cell systems.=20 http://www.plugpower.com/news/press.cfm =20 Progress Energy Installs Plug Power Fuel Cell in Florida, Invests $1 Million in Microcell. Progress Energy Florida has installed a hydrogen fuel cell to provide backup electric power to a Pinellas County skilled-nursing facility. A 5-kilowatt Plug Power fuel cell was installed at Palm Garden of Largo, a skilled-nursing facility on the west coast of Florida. It will provide hallway and safety lighting for the facility if hurricanes or other emergencies interrupt power. Progress Energy also announced a commitment of $1 million to Microcell Corp., a Raleigh-based company working to bring commercially available fuel cell applications to industrial, commercial and consumer markets. http://www.progress-energy.com/aboutus/news/article.asp?id=3D13422 http://www.progress-energy.com/aboutus/news/article.asp?id=3D13482 =20 Marubeni Sells Fuel Cell to NGK. FuelCell Energy's Asian distributor Marubeni Corporation has sold a 250-kilowatt Direct FuelCell(r) (DFC(r)) power plant to Japanese ceramics manufacturer NGK Insulators, Ltd. NGK will use the power plant as part of its efforts to cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at three facilities by 24 percent over the next five years. http://www.fce.com <http://www.fce.com/>=20 =20 Toyota and Aisin Developing Residential Fuel Cells. Toyota Motor Corporation and Aisin Seiki Company are jointly developing 1-kW residential fuel cell systems, with the goal of offering the systems commercially in the next few years. Toyota is currently working with Toho Gas Company to test a residential fuel cell cogeneration system in homes in central Japan. http://www.aisin.com/csr/envi/development.html =20 PORTABLE/BACKUP POWER =20 IdaTech Unveils Latest Backup Power Product. IdaTech, LLC has released its newest backup power product - the ElectraGen(tm)3 fuel cell system. The ElectraGen(tm)3 is a hydrogen-based proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell solution capable of producing up to three kilowatts of clean, reliable backup power.=20=20 http://www.idatech.com/media/news.html?article=3D76 =20 Voller Receives Order from Speedy Hire. Voller Energy Group PLC has received its first purchase order from Speedy Hire Plc. The initial order is for 300 cordless multi-tool battery chargers. Voller Energy and Speedy Hire are also co-operating to develop a range of fuel cell products which will power portable accommodation and remote working facilities, reducing the demand for fossil fuels and enabling operators to recharge their equipment without the need to leave the immediate vicinity of their work.=20 http://www.hudsonsandler.com/admin/press/data/datFiles/press321.pdf =20 Astris to Provide Fuel Cells to Mobile Attic. Astris Energi Inc. has received an order for two alkaline fuel cell (AFC) generators from Mobile Attic Inc. Each of the generators will be evaluated as onboard power for Mobile Attic's portable storage product. http://www.astris.ca/NE/NE10.php?item=3D1134398455 =20 Palcan to Receive Funding from NRC Canada. Palcan Power Systems Inc. has reached an agreement with the Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) of Canada whereby the National Research Council of Canada will contribute up to $300,000 over the next fourteen months. The funding has been awarded to enable Palcan to complete the development of a commercial portable fuel cell power system. http://www.palcan.com/s/NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=3D124276&_Type=3DNews-Rele ases&_Title=3DPalcan-Secures-300000-IRAPNRC-Grant-to-Produce-Commercial-Fu el-Cell-Power-S... =20 FUELS/REFORMERS/STORAGE =20 SHEC Labs to Open World's First Solar Hydrogen Production Station from Landfill Gas. Solar Hydrogen Energy Corporation will deploy the world's first Solar Hydrogen production station using methane from city landfills. The station will be in the City of Regina, Saskatchewan and will have the capacity of producing 1.2 million kg of renewable hydrogen per year. http://www.shec-labs.com/press/releases/2005Dec7press.php =20 Hydrogen Fueling Station Opens in Greece. The first hydrogen refueling station in Greece using renewable energy sources was opened in Athens, Greece. The station uses wind energy to generate hydrogen and will be the fueling source for a hydrogen-powered scooter, car and minibus. http://www.tropical.gr/pages/view_product.php?product=3DHRS-A =20 Shell to Open Hydrogen Station in China. Tongji University, Shell Hydrogen BV and Shell (China) Limited have signed an agreement to build Shanghai's first hydrogen filling station for fuel cell vehicles. The partners will build the new station at Shanghai International Automotive City, working together on the design, construction, maintenance and operations. The station, which will be completed by the end of 2006, is part of the Ministry of Science and Technology's national program to develop electric vehicles in China.=20=20= =20 http://www.shell.com/home/Framework?siteId=3Dmedia-en&FC2=3D/media-en/html/i wgen/news_and_library/press_releases/2005/zzz_lhn.html&FC3=3D/media-en/htm l/iwgen/news_and_library/press_releases/2005/announcement_22122005.html =20 QuestAir Receives Purchase Order from ExxonMobil, Hydrogenics. QuestAir Technologies Inc. has received purchase orders totaling CAN$1.8 million from ExxonMobil to begin the construction of a prototype hydrogen purifier to be demonstrated at a refinery. QuestAir has also received an order from Hydrogenics Corporation for an H-3200 hydrogen purifier to be integrated into a Hydrogenics reformer and installed at a Korea Gas research and development facility in Incheon, South Korea. The KOGAS-tech (Korean Gas Technology Corporation) station will generate hydrogen fuel from natural gas. The station will be capable of producing sufficient hydrogen to refuel approximately 20 fuel cell-powered vehicles.=20 http://www.questairinc.com/investor_relations/press_releases/archived_re leases/2005/12-13.htm http://www.questairinc.com/investor_relations/press_releases/archived_re leases/2005/12-15.htm =20 FUEL CELL COMPONENTS =20 PolyFuel Develops New Membrane. PolyFuel, Inc. has developed a new, thinner fuel cell membrane that delivers 33% more power than the previous industry benchmark for passive direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs). The new hydrocarbon DMFC membrane has a thickness of 45 microns, significantly less than its previous 62-micron membrane. http://www.roeder-johnson.com/RJDocs/POmicron1215.html =20 Hydrogenics Receives Purchase Orders from GM. Hydrogenics Corporation has received a series of purchase orders from General Motors Corporation for fuel cell test services anticipated to be delivered in 2006. http://www.hydrogenics.com/ir_newsdetail.asp?RELEASEID=3D182510 =20 Hoku to Provide Products to SANYO. Hoku Scientific, Inc. has entered into a new agreement with SANYO Electric Company, Ltd. to provide next generation membranes and membrane electrode assembly products for SANYO's testing at the R&D facility in Japan.=20 http://www.shareholder.hokuscientific.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=3D18 2459 =20 FuelCon Selects Advance Tech Controls as India Sales Partner. FuelCon AG has appointed Advance Tech Controls Pvt. Ltd as their sales partner for India. Advance Tech Controls is a technology, engineering and service company with operations throughout complete India.=20 http://www.fuelcon.com/en/news/index.html =20 REPORTS/MARKET STUDIES =20 Prospects for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells. The International Energy Agency has published Prospects for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells, which provides objective analysis of policy responses and hurdles and business opportunities. Information regarding the latest RD&D, policy initiatives and private sector plans are assessed from the perspective of the rapidly changing global energy system in the next half century.=20 http://www.iea.org/bookshop/add.aspx?id=3D308 =20 MISCELLANEOUS =20 Hydrogenics Receives US$8 Million Military Order. Hydrogenics Corporation has been awarded a US$ 8 million contract for multiple units of its HyPM(r) 500 Series Fuel Cell Power Modules from a world leading military OEM. The power modules, representing in aggregate over 600 kW of power capacity, will be delivered over a two year period starting in 2006. http://www.hydrogenics.com/ir_newsdetail.asp?RELEASEID=3D182509 =20 Hydra Fuel to Ship Fuel Cell Beta Units. American Security Resources Corporation's wholly owned subsidiary, Hydra Fuel Corporation, plans to ship beta units of its proprietary hydrogen fuel cells to select customers in January 2006. http://www.americansecurityresources.com/news/20051208.cfm =20 Manhattan Scientifics Sells Equity Interest in Singapore Licensee. Manhattan Scientifics Inc. has sold its equity interest in a Singapore-based licensee for nearly $900,000. The company intends to use the sale proceeds to retire a significant portion of its debt. http://www.hawkassociates.com/mhtx/mhtxpr61.htm =20 CONFERENCES =20 For a complete list of conferences, please go to http://www.fuelcells.org/news/conf.html =20 FC Expo 2006. The International Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Expo (FC EXPO 2006) will take place January 25-27, 2006, at Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan. For conference details, check out http://www.fcexpo.jp <http://www.fcexpo.jp/> . =20 8th Small Fuel Cells. The 8th Annual Small Fuel Cells conference will be held April 2-4, 2006, at the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel in Washington, DC. For details, go to http://www.knowledgefoundation.com/. =20 Fuel Cell 2006. Fuel Cell 2006 will be held June 6-7, 2006, at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. 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Looking for= ward to a great 2006 – the year of the fuel cell.<o:p></o:p></span></font>= </p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <h1><b><u><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>TRAN= SPORTATION APPLICATIONS<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></h1> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></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 Delivers Fuel Cell <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Tucson</st1:City></st1:place> to AC Trans= it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:.05pt'>Hyundai Motor Company delivered the first of 10 Hyundai and Kia Tucson Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEV) to the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit). The delivery marked the beginning of a five-year demonstration and validation project designed to evaluate fuel cell vehicles and hydrogen infrastructure technologies. = </span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hy= undai plans to place two additional Tucson FCEVs with AC Transit in early 2006, a= nd will round out the fleet with six Kia Sportage FCEV models in late 2006 and 2007.<o:p></o:p></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://worldwide.hyundai-motor.com/common/html/about/news_event/pre= ss_read_2005_32.html">http://worldwide.hyundai-motor.com/common/html/about/= news_event/press_read_2005_32.html</a><o:p></o:p></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'><o:p> </o:p></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'>Fuel Cell Zamboni Takes the Ice.<o:p></= o:p></span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>The first ever hydrogen fuel cell-powered ice resurfacer, the eP-ICEBEAR, made its world debut last month in ice hockey-crazed <st1:p= lace w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Grand Forks</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st= =3D"on">North Dakota</st1:State></st1:place>. The vehicle is powered with a Nuvera Fuel Cells 5-kW PowerFlow fuel cell power module and was developed by ePower Synergies, Inc. and the Resurfice Corporation. <o:p></o:p></span></fo= nt></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.nuvera.com/news/press_release.php?= ID=3D11">http://www.nuvera.com/news/press_release.php?ID=3D11</a><o:p></o:p= ></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></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'>Nuvera Enters Agreement with </span></f= ont></b><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;fon= t-weight: bold'>Fiat Powertrain Technologies and Centro Ricerche</span></font></b><b>= <font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;fon= t-weight: bold'>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Nuvera Fuel Cells has entered into a multi-year agreement with Fiat Powertrain Technologies and Centro Ricerche Fiat to research and develop a high-efficiency hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system for fuel cell vehicles. Together, the partners will be the exclusive supplier of the new = fuel cell powertrain to the Fiat Group, which includes Fiat Auto, IVECO, and Case New Holland. <o:p></o:p></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.nuvera.com/news/press_release.php?= ID=3D10">http://www.nuvera.com/news/press_release.php?ID=3D10</a><o:p></o:p= ></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></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'>STATIONARY APPLICATIONS<o:p></o:p></spa= n></font></u></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'><= o:p> </o:p></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'>Plug Power, IST Receive $3 Million Grant from IFC, IST Orders 80 GenCore Systems.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>The International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group has awarded a $3 million grant to IST Holdings (PTY) Ltd and Plug Power Inc., to install 400 fuel cells in remote locations and cities of <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">South = Africa</st1:country-region></st1:place> over the next three years. Plug Power will produce the five-kilowatt = fuel cell systems, which IST will import, distribute, install, and maintain. The project is worth a total of $14 million. To jump start the program, IST <fo= nt color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'>has issued a purchase order for 8= 0 of the Plug Power’s GenCore® backup fuel cell systems. </span></font><o:= p></o:p></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.plugpower.com/news/press.cfm">http://www.plugpower.com/n= ews/press.cfm</a><o:p></o:p></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'><o:p> </o:p></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'>Progress Energy Installs Plug Power Fuel Cell in <st1:pla= ce w:st=3D"on"><st1:State w:st=3D"on">Florida</st1:State></st1:place>, Invests= $1 Million in Microcell.<o:p></o:p></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'= >Progress Energy <st1:State w:st=3D"on">Florida</st1:State> has installed a hydrogen = fuel cell to provide backup electric power to a <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:Plac= eName w:st=3D"on">Pinellas</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">County</st= 1:PlaceType></st1:place> skilled-nursing facility. A 5-kilowatt Plug Power fuel cell was insta= lled at Palm Garden of Largo, a skilled-nursing facility on the west coast of <s= t1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:State w:st=3D"on">Florida</st1:State></st1:place>. It will= provide hallway and safety lighting for the facility if hurricanes or other emergen= cies interrupt power. </span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Progress Energy also announced= a commitment of $1 million to Microcell Corp., a Raleigh-based company workin= g to bring commercially available fuel cell applications to industrial, commerci= al and consumer markets.<font color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'><br> </span></font><a href=3D"http://www.progress-energy.com/aboutus/news/article.asp?id=3D13422"= >http://www.progress-energy.com/aboutus/news/article.asp?id=3D13422</a><o:p= ></o:p></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.progress-energy.com/aboutus/news/article.asp?id=3D13482"= >http://www.progress-energy.com/aboutus/news/article.asp?id=3D13482</a><o:p= ></o:p></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'><o:p> </o:p></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'>Marubeni Sell= s Fuel Cell to NGK.<o:p></o:p></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'>FuelCell Energy’s Asian distributor Marubeni Corporation has sold a 250-kilowatt Direct FuelCell&re= g; (DFC®) power plant to Japanese ceramics manufacturer NGK Insulators, Lt= d. NGK will use the power plant as part of its efforts to cut carbon dioxide (= CO<sub>2</sub>) emissions at three facilities by 24 percent over the next five years.<o:p><= /o:p></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.fce.com/">http://www.fce.com</a><o= :p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><st1:place w:st=3D"on"><= st1:City w:st=3D"on"><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt= ;font-family: Arial;font-weight:bold'>Toyota</span></font></b></st1:City></st1:place><b= ><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;fon= t-weight: bold'> and Aisin Developing Residential Fuel Cells.<o:p></o:p></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'>Toyota Motor Corporation and A= isin Seiki Company are jointly developing 1-kW residential fuel cell systems, wi= th the goal of offering the systems commercially in the next few years. = <st1:City w:st=3D"on">Toyota</st1:City> is currently working with Toho Gas Company to= test a residential fuel cell cogeneration system in homes in central <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">Japan</st1:country-region></st1= :place>.<o:p></o:p></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.aisin.com/csr/envi/development.html">http://www.aisin.co= m/csr/envi/development.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></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'>PORTABLE/BACKUP POWER<o:p></o:p></span>= </font></u></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></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'>IdaTech Unveils Latest Backup Power Product.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>IdaTech, LLC has released its newest backup power produc= t - the ElectraGen™3 fuel cell system. The ElectraGen™3 is a hydrogen-based proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell solution capable of producing up to three kilowatts of clean, reliable backup power. <o:p= ></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span style= =3D'font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href=3D"http://www.idatech.com/media/news.html?article=3D76">http://www.ida= tech.com/media/news.html?article=3D76</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'><= o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>V= oller Receives Order from Speedy Hire.<o:p></o:p></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'>Voller Energy Group PLC has received = its first purchase order from Speedy Hire Plc. The initial order is for 3= 00 cordless multi-tool battery chargers. Voller Energy and Speedy Hire a= re also co-operating to develop a range of fuel cell products which will power portable accommodation and remote working facilities, reducing the demand f= or fossil fuels and enabling operators to recharge their equipment without the need to leave the immediate vicinity of their work. <o:p></o:p></span></fon= t></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.hudsonsandler.com/admin/press/data/datFiles/press321.pdf= ">http://www.hudsonsandler.com/admin/press/data/datFiles/press321.pdf</a><o= :p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></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'>Astris to Provide Fuel Cells to <st1:pl= ace w:st=3D"on">Mobile</st1:place> Attic.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Astris Energi Inc. has received an order for two alkalin= e fuel cell (AFC) generators from Mobile Attic Inc. Each of the generators will be evaluated as onboard power for Mobile Attic's portable storage product.&nbs= p; <br> <a href=3D"http://www.astris.ca/NE/NE10.php?item=3D1134398455">http://www.a= stris.ca/NE/NE10.php?item=3D1134398455</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></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 to Receive Funding from NRC Cana= da.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Palcan Power Systems Inc. has reached an agreement with = the Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) of <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st= 1:country-region w:st=3D"on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place> whereby the National Research Council of Canada will contribute up to $300,000 over the next fourteen months. The funding has been awarded to enable Palcan to complete = the development of a commercial portable fuel cell power system.</span></font><= u><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o= :p></o:p></span></font></u></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><u><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://www.palcan.com/s/NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=3D124276&_Typ= e=3DNews-Releases&_Title=3DPalcan-Secures-300000-IRAPNRC-Grant-to-Produ= ce-Commercial-Fuel-Cell-Power-S">http://www.palcan.com/s/NewsReleases.asp?R= eportID=3D124276&_Type=3DNews-Releases&_Title=3DPalcan-Secures-3000= 00-IRAPNRC-Grant-to-Produce-Commercial-Fuel-Cell-Power-S</a>...<o:p></o:p><= /span></font></u></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></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'>FUELS/REFORMERS/STORAGE<o:p></o:p></spa= n></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'><o:p><span style=3D'text-decoration:non= e'> </span></o:p></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'>SHEC Labs to Open <font color=3Dblack><= span style=3D'color:black'>World's First Solar Hydrogen Production Station from = Landfill Gas.</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Solar Hydrogen Energy Corporation will deploy the world's first Solar Hydrogen production station using methane from city landfills. = The station will be in the City of Regina, <font color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'>Saskatchewan</span></font> and <font color=3Dblack><s= pan style=3D'color:black'>will have the capacity of producing 1.2 million kg of renewable hydrogen per year.</span></font><o:p></o:p></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.shec-labs.com/press/releases/2005Dec7press.php">http://w= ww.shec-labs.com/press/releases/2005Dec7press.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></fo= nt></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></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'>Hydrogen Fueling Station Opens in <st1:= place w:st=3D"on"><st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">Greece</st1:country-region></st= 1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>The first hydrogen refueling station in <st1:country-reg= ion w:st=3D"on">Greece</st1:country-region> using renewable energy sources was = opened in <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Athens</st1:City>, <st1:cou= ntry-region w:st=3D"on">Greece</st1:country-region></st1:place>. The station use= s wind energy to generate hydrogen and will be the fueling source for a hydrogen-p= owered scooter, car and minibus.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><u><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://www.tropical.gr/pages/view_product.php?product=3DHRS-A">http= ://www.tropical.gr/pages/view_product.php?product=3DHRS-A</a><o:p></o:p></s= pan></font></u></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><u><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p><span style=3D'text-decoration:none'> </span><= /o:p></span></font></u></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Shell to Open Hydrogen Station in <st1:= place w:st=3D"on"><st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">China</st1:country-region></st1= :place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on"><font size=3D2 face=3DArial= ><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Tongji</span></font></st1:Pla= ceName><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <= st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType>, <st1:Street w:st=3D"on"><st1:addres= s w:st=3D"on">Shell Hydrogen BV</st1:address></st1:Street> and Shell (<st1:country-region w:s= t=3D"on">China</st1:country-region>) Limited have signed an agreement to build <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City = w:st=3D"on">Shanghai</st1:City></st1:place>’s first hydrogen filling station for fuel cell vehicles. The partners will bu= ild the new station at <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Shangh= ai</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">International</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:= st=3D"on">Automotive</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">City</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, working toget= her on the design, construction, maintenance and operations. The station, wh= ich will be completed by the end of 2006, is part of the Ministry of Science and Technology’s national program to develop electric vehicles in <st1:co= untry-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>. = <u><o:p></o:p></u></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><u><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://www.shell.com/home/Framework?siteId=3Dmedia-en&FC2=3D/me= dia-en/html/iwgen/news_and_library/press_releases/2005/zzz_lhn.html&FC3= =3D/media-en/html/iwgen/news_and_library/press_releases/2005/announcement_2= 2122005.html">http://www.shell.com/home/Framework?siteId=3Dmedia-en&FC2= =3D/media-en/html/iwgen/news_and_library/press_releases/2005/zzz_lhn.html&a= mp;FC3=3D/media-en/html/iwgen/news_and_library/press_releases/2005/announce= ment_22122005.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></u></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><u><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p><span style=3D'text-decoration:none'> </span><= /o:p></span></font></u></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>QuestAir Receives Purchase Order from ExxonMobil, Hydrogenics.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>QuestAir Technologies Inc. has received purchase orders totaling CAN$1.8 million from ExxonMobil to begin the construction of a prototype hydrogen purifier to be demonstrated at a refinery. QuestAi= r <font color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'>has also received an order from Hydrogenics Corporation for an H-3200 hydrogen purifier to be integrated in= to a Hydrogenics reformer and installed at a Korea Gas research and development facility in <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Incheon</st1:City>= , <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">South Korea</st1:country-region></st1:place>. The KOGAS-= tech (Korean Gas Technology Corporation) station will generate hydrogen fuel from natural gas. The station will be capable of producing sufficient hydrogen to refuel approximately 20 fuel cell-powered vehicles. <o:p></o:p></span></fon= 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.questairinc.com/investor_relations/press_releases/archiv= ed_releases/2005/12-13.htm">http://www.questairinc.com/investor_relations/p= ress_releases/archived_releases/2005/12-13.htm</a><o:p></o:p></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.questairinc.com/investor_relations/press_releases/archiv= ed_releases/2005/12-15.htm">http://www.questairinc.com/investor_relations/p= ress_releases/archived_releases/2005/12-15.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></font>= </p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><u><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DIT style= =3D'font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p><span style=3D'text-decoration:none'> <= /span></o:p></span></font></u></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><u><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DIT style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>FUEL CELL COMPONENTS<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><u><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DIT style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p><span style=3D'text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></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'>PolyFuel Develops New Membrane.<o:p></o= :p></span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>PolyFuel, Inc. has developed a new, thinner fuel cell membrane that delivers 33% more power than the previous industry benchmark = for passive direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs). The new hydrocarbon DMFC membrane has a thickness of 45 microns, significantly less than its previou= s 62-micron membrane.</span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DIT style=3D= 'font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DIT style=3D'f= ont-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://www.roeder-johnson.com/RJDocs/POmicron1215.html">http://www.= roeder-johnson.com/RJDocs/POmicron1215.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DIT style= =3D'font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></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'>Hydrogenics Receives Purchase Orders fr= om GM.<o:p></o:p></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 received a series of purchase orders from General Motors Corporation for fuel cell test services anticipa= ted to be delivered in 2006. </span></font><u><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DIT style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://www.hydrogenics.com/ir_newsdetail.asp?RELEASEID=3D182510">ht= tp://www.hydrogenics.com/ir_newsdetail.asp?RELEASEID=3D182510</a><o:p></o:p= ></span></font></u></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><u><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DIT style= =3D'font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p><span style=3D'text-decoration:none'> <= /span></o:p></span></font></u></p> <p class=3DAbsatz1><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:= 10.0pt; font-weight:bold'>Hoku to Provide Products to SANYO.<o:p></o:p></span></fon= t></b></p> <p class=3DAbsatz1><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.= 0pt'>Hoku Scientific, Inc. has entered into a new agreement with SANYO Electric Compa= ny, Ltd. to provide next generation membranes and membrane electrode assembly products for SANYO's testing at the R&D facility in <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region>. = <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DAbsatz1><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DIT style=3D'fon= t-size:10.0pt'><a href=3D"http://www.shareholder.hokuscientific.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?Release= ID=3D182459">http://www.shareholder.hokuscientific.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?Re= leaseID=3D182459</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DAbsatz1><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DIT style=3D'fon= t-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DAbsatz1><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:= 10.0pt; font-weight:bold'>FuelCon Selects Advance Tech Controls as <st1:country-reg= ion w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> S= ales Partner.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p> <p class=3DAbsatz1><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.= 0pt'>FuelCon AG has appointed Advance Tech Controls Pvt. Ltd as their sales partner for = <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>. = Advance Tech Controls is a technology, engineering and service company with operati= ons throughout complete <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">= India</st1:place></st1:country-region>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><u><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://www.fuelcon.com/en/news/index.html">ht= tp://www.fuelcon.com/en/news/index.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></u></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 face=3DAr= ial><span lang=3DIT style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></s= pan></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><u><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DIT style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>REPORTS/MARKET STUDIES<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DIT style=3D'f= ont-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></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'>Prospects for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells.<= o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>The International Energy Agency has published <i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>Prospects for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells</span></i= >, which<i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'> </span></i>provides objective an= alysis of policy responses and hurdles and business opportunities. Informati= on regarding the latest RD&D, policy initiatives and private sector plans = are assessed from the perspective of the rapidly changing global energy system = in the next half century. <o:p></o:p></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.iea.org/bookshop/add.aspx?id=3D308= ">http://www.iea.org/bookshop/add.aspx?id=3D308</a><o:p></o:p></span></font= ></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><u><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DIT style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p><span style=3D'text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></font></u></b></= p> <h1><b><u><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>MISC= ELLANEOUS<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></h1> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></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 Receives US$8 Million Milit= ary Order.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Hydrogenics Corporation has been awarded a US$ 8 million contract for multiple units of its HyPM<sup>®</sup> 500 Series Fuel Cell Power Modules from a world leading military OEM. The power modules, representing in aggregate over 600 kW of power capacity, will be delivered = over a two year period starting in 2006.<o:p></o:p></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_newsdetail.asp?RELEASEID=3D182509">ht= tp://www.hydrogenics.com/ir_newsdetail.asp?RELEASEID=3D182509</a><o:p></o:p= ></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></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'>Hydra Fuel to Ship Fuel Cell Beta Units= .<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>American Security Resources Corporation’s wholly o= wned subsidiary, Hydra Fuel Corporation, plans to ship beta units of its proprie= tary hydrogen fuel cells to select customers in January 2006.<o:p></o:p></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.americansecurityresources.com/news/20051208.cfm">http://= www.americansecurityresources.com/news/20051208.cfm</a><o:p></o:p></span></= font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><st1:City w:st=3D"on"><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><= span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Manhattan</s= pan></font></b></st1:City><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;fon= t-weight: bold'> Scientifics Sells Equity Interest in <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"= ><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Singapore</st1:place></st1:country-region> Licensee.<o:p></o:p= ></span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Manhattan Scientifics Inc. has sold its equity interest = in a Singapore-based licensee for nearly $900,000. The company intends to use the sale proceeds to retire a significant portion of its debt.<o:p></o:p></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.hawkassociates.com/mhtx/mhtxpr61.h= tm">http://www.hawkassociates.com/mhtx/mhtxpr61.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></= font></p> <h1><b><u><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'><o:p= ><span style=3D'text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></font></u></b></= h1> <h1><b><u><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>CONF= ERENCES<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></h1> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>For a complete list of conferences, please go to <a href=3D"http://www.fuelcells.org/news/conf.html">http://www.fuelcells.org/n= ews/conf.html</a><o:p></o:p></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'><o:p> </= o:p></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'>FC Expo 2006.= <o:p></o:p></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 International Hydrogen &am= p; Fuel Cell Expo (FC EXPO 2006) will take place January 25-27, 2006, at <st1:= City w:st=3D"on">Tokyo</st1:City> Big Sight, <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:= st=3D"on">Tokyo</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">Japan</st1:country-region></st1:place>.&nb= sp; For conference details, check out <u><font color=3Dblue><span style=3D'colo= r:blue'><a href=3D"http://www.fcexpo.jp/">http://www.fcexpo.jp</a></span></font></u>.<= o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style= =3D'font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></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'>8<sup>th</sup> Small Fuel Cells.<o:p></= o:p></span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>The 8<sup>th</sup> Annual Small Fuel Cells conference wi= ll be held </span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:= 10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>April 2-4, 2006, at the </span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>L'Enfant Pl= aza Hotel in </span></font><st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on"><font s= ize=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Washingto= n</span></font></st1:City><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>,= <st1:State w:st=3D"on">DC</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font size=3D2 face=3D= Arial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>. For details, go to <a href=3D"http://www.knowledgefoundation.com/">http://www.knowledgefoundation= .com/</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></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'>Fuel Cell 2006.<o:p></o:p></span></font= ></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Fuel Cell 2006 will be held June 6-7, 2006, at the Shera= ton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center in <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:= st=3D"on">Raleigh-Durham</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st=3D"on">North Carolina</st1:State></st1:place>. For details, go to <a href=3D"http://www.fuelcell-magazine.com/fc_conf_index.ht= m">http://www.fuelcell-magazine.com/fc_conf_index.htm</a>.<o:p></o:p></span= ></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>####</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Fuel Cells 2000 (<a href=3D"www.fuelcells.org" title=3Dwww.fuelcells.org>www.fuelcells.org</a>) is a non-profit, education= al activity that seeks to promote the development, demonstration and commercialization of fuel cell technology. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D= 'font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D= 'font-size: 12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D= 'font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> </div> <P><HR> To unsubscribe from this list, or change the email address where you receiv= e messages, please go to <A HREF=3D"http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=3Dfuelcell@v= 2.listbox.com">http://v2.listbox.com/member/[email protected]= .com</A></P> </body> </html> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C6108B.E4095B15--