Fuel Cells 2000's Fuel Cell Technology Update - June 2006
"Jennifer Gangi" <[email protected]> Thu, 1 Jun 2006 15:08:08 -0400
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C685AE.B8073613 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Fuel Cell Technology Update - June 2006 =20 To unsubscribe to this listserve, please see the end of this message.=20=20= =20 =20 TRANSPORTATION APPLICATIONS =20 Cat Lift Trucks Purchases General Hydrogen Fuel Cell Pack. General Hydrogen Corporation has sold a Hydricity(r) Pack to Cat Lift Trucks of Houston, Texas, to be delivered in July, 2006. Cat Lift Trucks will be using the pack in a Class 1 battery-electric forklift. http://www.generalhydrogen.com/downloads/CatLiftTrucksGHMay18_06.pdf =20 California Residents Use Fuel Cell-Powered Mercedes To Get Driver's License. A select group of Californian residents completed their driver's test in a fuel-cell powered DaimlerChrysler Mercedes F-Cell vehicle. http://www.emercedesbenz.com/May06/31_California_Residents_Use_Fuel_Cell _Powered_Mercedes_To_Get_Their_Drivers_License.html =20 STATIONARY APPLICATIONS =20 CCEF to Help Fund Bridgeport Fuel Cell Park. The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) has signed a loan agreement with Bridgeport Fuel Cell Park, LLC (BFCP) for pre-development funding of a 10-megawatt fuel cell park to be located on a brownfield site in Bridgeport, Connecticut. This fuel cell project, when completed, will be the largest in the country and will be able to power over 9,300 households with clean energy. The loan of up to $500,000 is being provided through CCEF's Pre-Development Program, which funds the early stages of renewable energy projects that will feed power from clean energy sources into the New England electric grid. FuelCell Energy, Inc. (FCE) will provide the project's five fuel cells and PurePower, LLC will provide consulting. http://www.ctcleanenergy.com/news/92.php =20 FuelCell Energy Extends Agreement with Marubeni. FuelCell Energy, Inc has extended the distribution agreement with its Asian partner, Marubeni Corp. to sell its Direct FuelCell(r) (DFC(r)) products in Japan. Marubeni will order 6 megawatts (MW) of DFC(r) power plants and a cash down payment related to the commitment. In exchange, FuelCell Energy agreed to extend Marubeni's exclusivity to sell DFC(r) products in Japan. http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=3DFCEL&script=3D412&l ayout=3D-6&item_id=3D852142 =20 PORTABLE/BACKUP POWER =20 Smart Fuel Cell Introduces New Product Line. SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG has introduced the EFOY (Energy for You) product family of fuel cells, the successor of the Company's successful SFC A50 fuel cell. There are three new fuel cell models with various levels of performance - EFOY 1600, EFOY 1200, and EFOY 600 (with a charging capacity of 1.6 kWh, 1.2 kWh, 0.6 KWh per day, respectively). The EFOY family's top model, the EFOY 1600 exhibits a 33 percent increase in power output over its predecessor. Donaldson provides the filters for the products.=20=20 http://www.smartfuelcell.de/index.php?id=3D146&L=3D1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=3D9= 9&t x_ttnews[backPid]=3D1&cHash=3D9d9a56b1d5 <http://www.smartfuelcell.de/index.php?id=3D146&L=3D1&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d =3D99&tx_ttnews%5bbackPid%5d=3D1&cHash=3D9d9a56b1d5>=20 =20 Smart Fuel Cell Selected to Provide Fuel Cell to Air Force. SFC Smart Fuel Cell has been selected to develop a fuel cell-based Lightweight Portable Power System for the U.S. Air Force within the next ten months. The value of the development order amounts to US$500,000. The power system will consist of three components: an advanced version of SFC's lightweight FCPS soldier portable fuel cell, custom engineered to US Air Force specifications, SFC's high efficiency Power Manager, and an innovative Harris PRC 117 interface.=20 http://www.smartfuelcell.de/index.php?id=3D146&L=3D1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=3D1= 03& tx_ttnews[backPid]=3D1&cHash=3D9dd60f6c36 <http://www.smartfuelcell.de/index.php?id=3D146&L=3D1&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d =3D103&tx_ttnews%5bbackPid%5d=3D1&cHash=3D9dd60f6c36>=20 =20 Mohegan Sun Now Using Proton Energy Backup System. The Mohegan Sun casino and entertainment complex is now using a fuel cell system to provide backup power for the Mohegan Energy, Environment, Economics, and Education Center. The system, designed and developed by Proton Energy Systems, was made possible by a grant from the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund.=20 http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=3D122665&p=3Dirol-newsArticle&ID =3D856844&highlight=3D =20 Protonex Delivers Power System to Air Force. Protonex Technology Corporation has delivered advanced prototypes of its P2 soldier power system to the U.S. Air Force for evaluation. This delivery marks the successful completion of the two-year Dual Use Science and Technology (DUST) program awarded to Protonex by the Air Force in April 2003. In addition, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has notified Protonex and its partner, Millennium Cell Inc. of its intent to award an additional $1.02 million program focusing on P2 enhancements and manufacturability and for procurement of additional systems for performance and reliability testing. The P2 system, which can produce up to 50 watts of continuous power, combines Protonex fuel cell technology with a chemical hydride fueling subsystem based on technology licensed from Millennium Cell.=20 http://www.protonex.com/05-03-06%20P2%20Delivery.pdf =20 MTI Micro Enters Alliance with Samsung. MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc. (MTI Micro) has entered into an exclusive alliance with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, to develop next-generation fuel cell prototypes for Samsung's mobile phone business. Mobion(r), MTI Micro's patented direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) technology, has been chosen to power a series of prototypes designed for Samsung's mobile phone and mobile phone accessories. http://www.mtimicrofuelcells.com/news/article.asp?id=3D247 =20 IdaTech Receives ANSI/CSA Certification. IdaTech, LLC has satisfied all testing requirements and received ANSI/CSA America FC 1, Stationary Fuel Cell Power Systems (FC 1) certification for two products in the company's ElectraGen(tm) family of backup power solutions; the ElectraGen(tm)3 and ElectraGen(tm)5 systems. FC 1 is the most current and comprehensive standard for certification of stationary fuel cell systems and therefore is the standard used by Underwriter's Laboratories (UL) and CSA. IdaTech's solutions are among the first Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell systems in the 3 kWe and 5 kWe range to achieve certification to the FC 1 standard.=20 http://www.idatech.com/media/news.html?article=3D80 =20 FUELS/REFORMERS/STORAGE =20 Hydrogen From Candy? Sweet. Scientists from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) have found that waste from confectionery production could be used to produce useful amounts of hydrogen for electricity generation. The feasibility study used sugar-rich waste from a Cadbury's factory to power a fuel cell. E. coli bacteria in a five liter vessel fermented run-off from nougat and caramel production lines to produce hydrogen. A second culture of Rhodobacter sphaeroides was added to increase the yield of the reaction. Adding palladium turns the remaining waste into a useful catalyst that can be used in removing PCB pollutants from the environment, making fuel cell electrodes, or for hydrogenation for products like margarine.=20=20 http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/PressReleases/SweetSuccessForPioneeringHydrogenEn ergyProject.htm =20 BOC and Tongji University to Build Hydrogen Fueling Station. The BOC Group plc and Tongji University have signed a Letter of Intent to build the first hydrogen refueling station in Shanghai by the end of 2006. This project is part of the Ministry of Science and Technology's national program to commercialize fuel cell vehicles in China and will refuel three buses and 20 cars. The project team led by Tongji University will be responsible overall for the project. BOC will provide engineering and procurement services needed to deliver the packaged hydrogen compression, storage, dispensing system and trucked in compressed gas hydrogen for the new station. Shell, which is funding part of the project, is working with Tongji University on the design, construction, maintenance and operations of the refueling station. http://www.boc.com/news/2006/barticle_1163_11may06.asp =20 Millennium Cell Wins Two SBIR Contracts. Millennium Cell Inc. has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory to develop a sodium borohydride based fuel cartridge design that has the flexibility to operate with either ready-to-use, premixed solutions of sodium borohydride, or alternatively, with solid fuel packets that a warfighter can combine with available field water or bodily fluids. Millennium Cell has also been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) Grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop a new hydrogen storage technology based on solid fuel blends that include borohydrides. This technology, if successfully developed, would enable a new class of safe, reliable, and high energy dense hydrogen batteries for use in portable devices in our target markets. http://www.millenniumcell.com/fw/main/default.asp?DocID=3D92&reqid=3D849889 http://www.millenniumcell.com/fw/main/default.asp?DocID=3D92&reqid=3D860959 =20 PCI Receives Contract from Navy. Precision Combustion, Inc. (PCI) has received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract from the U.S. Navy Sea Systems Command to develop a novel ultra-compact, high efficiency catalytic steam reforming process for fuel cell systems, capable of utilizing Navy logistic fuels. The steam reformer will be based upon PCI's patented and trademarked Microlith(r) technology. This technology will be modeled and developed in the Phase I program for application in a prototype fuel processing system to be developed in a follow-on program.=20 http://www.precision-combustion.com/news20060511.html =20 NHA Develops Database of Hydrogen Fueling Stations. The National Hydrogen Association (NHA) has created a new online database of hydrogen fueling stations, containing 32 operational fueling stations and 19 planned stations.=20 http://www.hydrogenassociation.org/general/fuelingSearch.asp =20 DOE Introduces Hydrogen Incidents Database. DOE has sponsored the development of a Hydrogen Incidents Database, intended to facilitate the sharing of lessons learned and other relevant information gained from actual experiences using and working with hydrogen. The database contains records of events involving either hydrogen or hydrogen-related technologies.=20 http://www.h2incidents.org/ =20 QuestAir to Supply Hydrogen Purifiers to Nuvera. QuestAir Technologies Inc. has signed an agreement, valued at up to US$700,000, to supply its H-3300 hydrogen purifiers to Nuvera Fuel Cells through 2008. QuestAir also received a purchase order from Nuvera for initial delivery of H-3300 units later this year. Under the terms of the preferred supplier agreement, QuestAir's H-3300 pressure swing adsorption (PSA) systems will be integrated into Nuvera's PowerTap(tm) branded hydrogen generators. The PowerTap(tm) converts widely available fuels such as natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas to hydrogen. QuestAir's H-3300 will purify the hydrogen product to the demanding purity specifications required for fuel cell markets. http://www.questairinc.com <http://www.questairinc.com/>=20 =20 FUEL CELL COMPONENTS =20 Hydrogenics Receives Order from GS Caltex, Follow-on Order from GM. Hydrogenics Corporation has received orders for three FCATS(r) fuel cell test stations from Korean energy company, GS Caltex. Hydrogenics will provide a FCATS G300 Test Station and two FCATS G50 Test Stations this year. The test stations will be used to advance GS Caltex's activities in new and emerging energy technologies, including small stationary fuel cell applications (below 10 kilowatt) for residential use. Hydrogenics Corporation also has received a follow-on order from General Motors Corporation to provide fuel cell test services which is anticipated to be fully realized in 2006. http://www.hydrogenics.com/ir_newsdetail.asp?RELEASEID=3D194500 http://www.hydrogenics.com/ir_newsdetail.asp?RELEASEID=3D194714 =20 VIASPACE Developing Instrument to Measure Humidity, DMFCC Receives Cartridge Technology, Licensing Agreement. VIASPACE Inc. is developing a laser based instrument to measure the humidity level in hydrogen fuel cells. The membrane only conducts protons when it is hydrated by water vapor in the incoming air or hydrogen stream. The VIASPACE instrument will provide real-time measurements of the amount of water vapor in these gas streams. In other news, VIASPACE's subsidiary company Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation (DMFCC) has received important cartridge technology from a Harvey Mudd College Engineering Clinic design team. The team, sponsored by DMFCC, completed a year-long project to develop innovative tamper/child resistance and authentication features for fuel cell cartridges designed to be used in portable electronics. DMFCC also exercised an option and signed an exclusive worldwide license agreement with the California institute of Technology (Caltech) for three issued and six pending patents on direct methanol fuel cell technology. The patents include important technology on micro and miniature fuel cells for small portable applications. http://www.viaspace.com/press_content.asp?id=3D1068 http://www.viaspace.com/press_content.asp?id=3D1065 http://www.viaspace.com/press_content.asp?id=3D1067 =20 REPORTS/MARKET STUDIES =20 DOE Publishes Findings of Hydrogen Baseline Knowledge and Opinion Survey. The Department of Energy has published the findings of its first-ever Hydrogen Baseline Knowledge and Opinion Survey. Key conclusions include a direct correlation between technical knowledge of hydrogen and opinions about hydrogen safety. Audiences surveyed included the public, students, state and local government officials, and potential end users in three categories - transportation, businesses needing uninterruptible power, and large power users. The data will help direct DOE hydrogen education activities. http://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/news_survey.html <http://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/news_survey.html>=20 =20 Fuel Cells Journal. Fuel Cells - From Fundamentals to Systems is a journal that publishes peer-reviewed original research papers and reviews on all aspects of fuel cells, ranging from their molecular basis to application in systems.=20 http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/84502986?CRETRY=3D1&SRETR Y=3D0 =20 REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS =20 Platinum Alternatives NineSigma Request # 50284-1, "Platinum Alternative for Fuel Cell Catalysts" - a major electronics manufacturer is seeking proposals for the development of technologies that can lower or eliminate the usage of platinum catalysts in fuel cells. The submission date for Proposal Abstracts is June 30, 2006.=20 http://www.ninesigma.com/mx/50284-1 <http://www.ninesigma.com/mx/50284-1>=20 =20 MISCELLANEOUS =20 Fuel Cells Canada Changes Name to Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Canada. Fuel Cells Canada, the national industry association for Canada's hydrogen and fuel cell sector, has changed its name to Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Canada. The new name more accurately reflects the interests of the association's membership - companies developing and commercializing hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, components, systems supply and integration, fuelling systems, fuel storage, as well as engineering, business and financial services required by the sector. http://www.h2fcc.ca/news/h2fcc-2006-04-16.html =20 Colorado Fuel Cell Center Opens. The Colorado Governor's Office of Energy Management and Conservation (OEMC) along with its partners, the Gas Technology Institute, the Colorado School of Mines, Versa Power Systems, Inc., and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced the grand opening of the state's first fuel cell center. The Colorado Fuel Cell Center, located at the Colorado School of Mines, will be the home to world class experts and projects focusing on research in the areas of electrochemical technology, materials, and fuel processing. http://www.mines.edu/all_about/public/spotlight/fuelcellopening.shtml =20 CCEF Unveils Clean Energy Trail The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) unveiled its Connecticut Clean Energy Trail which highlights commercial clean energy installations - such as fuel cells and solar energy systems - located throughout the state. A variety of information about each clean energy installation on the trail is available online, including: installation size, savings in grid power and/or pollution avoidance equivalencies, clean energy technology details, live system energy data (for some), and a contact name for additional information. If the "virtual" visitor would like to visit a site in person, tours may be arranged at some of the sites. http://www.cleanenergytrail.com <http://www.cleanenergytrail.com/>=20 =20 CONFERENCES =20 For a complete list of conferences, please go to http://www.fuelcells.org/news/conf.html =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. Reduced registration fee ($595) if FC-2000 is entered as Source Code for the web site registration. For details, go to http://www.fuelcell-magazine.com/fc_conf_index.htm. =20 Clean Air Initiative for Latin American Cities. Clean Air Initiative for Latin American Cities will be held July 25-27, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. For more information, please go to http://www.dellbrasilcom.com.br/cleanair/eng/eng.html. =20 FC Expo 2007. The 3rd International Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Expo will take place February 7-9, 2007, at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo, Japan. 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font-family:Arial'>Fuel Cell Technology Update – June 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'><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'>To unsubscribe to this listserve, please see the end of = this message. <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=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D= 'font-size: 10.0pt'><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'>Cat Lift Trucks Purchases General Hydro= gen Fuel Cell Pack.<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'>General Hydrogen Corporation has sold a Hydricity® P= ack to Cat Lift Trucks of Houston, Texas, to be delivered in July, 2006. = Cat Lift Trucks will be using the pack in a Class 1 battery-electric forklift.<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.generalhydrogen.com/downloads/CatLiftTrucksGHMay18_06.pd= f">http://www.generalhydrogen.com/downloads/CatLiftTrucksGHMay18_06.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><st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:State w:st=3D"on"><b><font= size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weigh= t:bold'>California</span></font></b></st1:State></st1:place><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;fon= t-weight: bold'> Residents Use Fuel Cell-Powered Mercedes To Get Driver's License.<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'= >A select group of Californian residents completed their driver's test in a fuel-cell powered DaimlerChrysler Mercedes F-Cell vehicle.</span></font><fo= nt size=3D2 face=3DArial><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'><font size=3D2 face=3DAr= ial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://www.emercedesbenz.com/May06/31_California_Residents_Use_Fuel= _Cell_Powered_Mercedes_To_Get_Their_Drivers_License.html">http://www.emerce= desbenz.com/May06/31_California_Residents_Use_Fuel_Cell_Powered_Mercedes_To= _Get_Their_Drivers_License.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'>STATIONARY APPLICATIONS<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'>CCEF to <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:Pla= ceName w:st=3D"on">Help</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Fund</st1:Plac= eName> <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Bridgeport</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Fuel</st= 1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Cell</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on"= >Park</st1:PlaceType></st1: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 Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) has signed a lo= an agreement with Bridgeport Fuel Cell Park, LLC (BFCP) for pre-development funding of a 10-megawatt fuel cell park to be located on a brownfield site = in <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Bridgeport</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st=3D= "on">Connecticut</st1:State></st1:place>. This fuel cell project, when completed, will be the largest in the country and will be able to power over 9,300 households with clean energy.&= nbsp; The loan of up to $500,000 is being provided through CCEF’s Pre-Development Program, which funds the early stages of renewable energy projects that will feed power from clean energy sources into the <st1:place w:st=3D"on">New England</st1:place> electric grid. FuelCell Energy, I= nc. (FCE) will provide the project’s five fuel cells and PurePower, LLC w= ill provide consulting.<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.ctcleanenergy.com/news/92.php">htt= p://www.ctcleanenergy.com/news/92.php</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'>FuelCell Energy Extends Agreement with Marubeni.<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'>FuelCell Energy, Inc has extended the distribution agree= ment with its Asian partner, Marubeni Corp. to sell its <font color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'>Direct FuelCell® (DFC®) </span></font>product= s in <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">Japan</st1:country-region></st1= :place>. Marubeni will order 6 megawatts (MW) of <font color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'>DFC®</span></font> power plants and a cash down p= ayment related to the commitment. In exchange, FuelCell Energy agreed to ext= end Marubeni's exclusivity to sell <font color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:bla= ck'>DFC®</span></font> products in <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">Japan</s= t1:country-region></st1:place>.<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.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=3DFCEL&s= cript=3D412&layout=3D-6&item_id=3D852142">http://www.corporate-ir.n= et/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=3DFCEL&script=3D412&layout=3D-6&i= tem_id=3D852142</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'>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'>Smart Fuel Cell Introduces New Product Line.<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'>SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG has introduced the EFOY (Energy f= or You) product family of fuel cells, the successor of the Company’s successful SFC A50 fuel cell. There are three new fuel cell models wi= th various levels of performance - EFOY 1600, EFOY 1200, and EFOY 600 (with a charging capacity of 1.6 kWh, 1.2 kWh, 0.6 KWh per day, respectively). The = EFOY family’s top model, the EFOY 1600 exhibits a 33 percent increase in p= ower output over its predecessor. Donaldson provides the filters for the products. <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.smartfuelcell.de/index.php?id=3D146&L=3D1&tx_ttn= ews%5btt_news%5d=3D99&tx_ttnews%5bbackPid%5d=3D1&cHash=3D9d9a56b1d5= ">http://www.smartfuelcell.de/index.php?id=3D146&L=3D1&tx_ttnews[tt= _news]=3D99&tx_ttnews[backPid]=3D1&cHash=3D9d9a56b1d5</a><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'><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'>Smart Fuel Cell Selected to Provide Fuel Cell to Air Force.<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'>SFC Smart Fuel Cell has been selected to develop a fuel = cell-based Lightweight Portable Power System for the U.S. Air Force within the next ten months. The value of the development order amounts to US$500,000. The power system will consist of three components: an advanced version of SFC’s lightweight FCPS soldier portable fuel cell, custom engineered = to US Air Force specifications, SFC’s high efficiency Power Manager, and= an innovative Harris PRC 117 interface. <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.smartfuelcell.de/index.php?id=3D146&L=3D1&tx_ttn= ews%5btt_news%5d=3D103&tx_ttnews%5bbackPid%5d=3D1&cHash=3D9dd60f6c3= 6">http://www.smartfuelcell.de/index.php?id=3D146&L=3D1&tx_ttnews[t= t_news]=3D103&tx_ttnews[backPid]=3D1&cHash=3D9dd60f6c36</a><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'><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'>Mohegan Sun Now Using Proton Energy Bac= kup System.<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 Mohegan Sun casino and entertainment complex is now using a fuel cell system to provide backup power for the Mohegan Energy, Environment, Economics, and <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"o= n">Education</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. The s= ystem, designed and developed by Proton Energy Systems, was made possible by a gra= nt from the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund. <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://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=3D122665&p=3Dirol-n= ewsArticle&ID=3D856844&highlight">http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoen= ix.zhtml?c=3D122665&p=3Dirol-newsArticle&ID=3D856844&highlight<= /a>=3D<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'><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'>P= rotonex Delivers Power System to Air Force.<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'>Protonex Technology Corporation has delivered advanced prototypes of its P2 soldier power system to the U.S. Air Force for evaluation. This delivery marks the successful completion of the two-year Dual Use Science and Technology (DUST) program awarded to Protonex= by the Air Force in April 2003. In addition, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has notified Protonex and its partner, Millennium Cell In= c. of its intent to award an additional $1.02 million program focusing on P2 enhancements and manufacturability and for procurement of additional systems for performance and reliability testing. The P2 system, which can pro= duce up to 50 watts of continuous power, combines Protonex fuel cell technology = with a chemical hydride fueling subsystem based on technology licensed from Millennium Cell. <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.protonex.com/05-03-06%20P2%20Delivery.pdf">http://www.pr= otonex.com/05-03-06%20P2%20Delivery.pdf</a><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'><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'>M= TI Micro Enters <st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Alliance</st1:pla= ce></st1:City> with Samsung.<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'>MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc. (MTI Micro) has entered into an exclusive alliance with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, to develop next-generation fuel cell prototypes for Samsung’s mobile phone busin= ess. Mobion®, MTI Micro’s patented direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) technology, has been chosen to power a series of prototypes designed for Sa= msung’s mobile phone and mobile phone accessories.<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.mtimicrofuelcells.com/news/article.asp?id=3D247">http://= www.mtimicrofuelcells.com/news/article.asp?id=3D247</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'>IdaTech Receives ANSI/CSA Certification= .<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 satisfied all testing requirements and received ANSI/CSA America FC 1, Stationary Fuel Cell Power Systems (FC 1) certification for two products in the company’s ElectraGen™ fam= ily of backup power solutions; the ElectraGen™3 and ElectraGen™5 systems. FC 1 is the most current and comprehensive standard for certification of stationary fuel cell systems and therefore is the standard used by Underwriter’s Laboratories (UL) and CSA. IdaTech’s solutions are among the first Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell syst= ems in the 3 kWe and 5 kWe range to achieve certification to the FC 1 standard.= <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.idatech.com/media/news.html?articl= e=3D80">http://www.idatech.com/media/news.html?article=3D80</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'>FUELS/REFORMERS/STORAGE<o:p></o:p></spa= n></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'>Hydrogen From Candy? Sweet.<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'>Scientists from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) have found that waste from confectionery production could be used to produce useful amounts of hydrogen for electricity generat= ion. The feasibility study used sugar-rich waste from a Cadbury's factory to pow= er a fuel cell. <i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>E. coli</span></i> ba= cteria in a five liter vessel fermented run-off from nougat and caramel production lines to produce hydrogen. A second culture of <i><span style=3D'font= -style: italic'>Rhodobacter sphaeroides</span></i> was added to increase the yield = of the reaction. Adding palladium turns the remaining waste into a useful catalyst that can be used in removing PCB pollutants from the environment, making fuel cell electrodes, or for hydrogenation for products like margari= ne. <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.epsrc.ac.uk/PressReleases/SweetSuccessForPioneeringHydro= genEnergyProject.htm">http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/PressReleases/SweetSuccessForP= ioneeringHydrogenEnergyProject.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><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>BOC and <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:Pla= ceName w:st=3D"on">Tongji</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">University</= st1:PlaceType></st1:place> to Build Hydrogen Fueling Station.<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 BOC Group plc and <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Tongji<= /st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType> have signed a Letter = of Intent to build the first hydrogen refueling station in <st1:City w:st=3D"o= n"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Shanghai</st1:place></st1:City> by the end of 2006. This proje= ct is part of the Ministry of Science and Technology’s national program to commercialize fuel cell vehicles in <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:pl= ace w:st=3D"on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> and will refuel three b= uses and 20 cars. The project team led by <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:Plac= eName w:st=3D"on">Tongji</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">University</= st1:PlaceType></st1:place> will be responsible overall for the project. BOC will provide engineering a= nd procurement services needed to deliver the packaged hydrogen compression, storage, dispensing system and trucked in compressed gas hydrogen for the n= ew station. Shell, which is funding part of the project, is working with <st1:= place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Tongji</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceTyp= e w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> on the design, construction, maintenance and operations of the refueling station.<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.boc.com/news/2006/barticle_1163_11may06.asp">http://www.= boc.com/news/2006/barticle_1163_11may06.asp</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 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>M= illennium Cell Wins Two SBIR Contracts.<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'>Millennium Cell Inc. has been awarded= a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) contract by the A= ir Force Research Laboratory to develop a sodium borohydride based fuel cartri= dge design that has the flexibility to operate with either ready-to-use, premix= ed solutions of sodium borohydride, or alternatively, with solid fuel packets = that a warfighter can combine with available field water or bodily fluids. Mille= nnium Cell has also been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research Pro= gram (SBIR) Grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop a new hydr= ogen storage technology based on solid fuel blends that include borohydrides. Th= is technology, if successfully developed, would enable a new class of safe, reliable, and high energy dense hydrogen batteries for use in portable devi= ces in our target markets.</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.millenniumcell.com/fw/main/default.asp?DocID=3D92&re= qid=3D849889">http://www.millenniumcell.com/fw/main/default.asp?DocID=3D92&= amp;reqid=3D849889</a><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.millenniumcell.com/fw/main/default.asp?DocID=3D92&re= qid=3D860959">http://www.millenniumcell.com/fw/main/default.asp?DocID=3D92&= amp;reqid=3D860959</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'>PCI Receives Contract from Navy.<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'>Precision Combustion, Inc. (PCI) has received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract from the U.S. Navy Sea Systems Command to develop a novel ultra-compact, high efficiency catalytic steam reforming process for fuel cell systems, capable of utilizing Navy logistic fuels. The steam reformer will be based upon PCI's patented = and trademarked Microlith® technology. This technology will be modeled and developed in the Phase I program for application in a prototype fuel proces= sing system to be developed in a follow-on program. <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.precision-combustion.com/news20060511.html">http://www.p= recision-combustion.com/news20060511.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><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>NHA Develops Database of Hydrogen Fueli= ng Stations.<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 National Hydrogen Association (NHA) has created a new online database of hydrogen fueling stations, containing 32 operational fue= ling stations and 19 planned stations. <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'><a href=3D"http://www.hydrogenassociation.org/general/fuelingSearch.asp">http:= //www.hydrogenassociation.org/general/fuelingSearch.asp</a><o:p></o:p></spa= n></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=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'>DOE Introduces Hydrogen Incidents Database.<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'>DOE has sponsored the developm= ent of a Hydrogen Incidents Database, </span></font><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;co= lor:black'>intended to facilitate the sharing of lessons learned and other relevant information gained from actual experiences using and working with hydrogen. The database contains records of events involving either hydrogen or hydrogen-related technologies.</span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><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.h2incidents.org/">http://www.h2inc= idents.org/</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 to Supply Hydrogen Purifiers to Nuvera.<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 signed an agreement, valu= ed at up to US$700,000, to supply its H-3300 hydrogen purifiers to Nuvera Fuel Cells through 2008. QuestAir also received a purchase order from Nuvera for initial delivery of H-3300 units later this year. Under the terms of = the preferred supplier agreement, QuestAir’s H-3300 pressure swing adsorp= tion (PSA) systems will be integrated into Nuvera’s PowerTap™ branded hydrogen generators. The PowerTap™ converts widely available fuels su= ch as natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas to hydrogen. QuestAir’s H-= 3300 will purify the hydrogen product to the demanding purity specifications required for fuel cell markets.<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/">http://www.quest= airinc.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><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><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'>Hydrogenics Receives Order from GS Calt= ex, Follow-on Order from 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 orders for three FC= ATS<sup>®</sup> fuel cell test stations from Korean energy company, GS Caltex. Hydrog= enics will provide a FCATS G300 Test Station and two FCATS G50 Test Stations this year. The test stations will be used to advance GS Caltex's activities in n= ew and emerging energy technologies, including small stationary fuel cell applications (below 10 kilowatt) for residential use. Hydrogenics Corporation also has received a follow-on order from General Motors Corpora= tion to provide fuel cell test services which is anticipated to be fully realize= d in 2006.</span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DIT style=3D'fon= t-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.hydrogenics.com/ir_newsdetail.asp?RELEASEID=3D194500">ht= tp://www.hydrogenics.com/ir_newsdetail.asp?RELEASEID=3D194500</a><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.hydrogenics.com/ir_newsdetail.asp?RELEASEID=3D194714">ht= tp://www.hydrogenics.com/ir_newsdetail.asp?RELEASEID=3D194714</a><o:p></o:p= ></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span lang= =3DIT style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><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'>V= IASPACE Developing Instrument to Measure Humidity, DMFCC Receives Cartridge Technol= ogy, Licensing Agreement.<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'>VIASPACE Inc. is developing a laser b= ased instrument to measure the humidity level in hydrogen fuel cells. The membrane only conducts protons when it is hydrated by water vapor in the incoming air or hydrogen stream. The VIASPACE instrument will provide real-= time measurements of the amount of water vapor in these gas streams. In ot= her news, VIASPACE’s subsidiary company Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corpora= tion (DMFCC) has received important cartridge technology from a Harvey Mudd Coll= ege Engineering Clinic design team. The team, sponsored by DMFCC, completed a year-long project to develop innovative tamper/child resistance and authentication features for fuel cell cartridges designed to be used in portable electronics. DMFCC also exercised an option and signed an exclusive worldwide license agreement with the <st1:State w:st=3D"on">Calif= ornia</st1:State> <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">institute</st1:PlaceType>= of <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Technology</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> (Caltech) for three iss= ued and six pending patents on direct methanol fuel cell technology. The patents include important technology on micro and miniature fuel cells for small portable applications.</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.viaspace.com/press_content.asp?id= =3D1068">http://www.viaspace.com/press_content.asp?id=3D1068</a><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.viaspace.com/press_content.asp?id= =3D1065">http://www.viaspace.com/press_content.asp?id=3D1065</a><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.viaspace.com/press_content.asp?id= =3D1067">http://www.viaspace.com/press_content.asp?id=3D1067</a><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'><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'>REPORTS/MARKET STUDIES<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><a name=3D"OLE_LINK3"></a><a name=3D"OLE_LINK1"></a><a name=3D"OLE_LINK2"><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:= 10.0pt; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>DOE Publishes Findings of Hydrogen Base= line Knowledge and Opinion Survey.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></a></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-s= ize:10.0pt; font-weight:normal'>The Department of Energy has published the findings of = its first-ever Hydrogen Baseline Knowledge and Opinion Survey. Key conclusions include a direct correlation between technical knowledge of hydrogen and opinions about hydrogen safety. Audiences surveyed included the public, students, state and local government officials, and potential end u= sers in three categories – transportation, businesses needing uninterrupti= ble power, and large power users. The data will help direct DOE hydrogen educat= ion activities.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoBodyText><a href=3D"http://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/news_surve= y.html" title=3D"http://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/news_survey.html"><font size=3D2><s= pan style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'>http://www.hydrogen.energy.go= v/news_survey.html</span></font></a><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></s= pan></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'><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'>Fuel Cells Journal.<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 Cells – From Fundamentals to Systems is a jou= rnal that publishes peer-reviewed original research papers and reviews on all aspects of fuel cells, ranging from their molecular basis to application in systems. <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://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/84502986?CRETRY=3D= 1&SRETRY=3D0">http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/84502986= ?CRETRY=3D1&SRETRY=3D0</a></span></font><b><u><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></u></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideogra= ph'><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o= :p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideogra= ph'><b><u><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;fon= t-weight: bold'>REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideogra= ph'><b><u><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;fon= t-weight: bold'><o:p><span style=3D'text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span><= /font></u></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideogra= ph'><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;fon= t-weight: bold'>Platinum Alternatives</span></font></b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><s= pan 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 style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>NineSigma Request # 50284-1, "<strong><b><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal'>Platinum Alternative for Fuel Cell Catalysts</span></font></b></strong>" - a ma= jor electronics manufacturer is seeking proposals for the <strong><b><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal'>developme= nt of technologies that can lower or eliminate the usage of platinum catalysts in fuel cells. The submission date for Proposal Abstracts is June 30, 20= 06. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideogra= ph'><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a href=3D"http://www.ninesigma.com/mx/50284-1" title=3D"http://www.ninesigma.com/mx/50284-1"><font color=3Dpurple><span style=3D'color:purple;font-weight:normal'>http://www.ninesigma.com/mx/50284= -1</span></font></a></span></font></b></strong><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 style=3D'text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideogra= ph'><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;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'>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'>Fuel Cells <st1:country-region w:st=3D"= on">Canada</st1:country-region> Changes Name to Hydrogen & Fuel Cells <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></fo= nt></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:1= 0.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Fuel Cells <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">Canada</st1:c= ountry-region>, the national industry association for <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:= place w:st=3D"on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s hydrogen and fuel ce= ll sector, has changed its name to Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Canada. The= new name more accurately reflects the interests of the association's membership= - companies developing and commercializing hydrogen and fuel cell technologie= s, components, systems supply and integration, fuelling systems, fuel storage,= as well as engineering, business and financial services required by the sector= .<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.h2fcc.ca/news/h2fcc-2006-04-16.htm= l">http://www.h2fcc.ca/news/h2fcc-2006-04-16.html</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 lang=3DPT-BR style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Colorado Fuel= Cell Center Opens.<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 Colorado Governor's Office of Energy Management and Conservation (OEMC) along with its partners, the Gas Technology Institute, = the Colorado School of Mines, Versa Power Systems, Inc., and the U.S. Departmen= t of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced the gr= and opening of the state’s first fuel cell center. The Colorado Fuel Cell Center, located at the Colorado School of Mines, will be the home to world class experts and projects focusing on research in the areas of electrochem= ical technology, materials, and fuel processing. <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.mines.edu/all_about/public/spotlight/fuelcellopening.sht= ml">http://www.mines.edu/all_about/public/spotlight/fuelcellopening.shtml</= 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'>CCEF Unveils Clean Energy Trail<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 Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) unveiled its Connecticut Clean Energy Trail which highlights commercial clean energy installations - such as fuel cells and solar energy systems - located throughout the state. A variety of information about each clean energy installation on the trail is available online, including: installation size, savings in grid power and/or pollution avoidance equivalencies, clean energy technology details, live system energy data (for some), and a contact name = for additional information. If the "virtual" visitor would like to vi= sit a site in person, tours may be arranged at some of the sites.<o:p></o:p></s= pan></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.cleanenergytrail.com/">http://www.= cleanenergytrail.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> <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><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 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>. </spa= n></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Re= duced registration fee ($595) if FC-2000 is entered as Source Code for the web si= te registration. For details, go to <a href=3D"http://www.fuelcell-magazine.com/fc_conf_index.htm">http://www.fuel= cell-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><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Clean Air Initiative for Latin American Cities.<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'>Clean Air Initiative for Latin American Cities will be h= eld July 25-27, in <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Sao Paulo</st1:City>= , <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">Brazil</st1:country-region></st1:place>. For more inform= ation, please go to <a href=3D"http://www.dellbrasilcom.com.br/cleanair/eng/eng.ht= ml">http://www.dellbrasilcom.com.br/cleanair/eng/eng.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><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-siz= e:10.0pt; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>FC Expo 2007.<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 3<sup>rd</sup> International Hydrogen and Fuel Cell = Expo will take place February 7-9, 2007, at Tokyo Big Sight in <st1:place w:st= =3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Tokyo</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">Japan</st1:c= ountry-region></st1:place>. For details, please visit <a href=3D"http://www.fcexpo.jp/english/">http://= www.fcexpo.jp/english/</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=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> <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> </body> </html> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C685AE.B8073613--