First
Hydrogen Expo USA surpasses all expectations
Nearly 800 visitors see latest developments in energy technology at
first Hydrogen Expo USA.
H2CarsBiz
Mar 31 03
Building
the Hydrogen Economy - With Gasoline
Pennsylvania startup, Franklin Fuel Cells, work on solid
oxide fuel cells that can use any hydrocarbon fuel: gasoline, diesel,
jet fuel, or ethanol.
Business2
Mar 28 03
Is hydrogen the fuel of the future?
General Motors (GM) & Shell partnership to provide taste
of the future. GM will provide six fuel-cell Zafira mini vans for people
to test drive while Shell will install hydrogen pumps at one of its
Washington gas stations.
BBC
Mar 27 03
Joint Nordic Research on Hydrogen as the Energy Carrier of the Future
Scientists and practitioners from sixteen Nordic institutions and businesses
to discuss future of hydrogen technology at workshop in Reykjavik, Iceland.
H2
Cars Biz News
Mar 26 03
NEC
tries to grab the fuel cell market by the carbon nanohorns
NEC says its fuel cells – powered by a variant of a carbon nanotube
called the carbon nanohorn – will start shipping for laptops in
2004 and cell phones in 2005.
Small
Times Mar 25 03
'Biofuel
Cell' Could Replace Rechargeable Batteries
Researchers develop new type of biofuel cell - a battery
that runs off of alcohol and enzymes - that could replace the rechargeable
batteries in everything from laptops to Palm Pilots.
GreenBiz
Mar 25 03
Kill a watt to save the planet — and your money
Each year Britain wastes 12 billion pounds (US$18 billion) worth of
energy — a waste of electricity that is adding millions of tons
of harmful greenhouse gases every year to Earth's atmosphere.
Environmental
News Network Mar
25 03
Cummins
Westport receives funding commitment for hydrogen-natural gas bus engine
trials
Vancouver's Cummins Westport to be part of team led by SunLine Services
Group - promised US$476,000 funding for bus engine field trial using
hydrogen-natural gas fuel blend.
H2
Cars Biz News
Mar 21 03
An
Army of Hybrids?
US Army tests diesel-electric hybrid truck built by General Motors.
The truck has a fuel cell auxiliary power unit that makes hydrogen out
of water (and water out of hydrogen).
Tidepool
Mar 21 03
Hydrogen
State
UM College of Technology dean Paul Williamson wants to turn Montana
into the first hydrogen economy in the nation.
Missoula
Independent Mar
20 03
Halliburton
Makes a Killing on Iraq War
Thousands of employees of Vice President Dick Cheney's former company,
Halliburton, work alongside US troops in Kuwait and Turkey under package
deal worth close to a billion dollars. - US Army sources
CorpWatch
Mar 20 03
More
wind consented last week than was built during the 1990s
Consent awarded for a further 120 new UK offshore wind turbines,
totalling more wind power capacity than was installed during the whole
of the 1990s.
BWEA
Press Release
Mar 19 03
Biomass holds promise for clean energy
Biomass highlighted as clean energy source for Japan in order
to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emitted in accordance with the
Kyoto Protocol on global warming.
Daily
Yomiuri Mar 17
03
For
Far Smaller Fuel Cells, a Far Shorter Wait
Smaller forms of fuel cell technology may power electronic devices like
laptop computers, video cameras and cellphones by the end of this decade.
The
New York Times
Mar 16 03
Vehicles
herald new age
For far less than estimated cost of stabilizing Middle East, the US
could switch to hydrogen fuel that relies on inexhaustible domestic
resources, and makes oil forever irrelevant to American mobility.
The
Freelance Star
Mar 16 03
Passengers
face 'green tax' on airline fuel
Britain's Treasury publishes document discussing the idea to tax air
travel for its contribution to global warming.
The
Independent Mar
15 03
First
Hydrogen Filling Station For Fuel Cell Cars opens in Yokohama, Japan
Hydrogen filling station designed to refuel fuel cell vehicles begins
operating in Yokohama, Japan.
Fuel
Cell Today Mar
12 03
Offshore
wind farms get go-ahead
UK Government gives go-ahead to two new offshore wind farms which will
provide power to 180,000 homes.
Ananova
Mar 12 03
U.S. and EU cooperate on hydrogen fuel
U.S. Energy Department and the European Union agree to start cooperative
effort aimed at bringing hydrogen-powered cars and electricity generated
from fuel cells to market over the next two decades.
International
Herald Tribune / New York Times
Mar 11 03
Carbon
Nanotubes for Micro Fuel Cells - Pacific Fuel Cell announces unique
process
Pacific Fuel Cell Corp. announces development of unique chemical vapor
deposition (CVD) process to grow carbon nanotubes on carbon cloth and
carbon paper using an electro-deposited CVD catalyst.
Fuel
Cell Today Mar
11 03
New
pumps in Washington, D.C. will test the market
General Motors and Shell Oil Products to install a hydrogen fuel pump
at a filling station in Washington D.C.
New
Haven Register
Mar 08 03
Europe's
new diesel cars in the fast lane
Diesel cars already deliver many of the economic and environmental benefits
that hydrogen or hybrid engines may not deliver, commercially, for a
decade.
International
Herald Tribune
Mar 08 03
Hydrogen
plant could take tidal energy by storm
Team claims its efficient hydrogen-generation stations could be placed
near wave and wind power generators to create clean way of generating
electricity during calm weather.
E4
Engineering Mar
07 03
Iceland
to open first public hydrogen filling station
Norsk Hydro filling station in Icelandic capital Reykjavik
will be first to open to the public.
Forbes
/ Reuters Mar
06 03
Nissan plans fuel cell tie-up
Nissan - already testing fuel cell vehicles using technology from Canada's
Ballard Power Systems - will jointly develop a fuel cell with the US
group UTC.
CNN
Mar 04 03
A
Strong Tailwind for Wind Power
By scooping assets of Enron Corp.'s wind-power division,
GE grabs cheap ticket into the fastest-growing game in the power business.
Global wind capacity has nearly quadrupled in the past five years.
BusinessWeek
Mar 03 03
Town
experimenting with fuel-cell technology
Westerville, Ohio to test new fuel cell that will generate
pollution-free energy to light about 180 homes.
The
Advocate Mar 01
03
Clean
coal project planned
Energy Department announces plans to build experimental power plant
within 10 years that runs on coal but emits no carbon dioxide.
Charlotte
Observer Feb 28
03
Would
You Like Hydrogen With That?
Long Island Power Authority announces that it will purchase 45 Plug
Power fuel cell systems for installation across Long Island this year,
for the first time installing them in Long Island homes.
Solar
Access Feb 27
03
Lovins'
Five Steps to a Hydrogen Economy
Amory Lovins outlines plan to introduce hydrogen in manageable steps.
Tidepool
Feb 27 03
Tough
Cell
Bush Government's plan for a hydrogen-based economy is under-funded
and fails to demonstrate a real and long-term commitment to weaning
the nation off of its gasoline habit.
Grist
Magazine Feb 26
03
Carbon
nanotubes may be magical molecular wands
Portland State University's Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
leads team that is devising ways to build custom-designed nanotubes
which could be used for hydrogen storage.
The
Oregonian Feb
26 03
Tokyo
Gas develops faster starting Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
Tokyo Gas develops solid oxide fuel cell that starts up in just three
to four hours, thirty per cent faster than the normal amount of time
it takes for a SOFC to generate electricity.
Fuel
Cell Today Feb
24 03
Hydrogen
power lures companies, politicians
"At least eight major automakers will be introducing low-volume
fuel-cell cars from this year through 2005." - Amory B. Lovins,
the Rocky Mountain Institute
CNN
Feb 24 03
UK 'to drop nuclear power'
UK says no new nuclear power stations to be built to replace
present generation. Instead, the government plans greater dependence
on renewable sources like wind power.
BBC
Feb 23 03
Farewell Cool Britannia
New figures show Earth's temperature to rise by up to 6 C by the end
of the century - the most rapid rise in the planet's temperature for
10,000 years.
The
Observer Feb 23
03
Step
on the hydrogen
Hydrogen cars - a reminder that there is more than one way
to ensure supplies of energy in the years ahead.
The
State Feb 21 03
Green Autos In the Showroom, But Few on the Road
Americans buy record numbers of large, gas guzzling cars, trucks and
sport utility vehicles, despite availability of plenty of less polluting
options.
Environment
News Service Feb
21 03
Hydrogen
Storage Breakthrough
General Motors increases driving range of its compressed hydrogen fuel
cell vehicles with the world's first successful vehicle test of a 10,000
PSI (700 bar) hydrogen storage system. Solar
Access Feb 14
03
Researchers
Plan to Connect Petrol Stations to Natural Gas Supply to Fuel Hydrogen
Powered Cars
Researchers at UK's Warwick University lead programme called "Hydrofueler"
to develop technology to connect petrol stations to the normal natural
gas supply to fuel hydrogen powered vehicles.
AScribe
Feb 14 03
Asian
Pollution Cloud Changing Climate, Study Says
International consortium of researchers investigate one of
world's most potent sources of air pollution: the so-called "Asian
Express," created over the last decade by rapid Asian industrialization,
which is driving changes in the Earth's atmosphere.
National
Geographic Feb
10 03
Fuel cells design to replace batteries
Start-up company finds way to make fuel cells out of silicon,
a change that potentially could increase the performance of cells and
make them easier to manufacture.
ZDNet
Feb 10 03
Forget about the Gulf Stream: Britain is really kept warm in winter
by the Rocky Mountains
Scientists find Britain's moderate climate is due not to the Gulf Stream,
but to the Rocky Mountains in the western US 4,000 miles away.
The
Independent Feb
10 03
Fuel
cells to replace diesel gensets soon
The time for noisy, polluting, diesel generating sets for back-up power
in homes and offices is running out, soon to be replaced by fuel cells.
The
Times of India
Feb 09 03
'Fog
City' Catches a Few Rays
San Francisco begins to implement plans to transform itself into a center
for "green" building.
Wired
News Feb 07 03
Iceland
Launches New Hydrogen Economy
Iceland to open world's first commercial hydrogen filling station in
Reykjavik on April 24.
Solar
Access Feb 07
03
Hydrogen
cars fuel U.S. energy debate
Bush's energy agenda changes energy debate and makes the
development of hydrogen fuel cells a national priority for the first
time.
Salon.com
Feb 07 03
Eastern Europe turning to wind power as the 'clean' energy of future
Wind power generates torrent of investor interest in Eastern Europe
as the region seeks to reduce fossil fuel use and 'greenhouse gas' emissions
in order to cut the enormous, recurring insured cost of floods.
Hoovers
Feb 06 03
UN
urges 'drastic' cuts in mercury
United Nations Environment Programme report says 70% of mercury
emissions of human origin come from coal-fired power stations.
BBC
Feb 04 03
Spanish wind power capacity rises 44 pct in 2002
Industry report says Spain's capacity for wind power grew 44 percent
in 2002 to 4,830 megawatts, making Spain the second-largest producer
of wind power after Germany.
Planet
Ark Feb 04 03
Hydrogen-fueled
cars: not a panacea, but a good start
President Bush, in State of the Union speech, steals the Holy Grail
of environmentalism: the hydrogen-powered, fuel cell car.
Tallahassee
Democrat Feb 02
03
Camping
outfitter sees light in fuel cell
A company that made its name in camping lanterns, begins manufacturing
generators that combine hydrogen and oxygen to produce up to 1,000 watts
of electricity.
Houston
Chronicle Feb
02 03
Nuclear
weapons and pollution linked to 65 million deaths
European Committee of Radiation Risk publishes research to show pollution
from nuclear energy and weapons programmes up to 1989 will account for
65 million deaths.
The Independent
Jan 31 03
The
long road for hydrogen
Bush announces, in State of the Union speech, $1.2bn in research
funding to help America "lead the world in developing clean, hydrogen-powered
automobiles".
BBC
Jan 29 03
The Cutting Gate
Honesty the best policy when discussing environmental issues?
Tech Central
Station Jan 29
03
Earth
a solution to air pollution?
Scientists seriously consider injecting carbon dioxide and other "greenhouse
gases" in ground.
Los Angeles
Times Jan 27 03
Huge
dust cloud threatens Asia
Gigantic dust clouds swirling over China are threatening the world's
most populous country with the first-ever "ecological meltdown",
say experts.
The Independent
Jan 26 03
'Grow
trees to drive cars'
Researchers say a quarter of all the UK's agricultural land
- if used for producing hydrogen and alcohol fuels from fast-growing
trees like willows - would be enough to fuel the country's entire road
transport sector.
BBC
Jan 24 03
Beyond petroleum, or beyond the pale? BP left out in the cold
BP continues to pursue oil and gas interests with vigour, angering environmentalists
and deterring 'green' investors.
The Independent
Jan 23 03
Nepal
facing glacier 'catastrophe'
Imja glacier, Nepal, has melted over the course of several
years due to global warming; lake water from the melted glacier may
now threaten a densely populated valley.
BBC
Jan 21 03
Ministry to test method of producing hydrogen
Environment Ministry to begin testing method for mass-producing
hydrogen without creating carbon dioxide to meet the fuel needs of hydrogen
fuel cells.
Daily
Yomiuri Jan 20
03
Looming war isn’t about chemical warheads
"Along with the concern for ‘vital interests’ in the
Gulf, this war was concocted five years ago by oil men such as Dick
Cheney." - Robert Fisk
Daily
Times Jan 19 03
Caravan
to Promote Alternative Fuel
Actor Dennis Weaver to lead caravan across USA from Los Angeles
to Washington, D.C. to demonstrate the viability and availability of
alternative-fuel vehicles.
Solar
Access Jan 17
03
Shareholders
act on global warming
Shareholders coalition announces plan to force five biggest power companies
to disclose potential costs and financial liabilities stemming from
emissions that contribute to global warming.
MSNBC
Jan 16 03
Army's
Clean, Green, Fighting Machine
U.S. military experiments with hybrid fuel cell truck. General
Motors and U.S. Army have unveiled a new truck built to reduce fuel
consumption and assist soldiers that need to work stealthily in the
field.
ABC News
Jan 15 03
Russia Delays Global Warming Pact, May Wreck Deal
Russia, vital to UN Kyoto accord on global warming after the United
States pulled out in 2001, is not ready to ratify it for economic reasons;
experts say this could cripple the pact.
Reuters
Jan 15 03
Renewable
energy plan looks to wind, seawater, fuel cells
Japan's Environment Ministry to develop system to extract hydrogen from
seawater to power fuel cells in hopes of creating a fully renewable
energy supply.
The Japan
Times Jan 13 03
Earth,
air, fire and water
Soot, a by-product of burning wood or diesel, may be responsible, along
with carbon dioxide, for freak weather events across the globe.
The Independent
Jan 13 03
Bid
to reduce greenhouse gases 'is folly'
Scheme to dump iron in the sea to help cut global warming
could prove catastrophic.
The Observer
Jan 12 03
OPEC ministers to discuss oil crisis
OPEC leaders to meet in Vienna to discuss raising oil production in
a bid to slow rising prices.
CNN
Jan 12 03
Fuel
cells could mean clean-burning cars for General Motors
Fuel cells might be dry technology at most lunch tables, but they are
a red-hot dream to the General Motors engineering community.
New Haven
Register Jan 11
03
Global
warming: Smog belches from Bush administration
Environmentalists press two separate lawsuits charging Bush administration
with gutting the Clean Air Act and pushing policies that have accelerated
global warming that poses a long term threat to life on earth.
San Francisco
Independent Media
Jan 10 03
The
Dawn of the Hydrogen Economy
Collective fear grips human race in struggle to control oil. Jeremy
Rifkin explains solution to the oil dilemma.
The Globalist
Jan 10 03
Wind
Power Not Just a Lot of Hot Air
Dozens of families work with Energy Office to find out whether
wind can be turned into a crop, an electricity source harvested with
windmill turbines while the soil below grows alfalfa, safflower and
winter wheat.
The Salt
Lake Tribune Jan
05 03
A War for Oil?
Will Bush team fight a war partly for oil to fuel American
excesses?
The New
York Times Jan
05 03
Mister Natural aims to change the world
Japanese executive aims to make Yakushima Island the world’s first
zero-emission, hydrogen-based economy.
The Star
Online Jan 04
03
"Beyond
Petroleum", Beyond the Truth
Oil companies work to convey message of environmental responsibility,
but how genuine are they?
The Sierra
Times Jan 03 03
DuPont
membrane plays key role in fuel cells
DuPont's plastic membrane, Nafion, could become an indispensable component
in fuel cells.
Fayetteville
Online Jan 01
03
