Fuel Cells
Fuel cells provide electricity and heat through an electrochemical process that is non-combustible and is considered a clean alternative energy similar to solar and wind power. Articles cover the different types and latest technology in fuel cells (i.e. PEM, proton exchange membrane) as well as how companies are utilizing the fuel cells to reduce their carbon footprint and drive energy efficiency.
P&G Shifts 200 Forklifts to Hydrogen Fuel Cell Power
Proctor & Gamble, owner of the Tide, Pampers and Gillette brands, will convert its battery-operated forklift fleets at three facilities to ones ...
Goldman Sachs to Pump $40bn into Clean Energy
Goldman Sachs Group plans to invest $40 billion over the next 10 years into renewable energy, an area ...
Apple Data Center to be 100% Powered by Renewable Energy
Apple said it will power its 500,000-square-foot data center in Maiden, N.C., entirely with renewable energy by the end of the year.
The announcement, which ...
Cox Saves 17,400 Tons of Carbon over Five Years
Cox Enterprises has saved 17,400 tons of carbon through alternative energy projects since 2007 and conserves 20 million gallons of water annually, according ...
Renewables Briefing: Markey Group, Constellation Energy, U.S. Air Force
Here's the latest news on renewable power installations, contracts, financing, permits and market changes affecting corporate environmental and energy executives.
Markey Group has opened a £1.1 million ...
UTC Fuel Cell Powers News Corp’s NY Headquarters
A fuel cell system at the News Corporation headquarters in New York City will soon provide hot water and a significant portion of ...
Defense Department Targets 3GW of Renewables by 2025
The Department of Defense has pledged to deploy 3 GW of renewable power - including solar, wind, biomass, and geothermal - by 2025, in what ...
GE Pushes GM to Second Place in 2011 U.S. Cleantech Patents
GE led companies securing U.S. patents for clean energy technologies in 2011, with 184, pushing last year's top company GM down to second place with ...
Jail Gets Microgrid Powered by Wind, Solar, Fuel Cell
The Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, Calif., recently teamed up with Chevron Energy Solutions to create its own microgrid, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
The ...
Air Products Venture Developing a Fuel Cell that Produces Hydrogen
FuelCell Energy and Air Products are working to develop fuel cell power plants that can simultaneously produce hydrogen.
The fuel cell provider and the supplier of ...
Apple Facilities Report: 'Biggest On-Site Fuel Cell' Planned for N.C. Data Center
Apple is building the largest non-utility fuel cell installation in the country, the company has announced in its 2012 facilities report.
The 5 MW system ...
US Foods to Go 85% Solar in NYC Area; Cox Installs Fuel Cells
US Foods has announced that nearly 85 percent of its New York City area division's annual energy will come from solar power by July ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Mediterranean Blue Economy, UK Solar Tariff Revamp, Energy Dept. Loans
Delegates from 22 Mediterranean and EU countries have called for the creation of a "blue economy" initiative to safeguard the Mediterranean environment, mirroring the ...
Solvay Unveils 1MW Nedstack Fuel Cell
Chemicals company Solvay has unveiled its 1MW fuel cell built by Nedstack.
The emission-free system was installed at the Solvay's Lillo, Belgium, facility in September 2011. ...
Lawyers Warn of Fuel Cell ‘Black Boxes’
From the c-suite perspective, a $250,000 fuel cell is essentially a "black box" posing significant operational risk, two lawyers have warned in the latest issue ...
Most Read Sustainable Business Stories of 2011
Every day this week we've been looking at a different aspect of environmental and sustainability management and counting down the top stories that grabbed ...
Apple Files Patent for Laptop Fuel Cell
Apple has filed a number of patents for fuel cells that can be inserted into portable devices, such as laptops, without adding much weight.
One patent ...
Maersk, US Navy Team Up on Biofuels
Shipping firm Maersk and the U.S. Navy are testing algae-based biofuel on the container ship Maersk Kalmar. The ship is en route from Northern Europe to ...
Battery Rooms Can Be Hotbeds of Waste
Six out of the eight most common sources of waste in warehouses can be found in the battery room, according to Harold Vanasse, vice president of ...
Commercializing Microbial Fuel Cells
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have the potential to generate electricity while simultaneously providing secondary treatment to wastewater. In a typical application, a ...
