Fuel Cells

System Upgrades Power Up Energy Savings for Hotels

For hotels, going green translates into energy-saving projects with some very tangible results. These include the Hilton New York's energy fuel cell installation that is nearly ...

Nissan Adopts Methanol Fuel Cells for Parts-Hauling Tugs

Nissan North America will be the first vehicle manufacturer to use methanol fuel cells to power equipment used to haul parts to assembly lines at its ...

Wegmans Receives $1M Grant for Fuel Cell-Powered Equipment

Wegmans Food Markets Inc. expects to save money and cut carbon emissions after improvements to equipment at its distribution center. The food retailer has received a $1 ...

WM Move to Grade Suppliers on Sustainability Affects Other Retailers

Wal-Mart is set to announce a new sustainability index that will grade various suppliers and products by a range of environmental and sustainable factors. The move, to ...

Fuel Cell Market to Target Niche Portable Device Apps

The key to the adoption of fuel cells is to align their capabilities with the growing need for reliable, long-lasting, affordable alternatives to conventional batteries and ...

Fuel Cell Systems to Power 30% of Coca-Cola NY Facility

UTC Power, a United Technologies Corp. company, announced it will supply two of its new PureCell Model 400 fuel cell systems to Coca-Cola ...

New Hydrogen Car Uses Open-Sourcing to Spur Innovation

Technical details about a new British hydrogen-powered car will be freely available to other developers, in a bid to ...

DOE Slashes Funding for Hydrogen Cars

Energy Secretary Steven Chu sees little promise in hydrogen-powered cars as the Department of Energy (DOE) released its proposed fiscal 2010 budget that cuts programs for ...

California Pushes Through Low-Carbon Fuels

California's Air Resources Board voted to adopt a regulation that will put in place Governor Schwarzenegger's Low Carbon Fuel Standard, which mandates a reduction of ...

Sprint Receives $7.3 M DOE Grant for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Deployment

Sprint has been awarded a $7.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding earmarked ...

Volkswagen Teams with Toshiba to Sell Electric Car by 2012

German automakers have been late in coming to the electric car game. However, ...

Clean Energy Patents: Wind Up, Solar Flat, Fuel Cells Still King

Clean energy patents reached their highest level to date in 2008, according to results for the Fourth Quarter 2008 edition of the Clean Energy Patent ...

Supermarkets Shifting to Greener Buildings

Both Shaw's Supermarkets and Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. are making their stores greener, revealing a green commercial architecture trend that could grow from $3 billion in 2006 to $27 billion by ...

Supervalu Tests Fuel Cell, Other Green Tech

Supervalu, the parent company of Shaw's and Star Market, is testing a fuel cell that runs on natural gas, a refrigeration system that reduces carbon emissions, and light-emitting diodes in a Star ...

Renewable Energy ‘Essential Part’ Of Hawaiian Utility

Through a competitive bidding framework the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission implemented in 2006, the Hawaiian Electric Co. says it is seeking developers interested in supplying up to 100 MW of renewable ...

New WTC To Be Largest Fuel Cell Installation In The World

The redeveloped World Trade Center will house one of the largest fuel cell installations in the world, the New York Power Authority announced (via Environmental News Bits). In a $10.6 million agreement ...

Citi: Investors Tapping Alternative Energy, Infrastructure Firms

A growing international consensus to tackle climate change is going to mean a new emphasis from investors on alternative energy sources from traditional fossil fuels and the expansion and renewal of infrastructure, ...

Honda, GE, GM Lead 1Q Clean Energy Patent Race

The Clean Energy Patent Growth Index, which illustrates clean energy patent trends and the top patent owners, shows fuel cells continuing to dominate long term trends, intellectual property law firm Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti ...

Verizon Call-Switching Center Powered By Fuel Cells

Verizon's call-switching center and office building in Garden City, N.Y., uses seven fuel cells, each of which is able to generate 200 kwh of electricity. The company has earned the EPA's Energy ...

Toyota Fuel Cell Hybrid Goes Twice The Distance

Toyota has developed a new fuel cell (zero pollution) hybrid powered by hydrogen and electricity that can travel more than twice the distance of its predecessor model without filling up, The AP ...