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.
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 ...
Waste-To-Energy Briefing: Urine Power, U.S. Capitol, Dynamis and SITA
Urine could be an abundant fuel for electricity generation, according to researchers from the U.K.'s University of the West of England, Bristol.
The researchers have found a ...
Walmart, Coke Lead as Firms Buy Over 250 Fuel Cell Systems
Walmart, Coca-Cola, Sysco and Whole Foods are leading the charge of companies deploying fuel cells for stationary power, back-up power and forklifts, according ...
Cornell Taps Distributed Sun for NYC Campus Proposal
Distributed Sun LLC has teamed-up with Cornell University for a proposal that, if accepted by the City of New York, would see the partners build, finance, ...
ClearEdge Raises $73.5m For Fuel Cell Market Expansion
Fuel cell manufacturer ClearEdge Power has raised $73.5 million in Series E financing through the sale of new shares and the conversion of previously issued ...
Air Products Fuels Cars with Hydrogen from Wastewater
Specialty gas company Air Products has opened a hydrogen fueling station (pictured) that draws feedstock from municipal wastewater.
In addition to providing hydrogen, the process, taking place ...
DOE Awards $175m for Advanced Vehicle Research, $7m for Fuel Cells and Storage
The Department of Energy yesterday awarded more than $175 million to accelerate the development and deployment of advanced vehicle technologies.
The funding, to be ...
NTT America Data Center to be Powered by Biogas, Bloom Servers
Japanese telecommunications company NTT America has deployed five Bloom Energy Servers running on directed biogas, at its Lundy Data Center in San Jose, Calif. The ...
Hydrogen Fueling Stations Could Reach 5,200 by 2020
More than 5,200 hydrogen fueling stations for cars, buses and forklifts will be operational by 2020, up from just 200 stations in 2010, ...
Bloom Boxes Make Big AT&T Sale, But Sit 10th in Fuel Cell Rankings
Eleven AT&T sites in California will install 7.5 MW of Bloom Boxes, in one of the biggest deals ever for the fuel ...
Green Fleet Briefing: McDonald’s, GM NatGas Cars, Hybrids Fall Short
Automakers aren’t yet delivering the full fuel savings and pollution reduction benefits possible from hybrids, according to an annual hybrid scorecard ...
Fleet Briefing: Ford, CNG Taxis, Coke, Renault-Nissan
Rather than fight for a share of a possibly resurgent minivan market, Ford Motor Company has scrapped plans to launch a ...
Renewable Briefing: AstraZeneca, Bloomberg, UPS, Total, ClearEdge
Industrial solar power company Solar Trust of America breaks ground Friday on the Blythe Solar Power Project, expected to be the largest solar ...
Renewable Briefing: Qwest Center, UTC, Google
The Octagon, a New York City waterfront apartment building, has become the first residential property in New York State to be powered and heated ...
