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Plug Power Fuel Cells to Power Refrigeration Units

November 15, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Plug Power has received $500,000 from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to evaluate replacing diesel generators with hydrogen fuel cells for powering transport refrigeration units (TRUs) on trailers hauled by trucks that deliver perishable goods. NYSERDA selected Plug Power to develop a fuel cell and ... Read more »

Green Fleet Roundup: Toyota, Panasonic, Tesla, Navistar, Volvo Trucks

November 5, 2013November 6, 2013 by Leon Walker

Toyota will display a concept version of its fuel cell vehicle scheduled for launch around 2015 at the Tokyo Motor Show at the end of the month. The FCV Concept (pictured) has a driving range of at least 500 km (310 miles) and refueling times as low as three minutes, roughly the same ... Read more »

US Solar Patents Outpace Fuel Cells for First Time

October 18, 2013October 17, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The second quarter of 2013 saw US solar patents outnumber fuel cell patents for the first time, according to research by Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti. The number of solar patents jumped 29 to 246 relative to the first quarter and were up 35 compared to a year prior, Clean Energy Patent ... Read more »

CableLabs Uses Fuel Cell Backup Power

October 17, 2013October 16, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

CommScope deployed its hydrogen fuel cell technology at CableLabs, the nonprofit research and development consortium for the cable television industry. CableLabs wants to take a leadership role in demonstrating how cable operators can incorporate new energy technologies. CommScope’s fuel cell at CableLabs’ headquarters in Louisville, Colo., has a capacity of ... Read more »

Green Fleet Roundup: Cavotec, VW, Boeing, Toyota, Clean Energy Fuels

October 14, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Cavotec has launched a fuelling element to its E3 Gate integrated aircraft servicing system (pictured). The E3 Gate — which Cavotec says is designed to deliver optimal performance in ergonomics, economy and the environment — supplies parked aircraft with 400Hz power, PCAir, blue and potable water and sewage, and now ... Read more »

Electric Vehicles: Thoughts on How to Increase Adoption in the US

October 9, 2013October 9, 2013 by Jennifer Hermes

Last year, I went to the Verge conference in Washington, DC. It was arranged with a noble idea to get people from various industries, those who are on the different sides of the same problem, to sit in the same forum and discuss their issues. EV adoption, or rather the ... Read more »

Daimler, GM Invest in Fuel Cell Projects

October 3, 2013October 3, 2013 by Kirsten Korosec

Automakers Daimler and General Motors are investing in two separate fuel cell projects aimed at developing technology and building out infrastructure for fuel-cell electric cars. Daimler said it will join five oil and gas companies to invest about 350 million euros ($500 million) on a network of hydrogen filling stations ... Read more »

Fuel Cells Power eBay Data Center

September 30, 2013September 27, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

eBay launched a new data center in Salt Lake City, Utah, notable for the fact that it will be powered by 30 fuel cells. Bloom Energy Servers are the primary, on-site power source for the newest data center, according to eBay’s blog. The online auction company expects the Bloom Energy ... Read more »

DOT Awards $13.6m to Advance Transit Fuel Cell Technology

September 10, 2013 by Leon Walker

The Department of Transportation has announced $13.6 million in grants to advance the commercialization of American-made fuel cell buses for the transit industry. Eight projects were selected to receive a share of the funds through the Federal Transit Administration’s National Fuel Cell Bus Program. The program has provided nearly $90 ... Read more »

Plug Power Awarded $650,000 DOE Contract

August 26, 2013August 26, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The US Department of Energy has awarded Plug Power a $650,000 contract to demonstrate the use of hydrogen-based fuel cells to power the refrigeration units in semi-trailer trucks that transport perishable and frozen foods. Plug Power’s transport refrigeration unit (TRU) fuel cells, which will be based on its GenDrive technology, ... Read more »

Contract Wins: Mercedes-Benz, Plug Power, Fiat, AeroVironment

August 23, 2013 by Leon Walker

Plug Power has received an order from Mercedes-Benz for 123 additional hydrogen-based GenDrive fuel cell units to power new forklifts at a logistics hub under construction in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Last July, Mercedes purchased 72 GenDrive fuel cells for the lift truck fleet at its Tuscaloosa vehicle assembly plant. Plug Power ... Read more »

GM Sustainability Report: Renewable Capacity Down, But So is Carbon

July 19, 2013July 23, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

GM drew on 62.3 MW of renewable power last year, down from 73 MW in 2011 – but at the same time, the company’s scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions intensity fell 2 percent, from 0.9 to 0.88 metric tons of CO2e per vehicle, according to its 2012 sustainability report. GM’s ... Read more »

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