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DECEMBER / 2003 / ARCHIVE

DECEMBER/31/03
-What's New in 2004 - Redux-A battery technology emerging in ’04, whether early in the year or later, is changing the playing field.
The leading contender to add to your independence is the fuel cell battery, which it turns out, is not really a battery at all.(Syllabus Magazine)
-General Motors on the Hy-Wire(Spectrum)
-The Smart Hybrid(Spectrum)
-Astris Energi to begin pilot production of alkaline fuel cell POWERSTACK(TM)(PRNewswire)

DECEMBER/30/03
-Mercedes-Benz F-Cell Makes Fuel Cell Power a Reality-UPS Will Be The First Corporate F-Cell
Customer In The U.S.(Fuelcellworks)
-Los Alamos, ZECA Corp. recognized by Scientific American-The work recognized by Scientific American
relates to the use of coal to produce hydrogen and electricity without any atmospheric emissions(Fuelcellworks)
-All aboard! New bus set to clean up(Newham Recorder)

DECEMBER/29/03
-Ballard Power Engineers want to travel across Europe-over 3,000 kilometers on one tank of Hydrogen fuel(Fuelcellworks)
-ABI Research: Technology Outlook for 2004-Energy(Fuelcellworks)
-Hitachi, Toshiba Ready Fuel-Cell Attack(eWeek)
-AEC Completes $530,000 Private Placement Financing with Institutional Investors; Funding to be used for
certifying Hydrogen Production System(Businesswire)
-With power of magic, fuel cells win believers(Oregonian)

DECEMBER/28/03
-Oil PSUs join hands for hydrogen fuel(Fuelcellworks)
-'Green' car crosses Australia-(BBC)

DECEMBER/27/03
-Solar-hydrogen car crosses nation-A CAR that runs on hydrogen and solar power has completed a
gruelling journey across Australia in what organisers claim is a world first, paving the way for "clean, green" transport (News.com au)
-Record-breaking car reaches Sydney(SMH.com)
-GM fuel guru begins his quest in Arizona- the start of a career that's taken him to the top
of General Motors' push to make fuel cell-powered vehicles a common sight on American highways by 2010(MSNBC)

DECEMBER/26/03
-Hybrid Electric is Prelude to Automobile's Future, says Former GM Chairman(VOA)

-Hydrogen powered car due in Sydney(The Age, Australia)
-High-tech drive against DUI-Using chemical fuel cell technology(San Mateo Daily Journal)

DECEMBER/25/03
-Auto, Gas Companies Mull Fuel Cell Technology(Fox News)
-Inventor envisions metal (not hydrogen) fuel cell revolution(White Plains Journal News)
-HTL taps into green technology(The West Australian)
-HYDROGEN vehicles: US energy dept, M&M in JV(Rediff, India)
-TOM WALSH: CEO leads a cause vital to Michigan -A hydrogen fueling station for the microgrid as well as fuel-cell vehicles
that auto companies will test at the site (Detroit Free Press)
-A Christmas Car (EV World)

DECEMBER/24/03
-ECD files to give three investors right to sell private shares to raise money for company (Fuelcellworks)
-10 technologies to watch in 2004-Micro fuel cells(CNN International)
-Lab scientists pursuing new fuel technologies(Los Alamos Monitor)
-The Foundation For Clean Power Engineering Has Been Laid-Russia(Fuelcellworks)

DECEMBER/23/03
-Hydrogen Processing for Fuel Cells Patented(Solar Access)
-Fuel Cell Research Touted for New Mexico (Fuelcellworks)
-Funding Granted in Research on Hydrogen as a Possible Fuel Source (Fuelcellworks)
-SatCon Technology Reports FY2003 Fourth Quarter and Year End Results; Quarterly operating loss
improves to its lowest in over three years(Businesswire)
-Toyota looks at New Mexico, USA, for fuel cell research centre(Fuel Cell Today)

DECEMBER/22/03
-Hydrogen-Fueled Three-Wheelers Could Make Impact on Developing Nations, U.S.(US Newswire)
-CNNfn’s Interview with Dr. William Acker,CEO and President of MTI Micro-Dec./11/03(MTI)

-Polymer group makes buy-AvMat Membranes LLC develops membranes used in fuel cells(Crain's Cleveland)
-Hydrogen evangelists spread the word(Reed Business Information)
-QuestAir Technologies and Iwatani Corporation announce agreement to market hydrogen purification systems(Canada NewsWire)
-MTI to Exchange Options for Eligible Employees and Directors(PRNewswire)
-Bibendum Goes To China(CARkeys)
-FuelCon and Illies starting common activities in Asia(FuelCon)

DECEMBER/21/03
-The Hydrogen Bubble(Fuelcellworks)

DECEMBER/20/03
-Altair Nanotechnologies Restructures to Exclusively Focus on Nanotechnology and Materials Science(Nanotechwire.com)
-High Peaks boosts venture fund with $30M from state-Microgrid plan proposed for alternative energy group (Fuelcellworks)

DECEMBER/19/03
-Japan's Toyobo Creates Elctorlyte Membrane for Tiny Fuel Cells (Fuelcellworks)
-Kyocera achieves 54% Power Output Rate for 1kW Fuel Cell Unit(Fuelcellworks)
-Venture Capitalists are Warming to Fuel Cells(Fuelcellworks)
-China to buy Fuel Cell Buses as part of GEF/UNEP demonstration project(Fuelcellworks)
-Tamagawa University to race Solar-Fuel Cell Car across Australia(Fuel Cell Today)

DECEMBER/18/03
-HyWeb Gazette-(03-12-18)(HyWeb)
-Buyers embrace the Toyota Prius(Albuquerque Tribune)
-Proton Energy Systems Awarded Two Contracts for Regenerative Fuel Cell Development with NASA and
the U.S. Missile Defense Agency(PRNewswire)
-Quantum Fuel Systems Tech Financials (Yahoo)
-Plug Power Begins Commercial GenCore 5T Shipments; Product Is UL Listed and FCC Compliant(PRNewswire)
-Ballard Secures Contract for Three Fuel Cell Bus Engines for Australia(Businesswire)
-Entegris reports First-Quarter 2004 Results (Businesswire)
-Tubular cells (e4engineering)

DECEMBER/17/03
-Energy bill could help with Illinois research-$2 billion would be authorized for research of a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle at Argonne(Fuelcellworks)
-Made-in-S'pore fuel cell makes waves (Business Times Singapore)

-Power & Energy Expands R&D Staff For Fuel Cell Hydrogen Separation Membranes(eworldwire)

-What will be the century's Next Big Thing?-Home Sweet Hydrogen Home(Advance Register)
-Shinano Kenshi develops new Material made from Silk for Fuel Cell Electrodes (Fuel Cell Today)
-New Star Analyst Rankings for Fuelcell Energy Inc(Yahoo)
-Alternative fuel enthusiast hopes Schwarzenegger’s promise will propel vehicle conversion(The Desert Sun)
-UQM TECHNOLOGIES INC Files SEC form 8-K, Other Events (Yahoo)
-New process for 'pure' hydrogen (e4engineering)
-Silicon based fuel cell invented (The Inquirer)
-Tokyo Institute of Technology uses Silicon Electrodes for Fuel Cells(Fuel Cell Today)
-Driving the future: the Ford Focus Hybrid Fuel Cell Vehicle(Fuel Cell Today)

DECEMBER/16/03
-Global Concept From Tokyo-"Fuel Cells Everywhere"(SAE)

-FedEx Express and GM start first test of Fuel Cell Vehicle (The Philippine Star)
-Sulzer Hexis and the German Liquefied Gas Union sign agreement(Sulzer Press Release)

-NASA and DOE lab team on fuel cell research (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
-Astris launches advanced alkaline fuel cell generator (PRNewswire)
-One year after launch, consortium powers ahead-Consortium includes Latham fuel-cell maker Plug Power (PRNewswire)
-FuelCell Energy Reports 2003 Year-End, Fourth Quarter Results(PRNewswire)
-Enova Teams with EDO Corporation for Unmanned Hybrid Minesweeping Vessel for U.S. Navy(Businesswire)
-BOC Commissions Latest U.S. Hydrogen Plant Near CITGO Illinois Refinery(Businesswire)
-Ballard Powered Fuel Cell Buses Delivered to the City of London(Businesswire)
-New hydrogen buses hit the road(BBC)
-'Green' Bus Heralds Return of Steam Age(The Scotsman)
-Eaton, FedEx to test hybrid(Lorain Morning Journal)

DECEMBER/15/03
-Sandia Investigates H2 Flame Characteristics:Results may influence change in separation distances(Hydrogen Safety Report)
-New Fuel Cell Pilot Plant For Apollo(Apollo)
-Amsterdam tests water-fuelled buses(Expatica)
-Global SOFC Market to reach US$335 million by 2008 according to BBCResearch(BBCResearch)
-Startech Environmental Is Awarded a Half Million Dollar Grant in the Energy And Water Bill
for Startech Hydrogen Project ls (PRNewswire)
-UQM Technologies Delivers Compressor Motors to Eaton Corporation for Use in Fuel Cells (PRNewswire)
-IMPCO Produces Innovative Hybrid Public Transport Fuel System(PRNewswire)

DECEMBER/14/03
-Oil Companies Set To Launch Hydrogen Gas Stations By 2005(Press Information Bureau - India)
-India-"Hydrogen fuel fund by fiscal end" (TheHindu News)
-Japan leads the charge in fuel cell applications (Channelnewsasia.com)

DECEMBER/13/03
-Skate scooter powers up for clean getaway (Independent Online)
-Columbia will host fuel cell conference (The State)
-Alternative fuel projects charged up with $5.1M-Energy and automobile corporations invest in fuel-cell research(Silicon Valley Business Ink)

DECEMBER/12/03
-Powering up for a clean getaway (Straits Times)
-Volkswagen skeptical about benefits of hybrid powertrains (AutoWeek)
-Singapore designed fuel cell costs half the price of existing ones(Channelnewsasia.com)
-QUANTUM FUEL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES WORLDWIDE INC Files SEC form 8-K,
Financial Statements and Exhibits(Yahoo)
-New U.S. standard for hydrogen generation to spur growth of fuel cell industry(Fuel Cell Today)
-15 Countries & European Union Sign Historic Hydrogen Cooperation Pact-Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Letter(Fuel Cell Today)

DECEMBER/11/03
-Hydrogen Car Research, Development Efforts Accelerate -- Perhaps Too Quickly(Fuelcellworks)
-Big corporates target nano firms to prepare for fuel cell market(Small Times)
-Kobe Steel develops gas compressor for fuel-cell cars(Fuelcellworks)
-India-1st prototype vehicle running on hydrogen fuel by 2006(Press Trust of India)
-UQM Technologies Provides Auxiliary System Drive Motors for Use in Fuel Cell Powered Caterpillar
Mining Vehicle (PRNewswire)
-Energy Visions Inc. Reports on Successful Launch of Pure Energy's New XL
Rechargeable Alkaline Batterys(Businesswire)
-Dynetek Industries Ltd. to Deliver Hydrogen Fuel Storage Systems to Ford Motor Company (Canada NewsWire)
-Interest Continues to Grow in AEC's Hydrogen Technology at International
Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy Meetings(Businesswire)
-The World Economic Forum Designates Medis Technologies as a Technology Pioneer for 2004;
Medis Featured in the December 15th Edition of Time Magazine's Global Business Sections(Businesswire)
-Enova Achieves Great Success Building First U.S. Air Force Fuel Cell Bus(Businesswire)
-AU micro-fuel cell breakthrough boosts portable power(ZDNet.com)
-Hitachi plans fuel-cell for handheld devices by 2005-Fuel cell about the size of "AA" battery will power PDA(InfoWorld)
-Hitachi and Tokai team up on Methanol Fuel-Cell Cartridge(Fuel Cell Today)

DECEMBER/10/03
-Arbin Received Half Million $ Fuel Cell Testing System Order (Arbin Instruments)
-Swift Enterprises works to create more fuel cell products (Journal and Courier)
-Proton Energy Systems and Distributed Energy Systems Announce Completion Of
Northern Power Acquisition (PRNewswire)
-The Indian Oil Corporation to invest Rs 100 cr in R and D of Hydrogen energy (Deepika)
-'Home hydrogen factory' for fuel-cell cars(Independent online)
-CHEMICAL ENGINEERING'S GRAND PRIX-AIChE meeting's Chem-E-Car competition draws crowds(Chemical & Engineering News)
-Millennium Cell CEO Speaking Today on Consumer Demands in the Coming Hydrogen Economy(Businesswire)
-Firms to form GTA `hydrogen village'-Group of 27 to showcase fuel-cell generators and vehicles(The Star)

DECEMBER/09/03
-More Power To You -Alternative-energy technologies could soon give your phone, your car and your house their own micro-generators (Time)
-Astris terminates agreement with Care Automotive (PRNewswire)
-Fuel Cells Canada is pleased to announce the formation of the Hydrogen Village partnership
in the Greater Toronto Area (Fuel Cells Canada)
-The Smart way to get DMFC products into the market(Fuel Cell Today)

-Launching ceremony for second German fuel cell U-Boat(Fuel Cell Today)
-MICROREACTORS COULD REDEFINE CHEMISTRY, NANODRIP BY DROP-A single small device, for example,
could process liquid methanol into hydrogen gas inside a micro fuel cell.(Small Times)
-HTC Hydrogen Thermochem Corp. on the move to produce hydrogen from Natural Gas(Fuel Cell Today)
-Solid Fuel Cell Works in Heat (TechnologyReview)
-Mach One Corporation: Company Enters Into New Business Venture with Solar Hydrogen Energy
Corporation ("SHEC")(Businesswire)
-Demonstration Projects and Establishing Lifecycle Costs of Fuel Cells are Vital to Expand Market Opportunities(Businesswire)
-UQM Technologies Delivers Fuel Cell Compressor Motor Controls For Use in Fuel Cell Automobile (PRNewswire)

DECEMBER/08/03
-More science projects with EU sought -Thee Euroopean Union and Japan should cooperate in developing such advanced scientific
technologies as fuel cells(The Japan Times)
-Nissan to lease new fuel cell vehicle (Japan Today)
-Fuel-Cell Car Demonstration Gives Pittsburgh Students Glimpse of Future Hydrogen Economy (U.S. Newswire)
-FuelCell Energy, Inc. Earnings Call scheduled for Tue, Dec 16 (Yahoo)
-Plug Power to demonstrate hydrogen generation system (Albany Business Review)
-ZAP(R) WORLDCAR(TM) to Air on Discovery Channel (Yahoo)
-QUANTUM Schedules Fiscal 2004 Second Quarter Financial Results Conference Call (Yahoo)
-Japanese venture refits cars to run on hydrogen (Asia Times Online)
-Eventful week on horizon for Proton Energy Systems (Record-Journal)
-UTC Fuel Cell Union Accepts Contract(Fuelcellworks)

DECEMBER/07/03
-Faulty Equipment Starts Fire in Metallic Power Factory(Fuelcellworks)
-Berkshire officials explain their science to tech council-Berkshire plans to focus on fuel cells, batteries and crystallization(Cecil Whig)

DECEMBER/06/03
-$6.5 million to spur building with 'green' (SignOnSanDiego)
-Projects point way toward energy-efficient future (Toronto Star)

DECEMBER/05/03
-Emissions-Free Investing (Yahoo)
-US Fuel Cell Council and Members to Exhibit at Power Gen 2003 Conference (Businesswire)
-Top Energy Department Official to Introduce Key Concepts of 'Hydrogen Economy' to Pittsburgh Students(USNewswire)
-PWC motor pool leads way with alternative fuel-"We are also investigating hydrogen cell
technology and the use of bio-diesel" (Sea Services Weekly)

DECEMBER/04/03
-THE LATEST FUEL CELL NEWS IN JAPAN, November 2003-Part 1 Part 2(FCDIC)
-Fuel Cell Connection-November 2003 (US Fuel Cell Council)

-Battelle Experts to Demonstrate Solutions to Technical Defense Challenges-Briefing to Showcase
Latest Developments in Fuel Cell (Businesswire)
-Hybrids make inroads (Red Herring)
-FUEL cell work energizes local firm(Ann Arbor News)
-SANTA'S sleigh will one day be fuel-cell powered (Pacific Business News)
-InPlay: FuelCell Energy target raised to $17 at RBC (Yahoo)
-Kettering University Researchers Discover New Way to Produce Nanotubes(Businesswire)
-DaimlerChrysler delivers its first fuel-cell passenger car to Tokyo Gas(Fuel Cell Today)

DECEMBER/03/03
-Top fuel cell researcher to speak at UC(Cincinnati Business Courier)
-Re: ARC Canadian Energy Venture Fund 2's Holdings in Fuel Cell Technologies Corporation (Canada NewsWire)
-New Fuel Cell Power Plant Dedicated at Yale University (PRNewswire)
-Request for proposal - PEM Stacks for Fuelcell Locomotive(Fuel Cell Today)
-Challenge Bibendum 2004 Comes to China (PRNewswire)
-Hoku Scientific to discuss its future plans (Pacific Business News)
-Plug Power Announces New Product Line for On-Site Hydrogen Generation Market(PRNewswire)
-Palcan Fuel Cells Announces A Joint Venture To Substantially Lower The Cost Of Fuel Cells
And Create Significant Revenue (Businesswire)
-MTI Microfuel Cells Files 50th Patent Application(Yahoo)
-Funds for hydrogen fuel cell development-Edison Materials Center to get $3M (Dayton Daily News)
-Fuel cells could break through in stationary power(Fuel Cell Today)

DECEMBER/02/03
-Center Gets Boost-Del.'s clean-fuel research effort receives $1 million grant (Fuelcellworks)
-Concept car is born in design lab-The hydrogen-powered fuel cell car, called Microlab(icCoventry)
-ECD Ovonics President and CEO Presents Invited Talk At Materials Research Society Meeting in Boston (PRNewswire)
-Japan Steel Works Teams With GTI to Support Advanced Hydrogen Storage Using Hydrides(PRNewswire)
-Proton Energy Systems Launches HOGEN(R) H Series Hydrogen Generator(PRNewswire)
-Startech Environmental Signs Contract for Production Of Starcell Hydrogen From Trash for
U.S. Department of Energy (PRNewswire)
-Shedding New Light on Fuel Cells (Wired)
-Fueling our future: High on hydrogen (Arizona Republic)
-Porvair shareholders back sale-Porvair selling the businesses to concentrate on its core areas, fuel cell technology(Norfolk Eastern Daily Press)

DECEMBER/01/03
-Fuel Cell Technology Update -December 2003(Fuel Cells 2000)
-Carefree hydrogen firm hopes to be 'world beater' (Business Journal)
-Fuel Cell Technologies Raises Over $4.2 Million (Canada NewsWire)
-Astris Energi reports third quarter results (Canada NewsWire)
-ECD Ovonics President and CEO Delivers a Keynote Talk At Materials Research Society Meeting in Boston(PRNewswire)
-Pacific Fuel Cell Corp. Announces Appointment of Dr. Xin Wang as Vice President and Director
of Research and Development(Businesswire)
-Webcast Alert: Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. Announces First Quarter Fiscal 2004 Results Webcast(Yahoo)
-Sustainable Energy Technologies: Follow Up Orders for Japanese Fuel Cell Inverters(Yahoo)
-Tiny fuel cells that use methanol may one day provide the gas for our gadgets(Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
-Fuel-cell bus to debut in Albany(Fuel Cell Today)

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