Washington (SPX) May 27, 2004 - US Rep. Dave Weldon and the Florida Institute of Technology announced today at a joint news conference the creation of the Florida Tech Hydrogen Research Center. This center, made possible by a $900,000 NASA grant, will focus on making hydrogen and hydrogen fuel cell technology practical for ground and air transportation.
Berkeley CA (UPI) May 27, 2004 - Once a month, Tim Ridolfi pulls his 2003 Volkswagen Golf TDI into the Biofuel Oasis, a cutting edge fuel station located in a warehouse district on the outskirts of Berkeley.
Washington (SPX) May 27, 2004 - The Department of Energy has selected the University of Maryland, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the University of Rochester to host two new Fusion Science Centers, Dr. Raymond L. Orbach, Director of DOE's Office of Science announced Thursday. The universities will establish academic centers of excellence that will focus on fundamental issues in fusion plasma science. The centers will perform research in areas of such wide scope and complexity that it would not be feasible for individual or small groups of researchers to make progress.
Reading PA (SPX) May 25, 2004 - EnerSys, the world's leading provider of stored DC power solutions for industrial applications, recently announced that its EnerSys Energy Products Inc. subsidiary has been selected by the US Navy to develop valve regulated lead acid (VRLA) batteries using its thin plate pure lead (TPPL) technology, as part of an ongoing effort to retrofit the entire nuclear submarine Fleet with VRLA batteries in place of the present flooded lead-acid batteries.
Washington - May 25, 2004 - Just as low-carbohydrate diets are trimming the American waistline, more judicious use of hydrocarbon-based fossil fuels would reduce U.S. energy consumption by 33 percent and save consumers $438 billion a year by 2014, according to an analysis by Cornell University ecologists.
Washington (UPI) May 24, 2004 - A detailed 10-month study of a proposed new-generation nuclear power reactor project in Alabama was launched Monday.
Sydney (SPX) May 12, 2004 - Australian telecommunications carrier Optus has chosen Arianespace to orbit its D1 and D2 satellites. The satellites will be delivered into orbit by Ariane and Soyuz launchers from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana.
Albuquerque NM (SPX) May 07, 2004 - A new type of polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) is being developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories to help bring the goal of a micro fuel cell closer to realization using diverse fuels like glucose, methanol, and hydrogen. This Sandia Polymer Electrolyte Alternative (SPEA) could help fulfill the need for new, uninterrupted autonomous power sources for sensors, communications, microelectronics, healthcare applications, and transportation.
New York (UPI) May 07, 2004 - Oil giant ChevronTexaco has announced it can now refine from crude oil sizable quantities of diamond-like molecules that hold great potential for science and health researchers.
Auburn Hills (SPX) May 07, 2004 - United Solar Ovonic Corp. (Uni-Solar Ovonic) today announced that it has been selected by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, to provide 3 kW of UNI-SOLAR lightweight solar cells deposited on thin stainless steel to supply power to an experimental satellite. Uni-Solar Ovonic also has an option to provide an additional 300 W of UNI-SOLAR ultra-lightweight cells deposited on polymer.
Arlington (SPX) May 04, 2004 - The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Mobile Integrated Sustainable Energy Recovery (MISER) program has two thrusts. The first will develop technologies to harness the energy content of packaging waste generated during military field operations and convert it to electricity. The second is aimed at developing plastic packaging technologies made from renewable sources using processes that do not require hazardous chemicals or generate toxic waste streams.
Richland WA (SPX) Apr 29, 2004 - Researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are developing a system to rapidly produce hydrogen from gasoline in your car. This brings fuel cell-powered cars one step closer to the mass market, said Larry Pederson, project leader at PNNL. Researchers will present their developments at the American Institute for Chemical Engineers spring meeting in New Orleans, on April 27th, 2004.
Newark NY - Apr 28, 2004 - Ultralife Batteries, Inc. has received an order valued at $6 million from the U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM) for its BA-5372/U military batteries.
Boston MA - Apr 21, 2004 - The goal is to get off the wall, says Professor Sanjeev Mukerjee of Northeastern's chemistry department when he talks about his work developing long-lasting, non-polluting fuel cells.
Berkeley - Apr 15, 2004 - Investing in renewable energy such as solar, wind and the use of municipal and agricultural waste for fuel would produce more American jobs than a comparable investment in the fossil fuel energy sources in place today, according to a report issued today (Tuesday, April 13) by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.
Palo Alto CA - Apr 13, 2004 - The popularity of hybrid vehicles, which combine the beneficial attributes of an internal combustion engine and a battery pack, offsets the roadblocks confronting battery, electric, and fuel cell vehicles. With Asia leading the electric vehicle revolution, intense development efforts undertaken in this region are likely to promote the hybrid's mainstream commercialization.
