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Diesel from CTL with carbon capture at a cost of $53 / barrel
Aug  16  2011, Production
- UK company Altona Energy believes it can supply vehicle ready diesel at $53 a barrel (33¢ a litre), with a coal to liquids plant, incorporating carbon capture for underground carbon storage, with financial support from China. It has a site for a coal mine 800km North of Adelaide where the conversion... >>more

Study on hydrogen in developing countries
Aug  02  2011, Production
- ENEA consulting of Paris has published a free study in French language "potential applications of hydrogen based technologies in answering developing countries needs by 2020-2025. >>more

ITM Power burns £4.8m
Aug  02  2011, Fuel Cells
- UK full manufacturer ITM Power reports that it burned £4.8m in the year ending 30 April 2011, compared to £4.9m for 2010. The company had £12.2m cash at the end of the year. >>more

Pike Research: over 5,200 hydrogen fuelling stations by 2020
Aug  02  2011, Fuel Cells
- US research company Pike Research has published a report estimating that over 5,200 hydrogen fuelling stations for cars, buses and forklifts will be operational worldwide by 2020. >>more

GM has most fuel cell patents
Aug  02  2011, Fuel Cells
- A Japanese survey of fuel cell patents from 1980 to end of May 2011 finds that General Motors has the most fuel cell patents in the world. >>more


US DoD provides $750k for portable fuel reactor research
Aug  02  2011, Production
- The US Department of Defense has agreed to provide US company InnovaTek with $750.00 to continue developing its portable reactor which produces hydrogen from butanol, so it is ready to go into a fuel cell. >>more

BMW to use landfill gas to make hydrogen for forklifts
Aug  02  2011, Applications
- Automotive manufacturer BMW has announced plans to run its forklifts from hydrogen produced from landfill gas, in its plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA. >>more

ACTA’s water electrolyser business "ahead of expectations"
Aug  02  2011, Production
- Italian "clean energy" company ACTA reports that its hydrogen generator business line is "developing ahead of expectations". The company produces a 1m3 unit, using electricity to generate hydrogen, designed to be used for providing back-up power and power for residential units. >>more

Heavy machinery fuel cells to get US tax credit too
Aug  02  2011, Fuel Cells
- New proposed US legislation, from US Senator Charles Schumer, will provide fuel cells for heavy machinery and off highway vehicles with the same tax credit as other industrial vehicles powered by fuel cells. >>more

UK’s first hydrogen ferry wins award
Aug  02  2011, Transportation
- A planned hydrogen powered ferry service in Bristol, UK, has won an "Environmental Innovation of the Year" award from UK publication Sustainable Shipping.com. >>more

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