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2005 Fuel Cell Industry Survey: A Survey of 2004 Financial Results of Public Fuel Cell Companies: Published annually, this survey provides the industry and the public with a perspective on the financial performance and activities of publicly traded companies in the fuel cell sector. The PwC Fuel Cell List for 2005 contains 20 companies and includes, for the first time, public...; Tags: Fuel cells, Leading Edge British Columbia, fuel cell, North America, survey, equity, hydrogen, financial, industry; White papers
Ultracapacitors and the Hybrid Electric Vehicle: Due to the recent increase in worldwide gasoline prices, as well as ongoing public and governmental pressure for a more environmentally friendly and fuel efficient means of transportation, automotive manufacturers are developing product lines that incorporate true alternatives to the gas-powered drive trains that are the hallmark of the industry....; Tags: Fuel cells, fuel cell, manufacturer, transportation, industry; White papers
Ultracapacitor System Design: Optimizing Hybrid Electric Vehicles With Fuel Cell Power: The automotive industry's recent push towards developing electric and hybrid electric vehicles EV and HEVs is a direct response to the growing global pressure to improve the environment and has resulted in a search for significantly cleaner and more efficient vehicles. So far, the outcome of this search has not...; Tags: Fuel cells, fuel cell, environment, industry; White papers
2005 Fuel Cell Industry Survey: A Survey of 2004 Financial Results of Public Fuel Cell Companies: Aggregate revenues for public companies in the fuel cell sector decreased slightly in 2004 to US$234 million, down 4% from US$244 million in 2003. The survey focuses on the 2004 year-on-year financial results of the world's 20 publicly traded companies whose primary business is in the areas of fuel cell...; Tags: Fuel cells, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, fuel cell, survey, U.K., financial, revenue; White papers 2005-10-05
Potential Benefits of Utilizing Fuel Cell Auxiliary Power Units in Lieu of Heavy-Duty Truck Engine Idling: Truck manufacturers and vehicle component manufacturer are exploring using fuel cell auxiliary units APUs in lieu of main engine idling. While fuel cell power trains continue to face significant technical and economic barriers, the truck auxiliary power application may offer a viable near-term market for small (1-5kW) fuel cells. The...; Tags: Fuel cells, fuel cell, barrier, benefit; White papers 2005-02-11

Evaluation of Fuel Cell Auxiliary Power Units for Heavy-Duty Diesel Trucks: A large number of heavy-duty trucks idle a significant amount. Heavy-duty line-haul engines idle about 20-40% of the time the engine is running, depending on season and operation. Efforts to reduce truck idling in the US have been sporadic, in part because it is widely viewed in the trucking industry...; Tags: Fuel cells, Reed Elsevier Inc., fuel cell, benefit, industry; White papers 2005-02-11
Reading General Motors and Toyota's Lips in Fuel Cell Race: Auto manufacturers' views on fuel cell commercialization seem to show growing discrepancies as they continue improving fuel cell systems. To understand where the auto companies are headed, one needs to read between the lines of their announcements. This article examines the approach of General Motors and Toyota in the fuel...; Tags: Fuel cells, ABI Research, fuel cell, Toyota Motor Corp., General Motors Corp.; White papers 2005-01-19
GM & DCX's Hybrid Partnership: A Validation of GM's Technology? Or Is DCX Simply Hedging Its Fuel Cell/Diesel Bet?: General Motors and DaimlerChrysler have announced their mutual signing of a memorandum of understanding regarding the sharing of their hybrid technologies. It is an interesting decision for both companies. General Motors has long been touting its devotion to fuel cell development, and DaimlerChrysler has tried to convince the public that...; Tags: Fuel cells, ABI Research, Daimler AG, General Motors Corp., memorandum of understanding, fuel cell, motivation, partnership, agreement; White papers 2004-12-13
Fuel Cells for a Sustainable Future: The purpose of this white paper research has been to explore the barriers and opportunities to the development of stationary fuel cell technology and to explore areas where initial fuel cell advances are most promising. This paper reports the results of a series of stakeholder interviews that were carried out...; Tags: Fuel cells, fuel cell, barrier; White papers 2004-11-01
Why Can't the Automotive Fuel Cell Market Take Advantage of Skyrocketing Oil Prices?: Despite record crude oil prices and reasonably good progress in fuel cell technology, the market for fuel cell-powered vehicles has not progressed beyond the stage of R&D and limited proof-of-concept trials. This article explores on why the stimulus of expensive oil has not had greater effect and what is needed...; Tags: Fuel cells, ABI Research, fuel cell, R&D, industry; White papers 2004-10-05
2004 Fuel Cell Industry Survey: A Survey of 2003 Financial Results of Public Fuel Cell Companies: Public companies in the fuel cell sector enjoyed a 20% increase in revenues in 2003, up to US$243 million from US$203 million in 2002. For the first time in more than three years, revenues exceeded research and development (R&D) spending, which dropped 11% to US$204 million. The sector continued to...; Tags: Fuel cells, Research & Development, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, fuel cell, R&D, operating loss, financing, financial, revenue, survey, marketing; White papers 2004-09-27
Characterization of a Fuel Cell Based Uninterruptible Power Supply: This paper demonstrates that fuel cell based systems are technically and economically viable for extended autonomy typically in excess of 4-6 hours for 1kW systems and 2-3 hours for 5kW systems. However, fuel cells are clearly not, at this time, viable substitutes for the current short autonomy back up UPS...; Tags: Fuel cells, fuel cell, autonomy, United Parcel Service of America Inc., uninterruptible power supply, power supply, computer, server; White papers 2004-08-16
Is There a Future for Fuel Cells in Exploration and Production of Oil and Gas?: Exploration and production (E&P) of oil and gas is energy-consuming, and emissions to the atmosphere resulting from consumption of energy is recognized as a major global pollution problem. Accordingly, every major oil and gas company, as any other major energy consumer, has an obligation to pursue new solutions facilitating reduced...; Tags: Fuel cells, Business Briefings, fuel cell, pollution; White papers 2004-07-12
Energy Technology in Context: The IEA's Fuel Cell Programme: This paper introduces the International Energy Agency's IEA Fuel Cell Program. Fuel cells - electrochemical devices like batteries that draw on externally stored fuel - can provide a source of power for both stationary and mobile applications. They have high-energy conversion efficiency and they can function on a small or...; Tags: Fuel cells, fuel cell, mobile application, battery, mobile; White papers 2004-04-27
High Efficiency Electricity and Products From Biomass and Waste; Experimental Results of Proof of Principle of Staged Gasification and Fuel Cells: The use of biomass and waste for energy production contributes substantially in reduction of CO2 emissions. System studies showed that gasification in combination with Solid Oxide Fuel Cell SOFC could achieve an overall efficiency of 50%. In the framework of the NOVEM program "Energie Winning uit Afval en Biomassa EWAB",...; Tags: Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands, fuel cell, carbon dioxide; White papers 2004-05-01
Hybrid Electric Vehicles - The Technology of the Near Future: Although there has been a fast development towards low noise and less gas emissions in the ICE technology in recent years, there will always be emissions due to the primary energies such as oil - from which petrol and diesel are derived - and natural gas. Fuel cell technology is...; Tags: Fuel cells, Business Briefings, fuel cell, natural gas, mobility; White papers 2004-04-15
Developments in State-Level Financial Incentives for Stationary Fuel Cells in the United States, 2003-2004: This paper catalogued and discussed states' efforts to encourage the development and use of stationary fuel cells, especially among end-users. The primary source of information for this paper was the Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy DSIRE, a public resource funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and managed...; Tags: Fuel cells, Sales force management, fuel cell, tax credit, sales tax exemption, incentive, tax, renewable energy, database, sales; White papers 2004-04-01
Financial Incentives for Stationary Fuel Cells: A Report on State-Level Policy in the United States: This paper discusses state-level incentives and policies encouraging the development and adoption of stationary fuel cells. The United States ranks first in annual petroleum consumption (25.4 percent) and natural gas consumption (25.0 percent), and ranks second only to China in coal consumption. Critical problems associated with fossil fuel dependency and...; Tags: Fuel cells, Telecom & Utilities, fossil fuel, public health, fuel cell, pollution, petroleum, natural gas, government, procurement, U.S., incentive, financial; White papers 2004-04-01
A Thermal Model to Evaluate Sub-Freezing Startup for a Direct Hydrogen Hybrid Fuel Cell Vehicle Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Stack and System: For passenger fuel cell vehicles FCVs, customers will expect to start the vehicle and drive almost immediately, implying a very short system warm-up to full power. While hybridization strategies may fulfill this expectation, the extent of hybridization will be dictated by the time required for the fuel cell system to...; Tags: Fuel cells, University of California, fuel cell, polymer, hydrogen, strategy; White papers 2004-03-01
Investigation of PEMFC MEAS for Ultra-High Co Reformate: The purpose of this paper was to design and test a series of PEM fuel cell catalysts, which can use the output from a reformer and single clean up stage as anode fuel. The use of a reformer to convert a hydrocarbon fuel such as methanol, methane or gasoline to...; Tags: Fuel cells, privacy-enhanced mail, fuel cell, hydrogen, transportation application, barrier, transportation, storage; White papers 2004-01-21