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Research
Center
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agreement
develop projects
to work together
that promote
w
various
solutions
emerging
metal hydride
Franc;ois Beam&,
new technoi-
teams.
and already offering for hydrogen
needs, basedon a strong portfolio
to
individuals
storage
of existing and
storage technologies,’
HER&
acting CEO.
said
‘Whether
hydride
alloys, storage
tanks or storage
systems,
energy storage in South America
HERA
can
its
standard
products
or work with them to develop a custom
The agreement
allows each party
expertise
large-scale
power
practical
and
utility
‘We are especially
electricity,’
resources
to design projects.
interested
in determining
said Todd
‘If so, countries
power
infr~r~uctures,
as
The company
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it set up a
inrww.gfe-online.de
& Applications.
solutions,
equipment
and
IDr
of UTC
operated
and I
several fuel cell units in Brazil.
Contact: Houston Advanced Research Center, 4800 Research Forest Drive, The Wo~lands,
NL-
,3111, Fax: +31 20 630 2929, wwwshellhydrogen.com
Fuel Cells in
and has deployed,
contact: Shell Hydrogen BV, PO Box 38~‘
I030 BN Amsterdam~ The Netherlands. Tel: +31 20 630
region of South America.
is a partner
South America,
t3315 700, Fax: t49 911 9315 702,
in energy, life sciences
for Fuel Cell Research
services to the Mercosur
Strasse 45, D-90431 N~rnberg, Germane Tel: +49 911
and
development
in late 1999
energy
Or contact: HERA Hydrogen Storage Systems, Hijfener
enormously.’
research programs
Sieco provides
of
Brazil
sustainable
and the environment; Center
tl 450 652 8312, Fax: +1 450 652 8388, www.herahydrogen.com
with large hydroelectric such
promotes
through
Lionel-Boulet, Varennes, Quebec J3X 1S1, Canada.Tei:
that
president
customers
Contact: HERA Hydrogen Storage Systems tnc, 1790
how
systems
Mitchell,
could benefit
HARC
power
provide
fit solution to meet their specific requirements.’
for later use as fuel to generate
HARC.
Argentina,
to tap into
infrastructure
it is to produce
utilize hydrogen
TX 77381, USA.
:
State, industry consider /incentives in Texas
Tel: +1 281 363 7908, Fax: +1 281 363 7914, wwwharc.edu
Fuel Cells Texas, established last September as : 1 a non-profit
Or contact: Sieco SA, Av. Juan de Garay 437,1153
companies
trade
association
of fuel cell
focused
on Texas,
has released
:hree reports
+54 11 4300 9998, www.sieco.com.ar
Good
prepared
Company
by its consultants,
Associates,
documenting
lIean energy incentive programs for the home
HERA Hydrogen storage systems in operation
state of the US oil industry. Complete ,f the working It
papers
are now
copies
available
www.goodcompanyassociates.comlsubj/
fuelcell.php. German-based metaIlurgie
GiE Geselischafc
(GfE),
fIir Elektro-
The
CapiTecb
Energy
Hydro-Qukbec
state
legislature
Conservation
has
Ofice
asked (SECO)
the
State
to develop
in Canada and Shell Hydrogen in the Nether-
a plan to accelerate
lands have received regulatory
of clean fuel cells in Texas; the law specifically
approval
and
now formally established their new company
directs
to develop, manufacture
ofvarious
and globally market
hydrogen storage systems. The new company
asked
is
statewide
based
European HERA market
in
Mont&al,
Canada
offices in Niirnberg, Hydrogen
‘hydrogen
Storage
hydrogen
sell a portfolio
storage
expertise key
hydrogen. which Quebec
and intellectual companies It is currently
includes R&D
property active
in
expanding
members and business
clean
products, portfolio
the
field
leaders Cell
(FCIAC),
to
participate
Initiative
has in
a
Advisory
to learn what the industry early commercial
of this new technology
and
to attract
leaders to locate in Texas.
The released papers evaluate
of
completion barriers,
value
In turn SEC0
it will take to obtain
industry
development
the potential
programs.
Fuel
Additional
groups,
to investigate
industry
of
its core team,
the commercial
incentive
of possible
from GfE and Hydrodevelopment
thinks success
using metal hydrides. business,
SEC0
Committee
manufacture,
of safe and
products
its
Germany.
era’ - aims to develop, and
with
Systems - short for
It will build on the existing three
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ogie-s related to fuel cells, power generation and
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Taras and Sieco SA in Argentina hawz signed a
the other’s
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for both its R&D
‘We are Ldly in operation
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and is aggressively
incentive
policy analysis in coming
education
development,
three major areas
programs
for fuel cells.
papers are planned
months
and training
and the status
for
on infrastructure needs, industrial of the various
fuel
cell technologies.
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