HERA Hydrogen storage systems in operation

HERA Hydrogen storage systems in operation

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HARC, Sieco to collaborate The Houston cooperative

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

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& Applications.

solutions,

equipment

and

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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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Advanced

Taras and Sieco SA in Argentina hawz signed a

the other’s

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recruiting

for both its R&D

‘We are Ldly in operation

Editor: Steve Barrett Production Coordinator: Julie Colman

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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