NYSERDA funding for MTI micro fuel cells

Contact:

Or contact:

H Power Corporation, 1373 Broad Street,

Clean Energy Technologies Inc, 103-2

Authority

(NYSERDA).

Matched by a similar

Clifton, NJ 07013, USA. Tel: +l 973 249 5444,

Munji-dong, Yusung-Gu, Taejeon 305-708, Korea. Tel:

commitment

Fax: +l 973 249 5450, www.hpower.com

+82 42 862 9580, Fax: +82 42 862 9585, wwwseti-

fund a year-long research program

fuelcell.com Or contact:

and

Synergy Technologies Corporation, 335 -

25th Street SE, Calgary, AB T2A 7H8, Canada.

Or contact:

Tel: +I 403 269 2274, Fax: +I 403 290 1257,

Europe, Hellersbergstrasse Za, D-41460 Neuss,

Dr Dieter Geppert, LG Technology Center

www.synergytechnologies.com

Germany. Tel: +49 2131 3666 430. Fax: +49 2131 3666 459, Email: d.geppertQlgtce.com,

Or contact:

www.lgtce.com

Fuel cell system integrated into laptop

US$2.85m

the Korean

company LG and the Fraunhofer

Institute for

Solar Energy Systems ISE in Germany unveiled a fuel cell system fully integrated into a laptop Coordinated

by rhe LG Technology

rhe Fraunhofer

researchers

Cencre

system

Oil to develop

for integration

a prototype

in a notebook

The entire system - comprising cell, hydrogen now located

fuel tanks

Christopher

many

head

department

at

- are

of

the

mental

energy

Fraunhofer

ISE.

economical

and show

production.

geometry

and a

potential

In addition,

is conducive

apphcatlons.

a great

to a large

Fuel cells have neither

for

Hannover

researchers

presented

cell system

for a notebook,

integrated

into

with industry now reduced integrated

fuel cell comprises

adsorbed hydride peak

on

power

Contact:

in

enough

Angstrom

was founded

at the University

of Victoria.

icant

opportunity

McLean,

transfer

have

includes

Ventures,

on

hydrogen

is

metal has a

to power

Energy Systems ISE, Heidenhofstrasse 2, D-791 10

electronics devices,

electronics.

MT1

such as cellphones, laptops

PDAs,

and orher portable

is targeting

2004

for mass-

Contact:

MTI MicroFuel Ceils Inc, 431 New Karner

Road,Albang NY 12205, USA.Tel: +I 518 533 2222, Fax: +I 518 533 2223, www.mechtech.com Or contact:

New York State Energy Research and

Development Authority, 17 Columbia Circle, Albany, NY 12203-6399,

USA. Tel: +l 518 862 1090, Fax: +I 518

862 1091, www.nyserda.com

Plug fuel cells for power station backup demo Two Plug Power 5 kWe PEM fuel cells have been installed by DTE

Energy Technologies

to provide backup power at a Detroit Edison power

DTE Energy Technologies

is the biggest

we have seen for vice president

investor

in the fuel

syndicate,

Ventures

led by

West,

station

in a demonstration

are subsidiaries

Corporation.

Technology

also

Capital

They output

in

Commerce

will each

backup

provide

2.5

kW

Michigan. of electrical

the battery

systems that

power to the control

rhe power station’s

five natural

circuits

gas-fired

the

NYSERDA funding for MTI micro fuel cells of NYhas

project will include

to lest the functionality,

other

requirements,

if future

of fuel cells may eventually battery

validate

DTE

Energy

System

Operations and

applicarions. Technologies’ CenterTM

performs

and

It also will energylnow

that

energy

monitors, trading

for

power units via the Internet.

Contact: DTE

Energy Technologies Inc, 37849

Interchange Drive, Farmington Hills, Ml 48335, USA.

received an award of $500 000 from the New

Tel: +I 248 668 9530, Fax: +l 248 427 2265, www.dtetech.com

& Development

replace

systems at power stations

utility

distributed

and maint-

and determine

critical

dispatches

a joint effort

operation

York State Energy

Research

for

turbine

peaker units.

Fund.

Inc,

at Hancock

Township,

and will support

provide

the backup

a subsidiary

of DTE Energy, which has a

The fuel cells have been installed Station

www.angstrompoweccom

Technology

project.

and Detroit Edison

28% stake in Plug Power.

generations

Cells,

an

entry of irs micro fuel cell power source.

659 5471, Fax: +I 604 659 5479,

Mechanical

focus is to develop

market

enance

based

Fuel Cells Bulletin

for portable convergence

Suite 200, Vancouver, BC V6J 456, Canada. Tel: +I 604

MT1 MicroFuel

primary

by the

Angstrom Power Inc, 1682 W. 7th Avenue,

Fax: +49 761 4588 9320, Email: heblingQise.fhg.de,

of

micro fuel cell system as a power source

The one-year Contact:

Institute

(NIST).

officer.

GrowthWorks

and the Micro-Generation

Freiburg, Germany. Tel: +49 761 4588 5195,

@

the next-

The

Energy Technology, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar

and

is a signif-

fuel cells,’ said

technology

and

for

Technology

(ATP) of the US National

was facilitated

investment

Energy

Last

$4.6m

the Advanced

chief technology

in fuel cell architecture

OPG

extremely

‘This

& Development

platform

received

by Dr Ged McLean

for micro

the company’s

Cells and DuPont.

markets,

are

for us to develop

platform

and

char is a joint

relationships

some time,’ said David Berkowitz,

Chrysalix

Dr Christopher Hebling, Head of Department

www.mikroenergietechnik.de

power.

Angstrom

last year to commer-

developed

West, a leading

notebook.

www.mikrobrennstoffzelle.com

and portable

Mark Steinley.

cialize technology

The

three

could

relationships

of Ventures

The fuel cell system

of 50 We,

of

cell sector.

housing.

required

powder

types

to

applications

In today’s

of a fuel

only 27 single cells stacked The

these

and higher

significant

direct

fuel

to offer

company

corporations.

it was not

LG, ISE researchers

metal

containers.

prototype

ISE

In cooperation

the computer

top of one another.

major

‘Angstrom’s

the size of the fuel cell system and it into

with

change

the first prototype

partner

replacement

UVic Innovation

Fair, Fraunhofer

the computer.

battery

target

‘Already as a small start-up

variety

a memory

although

characteristics

Initial

the flexible of

tech-

yet be simple and inexpensive

The technology

effect, nor do they self-discharge.’ At the 1998

include

generation

but they also have a low environ-

impact

operating

power densities,

is expected

valuable,’ said president/CEO,

says Dr

‘They nor only have a high energy density long lifetime,

fuel

used to be.

advantages,’

The new fuel cell design

from

The program’s

cell system based on a patented architecture.

has been able to develop

computer.

and electronics

Hebling,

technology

fuel cell

a miniature

where the batteries

‘Fuel cells offer

and

microfabrication

program

the two companies

Program

has secured

niques to create a novel microstructured

manufacture.

collaborated

with Clean Energy Technologies Inc (CETI) LG-Caltex

is applying

R&D

Science & Technology

in its first round of financing. The

company

favorable

computer, at the recent Hannover Fair.

fuel cells,

to develop

company’s

award will also augment

a $9.3m

the program

Angstrom Power, a developer

of microstructured

After two years of development,

Europe,

support

advanced Vancouver-based

the

effort of MT1 MicroFuel

Micro fuel cell developer secures financing

the award will help

methanol micro fuel cell technology.

August

Technologies, 201 Airport Road, Elkton, MD 21922, USA. Tel: +I 410 506 7700, Fax: +I 410 506 7633,

commercialize

The NYSERDA

W.L. Gore &Associates Inc, Gore Fuel Cell

www.gore.com/fuelcelIs

from MTI,

June 2002