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State of the States: Fuel Cells in America - a report by Fuel Cells 2000 highlighting each state's activity and policies. How does your state stack up againt our Fuel Cell Top 5?

What do Coca-Cola, Wal-Mart, Wegman's, Whole Foods, Verizon, Sprint, Pepperidge Farm all have in common? Fuel Cells! Check out the Technology Update for the latest news in the fuel cell industry. 60 Minutes did a great piece about Bloom Energy, a fuel cell manufacturer with eBay, Staples, Google, WalMart and FedEx as customers.

We're getting the word out about fuel cells! Visit our Articles page to read about hot fuel cell topics, published in a variety of magazines and journals.

Keep spreading the word about how fuel cells and hydrogen need to be part of our energy portfolio! Check out our Grassroots page for resources and tools.

Want the inside scoop on the fuel cell industry? Check out our Fuel Cell Insider blog and post your comments, questions or thoughts.

State Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Database - a constantly updated searchable database of state programs, policy. incentives, initiatives, stationary fuel cell installations, vehicle demonstrations and hydrogen fueling stations. What happened in 2009? Check out our 2009 Policy Roundup.

The US Fuel Cell Council has released a comprehensive list of fuel cell products available for purchase from manufacturers headquartered in the United States, Canada and Europe.

Worldwide Stationary Fuel Cell Installation Database - a searchable, sortable catalogue of stationary fuel cell installations around the world.

What is a fuel cell?

A fuel cell is an electrochemical device that combines hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity, with water and heat as its by-product.  As long as fuel is supplied, the fuel cell will continue to generate power.  Since the conversion of thefuel to energy takes place via an electrochemical process, not combustion, the process is clean, quiet and highly efficient – two to three times more efficient than fuel burning.

No other energy generation technology offers thecombination of benefits that fuel cells do.  In addition to low or zero emissions, benefits include high efficiency and reliability, multi-fuel capability, siting flexibility, durability, scalability and ease of maintenance.  Fuel cells operate silently, so they reduce noise pollution as well as air pollution and the waste heat from a fuel cell can be used to provide hot water or space heating for a home or office. 

See what great applications fuel cells can be used for!

The Tenth Edition of the Fuel Cell Directory is HERE!

ANSWERS to some of the questions you've been hearing and reading about hydrogen and fuel cells. If you are from the media, we've compiled some great resources for you!

Check out some of our recent conference presentations for loads of charts, images and technical information on hydrogen and fuel cell industry advancements and policy.

Fuel cell cars are on the road around the world today in fleets, testing programs and demonstration trials! Automakers are pledging to commercialize them by 2015. Check out our compilation of quotes from the leading automakers!

What's New in the Industry -

• FuelCell Energy Sells Units for Installations at U.S. Naval Sub Base, Water Reclamation Facility and Egg Ranch. FuelCell Energy, Inc. has sold two 300 kilowatt DFC300 fuel cell power plants to be installed at the U.S. Naval Submarine Base New London, located in Groton, Connecticut.  The two DFC300 fuel cell power plants will be installed adjacent to the existing energy plant on the Base and will provide reliable base load electricity with the byproduct heat used for pre-heating the water used in the boiler at the existing energy plant.  FuelCell Energy, Inc. also sold two 300 kilowatt DFC300 fuel cell power plants to the Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) in southern California to be fueled by renewable biogas. The fuel cells will be located at the Perris Valley Regional Water Reclamation Facility in Riverside County, California and are expected to be operational by mid 2011.  Finally, FuelCell Energy, Inc. also sold a 1.4 megawatt (MW) DFC1500 fuel cell power plant to G3 Power Systems, Inc. (G3) to be installed at Olivera Egg Ranch, LLC, a poultry ranch located in French Camp, California.  It will utilize renewable biogas for fuel, converting what is currently a waste problem for Olivera Egg Ranch into clean electricity that is generated at the point of use.

• IdaTech Receives Order for 154 Systems. IdaTech plc has received an order for 154 ElectraGen™ fuel cell systems as part of its Phase III roll out on the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Lombok.  IdaTech’s partner Cascadiant has been awarded the Phase III expansion contract to install and support the ElectraGen™ fuel cell systems and has already successfully installed over 100 fuel cell systems across Indonesia with several of the wireless operators.

Want to know how a fuel cell works? Check out the animated demos.

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Other Resources -

Career and Education Center - Check out the Fuel Cell Match Maker to post your resume and browse for fuel cell work! Also browse our Employment, Educational and Professional resources with links to job sites, colleges and universities, science projects, lesson plans and much, much more.

Download our Fuel Cell Reference Charts, including the Fuel Cell Equity and Investment chart. Also available - Fuel Cell Vehicles, Fuel Cell Buses, Fuel Cell Specialty Vehicles, US Hydrogen Fueling Stations, and World Hydrogen Fueling Stations.

Overwhelmed by all of the information on our site? Visit our Site Guide for a listing of topics.