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Fuel Cells 2000 has just released The Business Case for Fuel Cells 2011: Energizing America's Top Companies - a new report that profiles 24 new customers and 10 repeat customers profiled in our last report. See how companies like Walmart, Adobe, Google and Coca-Cola are saving time, money and emissions by using fuel cells.

Be sure to take a look at our charts highlighting rising fuel cell sales in the grocery/retail and warehouse/forklift markets.

Fuel Cells 2000 has recently published two case studies - one on The Defense Logistics Agency's (DLA) fuel cell forklifts, and the other on Tulare Waste Water Treatment Plant's 1.2 MW stationary installation.

State of the States: Fuel Cells in America 2011 - a report by Fuel Cells 2000 highlighting each state's activity and policies. So much has happened since our last report, including 5 Up and Coming States gaining quickly on the Top 5!

Fuel Cells 2000 has estimated current fuel cell employment and compiled other projections of job creation in the fuel cell and hydrogen industry.

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 2010? Check out our 2010 Policy Roundup and the 2010 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report.

Subscribe to our free Fuel Cell Technology Update for the latest news in the fuel cell industry.

Check out our Grassroots page for resources and tools to help show your support for fuel cells.

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

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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 all of the different applications fuel cells can be used for!

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. Our Fuel Cell Library has tons of articles, reports and studies on a whole slew of fuel cell and related fuel topics!

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.

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

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

60 Minutes did a great piece about Bloom Energy, a fuel cell manufacturer with eBay, Staples, Google, WalMart and FedEx as customers.

What's New in the Industry -

  • Ballard to Supply Twenty-One Fuel Cells for Van Hool Buses; Twenty-Five Fuel Cells for Brazil Buses; BC Transit Fleet Surpasses One Million Miles. Ballard Power Systems has signed an equipment supply agreement with Van Hool NV for 21 of Ballard’s latest-generation FCvelocity™ HD6 fuel cell power modules for buses to be deployed in several European cities.  It is expected that the majority of the modules will be shipped in 2012.  Ballard has also signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with The City of Sao Paulo, Brazil for 25 FCvelocity™-HD6 fuel cell modules for 25 buses in that city.  Delivery of the modules is also planned for 2012.  A final agreement with The City of Sao Paulo is now in negotiation.  And in other Ballard fuel cell bus news, the 20-bus fleet operated by BC Transit powered by Ballard fuel cell modules recently surpassed 1 million miles (1.6-million kilometers) in two years.  The BC Transit fleet has been the largest hydrogen fuel cell-powered bus fleet in the world.

  • P&G Purchases More Than 200 Fuel Cells for Forklift Fleet. Plug Power will supply Proctor & Gamble Co. with more than 200 GenDrive® fuel cell units combined for its electric lift truck fleet at facilities in California, Louisiana and North Carolina, helping to drive down operating costs and improve process efficiencies.  

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Check out our list of Fuel Cell and Hydrogen conferences around the world!

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, U.S. Fuel Cell Buses, World Fuel Cell BusesFuel Cell Specialty Vehicles, US Hydrogen Fueling Stations, and World Hydrogen Fueling Stations.

 

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