Hydrogen Mirror Index 1999

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Fuel Cells

• MTU molten carbonate cell in Bielefeld now running
• Northrhine-Westphalia promotes fuel cells
• General Electric and the home fuel cell
• Toshiba develops own fuel cell system for cars
• Initiative for methanol as fuel
• Angelika Heinzel (Freiburg) nominated for German Future Award

5/99

• Vaillant finds partners for the home fuel cell
• What will the fuel cell bring for the suppliers?
• France promotes fuel cell
• Japanese infrastructure: Daimler prepares the field
• Progress in micro cells for mobile phones

• Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Projects
• New Cobalt Catalyst to replace Platinium in PEM cells?
• Fuel Cell running on Sewage Gas
• Fuel Cells in Police Cars

• Safety first: emergency power supply from fuel cells
• BMW fits cells in gasoline cars
• Canada creates methanol infrastructure
• Honda will make fuel cell car on their own
• Battery exhausted: Honda USA leaves this business
• Battery recharged: three US companies build electric cars in Germany
• Correction

• Small Fuel Cells to appear in the basement soon
• Japanese bet on Direct Methanol Fuel cell in cars
• Counter alliance: General Motors and Toyota work together
• Afterwards: Recycling of phosphoric fuel cells without principal problems
• XXS: Conference on portable fuel cells in Lucerne

1/99

• Fuel cell makes the hat-trick in Saxony
• Raising tensions of fuel cell output
• BMW fits fuel cells in hydrogen cars
• DaimlerChryslerFordBallard go ahead
• Methanol lobby remains active

Energy and Climate

• Pacific islands are doomed
• Thin ice in the arctic
• Ford quits the anti-climate-protection front
• Shell starts operation of solar cell factory in Gelsenkirchen

5/99

• Economical feasibility of solar power: How to do it
• Trees are no excuse for emission reduction
• Denmark's wind power
• Added value for clean cars: the customer would pay it!

• Norway-Hamburg Cable cut?
• Rising Tide for pacific islands

• Green power in Hamburg
• New association for renewable energy
• Short-sighted calculations of less emissions by less weight

• More Risks: Scientific counselors of Federal Government see rising environmental risks and only half-hearted counter-measures

• Insurances feel climate change
• Avalanches may become more common
• Climate protection is urgent!
• Incentives for natural gas cars remain

Politics

• German environmentalists demand the energy turnaround

5/99

• Climate conference in Bonn
• Parliamentary commission in Bavaria to think about future energy

• Canada funds fuel cell R&D
• Support for renewables in Germany
• Decision demanded for climate policy
• Where the stuff comes from
• More makes less (more economic activity, less CO₂)

• Federal minister for economy starts Energy Dialogue 2000
• Abolishing nukes maybe not such a bad idea after all

• German Taxes: Low tax rate for natural gas as fuel remains
• British Taxes: UK enhances ecological component in taxation

• Politicians start thinking beyond nuclear
• President of USA conveys feeling of urgency about climate protection

Further Reading

5/99

• Shell supplies material for school

• Hydrogen as an energy carrier and its production by nuclear power

• Technical and Economic Assessment of Hydrogen and Methanol Powered Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles

2/99

• For how much longer will the cheap oil last?

And What Else Have We Found...

• Ultimate weapon against slugs: the fuel cell eats them up

5/99

• Sad jubilee: America's first traffic accident victim 100 years ago

• Visionary ideas for bus drives
• Plant trip: Even the sun may have a bad day

• Miracle material graphite nanofibers

• Prophecies: Small mistakes of great experts

• Quite forgotten: gas cylinders from the Zeppelin era incidentally found