CLEVELAND--HydroGen Corporation (Nasdaq:HYDG), a designer and manufacturer of multi-megawatt air-cooled phosphoric acid fuel cell (PAFC) systems, announced that the Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center recently awarded the Company approximately $230,000 to support the development of advanced fuel cell catalyst systems. HydroGen will be working in cooperation with the University of Pittsburgh's Peterson Institute of Nano Science and Engineering on this project. "This award complements HydroGen's ongoing efforts to develop state-of-the-art catalysts," said Scott Wilshire, HydroGen's Chief Operating Officer. "Recent developments in nanomaterials have the potential to yield commercially available fuel cell catalysts that will lead to longer lifetimes and lower life-cycle costs."

This award to HydroGen Corporation is one of three nanomaterials awards being made by the Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center this round. The Center funds programs that are judged by its advisory panel to have significant commercial potential.

About the Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center

The mission of the Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center is to promote and support the commercialization of nanomaterials research for new and enhanced products critical to the U.S. economy and manufacturing base. The Center builds upon Pennsylvania's excellence in advanced materials research, development and manufacturing, and it acts as a new model for a public-private partnership among government, universities, entrepreneurs, small and large companies to accelerate the transition from nanomaterials invention and innovation to new products and new companies.

About HydroGen Corporation

HydroGen Corporation, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, HydroGen, LLC, is a developer of multi-megawatt fuel cell systems utilizing its proprietary 400 kW phosphoric acid fuel cell (PAFC) technology. Advancing fuel cell technology originally developed by Westinghouse Corporation, the Company targets market applications where hydrogen is currently available and other drivers favoring the adoption of fuel cells are present.