FuelCellsWorks

Come inside the GM Fuel Cell lab in Honeoye Falls, New York, where the team works on everything from chemistry to assembly. Watch as engineer, Lucy Wilke, shows us the latest in fuel cell assembly.

The Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee released its 2009 annual report: The State of Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Commercialization and Technical Development (PDF 1 MB). 

HTAC reports significant strides in 2009, despite the economic climate, budget uncertainties, and a shifting policy framework upon which much of industry relies.

The document reports a 41% increase in worldwide shipments of fuel cells compared with 2008 shipment data. Highlights of commercial deployments are featured, along with brief reports on research progress.

Reno, NV — eHydrogen Solutions, Inc. (eHS),  announced today a major new research and development initiative utilizing  solar energy to as the main power source for real-time hydrogen creation direct from water.  The H-Solaris Generator design uses ordinary water to produce hydrogen gas resulting from solar photo-reactions (synthetic photosynthesis).  The resulting hydrogen gas integrates into the Company’s On Demand Hydrogen Production (ODHP) systems for production of electricity, heat, or both.   The company estimates 1 liter of water can meet the electrical kilowatt requirements of the average residential household.

Technological advances and recent government research funding have advanced Photoelectrolysis and artificial Photosynthesis technologies to a level were they can be integrated into eHs’ recently announced Distributed Energy and CHP projects.  These processes, together with advanced electrolysis technologies, when integrated into a fuel cell, hydrogen powered generator and/or advanced battery storage, will enable sufficient hydrogen production to power a home; only using the sun and water.  This has important potential implications, since hydrogen can be produced on-site and does not need to be transported.

The H-Solaris Initiative, together with the Company’s recently announced $2,000,000 Intellectual Property (IP) Transfer expands the scope of its core On Demand Hydrogen Production (ODHP) technologies to include heating, power production, fuel cell applications, advanced battery storage technologies, Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engines (HICE) and a number of other advanced Distributed Power solutions; all requiring advanced hydrogen production as their zero emissions power source.

The Company believes that Distributed Power Generation, particularly relating to residential use, is an emerging growth sector that promises to become a significant and vital energy option primed for strong sales growth of the company’s holdings and technologies.

The Company intends to develop and license a variety of technologies and power systems founded on its core holdings will make further announcements on the progress of each of these new initiatives and the as the various core technologies are integrated into its development and partnership programs.

About eHydrogen Solutions

eHydrogen Solutions (eHs) specializes in the development of On demand Hydrogen Production (ODHP) technologies designed to produce hydrogen in the most cost effective, environmentally friendly and sustainable manner possible for integration in to a number of clean energy Distributed Power solutions.  In addition to providing an “on demand” hydrogen source for aftermarket hydrogen enhancement applications that increases the efficiency of virtually any combustion process, eHs scope of On Demand Hydrogen Production (ODHP) technologies enables the integration with fuel cell applications, advanced battery technologies and Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engines (HICE).

eHs’ proprietary ODHP technologies is available today to qualified partners in a wide variety of vertical and/or geographic markets worldwide, through joint development/ adaptation, distribution and production agreements.