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Cost of electricity from fuel cells
Electricity generated from fuel cells in 2000 cost $3000-$4000 per KW, whereas electricity generated from a typical gas-fired central power plant runs between $500 and $1000 per KW
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Fuel cell vehicles generation capacity
200 million fuel cell vehicles has 4 tmies the generating capacity of the entire US power grid
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Benz says 100,000 fuel cell cars by end of decade
Daimler Benz says it will have 100,000 fuel cell powered cars by 2010
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Stationary fuel cells for home power plants
Ballard Power Systems of Burnaby, British Columbia and Ply Power of Latham, New York have both launched ambitious marketing plans to outfit commercial business and homes with stationary fuel cell power plants
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Building in US installing fuel cells
Even large commercial buildings in the US are installing fuel cells
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Hydrogen energy web and WWW
Hydrogen energy web will be akin to the WWW? Where distributed power generation using fuel cells will rule...according to one school of thought
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Coal a source for fuel cells
Because H2 is produced when coal is gasified, coal may become an important source of fuel for fuel cells. A process called mild gasification, which uses lower temperatures and pressures than normal, may produce substances that can be processed into high value industrial raw material and heat
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Fuel cells with sthg other than H2
There is ongoing research for fuel cells that can pack something other than H2 - methanol, for instance
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There could be a platinum scarcity
Platinum is used in fuel cells. Most platinum is produced in South Africa and Russia. If platinum turns out to be an essential component in fuel cells, there could be a squeeze on its supply
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Ballard to Supply 10,000 Fuel Cells to India
Ballard Power Systems announced it has signed a deal to supply 10,000 fuel cells to wireless telecom base stations in India. The Vancouver-based company plans to sell the cells -- 1,000 in 2009 and 9,000 in 2010 -- to a new joint venture between IdaTech, which makes fuel-cell systems, and the Acme Group, which sells green-energy and energy-efficiency systems to telecom companies and others. - Read More
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