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The fuel cell industry is asking Congress and the incoming Obama administration to set aside $1.2 billion in the planned stimulus package for fuel cells and their fuels. Let Congress know you support it.

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 2008? Check out our 2008 Policy Roundup.

Fuel Cells 2000's foray into the blog world is here! Check out the Fuel Cell Insider and be sure to comment often.

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.

We've updated and reorganized our Fuel Cell Library! Lots of new studies were published recently.

The US Fuel Cell Council has released a comprehensive list of fuel cell products available for purchase from manufacturers headquartered in the United States, Canada and Europe.

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

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 the fuel 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 the combination 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 what great applications fuel cells can be used for!

ANSWERS to some of the questions you've been hearing and reading about hydrogen and fuel cells.

How much is each country spending on fuel cells? We've compiled websites, reports and presentations and created the new draft report, International Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Policy and Funding.

Fall 2008 Fuel Cell Quarterly

What's New in the Industry -

• Central Grocers Purchases 220 Plug Power GenDrive™ Units. Central Grocers, Inc., a member's owned grocery wholesaler that supplies and services over 200 independent grocery retailers in the Chicago and Northwest Indiana area, has purchased 220 Plug Power GenDrive™ fuel cell units to power its entire lift truck fleet at its new distribution center currently being built in Joliet, Illinois.  The facility is expected to be operational by Spring 2009.  Air Products will provide both the liquid hydrogen storage compression system as well as multiple indoor fueling dispensers.

• IdaTech Receives Order for 35 Units from Telecommunications Company. IdaTech plc has received an order for 35 of its ElectraGen™ XTi systems from a major national US mobile telecommunications company.  The systems, which will be deployed in Florida, will provide reliable, extended duration backup power to the cellular base station network during times of power outage from the electricity grid.

Want to know how a fuel cell works? Check out the animated demos.

UTC animation

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, Fuel Cell Buses, Fuel Cell Specialty Vehicles and Worldwide Hydrogen Fueling Stations.