Fuel Cell Journals

Fuel Cell Today

"Fuel Cell Today is the leading organisation for market based intelligence on the fuel cell industry. Covering key trends and developments in industry and government, Fuel Cell Today has provided relevant, unbiased and objective information for more than a decade. We aim to allow decision makers to take advantage of the opportunities that fuel cells offer and to provide a reliable source of information for those developing and deploying fuel cell solutions.

Fuel Cell Today offers a suite of services comprising:
  -  Daily news
  - Analyst views
  - Event reports
  - Annual industry review
  - Patent reviews
  - Legislation/RCS reviews
  - Topical surveys

The services are provided free of charge through this website." ... more

;Future Energies Magazine

"Future Energies Magazine was founded by Gordon Foat and James Abela as a response to their personal desire to do something positive for the environment. It was noted that there are plenty of general online environmental magazines discussing climate change and the woes of pollution, but nothing discussing what could be done about it, discussing the alternatives available and how we can reduce overall energy consumption and carbon dioxide levels.

It was felt that a combination of Gadget style magazine, discussion and daily updated news would appeal to a wide range of Business insiders and interested hobbyists. One of our prime directives was to allow anybody and everybody to have a say of some sort, although not all articles can be published, all comments are published unless libelous or include expletives." ... more

The Hydrogen Journal

"The Hydrogen Journal is a news service for the hydrogen industry, covering developments in fuel cells, technology, hydrogen supply, storage, projects and regulatory policy.

Behind Hydrogen is an online social network for people involved in the world wide hydrogen industry, so you can get in contact with other people in the industry, privately or publicly, and share news about what you are doing.

We believe that a hydrogen-based energy system is the only way that we can manage society's energy needs in the medium future, which can be made on a big enough scale.

Many people question the relative benefits of battery cars vs hydrogen cars. Whilst battery cars might be more viable today, they are still dependent on scarce chemicals and have a limited range.

Once hydrogen becomes more easily available, and there are some small advances in fuel cell technology, we believe that the benefits of hydrogen / fuel cell cars will overtake battery cars, and certainly, whatever happens, hydrogen / fuel cells will be a major contender.

To quote Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute (from his white paper "TWenty Hydrogen Myths" Feb 2005, "Although batteries' energy density, life, and cost can be considerably improved, it is still probably easier to make a good fuel cell than a good battery, and the comparative advantage of the technologies that compete with batteries is probably more likely to expand than to shrink."

But there are plenty of benefits to a hydrogen fuel system, aside from motor vehicles." ... more

The Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Letter

"The Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Letter, the voice of the international hydrogen community, has been published continuously since 1986. We cover the science, business, economics, and politics of hydrogen and fuel cells - nationally and internationally. Every month.

At its spring 2005 annual meeting, the "National Hydrogen Association" honored editor Peter Hoffmann with the Robert M. Zweig Public Education Award for publishing "the oldest, continuously published news source of its kind," the second such honor (in 1997, NHA presented its Public Education Award to H&FCL). And the German Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Association (DWV) calls us the "best specialized publication in the field worldwide" on its German-language website.

The Editor:

Peter Hoffmann, a former Washington and foreign correspondent for a major business/technology news service, McGraw-Hill World News, has been writing about hydrogen energy since the first oil crisis of 1973. From the late'60s to the early'80s he was stationed in Bonn from where he also covered what was then communist Central Europe, eventually as deputy bureau chief. In between he was bureau chief for four years (1970-74) in Milan, Italy.

His articles on hydrogen energy have appeared in Business Week, The Washington Post, the Friends of the Earth magazine Not Man Apart, Germany's GEO, Britain's Financial Times European Energy Report, Italy's Ambiente, and McGraw-Hill's Chemical Engineering and Chemical Week. He contributed the "hydrogen" entry to the 1986 New Book of Knowledge, a Grolier encyclopedia for young people. Peter and Sarah Hoffmann - she is'H&FCL's production manager - translated a seminal hydrogen energy book, Hydrogen as an Energy Carrier (Carl-Jochen Winter, Joachim Nitsch, editors - Springer Verlag, 1988, New York, Berlin), as well as several other books from German to English." ... more

Fuel Cells 2000

"Fuel Cells 2000 is an activity of the Breakthrough Technologies Institute (BTI), a non-profit [501(c)(3)] independent, educational organization that identifies and promotes environmental and energy technologies that can improve the human condition.

BTI was established in 1993 to ensure that emerging technologies have a voice in environmental and energy policy debates. Our current focus is on air quality, climate change, energy efficiency, and energy independence. Our programs have won international recognition and numerous awards.

Fuel Cells 2000's mission is to promote the commercialization of fuel cells and hydrogen by supplying accurate, unbiased information, developing and disseminating summary materials accessible to a general audience, and providing a portal for researchers, developers, suppliers, government officials, opinion leaders and others interested in the sector. Our materials and information are available free of charge, with minor exceptions." ... more

Fuel Cell Markets Ltd

"Fuel Cell Markets is a business facilitator, assisting fuel cell, hydrogen and related sustainable energy companies with building the necessary partnerships to take their technologies & services to market. We provide a service that utilises business to business marketing tools in conjunction with our business development team, who assist by establishing direct introductions to prequalified potential partners as well as developing market entry strategies.

Mission Statement

To assist with the commercialisation of fuel cell, hydrogen, and sustainable energy technologies " ... more

Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Safety Report

"The Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Energy Association publishes the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Safety Report, a monthly electronic publication which provides information about developing hydrogen and fuel cell Codes and Standards and related safety information.

In addition, this site supports the activities of the National Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Codes & Standards Coordinating Committee, an entity consisting of a large number of organizations involved in the development of codes and standards for hydrogen energy systems and fuel cells, and the Hydrogen Industry Panel on Codes (HIPOC), an on-going forum to support the changes to codes and standards that are necessary to harmonize the U.S. Model Codes developed by the International Code Council (ICC) and codes and standards developed by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) affecting or relating to the storage, dispensing, use and handling of gaseous and liquefied hydrogen." ... more

The Fuel Cell Insider

"The Fuel Cell Insider is a forum for discussion, debate and information exchange about fuel cells and their fuels. It's called the Insider because we are committed to giving you access to the comments and work of professionals in the field - professional scientists and engineers, certainly, but also policy professionals, journalists and advocates. The Fuel Cell Insider is a window into the fuel cell world. But as with all blogs, if you don't like the window…break it! If you don't like the view, change the focus. There is already a surplus of unchallenged assertions in the world of fuel cells. Perhaps with honest exchange, we can generate some light with all that heat.

The Insider blog is managed by Fuel Cells 2000, a non-profit education and outreach program that promotes fuel cells and their fuels internationally via information, reports, user-friendly databases and forums of exchange for researchers, developers, suppliers, students, teachers, government officials, opinion leaders and others interested in the sector. We are an activity of the Breakthrough Technologies Institute." ... more

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs)

"The Microbial fuel cell website is completely devoted to the beauty of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) or more generally bio-electrochemical systems (BESs). This website is originating from a couple of the research groups which are currently active in the BES research domain. The website aims to provide news about BES, to give an overview of the state of the art of the MFC and BES technology, to list the involved research groups worldwide and can be a forum for BES related questions and answers.

General priniciples of MFCs

A microbial fuel cell (MFC) converts chemical energy, available in a bio-convertible substrate, directly into electricity. To achieve this, bacteria are used as a catalyst to convert substrate into electrons.

Bacteria are very small (size appr. 1 µm) organisms which can convert a huge variety of organic compounds into CO2, water and energy. The micro-organsisms use the produced energy to grow and to maintain there metabolism. However, by using a MFC we can harvest a part of this microbial energy in the form of electricity.

A MFC consists of an anode, a cathode, a proton or cation exchange membrane and an electrical circuit." ... more

Fuel Cell News

"UK based fuel cell news site and blog brings you all the latest fuel cell news from around the world including the very latest fuel cell car and vehicle news.

The online resource with news, information and blog articles on fuel cells, fuel cells for homes and fuel cell cars / vehicles throughout the world. Our aim is to keep you up to date and informed about this clean energy source we believe will power everything from cars, trucks, motorbikes to our homes and offices in the not too distant future.

Fuel Cell News will bring the latest on fuel cell cars and fuel cell vehicles. Fuel Cell News director Paul Walker has already had the privilege of driving in a fuel cell car and strongly believes that this is where the motoring world is heading. "With the cost of fossil fuels forcing drivers to look at alternative modes of transport and governments continually striving to achieve carbon emission targets, motor manufacturers will have to listen to their customers. We expect the car market to see the biggest revolution since the invention of the internal combustion engine" predicts Paul. "Within 5 years we will see the mainstream manufacturers such as Daimler Benz producing fuel cell cars and once prices drop and a hydrogen fuelling infrastructure is in place, there will be no stopping the explosion in fuel cell vehicle sales" ... more