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Why 2016 looks set to be the year the tide turns decisively in favour of fuel cell electric vehicles

Dr Henri Winand – CEO of Intelligent Energy, UK Dieselgate is catalyst for change There is little doubt that the fallout is continuing to be felt from the revelations of emissions-rigging in the automotive industry. The ‘Dieselgate’ scandal, combined with growing public concern i ...

Posted 21 March 2016 by Steve Barrett

tags: Power generation , Fuel cells , Fuel cell electric vehicles , FCEVs , Hydrogen energy , Clean energy

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Smart grid technology innovation is gathering momentum

Patent filings research carried out by UK-based intellectual property firm, Withers & Rogers, has revealed that innovation activity in the area of energy storage – and smart grid technology in particular – is gathering momentum. This is partly due to the UK government’s decisio ...

Posted 08 January 2016 by Steve Barrett

tags: Smart grids , Patents , Intellectual property (IP) , Energy storage

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Guest Blog: Learning from India’s power revolution

Dr Henri Winand – CEO of Intelligent Energy, UK Given the relative state of their power grids, it would seem that the UK has little to learn from India when it comes to efficiently providing and delivering electricity. But when it comes to renewable energy, India is paving a path from which t ...

Posted 21 October 2015 by Steve Barrett

tags: Power generation , India , Fuel Cells , Hydrogen energy , Renewable energy , Telecoms

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Guest blog: Picking winners

BY ROLAND JOEBSTL For those who dare to look into the future and see a low-carbon society powered by renewables with global warming kept below the 2°C threshold, the message is clear: it is time to pick the winners, throw off our shackles of the past and do it right, writes Rola ...

Posted 02 July 2015 by Steve Barrett

tags: low carbon , climate change , COP21 , renewable energy , energy efficiency , investment

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Thermal stores – the answer to getting the most from renewable energy

Thermal stores are the key to getting the best from renewable energy. Here Mark Wozencroft, Managing Director of Minus 7, explains how they work and the benefits. Energy storage A crucial part of getting the most from renewable energy is the correct storage of the energy you have harvested. This i ...

Posted 04 February 2014 by Steve Barrett

tags: Renewable energy , Energy storage , Thermal storage , Heat energy

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Energy storage solutions to enhance grid economics

By Nick Ni – Verde LLC, Massachusetts, USA Renewable energy has grown at a dramatic rate in recent years. The US Energy Information Administration has recently reported that renewable energy sources provided 9.81% of US energy consumption and 11.82% of domestic energy productio ...

Posted 31 October 2013 by Steve Barrett

tags: hydrogen , energy storage , renewable energy , total system levelized cost , wind energy , batteries , fuel cells , electrolyzers , electrolysis , solar PV , renewable hydrogen , green hydrogen , economic benefits

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Hydrogen for fuel cell electric vehicles

By Nick Ni – Verde LLC, Massachusetts, USA The concept of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) has been promoted for several years. Compared to conventional vehicles, fuel cell powered vehicles generate zero greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants at point-of-use. In addition, they can gre ...

Posted 19 September 2013 by Steve Barrett

tags: hydrogen , fuel cells , fuel cell electric vehicles , fuel cell vehicles , FCEVs , FCVs , hydrogen storage , hydrogen fueling , hydrogen stations , fuel cell catalysts

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Top 10 trends for the fuel cell industry in 2013

Around this time of year everyone and their dog does a review of the year just gone, or a preview for the year to come, often in the form of a ‘Top 10’. Even so, it’s interesting to see what analysts at Pike Research highlight in a white paper that identifies the 10 most notable a ...

Posted 30 January 2013 by Steve Barrett

tags: fuel cell , fuel cells , hydrogen , hydrogen energy , hydrogen fuelling , hydrogen infrastructure , fuel cell vehicles , platinum , palladium , energy storage

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European partnership pushing ahead with funding of demonstration projects

The European Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) plays a key role in the development – and in particular demonstration – of fuel cell and hydrogen energy technologies in a wide range of applications. The FCH JU is a unique public-private partnership that was established i ...

Posted 08 January 2013 by Steve Barrett

tags: fuel cell , fuel cells , electrolyser , European Commission , Europe , hydrogen energy , partnership

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Guest Blog: UK developing fuel cell and hydrogen technology manufacturing and supply chain

By Richard Kemp-Harper, Technology Strategy Board Over a number of years, the UK's Technology Strategy Board has built up a good relationship with innovative businesses working in the fuel cell and hydrogen sectors, and has been providing support that suits the needs of this developing industry. W ...

Posted 16 November 2012 by Steve Barrett

tags: fuel cells , hydrogen energy , investment , government , manufacturing , supply chain

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