Fuel Cells Weigh Anchor

22 Apr, 2004 at 2:33pm ET Article published in Tech

As public awareness of hydrogen fuel cells focuses on car engines and other land-based uses for alternative energy, efforts to bring hybrid power sources to the high seas steam quietly — if slowly — ahead.

On April 8, Mississauga, Ontario-based Hydrogenics, which designs and builds fuel-cell systems, announced an agreement to supply a 10-kilowatt power module to HaveBlue, a Ventura, California, company developing patented hydrogen-related technology for marine applications.

Source: Wired

Comments

22 Apr 2004 ~ 3:47pm EyesOnly Nice. Fuelscells seems to become great if the can bring it down to a sutible size.
22 Apr 2004 ~ 4:33pm Thrax And if they can stop 1% of them from spontaneously exploding.
22 Apr 2004 ~ 7:19pm Zero1 You know I can see myself in 10 years driving a fuel cell car and then I get into an accident and all the cars around are blown to bits... ah what the future can hold.
23 Apr 2004 ~ 1:41pm KingFish Seems like pretty good discouragement to me for not getting into accidents. j/k

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23 Apr 2004 ~ 1:57pm primesuspect Yeah, and in 1920 they thought that a human being going over 35 mph would have their faces blown off their heads....