Hydrogen fuel station in Sweden…. ConocoPhillips buys E-Gas patents … fuel cell water taxi

Diesel Progress North American Edition, Oct, 2003

Sydkraft, a major energy company in Northern Europe, officially unveiled Sweden's first hydrogen fueling station in Malmo, Sweden. The Hydrogen Energy Station (HES), supplied by Stuart Energy Systems Corp. provides both pure hydrogen and a blend of hydrogen and natural gas fuel. Sydkraft currently supplies natural gas fuel to the City of Malmo's entire bus fleet and intends to use the HES system to evaluate the technical, environmental and economic benefits of using a hydrogen/ natural gas blended fuel.

ConocoPhillips has acquired the patents and intellectual property associated with Global Energy Inc.'s proprietary E-Gas Technology for gasification. E-Gas Technology is an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) gasifier technology that combines gasification with gas turbine and steam power generation technologies to produce electric power, as well as co-producing synthesis gas, hydrogen and steam. E-Gas Technology converts coal and other low-grade feedstocks, including petroleum coke, heavy oil and other waste materials that may have a negative economic value, into an ultra-clean synthesis gas containing hydrogen. The companies said the process allows virtually all pollutant-forming impurities to be removed.

The world's first electric fuel cell water taxi powered by Millennium Cell's Hydrogen-on-Demand hydrogen fuel system has been successfully operated in the Newport Beach, Calif. harbor. The Duffy-Herreshoff 30 electric boat has been fitted with Millennium Cell's hydrogen storage and delivery system running through a complete PEM fuel cell engine from Anuvu, a developer and manufacturer of fuel cells and fuel cell engines. The 3 kW Hydrogen-on-Demand system weighs less than 150 lb. and is used to power a stack of four 1.5 kW Anuvu Power-X PEM fuel cells. This system replaces a diesel generator used to extend the range of the boat, which is 30 ft. long and has a capacity of 18 passengers.

Plug Power Inc. has introduced its first liquid propane gas (LPG)-fueled product, the GenSys 5P, a 5 kW, gridparallel fuel cell system, that is being marketed to rural electric cooperatives, customers that have no utility-provided electricity supply and federal and state government customers who require the remote fuel capability that LPG provides.

EPA's National Vehicle and Fuel Emission Laboratory has awarded AVL''s North American Test Systems and Instrumentation Group a contract to supply and install an advanced emission sampling system. The maximum potential value of the contract is $807,951. The system is required to support EPA's emission regulatory technology development. This includes the accurate measurement of emissions from heavy-duty diesel engines certified to the 2007 Heavy Duty On-highway Emissions Standards. In addition, AVL's exhaust emission sampling system will provide the capability needed by EPA to test low-emission heavy-duty engines equipped with advanced exhaust emission control systems.

Clean Air Partners, San Diego, is now Clean Air Power Inc. as part of its updated strategy to position the company for growth in markets with the greatest need for "power." Based on market and customer research, Clean Air Power said it validated its strategy to parlay its market share in vehicle diesel engine conversions to the distributed power generation market.

Dual-Fuel, Clean Air Power's most well known technology, enables diesel engines to operate on natural gas. Based on this core technology, Clean Air Power has developed MicroPilot for applications requiring very low emissions at 99 percent gas substitution rate, and FuelSolution with an 80 percent substitute rate where economics rather than emissions standards are motivators to convert diesel engines. In addition, Clean Air Power offers an after treatment product line for power generation applications and mobile after treatment for vehicles, as well as subcomponents for automotive and truck manufacturers to build gasoline, natural gas arm diesel vehicles.

What is considered by some to be the world's most advanced alternative fuel depot, San Diego's Regional Transportation Center (RTC), has been opened. Designed to efficiently accommodate the fueling requirements of both alternative fuel vehicles and conventional automobiles, the RTC Fuel Depot offers nine types of fuel-biodiesel, LPG, ethanol, CNG and ultra low-sulfur diesel, along with the largest electrical charging station in San Diego. Three standard grades of gasoline are also available to fuel bi-fuel, flex-fuel and conventional automobiles. The fuels are dispensed from futuristic, 8 ft. till "Eclipse" pumps, which are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.