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Quantum Receives $1 Million Military Contract

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc., (Nasdaq: QTWW) announced the U.S. Army TARDEC-NAC (National Automotive Center) expanded its contract with Quantum to include a transportable hydrogen refueler, the HyHauler Plus(TM). The refueler will be used to support the high performance hydrogen fuel cell powered light-duty off-road vehicle currently being developed as part of the original contract with the U.S. Army announced last October. The contract amount is $1.0 million. The refueler and the vehicle will both be designed and manufactured by Quantum's Advanced Vehicle Concept Center in Lake Forest, California, and delivered to the U.S. Army for demonstrations at military bases throughout the country. The HyHauler Plus(TM) is a lightweight trailer-mounted hydrogen fuel dispensing system, specifically designed for fast fills up to 350 bar (5,000-psi) with up to 5 kg of hydrogen per fill. The HyHauler Plus(TM) utilizes an on-board electrolyzer to generate hydrogen from water and electricity. An integral compressor fills a cascade of Quantum's ultra-lightweight TriShield(TM) storage tanks within the unit for eventual delivery to the vehicle. Quantum will also design a simple, easy-to-use dispensing system that will interface with the vehicle utilizing an on-board touch screen control system. This self-contained unit can be easily transported by a […]

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Trojan Technologies Receives $9.36 Million from Government of Canada

Trojan Technologies Inc. (TSX:TUV) announced it has received a $9.36 million repayable investment from Technology Partnership Canada (TPC) to help develop leading-edge water treatment systems using ultraviolet (UV) light. The TPC investment is part of a $31.2 million research and development project being undertaken by Trojan Technologies. Through this project, Trojan expects to advance the Company's water treatment technology that destroys chemicals and pathogens and to improve its energy efficiency. The investment will assist Trojan Technologies in further development of UV-based systems for use in the purification of municipal drinking water. The Company will complete prototyping, integration and pre-commercial testing of component technologies that will significantly improve the energy efficiency and effectiveness of UV drinking water treatment systems. These systems will reduce the need for chlorination, which can produce by-products known to be harmful to human health and is not effective in treating against Cryptosporidium. Trojan will be reimbursed for a portion of eligible expenses incurred over the course of the project. Repayment of the investment will be calculated as a royalty based on the total revenue of the Company, subject to annual minimums. Technology Partnerships Canada is a special operating agency of Industry Canada, with a mandate to provide […]

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Sanyo & Mitsui Make Biodegradable CDs From Corn

Most of 26 billion CDs currently in circulation will end up in landfills. The polycarbonate they are made from doesn't degrade. Sanyo and Mitsui Chemicals have developed a product dubbed "MildDisc", a CD and jewelcase made from polyactic acid derived from corn resin that is entirely biodegradable, breaking down into water and carbon dioxide over about 50 years. Sanyo already has orders for MildDiscs and has applied for GreenPla status, a kitemark given to environmentally sound products by the Biodegradable Plastics Society.

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Canada to Fund Hydrogen Highway between Vancouver & Whistler

Visitors at the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games – which will take place in Vancouver and Whistler – will be able to travel in fuel-cell-powered vehicles on Canada's first stretch of the Hydrogen Highway. The Government of Canada today announced funding for the world's first Hydrogen Highway(TM) to be built between Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia. Said Prime Minister Martin. "Canada's going to show the world that hydrogen fuel-cell transportation is more than a great idea – it's practical, efficient and within reach." Three other projects were also announced: the Vancouver Fuel Cell Vehicle Project; the Hydrogen High-Pressure Valve Development Project; and the Hydrogen-Powered Delivery Van Project – designed to advance the development of fuel-cell vehicles. These projects will receive $5 million from the Canadian Transportation Fuel Cell Alliance (CTFCA), NRCan's $33-million initiative formed to advance the use of fuel-cell vehicles in Canada. The Hydrogen Highway project will demonstrate a wide variety of fuel-cell products for transportation, stationary, portable and micro-power applications that can use the hydrogen fueling infrastructure. Canada's Hydrogen Highway is being financially supported by industry and government. The Government of Canada is funding three new projects that will support the Hydrogen Highway initiative and share $485,000 […]

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Valley Firms to Fight Global Warming

In one of the first programs of its kind in the United States, a coalition of major Silicon Valley companies announced a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to collectively combat global warming. The companies — Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, Calpine, Lockheed, ALZA, Life Scan and PG&E — along with the city of San Jose, NASA Ames Research Center and the Santa Clara Valley Water District, will set a goal of cutting Santa Clara County's carbon dioxide emissions to 20 percent below 1990 levels by 2010. If successful, such a reduction would be more than triple the goal set by the still-stalled Kyoto agreement on global warming. It would be as effective as removing 1.1 million cars from Silicon Valley roads. Silicon Valley's program may be largely symbolic: Cars emit most of the carbon dioxide in Santa Clara County, and the companies and government entities who signed on can't do much about them. Also, a 20 percent reduction in the amount of carbon dioxide pumped into the South Bay's air is a tiny part of the world's total. But because the new Silicon Valley effort is driven by companies known worldwide for innovation, supporters hope it will lend credence nationwide to those […]

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Climate Change Bill Re-Introduced in US Congress

On March 30, the Climate Stewardship Act was re-introduced in the House by a bi-partisan group of 19 Congressmen. The bill would cap emissions by creating an emissions trading system. Lead sponsor Wayne Gilchrist's bill shadows last year's McCain-Lieberman bill, which lost 43-55 in the Senate last year. "We have come close to success in the past with our bill, and Senator Lieberman and I hope to carry that momentum into the spring and pass our bill through the Senate," McCain said. The McCain-Lieberman legislation is modeled after the successful acid rain trading program of the 1990 Clean Air Act. It would require a reduction in carbon dioxide emission levels to 2000 levels by the year 2010 by capping the overall greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity generation, transportation, industrial, and commercial economic sectors, and creating a market for individual companies to trade pollution credits.

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