Fuel Cells

National Fuel Cell Research Center (NFCRC) - The mission of the NFCRC is to promote and support the genesis of a fuel cell industry by providing technological leadership within a vigorous program of research, development and demonstration.
http://www.nfcrc.uci.edu/

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Energy Video - Promoting a 7 hour video on hydrogen fuel cell related topics including a free downloadable 30 minute version. Kids, you need an adult to help if you're making hydrogen!
http://www.knowledgepublications.com/hydrogen_fuel_cell_energy.htm

Fuel Cell Images - A selection of photos and technical drawings showing fuel cell technology. Google.
http://images.google.com/images?q=fuel+cell&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&start=20&sa=N

Fuel Cell Markets - Dedicated to accelerating the commercialization of fuel cell technologies, promoting fuel cell companies, opening opportunities and presenting fuel cells as renewable energy technologies and sustainable energy solutions.
http://www.fuelcellmarkets.com

Palcan Fuel Cell Co. Ltd. - Focus on low power (under 5 kW) transportation and portable markets, design and manufacture of a variety of PEM fuel cell configurations with an emphasis on ambient pressure and air cooled systems. Rare earth metal hydride and canister replacement systems solve the issues of hydrogen storage and fuel infrastructure with integration via proprietary electronics.
http://www.palcan.com

Lynntech, Inc. - Developers of fuel cells and fuel cell test stations.
http://www.lynntech.com

EnergyOr Technologies Inc. - Canadian company developing stationary PEM fuel cell technology. Company profile, and information about its prototype and product.
http://www.energyor.com/

Collecting the History of Fuel Cells - A Smithsonian Institute project to gather historical materials. A technology and applications overview and brief illustrated history are presented for each of the major fuel cell types.
http://americanhistory.si.edu/fuelcells/

Energy Technology Services LLC - ETS is a technical and business resource that provides investment firms, technology companies, and public agencies with easy access to a top-rated team of technical talent in fuel cells, hydrogen systems, and related technologies.
http://www.energytechnologyservices.com

Third Orbit Power Systems, Inc. - Develops power systems based on fuel cells, renewable and hydrogen energy. They also provide products as diverse as electric vehicles and educational fuel cells and technical and economic research and analysis.
http://www.thirdorbitpower.com

Microcell Corporation - Developer of a microfiber fuel cell system in which each cell consists of a cylindrical arrangement of membrane and catalyst layers, extruded as a fiber assembly. Overview of technology and products under development.
http://www.microcellcorp.com/

Global Thermoelectric, Inc. - Specialist in Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) development.
http://www.globalte.com/

N-GHY - Engaged in the design and industrial development of fuel processors generating hydrogen for fuel cells, specialized in high-temperature non-catalytic steam-reforming of diesel. Located in France.
http://www.n-ghy.com

Protonex - Develops fuel cell solutions for portable and remote power applications, for power ranges from 10 to 500 W. Products include hydrogen and direct-methanol designs.
http://www.protonex.com/

Nuvera Fuel Cells - Designs and develops fuel processors, PEM fuel cell stacks, and integrated fuel cell systems for stationary and transportation applications.
http://www.nuvera.com

NuVant Systems Inc. - Develops and licenses advanced, innovative and cost effective fuel cells, components and evaluation instruments for manufacturers and researchers.
http://www.nuvant.com

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Letter - Published since 1986, this publication covers events and developments in the emerging field of fuel cell development.
http://www.hfcletter.com/

Hydrogen Powered Car Information - Data about the hydrogen fuel cell powered car industry, as well as other alternative fuel vehicles.
http://www.hydrogencarinfo.com

Alternative Fuel Vehicle Group - News and information of electric, hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles, fuel cells, natural gas, and other clean fuels for public, private and government fleets, cars, trucks and buses.
http://www.altfuels.com/

Ovonic Regenerative Fuel Cell - Has intrinsic energy storage capability, allowing instant start at even -20C without a startup/buffer battery, storage of regenerative braking energy, and operation for several minutes without hydrogen fuel.
http://www.ovonicfuelcell.com

FCT - Advanced Fuel Cell Technology Newsletter - Online subscription newsletter offering technical and investor information from the fuel cell industry including patents, people, new products, and trends.
http://www.7ms.com/fct

Hoku Scientific, Inc. - Developing innovative designs and alternative materials for use in fuel cell systems providing lower cost characteristics and the capacity for greater performance.
http://www.hokuscientific.com

Alarming Oxygen Depletion Caused by Hydrogen Combustion and Fuel Cells - Hydrogen combustion implies the permanent removal from our atmosphere of directly usable oxygen, a serious environmental problem called oxygen depletion, since the combustion turns oxygen into water whose separation to restore the original oxygen is prohibitive due to cost. Abstract.
http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0009014

Aardduck Fuel Cell Resources - Comprehensive portal on hydrogen energy and fuel cell technology, including transportation applications.
http://www.geocities.com/aardduck/fc_basic.html

Fuel Cells Technology Showcase - Society of Automotive Engineers site on fuel cells and fuel cell technology including research, news, and information on hydrogen fuel cell energy, and PEM fuel cell vehicles.
http://fuelcells.sae.org/

Hydrogen Fuel Cells - Research paper written by Will Jobs documenting the history of, applications of, future of, and essentially every aspect of hydrogen fuel cells.
http://www.freewebs.com/hydrogenfuelcells/

HydroPowerCar - One man's experiment to use hydrogen as fuel to power a car on hydrogen. Detailed pictures of his hydrogen generation unit that he built himself.
http://hydropowercar.com/

Adaptive Materials Inc. - Featuring portable fuel cell designs and manufacturing techniques.
http://www.adaptivematerials.com/

Fuel Cell Career Center - Fuel Cells 2000 is an online resource center for individuals interested a professional career in the fuel cell industry. Includes: Education, Employment Opportunities, and Professional Development - to service every stage of the job search - from laying the groundwork with a fuel cell-focused degree to training and workshops at the professional level.
http://www.fuelcells.org/ced/employ.html

Fuel Cells - Reducing Greenhouse Gases - Article From Western Canadian Online Outdoors News Archive. <small>(December 1, 2001)</small>
http://www.westcanoon.com/archive/fuelcell.html

Chewonki Renewable Hydrogen Project - A demonstration project to accelerate deployment of renewable energy systems using hydrogen generators, storage and fuel cells. Based in Maine by a non-profit environmental education foundation founded in 1962.
http://www.chewonkih2.org/

Ecocats Ltd. - Alternative power boats and catamarans using a variety of power sources, including fuel cells.
http://www.ecocats.com/

NanoDynamics, Inc.- - Develops powders, nanostructured metal, ceramic and carbon materials, with components and devices incorporating nanotechnology; such as fuel cells.
http://www.nanodynamics.biz/

Fuel Cell Technology at Umwelt-Campus Birkenfeld - Featuring a group headed by Dr Greg Hoogers, editor of the Fuel Cell Technology Handbook (CRC) that is about components and 'diagnostic' methods for hydrogen and methanol PEM fuel cells, and portable DMFC systems. German site in English.
http://www.umwelt-campus.de/~brennstoffzelle

Acumentrics Corporation - Describe their tubular solid oxide fuel cell systems that integrate fuel reforming with power generation.
http://www.acumentrics.com/

Middle East Forum on Fuel Cells - Promotes the hydrogen economy in the Middle East by raising awareness of fuel cell technology and organizing conferences, exchange meetings, seminars and workshops.
http://www.me-fuelcells.com

Fuel Cell Materials.com - Source of advanced ceramic materials for solid oxide fuel cells, nanoscale technology for fuel processor catalysts, and sensors for proton exchange membrane fuel cell systems.
http://www.fuelcellmaterials.com/

H2 ECOnomy, C - Produces fuel cell stacks up to 1 kW, bipolar plates, DC-DC converters, and fuel cell test stations.
http://www.h2economy.com

Fuel Cell Control Ltd - Designer and manufacturer of alkaline fuel cells and control equipment. An alternative energy provider based in the UK.
http://www.fuelcellcontrol.com

Johnson Matthey Gas Processing Technology - Johnson Matthey's Gas Processing Technology (GPT) Group produces products including Palladium (Pd) Purifiers and Getter and Catalytic Gas Purifiers and Fuel Processors.
http://www.hydrogentechnology.com

Discovering the Principle of the Fuel Cell - Build your own fuel cell in a simple experiment you can do at home or school. The description can be downloaded for free. Ideal for a student science project. Great online videos explain how it works.
http://www.geocities.com/fuelcellkit/

DTI Energy, Inc. - California corporation with the master license for exclusive worldwide rights to the Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC) technology. Contact for license to incorporate DMFC Technology into your application/s.
http://www.dtienergy.com/

How Stuff Works: Fuel Processors - Graphic article shows how fuel processors (reformers) work and how efficient they are.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/fuel-processor.htm

Fuel Speed Ahead - Grist Magazine article based on Tom Koppel's book "Powering the Future: The Ballard Fuel Cell and the Race to Change the World."
http://www.gristmagazine.com/grist/books/books063000.stm?source=daily

IEA - Advanced Fuel Cells - This International Energy Agency program advances the understanding of contracting parties in the field of advanced fuel cells. Participating countries include Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and USA.
http://www.ieafuelcell.com/

Build Your Own Fuel Cell - Complete directions to build a hydrogen fuel cell to generate electricity available as an online e-book by Phillip Hurley for download.
http://www.goodideacreative.com/fuel_cell.html

Speeding the Transition: Designing a Fuel-Cell Hypercar - A paper by Brett D. Williams, Timothy C. Moore and Amory B. Lovins presented to the National Hydogen Association's Annual U.S. Hydrogen Meeting. [PDF] <small>(March 11, 1997)</small>
http://www.rmi.org/images/other/Trans/T04-01_HypercarH2AutoTrans.pdf

PZERO (Power with Zero Emissions) - Provides fuel cell and low carbon cogeneration and energy management services.
http://www.pzero.co.uk

Alternative Fuel Cells - free energy - Learn how to build your own fuel cells, and free energy motors, generators. This company offers plans, videos and kits.
http://www.fuellesspower.com

Independent Power Technologies, Ltd - Designer and manufacturer of electrochemical generators using fuel cells.
http://www.independentpower.biz/frames.htm

Clean Fuel Cell Energy.com - Supplier of free fuel cell information, components and gifts for the novice to the scientist.
http://www.cleanfuelcellenergy.com

Hydrogenics Corp. - Develops and manufactures integrated PEM fuel cell systems. Includes product specifications and photographs.
http://www.hydrogenics.com/

Plug Power - Proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell maker.
http://www.plugpower.com/

SOFCnet Project - European based network for solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology includes information on sectors of the fuel cell industry, career information, B2B support, and forums.
http://www.sofcnet.org/

Fuel Cell Knowledge - Presents information about fuel cells and renewable energy. Includes original research, predominantly on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, and analyses of other research and resources.
http://www.fuelcellknowledge.org

Zinc-Air Fuel Cell Manufacturer - Involved in the development and commercialization of zinc-air energy fuel cell products.
http://www.powerzinc.com

ElectroChem, Inc. - Founded in 1986, this company does research and development in the fuel cell industry. Since 1992, it has brought more than 15 products to the market.
http://www.fuelcell.com/

Clean Edge - The Clean-Tech Market Authority - Discover the latest market-intelligence news, including publications, reports and conferences on the subject of clean technologies, including fuel cells.
http://cleanedge.com/index.php

How Stuff Works: Fuel Cells - Informative, animated colorful descriptions of fuel cell types, with many related links.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/fuel-cell.htm

Element 1 Power Systems, Inc. - A fuel cell source firm producing proton-exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells, electrolysers to make hydrogen, and a variety of solar powered hydrogen learning kits for science fairs and demonstrations.
http://e1ps.tripod.com/E1PSwebsite/index.html

The Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Investor - Hydrogen, fuel cells, and investing in an emerging technology includes well organized links to information available on the internet, online newsletter.
http://www.h2fc.com/

eVionyx - Developer of technology using solid metal cells to power electrical systems for transportation and portable electronics. Comparison against competing technologies, and overview of products.
http://www.evionyx.com/

The Fuel Cell Program - Kittering University: fuel cell basics, links, and pictures.
http://www.gmi.edu/~altfuel/fcmain.htm

Queens University Fuel Cell Research Team - Undergraduate initiative promoting fuel cell design and technology. Information on fuel cells, current design projects, Queens Fuel Cell Team composition and future goals.
http://www.engsoc.queensu.ca/fuelcell/

CFCC Renewable Energy Lab - Our current focus is on Hydrogen Fuel Cells, Photovoltaic Panels (PV or solar electricity), and Wind Energy. We are studying how these resources are used for providing utility grade electricity, and how they can be used for low emission, economically competitive vehicles.
http://ncfusion.com/energylab/

Fuel Cells Technology Transit, Inc. - Consultants offer services in the transition to hydrogen fuel cells as an energy source. Based in Florida.
http://www.fuelcellstech.com/

miniHYDROGEN - Online energy shop that sells energy products of the future-today. Hydrogen technology, fuel cells and solar products. Demark based, in English.
http://www.minihydrogen.com

Fuel Cell Companies - A list with hyperlinks to over 100 companies involved in research and development of hydrogen fuel cells.
http://www.geocities.com/aardduck/fc_companies.html

BCS Fuel Cells, Inc. - Manufacturer of fuel cell systems and fuel cell components (including MEA, membranes and GDL).
http://www.bcsfuelcells.com

ETH: Novel Solid Oxide Fuel Cells - The ceramics department of the Swiss Institute of Technology describes its research into material and fundamental aspects of solid oxide fuel cells, including single-chamber and thin-film cells and anode development.
http://www.nonmet.mat.ethz.ch/research/Functional_Ceramics/Novel_solid_oxide_fuel_cells

Fuel Cell Store - FuelCellStore.com is integrating and advancing the fuel cell industry by bringing product component manufacturers, fuel cell system integrators and consumers together.
http://fuelcellstore.com

Georgetown University Advanced Vehicle Development - Describes program for the development of fuel-cell powered transit buses. In this technology, hydrogen is extracted from liquid methanol and oxygen comes from ambient air.
http://fuelcellbus.georgetown.edu/

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Institute - A portal to Hydrogen Fuel Cell clean energy. Access to the latest in Fuel Cell news, research, company profiles, investment information, and the Wilder-Hill Fuel Cell Index.
http://h2fuelcells.org

Materials and Systems Research, Inc. - Develop reduced temperature, electrode-supported, planar solid oxide fuel cells and stacks for distributed power generation.
http://www.msrihome.com/

Hydrovolt Energy Systems Inc. - Manufacturers of fuel cell systems for vehicles and fuel cell powered electrical generators for home or commercial uses.
http://www.hydrovolt.com

Manhattan Scientifics, Inc. - Engages in research and development of methanol micro-fuelcells and mid-range hydrogen fuel cell systems. Also develops tactile computer software. Overview of technologies and research highlights.
http://www.mhtx.com/

Astris Energi Inc. - Alkaline fuel cell (AFC) technology company, provider of affordable fuel cells and fuel cell power generators. Operations in Canada and Czech Republic.
http://www.astris.ca/

H-tec Hydrogen Energy Systems - Manufacturers of fuel cells and solar hydrogen systems for education and demonstration. Many PDF files describing the company and its products. German based, site in English.
http://www.h-tec.com/

Infinity Fuel Cell and Hydrogen, LLC - Fuel cell and hydrogen consulting and products including technical, business, proposals and project management. Product focus is on PEM Regenerative Fuel Cell (RFC) systems.
http://infinityfuel.com

Carbon Labs - Ion exchange membranes, polymers, catalysis, and electrical engineering.
http://www.carbonlabs.com/

The Unitized Regenerative Fuel Cell - If a fuel cell is designed to operate also in reverse as an electrolyzer, then electricity can be used to convert the water back into hydrogen and oxygen. This dual-function system is known as a reversible or unitized regenerative fuel cell (URFC).
http://www.llnl.gov/str/Mitlit.html

University of Washington Fuel Cell 2001 - Documents an undergraduate research program in Mechanical and Chemical Engineering where students design and build PEM fuel cells.
http://depts.washington.edu/fuelcell/