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What do Coca-Cola, Wal-Mart, Wegman's, Whole Foods, Verizon, Sprint, Pepperidge Farm all have in common? Fuel Cells! Check out the Technology Update for the latest news in the fuel cell industry.

The Tenth Edition of the Fuel Cell Directory is HERE!

Keep spreading the word about how fuel cells and hydrogen need to be part of our energy portfolio! Check out our Grassroots page for resources and tools.

Want the inside scoop on the fuel cell industry? Check out our Fuel Cell Insider blog and post your comments, questions or thoughts.

State Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Database - a constantly updated searchable database of state programs, policy. incentives, initiatives, stationary fuel cell installations, vehicle demonstrations and hydrogen fueling stations. What happened in 2008? Check out our 2008 Policy Roundup.

The US Fuel Cell Council has released a comprehensive list of fuel cell products available for purchase from manufacturers headquartered in the United States, Canada and Europe.

Worldwide Stationary Fuel Cell Installation Database - a searchable, sortable catalogue of stationary fuel cell installations around the world.

What is a fuel cell?

A fuel cell is an electrochemical device that combines hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity, with water and heat as its by-product.  As long as fuel is supplied, the fuel cell will continue to generate power.  Since the conversion of the fuel to energy takes place via an electrochemical process, not combustion, the process is clean, quiet and highly efficient – two to three times more efficient than fuel burning.

No other energy generation technology offers the combination of benefits that fuel cells do.  In addition to low or zero emissions, benefits include high efficiency and reliability, multi-fuel capability, siting flexibility, durability, scalability and ease of maintenance.  Fuel cells operate silently, so they reduce noise pollution as well as air pollution and the waste heat from a fuel cell can be used to provide hot water or space heating for a home or office. 

See what great applications fuel cells can be used for!

We're getting the word out about fuel cells! Visit our Articles page to read about hot fuel cell topics, published in a variety of magazines and journals.

ANSWERS to some of the questions you've been hearing and reading about hydrogen and fuel cells.

Check out some of our recent conference presentations for loads of charts, images and technical information on hydrogen and fuel cell industry advancements and policy.

How much is each country spending on fuel cells? We've compiled websites, reports and presentations and created the new draft report, International Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Policy and Funding.

What's New in the Industry -

• Third Whole Foods to Purchase Fuel Cell. Whole Foods Market has chosen to power a new store in San Jose, California, with a UTC Power PureCell® fuel cell system clean, bringing the grocery chain’s total to three.  The new Whole Foods Market is now under construction and will cover approximately 50,000 square feet. The UTC Power fuel cell system will generate 90 percent of the store’s electricity needs and its byproduct thermal energy will be used for store heating, cooling and refrigeration.

• South Korea Building Landfill Hydrogen Station. South Korea is gearing up to build the world's first fueling station generating hydrogen from the natural biogases emitted by landfill.  The Korean government signed a memorandum of understanding for the project with SK Engineering & Construction and oil refiner SK Energy, which is expected to be operational by November 2010.  The hydrogen station will be located in Nanjido, an island located on the outskirts of Seoul, where it will draw upon methane that is produced by decomposing rubbish at a local former landfill site.  The hydrogen station will be used to refuel two buses and two cars boasting hydrogen fuel cell technology.  The four vehicles, valued at about 5.2bn won (US$4m), will be supplied free by Hyundai Motors for use on a test-drive basis.  The additional energy generated by the site is expected to be used to supply electricity and hot water to the Nanji Art Studio on the island.

  
  

Want to know how a fuel cell works? Check out the animated demos.

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Other Resources -

Career and Education Center - Check out the Fuel Cell Match Maker to post your resume and browse for fuel cell work! Also browse our Employment, Educational and Professional resources with links to job sites, colleges and universities, science projects, lesson plans and much, much more.

Download our Fuel Cell Reference Charts, including the Fuel Cell Equity and Investment chart. Also available - Fuel Cell Vehicles, Fuel Cell Buses, Fuel Cell Specialty Vehicles and Worldwide Hydrogen Fueling Stations.

Overwhelmed by all of the information on our site? Visit our Site Guide for a listing of topics.