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Louisiana’s governor Bobby Jindal has signed into law the Advanced Biofuel Industry Development Initiative, the most comprehensive and far-reaching state legislation in the United States, enacted to develop a statewide advanced biofuel industry. Louis…

Scientists at the University of Liverpool are investigating how a Madagascan plant could be used to help produce crops in harsh environmental conditions. The plant, Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi, is unique because, unlike normal plants, it captures most of it…

A range of conflicting interests is playing itself out again in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the vast Central African country that just came out of the most lethal of wars. The DRC, roughly the size of Western Europe, is blessed (or cursed) …

Honda has started production of the FCX Clarity, a new zero-emission four seater car that runs on Hydrogen and electricity.

The World Trade Center (WTC) has been a sensitive symbol for this country especially after 9-11. Being built at this same location in New York is the Freedom Tower symbolizing among many other things, the tenacity of our citizens.

The Freedom Tower and three other towers that are a part of the rebuilt World Trade Center will now be going green using four UTC Power hydrogen fuel cells that will provide 4.8 MW total of energy. The onsite hydrogen fuel cells will supplement other offsite green energy the WTC will receive.

According to New York Governor David A. Paterson, “The fuel cells and other measures will help make the new World Trade Center towers an exemplar of environmental sustainability and will signal to the world New York State’s commitment to greater energy security and reduced dependence on foreign oil. I can think of few sites in the country where the symbolism of this is more important.”

The new World Trade Center UTC Power fuel cell installation, one of the largest in the world, was negotiated by the New York Power Authority (NYPA). The use of hydrogen fuel cells along with offsite wind power will help the WTC attain LEED certification.

In a time of high oil prices, when attaining energy independence is so critical, what better symbol could there be of freedom from foreign fossil fuels than the Freedom Tower powered by renewable energy?

(Note: To learn more about hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and their potential to solve the oil crisis, please read the series of articles titled “Twelve Hydrogen Facts” which is part of the Hydrogen Manhattan Project.)
Here are a couple of interesting quotes from an International Herald Tribune article about the Honda FCX Clarity:
“‘This is a must-have technology for […]

(Note: To learn more about hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and their potential to solve the oil crisis, please read the series of articles titled “Twelve Hydrogen Facts” which is part of the Hydrogen Manhattan Project.)
Honda is providing a fascinating look into the future by posting sixteen pictures of the Honda Automobile New Model Center on their […]

According to a new study by experts from the world’s leading agronomic and agricultural economics research institution - the Wageningen University & Research Centre - neither speculation nor biofuels are to blame for the current high food prices. I…

“Here in the New York Tri State area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut area, there is a Shell Hydrogen Station located on Kensico Avenue in White Plains. There are two types of stations, stationary and mobile and this one is stationary and is owned by Shell Hydrogen. The Prototype “Home Energy Station” located at 968 Albany-Shaker Road Latham, New York, 12110, is another stationary Hydrogen Station that produces its own hydrogen fuel on site and is owned by Plug Power, American Honda Motor Co., Inc.. Their phone number is (518) 782-7700. ” More

“The 17th World Hydrogen Energy Conference has opened in Brisbane, Australia yesterday as the industry comes together to discuss hydrogen as the most applicable energy resource in future years. Dr Andrew Dicks, Chairman of the WHEC Organising Committee welcomed some 500-plus delegates from 44 countries to the Brisbane Convention Centre for the event, the theme being to supply energy to a changing world and especially for transport - with hydrogen being perceived as the best energy vector to use to help the planet.” More