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Under the Radar
Oil, terrorism and drugs intermingle in Colombia Seventy U.S. Special Forces soldiers are training Colombians to protect an oil pipeline. Japan's struggle to secure future oil supply Energy dependent Japan looks to Iran for oil, causing tension with the U.S. Chad-Cameroon pipeline project put to test Will the pipeline, partially financed by the World Bank, improve the lot of Chad and Cameroon or exacerbate existing corruption and strife? Natural resource curse hits São Tomé A tiny West African country illustrates a well known problem. On the technology front Fuel Cell Locomotive for Military and Commercial Railways An international consortium is developing the world’s largest fuel cell vehicle, a 109 metric-ton, 1 MW locomotive. Fuel cell power plant installed at NJ Sheraton A stationary fuel cell will supply 250 kilowatts of electric power as well as heat to the Sheraton Edison Hotel, accounting for about 25 percent of the hotel's electricity and hot water. Fuel cell scooters for Europe and China Palcan's fuel cell powered scooter is designed to address the world's need for a low-end mass transport vehicle. U.S. Air Force to get fuel cell bus Fuel cell powered thirty-foot hybrid bus to be stationed at the Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii. IAGS is a publicly supported, nonprofit organization under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code. IAGS is not beholden to any industry or political group. We depend on you for support. If you think what we are doing is worthwhile, please Support IAGS. All contributions are tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law. Property of The Institute for the Analysis of Global Security © 2003. All rights reserved. Back Issues |
Fuel cell scooters for Europe and China
Palcan Fuel Cells, developer and manufacturer of proton exchange membrane (PEM)
fuel cells and metal hydride
hydrogen storage products, announced the integration of its 2 Kw fuel cell stack system in a fuel cell powered scooter
designed to address the world's need for a low-end mass transport vehicle. |
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