Tag: Fuel Cells
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Microsoft Designing Landfill-Fueled, Off-Grid Data Center
Microsoft is designing a data center that will be located near a landfill or other source of biogas that will allow it to operate free from the grid.
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Hydrogen Fuel Cells 101 With Robert Llewellyn
The vocal comedy legend and electric car advocate explores the pros and cons of the hydrogen fuel cell.
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Apple's NC Data Center to Include 24 Fuel Cells
More details emerge about Apple's new data center which will include 24 fuel cells in addition to a 20 MW solar array.
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Swimming Robot Jellyfish Makes Its Own Hydrogen Fuel from Water
A jellyfish-based robot extracts hydrogen fuel from the water as it swims.
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Zero Emissions Fuel-Cell Mercedes Is 'Invisible' (Video)
Mercedes thinks its new fuel-cell car is 'invisible' to the environment, and spent a lot of money on a commercial to demonstrate it.
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Fuel Cell Prototype Uses Live Cockroach To Generate Electricity, Powering Remote Sensor & Transmitter
implantable biofuel cell provides usable power.
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Apple Looking At Powering MacBooks with Fuel Cells
By using fuel cells, researchers think there's a chance to power a laptop for days or even weeks on end.
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Tokyo Motor Show 2011 Exclusive: Innovative Green Concept Cars
TreeHugger was in Japan to check out the latest coolest, weirdest, and sexiest green concept cars, including the Toyota FCV-R, the Daimler Smart Forvision, and more.
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Caltech's Energy Retrofit: From Fuel Cells to a Daylighting Celeostat
On Caltech's campus, student engineers and scientists are busy in labs day and night working on hairy solar panels, termite
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Advances in Producing Hydrogen by Mimicry of Photosynthesis
Last time we checked in on Thomas Mallouk's work applying biomimicry to generate hydrogen, he was reporting about 0.3 percent efficiency. According to his projections, the proof-of-concept device for producing
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Self-Sustaining Robot Powered by Sewage
Forget those Terminator movies -- new research into self-sustaining machines hints at a future where the scariest thing about robots may actually be their breath. In an attempt to created a robot that can power itself indefinitely,
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Zero-Emissions Fuel Cell Hybrid Taxi Comes to London
Get ready London: the first zero-emissions fuel cell hybrid taxi has been unveiled. It's more than a concept: there should be 150 on the road by 2012, just in time for the Olympics. These traditional looking black cabs have no
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Breakthrough Producing Hydrogen from Water + Sunlight
Image: Angewandte Chemie, Wiley Sunlight + Water = Hydrogen Gas Scientists at the University of East Anglia, led by Dr. Thomas Nann, report a breakthrough in the production of hydrogen from water using the energy of sunlight. Amidst all the hype about a
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Fuel Cell Gadget Chargers Hit Electronics Stores
The Medis Fuel Cell chargers have been mentioned on TreeHugger a few times, last getting reviewed nearly a year ago. They're an option for instance power for charging gadgets in off-grid and emergency situations. And now, they're headed for store
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Slideshow: Green Wheels of the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show
This year's Frankfurt Auto Show was an explosion of new green vehicles. With extravagant displays and more than 80 world-premiers, this year's show lived up to its reputation as the auto event to watch. It was also the year of green transportation: we
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2009 Frankfurt Auto Show
The 2009 International Motor Show (IAA), also known as the Frankfurt Auto Show, is a juggernaut; a juicy feast for the senses and the imagination. Despite auto-industry gloom, this year's show was bursting with world premiers, flashy theatrics, and slowly
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GM Shrinks its Hydrogen Fuel Cell and Makes it Cheaper, More Durable
5th generation on the right. Photo: ABG GM's Fifth Generation Hydrogen Fuel Cell On the left side of the photo above is the fuel cell stack from the hydrogen-powered GM Equinox (93kW of output) and on the right side you can see the new fifth generation
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NASA's Advanced Space Tech Gets Turned Into Self-Aware Eco Building
NASA is using decades of space exploration technology to build a new eco-aware base here in California.
