Fuel Cells News

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Acumentrics takes another $2.5M for fuel cells
Westwood-based fuel cell developer Acumentrics Holding Corp. has reported selling $2 million in equity, options and warrants as part of a $2.5 million second funding round, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Stealthy fuel cell startup Encite raises $650K
Stealthy Burlington-based Encite LLC has raised $650,000 out of a planned $1 million equity round. The company, per an earlier patent filing, is working on a method of forming a fuel cell on a substrate, and then forming electronics on the substrate.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

KSE, Giner Electrochemical awarded $4.5M DOE funding
Two Massachusetts companies that work on technologies related to biofuels and fuel cells – KSE Inc. and Giner Electrochemical Systems Inc. – have received a total of $4.5 million in a round of small business research funding from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

From the Bench: UMass researcher in team effort to put fuel cells in Army backpacks
University of Massachusetts Amherst polymer scientist and associate professor Bryan Coughlin is collaborating with scientists from other universities as part of a five-year, $7.5 million study funded by the U.S. Army Research Office to reduce the weight and the environmental impact of battery packs carried by armed forces.

Friday, May 21, 2010

Fuel cell startup Trenergi finds seed funding
Fuel cell developer Trenergi Corp. has raised more than half of a seed round of $1 million in debt. The startup is aiming to develop fuel cells that would generate electricity for residences while producing heat and hot water as a free byproduct.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Loan moves Lilliputian closer to Mass. fuel cell manufacturing
Lilliputian Systems Inc., a developer of tiny fuel cells intended to charge portable electronics, is set to move into its first phase of manufacturing thanks to a $5 million, low-cost loan from MassDevelopment and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Protonex fuel cell deal nets $1.5M
Protonex Technology Corp. reports it has landed $1.5 million from the U.S. Army for supplying portable battery charger fuel cells.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Protonex fuel cell deal to net up to $6.4M
Marlborough-based fuel cell firm Protonex Technology Corp. has landed a contract from the U.S. Army CECOM worth $1.85 million for the development and supply of advanced portable battery charger/auxiliary power units (APU) fuel cell systems. The contract could increase to $6.4 million if three option phases are awarded.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Protonex wins Army fuel cell deal
Protonex Technology Corp. reports it has landed a contract worth a potential $1 million to develop fuel cells for the U.S. Army from the University of South Carolina Research Foundation and WinTec Arrowmaker Inc., a Fort Washington, Md.-based defense engineering firm.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Protonex pulls in $2M more for Army fuel cell program
Fuel cell company Protonex Technology Corp. has received a $2 million follow-on contract from the U.S. Army to make Protonex’ solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) power systems more rugged and robust to meet the Army’s needs.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Protonex wins $600k Navy research contract
Protonex Technology Corp. announced Thursday it received a $599,000 contract with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory to develop fuel cell power systems for aerial drones.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Protonex, Cummins Onan in fuel cell deal for RVs
Protonex Technology Corp. announced Tuesday it is working with Cummins Onan to develop fuel-cell power systems for recreational vehicles. The agreement calls for Protonex to jointly test its M250-B fuel cell power system with recreational vehicles made by Cummins Onan.

Friday, August 28, 2009

Sirius Integrator banking on success of German fuel cells
A new local player in the fuel cell market is looking to make a splash in the physical and homeland security markets, a growing area of interest among the emerging industry. Sirius Integrator Inc. of Devens is not selling its own technology, however. Its success relies on the interest in systems developed specifically for security applications by German fuel cell maker SFC Fuel Cells AG.

Monday, August 17, 2009

Nuvera Fuel Cells inks hydrogen station deal
Nuvera Fuel Cells Inc. announced Monday it has signed a deal with a Pennsylvania firm to distribute and maintain Nuvera’s hydrogen refilling stations.

Friday, July 10, 2009

Fuel cell funding cutback may help Boston firms
The U.S. Department of Energy’s recommendation to slash funding for some fuel cell development projects could be seen as a blow to the industry. Yet the changes may actually provide more funds to non-transportation applications for fuel cells, such as distributed generation and portable power — the sweet spot of local fuel cell ventures.
How I See It: Fuel cells should be a foundation for our future
Barry Finegold, Mass. state rep.: Fuel cells have vast potential as a means of powering cars and trucks and as a technology for energy storage. With over $1.4 billion in public funding and an estimated $4 billion in private investment to date, continued investment from the DOE will ensure that fuel cells play a major role in our mission to finding non-fossil-based fuels and reducing emissions.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Protonex pulls in $500K for UAV fuel cell power system
Fuel cell technology maker Protonex Technology Corp. has landed a $500,000 contract award from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory to continue developing high-power fuel cell systems for small unmanned aerial vehicles. The contract win adds onto an existing contract with the NRL.

Friday, May 8, 2009

The Ef Word: Wind power, Russian VoIP and fuel cell bots
Deepwater Wind launched a new operations center in Rhode Island as part of that state’s offshore wind program; Cedar Point recently received certification for its Safari C3 product line in Russia; and Foster-Miller has been working with fuel cell maker Protonex Inc. on more effective power sources for unmanned ground vehicles.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Protonex delays RV fuel cell market launch
Southborough-based fuel cell technology developer Protonex Technology Corp. has announced a plan to defer launching its M250-B recreational vehicle product, and instead focus on its M250-CX for the military market.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Conn. to bring in $20M fuel cell power project
The $20 million fuel cell project proposal aimed at bringing 3.4 megawatts of power to the state of Connecticut through power utility Connecticut Light and Power, has been approved, according to an announcement from project developer Elemental Power Group LLC of Maryland.