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National Defense February 2004 Geoff S. Fein	Military Fuel-Cell Programs Not Yet Ready for Prime Time While the commercial industry is taking significant steps forward in the adoption of fuel cell technology, military researchers are taking a wait-and-see approach, expressing concern that fuel cells so far have not proven they can work in combat environments.
National Defense August 2009 Stew Magnuson	Recovery Act to Inject More Funds Into Military Fuel Cell Research The Obama administration announced plans to spend $20 million of Recovery Act funding on military fuel cell technology. The Defense Department's director of defense research and engineering office will be spearheading these efforts.
Chemistry World October 2011	Fuelling the Future Fuel cell vehicles have taken a back seat to battery and hybrid power in recent years. But hydrogen still holds promise in the long term.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2007 Courtney E. Howard	Power Trip Sophisticated electronics drive the need for plentiful power on the battlefield.
IEEE Spectrum July 2006 Prachi Patel-Predd	Traveling Light On a three-day mission, a Special Forces soldier might lug along 12 kilograms of batteries. But now the military is developing micro fuel cells that could weigh half as much as batteries, and could be recharged -- or rather refilled.
National Defense September 2006 Grace Jean	Fuel Cell Technology Positioned as Viable Alternative to Generators Developers of fuel cell technologies are confident that they can answer the call for "more power on the battlefield."
National Defense April 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Defense Seeking $131M For Energy-Saving Projects The Pentagon has asked Congress for $131 million to develop energy-saving technologies during the next five years to fund a mix of fuel cells, generators and engine technologies.
National Defense August 2008 Grace V. Jean	Hydrogen Fuel Cells to Power Homes, Vehicles in Japan Next year, companies including Panasonic, Toshiba and Toyota will begin selling residential fuel cell systems across the nation, says Hisashi Yano, director of the Japan Hydrogen Fuel Cell demonstration park.
IndustryWeek September 1, 2008 Jill Jusko	Fuel Cell Industry Gains Traction Opportunity grows with increased desire for energy efficiency and awareness of climate change.
Technology Research News May 18, 2005	Catalyst Boosts Gasoline Fuel Cells Researchers have come up with a catalyst layer that can be put over a conventional anode to reform the fuel within the fuel cell. This allows hydrocarbons like gasoline to be used directly in fuel cells.
CIO January 1, 2003 Susannah Patton	Bye-Bye Batteries Imagine chatting on your cell phone for months at a time without recharging it. Or taking a laptop on a weeklong business trip without a battery or power cord. That's the goal of scientists around the world working to perfect tiny fuel cells using microtechnology engineering.
IndustryWeek April 1, 2008 John Teresko	The Fuel Cell Race Lift trucks have pulled ahead of cars in the race to adopt fuel cell technology.
Popular Mechanics December 12, 2007 Alex Hutchinson	Portable Fuel Cell Runs on Military Jet Fuel to Power Diesel Trucks A new whisper-silent fuel-cell power supply will help tanks keep their batteries operational while sitting in "silent watch" mode in hostile territory.
National Defense February 2012 Stew Magnuson	Tough War Lessons Force Military Vehicle Programs To Consider Fuel Efficiency Moving fuel to and around battle zones that have no "front lines" has an extraordinarily high price in terms of money and lives.
Chemistry World March 2006 Joe McEntee	Fuel Cells Head for Mass Market At the end of the day, wide-scale commercialization is a numbers game and developers will prosper or perish based on how they fare against metrics such as durability, reliability, cost and, most brutal of all, profitability. It's time to start delivering.
National Defense April 2007 Breanne Wagner	Alternative Power Sources Sought for Remote Bases Mobile generators that produce renewable energy are about to be fielded by the Army's Rapid Equipping Force in Iraq and Afghanistan.
National Defense April 2007 Stew Magnuson	Soldier Devices Create Voracious Demand for Better Batteries Batteries may be in limited supply on the battlefield if the latest electronic gear for soldiers doesn't see improvements in power technology.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2006 Courtney E. Howard	Fueling the Future The U.S. Army is tapping various electric and electronic power-supply technologies for next-generation Future Combat Systems soldiers and vehicles.
National Defense February 2009 Sohbet Karbuz	Defense Department Should Rethink Energy-Saving Tactics It is a pity that most of the Defense Department's efforts are concentrated on electricity, which accounts for less than 12 percent of military energy consumption, and not on oil, which comprises 78 percent.
Popular Mechanics November 2006 Wise & Hutchinson	The Truth About Hydrogen Can the simplest element in the universe really power our homes, fuel our cars and reduce our contribution to global warming? PM crunches the numbers on the real hydrogen economy.
National Defense July 2007 Breanne Wagner	Army Eyes Next Generation Power Sources The Army is investigating potential applications of high energy batteries and Stirling engines.
National Defense January 2004 Frank Colucci	Military Vehicles Could Benefit From Hybrid Electric Engines Hybrid trucks that blend electric motors with internal combustion engines promise fuel efficiency, as well as plentiful, stealthy sources of electrical power for battlefield sensors, weapons, and command and control systems.
National Defense February 2005 Robert H. Williams	Army Scrutinizing Stealthy, Clean Vehicle The U.S. Army in conjunction with Quantum Technologies, Irvine, Calif., has developed a speedy off-road vehicle that is powered by a compressed hydrogen fuel cell and is capable of producing electrical power for surveillance, targeting and communications.
Wired April 2003 Schwartz & Randall	How Hydrogen Can Save America The cost of oil dependence has never been so clear. Consumers are ready for an alternative. From Detroit to Dallas, even the oil establishment is primed for change. We put a man on the moon in a decade; we can achieve energy independence just as fast. Here's how.
National Defense September 2006 David Axe	Technology limitations stall military hybrids After more than a decade of research and development, and despite much recent hype, military hybrids are still years away from mass production.
PC Magazine April 4, 2008 Frank Washburn	Charging Into the Future Researchers are upgrading lithium ion and green-alternative batteries for increasingly power-hungry mobile devices.
National Defense February 2009 Matthew Rusling	High-Tech Vehicles Promise Fuel Savings -- Years From Now For the Army, trying to cut its fuel use to significantly lower levels is simply not possible with its current fleet. Its old, gas-guzzling engines can be tweaked, but real fuel economy requires a shift to hybrid-electric technology
National Defense February 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Electric Cars for Army Posts, But Fuel Guzzlers for Combat Electricity-powered golf carts are a staple on military bases in the United States. The Army now is asking manufacturers to design a larger and more sophisticated version of the electric golf cart in order to possibly replace thousands of fuel-guzzling sedans and SUVs.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2009 Courtney E. Howard	Electrifying Advancements Warfighters, first responders, and astronauts all rely on an ever-increasing amount of electronics to get their jobs done. These electronic devices, no matter how novel, require adequate, reliable, and long-lasting electric power.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2005 Bob Hirschfeld	Can Green (Energy) Beget Green ($)? It's telling that even the oil-heavy American Stock Exchange has given a nod to the rising importance of green energy, introducing the PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Index.
The Motley Fool September 14, 2006 Rich Smith	BMW's Hydrogen Boondoggle The "Hydrogen 7" announcement is full of hot air. Investors, before you give up entirely on hydrogen fuel cells, though, do remember that progress is being made.
Popular Mechanics November 4, 2009 Erik Sofge	Why the Hydrogen Feud Needs to End: Analysis Perhaps it's a sign of progress that the federal government is skirmishing not over whether to pursue alternative fuels, but over how many such technologies are worth investing in. Still, the hydrogen debate is not a healthy one.
Chemistry World March 14, 2013 Mark Peplow	Hydrogen's false economy Hydrogen will undoubtedly find transport niches, but talk of hydrogen powering a substantial proportion of the planet's billion cars (and counting) is driven more by techno-optimism than evidence.
National Defense May 2004 Sandra Erwin	Army Not Yet Sold On Hybrid Vehicles The Army's decision to stop funding the production of hybrid-electric Humvees is a clear sign that military vehicles will continue to be a tough sell in the world of fuel-efficient technologies.
PC World November 5, 2002 Charles Bermant	Next-Gen Batteries May Get Constant Charge Start-up explores fuel cell technology to boost life -- or capabilities -- of mobile devices.
Technology Research News October 20, 2004 Kimberly Patch	Cooler material boosts fuel cells A cathode that allows solid oxide fuel cells to operate at reduced temperaures promises to lower the cost of fuel cells, which could spur broader adoption of the technology.
Popular Mechanics May 2006 Mike Allen	How far can you drive on a bushel of corn? Before we can debate national energy policy -- or even decide which petroleum substitutes might make sense for our personal vehicles -- we need to know how these things stack up in the real world. So we crunched the numbers on alternative fuels.
Chemistry World June 9, 2006 Katharine Sanderson	Sulfur Removal Fuels Fuel Cell Future The arrival of materials that prevent sulfur-poisoning of fuel cells working at high temperatures adds to hopes that fuel cells will make it into the mainstream as an alternative energy source.
Popular Mechanics January 7, 2010 Basem Wasef	Mercedes-Benz B-Class Fuel Cell Test Drive Mercedes-Benz remains bullish on hydrogen as our future fuel.
Popular Mechanics September 2008	Inside the Future of Electric Cars, Hydrogen and Next-Gen Biofuels The market has never looked better for alternative fuels and electric vehicles.
IEEE Spectrum August 2008 William Sweet	A Connecticut Fuel Cell In South Korea's Grid Breakthrough contracts revive hydrogen hopes in electric power
CIO June 16, 2010 John Brandon	Should Fuel Cells Power Your Data Center? Fuel cells are highly reliable and environmentally friendly, making them attractive to companies that want a greener data center. But they aren't for everyone.
National Defense August 2008 McClintock & Holbrook	Alternative Fuels: Taking A Second Look at Ammonia The search for alternative transportation fuels has led to anhydrous ammonia, a chemical widely used as a fertilizer.
IEEE Spectrum August 2006 Willie Jones	Hydrogen on Track While much attention has been focused on fuel-cell-powered passenger cars, a little-noticed but promising development has been taking place in rail transportation and heavy industry, where experiments with hydrogen-fuel-cell propulsion are well under way.
The Motley Fool July 20, 2006 Anders Bylund	Word of the Day: Sequestration GE and BP work together to stem global warming. These global giants certainly have the scale and resources to make it happen.
Chemistry World November 13, 2007 Lewis Brindley	Hydrogen From Sewage Hits Production Records Scientists have drastically improved the efficiency of bacteria-powered fuel cells that convert biodegradable organic matter into hydrogen gas. They hope their discovery will make it possible to generate hydrogen from sewage, sustainably and on a large scale.
IndustryWeek January 1, 2009 John Teresko	Crown's Fuel Cell Direction A two-or three-shift operation with a large number of lift trucks is the ideal circumstance for using fuel cells.
IndustryWeek February 1, 2007 David Blanchard	Fuel Cells In The Warehouse Fuel cell technology offers cleaner operations, lower maintenance costs and shorter fueling times.
Industrial Physicist	Letters A sheet of graphite is distinctly different in its material and geometric structure from C60 bucky- (nano-) tubes... Hydrogen rules?... etc.
Popular Mechanics September 15, 2008 Daniel Krach	Living With Hydrogen, Gas Prices Become Incentive for Progress Getting to a future of hydrogen-electric hybrids that will wean us from gasoline for good will require more battery and fuel cell research and convincing Americans that $4/gallon gas can be a good thing.