Message #599 From:
TheMachine Date: April 9, 2008 04:35:19 PM
Fuel cell projects get support
The USC Columbia Fuel Cell Challenge announced today it will spend more
than $1 million to fund three local hydrogen fuel cell projects and one
project from a Texas-based company.
Trulite,
Boroscience International, Midlands Technical College and Millennium
Cell/Gecko Energy Technologies were awarded the funding at the National
Hydrogen Association Conference in Sacramento, Calif.
Trulite, based in Houston, will work on a portable power generator called the KH4.
Boroscience, a Columbia-based company, will develop fuel sources for portable fuel cells.
Midlands
Technical College will enhance its work force development program for
training employees in the hydrogen and fuel cell industry.
Millennium
Cell will test its latest product, an LED light and device charger. The
product will be tested by Gecko Technologies, a Millennium Cell
subsidiary based in Columbia.
“These projects provide an
outstanding demonstration of economic development "win-win" outcomes
that arise from successful partnerships and collaborations," Bill
Mahoney, president and chief executive officer of the South Carolina
Research Authority, said in a news release.
The USC Fuel Cell Challenge is organized by USC, the city of Columbia, the South Carolina Research Authority and EngenuitySC.
These
latest awards are the second phase of the challenge’s funding project.
The first phase funded 10 projects. This second phase seeks to build on
the first phase’s successes.
