Bee Automobiles. Saw this company’s chairman ask for 2.5 million on Dragons’ Den, the popular BBC investor meets entrepreneur series.

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New Energy Focus – Fuel cell deal agreed for hydrogen energy-from-waste project.

New plasma gas plants to convert waste into clean fuel.

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Fermented biofuel ethanol can be converted into hydrogen.

Breakthrough turn-on for hydrogen power – Scotsman.com News.

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Not only gadgets, but anything that could benefit from a tiny power source.

World’s smallest fuel cell promises greener gadgets – tech – 07 January 2009 – New Scientist.

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Collaborating on Aircraft Fuel Cell Applications.

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A good round up on the pros and cons of the various alternative energy solutions.

Good news for wind, bad for ethanol in major energy study.

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With all the poisonous batteries going into landfills and leaching toxic waste into our groundwater, this comes as a welcome advance.

Micro Fuel Cells Get Closer to Replacing Batteries.

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