To get this generation, many states now require fossil fuel powered generators to buy "green tags" from, for instance, solar generators, for every unit of power sold by that fossil plant.
When life-cycle costs are compared, natural gas is currently a more economical decision than flex-fuel powered vehicles, although both are more expensive than gasoline at current figures (keep in mind that these dynamics could change due to oil shocks or increased demand for traditional fuels both real risks).
So having cheap electricity should mean that a place is less likely, not more, to get a fuel cell powered system.
Its creators say the Solar Impulse is designed to showcase the potential of solar power and will never replace fuel-powered commercial flights.
Its creators said solar planes will never replace fuel-powered commercial flights.
The fuel that powered the U.S. from the industrial revolution into the iPhone era is being pushed aside as utilities switch to cleaner and cheaper alternatives.
That makes the electric Renault competitive with similar fossil fuel-powered cars but cheaper to drive, given the high cost of gasoline in Israel, according to Better Place.
America's Department of Transportation is planning a rule change from October 1st to allow passengers and crew to bring fuel-cell-powered electronic devices and one or two fuel cartridges on board in their carry-on baggage.
Even more important, the plasmatron could speed the long- awaited transition to hydrogen-powered fuel-cell vehicles.
Rival ideas withered, among them the thorium liquid-fuel reactor, powered by molten fluoride salt containing thorium.
Honda saw sales of its fuel cell-powered FXC Clarity jump 150 percent in 2012, to five units from two in 2011.
Point Source Power, a project out of Lawrence Berkeley National Labs, has created a dung-powered fuel cell for emerging markets.
Travellers will have to wait until this autumn to get their hands on the most anticipated fuel cell-powered charger, when US-based retailer Brookstone unveils its micro-USB power charger.
California regulators voted to mandate major automakers substantially increase the numbers of electric, plug-in hybrid and hydrogen fuel cell-powered models in their fleets in the coming years, eventually accounting for 15.4 percent of all vehicles sold in the state by 2025.
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No automaker has yet to offer a fuel-cell-powered car for sale to customers, although Honda has said it plans to lease a number of the fuel-cell cars to customers as soon as 2008.
Other Intelligent Energy world's firsts in recent years include the development of the world's first hydrogen fuel cell motorbike and supplying the fuel cell system to Boeing which powered the world's first manned fuel cell aircraft.
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If cars were powered by fuel cells, noxious emissions and greenhouse gases would decline sharply.
Despite being powered by fuel created from sewage, the vans do not smell unpleasant.
Next year, he plans to fly from the UK to China powered by fuel created from landfill waste.
There has been production commercial vehicles, such as buses, powered by fuel cells.
Generators powered by fuel cells quietly whir and produce half the heat of diesel as they combine hydrogen with air to create electricity.
"As there is no carbon in the fuel, hydrogen-powered vehicles produce no carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide or particulate emissions, " said Wrightbus business development director Jonathan Poynton.
Nokia (nyse: NOK - news - people ), the world's largest cellular handset maker, says it's putting off plans to develop phones powered by fuel cells.
The fuel cell and battery powered hybrid taxi provides a 250 mile driving range with rapid refuelling, all within the confines of the body of a conventional London taxi.
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After spending a recent weekend tooling around suburban Detroit in a hydrogen fuel-cell-powered Honda Motor FCX , I was struck by a remarkable image: By the time my 9-year-old daughter is shopping for her first car, she may well be considering an entirely different kind of automobile--one that runs on hydrogen, not gasoline.
Boeing has also flown a Dimona motor glider with an electric motor powered by a fuel cell.
Then he mentioned cars powered by hydrogen fuel cells that emit only water.
According to the American School Bus Council, the average fuel consumption for diesel-powered buses is seven miles per gallon.
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Last week I got to cruise around downtown San Francisco in a big white Ford Super Duty truck powered mostly by fuel made from corn cobs.
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