On July 15-18, 1996, UCLA Extension will present the short course, “Batteries and Fuel Cells: Applications and Performance”, on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles. The instructors are Gerald Halpert, PhD, Supervisor, Energy Storage Systems Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; James R. Huff, PhD, Chief Scientist, Ballard Power Corp; Samuel Levy, PhD, Battery Consultant; and David Pickett, Jr., PhD, President, AAAA […]
UFTO CONFIDENTIAL Alert: CETI/Patterson Cell publicity surge expected soon April 17, 1996 TO: UFTO MEMBERS As you know, the Patterson “new hydrogen energy” Cell was featured on ABC TV news and the Wall Street Journal back in early February, and their basic U.S. patent (No. 5,494,559) was awarded Feburary 27. (UFTO provided copies of videotapes […]
DOE Seeks US Power Company for Adv. PFBC repowering design study Commerce Business Daily 4/13/96 The DOE is seeking a volunteer U.S. power industry electrical generation company interested in participating in a site specific study to develop a conceptual design for Advanced Cycle 2nd Generation Pressurized Fluidized Bed Combustion (PFBC) technology as a coal fueled […]
From: UA4G924 –EPRI Date and time 04/11/96 15:25:11 To: UFTO MEMBERS SUBJECT: Brookhaven Offers Nucl. Matls Metallurgy UFTO has just received an invitation to a kickoff workshop at Brookhaven National Lab (Long Island NY) for MAGNUM — the Brookhaven Metallurgical Analysis Group for Nuclear Utilities Materials…to establish a new working relationship with the nuclear utility industry. The workshop will […]
MANY ALTERNATIVES FOR CO2 CUTS, SAYS IPCC PANEL Substantial cuts in global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), the leading greenhouse gas implicated in climate change, can be achieved over the next 30 years through a variety of technology and policy options at little or no increase in cost over business as usual, according to Working […]
UFTO Bulletin #20 April 2, 1996 To: UFTO Members: . . in this issue: . . . . . . . . . Tampa Meeting UFTO Topics 1. TAMPA!! April 24-26. UFTO MEMBERS MEETING & BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGIES CONFERENCE. – If you haven’t already, please fill out and return the attached form. Especially needed–your inputs for […]
From: FUELCELL–SMTP Date and time 03/27/96 10:15:00 To: EDBEARDS–EPRINET BEARDSWORTH, ED Subject: International Climate Change Exhibit I am writing to draw your attention to the International Climate Change Technology Exhibit being held as part of the second Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP2), Geneva, Switzerland, July 8-18, […]
Government urged to privatize federal electric utilities; sale of TVA, PMAs would benefit consumers, taxpayers, says study Business & News Editors/Energy & Government Writers LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–March 14, 1996–The federal government is the nation’s largest producer of electric power, via the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and five power marketing administrations (PMAs), yet they are poorly managed and grossly inefficient, and receive […]
