UK team creates Ech2o fuel cell car for efficiency record bid
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 84 KB
- Volume
- 2005
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1464-2859
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✦ Synopsis
According to Dr John Van Zee, director of USC's fuel cell center, which was established two years ago, the Fraunhofer ISE agreement shows the impressive growth of USC's center and demonstrates its burgeoning reputation. 'As our center evolves, these are the types of partnerships that we will pursue,' he says. South Carolina's Commerce Secretary Bob Faith adds that the deal would also enhance the state's efforts to recruit leading firms from Europe for production and R&D.
USC's collaboration with Fraunhofer ISE follows an agreement signed last month with the Korean Institute for Energy Research, to establish joint research programs in fuel cell technology and other energy initiatives [FCB, August].
Fraunhofer ISE is the largest solar energy research institute in Europe, and the first to operate independently of a university. It was founded in 1981, and employs around 400 workers. Its Hydrogen Technology department is a leading research team for innovative technologies for hydrogen production as well as the conversion of hydrogen into electricity.