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Dow, GM Cooperate On Significant Fuel Cell Application

Provider: Dow The world's largest fuel cell transaction between Dow and GM is now a reality. With the pull of a lever by Secretary of Energy, Spencer Abraham, and Texas Governor, Rick Perry, The Dow Chemical Company and General Motors Corp. began the Phase 1 installation operations of a single fuel cell that will convert hydrogen into electricity. Dow and GM intend to prove the viability of hydrogen fuel cells for a large industrial power system. Operation of the first cell will last four to six months with more fuel cells and electrical generating capacity added during the summer months. Freeport is the home of Dow's largest chemical manufacturing installation in the world. Fuel Cell Unit Capacity The initial GM fuel cell will generate 75 kilowatts of power. This is enough electricity for fifty average homes. Dow and GM plan to ultimately install up to 400 fuel cells to generate 35 megawatts of electricity. That would be enough power for 25,000 average sized American homes. While this is a lot of electrical capacity, it represents two percent of the total Dow needs at its Texas Operations site. "This is a significant milestone from a business, technology, and environmental perspective," said […]

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Highway Bill May Be Way To Overhaul U.S. Energy Plan

Provider: Reuters WASHINGTON Senate Republicans plan a new push this week to pass a stalled energy bill through Congress by hitching a ride on legislation on highway spending moving toward approval, a Republican aide said on Monday. Republican Sen. Pete Domenici, the chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy Committee, will likely try to tack a pared-down energy bill onto a $318 billion package to pay for highway projects that could face a Senate vote this week, the lawmaker's aide said on Monday. "Senator Domenici is looking to move the energy package as part of the highway bill," spokeswoman Marnie Funk said. The cost of the energy legislation has been nearly cut in half from its original price tag of $31 billion to appease some budget hawks who are worried about the federal budget deficit. Domenici has not yet revealed which energy bill subsidies and incentives are likely to be attached to the highway bill. The original energy bill aimed to double the production of corn-distilled ethanol to be used as a gasoline additive, impose nationwide electric reliability standards, and spend $3 billion on new ways to generate electricity from coal. Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona criticized a move to […]

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