Chemical fuel cells used for the first time
Chemical fuel cells used for the first time
Recently, the U.S. Department of Energy, Minister of The Dow Chemical Company in Texas to start a large-scale chemical plant, said fuel cell switch, which is the United States and even the development of hydrogen economy is the world’s a key step(gd761, td347, dell 6400 battery, dell e1505 battery).
This fuel cell with the General Motors Corporation (GM) of the HydroGen3 fuel cell vehicle, as installed, can generate 75KW of power per hour. After 4-6 months of testing, General Motors Corporation and The Dow Chemical Company will be the installation of the plant 12 or more fuel cells, so that power generation capacity of 1MW / h. 2006 plan to install 400 fuel cell modules, power generation capacity of 35MW / h, the plant accounted for 2% of electricity demand. Dow Hydrocarbons and Energy Group, said that Dow is on fuel cell technology represents a test of the success of the pilot of the technology will be able to make more effective use of hydrogen by-product of the company, rather than sell it or burn out to the industrial gas company. GM R & D and planning, vice president, said GM is on the project will help the company to promote the development of fuel cell (a1078, a1148)vehicles.
Minister stressed that the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. government to develop hydrogen fuel will be 1.7 billion U.S. dollars into the financial. In addition, the Government should not be in the development of hydrogen fuel projects in the role as much as the next device is not built on the government compound, but is like General Motors and Dow Chemical as the company’s laboratories and production devices.
Lead-acid batteries(vgp-bps2, vgp-bps2a, vgp-bpl2) will be more substantial increase in the ex-factory price
Lead prices of raw materials by rapid and dramatic increase in the impact of lead-acid battery production costs difficult to digest and had to sit down together. March 1, by the Chinese chemical industry associations and physical power battery acid branch linked units - Zhejiang South have led to convene a few more battery size enterprises, in order to rectify the past, competition for markets, the prices of the behavior of blind, self-discipline on the industry to reach views. Minutes from this meeting can be seen, relatively large price increases lead-acid battery is not in doubt.
Happily, the old peer disorderly competition, have to sit together and make use of industry organizations to discuss common development against the risk of aspiration and practical action. China’s chemical and physical power trade associations in favor of such self-discipline.
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Minutes of meeting in Hangzhou
In view of the main raw material prices soaring, Harbin Guangyu, Jiangsu Double Deng, Wuhan Yintai, Qufu San Yang, Weihai Fumitaka and Zhejiang are in the South March 1, 2004 in Hangzhou on the healthy development of trade and industry such issues as self-sufficient communication and consultations, and reached the following main points of self-discipline:
I. New Year’s Day in 2004 before signing to February 29, 2004 contract has not yet been implemented by manufacturers participating in the largest share of the lead, organizing the successful joint manufacturers to explain to customers the work done to deliver product information and prices of raw materials increase the requirements for not less than 1.20 yuan / 2VAh at the Nanjing Conference on self-discipline;
II, 1 March, 2004 after the new contract, Unicom industry no less than the sales price of 1.35 yuan / 2VAh, other sectors of not less than 1.45 yuan / 2VAh, matching (including OEM) of not less than 1.15 yuan / 2VAh ;
Third, the establishment of provincial-level communication mechanism projects in advance of tender, the manufacturer is responsible for marketing the project at the provincial level before the tender price on the main terms and conditions of consultation;
Fourth, establish a mechanism for industry summit, according to the market development of the situation from time to time to convene the summit meeting of major enterprises, the development of the industry to exchange ideas, check summing up on the stage act of industry self-regulation, the deployment of the next phase of the implementation of industry self-regulation measures;
Five from the south of Zhejiang to the industry associations are responsible for reporting, and through trade associations to other non-participating manufacturer of VRLA batteries to convey and implement the spirit of this meeting.
Sixth, to trade associations in the relevant media briefing on behalf of this meeting the decision on price, price ranges from about 35%, such as the occurrence of the associated costs, shared by the participating enterprises.