On a windy day, my neighbor's wind turbine makes more power than she needs, so she makes hydrogen with that power and stores it up for a calm day when she needs it, or she can sell it back to the grid.

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WELCOME TO MAINE'S CONVERSATION ABOUT HYDROGEN AND FUEL CELLS

Hydrogen is the lightest element in the universe. It also holds a great deal of potential energy, which makes it a versatile energy storage medium that can be produced on-site, transported or even mixed with natural gas to create a cleaner energy supply. Let's talk about how we can use hydrogen (H2) to help us meet Maine's energy needs.

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A hydrogen fuel cell at NREL

Explore Brunswick's Future Renewable Energy Center

10/21/2011 - 9:30am

The closing of the Brunswick Naval Air Station leaves behind over 3,000 acres of prime real estate with close to 2 million square feet of commercial and industrial space, a world class aviation complex, and 1,000 acres of open space.

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A Tri-Generation Challenge: Hydrogen Student Design Contest

09/16/2011 - 12:19pm

The Hydrogen Education Foundation has announced the new theme for its 8th annual Hydrogen Student Design Contest: Combined Heat, Hydrogen and Power. The Contest, supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, will challenge students to design a tri-generation system that yields heat, hydrogen, and power, while utilizing local resources.

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A Free Webinar on Local Energy Storage Using Fuel Cells

08/11/2011 - 11:55am

Maine's local leaders can learn useful information about how to store renewable energy for low generation periods from this webinar. The U.S. Department of Energy's Fuel Cell Technologies Program, the Clean Energy States Alliance, and the Technology Transition Corp.

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McKibben and Gussin Say Tar Sands Pipeline Would Hurt Clean Tech Industries

08/05/2011 - 12:58pm

“Once the big investments in this most CO2-intensive fossil fuel are made...well, fait accompli. The price at the pump is kept low, for another half-decade, anyway, and then forget about investments in electric cars, or in infrastructure to power transportation with renewable energy.”

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Market Reports Show Growth in 3 Clean Energy Industries

07/26/2011 - 5:04pm

In July of 2011, the US-DOE released its annual market reports for wind energy, advanced vehicles, and fuel cell technology. All three reports found continued growth in the manufacturing and deployment of clean energy.

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Ocean Microbe Creates Hydrogen

07/26/2011 - 1:24pm

In an article published in December of 2010, "Scientific American" reports on the findings of Himadri Pakrasi of Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, and colleagues, that a single-celled microbe called cyanobacteriumCyanothece 51142 can make hydrogen in air.

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Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Supply Chain Exchange Notes

07/22/2011 - 11:58am

On July 20, 2011, the Massachusetts Hydrogen Coalition, the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology and the Northeast Energy and Commerce Association (NECA) collaborated to convene the Northeast Electrochemical Energy Storage Cluster 2011 Supply Chain Exchange in Westborough, MA.

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Where the Hydrogen Jobs Are

07/15/2011 - 4:39pm

Find out if there are jobs related to hydrogen development in Maine in a webinar titled “Where the Jobs Are: Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in Your Area”.

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Last Week to Register for Northeast Energy Storage Cluster Supply Chain Exchange

07/14/2011 - 10:42am

Is your company interested in doing business with the hydrogen and fuel cells industry? The Northeast Electrochemical Energy Storage Cluster Supply Chain Exchange takes place on July 20 in Westborough, MA.

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Two Workshops on Federal Energy Contracting

06/30/2011 - 5:14pm

Now, most of us wouldn't dream of leaving Maine in August. We'd all dread having to travel to Cincinnati to attend these concurrent workshops, but if you are bidding on government contracts for construction or power purchase agreements, you may be glad you did.

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