Why hydrogen cars will fail

the Cleantech Group Weekly - January 25th, 2007

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- Exclusive: Hydrogen cars "non-starters"
- Dealflow: $1.3 billion goes to waste
- News brief: USDA to invest $1.6 billion in renewable fuels
- Interview: Dan Arvizu's big day
- Exclusive: Bush beckons for biofuel
- News brief: Silicon Valley Solar outsources manufacturing to Germany
- Exclusive: Ethanol a boondoggle, says Milken
- News brief: DayStar gets commitments for additional capital
- Exclusive: Solar and fuel cell tax credit reprieve
- News brief: U.S. wind power grew 27% in 2006, 26% expected in 2007
- Comment: Diesel from coal "amazing"

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- Hydrogen cars "non-starters"

Presenters at the Clean-tech Investor Summit yesterday predicted
fuel-cell hybrids will ultimately lose to electric pluggables.

Forget hydrogen and fuel-cell cars, said a variety of speakers. The
future is clearly pure electric pluggable cars.

"We saw a strong shift this year away from the focus on hydrogen and
fuel cells as the car of the future to the electric or hybrid. Small
companies like Tesla, and even big companies like GM, with its Volt
and flex fuel infrastructure, are just the beginning," said Ira
Ehrenpreis of venture firm Technology Partners. Ehrenpreis gave the
opening address at the Clean-tech Investor Summit in Palm Springs,
California.

Electric car makers were also critics of fuel cell approaches. No
surprise there. But when power company AES also came out swinging
against fuel cell cars, we took note.

Details:

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- Dealflow: $1.3 billion goes to waste

Thought your mortgage was bad? Covanta is restructuring its
energy-from-waste business with $1.3 billion in debt.

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- USDA to invest $1.6 billion in renewable fuels

Bowing before Bush, USDA shows fealty pledging $$ for corn ethanol.

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- Interview: Dan Arvizu's big day

Insight Greentech put the head of NREL in the spotlight. See him dance!

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- Bush beckons for biofuel

Cleantech community applauds Bush's State of the Union, but wonders
how it's gonna meet its biofuel targets.

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- Silicon Valley Solar outsources manufacturing to Germany

New solar concentrator vendor SV Solar, flush with a $35 million deal,
is soon to eat more pork than it ever thought possible.

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As a courtesy to SV Solar, the Cleantech Group now presents phrases we
find come in handy when working with the Germans:

I don't think so.
"Das glaube ich nicht."

How much/many?
"Wieviel / Wie viele?"

My donkey is dead.
"Mein Esel ist tot."

Stop! Let me see the documentation for your moustache.
"Halt! Lassen Sie mich die Unterlagen far Ihren Schnurrbart sehen."

Where can I buy Lederhosen made from real moustache hair?
"Wo ich kaufe Lederhosen kann, das vom realen Schnurrbarthaar gebildet
wird."

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- Ethanol a boondoggle, says Milken

Think tank thumbs nose at ethanol's viability, accusing it of getting
billions more a year in subsidies than big oil.

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- DayStar gets commitments for additional capital

Thin film solar vendor sends the Reaper packing. For now.

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- Solar and fuel cell tax credit reprieve

Speaking of subsidies... solar and fuel cells to get 'em through 2015.

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- News brief: U.S. wind power grew 27% in 2006, 26% expected in 2007

Wind blows. And that's good, says AWEA.

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- Comment: Diesel from coal "amazing"

Greenies should praise diesel and coal, not bury it, says commentator.

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