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2007


February 27, 2007
UCI celebrates grand opening of hydrogen fueling station

 

2006

August 21, 2006
UCI Scientists First to Predict Air Quality Impact of Small-scale Power Sources

July 7-30, 2006
Orange County Fair - Costa Mesa, California

2005

Aug. 24, 2005
City of Irvine, the National Fuel Cell Research Center at the University of California, Irvine and Toyota Motor Sales, USA Showcase the Future of Urban Transportation with Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle

March 22, 2005
National Fuel Cell Research Center at UCI Sponsors Exhibit in U.S. Pavilion at 2005 World's Fair in Japan

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2004

May 3, 2004
From fuel cells to democracy in postwar Iraq, undergraduate research on display at UCI symposium.
Acclaimed evolutionary biologist Douglas Wallace to give keynote lecture

March 1, 2004
Toyota, UC Irvine and Horiba Expand the Hydrogen Community

February 24, 2004
Media Advisory - Hydrogen-fueled vehicle delivered to UCI

2003

2002

April 18, 2002
ZEV•NET program offers clean, convenient alternatives for Irvine commuters `
UCI transportation pilot project to combine rail, zero and low-emission vehicles in far-reaching public-private partnership

October 2, 2002
ZEV•NET Program wins Transportation Excellence Award

November 7, 2002
UCI ZEV•NET program recognized for transportation innovation and excellence with Blue Sky Merit Award

November 18, 2002
UCI's national fuel cell research center to provide a 'bridge' for nation's first hybrid electric fuel-cell vehicles Lease agreement with Toyota to bring innovative cars to public

May 13, 2002
Newspaper: The Orange County Register Orange County filling up on fuel-cell technology
To view the article please click on the following link: www.ocregister.com/archive

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2001

June 21, 2001
UC Irvine School of Engineering to host lecture on the future of automobile transportation Toyota executive to present concepts of sustainable transportation

November 14, 2001
Newspaper: latimes.com
UCI gets $3 million for energy research. To view article please click on the following link: http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/

December 2001

New University UCI logo New University, UC Irvine  
School of Engineering Receives $3 Million Grant
UCI Advanced Power and Energy Program, or APEP, an interdisciplinary research program at The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, announced Nov. 13 that it received a $3 million grant from the California Energy Commission's Public Interest Energy Research program.

June 27, 2001 - CARB Press Release
Fuel Cell Electricity to be Encouraged
SACRAMENTO - A new public/private collaborative seeking to reduce the demand on California's electrical grid and existing power plants by encouraging commercialization of fuel cells, held its first organizational meeting at Cal/EPA headquarters in Sacramento. A series of preparatory meetings were organized by the governor's Office of Planning and Research

June 11, 2001
Fuel Cell Technologies Ltd.
Fuel Cell Technologies Ltd., (FCT) has received a purchase order for the supply and installation of two 5 kW SOFC power systems. The first will be delivered to The Presidio Trust in San Francisco, and the second to the National Fuel Cell Research Center at the University of California at Irvine

UC Irvine School of Engineering, Summer 2001
Engineering Solutions to California's Energy Crisis
Scientists at the National Fuel Cell Research Center, part of the Advanced Power and Energy Program, are working to create solutions that will affect the future of energy generation and distribution around the world. They are engineering new technologies for both conserving power and generating energy.
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Newspaper: Orange County Register
To view article(s) please click on the following link: www.ocregister.com/archive
Fuel cells don't seem so foolish - Date of Article: January 10, 2001
Alternative power, not alternating - Date of Article: May 24, 2001
Alternative energy not hot enough - Date of Article: May 22, 2001


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2000

May 31, 2000
Department of Energy designation makes University Park a living energy laboratory

May 26, 2000
Media Advisory
:U.S. Department of Energy, UC Irvine to announce one of nation's first 'Power Parks' at University Research Park

November 13, 2000
UC Irvine advanced power and energy program awarded $3 million grant by California Energy Commission
Funds to support pioneering air quality study and development of alternative fuels and low-emission power

May 27, 2000
Newspaper: Orange County Register
To view article(s) please click on the following link: www.ocregister.com/archive

UCI will host first `power park'

1999

June 15, 1999
National Fuel Cell Research Center at UC Irvine to test new, efficient and clean power generation technology

May 26, 1999
National Fuel Cell Research Center at UC Irvine receives major grant from State of California. Funds to help analyze fuel cell systems and promote transfer of fuel cell technology

June 15, 1999
National Fuel Cell Research Center at UC Irvine to test new,
efficient and clean power generation technology

Edison Technology Solutions has chosen the National Fuel Cell Research Center at UC Irvine to test a new, highly efficient type of power plant. Under construction at Siemens Westinghouse Power Corp., the "hybrid" system integrates a fuel cell with a gas turbine and is expected to generate electricity at efficiencies believed unreachable in small-sized plants just a few years ago.

Irvine, Calif., May 26, 1999
National Fuel Cell Research Center at UC Irvine receives major
grant from State of California.

UC Irvine's National Fuel Cell Research Center has received an award from the California Energy Commission to analyze power systems and encourage movement of fuel cell technology into industry.

November 1999
Generating positive energy
Scott Samuelsen, professor of mechanical, aerospace and environmental engineering, is every inch a scientist. . .

For the last thirty years, he has used his scientific background to act as an advocate for environmentally friendly energy systems, bridging the sectors of industry and research university and involving UCI in a worldwide effort to boost awareness of safer and more efficient energy technologies.

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1998

January 13, 1998
Grant Furthers Research at University of California Irvine's National Fuel Cell Research Center.
Sacramento - Assemblywoman Marilyn Brewer (R - Irvine) announced today that the California Energy Commission has approved a grant for $305,733 to the University of California at Irvine (UCT) to develop the National Fuel Cell Research Center (NFCRC).

Irvine, Calif., Feb. 19, 1998
UC Irvine School of Engineering opens nation's first major Fuel Cell Research Center
The National Fuel Cell Research Center Will Advance the Commercialization of Fuel Cell Technology; U.S. Secretary of Energy Federico Pena and California Energy Commission Chair William J. Keese are Expected to Participate in Dedication on Feb. 25
Heralding one of the most comprehensive approaches to harnessing the enormous potential of fuel cell technology, the University of California, Irvine today announced the opening of the nation's first major fuel cell research center at its School of Engineering.

UCI Journal, Winter 1998
The power is on . . .
Fuel cells, with their high efficiency, flexibility of usage and environmental sensitivity, are expected to become the dominant power-generating strategy of the next century. And UCI will play a key role in bringing that about.

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