A profitable fuel-cell company finally emerges amid industrywide losses

Published on June 20, 2023

Since the invention of the fuel cell in 1839 , no company has been able to earn a profit from this energy-generating technology. Until the historic moment in which we now find ourselves. Germany’s SFC Energy , a maker of methanol-powered fuel cells for portable and remote applications, reported in March that it had…

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This story originally appeared in Eos magazine and is part of Covering Climate Now , a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. This summer, as much as two-thirds of the United States could be in danger of electricity outages should temperatures drift higher than normal,…

Driving less may be as easy as riding a bike — a big electric one

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