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Eco Factor: Mixed-use pavilion designed to harvest solar energy for power. Designed by architect Paul de Ruiter, the Autarc is a sustainable mixed-use pavilion designed to provide space for offices or exhibitions with minimum impact on the...

Eco Factor: New material being developed to lower the cost of fuel cells and better its performance. Fuel cells are often touted as one method to help decrease society’s addiction to fossil fuels. But there is still a lot of work to be done...

Eco Factor: Storing solar energy in the form of hydrogen for fuel cells. The current technology might have enabled us to install a solar plant right on our rooftops, but all that energy is of no use if there isn’t enough storage medium...

Eco Factor: Zero-emission UAV sets endurance record running on fuel cells. Developed by the Naval Research Laboratory, the hydrogen fuel-cell powered Ion Tiger has set an unofficial record by flying 23 hours and 17 minutes at Aberdeen Proving...

Eco Factor: Hydrogen-fuel cell powered electric vehicle. Designed by a student team from Ohio State University, the Buckeye Bullet 2 broke the 300mph barrier at the Bonneville Salt Flats by averaging 300.992mph in the flying kilometer with a top...

Eco Factor: Zero-emission DIY ship gets powered by hydrogen fuel cells. A team of students at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are trying to prove the viability of hydrogen fuel cells by sailing from New York City to Troy on a DIY ship that...

Eco Factor: Replacing expensive platinum in fuel cells with a liquid-based system to lower the cost of fuel cells. UK-based ACAL Energy has managed to reduce the amount of platinum used in a hydrogen fuel cell by as much as 80%, which then lowers..

Eco Factor: Zero-emission car powered by hydrogen. Mercedes-Benz has officially announced the launch of its first series-produced fuel cell car on the road. The F-Cell car will offer a performance similar to a 2.0-liter petrol car and will be...

Eco Factor: Unmanned aerial system runs on hydrogen fuel cells. Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies’ Aeropak system, which was touted to increase the flight endurance and range of UAVs, has been used by BlueBird Aero System in their latest invention..

Eco Factor: Zero-emission car powered by hydrogen fuel cells. Even after being the most abundant element in the universe, auto engineers have had a hard time figuring out the best way to use hydrogen to power cars. We all know that cars powered by.