Nuvera Fuel Cells

Nuvera unveiled the first hydrogen refueling station in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on Monday (August 11), as part of the Hydrogen Road Tour.

Nuvera’s PowerTap refilling station, prior to the unveiling.

The crowd waiting for the Hydrogen Road Tour to arrive. Over 200 people and members of the media attended the landmark event.

Members of the crowd.

The Hydrogen Road Tour arrives.

Welcoming remarks by Nuvera’s CEO, Roberto Cordaro.

The station is officially open! (L to R) Cheryl McQueary, DOT’s Research and Innovative Technology Deputy Administrator, Barry Finegold, State Representative, Roberto Cordaro, Nuvera Fuel Cells President and CEO and June Black, Lawrence Regional Coordinator for Congresswoman Niki Tsongas, cut the ceremonial ribbon on the hydrogen refueler.

Roberto Cordaro refueling the first car at the PowerTap hydrogen station.

More refueling.

Hydrogen cars on display.

Jim Limperis (Manager, Accounting) and his family…who clearly spent some time at the face painting table!

The PowerTap station, refueling a Toyota fuel cell vehicle.

To check out the press coverage of the event, click on the links below:

Channel 5

NECN

Boston Globe

Lowell Sun

The Metro

Wunitv

CNet

CNN (scroll through to around the 2 minute mark)

A reminder to all of Nuvera’s friends out there: We will be unveiling the first hydrogen refueler in Massachusetts today as part of the Hydrogen Road Tour.

Join us!

Nuvera Fuel Cells
129 Concord Road
Billerica, MA

11:45 am - 1:30 pm

From an earlier release:

On Monday, August 11 at 11:45 a.m., EDT, the Hydrogen Road Tour will arrive at Nuvera Fuel Cells in Billerica, Mass. to celebrate the opening of the first hydrogen refueling station in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The ribbon cutting event will feature refueling demonstrations involving 9 hydrogen powered vehicles from leading automotive companies that are traveling from Portland, ME to Los Angeles, CA as part of the coast to coast Hydrogen Road Tour. The vehicles will be on hand for public viewing after the event, where you will be able to look under the hood and kick the tires. Spend a few hours learning about hydrogen as a transportation fuel from the people who are working on the vehicles and infrastructure. Refreshments will be available!

WHO: Cheryl McQueary, Research and Innovative Technology Deputy Administrator

Catherine Dunwoody, Executive Director, California Fuel Cell Partnership

June Black, Lawerence Area Coordinator for Representative Niki Tsongas

Roberto Cordaro, CEO, Nuvera Fuel Cells

August 11, 2008
11:30am–1:30pm

Nuvera Fuel Cells
129 Concord Road, Billerica, MA

You’re Invited!

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Join Nuvera Fuel Cells for the unveiling of the first hydrogen refueling station in Massachusetts on Monday, August 11, 2008. The ribbon cutting event will feature refueling demonstrations involving 9 hydrogen powered vehicles from leading automotive companies that are traveling from Portland, ME to Los Angeles, CA. The vehicles will be on hand for public viewing after the event, where you will be able to look under the hoods and kick the tires. Come and spend a few hours learning about hydrogen as a transportation fuel from the people who are working on the vehicles and infrastructure. Refreshments will be available!

Members of Congresswoman Tsongas’ office and distinguished officers from the Commonwealth and local governments will be in attendance.

Michael Leschiner, James Cross and Darryl Pollica presented at the DOE 2007 Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation in Washington DC on May 15-18, 2008. The Annual Merit Review gives principal researchers an opportunity to present the status and results of their projects that are funded by DOE’s Hydrogen Program. Michael, James and Darryl presented a poster on Nuvera’s Cost-effective High efficiency Advanced Reformer Module (CHARM) project, which you can view below (click on the image to enlarge).

Some of the major findings were:

• Improved durability of Superheater, tested for over 1600 hours and 43 cold cycles
• Catalyst testing confirmed significantly improved hydrothermal stability, anti-cooking and crush strength
• Implemented new desulfurization material that is chemisorptions based

Additionally, James Cross presented an update on “Subfreezing Start/Stop Protocol for an Advanced Metallic Open-Flowfield Fuel Cell Stack.”

Check out the new ReadyPower and PowerTap specification sheets released last week.

The sheets were created with our partner for the North American material handling market, East Penn Manufacturing. Click on the sheets to download the PDF’s.