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To: American Spirit who wrote (245884)	4/7/2002 5:15:42 PM
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A Brand New Car Energy Department announces fuel-cell breakthrough Tuesday, Oct. 21, 1997 WASHINGTON: Kyoto, here we come. Energy Secretary Federico Pena cast new light on the vexed question of greenhouse gas emissions by announcing Tuesday the development of a fuel cell that can convert ordinary gas into electric energy — yielding twice the efficiency with only a tenth of the emissions. The mood was jubilant because the technique — a hydrogenation of gasoline (or ethanol or methanol) — is relatively elegant, eliminating the specter of electrical-charging stations and three-hour fill-ups. Pena said the vehicle could be on the road within a decade, potentially yielding a 90 percent reduction in tailpipe emissions, which make up 30 percent of U.S. greenhouse gases. That's 27 percent of America's emissions slashed right there — fully 7 percent more than the highest proposal on the table at December’s Kyoto conference on climate change. So don't be surprised to see President Clinton wearing a "fuel cells" T-shirt when he flies to Japan. time.com Contracts already secured for nearly 400 pre-series systems Further distribution contracts closed for Sulzer Hexis fuel cell systems Budgeted pre-series sales and installations of Sulzer Hexis fuel cell systems – 400 units by the end of 2003 – are already largely secured. Contracts have so far been closed for 370 of these systems, lately with the three German utilities E.ON Energie AG, Thyssengas GmbH and VNG – Verbundnetz Gas AG. At the end of March 2002 Sulzer Hexis closed distribution contracts with three more utilities in Germany for 114 systems, of which 56 were ordered by E.ON Energie AG, Munich; 42 by Thyssengas GmbH, Duisburg; and 16 by VNG – Verbundnetz Gas AG, Leipzig. This brings the number of orders received for pre-series "HXS 1000 Premiere" fuel cell systems to 370 so far. The target of installing 400 Sulzer Hexis fuel cell systems over 2001–03 via utilities and local enterprises in Germany, Austria and Switzerland is thus already within grasp. Cooperation with these important partners will however continue in 2004 and beyond. Since the distribution partner utilities are contractually both owners and operators of these Sulzer Hexis fuel cell systems during the pre-series phase from 2001 to 2003, the end users carry no investment or operating risks. System installation, operation and maintenance is subcontracted to local installers. In 2001 Sulzer Hexis already closed distribution contracts for 255 fuel cell systems in total with the German utilities EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, Oldenburger EWE AG, and EWR Elektrizitätswerk Rheinhessen AG Worms. Furthermore, a co-operation project (for 1 system) exists with an Austrian consortium comprising Energie AG Oberösterreich and Oberösterreichischen Ferngas AG. This makes up the current total of 370 pre-series systems sold. Sales of a mass product are planned as of 2004/2005. Winterthur, 04/04/2002 sulzer.com