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Fuel cell industry poised for growth

by WKSU's KAREN SCHAEFER


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Karen Schaefer
 
Ohio has been funding the development of fuel cells for the past five years through grants such as the Third Frontier program. The goal is to create new high-tech jobs. But unlike industries such as bioscience, commercial fuel cells have yet to take off. How close the state's investment is to paying off?
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Julian Norley holds a handful of fuel cells made of lightweight graphite, made by his company GrafTech, which is headquartered in Parma
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My understanding of the technology behind experimental fuel cell vehicles is that they are completely different from gasoline-powered vehicles in terms of their design. So, no, I don't believe you'll see conversions of existing gas-powered engines, but entirely different vehicles as we do with the hybrid cars that run on both gas and battery-power.

Karen Schaefer
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Posted by: Karen Schaefer (WKSU) on May 15, 2008 10:51AM
will there be a conversion available for gasoline cars


Posted by: richard (ohio) on May 14, 2008 11:15PM
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