ECD Ovonics Planning to Open Ovonic Solid Hydrogen Test Facility in Akron
16 8월 2005 - 1:55AM
PR Newswire (US)
AKRON, Ohio, Aug. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Energy Conversion
Devices, Inc. (ECD Ovonics) (NASDAQ:ENER) announced today that it
is considering plans to open an Ovonic solid hydrogen testing
facility in Akron, Ohio. The testing laboratory will have the
capability to test and certify Ovonic metal hydride storage
containers for use with portable fuel cell generators, on-board
storage of hydrogen for internal combustion engine and fuel cell
vehicles, and for solid hydrogen dispensing stations to refill
canisters and vehicles, and other stationary uses. The laboratory
is expected to employ up to 25 people in the first three years of
operation. Mr. Stanford R. Ovshinsky, President and CTO of ECD
Ovonics, and a native of Akron, said, "This cooperation and
enthusiasm of the City to support the Ovonic solid hydrogen test
facility has been outstanding. We appreciate the speed with which
this important testing project is moving through the various
approval processes and the high interest in Ovonic technologies.
Particularly exciting is that the activity may lead to Akron
becoming the center of the emerging hydrogen economy." It is
anticipated that the testing laboratory may be followed by canister
and vessel manufacturing operations. Since anything that burns and
is used for fuel can be replaced by hydrogen, the need for hydrogen
storage vessels is expected to grow as applications for hydrogen
fuel increases. The Ovonic storage canister will hold almost twice
the amount of hydrogen as compared to a similar size vessel holding
liquid hydrogen and more than three times the amount of hydrogen as
compared to a similar size vessel holding high pressure gaseous
hydrogen. Ovonic hydrogen storage canisters operate at low
pressures and feature fast refilling capability. Hydrogen is an
abundant fuel source that can reduce our country's dependence on
imported oil. It is clean burning and does not emit global warming
gases such as carbon dioxide. When used, the only by-product is
clean water. A good existing industrial site is available in Akron
with room for expansion and adequate electric power. The proximity
of the University of Akron and skilled workers are also major
factors. Future considerations include Akron's ample water supply,
originally sized to support the tire- making industry needs, which
is potentially a source of hydrogen using ECD's nonpolluting United
Solar Ovonic photovoltaic products to generate electric energy for
extraction of hydrogen. About ECD Ovonics: ECD Ovonics is the
leader in the synthesis of new materials and the development of
advanced production technology and innovative products. It has
invented, pioneered and developed its proprietary, enabling
technologies in the fields of energy and information leading to new
products and production processes based on amorphous, disordered
and related materials. ECD Ovonics' proprietary advanced
information technologies include Ovonic phase-change electrical
memory, Ovonic phase-change optical memory and the Ovonic Threshold
Switch. The Company's portfolio of alternative energy solutions
includes Ovonic thin-film continuous-web amorphous solar cells,
modules, panels and systems for generating solar electric power;
Ovonic NiMH batteries; Ovonic hydride storage materials capable of
storing hydrogen in the solid state for use as a feedstock for fuel
cells or internal combustion engines or as an enhancement or
replacement for any type of hydrocarbon fuel; and Ovonic fuel cell
technology. ECD Ovonics designs and builds manufacturing machinery
that incorporates its proprietary production processes, maintains
ongoing research and development programs to continually improve
its products and develops new applications for its technologies.
ECD Ovonics holds the basic patents in its fields. More information
on ECD Ovonics is available on http://www.ovonic.com/ . This
release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning
of the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are based on
assumptions which ECD Ovonics, as of the date of this release,
believes to be reasonable and appropriate. ECD Ovonics cautions,
however, that the actual facts and conditions that may exist in the
future could vary materially from the assumed facts and conditions
upon which such forward-looking statements are based. DATASOURCE:
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. CONTACT: Ghazaleh Koefod, Investor
Relations, or Dick Thompson, Media Relations, of Energy Conversion
Devices, Inc., +1-248-293-0440; or Bruce MacDonald of
Liebler!MacDonald, +1-248-233-8062 Web site: http://www.ovonic.com/
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