Posted August 17, 200519 yr This came through my feed reader. No, I don't regularly read WasteNews.com! :D This appeared 8/15/05: Ohio inventor wants to site hydrogen facility in hometown By Brennan Lafferty Aug. 15 -- The company that invented the batteries used in today´s gas-electric hybrid vehicles wants to launch a new company in Akron with facilities that would help develop clean-burning hydrogen automobiles. Akron native Stanford Ovshinsky this morning unveiled his vision that includes his hometown becoming a leader in hydrogen fuel development. For more info, click the link Bob Downing can be reached at 330-996-3745 or [email protected] RELATED LINKS • Hydrogen car video (320x240, 24fps, 9MB) • Hydrogen car video (240x170, 12fps, 3.5MB) • For this vehicle, just add water • NUMMI may have hybrid future • http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/12394404.htm?source=rss&channel=ohio_news
August 17, 200519 yr :clap: I've been following this for a few years. It's nice to see that it's closer to becoming a reality. Becoming a hub for research in what could become the primary fuel source of the future could be mean nice things for the economy in Greater Akron as well as all N.E. Ohio.
October 13, 200519 yr From the Akron Beacon Journal 10/13/2005 Akron dealing to land project $40 million to $60 million from private investors could lure plant to build parts for hydrogen cars By John Higgins Beacon Journal staff writer Local investors with a few million dollars lying around may soon receive a prospectus and an invitation to help create hydrogen economy jobs in Akron. For more info, click the link John Higgins can be reached at 330-996-3792 or 1-800-777-7232 or [email protected] http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/12889532.htm
October 13, 200519 yr This is exactly the transition our economy needs; high tech manufacturing. I have a good feeling about this venture, especially considering the resources available in the area.
October 13, 200519 yr ^ Agreed. I'm happy see that their selling the assetts of the region versus offering a boat load of tax incentives. I really have a good feeling about this (plus Ovshinsky is an Akron native an seems to be truely interested in bringing jobs back to his hometown).
October 13, 200519 yr it's a perfect fit for the region. hey make some of those tech people fly into ohio for work for a change instead of vice-versa!
October 15, 200519 yr From the 10/14/05 Akron Beacon Journal: How green is hydrogen automobile? • Number of Beacon Journal stories in 1992 that contained the word ``Internet'': zero. • Number of Beacon Journal stories in 1996 that contained the word ``Internet'': 1,148. In a mere four years -- the length of time it takes to get a college degree, assuming you don't spend all of your time next to the keg -- this society fully embraced a radically new technology. For more info, click the link Bob Dyer can be reached at 330-996-3580 or [email protected] http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/12899747.htm?source=rss&channel=ohio_news
January 24, 200619 yr Looks like things are moving along. From the Akron Beacon Journal 1/24/2006 Property chosen for tests Akron Steel Treating site to be leased to firm for hydrogen fuel project By John Higgins Beacon Journal staff writer Akron will buy the old Akron Steel Treating Co. site for $680,000 and lease it to a Michigan company that wants to test hydrogen fuel storage tanks for a new generation of nonpolluting cars and other applications. Akron City Council approved the purchase Monday night. The city will lease the building on South Broadway Street to Ovonics Hydrogen Systems LLC for five years free of charge; after that, Ovonics could buy or lease the facility. For more info, click the link John Higgins can be reached at 330-996-3792 or 800-777-7232 or [email protected]. http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/13697733.htm
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