Fuel cell Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Nectar mobile fuel-cell power system now available for pre-order

by Erica Sadun (Mar 22nd, 2013)

On paper, the Nectar Power system is both awesome and ludicrous. This is essentially a keychain-dongle USB power solution for super-sized keychains. You carry it around and charge your iPhone or other USB devices as needed. Let's start with the ludicrous, which is the price. The unit is now ...

CES 2013: Nectar's fuel cell pack claims to store up to two weeks of extra power

by Mike Schramm (Jan 8th, 2013)

The Nectar mobile power system had its debut earlier this week at CES' Unveiled pre-show, and if nothing else, it's an impressive boast: The system claims to provide up to two weeks of power for your devices (including the iPhone) from a pack that fits very easily in a pocket. It's a pretty ...

Apple plans to double capacity of NC fuel cells

by Steven Sande (Dec 5th, 2012)

The first phase of Apple's fuel cell project at the Maiden, NC data center began testing in October of 2012, and the company is already looking at doubling the capacity of the plant. The plant is fueled by filtered landfill gas (AKA "directed biogas"), a fuel that is considered a renewable ...

Road trip! Visiting Apple's North Carolina data center

by Steven Sande (Jul 9th, 2012)

Looking for an exciting geek adventure this summer? You may want to follow in the footsteps of GigaOM's Katie Fehrenbacher, who recently took a one-day road trip to visit the sites of some of the world's largest data centers. These facilities, all of which are located in a small area of North ...

North Carolina approves Apple's plans for 4.8-megawatt fuel cell facility

by Steven Sande (May 24th, 2012)

Things are looking green around Apple's Maiden, North Carolina data center, and it's not just due to the fact that it's springtime. The North Carolina Utilities Commission has approved (PDF) Apple's plans to construct and operate a 4.8-megawatt fuel cell facility at the data center, providing ...

Apple confirmed as Bloom Energy's customer

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Apr 30th, 2012)

CNet confirmed today that Bloom Energy will be supplying fuel cells to Apple. This will go toward powering Apple's North Carolina data center. GigaOM originally reported last month that Bloom Energy would be Apple's supplier for the fuel-cell farm. There will be 4.8 megawatts of biogas fuel ...

Apple plans nation's biggest private fuel cell energy project

by Steven Sande (Apr 2nd, 2012)

Apple has made several moves lately that point to it becoming one of the nation's leaders in terms of adopting clean energy technology. First, the company announced that is installing a 20-megawatt solar farm across from the Maiden, North Carolina data center. Now the Greenboro, N.C. News & ...

Apple patent frenzy: TV set-top box, Cinema Display, iChat, liquid metal

by Chris Rawson (Jan 6th, 2011)

According to Patently Apple, this week Apple's been granted a storm of patents. The patents include: 1. An advanced set-top box that sounds like the superhero offspring of the current Apple TV and a TiVo set. What's new and exciting in this patent is a multiple search engine implementation that ...