The ages of mankind have been classified by the materials they use. The Bronze Age. The Iron Age. The Age of Silicon. This is no accident. Materials are the basis of new technologies. And new technologies make possible new industries and jobs. Today, we are at the dawn of a new age — the Hydrogen Age — and what is already being called the Hydrogen Economy. Not because of what might develop years from now, but for what is happening already. There are literally billions of consumer nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries in use, from laptops to cell phones. Virtually all of the hybrid electric vehicles, which are causing a profound change in the automotive industry, use NiMH batteries.

Hydrogen-powered products produce no pollution and no global climate-changing CO2 emissions. Additionally, hydrogen is practically limitless. We can and must reduce our dependence on oil to reduce the potential for energy-related wars, inflation, and economic instability.

With hydrogen technology, we have the means to provide the complete energy loop that is crucial to the Hydrogen Economy. We generate electrical energy with the thin-film photovoltaic (PV) products — rain or shine — because PVs absorb the wide spectrum of light the sun radiates. We store electrical energy in NiMH battery products.