3M receives $3 million grant to develop cheaper hydrogen fuel cells

MPR reports the company's St. Paul-based researchers will work on ways to make the environmentally-friendly alternative more efficient and cost effective. 3M will also partner with General Motors to help introduce hydrogen-fuel vehicles commercially in three years.

Author:
BMTN Staff
Updated:
Mar 8, 2018
Original:
Apr 1, 2012

MPR reports the company's St. Paul-based researchers will work on ways to make the environmentally-friendly alternative more efficient and cost effective. 3M will also partner with General Motors to help introduce hydrogen-fuel vehicles commercially in three years.

Screen Shot 2022-05-25 at 8.01.45 AM

"Found among the charred debris were two adults and a child," the sheriff's office said in a release.

USATSI_18345175

A gunman killed 19 children and two adults in Texas Tuesday afternoon.

Screen Shot 2022-05-24 at 5.21.04 PM

Matthew McCollister was to be sentenced for fraud in federal court on Wednesday.

uawgitwa5lpcj158xkfx

In Nevis, Minnesota, campers can stay in a refurbished 1905 train car.

Screen Shot 2022-01-28 at 9.04.12 AM

They shot the woman who lives in the apartment in the abdomen, and put a gun to a man's head.

Minneapolis police

The cause of death has not yet been revealed due to an ongoing investigation.

Arianna Vos

Three women, ages 19, 20 and 20, were in the vehicle struck by a wrong-way driver early Sunday morning.

Screen Shot 2022-05-24 at 2.11.12 PM

TV, Movies and The Arts

The couple announced they're expecting this winter.

Julissa Thaler

An announcement Tuesday confirmed potential crime scenes in Mound and Minnetrista.

SEIU Healthcare Minnesota strike.

More than 400 mental health workers are participating in the unionized strike on Tuesday.

Bloomington Fire

The fire department said two hotel employees are being evaluated by paramedics.

Screen Shot 2022-03-24 at 9.21.32 AM

The donation is the largest the organization has ever seen from a single individual.

The St. Paul Port Authority received $1.6 million to clean-up soil at two former 3M Corp. properties and fund a low-interest loan program for developers. The City of St. Paul also received $200,000 to clean petroleum compounds in the Trillium Central site.

The Porton Group and its partners filed a lawsuit claiming the Maplewood company failed to deliver on a promise to market a diagnostic test for hospitals. 3M made a multimillion-dollar deal to acquire the test in 2007, but much of the payout was tied to future sales. A year later, 3M had dropped the product, BacLite. The investment fund had sought $40 million in the suit. Both sides have claimed a victory in the case.

Kansas officials say they won't pay 3M the remaining $4 million the state owes on its $25 million contract until the Maplewood-based vendor fixes the state's new $40 million motor vehicle system. Among the issues, the Topeka Capital-Journal reports the new software didn't convert more than 70,000 records correctly and counties continue to report other problems three months after the May launch.

A new investment by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community will fuel local and national expansion of the media company.

A 3M executive says the $50 million investment is part of a "five-year strategy for China to increase annual sales 15 to 20 percent." The Maplewood-based manufacturer plans to develop new technology and products for the China market -- 3M's biggest overseas market.

Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius told MPR the federal money will help "replicate high-performing charters and share those best practices across all schools." She also says the grant will help the state monitor the strengths and weaknesses of charter schools.

3M is planning a new lab facility at its Maplewood headquarters, the company has told employees. The facility, to be home to 700 researchers, could open by 2014, KSTP reports. The company in recent years has shifted more of its research and development work overseas.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is pledging nearly $1 million to the school to develop a new type of hazelnut that can thrive in Minnesota's climate. U researchers believe the hazelnut could become a major money-making crop for Minnesota in the next 10 years.

DONTCHA KNOW?

You Can Get BMTN Special Offers!

Get Our Newsletter

CLOSE

CLOSE

CLOSE

CLOSE