New fuel cell converts biofuels to hydrogen on the go

Looks like a cool motorcycle at least, but could its new hydrogen fuel cell be a major breakthrough? It's worth following, and could have advantages connected with emissions and ability to use a number of different biofuels. Perhaps this technology will really shine in other power applications, depending on the efficiency of the biofuel to hydrogen conversion process.

Cheap and clean: Emissions neutral vehicle getting rave reviews:
by Jeremy Loome -- Edmonton Sun -- July 10, 2005

Harry Bradbury's new toy is a motorcycle that could run on sunflower oil, is nearly silent at 80 kmh and produces no emissions save drinkable water. It looks like something from a James Bond movie, minus the front-mounted machine guns. Bradbury is the CEO of Intelligent Energy, creator of the ENV (it's pronounced 'envy') motorcycle. The ENV gets its name from being an Emissions-Neutral Vehicle. It earns the title by running on hydrogen removed from bio fuels - anything from hemp oil to ethanol...

'It's going to be disruptive in the ways big business deals with oil and gas, particularly in the area that oil and gas would least like to hear, which is pure economics. It's much cheaper and completely clean.'

The bike is sleek, sporty and makes about as much noise as the fan on a PC. It's been ridden extensively by the British press, to raves.
It will retail, he expects, for about $7,500 and be available in North America by 2007...
The secret is the bike's hydrogen fuel cell, which Bradbury calls the world's most compact. It can even be removed and used to power other items.