Nicholas Abson (born Michael Nicholas Drinan; 22 December 1946 in
England), his parents were Pamela Mileece Drinan (née l'Anson) and
Michael Patrick Drinan. After emigrating to Canada in 1956, Abson was
adopted by his then step-father and re-christened Nicholas Michael
Abson.In 1961, Abson moved to New York City, where he attended
Brooklyn Technical High School. He then went on to attend the City
University of New York CUNY Manhattan and Richmond College.In 1978,
his daughter Mileece was born, a recording artist and advanced music
composer, followed by his son Miles, and then Lancelot.In 1991, Abson
started a series for the BBC centering on a Belgian fuel cell company,
Elenco. After becoming engrossed with the technology, he rebuilt
Elenco when it entered administration from 2 employees to 200 and
re-branded it as ZeTek Plc. ZeTek would go on to become Europe’s
largest fuel cell company pioneering fuel cell London Taxis in 1998
and a second generation fuel cell designed for automated production,
ending the hand production previously required. The first planned
expansion began in Porz, near Cologne, early August 2000 and the
second plant at Oak Ridge, Tennessee at the Oak Ridge National
Laboratory in 2001, and a third in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, until it
lost its investors immediately following the World Trade Center
tragedy later that same year. He resurrected the company as Cenergie
Plc and provided shares for all but a few of the 500 ZeTek
shareholders. Following a series of cyber and other commercially
driven attacks, Abson resigned.
England), his parents were Pamela Mileece Drinan (née l'Anson) and
Michael Patrick Drinan. After emigrating to Canada in 1956, Abson was
adopted by his then step-father and re-christened Nicholas Michael
Abson.In 1961, Abson moved to New York City, where he attended
Brooklyn Technical High School. He then went on to attend the City
University of New York CUNY Manhattan and Richmond College.In 1978,
his daughter Mileece was born, a recording artist and advanced music
composer, followed by his son Miles, and then Lancelot.In 1991, Abson
started a series for the BBC centering on a Belgian fuel cell company,
Elenco. After becoming engrossed with the technology, he rebuilt
Elenco when it entered administration from 2 employees to 200 and
re-branded it as ZeTek Plc. ZeTek would go on to become Europe’s
largest fuel cell company pioneering fuel cell London Taxis in 1998
and a second generation fuel cell designed for automated production,
ending the hand production previously required. The first planned
expansion began in Porz, near Cologne, early August 2000 and the
second plant at Oak Ridge, Tennessee at the Oak Ridge National
Laboratory in 2001, and a third in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, until it
lost its investors immediately following the World Trade Center
tragedy later that same year. He resurrected the company as Cenergie
Plc and provided shares for all but a few of the 500 ZeTek
shareholders. Following a series of cyber and other commercially
driven attacks, Abson resigned.
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