Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
We all know that platinum is expensive. When I just checked the spot prices for today both platinum and gold are just under $1,700 per ounce. Now, even though platinum is expensive we still use it in our modern cars inside of the catalytic converters to fight pollution. With a battery electric car or fuel […]
Continue ReadingIt’s no secret that hydrogen car lovers and battery electric car enthusiasts rarely get along. There have been many heated debates about which type of vehicle the world needs going forward. But, what if the answer were both and not, both separately, but both as in one vehicle. Now, it’s well-known that most hydrogen fuel […]
Continue ReadingAccording to the 2012 Motor Vehicle Census, there are 16.7 million motor vehicles in Australia. Also as of December 2012, there are no operational hydrogen fueling stations in the Land Down Under. There WAS an operational hydrogen refilling station on the Western side in Perth. This station serviced, from 2004 to 2007, three fuel cell […]
Continue ReadingThis comes under the category of “well, it’s about time.” With the help of the Environmental Defense Fund, hydrogen fuel cell truck maker Visions Industries and industrial gas supplier Air Products the first hydrogen fueling station in Texas is about to be built. This fueling station in Houston isn’t aimed towards cars, however. Vision Industries […]
Continue ReadingThe first thing one has to ask is, “Is this for real?” And of course the answer is “Maybe.” There is a car in Qatar (I just love saying that) which showed up for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP18). This Qatar car was sporting a hydrogen gas saving device that uses […]
Continue ReadingNeil Young once sang, “It’s better to burn out than it is to rust.” But that’s not how the researchers at Technion see it in regard to hydrogen production. The Technion team from Israel is using a combination of solar energy, photoelectrolysis, iron oxide (rust), and ultrathin films at a nanoscale to produce hydrogen cheaply […]
Continue ReadingYesterday I talked about the NEL P-60 electrolyser unit for creating hydrogen via electrolysis of water. Today I have some new information regarding the NEL P-60. I’ll be the first to admit that the P-60 isn’t as inexpensive as I had first assumed. Mr. Atle Taalesen, the Regional Sales Director / Nordic, Baltic & North […]
Continue ReadingNEL Hydrogen is a Norwegian company that has created the P60 electrolyzer for H2 production. Some of the key uses of the P60 include power to gas, hydrogen fueling stations and industrial applications. I would like to talk about the first two uses of the NEL P60. In regard to power to gas the P60 […]
Continue ReadingWell, you just got to pee it to believe it. That’s what some schoolgirls in Nigeria, Africa are saying. They have created an electrolytic cell that takes in urine and outputs hydrogen. The teenage girls presented their new invention at the Maker Faire Africa 2012 in Lagos, Nigeria. The girls are Bello Eniola (15), Akindele […]
Continue ReadingIn January of 2010 I talked about the University of Rochester in New York creating artificial leaves for hydrogen production. Now the same university is putting a slightly different bend on hydrogen production from a slightly different angle. The catalyst for the artificial photosynthesis process doesn’t use platinum or any other expensive metals. Instead the […]
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