Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
This won’t be the first time I’ve talked turkey about Turkey. In July 2011, I had spoken about how Turkey had built the EkoKaravan that runs off a variety of energy sources including hydrogen. Turkish engineers had also built the SAHIMO hydrogen car and an H2 refueling station as well. Now, with Thanksgiving only a […]
Continue ReadingDuring World War I, the UK and Germany were sworn enemies. Today, however, they are no longer enemies, but they do have a friendly competition going regarding the use of renewable resources to create clean hydrogen fuel. In the UK, ITM Power is teaming up with several different partners in an EcoIsland project. According to […]
Continue ReadingOn the island of Taiwan in the central city of Taichung, Feng Chia University opened its first renewable energy bio-hydrogen filling station. According to Taiwan Today, “At the opening of the new facility, the university presented its research achievements in using microbial technology to transform agricultural waste biomass into fuel for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. […]
Continue ReadingAccording to PATH (Partnership for Advancing the Transition to Hydrogen) the worldwide hydrogen and fuel cell industry includes over 20 countries and is worth at least $5.6 billion a year. In addition, the hydrogen and fuel cell industry current accounts for over 40,000 jobs worldwide. By the year 2020, this same industry is expected to […]
Continue ReadingThe goal of the U. S. Department of Energy and the manufacturers of hydrogen fuel tanks and other storage vessels have been to find a material that bonds with H2 that is lightweight and that can be used at ambient temperature and pressures. The problem with hydrogen atoms bonding with other elements is that either […]
Continue ReadingThe last time I had talked about the unveiling of the Boeing Phantom Eye was in July 2010. Since then the military has been very quite about the progress, until now. The Phantom Eye is a high-altitude long endurance (HALE) vehicle that can fly at 65,000 feet and stay aloft for 4 days carrying surveillance […]
Continue ReadingThere’s been a lot of research in materials sciences in finding cheaper alternatives in which to store hydrogen or use as catalysts for hydrogen reactions. Most of this breakthrough technology perpetually seems to be 10 to 20 years away before commercialization. This is why when I heard about what the researchers at the University of […]
Continue ReadingA Honda FCX Clarity, Opel HydroGen4, Mercedes B Class Hydrogen Fuel Cell, Toyota FCHV-adv and Hyundai ix35 FCEV were all tested recently at a racetrack 15 miles outside of Paris, France. All vehicles were fueled courtesy of industrial gas company Air Liquide. I had talked a few days ago about Air Liquide being high on […]
Continue ReadingThe U. S. Department of Defense (DoD) has been testing prototype hydrogen fuel cells, both stationary and mobile, for years now to see if they are up to the challenge of fitting into the military’s goals. All of this testing has finally paid off. The DoD is now recommending that they buy commercial fuel cells […]
Continue ReadingLast week I talked about how industrial gas supplier Air Liquide was making money from installing hydrogen fueling station infrastructure inside of large commercial warehouses for use by fuel cell powered lift trucks, forklifts and palette trucks. This week I want to talk about another manufacturer in a different segment of the industry profiting from […]
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