Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
Over the past week and a half there has been a lot of news regarding hydrogen buses. So, I want to provide a summary to each story. The United Kingdom’s first hydrogen bus has been launched and will service London’s RV1 route. Seven more hydrogen powered buses will be added to the same route in […]
Continue ReadingLast March 2010, I had talked about the Hyundai Tucson iX35 FCEV rolling out at the Geneva Auto Show. The most recent news regarding this vehicle is that the prototype is now ready and will begin testing in 2011. The Tucson iX is an upgrade from the Hyundai Tucson FCEV with a 3rd generation fuel […]
Continue ReadingThe first Mercedes fuel cell vehicle (FCV) lease in the U. S. is going to Hollywood’s Executive Director of the Producers Guild of America. Mr. Vance Van Petten will be driving the Mercedes B-Class F-Cell FCV around the Hollywood Hills and beyond in Southern California. Now, it’s no secret that Hollywood types like the status […]
Continue ReadingI find the following information rather mind-boggling since it defies conventional wisdom. The first of which is that hydrogen doesn’t occur naturally on this planet, that it is bonded with other atoms and it has to be brutally ripped from those atoms in order to create pure H2. The second bit of conventional wisdom which […]
Continue ReadingFuel Cells 2000, a non-profit educational organization has come up with a head-to-head comparison of two FCVs (fuel cell vehicles), one PHEV (plug-in hybrid electric vehicle) and one BEV (battery electric vehicle) to see if public perception is accurate. Because the Nissan Leaf BEV and Chevy Volt PHEV have garnered so much media attention in […]
Continue ReadingIn addition to grain silos on a farm, passersby may soon find H2Silos as well. The design concept basically uses a silo design with a solar panel on top that splits water in the center to create hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen can be used to refuel hydrogen powered tractors and other farm (and home) […]
Continue ReadingIn May 2010 I had talked about how General Motors and The Gas Company in Hawaii were teaming up to bring hydrogen cars and refueling infrastructure to the island of Oahu. In December 2008, I had talked about the Hydrogen Fueling Station Cluster Model proposed by the Rochester Institute of Technology for putting up fueling […]
Continue ReadingIn July 2006, I had talked about how Royal Dutch Shell had planned on rolling out 20 hydrogen powered buses in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. In November 2006, I had talked about the Energy Research Center of the Netherlands opening a hydrogen fueling station in Petten. Well now the Avia petroleum company has unveiled a hydrogen […]
Continue ReadingRussian researchers have found that the Rhodobacter sphaeroides bacteria produce hydrogen and the rate at which H2 is produced depends upon the pigmentation of the cells. According to Russia IC, “There are some techniques, which allow hydrogen production without harming our environment – using various bacteria for this purpose is one of such techniques. Purple […]
Continue ReadingThe Statue of Liberty is a symbol of freedom for U. S. citizens and one of the most popular tourist attractions on the Eastern seaboard. So, it’s only fitting that in the spirit of energy independence that a hydrogen hybrid ferryboat be built to take passengers to both the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. […]
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