Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of speaking with Stan Thompson, Chairman of the Hydrogen Economy Advancement Team (HEAT), who just got back from Istanbul, Turkey where the 6th Annual Hydrail Conference had occurred on this past July 1 & 2. As I’ve talked about many times before Hydrail means hydrogen trains (hydrogen rail or hydrail) […]
Continue ReadingIt’s no secret that there has been a long-time rift between the camps of battery electric vehicle (BEV) people and hydrogen car people. Many extremists in each camp have dug their heels in with a glaring disdain for the other technology. But, what if we were to blur the edges a bit between the two […]
Continue ReadingI’ve talked before about how the U. S. Army likes to test hydrogen vehicles as one of their pet projects offering military solutions. In the past the Army has put up hydrogen fueling stations, worked with Ford and GM on testing hydrogen cars and also worked with Vehicle Projects LLC on building a hydrogen train. […]
Continue ReadingOn June 28, 2010 I had talked about how New York U. S. Senator Charles E. Schumer was fighting President Obama’s proposed $37 million cut from the DOE’s hydrogen research budget. This comes a little more than a year after President Obama proposed cutting $100 million from the hydrogen research budget including zeroing out the […]
Continue ReadingI was reading an article about Singapore and China developing a hydrogen fuel cell hybrid bus to be used at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games that will take place this coming August. Then it suddenly occurred to me, where are all of the hydrogen cars, vehicles and buses at the 2010 FIFA World Cup games? […]
Continue ReadingUnited States’ Independence Day will be celebrated this coming Sunday, July 4, 2010. Two days ahead of schedule, the CEO of Cypress Semiconductor will make a “Declaration of Energy Independence” from the public utility grid using fuel cell technology. The Cypress campus headquarters in San Jose, California is turning to Bloom Energy fuel cells along […]
Continue ReadingUTC Power fuel cells inside of three AC Transit buses in the Oakland, California area have logged over 255,000 miles each and counting. One PureMotion Model 120 UTC Power fuel cell exceeded 6,000 hours of operation and another one exceeded 7,000 hours. These numbers far exceed the minimum 5,000 hour durability that the U. S. […]
Continue ReadingI’ve talked about domestic clean coal technology before and now, like then, I’m not sure that this is the answer to our upcoming hydrogen fuel needs. But, as I don’t want to throw any idea for creating hydrogen off the table at this point, I will proceed. A company called Linc Energy has discovered an […]
Continue ReadingIn May 2009, the Obama administration ordered the Department of Energy to slash the hydrogen car research budget by 60-percent. Cooler heads in Congress prevailed and were able to restore much of the budget. A lot of the credit at that time went to U. S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) who oversees the Senate Energy […]
Continue ReadingThe actual quote by Honda Clarity driver and assistant Principal Jack Cusick is, “They’re going to have to break into my garage if they think they’re getting this car back in three years.” The Los Angeles Times wrote an interesting article about the Honda FCX Clarity that adds some tidbits to the information I’ve already […]
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