Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
The world’s first hydrogen-powered (and obviously wind-powered) yacht, named the Zero CO2 is sailing around the Mediterranean using a fuel cell auxiliary motor. Lots of yachts, I kid you not, use petrol powered motors to maneuver around ports and in times of low wind. The Zero CO2 will be a floating laboratory on a 10-month […]
Continue ReadingIn October 2008, I had talked about the Antares DLR H2 fuel cell airplane being the world’s first manned hydrogen fuel cell aircraft without a hybrid assist to take flight. In April 2008, I had talked about the manned Boeing fuel cell hybrid airplane being the world’s first manned hydrogen hybrid airplane to take flight. […]
Continue ReadingI’ve talked in the past many times about using aluminum hydrides, magnesium hydrides or other hydrogen chemical storage methods such as sodium borohydride. Now, the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) and their Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) have cracked the code on reusable aluminum hydrides, which they refer to as “alane” to store hydrogen […]
Continue ReadingTurkish students at Sakarya University have developed the SAHIMO hydrogen car that gets approximately 340 miles per liter (and for those counting a liter is approximately 1/4 of a gallon, so you can do the math). The group that developed the SAHIMO hydrogen car is the Sakarya University Advanced Technologies Implementation Group (SAITEM), comprised mostly […]
Continue ReadingA couple of weeks ago I talked about the ITM Power / Ford Focus hydrogen retrofit participating in Great Britain’s Eco Rally 2009. This is a follow up to that story. The modified 2.0 liter Ford Focus is actually a dual fuel vehicle that can run on either compressed hydrogen gas or gasoline. British Chancellor […]
Continue ReadingIn August 2007, I talked about Iceland’s desire to become the world’s first hydrogen society. With the country’s vast geothermal and hydro power plus a handful of H2 cars, buses and a Shell Hydrogen fueling station, Iceland was poised to do just this. But, then in October 2008 Iceland’s economic future fell into chaos as […]
Continue ReadingThe global economic recession has not slowed down hydrogen bus development from South America to Europe. In fact both Brazil (congratulations on winning the recent soccer battle) and the Czech Republic have decided to unveil their separate hydrogen fuel cell buses to the world. In Sao Paulo, Brazil up to 5 hydrogen fuel cell hybrid […]
Continue ReadingBack in January 2008, I had talked about BNSF (Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation), Vehicle Projects and the U. S. Army working on a hydrogen fuel cell powered train that would be rolling out soon. Well that day has come at the Topeka, Kansas System Maintenance Terminal. The world’s first fully operational fuel cell switcher train […]
Continue ReadingWhile the Obama Administration and Department of Energy (DOE) have decided to slash the hydrogen research budget by 60-percent and zero out funding for hydrogen vehicles, the U. S. Department of Defense (DoD) has other plans. The DoD has recently awarded Plug Power Incorporated a $1.5 million contract to produce hydrogen-powered forklifts for the defense […]
Continue ReadingProfessor Robert Pieri, NDSU Mechanical Engineering and his students have been working on a hydrogen powered tractor concept since 2007 and are now putting this H2 / diesel hybrid vehicle to use. Besides tilling the soil and harvesting the green plants, this tractor is very green itself. The hydrogen is created by a wind turbine […]
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