Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
At Swarthmore College, in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, engineering students Andres Pacheco and Alex Bell are getting in gear and putting their hydrogen fuel cell motorcycle through its paces. The two are using a Ballard PEM fuel cell stack with hydrogen stored in two metal hydride tanks. The bonded hydrogen is released from the metal powder inside […]
Continue ReadingIt was only last November that I was talking about the first ever HHO Games & Exposition in Bradenton, Florida. Now, back by popular demand, as they say, is the second round of HHO advocates, buyers, sellers and curious types just getting their feet wet. HHO of course if the hydrogen and oxygen gas (or […]
Continue ReadingProponents of wind energy realize that this is a renewable, yet intermittent form of producing electricity. So, when there is peak demand on the electrical grid and the large utility wind farms can’t deliver because of the variances of the weather, what are consumers to do? Now, I’ve talked about wind to hydrogen storage before. […]
Continue ReadingHorizon Fuel Cell is raising the stakes this week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is Las Vegas, Nevada. Now, I’ve talked about Horizon Fuel Cell several times in the past. In May 2007, I talked about how this company used hydrogen fuel cells to power bikes, cars, boats and jets. In October 2007, I […]
Continue ReadingEarlier this week, one of the readers of this blog, Nute, had made a comment on another section of this blog in November about the possible use of hydrogen slurries to aid in the development of the fledgling H2 infrastructure. I would like to follow up on this today. A hydrogen slurry is a liquid […]
Continue ReadingI’ve talked about hydrogen generators for cars many times over the past year. It’s no secret that these kinds of hydrogen gas saver devices have drawn much criticism from those who say they simply can’t work (and provide no hands-on evidence of their claims). With the gasoline prices going down in the past few months, […]
Continue ReadingA little less than a month ago, I talked about the information leaking that the Mercedes-Benz BlueZero F-Cell Concept would be unveiled at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show. Now this has come to fruition. The Mercedes BlueZero F-Cell is a fuel cell vehicle based on the B-class body style and built in a modular style […]
Continue ReadingSince it’s the end of the week, and the beginning of the new year and since I haven’t done this for a while, I thought it was time I revisited what kind of hydrogen vehicle videos are showing up on Youtube now days. So, I’ve picked my top 5 hydrogen vehicle videos that feature students […]
Continue ReadingTwo days ago I talked about how newbie New York Congressman Eric Massa had decided to drive from upstate New York (Corning) to be sworn-in at Washington DC. The 280-mile drive was accomplished in a Chevy Equinox Fuel Cell which has a range of around 200 miles. So, today the New York Times is reporting […]
Continue ReadingThe Fifth International Hydrail Conference is gearing up to talk about hydrogen railway trains in Charlotte, North Carolina on June 11 – 12, 2009. The focus of the conference will be threefold including mass production of carbon-free hydrogen, economic commitment to avoid other competing (and more expensive or more polluting) rail technologies, and promoting hydrolley […]
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