Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
Scientists at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea have created an iron oxide (hematite) photoanode. Since rust never sleeps, this iron oxide photoanode has broken the record in efficiency for solar-hydrogen production at 5.3 percent. The previous record was set by some Swiss scientists at 4.2 percent efficiency. According to UNIST, […]
Continue ReadingITM Power, you’d better watch out because Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation (TNSC) of Japan has just introduced its own low-cost, compact, portable hydrogen fueling station called Hydro Shuttle. This will aid in Japan’s goal of creating 100 hydrogen fueling station in the nation’s four population centers over the next couple of years. TNSC has stated, […]
Continue ReadingOn June 13, 2013 I had talked about how California was getting seven new public hydrogen fueling stations. Well, the news today is way better. The California Senate and Assembly came together in a bipartisan manner to approve Assembly Bill 8 (AB8) that would extend clean fuel, vehicle and air quality programs. It would also […]
Continue ReadingResearchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have created an iPhone and iPad app that features hydrogen safety. For those new to working with hydrogen, it will be helpful to have an app at their fingertips for quickly looking up safety information. According to PNNL, “Nick Barilo, the PNNL project manager who led the […]
Continue ReadingOne of the key components on fuel cell cars that scientists have been struggling with for years has been hydrogen storage. Compressing hydrogen gas from 5,000 psi – 10,000 psi presents a lot of challenges. And, so does liquefying H2 gas. So, Peter Schubert and his team of researchers at Indiana University – Purdue University […]
Continue ReadingSince it is September 11 today, I would like to first pay homage to those who lost their lives during the terrorist attack on 09-11-2001. Now, onto other news. ITM Power from the UK received its first purchase order from Hydrogen Frontier, Incorporated (HFI) for a hydrogen fueling station rapid response electrolyser. I had first […]
Continue ReadingThe hydrogen fuel cell racecar that we’ve all be waiting for has finally been unveiled. A team of about 70 students from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have created the Forze VI, a full-size hydrogen powered racecar that can achieve a top speed of 220 km/h and the only emissions are steam and […]
Continue ReadingThis story caught my eye not because hydrogen fuel cells are replacing diesel engines on refrigerated trucks, but because they will be replacing the secondary diesel engines on these vehicles. Refrigerated trucks, the ones that carry food from distribution centers to grocery stores usually have a secondary diesel engine used for cooling. In an effort […]
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) together with the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP) have developed a unique artificial photosynthesis component for the creation of hydrogen from water. According to Berkeley Lab, “The new JCAP photocathode construct consists of the semiconductor gallium phosphide and a molecular cobalt-containing hydrogen […]
Continue ReadingIkuko Akimoto and colleagues have decided to go high tech and low cost in order to produce hydrogen. While other scientists are using expensive catalysts and electrolysis to break the bonds of water, Akimoto decided to use laser pulses plus high grade, low cost carbon and charcoal to create hydrogen. According to the American Chemical […]
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