Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
Electrical engineers at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) are building artificial nanotrees that mimic real life plants to take in sunlight, water and CO2 and produce hydrogen fuel. Now, I’ve talked about the artificial leaf being developed several times before for the same purposes. The engineers at UCSD, however, are using cheap materials […]
Continue ReadingAt the Geneva Auto Show this week, Didier Leroy, head of Toyota’s European operations said, “We are preparing to be able to produce tens of thousands per year in the 2020s.” Toyota is also showcasing their super-secret pinky swear hydrogen fuel cell FCV-R concept car of which they have released few details. In December 2011, […]
Continue ReadingMercedes and Lexus recently have posted separate videos about their hydrogen cars and the minimal impact to the environment they each have. On the Mercedes a Canon 5D Mark II digital SLR camera was mounted on one side of the vehicle and the other sides of the vehicle was covered with LED projectors which gives […]
Continue ReadingStudents at Colorado State University (CSU) will be building the only hydrogen fuel cell vehicle which is also a plug-in electric vehicle. The students will be using a donated 2013 Chevy Malibu for the conversion and entering it into the three-year EcoCAR 2 competition. The EcoCAR 2 competition is being sponsored by the Argonne National […]
Continue ReadingHyer.eu is reporting that 12 new hydrogen stations opened worldwide in 2011. The information comes from perusing the information on the H2Stations.org website which keeps track of hydrogen fueling stations, opened, planned or closed globally. According to Hyer.eu, “In 2011, worldwide, 12 new hydrogen fueling stations have been opened. This brought the total number of […]
Continue ReadingThe Carbon Trust, a UK non-profit company, has thrown down the gauntlet with its Polymer Fuel Cell Challenge which aims to bring down the costs of fuel cells and commercialize them in the near future. In the latest part of this challenge the Carbon Trust has put up ½ million British pounds in a collaboration […]
Continue ReadingThe U. S. Army has unveiled a fleet of 16 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in Hawaii manufactured by General Motors. According to the press release, “The zero-emission vehicles, funded by the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), Office of Naval Research and Air Force Research Laboratories, are being tested in Hawaii’s […]
Continue ReadingWhile the U. S. remains largely on the sidelines, European nations continue to open hydrogen fueling stations. The WaterstofNet hydrogen fueling station officially has opened in Brussels, Belgium and Vattenfall has opened a hydrogen fueling station in Hamburg, Germany. The WaterstofNet H2 fueling station in Brussels offers the following: “This station features Hydrogenics’ fifth generation […]
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has developed a technique to produce hydrogen from acidic water. What the researchers there have done is create a molecule that is structurally and chemically similar to the industrial catalyst molybdenite. The new molecule will replace platinum as the catalyst of choice for creating […]
Continue ReadingI’ve talked many times about ITM Power and their electrolysis based hydrogen fueling stations over the past several years. And over time there has been a certain frustration that ITM Power hasn’t moved more quickly to bring their products to market. Now, it looks like UK-based ITM Power has ratcheted up their efforts by launching […]
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