Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
In April 2010 Fuel Cells 2000 distributed their State of the State: Fuel Cells in America 2010 report. Now, slightly over a year later Fuel Cells 2000 has put out their State of the State: Fuel Cells in America 2011 report, updating the previous report. The State of the States report is an overview of […]
Continue ReadingI’ve talked about direct solar to hydrogen production several times in the past (see links at the bottom of the page) and Stanford University researchers in Northern California think they may have solved the sticking point in order that this kind of R&D can go forward. Water is the most abundant resource on Earth and […]
Continue ReadingA 100-passenger hydrogen-powered boat in Hamburg, Germany called the Alsterwasser caught fire last year destroying much of the ship but no one was injured. There were no dramatic explosions of hydrogen tanks as one might see in a movie. Nothing happened and the two 50 kW (67 hp) fuel cells powering a 100kW (134 hp) […]
Continue ReadingIn a surprise announcement, Chairman of Daimler AG Dieter Zetsche said that Mercedes will introduce a production hydrogen fuel cell car into showrooms as early as 2014. On January 10, 2011 I had talked about how the Mercedes B-Class F-Cell (several of them) had started a world tour to prove the durability and production-readiness of […]
Continue ReadingThe European Union and the world’s largest automakers have stated that they will be ready with hydrogen cars and H2 fueling stations by the year 2015. Meanwhile the Federal Government of the United States has stated they have no intention on being ready and are most willing to be followers instead of leaders in these […]
Continue ReadingSwiss specialty carmakers GreenGT is building its LMP H2 Prototype high performance racecar to zoom around the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans. The GreenGT LMP H2 will be powered by hydrogen gas plus a 300 Kw fuel cell. The hydrogen racecar will start with the LMP chassis and carry 12 liters of compressed hydrogen […]
Continue ReadingAs silly as this first may seem, let’s not throw any alternative off the table just yet when it comes to future fuel sources for hydrogen cars. A team of researchers at Leibnitz Institute for Catalysis (Rostock, Germany) believe that common baking soda holds the key for chemical hydrogen storage that is recyclable. According to […]
Continue ReadingBecause so much is riding on your tires, Michelin, the tire company has decided to develop a fuel cell. That’s right, a tire company developing a hydrogen fuel cell which will go inside a FAM F-City car in France. This will be the first fuel cell vehicle in France to win certification to drive on […]
Continue ReadingI’ve heard it through the grapevine that carbon nanotubes, graphene and buckyballs are out and carbyne, calcium and hydrogen grapes are in. Rice University has stated that these older, vintage methods of storing hydrogen are out due to the fact they can only store H2 when it is too cold. According to Rice University, “Rice […]
Continue ReadingCuba’s National Hydrogen Group is currently leading pilot testing of vehicles to see if H2 is indeed their fuel of the future. Tania Carbonel Morales, Director of the Center for Studies on Renewable Energy Technologies (CETER) has stated that students are actively participating in this study. According to the article, “Meanwhile, Iraysa Oviedo Rivero, of […]
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