Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
In Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada the world’s first small scale liquid hydrogen plant is being constructed. And the kicker is that they will be recycling “waste hydrogen” to put to good use in H2 cars and buses. According to the official British Columbia Newsroom, “The hydrogen liquefaction plant will produce 1200 kg/day of liquid hydrogen. […]
Continue ReadingResearchers at Monash University along with help from scientists from the University of Davis in northern California and the Australian Synchrotron have discovered a method to produce hydrogen from water using manganese and sunlight. Now, in the past I’ve talked about using a variety of catalysts to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. I’ve talked […]
Continue ReadingLet me be honest here. The idea of the East Coast Hydrogen Highway ever coming to fruition within the next couple of years made me skeptical from the very beginning. Even though I like the idea on general purposes it seemed like too ambitious of a plan. I’ve talked about the details of the East […]
Continue ReadingIn Torrance, California Air Products has partnered with Shell, Toyota, South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) and the U. S. DOE to tap into an existing hydrogen pipeline to supply H2 gas for cars at an existing Shell service station. Air Products is tapping into its own hydrogen pipeline which it uses to supply […]
Continue ReadingYesterday I was reading news that at the Washington DC Consumer Electronics Show two products by Ford were getting a lot of buzz. The first was the 2012 Ford Focus Electric car which is supposed to roll into showrooms later this year. The second product creating a lot of buzz in the MyFordMobileApp. Now, if […]
Continue ReadingProton OnSite (formerly Proton Energy Systems) is building the most productive hydrogen fueling station with onsite production to date in Hawaii. Proton OnSite has been awarded a $1.7 million contract from TARDEC (Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center), which is part of the U. S. Army. The 65 kg a day hydrogen fueling station is […]
Continue ReadingEvery once in a while I write about the political issues surrounding the creation of hydrogen fuel cell cars and its supporting infrastructure. In June, 2010 I had talked about how U. S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) were fighting with the Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu […]
Continue ReadingAir Products has signed a deal to build a hydrogen fueling station in Flint, Michigan. This station will supply clean H2 gas to one of Flint’s Mass Transportation Authority (MTA) hydrogen fuel cell buses. Now, normally I wouldn’t bat an eye when reading such a story about another hydrogen fueling station being built to supply […]
Continue ReadingEven during this worldwide wretched economic recession, nations all over the globe managed to open 22 new hydrogen fueling stations in 2010 for a total of 212. Hydrogen car critics will tell you that there must be some sort of mass delusion going on for so many people around the world to be putting up […]
Continue ReadingOn January 10, 2011 I had talked about the F-Cell World Drive circling the globe in 125 days. The purpose of this 4 continent tour (Europe, America, Australia and Asia) was to show off the capabilities of the Mercedes B-Class F-Cell automobile plus discover interesting green subjects that need reporting along the way. According to […]
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