Roger Billings Talks about Practicalities of Commercializing Hydrogen

I’ve talked about Roger Billings several times in the past and his pioneering work in hydrogen over the past 40 years. I’ve read his book, “The Hydrogen World View” which is an excellent read if you’ve not already done so. So, Dr. Roger E. Billings has popped up on my radar once again, because I […]

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As Obama Cuts Hydrogen Budget DOE Still Promotes H2 Vehicles

When it comes to Washington DC politics it’s not always clear whether the dog is wagging the tail or the tail is wagging the dog. Such is the case with hydrogen. Recently I talked about how President Obama once again has proposed to slash the hydrogen budget by $70 million through the Department of Energy […]

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UC Riverside Students Develop Solar Hydrogen System

Altruism isn’t dead and it may even lead to revolutionary and profitable products. This is what the University of California, Riverside engineering team is finding out as they were developing a way to help third world countries. The idea was to develop a device to harness energy from the sun, electrolyze water and capture hydrogen […]

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Big Rig Carrying Hydrogen Catches Fire No Explosion

Here’s another story for all the naysayers, doomsdayers, end-of-worlders and Armageddon-ites when it comes to hydrogen. There was a big rig truck in Texas carrying compressed hydrogen gas that caught fire and partly burned. I say partly because the video shows the back end of the truck burned but not the middle or front. The […]

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Hydrogen Nanogenerator Developed Using Nanogels

University of Tokyo researchers have developed photosensitive nanogels that are made into hydrogen nanogenerators. Researcher Kosuke Okeyoshi explains, “We have designed photoinduced hydrogen nanogenerators and fabricated them by a novel nanointegration method that uses nanogel as sensitizer and nanoparticles as catalyst. The nanogels involve a photoinduced electronic transmission circuit to realize a smart photoenergy-converting system.” […]

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Biodiesel Byproduct Glycerol Can Be Used to Make Hydrogen

Creation of biodiesel, ethanol and other biofuels has not come without criticism. One of the criticisms of making biodiesel fuel has been what to do with the byproduct glycerol that is produced in massive amounts. Researchers at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN have come up with a unique solution which is to convert […]

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