Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
Just a week after I had talked about a hydrogen-powered unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) for the Navy, the world’s first commercial hydrogen fuel cell system for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has been announced by Horizon. Now, I’ve talked about hydrogen-powered UAV’s before. In fact, about a year ago, Horizon teamed up Bluebird Aero Systems to […]
Continue ReadingIn the Wizard of Oz it was lions and tigers and bears, Oh My! And now hydrogen delayers and deniers may be saying the same thing about hydrogen microcars, scooters and bicycles. On one continent (not North America) a company called APFCT has won a contract to produce a fleet of hydrogen fuel cell microcars […]
Continue ReadingYesterday, President Obama signed into law the Manufacturing Enhancement Act of 2010. He says he wants to spur the growth of manufacturing jobs inside the U. S. and in particular clean energy jobs. According to President Obama’s speech before signing, “The extraordinary growth we’ve seen in the clean energy sector is due first and foremost […]
Continue ReadingThis is not the first time I’ve mentioned AlumiFuel and their hydrogen on demand systems. In the past I’ve also talked about hydrogen powered submarines and hydrogen propelled unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Now, AlumiFuel Power Inc. (API) has announced that it is working with the U. S. Navy to create unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs). During […]
Continue ReadingFAUN and Heliocentris have teamed up to develop a German garbage truck for BSR (Berliner Stadtreinigung) that runs on hydrogen, diesel fuel and is a battery electric hybrid vehicle as well. According to Heliocentris, “The garbage collection vehicle prototype will have an onboard hydrogen-powered fuel cell energy system. This allows the main drive (diesel engine) […]
Continue ReadingBack in December 2007, I talked about how two chemical companies in Canada were starting to capture the waste hydrogen when producing sodium chlorate. The H2 they had simply been burning off was enough to provide hydrogen fuel to 20,000 cars. Now, another chemical plant is making a conversion so that it uses its hydrogen […]
Continue ReadingEvery once in a while I have a reader write in with a correction for the Hydrogen Cars Now website or blog. This is a healthy situation since it keeps the information on this site more up-to-date and accurate. One such person is Hal Wallace, Associate Curator of the Smithsonian Institution’s NMAH Electricity Collections Division. […]
Continue ReadingNow, one might expect that a Fuel Cell Conference held in Europe may have a European focus and neglect other parts of the world. The F-Cell Program held in Stuttgart Germany, September 27 – 28, 2010 does this plus a little more. The conference focuses on Europe first (many Germany, see my earlier post about […]
Continue ReadingI’m always glad to see articles about hydrogen fuel cells that exceed expectations. The critics of hydrogen fuel cells say that they cost too much and are not durable enough. First, the cost concerns are being addressed by researchers at Cornell University. Second, the durability concerns are being proven to of no concern at all […]
Continue ReadingIn September 2008, I had talked about how South Africa had started pushing their native mined platinum for fuel cells. South Africa currently produces roughly 80-percent of the world’s platinum resources. A month ago I had talked about how South Africa had dropped the ball in regard to introducing the world to hydrogen fuel cells […]
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