Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
Now, 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 […]
Continue ReadingThe U. S. Congress once again wants to give U. S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu millions of dollars for hydrogen car research and development and the former Nobel Prize winner doesn’t want any of it. Energy Secretary Chu calls hydrogen fuel cell cars impractical. I had talked about a similar debate between the U. S. […]
Continue ReadingThree weeks ago I had talked about the Brenner Pass A22 in Italy becoming a corridor for hydrogen fueling stations. Now it has been publicized that Acta S.p.A. has signed an exclusive supply agreement with Girelli Bruni S.p.A., “…for the supply of photovoltaic installations and integrated hydrogen generators for the Italian service station sector.” According […]
Continue ReadingThis is a follow up from a couple of weeks ago when I had talked about the OriginOil Hydrogen Harvester as a potentially game changing device for producing H2. Many times over the past several years I’ve talked about companies that are developing commercial algae systems and many times these systems get stalled in development. […]
Continue ReadingWhen gasoline prices moved over $4 per gallon a couple of years back and diesel fuel was over $5 per gallon there was great interest in finding alternatives. One alternative that had been around for years was to recycle used vegetable oil from restaurants for use in diesel powered vehicles. On of the main complaints […]
Continue ReadingSince 2006, I’ve been talking about the Formula Zero (zero emissions) racing events. Yesterday Ho-Pin Tung, a Formula 1 racecar driver unveiled the newest Formula One racing vehicle from the Netherlands Delft University of Technology called the “Greenchoice Forze”. The 2010 Formula Zero hydrogen racing championship is set to run on August 19, 2010 in […]
Continue ReadingIn the past, I’ve talked many times about the algae hydrogen connection. Many see algae as the perfect biofuel for creating hydrogen since it can be grown rapidly, almost anywhere and can produce large amounts of H2. A beer brewery may be the closest common analogy to an algal biorefinery. In fact, in May 2007 […]
Continue ReadingOn July 2, 2010 I started wondering aloud where were all of the hydrogen fuel cell cars and buses that could have been spotlighted at the 2010 World Cup Soccer championship in South Africa. I basically stated that if the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore could showcase a single hydrogen powered bus then why […]
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