Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
Are the first commercial vehicles actually hydrogen powered forklifts and lift palette trucks? And are the first commercial H2 fueling stations the hydrogen stations that power these vehicles? If you’ve followed this blog at all, you know that I’ve talked about hydrogen fuel cell powered forklifts for large warehouses for the past 4 years now. […]
Continue ReadingResearcher Jeffrey Long and his colleagues at UC Berkeley have discovered a cost effective way to make hydrogen from seawater using a molybdenum-oxo catalyst and a mercury electrode. This is not Long’s first foray into H2 either as back in 2005, he was working on developing hydrogen storage materials for use in cars. In September […]
Continue ReadingOkay, usually I don’t like to toot my own horn (or blog twice in one day), but this is a special occasion. This post marks the 1,000th post for this hydrogen fuel cars and vehicles blog. I started this blog on April 5, 2006 about a year after I had started the main website. Before […]
Continue ReadingIn April 2010, I talked about how the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) had developed a set of safety standards for hydrogen refueling stations. Way back in October 2006, I had talked about how commercial gas company Linde was adding an odor to their hydrogen gas at fueling stations (similar to natural gas) so that […]
Continue ReadingThe National Hydrogen Association (NHA) Hydrogen Conference and Expo is coming to Long Beach, California next week, May 3 – 6, 2010. There are expected to be 1,500 attendees, 150 speakers and over 100 exhibitors. Two of the exhibitors I’m interested in speaking with include SunHydro who have stated that they intend on building an […]
Continue ReadingRetired comedian and the former King of Late Night TV, Johnny Carson used to make non-stop jokes about the city of Burbank, California. Before Jay Leno took over the Tonight Show, gave it to Conan and took it back, there was Johnny Carson cracking jokes from the studio located in “beautiful downtown Burbank.” But, now […]
Continue ReadingWhen I first heard that researchers were developing for a way for water and sand to produce hydrogen, it gave me pause. If it were this easy, wouldn’t all of the beaches of the world be producing massive amounts of hydrogen? But, of course, it’s not quite this simple. A company called Isis Innovation has […]
Continue ReadingAbout a year ago, in 2009 Shell Oil started injecting nitrogen into their gasoline. According to Shell, “Nitrogen is a key element of the active cleaning molecule in the new fuel, making it significantly more stable at higher temperatures common in modern engines, such as direct fuel-injection gasoline engines.” But, this leads me to the […]
Continue ReadingIt’s Earth Day … Again. Sometimes I feel like Bill Murray in the movie “Groundhog Dog” (since the other Earth Day was celebrated on March 20 this year). Well, get up all you woodchuck chuckers and celebrate the environment and take one small step today in making this world a greener place. This week I […]
Continue ReadingBy reading the Smart Fuel Cell (SFC) press release one would think that its hydrogen fuel cell range extender for a battery electric vehicle plus combined heat and power (CHP) technology is earth shattering news. But, it’s only mildly newsworthy and I’ll tell you why. SFC has joined forces with EFOY Pro fuel cells to […]
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