Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
Over the weekend I received an email from Jack E. where he proposes a unique method of distributing hydrogen fuel along a nationwide hydrogen highway network. I thought I would share his thoughts with you today: Jack E.: “I really support your effort to get the use of hydrogen going. I am going to be […]
Continue ReadingThere is an article that caught my eye at sfbg.com that talks about the hydrogen powered AC Transit buses running in Northern California plus the new fuel cell buses on the way. But it’s not the buses that made me take notice nor is it the fact that AC Transit is starting to use solar […]
Continue ReadingCalifornia isn’t the only hub for hydrogen car development and deployment. New York State is fast becoming a hub as well. For instance, General Motors has a plant in Honeoye Falls, (which is near Rochester) where several hundred engineers are working on Chevy Equinox Fuel Cell vehicles. For the past couple of years GM has […]
Continue ReadingToday, a little reported initiative happened at the White House. President Barack Obama has changed his stance on battery electric vehicles and has signed the “Nationwide Hydrogen Highway Initiative” into law. The new initiative will mandate that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and Department of Energy (DOE) build up to 200,000 hydrogen fueling stations nationwide, […]
Continue ReadingeHydrogen Solutions, Inc. has created its H2-Reactor hydrogen on demand system that uses only water and metal alloys. The H2-Reactor system uses aluminum or magnesium alloys plus water to create hydrogen fuel for cars or for stationary fuel cells for residential or industrial applications. I’ve talked about eHydrogen Solutions once before when they developed their […]
Continue ReadingI’ve previously talked about the Scottish Hydrogen Highway and the South Wales Hydrogen Highway in development. I’ve also talked about how hydrogen powered taxis are coming to London for the 2012 Olympics. And now, I would like to talk about London’s Hydrogen Highway system that is being built not only to support the black taxis […]
Continue ReadingCritics have been talking about how the Transport for London project which includes building several H2 buses for the British metropolitan area is not as green of a project as it appears. And, they have a point. The five hydrogen powered buses will be build in Northern Ireland, then shipped 17,240 miles roundtrip to San […]
Continue ReadingUTC Power has announced that their 5 kW fuel cell is being used inside a new BMW Series 1 Hybrid electric car. The unveiling this week was during the 25th anniversary BMW ZT celebration in Munich, Germany. UTC has been working on this fuel cell since 1999. According to UTC Vice President, Ken Stewart, “From […]
Continue ReadingI’ve talked about hydrogen powered lift trucks and forklifts a dozen times over the past few years. And, I’m about to add to this total, making it a baker’s dozen. A company called Genco was awarded $6.1 million as part of the U. S. government’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to purchase 25 hydrogen fuel […]
Continue ReadingIn December 2009, I had talked about research on using graphite and graphene by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and Princeton University as potential ways to store hydrogen fuel. Now, government and academia have teamed up again as the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Pennsylvania are developing another […]
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