by guest blogger Stan Thompson A major milestone in railway history was passed on April 13, 2018, when Alstom Transport’s Coradia iLint hydrail [hydrogen fuel cell rail] train made a “presentation ride” from Wiesbaden to Frankfurt, in the federal state of Hesse, Germany. From my point of view it was a bittersweet occasion for two • Read More »
Archives: History
Hydrogen and Fuel Cell History in videos
September 27, 2017 | By George Wand | Comments Off on Hydrogen and Fuel Cell History in videos | Filed in: History.Now we are talking about Hydrogen and Fuel Cell FUTURE: “China targets 1 million hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles by 2030” — Nasdaq HydrogenCarsNow.com and this writer have been optimistic about the FCEV’s future for a long time, but if Wall Street believes in their success, there is no holding back the investors. Energy • Read More »
Volkswagen Group’s Scania uses Hydrogenics’ fuel cell in trucks
September 16, 2017 | By George Wand | Comments Off on Volkswagen Group’s Scania uses Hydrogenics’ fuel cell in trucks | Filed in: History.If you have been waiting in vain for one of the last articles in this series to be published, I hope you will forgive me for the delay. I have been working with another type of zero-pollution ‘means of transportation’, using free energy to boot. The summer went by far too fast: volunteering at • Read More »
Personally Experiencing Hydrogen and Fuel Cell History
July 29, 2017 | By George Wand | Comments Off on Personally Experiencing Hydrogen and Fuel Cell History | Filed in: History.“I don’t believe that a hydrogen economy depends on a carbon economy at all.” Larry Burns My interpretation of Larry Burns’ quote is that he anticipates power from free green energy will soon deliver the means for producing hydrogen for the new H2 economy. (At present, most H2 is produced from natural gas.) Growing up • Read More »
Ford believes in Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Future
July 22, 2017 | By George Wand | Comments Off on Ford believes in Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Future | Filed in: History.“I believe fuel cells could end the 100-year reign of the internal combustion engine.” — William Clay Ford, Jr. Henry Ford’s great-grandson may well be right. As executive chairperson of the Ford Motor Company, he has to way his words. Every major automaker is now developing the “oh-so-simple” (NOT) machine, which dodged scientists and • Read More »
Regenerative Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles to advance Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology
July 15, 2017 | By George Wand | Comments Off on Regenerative Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles to advance Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology | Filed in: History.“If society’s goals are to reduce carbon from the transportation side, they only have a few options and from our point of view, the fuel cell is the most compelling one.” — Craig Scott, Toyota’s national manager of advanced technologies Following is the conclusion of the speech by Dr. Ballard at Camden: “Air pollution takes many adverse • Read More »
Geoffrey Ballard speaks about Hydrogen & Fuel Cell History
July 8, 2017 | By George Wand | Comments Off on Geoffrey Ballard speaks about Hydrogen & Fuel Cell History | Filed in: History.“We must move away from our dependency on fossil fuels, and I am glad that GM has invested over $1 billion in hydrogen fuel cells cars to meet this goal.” — Albert Wynn, United States House of Representatives How Geoffrey Ballard progressed from an idea and a vision to the success his idea is • Read More »
Buses Have Two Centuries of History & Industrial Experience – before Hydrogen & Fuel Cell History
July 1, 2017 | By George Wand | Comments Off on Buses Have Two Centuries of History & Industrial Experience – before Hydrogen & Fuel Cell History | Filed in: History.“The reality about transportation is that it’s future-oriented. If we’re planning for what we have, we’re behind the curve.” Anthony Foxx, former United States Secretary of Transportation Transportation has been on peoples mind for centuries. I learned that “Blaise Pascal launched a public bus service in Paris, which he called “carriages,” in 1662. It ceased operation • Read More »
Fuel Cell Bus from New Flyer Industries & Ballard starts Hydrogen Fuel Cell Industry
June 24, 2017 | By George Wand | Comments Off on Fuel Cell Bus from New Flyer Industries & Ballard starts Hydrogen Fuel Cell Industry | Filed in: History.“The greatest advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science and literature, in agriculture or industry, have never come from centralized government.” – Milton Friedman, 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Great developments come from individuals with a vision; some of their names I mentioned in previous articles. History has shown • Read More »
Geoffrey Ballard Positively Influences Hydrogen Economy & Fuel Cell Future
June 17, 2017 | By George Wand | Comments Off on Geoffrey Ballard Positively Influences Hydrogen Economy & Fuel Cell Future | Filed in: History.“It will take a combined effort of academia, government, and industry to bring about the change from a gasoline economy to a hydrogen economy. The forces are building and progress is being made. It is of major importance that a change of this magnitude not be forced on unwilling participants, but that all of • Read More »