Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
Features information on hydrail or hydrogen railway trains including hydrolley (hydrogen trolley) and other H2-powered rail vehicles.
by guest blogger Stan Thompson When the history of railway evolution in the first half of the twenty-first century is written, it may largely be a tale of two metals and their respective economics. Copper and hydrogen are both essential to the long-term economical delivery of electric power: copper to stationary applications and hydrogen to […]
Continue Readingby guest blogger Stan Thompson In my February 10, 2011, commendation of public broadcasting for its help in raising hydrail awareness, I failed to credit Ira Flatow’s excellent program, Talk of the Nation – Science Friday. On September 4, 2009, Ira ran a great segment on hydrail but never mentioned the technology by name. Web […]
Continue Readingby guest blogger, Stan Thompson There is a natural affinity between the emergence of hydrogen fuel cell railway technology (hydrail) and public broadcasting—though I’ve only just noticed it. Both worlds fall within the province of early adopters and other folks driven to scratch below the surface to see how things work and how they come […]
Continue Reading(by guest author Stan Thompson) One of the first visionary US manufacturers to “get” the hydrolley concept has been Proterra Inc., the Golden, Colorado, (and now Greenville, South Carolina) manufacturer of state-of-the-art, Green-tech transit vehicles. Proterra’s founder, Dale Hill, shared a vision of a fuel cell streetcar with me way back in 2007. The next […]
Continue ReadingOn November 16 2010 I had talked about a hydrail hub being developed in Turkey. And over the years I have talked about hydrail (hydrogen powered railway trains) being developed in the U. S., Japan and Spain. Now China is getting onboard with light rail hydrogen fuel cell powered trains that deliver electricity to their […]
Continue ReadingI’ve talked about hydrail (hydrogen railway trains) quite a bit in the past. And now it’s time to revisit Turkey as a possible hub for hydrail in Europe. Some of the reasons why according to Herbert Wancura, chief executive of a Spanish energy consulting firm, are “For a hydrail industry, Turkey has all the elements […]
Continue ReadingYesterday, I had the pleasure of speaking with Stan Thompson, Chairman of the Hydrogen Economy Advancement Team (HEAT), who just got back from Istanbul, Turkey where the 6th Annual Hydrail Conference had occurred on this past July 1 & 2. As I’ve talked about many times before Hydrail means hydrogen trains (hydrogen rail or hydrail) […]
Continue ReadingI’ve talked about hydrail 13 times in the past and this will make the 14th time. Hydrail (hydrogen rail trains) is an often overlooked subject by the mainstream media, so I like to present it here. The Hydrail conference is both US and internationally focused as past gatherings have been held in places such as […]
Continue ReadingA Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) hydrogen train (hydrail) rolled into Southern California this week to meet Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The hydrail locomotive is powered by hydrogen fuel cell plus hybrid technology. Now, it’s a sign of the times when Governor Schwarzenegger tweeted about his experience on Twitter. The H2 locomotive is a switch locomotive […]
Continue ReadingThe 5th International Hydrail Conference that runs June 11 – 12, 2009 in Charlotte, North Carolina could spur as many as 200 new jobs in the high tech hydrogen industry. One of the goals of hydrail (hydrogen railway) is to build hydrolley (hydrogen trolley) streetcars to replace those powered by overhead electrical lines. Hydrolley is […]
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