Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
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On the west of the United Kingdom fuel cell vehicles may one day travel down the M4 Hydrogen Highway. This will be part of a larger renewable fueling infrastructure that is being built for alternative fuel cars in the area. Wales has been designated a Low Carbon Economic Area (LCEA) for hydrogen fuel. The ministers […]
Continue ReadingTwo weeks ago Proton Energy Systems and SunHydro announced plans to build a public hydrogen fueling station in Wallingford, Connecticut. This week SunHydro announced the plans to build an East Coast Hydrogen Highway system. Presumably this would exclude other companies that build hydrogen fueling stations since 4 operational hydrogen fueling stations in New York, and […]
Continue ReadingThere have been so many openings of hydrogen fueling stations in the past few years that now days I hardly take notice of another opening. But, the opening of the H2 fueling station in Copenhagen, Denmark has caught my attention and I’ll tell you why. Yesterday, Copenhagen opened its first hydrogen filling station, which gives […]
Continue ReadingOn August 24, 2009 I had talked about how London’s Major Boris Johnson had reversed his decision about bringing hydrogen cars to the foggy UK metropolis and has now decided to assemble 150 H2 vehicles and 6 refueling stations in time for the 2012 Olympics. Now, northwards of London in Scotland’s Aberdeen area is the new […]
Continue ReadingSome people have pondered if the recent California budget cuts would affect the Hydrogen Highway program in the Golden State. The answer according to the California Hydrogen Highway Network (CaH2Net) is no. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has announced their plans to award grants to four new hydrogen refueling stations. The stations will offer […]
Continue ReadingI’ve already talked about the Japanese hydrogen highway system that has been growing over the past few years. Now, the plan is for Japan to extend this hydrogen highway system for the entire country by 2015. This is good news for Japanese car manufacturers such as Toyota, Nissan and Mazda that all have their own […]
Continue ReadingTaking a page out of the playbook of the hydrogen fueling station cluster model in Los Angeles, Shell Hydrogen has taken it upon themselve to do the same around New York City. Now, I had talked 6 months ago (and before) about the cluster model for grouping hydrogen cars with hydrogen fueling stations in the […]
Continue ReadingKirkwood Homes has decided to build a hydrogen fueling station inside a 1,000 house residential community in the northern part of Scotland. Right now, the only other hydrogen fueling station within driving distance is in London. The Kirkwood Homes residential community will also feature a primary school and potentially a new Ellon academy. The Kirkwood […]
Continue ReadingThe National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Google have decided to launch an interactive TransAtlas map where a person can find fueling stations for hydrogen, propane, electric, LNG, CNG, E85 and Biodiesel. It’s a good start. I’ve listed this particular map along with several others on a page […]
Continue ReadingThe Hydrogen Link project based in Copenhagen, Denmark is ready for rapid growth over the next few years. The plan is that by 2015 the municipality of Copenhagen has 85-percent of its cars running on electric or hydrogen, which will total around 600 vehicles. The plan also calls for a total conversion of its fleet […]
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