Category: Hydrogen Fuel Production

I’ve talked before about researchers at the University of Rochester in New York using artificial photosynthesis to create hydrogen. Now, researchers in China at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University are taking a slightly different tactic to produce hydrogen by developing artificial leaves. For several years now other scientists have been using sunlight through solar panels […]

This week I was able to chat with Louis Ventre, Jr. who is the Executive VP and General Counsel for HCE, LLC. HCE has just filed a U. S. patent application for hydrogen nano bubble storage methods based upon the work of the late inventor Udo von Wimmersperg. The theory behind the patent is that […]

I’ve previously talked about AlumiFuel in 2006 and 2007 as an environmentally friendly, on demand method to produce hydrogen. After a couple more years of intense R&D, AlumiFuel is finally starting production on its first commercial hydrogen generator. The AlumiFuel system uses aluminum, water, and some proprietary chemical catalysts to create hydrogen on-demand and of […]

This blog that I’m writing today is partly in reaction to a post that appeared in sustainablog titled, “Will Hydrogen Power Suck the Lakes Dry?” and partly because this is one of the most frequently asked questions I get. For some reason, people think that going to a hydrogen based economy will cause a water […]

Maetec LLC on behalf of the tiny South Pacific islands of Tonga has created a deep water wind turbine and buoy combination for producing hydrogen through electrolysis of seawater. The hydrogen will then be piped underwater along the seabed to a power generation station where it will replace diesel fuel for producing electricity for the […]

Sun Catalytix has just received $1 million in venture capitol funding and is also expecting to receive an additional $4.1 million in funding to develop a catalyst that will help solar energy in homes split water into hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen will then be used in two different ways. First, it will be run […]

In the past I’ve talked about high temperature cracking of water to produce hydrogen at nuclear facilities. I’ve also talked about using algae to produce hydrogen. Now, two U. S. national laboratories are on a concurrent path to see who can produce the most H2 efficiently and cost-effectively. The Idaho National Laboratory (INL), who I […]

Would it be any surprise that technology developed for NASA would one day be used to fuel hydrogen cars? NASA has been using hydrogen fuel cells in their spacecraft for over 40 years and routinely uses hydrogen as a propellant as well. Researchers at Purdue and Penn State University have developed an aluminum-ice propellant (ALICE) […]

Researchers at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York are using artificial photosynthesis plus nanotechnology to create hydrogen from sunlight. Even though Energy Secretary Steven Chu has made public statements such as “If it were up to me, I would put every cent into electric cars” the funding for this project to the tune […]