Category: Hydrogen Fuel Production

While the talk about clean coal started under the Bush administration and has continued under the Obama administration, what has been neglected is the discussion concerning underground coal gasification (UCG). What this means is that many coal seams are too deep to mine. So, in order to take advantage of these huge coal reserves companies […]

In the past, I’ve talked about Energy Quest in Henderson, Nevada developing a Pyrolysis Steam Reforming process for creating high purity hydrogen, carbon dioxide (CO2), and nitrogen from algae. One of the typical problems occur when trying to produce hydrogen from algae is that oxygen tends to “poison” the process and slow down the green […]

Turning water into wine is said to be a miracle, but how about turning wine (or at least wine waste) into hydrogen? Penn State University’s Dr. Bruce Logan is working with a Napa Valley winery (the Napa Wine Company) to turn their wine pulp and waste water in hydrogen. According to Dr. Logan, a single Napa […]

H2 Power Systems, an early development company, thinks it may have found a way to produce hydrogen on-site and on-demand at existing fueling stations. The idea would be to place solar panels atop filling stations and use high temperature cracking of water to create hydrogen and oxygen. The brains behind the operation are entrepreneur Nils […]

In the past, I’ve talked about using algae to create hydrogen again and again and again and again. I’ve talked about Cyanobacteria genes (blue-green algae), Hawaiian algae, Germany and Australia developing algae solutions and algae balloons. Well, yes, I’m actually going to talk about algae one more time (now, there’s a surprise). Energy Quest in […]

The Hydrogen Club at Oregon State University is conducting research and development on 3 different methods of producing hydrogen. According to the Hydrogen Club their vision is to “…make the hydrogen economy a reality in Corvallis and to make Corvallis a model community for renewable energy solutions.” Corvallis is a small town approximately midway between […]

I’ve talked about direct solar to hydrogen production in the past including discoveries by the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics in China, researchers at the California Institute of Technology and scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Northeastern University. This time I wish to talk about RoseStreet Labs in Phoenix, Arizona […]

A few days back I talked about West Virginia opening the first leg (meaning hydrogen fueling station) of a hydrogen corridor from Charleston to Pittsburgh, PA. According to Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper the vehicles they were considering to convert to run on hydrogen could be from the sheriff’s department, Solid Waste Authority, recycling […]

Both the sun and water are natural companions since they are both made up mostly of hydrogen. But, the problems always has been and continues to be that breaking the bonds of hydrogen and oxygen in water has taken too much energy to be economically viable. Researchers at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics in […]

I’ve talked many times about either using ammonia or aluminum compounds as a chemical carrier for hydrogen and large scale production of H2 gas. Now scientists in separate facilities are excited about their findings in both of these areas. Researchers at the DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have discovered that combining ammonia borane (H3NBH3), […]