Category: Hydrogen Fuel Production

Brute force cracking of water into hydrogen and oxygen is just one of hundreds (if not thousands) of ways to create H2 gas. However, researchers at the Weizmann Institute’s Organic Chemistry Department in Israel have developed a method using water, metal, heat and sunlight to efficiently produce hydrogen and oxygen. This new method does not […]

Desalination plants everywhere could be producing hydrogen gas from seawater if the right device were to be installed. This is the word from physicist Roberto De Luca from Italy’s University of Salerno. De Luca has run laboratory tests where he has forced salt water (containing sodium and chlorine ions) through a thin rectangular pipe that […]

I’ve talked about ExxonMobile and Shell Oil before in regard to creating alternatives to oil that will green the environment. At this time it was hard to tell whether their interests were legitimate or just another public relations greenwashing ploy from yet another set of major corporations. Well, now both Big Oil companies have decided to […]

In Japan, Tokyo Gas and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. are developing highly efficient hydrogen production units for cars and homes. The steam methane reforming units will include carbon dioxide capture features and will form a local hydrogen network. Hydrogen will be supplied to fuel cell vehicles, homes and offices through a network of pipelines. Hydrogen […]

Blue Tower Energy for years has been working outside the box. The company is in the process of developing and demonstrating methods in Germany and the U. S. to turn waste into hydrogen and supply power to local residents. In Germany, the plan is to collect roadside grass clippings along the Ruhr region and process […]

Over the years I’ve talked about renewable energy methods for creating hydrogen such as the use of wind, solar and geothermal energy and even wave and ocean power. Upon reading an article that validates my belief that there is at least a partial hydrogen infrastructure already in place, I also realized that I’ve neglected talking […]

Critics of fuel cell cars have long said that producing hydrogen at an economical rate is just a bunch of horse crap. Now, in Ocala, Florida this criticism is being turned on its ear into reality as thoroughbred racehorses will now be used to generate the world’s lightest element. Yes, it’s true that pooh is […]

In the past I’ve talked about using red hot steel to create hydrogen and microbial enzymes to replace platinum in fuel cells. Now, researchers at Pennsylvania State University have discovered a way to use microbes, electrolysis and a stainless steel brush to create hydrogen from organic waste. The idea behind the stainless steel brush is […]

Yesterday, President Barack Obama signed the U. S. stimulus package into law. Before he did so, a solar business owner in Colorado spoke about what the package would mean to the growth of the alternative energy industry. One person who is excited with the future possibilities is Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, a chemist at Northwestern University […]

In the past, I’ve talked about the possibility of using nuclear reactors to not only generate electricity but also to produce hydrogen as a byproduct. Critics of hydrogen cars point to brute force electrolysis of water being too energy intensive to make it financially viable (and of course this is for another discussion altogether). But, […]