Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
Offers information, news and opinion covering the hydrogen fuel production methods being developed.
ITM Power looks like the dark horse breaking away from the herd as it has made an aggressive move to become the only company to offer a commercial home hydrogen fueling station. In the past, I’ve talked about General Electric, Honda and General Motors all developing such H2 refueling units, but these are still in […]
Continue ReadingThe new hydrogen economy may just be jumpstarted by a very old microorganism that has been garnered from the bowels of a volcano. Virginia Tech has teamed up with the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Russian Academy of Sciences to develop and refine the hydrogen producing qualities of the billions year old […]
Continue ReadingIn Port Arthur, Texas, InEnTec Chemical announced a breakthrough with its Plasma Enhanced Melter for the creation of large quantities of hydrogen syngas. Dow Corning of Michigan will be adopting this technology at their chemical plant to turn what is regarded as hazardous waste into high quality syngas including high purity hydrogen, methanol and hydrogen/carbon […]
Continue ReadingAlmost two years ago I had talked about Hawaii’s hydrogen economy getting in gear with the help of Governor Linda Lingle. Now, Governor Lingle is at it again, helping a company called H2 Technologies get $50 million in financing through the state’s bond program to develop hydrogen technology that will provide power for people’s homes […]
Continue ReadingBritish firms, ITM Power and Roush Technologies have signed an agreement that will put the United Kingdom on the fast track to hydrogen cars. Roush, a leading automotive technology, engineering and development firm will be responsible for adapting current internal combustion engines to run on hydrogen. ITM Power, on the other hand, is in the […]
Continue ReadingA hydrogen power plant pilot project led by Akzo Nobel and NedStack in Delfzijl, The Netherlands has achieved a milestone of operating 4,000 operating hours. The chlor-alkali plant produces chlorine as its main product and generates hydrogen as a byproduct. The hydrogen is then run through a fuel cell to generate electricity to supply power […]
Continue ReadingResearch into several new hydrogen production methods caught my eye this week that may help solve the puzzle of producing massive amounts of H2 for cars. None of the methods mentioned involve the steam reforming of natural gas, which is the most popular method of hydrogen production today. At the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, […]
Continue ReadingThere are a couple of companies worth noting that are making news this week with their hydrogen generators. Both REB Research & Consulting and Hydrogenics are making moves that will result in a more favorable bottom line. For instance, REB Research & Consulting is making an actual move into an industry park that has twice […]
Continue ReadingOne of the knocks against producing hydrogen through electrolysis has always been that it takes too much energy and in turn money to enable this process. Now, a company called QuantumSphere out of Santa Ana, California has developed a novel method using nanoparticles for electrode catalysts to produce hydrogen from distilled water at prices that […]
Continue ReadingSolar Systems of Hawthorne in Victoria, Australia is developing the country’s first and perhaps even the world’s first direct solar to hydrogen commercial power plant. This $60 million project will either be part of the larger $450 million Mildura solar power station that is currently being built and scheduled to start operation in 2010 or […]
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