Category: Hydrogen Fuel Production

As I search across the Internet and especially the blogosphere, I see many critics of the hydrogen economy stating that hydrogen is generally produced by simple electrolysis of water and this method takes too much energy for hydrogen to be competitive in the marketplace. Most of the time, this is taken by others as fact, […]

Researchers in Germany have discovered that by using solar energy coupled with the semiconductor, titanium disilicide (TiSi2), hydrogen can be produced from water. At the Max Planck Institute, Martin Demuth and his team have discovered that this brand of silicide can also absorb hydrogen as well and release it at low temperatures and pressures. The […]

So, which came first, the chicken or the hydrogen? This is a question being posed by two researchers at Ohio State University. Professor L. S. Fan and doctoral student Mahesh Iyer have discovered how to produce hydrogen with the help of eggshells. While working on extracting hydrogen through the gasification of coal, the two researchers […]

Since this is September 11, a national day of remembrance, I would like to acknowledge those who fell six years ago and the families who have suffered since. The events of that day brought on a war and turned this nation’s focus from positive growth to the negativity of vengeance and fear in fighting terrorism […]

I’d like to follow up on a post that I had made in May about the Purdue University researchers discovering that using an alloy of the metals gallium and aluminum with water create hydrogen. This reaction creates hydrogen-on-demand with little degradation of the alloy. This is because the gallium defends against oxidation on the surface. […]

GEM (General Environmental Management,) won’t let hydrogen go to waste or put another way, will let waste go to hydrogen. GEM located in Pomona, California, is a leader in the removal of hazardous and non-hazardous waste in the Western United States. GEM along with the Institute for Clean Energy Technology (ICET) has applied for a […]

The interest, ordering and sales of hydrogen generators has been spiking recently. Large commercial hydrogen generators, portable hydrogen generators and home hydrogen generators have all been in demand. Large commercials hydrogen generators that are electrolysis based are used in the production of LCD’s and semiconductors. These generators clean the semiconductors while reducing water consumed and […]

A few months ago, I blogged about how China was joining the U. S. FutureGen Initiative and that India had already joined. Now, the FutureGen Industrial Alliance has chosen the Washington Group International (WGI) to help build the world’s first clean coal power plant prototype. WGI has 25,000 employees in 30 countries and is a […]

When it comes to getting people excited about any new technology, the issue of credibility comes into play. And, if one of the key players developing this new technology has a solid pedigree for success then this adds fuel to the excitement. John Craig Venter who cracked the humane genome mystery in the year 2000, […]

In order for the hydrogen economy to take off, we first must have reliable resources for alternative and renewable energy sources. Several countries outside the U. S. are embracing wind energy to provide renewable energy for their schools, companies and towns. For instance, at the Cults Primary School in Aberdeen, Scotland there is a wind […]