The City of Arnhem in The Netherlands has opened up their first public hydrogen fueling station. The Netherlands also contains two other hydrogen fueling stations. Now this event may sounds like “Oh, yea, another hydrogen fueling station somewhere is opening up.” But on the grander scale this is much more than it seems. I’ve talked • Read More »
Archives: Hydrogen Highways
Japan Getting Serious About Hydrogen Cars
January 3, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Highways.I’ve talked about the building of the Japanese Hydrogen Highway before and how this country that imports most of its raw materials could benefit by switching to using hydrogen cars. Now, it looks like Japan is getting serious about rolling out H2 vehicles by 2015. Japan will be using some of its lower grade hydrogen • Read More »
West Virginia University Adds to Eastern Hydrogen Highway
November 24, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on West Virginia University Adds to Eastern Hydrogen Highway | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations, Hydrogen Highways.As Big Oil such as Shell Hydrogen are abandoning their H2 fueling stations from the East Coast in New York and Washington DC, some smaller players are picking up the slack and further developing the Eastern United States. I’ve already talked about the SunHydro East Coast Hydrogen Highway a time or two putting hydrogen fueling • Read More »
Hydrogen Highways Across the Border Start Opening
November 12, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hydrogen Highways Across the Border Start Opening | Filed in: Hydrogen Highways.I’ve talked about SunHydro before developing the East Coast Hydrogen Highway in the U. S. I’ve also talked about the Canadian Hydrogen Highway being developed just across the West Coast Border. Last month, SunHydro along with its partner Proton Energy Systems opened the first of 11 hydrogen fueling stations at the Proton Energy headquarters in • Read More »
SunHydro and Toyota Partner on East Coast Hydrogen Highway
August 27, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on SunHydro and Toyota Partner on East Coast Hydrogen Highway | Filed in: Hydrogen Highways.In January, I first talked about SunHydro and Proton Energy Systems teaming up to build an East Coast Hydrogen Highway System from Portland, Maine down to Orlando, Florida. Now, SunHydro has added Toyota as a partner as well. Wallingford, Connecticut is the headquarters of Proton Energy Systems and is the site of the first SunHydro • Read More »
Vision Industries Poised for Zero Emissions Corridor in SoCal
August 18, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Vision Industries Poised for Zero Emissions Corridor in SoCal | Filed in: Hydrogen Highways.I’ve talked about the Vision Industries Tyrano hydrogen fuel cell hybrid big rig truck many times before. The goal for the company to is clean up the diesel emissions around the Port of Long Beach and Port of Los Angeles in Southern California (SoCal) using their zero emissions vehicles. The major highway leading out of • Read More »
Italian Hydrogen Highway Starting to Take Shape
July 29, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Highways.Three weeks ago I had talked about the Brenner Pass A22 in Italy becoming a corridor for hydrogen fueling stations. Now it has been publicized that Acta S.p.A. has signed an exclusive supply agreement with Girelli Bruni S.p.A., “…for the supply of photovoltaic installations and integrated hydrogen generators for the Italian service station sector.” According • Read More »
Alfa Romeo MiTo FCVs Help Hydrogen European Lighthouse Project
July 12, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars, Hydrogen Highways.Since the Norway Hynor hydrogen highway project has come to a close, proving the concept that hydrogen cars can indeed traverse steep elevation changes and extremes in temperature what’s the next step? The next step is to carry the torch and start a new project that involves the Scandinavian Hydrogen Highway project, the European Hydrogen • Read More »
European Hydrogen Hwy Walks the Walk with Brenner Motorway
July 9, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Highways.The Brenner Motorway (or Brenner Pass E45, European designation) or A22, the Italian designation is about to become hydrogen-friendly. The Pass which has a long history dating back to the Romans crossing the Alps from Austria into Italy are about to make modern history by installing hydrogen stations in five locations along the motorway. The • Read More »
Europe Pulling Out Stops on Hydrogen Car Infrastructure
June 23, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Highways.The European Commission Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking has announced that it has $60.5 million USD in funding to grant towards hydrogen cars, refueling stations, production, distribution plus stationary power generation. Of this amount, two-thirds will go towards the hydrogen transportation marketplace. In the past I’ve talked about both the European Hydrogen Highway system • Read More »