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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Boulder Labs in Colorado recently opened the largest hydrogen test facility in the U. S. for evaluating how component parts of the hydrogen production, distribution and refueling infrastructure will react to H2 gas. NIST has opened the largest test facility to study the smallest atom, hydrogen, which • Read More »

With the Big 3 auto bailout impending as early as sometime this week, one has to wonder if the individual GM, Ford and Chrysler hydrogen car programs will be affected? Of course, right now whatever moves the three automakers make in regard to restructuring, reorganizing and getting into the black is just speculation. General Motors • Read More »

Illinois Democratic Representative Dan Lipinski and South Carolina Republican Bob Inglis have heralded through the House of Representatives the historic H-Prize Act of 2007 (H.R. 632). The H-Prize Act is part of the overall Energy Independence and Security Act that is expected to be signed by the White House before the end of the year. • Read More »

A hydrogen cold weather test site is planned for the Selfridge Air National Guard (SANG) Base in Selfridge, Michigan. The test site is a collaboration among the U. S. Army, Hyundai-Kia and Chevron and is part of the U. S. DOE (Department of Energy) Controlled Hydrogen Fleet and Infrastructure Demonstration and Validation Program. Now, there’s • Read More »

Most of today’s hydrogen cars are also hybrid vehicles as well. I expect this trend to continue well into the very distant future. And, because most hydrogen cars are hybrids, battery technology plays a large role in the success of any vehicle that a manufacturer puts before the public. Researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute • Read More »

I didn’t go to the Huffington Post directly. I found this particular blog post through the search engines while looking for stories on hydrogen. The post is called, “What Happened to Hydrogen?” and was written by Andrew J. Nusca. Like many, Mr. Nusca says he hadn’t heard much about hydrogen cars since the 2003 State • Read More »

On June 6, 2007, Chicago Congressman Dan Lipinski got the bill he had sponsored, the H-Prize Act of 2007, through the U. S. House of representatives with a vote of 408-8. The H-Prize act encourages research and development on hydrogen as an alternative to fossil fuels by awarding prizes between $1 million and $4 million • Read More »

When doing hydrogen research, every once in a while something especially silly jumps out that has to be mentioned. French physicists and researchers at Grand Accelerateur National d’Ions Lourds (GANIL) have developed a hefty, heavyweight version of the hydrogen atom. This atom called Hydrogen 7 has one electron and 6 neutrons, whereas normal hydrogen atoms • Read More »

In a week of bad jokes getting high profile people in trouble, Ford CEO Alan Mulally is no different. Several days ago Mulally was telling the media that he had saved President Bush’s life by redirecting the President to plug the electric cord into the power outlet of the Ford Edge with HySeries Drive instead • Read More »

I’ll be the first to admit that hydrogen power is not the only answer towards getting off the fossil fuel merry go round. Inefficiencies in coal-fired power plants need to be improved and alternative fuel and renewable energy resources need to be developed. Toward this end, the Alternative Energy News website is taking to task • Read More »