The new Hyundai Nexo 2019 SUV has been unveiled and environment-conscious drivers and car owners are celebrating. After all, it has the looks and the functionalities that blur the lines between traditional and environment-friendly vehicles. During the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2018 held in Las Vegas, Hyundai unveiled its latest commercial fuel cell • Read More »
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Free Solar Energy Benefits Hydrogen & Fuel Cell History, Boosts Future
May 27, 2017 | By George Wand | Comments Off on Free Solar Energy Benefits Hydrogen & Fuel Cell History, Boosts Future | Filed in: Green Hydrogen, History.“The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun.” Ralph Nader Wikipedia wisdom states, “No single energy storage method boasts the best in specific power, specific energy, and energy density.” As you know, everything in engineering is a compromise. No energy source is perfectly suitable • Read More »
Autonomous Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles Update
August 27, 2016 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Autonomous Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles Update | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.On May 5, 2015 I posted a blog named “Dude, Where’s My Hydrogen Fuel Cell Driverless Car?” A few months earlier Mercedes teased the public with its concept autonomous f 015 fuel cell vehicle (see photo at top) and this was the first indication that carmakers may want to combine high tech hydrogen fuel cell • Read More »
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Self-Driving Versus Intelligent Cars
September 9, 2015 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hydrogen Fuel Cell Self-Driving Versus Intelligent Cars | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.On May 05, 2015 I had asked “Dude, Where’s My Hydrogen Fuel Cell Driverless Car?” That call was answered in late August 2015 when Hyundai introduced their self-driving R car that is now in development. Mercedes-Benz has also dipped both toes in the hydrogen fuel cell driverless car arena by testing its new F 015 • Read More »
Hydrogen Fuel
August 7, 2015 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | No Comments | Filed in: .Hydrogen Fuel Hydrogen fuel is also an energy carrier. In fact, many will argue that is all hydrogen fuel is. Since hydrogen does not occur on Earth in any significant amounts by itself (and this point is now up for debate and more natural hydrogen has been discovered) it must be separated from its chemical • Read More »
HyperSolar Takes Another Step Toward Solar-Hydrogen Production
December 10, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Green Hydrogen, Hydrogen Fuel Production.I’ve talked about HyperSolar several times before over the past couple of years. And, now it’s time for another update of their sunlight + water = hydrogen technology. Battery electric vehicle advocates believe that the only use for solar power is to charge a battery directly. But, hydrogen advocates think otherwise. In steps HyperSolar with • Read More »
Solar Hydrogen Breakthrough by HZB and TU Delft
July 30, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 6 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.In Germany, the HZB Institute for Solar Fuels and TU Delft University of Technology have created a solar device that can split water into hydrogen cheaply and efficiently. On the solar cell, the anode is made from metal oxide bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) plus a small amount of tungsten atoms with a dash of wolfram atoms • Read More »
University of Rochester Uses Nickel Salts for Hydrogen Production
November 15, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on University of Rochester Uses Nickel Salts for Hydrogen Production | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.In January of 2010 I talked about the University of Rochester in New York creating artificial leaves for hydrogen production. Now the same university is putting a slightly different bend on hydrogen production from a slightly different angle. The catalyst for the artificial photosynthesis process doesn’t use platinum or any other expensive metals. Instead the • Read More »
RoboJelly Hydrogen Powered Robotic Jellyfish Developed
March 22, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on RoboJelly Hydrogen Powered Robotic Jellyfish Developed | Filed in: Hydrogen Vehicles.Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas have created a “Wow” factor robotic device that runs on hydrogen. This device is being dubbed RoboJelly because it looks like a jellyfish and mimics its movements. The futuristic prototype is fueled by both hydrogen and oxygen which not only makes up water in the ocean but • Read More »
Nanotrees Turn Sun and Water into Hydrogen Fuel
March 8, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.Electrical engineers at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) are building artificial nanotrees that mimic real life plants to take in sunlight, water and CO2 and produce hydrogen fuel. Now, I’ve talked about the artificial leaf being developed several times before for the same purposes. The engineers at UCSD, however, are using cheap materials • Read More »