ITM Power, you’d better watch out because Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation (TNSC) of Japan has just introduced its own low-cost, compact, portable hydrogen fueling station called Hydro Shuttle. This will aid in Japan’s goal of creating 100 hydrogen fueling station in the nation’s four population centers over the next couple of years. TNSC has stated, • Read More »
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Japan Oil & Gas Companies Get Ready for Fuel Cell Cars
May 21, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Japan Oil & Gas Companies Get Ready for Fuel Cell Cars | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.Major oil and gas companies in Japan are getting ready for the 2015 rollout of commercial hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. In April 2013, the first fueling station in Japan, operated by JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, to offer both gasoline and compressed hydrogen gas went live. According to the Japan Times, “Oil distributors have • Read More »
Japan’s First Hydrogen Fueling Station Opens
April 23, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Japan’s First Hydrogen Fueling Station Opens | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.On April 11, 2013 I talked about how Honda was testing the powering of homes in Japan using its fuel cell vehicles. The idea was to be prepared for another national emergency like the 2011 Tsunami. But, in order to have cars that can be used as emergency power generators, you also have to have • Read More »
Japan & Germany Revving Up for More Hydrogen Fueling Stations
January 15, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 4 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.Japan and Germany are both once again putting the pedal to the metal in regard to building more hydrogen fueling stations by 2015. This is the rollout date agree to by all of the major automakers for their commercial hydrogen fuel cell cars. According to Fuel Cell Today (courtesy Nikkei), “The Nikkei reports that JX • Read More »
Japanese Sewage Producing Hydrogen Gas
September 18, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Japanese Sewage Producing Hydrogen Gas | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.Back in September 2010 I had written an article about how researchers at Kettering University developed an invention to use poop and urine to create hydrogen gas. In August 2011, I had talked about Fountain Valley, California doing the same thing. And, yes, it seems a little disgusting, too. Now the Japanese have invented a • Read More »
Japan to Build 100 Hydrogen Fueling Stations by 2015
August 30, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.Japan’s earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011 and subsequent Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster have given the leaders of that country a lot to think about in regard to the safe use of energy going forward. And because of the desire to use safe, renewable green energy and to use it in cars, the Ministry • Read More »
New Honda Hydrogen Fueling Station Opens in Japan
April 10, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on New Honda Hydrogen Fueling Station Opens in Japan | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.Saitama, Japan is just 20 miles northwest of Tokyo and is the latest recipient of a hydrogen fueling station. The new solar powered hydrogen station adds an additional fueling option to Japan’s Hydrogen Highway system. Within 24 hours the Honda hydrogen fueling station can produce around 1.5 kilograms of H2 gas which is enough to • Read More »
Japanese Students Take Initiative and Build Hydrogen Car
January 17, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.A group of Japanese students at Osaka Sangyo University took it upon themselves to build a hydrogen car and unveiled it in Tokyo last Friday. They didn’t have the usual support system in place in which to do this. According to the Mainichi Daily News, “This is the first successful fuel cell electric vehicle project • Read More »
Suzuki Burgman Conducting Field Trials in Japan
May 31, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Suzuki Burgman Conducting Field Trials in Japan | Filed in: Hydrogen Scooters, Hydrogen Vehicles.If you happen to be a hydrogen car and vehicle supporter then you’ve naturally developed a lot of patience. I’ve had the hydrogen car website up for 6 years and I’ve been writing this blog for over 5 years now. And in this time, I’ve seen technology come and go while others just sort of • Read More »
Honda Opening Hydrogen Fueling Stations in Japan and UK
April 20, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.While the Obama administration is yawning at the future prospect of hydrogen cars dotting the highway landscape, the major automakers are thinking otherwise. One such automaker is Honda which is full steam ahead in putting up hydrogen fueling stations in Japan and in the United Kingdom. In Japan, Honda is building a solar hydrogen fueling • Read More »