By guest blogger, Stan Thompson The Centre for Railway Research and Education at the University of Birmingham, UK, hosts this year’s International Hydrail Conference (IHC) on 3 and 4 July and the trend is clearly toward putting hydrogen on the main line. Hosting the Hydrail Conference in the UK was the idea of U. Birmingham • Read More »
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In U. S. and Europe Hydrogen Stations Have Doubled in 4 Years
February 29, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Highways.Hyer.eu is reporting that 12 new hydrogen stations opened worldwide in 2011. The information comes from perusing the information on the H2Stations.org website which keeps track of hydrogen fueling stations, opened, planned or closed globally. According to Hyer.eu, “In 2011, worldwide, 12 new hydrogen fueling stations have been opened. This brought the total number of • Read More »
UK Hydrail Conference Date Change Now July 3 – 4, 2012
February 14, 2012 | By Stan Thompson | 2 Comments | Filed in: Conferences, Hydrail, Hyrail, Infrastructure, News.by guest blogger Stan Thompson The 7th International Hydrail Conference (“7IHC”) will be held one week later than originally planned so that conferees at an important German rail conference can attend both events. During the 20th century, coal-fired steam locomotives gave way to diesel and external electric traction power. Now, in the 21st, diesel and • Read More »
Hydrail Economics: Consider the Alternative
March 28, 2011 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on Hydrail Economics: Consider the Alternative | Filed in: Hydrail, Hydrogen Fuel Production, Infrastructure.by guest blogger Stan Thompson When asked “How’s your wife?” Henny Youngman famously quipped, “Compared to what?” Lately I’ve been conflicted by the flurry of interest in High Speed Rail and the several states whose governors have “just said ‘no thank you.’” My hunch is that they may have made the right call for the • Read More »
China Develops Hydrail w/ Magnetic Motor
November 29, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 7 Comments | Filed in: Hydrail.On November 16 2010 I had talked about a hydrail hub being developed in Turkey. And over the years I have talked about hydrail (hydrogen powered railway trains) being developed in the U. S., Japan and Spain. Now China is getting onboard with light rail hydrogen fuel cell powered trains that deliver electricity to their • Read More »
US Fuel Cell Council Robert Rose Interview and Video
July 23, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on US Fuel Cell Council Robert Rose Interview and Video | Filed in: Fuel Cells.EETV conducted an OnPoint interview with Robert Rose, Executive Director of the US Fuel Cell Council (USFCC) concerning Congress reinstating the budget cuts to hydrogen cars and fuel cell research from the Department of Energy (DOE) budget earlier this year. Mr. Rose comments on Energy Secretary Steven Chu’s assertion that hydrogen cars are not a • Read More »
SAHIMO Hydrogen Car by Turkish Students Gets 340 Miles per Liter
July 6, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.Turkish students at Sakarya University have developed the SAHIMO hydrogen car that gets approximately 340 miles per liter (and for those counting a liter is approximately 1/4 of a gallon, so you can do the math). The group that developed the SAHIMO hydrogen car is the Sakarya University Advanced Technologies Implementation Group (SAITEM), comprised mostly • Read More »
Hydrogen Student Design Contest 2 Results
April 21, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hydrogen Student Design Contest 2 Results | Filed in: Hydrogen Economy.The results are in and the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Canada (pictured) won the Hydrogen Student Design Contest 2 this year. The contest was sponsored by the Hydrogen Education Foundation. Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan had two different teams in the competition that won honorable mention. The theoretical budget for the hydrogen homes • Read More »
Water Powered Cars – Hydrogen Fuel from Chemicals
August 24, 2006 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Water Powered Cars – Hydrogen Fuel from Chemicals | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.It’s good to see other bloggers such as Matt Andrews talking about the feasibility of water-powered cars. Like many ideas that start out as science fiction, some of these ideas actually become science. Not that there are currently any water-powered cars being demonstrated, but there is some research and development being conducted on such cars. • Read More »