A UK firm called RE Hydrogen has invented a hydrogen compressor that is 30-percent the cost of others on the market. This means that not only can the compressors be smaller but the complimentary electrolyzers can be smaller and less costly as well. According to The Engineer, “Small-scale hydrogen production is a potential way to • Read More »
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Apple iPhone and Hydrogen Batteries and Early Adopters
January 2, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Apple iPhone and Hydrogen Batteries and Early Adopters | Filed in: Fuel Cells.I’ve talked about the possibility of the Apple iPhone using hydrogen fuel cell batteries before. Shortly after Steven Jobs died I had stated that this may be one of his legacies yet to be realized. Unlike normal lithium batteries that need to be recharged often, as in every day for many users, hydrogen batteries can • Read More »
Will CNG Infrastructure Be Transitional for Hydrogen Cars?
November 30, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Will CNG Infrastructure Be Transitional for Hydrogen Cars? | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Distribution.Last week I talked about Yellow taxis running on propane and the new Honda Civic GX CNG (compressed natural gas) vehicle that was making some people take notice. This has brought to mind the possibility of using the current natural gas infrastructure as a starting point for the hydrogen vehicle infrastructure. Currently, most of the • Read More »
German Energy Group to Store Hydrogen Inside Natural Gas Pipelines
November 29, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Storage.German Energy Group E. ON has decided to take the extra energy created by local wind turbines, use it to electrolyze water into hydrogen and oxygen and store that hydrogen into the country’s current natural gas pipeline system. E. ON expects to be able to store between 5 – 15 percent hydrogen within the pipeline • Read More »
Fountain Valley California Creating Hydrogen from Sewage
August 16, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Fountain Valley California Creating Hydrogen from Sewage | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.Fountain Valley, California which is about 60 miles from where I live is getting a new hydrogen fueling station today. And this hydrogen fueling station is a little different than the others in the U. S. While the others use hydrogen created from reforming natural gas or electrolyzing water, the one in Fountain Valley will • Read More »
Duke University Creates Solar to Hydrogen Hybrid System
August 11, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.Duke engineer Nico Hotz believes that rooftop solar panels as they stand now are under-utilized. Hotz proposes a new solar hybrid system that creates hydrogen that can be run through a fuel cell and create electricity any time it is needed. According to Duke University, “Instead of systems based on standard solar panels, Duke engineer • Read More »
Turkey Builds EkoKaravan and Hydrogen Refueling Infrastructure
July 6, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Turkey Builds EkoKaravan and Hydrogen Refueling Infrastructure | Filed in: Hydrogen Economy.In July 2009 I had talked about how Turkish students had developed the SAHIMO hydrogen car that gets around 340 mpge. Last year the International Centre for Hydrogen Energy Technologies (ICHET) based in Istanbul decided to build the EkoKaravan recreational vehicle (pictured above) that runs off a combination of solar, wind, batteries and hydrogen fuel • Read More »
Hydrogen Car Infrastructure Can Simulate CNG Car Infrastructure
June 3, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Infrastructure.Yesterday I had talked about how Daimler and Linde were putting up 20 hydrogen fueling stations in Germany to create an initial skeletal hydrogen refueling infrastructure for when H2 cars hit the showrooms within the next few years. I had also talked about how the U. S. could also put up a skeletal hydrogen refueling • Read More »
F-Cell World Drive Starts Heading Home
April 28, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 5 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.On January 10, 2011 I had talked about the F-Cell World Drive circling the globe in 125 days. The purpose of this 4 continent tour (Europe, America, Australia and Asia) was to show off the capabilities of the Mercedes B-Class F-Cell automobile plus discover interesting green subjects that need reporting along the way. According to • Read More »
Molybdenum Based Catalyst for Cheap Hydrogen Production
April 19, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 6 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.Sometimes when you’re working in a science lab doing research you come up with unexpected and undesired consequences. Yet every once in a blue moon those undesired consequences turn out to be quite desirable. According to the press release, “Existing in large quantities on Earth, water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen. It can be • Read More »