In Torrance, California, Air Products has built their newest SmartFuel® hydrogen fueling station for cars at Honda’s R&D headquarters. The 10,000 psi station is being promoted as one of the most quickly built stations ever. According to Air Products, “The new SmartFuel branded station provides hydrogen fueling at 700 bar (10,000 psi) and includes Air • Read More »
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SmartFuel Retail Hydrogen Dispenser Introduced by Air Products
June 12, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.For years Air Products has been building hydrogen fueling stations and dispensers like the one on this page. Now, Air Products is introducing a new kind of compressed hydrogen dispenser. According to Air Products, “This advanced technology will be immediately incorporated into 10 new fueling stations to be built by Air Products in California starting • Read More »
Air Products Dedicates 600-Mile Hydrogen Pipeline
October 31, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Air Products Dedicates 600-Mile Hydrogen Pipeline | Filed in: Infrastructure.I’ve talked about the company Air Products many times in the past as one of the world’s largest manufacturers and suppliers of hydrogen gas. Now, the company has dedicated the world’s largest hydrogen pipeline running between Texas and Louisiana. According to Your Houston News, “Air Products, the leading global hydrogen provider, formally dedicated its Gulf • Read More »
Air Products Converts 72 Lift Trucks to FCVs in Alabama
October 10, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Air Products Converts 72 Lift Trucks to FCVs in Alabama | Filed in: Hydrogen Forklifts.If you’ve read this blog for a while you’ll realize that I like to talk about hydrogen forklifts and fuel cell lift trucks. This is mainly because while hydrogen cars are still in the prototype or leasing phase, hydrogen-powered forklifts and lift trucks are being commercialized at a rapid pace. And, one of the main • Read More »
Air Products to Turn Waste into Hydrogen in the UK
August 9, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Air Products to Turn Waste into Hydrogen in the UK | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.Air Products intends to build a production facility in Teesside, United Kingdom that will turn landfill waste into hydrogen gas. The hydrogen gas will be used to power as many as 50,000 homes and to refuel hydrogen cars at the Heathrow airport. The hydrogen refueling station opened recently at Heathrow airport and is now powering • Read More »
Air Products Fueling over 1,000 Fuel Cell Material Handling Units per Day
February 8, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 5 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Forklifts.Air Products, a long time player, in creating hydrogen fueling stations for cars, trucks and other vehicles has now surpassed the fueling of over 1,000 fuel cell powered material handling units per day. These material handling units include fuel cell forklifts and palette trucks along with a couple of other types of vehicles one would • Read More »
Could Air Products Break Away and Compete with Big Oil?
February 16, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.In August 2008 I had theorized that one day Big Gas could overtake Big Oil as the fuel supplier of the future. In April 2010 I pondered out loud the fact that Big Gas may have a conflict of interest in breaking away from Big Oil since Big Gas’s largest client, is in fact Big • Read More »
Air Products Tests Hydrogen Pipeline Safety
September 29, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Safety.Many people are afraid of hydrogen. When you ask random people what they know about hydrogen they will inevitably mention the hydrogen bomb and the Hindenburg accident. So, in order to counter this fear it is important to get the news out that yes, hydrogen is flammable and combustible like most fuels, but it can • Read More »
Air Products Compression-Less Hydrogen Fueling Station Game Changer
September 22, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.Last week I talked about ITM Power’s new HFuel portable hydrogen refueling station as potentially being a game changer in regard to quickly and easily rolling out hydrogen infrastructure as needed and where needed. This week, specialty gas manufacturer Air Products has also announced their spin on a new kind of hydrogen fueling station that • Read More »
Air Products to Cut Costs in Building Hydrogen Fueling Pumps
October 16, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Air Products to Cut Costs in Building Hydrogen Fueling Pumps | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.Air Products, one of the largest specialty gas companies in the world and one of the largest suppliers of hydrogen gas, has decided to reinvent the H2 gas pump for cars. In the past I’ve talked about how large industrial specialty gas companies could one day replace Big Oil. One of the problems is that • Read More »