The Mooresville Hydrail Initiative, begun in August, 2003, as an invited proposal to the US DOT’s Volpe “think tank”, reached its primary goal this morning (17 September 2018) as the first ticketed passengers rode Alstom’s ghostly quiet Coradia iLint trains through Lower Saxony—the world’s first regular intercity hydrail passenger traffic! Stan Thompson (pictured above), the • Read More »
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Schleswig-Holstein, Germany: Big-Picture Hydrail
June 21, 2016 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on Schleswig-Holstein, Germany: Big-Picture Hydrail | Filed in: Hydrail, Infrastructure.by guest blogger Stan Thompson 21 June, 2016: Today, Eva Grey, writing in Railway-Technology.com, described the quintessential model indicating where hydrail (hydrogen fuel cell railway) technology is headed. In her story, “German state thrusts hydrogen-powered hydrail into the spotlight,” Ms. Grey breaks the story of plans by the State of Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany to convert • Read More »
Shell Opens Hydrogen Fueling Station in Germany
March 18, 2015 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.In Hamburg, Germany Shell Deutschland Oil GmbH opened its first CEP approved hydrogen fueling station. The technology for the H2Station was created by H2 Logic. According to H2 Logic, “The fueling station is the first in Germany to obtain a 2014 approval from the Public-Private Clean Energy Partnership (CEP) after extensive third party acceptance and • Read More »
Hydrail in Germany: another welcome first
February 28, 2015 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on Hydrail in Germany: another welcome first | Filed in: Fuel Cells, Hydrail, Hydrogen Vehicles, Hyrail, Infrastructure.by guest blogger Stan Thompson About 12 years ago, when I first became interested in what’s now called hydrail (hybrid hydrogen fuel cell and battery railway traction), I caught a glimmer of the idea online from Germany in the State of Schleswig-Holstein. Someone there had seen that wireless electric trains could be powered by wind turbines via hydrogen • Read More »
Forty Alstom hydrail trainsets for Germany !
September 25, 2014 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on Forty Alstom hydrail trainsets for Germany ! | Filed in: Conferences, Fuel Cells, Hydrail, Infrastructure, Political Issues.by guest blogger Stan Thompson Since you’re reading this, you already know how indebted the hydrogen community is to Kevin—the originator of this blog—for his role in keeping us up to date with the biggest news about the littlest atom. Today, though, I’m more grateful than ever; Kevin just tipped me off about an article in • Read More »
Neumünster, Germany, Hosts 9th International Hydrail Conference
May 22, 2014 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on Neumünster, Germany, Hosts 9th International Hydrail Conference | Filed in: Conferences, Fuel Cells, Hydrail, Hydrogen Vehicles, Hyrail, Infrastructure, News.by guest blogger Stan Thompson Neumünster, in the Northern German State of Schleswig-Holstein, will host the Ninth International Hydrail Conference (“9IHC”) on 16-18 June this year (2014). This year’s registration details, presenters and agenda information appear on the Appalachian State University hydrail web site, http://www.hydrail.org. German support for the Hydrail Conference has proved so strong that, for the • Read More »
50 Hydrogen Fueling Stations Confirmed for Germany
April 10, 2014 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on 50 Hydrogen Fueling Stations Confirmed for Germany | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.By 2015, 50 hydrogen fueling stations have been confirmed for Germany for both the metropolitan areas and major roadways. Compare this to California which right now, has 9 public hydrogen fueling stations open and 19 in development. In addition, California intends to have 100 hydrogen fueling stations open by 2023. But, Germany has clearly taken • Read More »
Germany Ramping Up to 100’s of Hydrogen Fueling Stations
October 1, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Germany Ramping Up to 100’s of Hydrogen Fueling Stations | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.The H2 Mobility Group, comprised of Daimler, Shell, Air Liquide, Linde, OMV and Total, are going full steam ahead in building 100 hydrogen fueling stations within the next 4 years and a total of 400 H2 fueling stations by the year 2023. According to the press release, “Daimler and five oil and industrial gas companies • 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 »
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Rickshaws Ride in Dresden Germany
August 8, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hydrogen Fuel Cell Rickshaws Ride in Dresden Germany | Filed in: Hydrogen Vehicles.Okay, so I’ll admit that at first glance this one seems to be a little wacky. Who wants to power a rickshaw or velotaxi with fuel cells anyway? Apparently the, uh, Germans, do. In fact, those in the tourist trade who are tired of pedaling overweight tourists around town say they need a break. German • Read More »