This week the Hydrogen Education Foundation (HEF) announced the SimpleFuel™ Home Vehicle Refueling Appliance as a finalist for the $1 million H2 Refuel H-Prize competition. I had first talked about this in May 2013 when the DOE had first made the announcement about the competition. The announcement this week stated, “The six submissions were received • Read More »
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Home Hydrogen Fueling Stations
August 7, 2015 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | No Comments | Filed in: .Home Hydrogen Fueling Stations Imagine in the future, driving your hydrogen car into your garage and gassing it up with your very own home hydrogen fueling station. Sounds pretty out there, doesn’t it? But, as far off as it sounds, there are people right now working to make this concept a reality. Take for instance • Read More »
DOE to Sponsor H-Prize for Home Hydrogen Refueler for Cars
May 7, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on DOE to Sponsor H-Prize for Home Hydrogen Refueler for Cars | Filed in: Home Hydrogen Fueling.The U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking information in regard to sponsoring an H-Prize competition for developing cost effective home hydrogen refueling stations for consumer automobiles. According to the DOE, “The FCT Office is seeking information related to a potential H-Prize competition involving home hydrogen refueling systems, which would further the purpose of • Read More »
Small Home Hydrogen Production Near Commercialization
January 24, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 6 Comments | Filed in: Home Hydrogen Fueling.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 »
ITM Power Home Hydrogen Refueling Stations Restarted
May 26, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on ITM Power Home Hydrogen Refueling Stations Restarted | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.When I had spoken with a couple of representatives from ITM Power a couple of weeks ago about revisiting the “green box” hydrogen home refueler and the possibility of using the same or similar refueling for the forklift market they were non-committal. This is because they had something up their sleeves and weren’t ready to • Read More »
Horizon Hydrofill Home Hydrogen Fueling Station to Be Unveiled
January 5, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 5 Comments | Filed in: Home Hydrogen Fueling, Hydrogen Fuel Production.In the movie “What About Bob?” Bill Murray talked about taking “baby steps.” An ancient Chinese proverb says, “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” At the upcoming Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas, NV, Horizon will unveil its HydroFill home hydrogen fueling device which may mean we are a step away • Read More »
Sun Catalytix Developing Solar Home Hydrogen Production
November 24, 2009 | By | Comments Off on Sun Catalytix Developing Solar Home Hydrogen Production | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.Sun Catalytix has just received $1 million in venture capitol funding and is also expecting to receive an additional $4.1 million in funding to develop a catalyst that will help solar energy in homes split water into hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen will then be used in two different ways. First, it will be run • Read More »
ITM Home Hydrogen Refueling Station Unveiled
July 9, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on ITM Home Hydrogen Refueling Station Unveiled | Filed in: Home Hydrogen Fueling, Hydrogen Fuel Production.ITM Power looks like the dark horse breaking away from the herd as it has made an aggressive move to become the only company to offer a commercial home hydrogen fueling station. In the past, I’ve talked about General Electric, Honda and General Motors all developing such H2 refueling units, but these are still in • Read More »
Hawaii Home Hydrogen Fueling Stations Planned by H2 Technologies
May 30, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hawaii Home Hydrogen Fueling Stations Planned by H2 Technologies | Filed in: Home Hydrogen Fueling, Hydrogen Fuel Production.Almost two years ago I had talked about Hawaii’s hydrogen economy getting in gear with the help of Governor Linda Lingle. Now, Governor Lingle is at it again, helping a company called H2 Technologies get $50 million in financing through the state’s bond program to develop hydrogen technology that will provide power for people’s homes • Read More »
Home Hydrogen Fueling Stations from GM, Honda and Hydrogenics
September 25, 2006 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 4 Comments | Filed in: Home Hydrogen Fueling, Hydrogen Fuel Distribution.Home hydrogen fueling stations hold the dream of being able to fuel up one’s hydrogen car right from one’s own home. Today, the dream is getting closer to reality as General Motors has announced that they too are developing a home hydrogen fueling station to be used with their line of hydrogen cars that they • Read More »