Recently I had the pleasure of having an email conversation with Mathilde Perreux from MaHyTec about their invention of the world’s first hydrogen-powered riding lawnmower. Pictured is the riding lawnmower and right above the seat in the white enclosure is where the hydrogen tanks are contained. Here is our conversation: HydroKevin (HK): Why did your • Read More »
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Hydrogen Fueled Lawnmower Engine Expected This Summer
May 20, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 4 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Vehicles.H2 Technologies Group out of Reno, Nevada is betting on a hydrogen fueled lawnmower engine it is developing and which is due out this summer. According to NNBW, “Small engines powered by hydrogen would produce no emissions. Today, the Environmental Protection Agency says one gas-powered lawnmower produces as much pollution as 11 cars. If their • Read More »
Islands of Tonga Using Deep Water Buoys to Produce Hydrogen
December 2, 2009 | By | Comments Off on Islands of Tonga Using Deep Water Buoys to Produce Hydrogen | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.Maetec LLC on behalf of the tiny South Pacific islands of Tonga has created a deep water wind turbine and buoy combination for producing hydrogen through electrolysis of seawater. The hydrogen will then be piped underwater along the seabed to a power generation station where it will replace diesel fuel for producing electricity for the • Read More »
H-Prize Fights and Wins Round Two
August 8, 2007 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on H-Prize Fights and Wins Round Two | Filed in: News.On June 6, 2007, Chicago Congressman Dan Lipinski got the bill he had sponsored, the H-Prize Act of 2007, through the U. S. House of representatives with a vote of 408-8. The H-Prize act encourages research and development on hydrogen as an alternative to fossil fuels by awarding prizes between $1 million and $4 million • Read More »
San Diego Teen Inventor to Display Hydrogen Hybrid Engine
May 12, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Entrepreneurs.Dr. Roger E. Billings started his long and illustrious career in hydrogen, by converting a gasoline-powered lawnmower engine to run on H2. Now, half a century later, 17-year-old San Diego high school student Josh Wesolowski has built a hybrid lawnmower engine that runs on unleaded gasoline, propane, methanol and hydrogen. The lawnmower engine starts with • Read More »
Hydrogen Work Vehicles Get the Job Done
August 30, 2007 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hydrogen Work Vehicles Get the Job Done | Filed in: Hydrogen Vehicles.They may not be as sexy as hydrogen cars parading down the road from one green event to the next with photo ops with congressmen and governors, but some less glamorous hydrogen vehicles are also starting to grab the public’s attention. For instance, lawnmower-maker Toro has paraded out its hydrogen-powered Workman utility vehicle at the • Read More »
Denny Klein’s Aquygen Boosts Gas Mileage with Hydrogen
July 10, 2007 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 13 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.Denny Klein, founder of Hydrogen Technology Applications in Clearwater, Florida says he is boosting gas mileage from ordinary cars up to 30-percent using hydrogen gas. The company’s patented Aquygen product or HHO gas was developed for cleaning and hotter burning blowtorches for the welding industry. They are currently selling the H2O 1500 Aquygen Gas Generator • Read More »
Toro Turf Maintenance Vehicle Goes Hydrogen
April 5, 2007 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Toro Turf Maintenance Vehicle Goes Hydrogen | Filed in: Hydrogen Vehicles.Toro, the maker of tough turf and lawn care vehicles has teamed with Nuvera Fuel Cells to turn a test vehicle into one that runs on hydrogen. Nuvera will supply the PowerFlow PFV-5 fuel cell system that will go into a Toro Workman utility vehicle. This green project is part of a contract with the • Read More »