Burlington, Vermont will open the first hydrogen fueling station in New England on July 3, 2006. The station will be located at the Department of Public Works and will electrolyze water in order to create the hydrogen. The hydrogen from the fueling station will be compressed and stored on site. Northern Power Systems and Proton […]
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Idaho isn’t just about potatoes anymore as a city called Mountain Home is the site of the nation’s first commercial wind-to-hydrogen plant operated by Synthetic Energy, Inc. The twin wind turbines, supplied by Entegrity Wind Systems, create electricity and in turn use the electricity to electrolyze water to produce hydrogen.
Synthetic Energy has a contract to […]
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In April, I had talked about how making the move to ethanol fuel for the transportation industry will pave the way for the same industry to transition into hydrogen. Apparently, General Motors’ research and development chief Lawrence Burns has now spoken about the same thoughts.
According to Burns, “Even some of the initial steps in the […]
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According to a press release from Penn State University, researchers there have found an interesting by-product while producing hydrogen from coal: diamonds.
According to Angela D. Lueking, assistant professor of energy and geo-environmental engineering, “The idea we explored was based on ball milling graphite processes found in the hydrogen storage literature. We substituted anthracite coal for […]
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Norway, Denmark and Sweden have decided to join forces and link together separate hydrogen highway projects in order to create one large European hydrogen highway corridor. The corridor will set up a series of hydrogen fueling stations along the major roadways in the south and west of the Scandinavian area.
The Scandinavian Hydrogen Highway Partnership (SHHP) […]
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Last year, on June 26, 2005 the ETH Zurich PAC-Car II , a hydrogen fuel cell car, blazed a new Guinness Book world record for fuel efficiency by achieving an amazing 15,212 mpg. This feat was accomplished at the Shell Eco-Marathon in Ladoux, France during the Michelin challenge.
The Swiss PAC-Car II broke its previous record […]
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The Scottish have gotten onboard with hydrogen by rolling out the UK’s first and only road legal hydrogen car, the siGEN from the PURE (Promoting Unst’s Renewable Energy) agency. The hydrogen car was on display in Edinburgh to promote innovation and renewable energy.
Hydrogen itself is no stranger to the Scotts. There are currently plans in […]
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Three DaimlerChrysler hydrogen buses have hit the streets in Beijing, China as part of an eight-year, two-phase project, creating a stir in the communist community. Traditional buses in China’s larger cities are major contributors to air pollution.
According to Renaud Meyer, Deputy Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program in China, “This marks the first […]
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Last week, Santa Monica opened up its first hydrogen fueling station to refuel both fuel cell vehicles and hydrogen internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. The opening was part of the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) five-city plan in opening hydrogen fueling stations in Southern California. The five cities also include Santa Ana, Burbank, […]
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Southern California has opened yet another hydrogen fueling station that it hopes will one day lead the march along the hydrogen highway system. Santa Monica will host the newest station along with older hydrogen stations hosted by Burbank, Santa Ana, Diamond Bar, Ontario and Riverside, to name a few, under the authority of the South […]
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