South Korea is going forward with its plans to develop and test more hydrogen cars and buses in the near future. Science and Technology Minister Kim Woo-sik has stated his plans to test 14 hydrogen fuel cell cars next year.
South Korean automaker Hyundai-Kia Motors has already developed five of the fuel cell vehicles and nine […]
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Alchemy Enterprises, Limited of Scottsdale, Arizona is coming out with a bus that will run on hydrogen-on-demand. Backed by a $12.5 million placement from Brookstreet Securities of Irvine, California, Alchemy is acquiring a hydrogen bus from Hydrogenics Corporation of Ontario, Canada and refitting it with their own Hydratus system.
The Hydratus system does not use huge […]
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The first hydrogen fueling station in India is expected to open in early 2007 by the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). The hydrogen fueling station will be located near the major city of Delhi in a town called Nigambodh Ghat.
Consumers at the station will be able to purchase either pure hydrogen (or neat hydrogen as they’re […]
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The Ford Explorer Fuel Cell SUV is going to be unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show this coming Wednesday and Thursday, during the Press Days portion of the conference. Members of the media will receive the privilege of driving Ford’s newest fuel cell prototype. The Ford Focus FCV is the only other fuel cell […]
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Many scientists, engineers, academics and environmentalists believe that we are on the edge of a photovoltaic revolution right now. Using solar energy cells (photovoltaic) to create energy is nothing new as the industry has been charging ahead for the past 30 or so years trying to produce photovoltaic cells that will cheaply and efficiently produce […]
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Hydrogen storage is a tricky beast at best. Currently, in the transportation industry, storing hydrogen in automobiles is accomplished either through liquefying the gas or compressing it.
In order to store liquid hydrogen, it must first be super-cooled to -423 F. Cars that carry liquid hydrogen systems (cryogenic) have the issue of hydrogen boil off, where […]
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Three of the major current criticisms regarding proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells for hydrogen cars has been cost, cold-cranking power and durability. The cost has come down dramatically within the past 3 years and will continue to descend as new technology is developed and production lines assembled for higher volume orders.
Cold-cranking power, or cold […]
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The Energy Research Center of the Netherlands (ECN) has opened it first hydrogen fueling station on Friday, October 27 in Petten. The hydrogen filling station will be used to fuel up ECN’s HydroGEM PEM fuel cell vehicle.
The HydroGEM’s fuel cell and vehicle system have been built entirely by ECN, though the vehicle is based upon […]
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Hydrogen production has been a sticking point in the desire to move to a hydrogen-based transportation system and hydrogen economy. How do we go about producing enough hydrogen to fuel cars, businesses and homes? Most current hydrogen production centers around steam-reforming natural gas. Much research is being conducted, however, on alternative methods to produce hydrogen.
Scientists […]
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There was a blog posting at Drudge.com that started off innocent enough talking about the new Honda FCX that was just demoed this week in Northern California to the public. From this posting the conversation quickly turned to windmills for generating renewable hydrogen to power the vehicles.
The usual topics were covers such as the need […]
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