The biggest threat to hydrogen cars and all electric cars is not each other as many would have you believe. The biggest threat to both hydrogen cars AND all electric cars are plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV).
If PHEVs are available within the next 3 years as Toyota and GM are both claiming and are widely [...]
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I talked about a similar story last year, but it’s worth repeating since the event itself is repeating. Once again, California’s state Christmas tree at the Capitol building in Sacramento is being powered by hydrogen fuel cell.
The fuel cell is provided by Altergy Systems of Folsom, California. What is unique this year is that the [...]
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GE Energy has won a bid to install a hydrogen gas turbine generator, fueled by garbage, in Rome, Italy. The LM2500+G4 water-injected generator will be installed at the Malagrotta Power Plant and generate 32 megawatts of electricity.
The gas turbine generator will be able to run off high hydrogen syngas (or natural gas). The process involves [...]
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Yesterday, I talked about the FutureGen clean coal power plant being built in Mattoon, Illinois. Today, I want to talk about a parallel project called GreenGen that is being built in China.
As you probably already know, next to the United States, China is the largest gross polluter on this earth, largely due to the burning [...]
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I talked about it a couple of days ago and now it’s official. The new FutureGen clean coal power plant will be planted in Mattoon, Illinois. Mattoon is a town of less than 20,000 in east-central Illinois known as the “Bagel Capital of the World” and home to the Soybean Museum.
Illinois beat out Texas for [...]
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Illinois Democratic Representative Dan Lipinski and South Carolina Republican Bob Inglis have heralded through the House of Representatives the historic H-Prize Act of 2007 (H.R. 632). The H-Prize Act is part of the overall Energy Independence and Security Act that is expected to be signed by the White House before the end of the year.
The [...]
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I’ve talked about the FutureGen clean coal initiative a few times in the past, first to talk about how WGI has joined as one of the major players in building the facilities and second to talk about how China has thrown their hat into the ring as well.
But, now FutureGen is becoming less of a [...]
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Two chemical companies in North Vancouver have been wasting enough hydrogen to fuel 20,000 cars. The Canadian IWHUP (Integrated Waste Hydrogen Utilization Project) seeks to correct this problem.
The Hydrogen Technology & Energy Corporation (HTEC) will be capturing the waste hydrogen from companies Erco and Nexen, cleaning and compressing it for commercial use. Hydrogen is a [...]
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What is happening now? Has the world gone completely mad? Recently, it looks like the Big Oil companies are creating technology to help consumers use less oil. What up with this?
Shell Oil has announced that they will be using Hawaiian algae to create biodiesel fuel. And, Exxon has announced two different technologies that will lessen [...]
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Hydrogenics, a company devoted to hydrogen generation and fuel cell production, has signed a contract with Ford Motor Company to sell one of its HySTAT-30 stations to the automaker. The Hydrogenics HySTAT hydrogen generation station uses electrolysis to create H2 from water.
Ford will use the HySTAT station upon its fuel cell testing grounds in Dearborn, [...]
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