BlackLight Power Sells Hydrogen Power to 6th Utility Company

A couple of weeks ago I talked about New Mexico building a hydrogen power plant where solar and wind energy would be used to split water and the resulting hydrogen would be used to burn and turn a gas turbine, creating electricity. Now, a company called BlackLight Power (BLP) has signed a deal with Akridge [...]

Ronn Motors H2GO Still a Go

I’ve talked about Ronn Motors many times in the past including their Eco Scorpion super car and their H2GO hydrogen boosting system. I’ve also talked about how the H2GO system, if it works as billed, could be a game changer in the automotive industry. Ronn Motors and East Texas truck fleet owner, RJR Pipkin Company [...]

Florida Researchers Harnessing Gulf Stream for Electricity and Hydrogen

Florida Atlantic University researchers are investigating the merits of developing underwater turbines along Florida’s Gulfstream to provide electricity for homes and generate hydrogen for cars. The Gulfstream for ships (similar in some ways to the jet stream for airplanes) help vessels move more quickly from the Caribbean, around Florida and into the upper-North Atlantic. Before [...]

Iran Catching Up in Hydrogen Production

George W. Bush called Iran an “Axis of Evil”. And there is no doubt U. S relations with that country have been strained at best especially after the most recent questionable election. But, one of the positive qualities of researchers and scientists working within a global economy is that politics plays less of a role [...]

ITM Power Homes Could Be Carbon Negative

A few weeks back I talked about the ITM Power retrofitted Ford Focus completing the 2009 Eco Rally in the UK. A year ago I talked about the unveiling of the prototype ITM Power home hydrogen fueling station. Now, besides powering cars with zero emission hydrogen gas created from renewable resources such as wind and [...]

US Fuel Cell Council Robert Rose Interview and Video

EETV conducted an OnPoint interview with Robert Rose, Executive Director of the US Fuel Cell Council (USFCC) concerning Congress reinstating the budget cuts to hydrogen cars and fuel cell research from the Department of Energy (DOE) budget earlier this year. Mr. Rose comments on Energy Secretary Steven Chu’s assertion that hydrogen cars are not a [...]

Sub-Nano Platinum Particles Power Fuel Cells

I’ve talked before about how we need to reduce the amount of platinum used in fuel cells in order to bring down the price and make them more cost effective. I’ve also talked about researchers working on platinum-free fuel cells, especially if they can retain the power and longevity of fuel cells using platinum. Well, [...]

Italy Uses Lasers and Water to Produce Hydrogen

Now, this may sounds like something out of an old episode of Star Trek (the ones where William Shatner plays James T. Kirk), but Italian scientists today have discovered a way to create hydrogen using lasers and water. Researchers at Florence University have had success firing their laser beams at water to separate it into [...]

More Hope for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Funding in Washington DC

A little over a week ago I talked about how the DOE was restoring funding for hydrogen fuel cell research and other hydrogen related funding. Now, according to stargazette.com another important step in Washington D. C. has taken place. According to this online newspaper, “The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Energy and Water [...]

Fuel Cell Street Sweeper Cleans Up in Basle, Switzerland

Proton Power Systems has developed a hydrogen fuel cell street sweeper that it is now testing in Basle, Switzerland. The municipal street sweeping vehicle was developed in conjunction with the Swiss consortium, hy.muve. The 20kw fuel cell provides the street sweeping vehicle with a top speed of 24 mph. The fuel cell vehicle can hold [...]