Turning water into wine is said to be a miracle, but how about turning wine (or at least wine waste) into hydrogen? Penn State University’s Dr. Bruce Logan is working with a Napa Valley winery (the Napa Wine Company) to turn their wine pulp and waste water in hydrogen. According to Dr. Logan, a single Napa [...]
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Okay, I’ll be the first to admit that the details are sketchy on this one. But, on the Vision Motor Corp. website there is a cool little hotrod that caught my eye. This little hotrod is called the Vision Cheetah. Now, what makes the Vision Cheetah so special? According to their website, “Vision is also [...]
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H2 Power Systems, an early development company, thinks it may have found a way to produce hydrogen on-site and on-demand at existing fueling stations. The idea would be to place solar panels atop filling stations and use high temperature cracking of water to create hydrogen and oxygen. The brains behind the operation are entrepreneur Nils [...]
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General Motors, while downsizing its company in general, has decided also to downsize its next generation of fuel cell system by 220 pounds. The 5th generation fuel cell stack, GM says will be ready for prime time (production status) by 2015, which is the same time frame several other hydrogen car manufacturers have given for [...]
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The Ohio State Buckeye Bullet 2 has hit a new unofficial land speed record for fuel cell vehicles with an exit speed of 304 mph. The land speed record is still unofficial though because it has to be recognized by FIA or ASN. The last time I had talked about the Buckeye Bullet 2 was [...]
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In February 2008, I had talked about how Rolls-Royce, the world’s premier high-end luxury car maker was starting to build large stationary fuel cells that would not be going into their cars. Rolls-Royce has continued down this path by expanding their fuel cell division in Canton, Ohio, creating approximately 60 jobs, while retaining 32. These [...]
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In the past, I’ve talked about using algae to create hydrogen again and again and again and again. I’ve talked about Cyanobacteria genes (blue-green algae), Hawaiian algae, Germany and Australia developing algae solutions and algae balloons. Well, yes, I’m actually going to talk about algae one more time (now, there’s a surprise). Energy Quest in [...]
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The Hydrogen Club at Oregon State University is conducting research and development on 3 different methods of producing hydrogen. According to the Hydrogen Club their vision is to “…make the hydrogen economy a reality in Corvallis and to make Corvallis a model community for renewable energy solutions.” Corvallis is a small town approximately midway between [...]
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Students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York will be recreating Robert Fulton’s historic journey up the Hudson River, but this time with a hydrogen-powered boat. In the early 1800’s Robert Fulton is credited with creating the first steamboat (and submarine). Fulton used a steamboat he called the Clermont to sail up the Hudson [...]
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While the critics keep kicking hydrogen cars to the curb, the funding continues nonetheless. This week the U. S. House of Representatives passed a $2.9 billion bill for advanced automotive research, some of which will go to hydrogen car R&D. On July 20, 2009 (and before) I had talked about how DOE Energy Secretary Steven [...]
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