If you happen to be a hydrogen car and vehicle supporter then you’ve naturally developed a lot of patience. I’ve had the hydrogen car website up for 6 years and I’ve been writing this blog for over 5 years now. And in this time, I’ve seen technology come and go while others just sort of [...]
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It’s no secret that the White House and Department of Energy (DOE) consider hydrogen cars to be the ugly stepchild of alternative fuel vehicles. The DOE keeps trying to defund hydrogen R&D despite what the car companies think and despite what the bi-partisan U. S. Senators think. A couple of weeks ago I had talked [...]
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I recently had the pleasure of interviewing John Holbrook, the Executive Director and Board Member of the NH3 Fuel Association. I’ve talked many times in the past about ammonia and in particular NH3 being a hydrogen-rich fuel of the future. So, I wanted to ask Mr. Holbrook a few questions about how hydrogen-rich NH3 may [...]
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Over this past weekend the Audi Q5 Hybrid Fuel Cell (HFC) was unveiled at the Michelin Challenge Bibendum in Berlin, Germany. The Audi Q5 FCV contains two 10,000 psi compressed hydrogen tanks for extended driving range. The PEM fuel cell is rated at 98 kw and the Q5 Fuel Cell uses two 90 kw electric [...]
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As the Obama Administration keeps trying to give body blows to the emerging hydrogen car market, yet another automobile company is stepping forward with their intentions of producing an H2 fuel cell vehicle (FCV) within the next few years, and this one also happens to be a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) as well. Chinese [...]
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I had the pleasure of speaking with and interviewing Stan Thompson, Chairman of the Hydrogen Economy Advancement Team (HEAT) and the force behind the largest hydrail website on the Internet. Here is the interview: HydroKevin (HK): How did you come to the decision to pull the plug on this year’s hydrail conference? Stan Thompson (ST): [...]
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One of the lynchpins to the hydrogen economy and budding hydrogen transportation system is not so much the cars but the infrastructure. Producing massive amounts of hydrogen in an economically and environmentally-friendly way is the Holy Grail for kick starting this new energy economy. Currently over 90-percent of the hydrogen in the U. S. is [...]
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In Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada the world’s first small scale liquid hydrogen plant is being constructed. And the kicker is that they will be recycling “waste hydrogen” to put to good use in H2 cars and buses. According to the official British Columbia Newsroom, “The hydrogen liquefaction plant will produce 1200 kg/day of liquid hydrogen. [...]
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Researchers at Monash University along with help from scientists from the University of Davis in northern California and the Australian Synchrotron have discovered a method to produce hydrogen from water using manganese and sunlight. Now, in the past I’ve talked about using a variety of catalysts to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. I’ve talked [...]
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Let me be honest here. The idea of the East Coast Hydrogen Highway ever coming to fruition within the next couple of years made me skeptical from the very beginning. Even though I like the idea on general purposes it seemed like too ambitious of a plan. I’ve talked about the details of the East [...]
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