Posted on June 30th, 2011 by admin
Researchers at the University of Adelaide in Australia have come up with a unique catalyst at nanoscale proportions that will produce hydrogen from water with the help of solar energy. According to the University, “The latest research is the outcome of 14 years of fundamental research by Associate Professor Metha’s research group investigating the synthesis [...]
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Posted on June 28th, 2011 by admin
In April 2010 Fuel Cells 2000 distributed their State of the State: Fuel Cells in America 2010 report. Now, slightly over a year later Fuel Cells 2000 has put out their State of the State: Fuel Cells in America 2011 report, updating the previous report. The State of the States report is an overview of [...]
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Posted on June 27th, 2011 by admin
I’ve talked about direct solar to hydrogen production several times in the past (see links at the bottom of the page) and Stanford University researchers in Northern California think they may have solved the sticking point in order that this kind of R&D can go forward. Water is the most abundant resource on Earth and [...]
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Posted on June 24th, 2011 by stanthom
by guest blogger Stan Thompson Perhaps the single greatest impediment to the advent of the hydrogen economy has been the media-led insistence that hydrogen fuel cell technology is an automotive design experiment that has not yet been made to work. The ubiquity issue—the controlling obstacle unique to the car application—is never examined. Mention hydrogen and [...]
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Posted on June 24th, 2011 by admin
A 100-passenger hydrogen-powered boat in Hamburg, Germany called the Alsterwasser caught fire last year destroying much of the ship but no one was injured. There were no dramatic explosions of hydrogen tanks as one might see in a movie. Nothing happened and the two 50 kW (67 hp) fuel cells powering a 100kW (134 hp) [...]
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Posted on June 22nd, 2011 by admin
In a surprise announcement, Chairman of Daimler AG Dieter Zetsche said that Mercedes will introduce a production hydrogen fuel cell car into showrooms as early as 2014. On January 10, 2011 I had talked about how the Mercedes B-Class F-Cell (several of them) had started a world tour to prove the durability and production-readiness of [...]
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Posted on June 21st, 2011 by admin
The European Union and the world’s largest automakers have stated that they will be ready with hydrogen cars and H2 fueling stations by the year 2015. Meanwhile the Federal Government of the United States has stated they have no intention on being ready and are most willing to be followers instead of leaders in these [...]
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Posted on June 20th, 2011 by admin
Swiss specialty carmakers GreenGT is building its LMP H2 Prototype high performance racecar to zoom around the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans. The GreenGT LMP H2 will be powered by hydrogen gas plus a 300 Kw fuel cell. The hydrogen racecar will start with the LMP chassis and carry 12 liters of compressed hydrogen [...]
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Posted on June 16th, 2011 by admin
As silly as this first may seem, let’s not throw any alternative off the table just yet when it comes to future fuel sources for hydrogen cars. A team of researchers at Leibnitz Institute for Catalysis (Rostock, Germany) believe that common baking soda holds the key for chemical hydrogen storage that is recyclable. According to [...]
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Posted on June 15th, 2011 by admin
Because so much is riding on your tires, Michelin, the tire company has decided to develop a fuel cell. That’s right, a tire company developing a hydrogen fuel cell which will go inside a FAM F-City car in France. This will be the first fuel cell vehicle in France to win certification to drive on [...]
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