Japan Intends to Expand Hydrogen Highway System for Whole Country

I’ve already talked about the Japanese hydrogen highway system that has been growing over the past few years. Now, the plan is for Japan to extend this hydrogen highway system for the entire country by 2015. This is good news for Japanese car manufacturers such as Toyota, Nissan and Mazda that all have their own [...]

Shell Hydrogen Fueling Station Cluster for NYC

Taking a page out of the playbook of the hydrogen fueling station cluster model in Los Angeles, Shell Hydrogen has taken it upon themselve to do the same around New York City. Now, I had talked 6 months ago (and before) about the cluster model for grouping hydrogen cars with hydrogen fueling stations in the [...]

Hydrogen Fueling Station Being Built Inside Residential Community

Kirkwood Homes has decided to build a hydrogen fueling station inside a 1,000 house residential community in the northern part of Scotland. Right now, the only other hydrogen fueling station within driving distance is in London. The Kirkwood Homes residential community will also feature a primary school and potentially a new Ellon academy. The Kirkwood [...]

NREL, DOE & Google Launch TransAtlas Alt Fueling Map

The National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Google have decided to launch an interactive TransAtlas map where a person can find fueling stations for hydrogen, propane, electric, LNG, CNG, E85 and Biodiesel. It’s a good start. I’ve listed this particular map along with several others on a page [...]

Denmark Hydrogen Link Project Ready for Rapid Growth

The Hydrogen Link project based in Copenhagen, Denmark is ready for rapid growth over the next few years. The plan is that by 2015 the municipality of Copenhagen has 85-percent of its cars running on electric or hydrogen, which will total around 600 vehicles. The plan also calls for a total conversion of its fleet [...]

California Fuel Cell Partnership Plans 46 Hydrogen Fueling Stations

The California Fuel Cell Partnership (CaFCP) in Sacramento plans to have 46 retail hydrogen fueling stations in place in six communities by 2014. The H2 fueling stations will be enough to accommodate 4,300 passenger vehicles and 20 fuel cell buses. Right now in California there are 26 hydrogen fueling stations throughout the state, but only [...]

Asemblon Hydrnol Hydrogen Carrier Will Reduce Infrastructure Costs

In January, I had talked about the Asemblon Hydrnol liquid hydrogen carrier that is a room-temperature hydrogen rich chemical compound that can easily separate the H2 to be used for internal combustion engines or fuel cell vehicles. According to Asemblon, their liquid hydrogen carrier can greatly reduce the cost of building a nationwide fueling station [...]

Will New York Be the Next Hydrogen State?

In the U. S., California leads other states with 29 hydrogen fueling stations in operation (but not all open to the public). According to the National Hydrogen Association website, New York state has only one operational hydrogen fueling station in White Plains with six more planned elsewhere around the state in the near future. One [...]

Palm Springs Wants to Be Hydrogen Capital of the West

Back in the day when a man would ride through the desert on a horse with no name, few would have envisioned at that time a land with whipping wind turbines and hydrogen fueling stations. But, if Palm Springs, California Mayor Steve Pougnet gets his way that is exactly what will happen with this upscale [...]

Cluster-Plus Model for Hydrogen Fueling Station Rollout

There has been some talk in the past couple of months about hydrogen cities or at the very least geographic hydrogen clusters of cars and fueling stations within these very large cities. The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) has advocated that clusters of cars and hydrogen fueling stations in particular large cities such as Los Angeles, [...]