Hydrogen Fueling Station Placed Near the North Pole

I’ve talked many times and in many of the past years how hydrogen fuel cells are lighting up Christmas around the world. Now, Santa is getting his own hydrogen fueling station and one that he’s willing to share with others. H2 Logic decided it would be logical to place a hydrogen fueling station in Finland [...]

Taiwan Unveils Bio-Hydrogen Microcar and Green Filling Station

On the island of Taiwan in the central city of Taichung, Feng Chia University opened its first renewable energy bio-hydrogen filling station. According to Taiwan Today, “At the opening of the new facility, the university presented its research achievements in using microbial technology to transform agricultural waste biomass into fuel for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. [...]

Pike Research Predicts 5,200 Future H2 Fueling Stations by 2020

Yesterday I had talked about the further commercialization of hydrogen fuel cell forklifts. Today I would like to talk about this again with a different slant on the story. Pike Research has come out with a study predicting that there will be 5,200 hydrogen fueling stations operational by the year 2020. What is interesting to [...]

SunHydro Opening Hydrogen Fueling Stations at Oil Change Shops

In January 2010, SunHydro and sister-company Proton Energy announced plans to put up solar-powered hydrogen fueling stations from Portland, Maine down to Miami, Florida creating an East Coast Hydrogen Highway for the U. S. Now, in May 2011, SunHydro made the announcement that they were pulling back the scope of their plans and instead creating [...]

Denmark and Germany Open New Hydrogen Fueling Stations

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 [...]

Daimler and Linde Putting Up 20 Hydrogen Fueling Stations in Germany

Automaker Daimler and industrial gas supplier Linde, both based out of Germany are putting up 20 additional hydrogen fueling stations around Germany. The stations are part of the European Union Hydrogen Highway that is now being built by multiple countries. According to the press release, “The initiative links in with the existing H2 Mobility and [...]

Canadian City Requiring Alternative Fuels at New Stations

The city of Surrey in British Columbia, Canada is getting with the program. The City Council realizes that alternative fuels and vehicles are the future. This is why they are requiring all new fueling stations to offer in addition to gasoline, diesel and propane at least one additional alternative fuel such as hydrogen, CNG or [...]

East Coast Hydrogen Highway Plan Reconfigures into Cluster Model

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 [...]

Hydrogen Fueling Station Taps into H2 Pipeline

In Torrance, California Air Products has partnered with Shell, Toyota, South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) and the U. S. DOE to tap into an existing hydrogen pipeline to supply H2 gas for cars at an existing Shell service station. Air Products is tapping into its own hydrogen pipeline which it uses to supply [...]

Proton OnSite to Build High Output Hydrogen Fueling Station in Hawaii

Proton OnSite (formerly Proton Energy Systems) is building the most productive hydrogen fueling station with onsite production to date in Hawaii. Proton OnSite has been awarded a $1.7 million contract from TARDEC (Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center), which is part of the U. S. Army. The 65 kg a day hydrogen fueling station is [...]