In Vienna, Austria the Linde Group has opened the world’s first small-series production facility for building hydrogen fueling stations. Now that Hyundai has built the first assembly line produced fuel cell vehicle in Japan with others to follow, it makes sense that hydrogen fueling stations should also be built with economies of scale in mind. • Read More »
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Hyundai Fuel Cell Vehicle Travels 435 Miles on One Tank
July 15, 2014 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hyundai Fuel Cell Vehicle Travels 435 Miles on One Tank | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.According to Hyundai they have set a record for the driving range for mass-produced fuel cell vehicles. Recently a Hyundai ix35 FCEV traveled 700 kilometers (435 miles) on one tank of hydrogen through three countries in northern Europe. According to News24.com, “”The ix35 Fuel Cell, claimed to be the world’s first mass-production fuel-cell electric vehicle • Read More »
Science-Based Fire Codes Will Lead to More H2 Fueling Stations
July 10, 2014 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Science-Based Fire Codes Will Lead to More H2 Fueling Stations | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.Who would have thought that the use of ultra-conservative and overly restrictive fire codes was holding back the building of the hydrogen refueling infrastructure in California? Researchers at the Sandia National Laboratories discovered that by going with science-based, risk-informed fire codes aligned with the U. S. Department of Energy, that hydrogen pumps can be installed • Read More »
Two More H2 Fuel Cell Buses Roll into Aberdeen, Scotland
July 9, 2014 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Two More H2 Fuel Cell Buses Roll into Aberdeen, Scotland | Filed in: Hydrogen Buses.Two more hydrogen fuel cell buses, created by Belgian firm Van Hool, have rolled out into Aberdeen, Scotland. This is an update to an article I had published on May 22, 2014 when the first four H2 buses were delivered. According to the City of Aberdeen, “Two more zero-emission buses have arrived in the North-east • Read More »
Japan Establishes Hydrogen Fuel Cell Strategy Roadmap
July 8, 2014 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Japan Establishes Hydrogen Fuel Cell Strategy Roadmap | Filed in: Infrastructure.Even though California is often thought of as Ground Zero for hydrogen car technology and refueling infrastructure, Japan also has been quite pro-active in this field as well. And hence the Japanese have established a Hydrogen / Fuel Cell Strategy Roadmap in order to address the technical challenges going forward in regard to growing FCVs • Read More »
Toyota to Sell Fuel Cells to Midsize Car Companies
July 3, 2014 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Toyota to Sell Fuel Cells to Midsize Car Companies | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.Toyota says it will consider selling the major components of its fuel cell systems to midsize automakers that don’t have the R&D budget to build the components from the ground up. The reason for this is two-fold. If there are more fuel cell vehicles being sold it will be easier for governments and other agencies • Read More »
Plug Power Placing FCVs at Airports
July 2, 2014 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Vehicles.Plug Power, known for selling fuel cell materials handling units, is now placing their FCVs at airports. The fuel cell vehicles (pictured above) will be a part of a demo project for ground support equipment (GSE) vehicles used to carry luggage and cargo. According to Plug Power, “This demo is a significant step in Plug • Read More »
HyperSolar Artificial Photosynthesis Breaking Records
July 1, 2014 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Green Hydrogen, Hydrogen Fuel Production.HyperSolar has set record times in producing hydrogen using a submersible artificial photosynthesis device in water. The device uses sunlight only, without any outside power source, in order to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. According to the Wall Street Journal, “HyperSolar, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technology to produce renewable hydrogen using sunlight • Read More »
HydrogeNXT’s Next Gen H2 Fueling Station and Smartphone Solution
June 26, 2014 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on HydrogeNXT’s Next Gen H2 Fueling Station and Smartphone Solution | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.Houston-based startup company HydrogeNXT is proposing a next generation hydrogen fueling station plus smartphone app that will work together efficiently to fuel up any fuel cell car. According to the press release, “HydrogeNXT‘s fueling solution relies on a patented, app-based reservation system that allows hydrogen customers to locate nearby stations, see how much fuel is • Read More »
$68,809 for a Commercial Toyota FCV in 2015
June 25, 2014 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on $68,809 for a Commercial Toyota FCV in 2015 | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.Toyota has unveiled the outside design (pictured at top) and Japanese price for the fuel cell vehicle that is supposed to go on sale in March 2015. The Japanese price is around 7 million yen ($68,809 USD) and the design is the same as the FCV concept that was unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show • Read More »