This weekend, August 17 – 18, 2013, the Aston Martin Rapide S hydrogen hybrid racecar (pictured above) will be running at Shelsley Walsh in the Midlands, United Kingdom. The Rapide S is a bi-fuel vehicle that can run on either compressed hydrogen gas or gasoline. On May 01, 2013, the Rapide S completed its first • Read More »
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Platinum on the Chopping Block in Fuel Cells
August 13, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Platinum on the Chopping Block in Fuel Cells | Filed in: Fuel Cells.In two separate stories today, platinum is either being drastically reduced or eliminated altogether in hydrogen fuel cells. In the first case, the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) has reduced the amount of platinum used in a fuel cell by five times in a recent experiment. According to PSI, “An international team of researchers involving the • Read More »
University of Colorado, Boulder Solar-Hydrogen Breakthrough
August 8, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.On July 30, 2013 I had talked about TU Delft and HZB creating solar-hydrogen breakthrough technology. Well, it seems like there is no shortage of solar-hydrogen breakthroughs recently as the University of Colorado, Boulder has created one as well. Researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder (CU-Boulder) have come at the issue from a completely • Read More »
Hyundai in Chino, CA to Get Public H2 Fueling Station
August 6, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hyundai in Chino, CA to Get Public H2 Fueling Station | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.Approximately 37 miles from where I live in San Bernardino County, California the first public hydrogen fueling station in the county is being built. The opening of the new station is expected to be in the Fall of 2014. Hydrogen Frontier received a $3 million grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC) to build the • Read More »
Solar Hydrogen Breakthrough by HZB and TU Delft
July 30, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 6 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.In Germany, the HZB Institute for Solar Fuels and TU Delft University of Technology have created a solar device that can split water into hydrogen cheaply and efficiently. On the solar cell, the anode is made from metal oxide bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) plus a small amount of tungsten atoms with a dash of wolfram atoms • Read More »
Bacteriorhodopsin in Salt Flats Produce Hydrogen Fuel
July 25, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.Scientists at the Argonne National Laboratory have discovered that microorganisms that live in desert salt flats are using sunlight to produce hydrogen. And if coaxed, these bacteriorhodopsin that live in the hottest areas of California and Nevada, could be persuaded to produce large amounts of hydrogen fuel. According to Argonne, “Argonne nanoscientist Elena Rozhkova and • Read More »
APFCT Hydrogen Scooters Update
July 23, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on APFCT Hydrogen Scooters Update | Filed in: Hydrogen Scooters.I have been talking about APFCT hydrogen scooters in Taiwan since November 2010. It’s been fun and educational to watch the development from prototypes to commercial ready vehicles. And now there is an update. According to APFCT, “80 fuel cell vehicles (scooters), which are granted by the Ministry of Economic Affairs Bureau of Energy for • Read More »
Nickel Iron Catalysts for Creating Hydrogen from Water
July 18, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Nickel Iron Catalysts for Creating Hydrogen from Water | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.At the leading science foundation in Ireland, CRANN, researchers there have discovered a non-platinum method for creating hydrogen gas from water. This new method uses iron and nickel oxide to do the efficient water splitting. Now, I have talked before about how iron may be the new platinum. I’ve also posted over a dozen times • Read More »
Aston University Develops Unique H2 Car for Shell Eco-Marathon
July 16, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Aston University Develops Unique H2 Car for Shell Eco-Marathon | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.The Shell Eco-Marathon Asia 2013 has been called off because of inclement weather. But, be that as it may, the development of student-built hydrogen cars continues. One notable hydrogen car (pictured above) is the one built by the estudiantes at Aston University in Birmingham, UK. Besides developing a new fuel cell for the car, the • Read More »
Honda and GM Partner Up to Build Next Gen Fuel Cell Vehicles
July 11, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Honda and GM Partner Up to Build Next Gen Fuel Cell Vehicles | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.All of the major automakers have agreed to put a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle into the commercial marketplace by 2015, even if there is very little infrastructure to support them. In fact, Hyundai has beaten this deadline and is rolling out its FCEV’s now. But, the fuel cell vehicles which do, in fact, rollout for • Read More »