Archives: Hydrogen Fuel Distribution

To those people who think a large semi tractor trailer truck carrying compressed hydrogen would be akin to the Hindenburg if it were ever in a crash, here is the counterpoint to the Hindenburg fallacy. A large truck this week carrying 25,000 lbs. of compressed hydrogen gas, did in fact, cross a couple of lanes • Read More »

Throughout the week, I receive email from visitors to the hydrogen cars website and blog. Jeffery C. wrote in to tell me his ideas for building hydrogen fueling stations in alternative locations. It’s this kind of outside-the-box thinking that will be necessary in order to make hydrogen cars a reality in this nation. Here are • Read More »

Well, I’ve already blogged about new hydrogen stations opening in California, Illinois, Hawaii, Michigan, Nevada, Vermont and Washington D. C. But, the hits just keep on coming as more hydrogen fueling stations are popping up all the time. For instance, the first hydrogen station in Florida has officially opened near the Orlando International Airport. This • Read More »

One of the critics’ biggest arguments against moving to a hydrogen economy and hydrogen transportation system has been that the price of hydrogen gas is too high relative to gasoline. Last month, I blogged about a new hydrogen fueling station that had opened up near Chicago, Illinois that was charging $3.49 per gallon equivalent for • Read More »

In Las Vegas, Nevada a solar-powered hydrogen fueling station was dedicated yesterday by representatives of the Las Vegas Valley Water District (LVVWD) and the UNLV Research Foundation. Solar panels, which follow the movement of the sun throughout the day, will be used to generate electricity that will then electrolyze water to create hydrogen for the • Read More »

A few miles northwest of Chicago, in Des Plaines, the first hydrogen fueling station in Illinois will open today. Republican Congressman Peter J. Roskam will unveil the station and fill up one of General Motors’ hydrogen powered vehicles, the GM HydroGen3. The new hydrogen fueling station is located at the Gas Technology Institute (GTI) at • Read More »

Last week the University of California Irvine (UCI) received an upgrade to its hydrogen fueling station. Before the upgrade, the station was only able to dispense compressed hydrogen at 350 bar (5,000 psi). Since the upgrade, the station can now also dispense hydrogen at 700 bar (10,000 psi) as well. The higher pressures allow some • Read More »

The first hydrogen fueling station in India is expected to open in early 2007 by the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). The hydrogen fueling station will be located near the major city of Delhi in a town called Nigambodh Ghat. Consumers at the station will be able to purchase either pure hydrogen (or neat hydrogen as • Read More »

The Energy Research Center of the Netherlands (ECN) has opened it first hydrogen fueling station on Friday, October 27 in Petten. The hydrogen filling station will be used to fuel up ECN’s HydroGEM PEM fuel cell vehicle. The HydroGEM’s fuel cell and vehicle system have been built entirely by ECN, though the vehicle is based • Read More »

Shell and General Motors are partnering to build two new hydrogen fueling stations in New York State. The two fueling stations will be located in White Plains and Greenburgh. Both White Plains and Greenburgh were chosen for the fueling sites because the residents are open to new technology (with a high percentage already driving hybrid • Read More »