Archives: Hydrogen Fuel Production

In Less than 10 Years Green Hydrogen for $1/kg Achievable

January 1, 2022 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on In Less than 10 Years Green Hydrogen for $1/kg Achievable | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.

Recently, experts are thinking that by 2030 we could be looking at hydrogen being as cheap as $1 per kilogram. That is the suggestion being made by some, including experts at Wood Mackenzie. This would be an incredible turn of events, delivering a more affordable access level for those looking to switch to hydrogen. It • Read More »

“Why Nations Fail” — A great read with an H2 epilog

July 16, 2020 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on “Why Nations Fail” — A great read with an H2 epilog | Filed in: Advocates, Green Hydrogen, History, Hydrogen Economy, Hydrogen Education, Hydrogen Fuel Production, Infrastructure, News, Political Issues.

by guest blogger Stan Thompson Davidson College is near our NC home and its proximity offers neighbors access to an astonishing parade of great minds. In 1962 I met cosmologist George Gamow there and got to ask him a few questions. Albert Einstein had died only seven years earlier; some would say Gamow was his • Read More »

Redox Flow Cell for Renewable Hydrogen

May 3, 2020 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Redox Flow Cell for Renewable Hydrogen | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.

The COVID-19 lockdown offers plenty of chances for us to think about ways to advance the use of green hydrogen in the marketplace. One such solution comes from Nel Hydrogen and PNNL. The teams at Nel Hydrogen and also experts led by Wei Wang, the chief scientist for energy storage research at the Pacific Northwest • Read More »

A case for chemelectricity

April 20, 2020 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on A case for chemelectricity | Filed in: Critics, Fuel Cells, Hydrail, Hydrogen Economy, Hydrogen Fuel, Hydrogen Fuel Production, Hydrogen Fuel Storage, Myths.

by guest blogger Stan Thompson Many of us who saw the hydrogen transition coming over two decades ago are frustrated by writers today who feel obliged to apologize for the vast amount of hydrogen that goes into fertilizer and petrochemicals.  Many of these folks probably feel they have to mention it because so many have • Read More »

Microwaves Creating Hydrogen from Fossil Fuels

February 21, 2019 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Microwaves Creating Hydrogen from Fossil Fuels | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.

As fuel cell vehicles rollout in California, Germany, Japan, the UK and elsewhere, creating an abundance of hydrogen is key to the success of the adoption of the vehicles. As fuel cell vehicles are considered to be disruptive technology so are the means of making hydrogen gas. One of the new ways of doing so • Read More »

Radio Waves and Cheap Catalysts – Hopeful Hydrogen Production Products

June 25, 2015 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Radio Waves and Cheap Catalysts – Hopeful Hydrogen Production Products | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.

There are two big stories this week in regard to new and promising research into cheap hydrogen production and I want to talk about both of them. In Israel, a startup company called H2Energy Now has developed a method using radio waves to zap water and extract the hydrogen gas. According to the Times of • Read More »

Spanish Researchers Use Plastic to Produce Hydrogen

May 13, 2015 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.

Spanish researchers who are part of the Photovoltaic and Optoelectronic Devices Group are using high tech plastics plus sunlight to produce hydrogen from water. These plastics are organic in nature and could lead to cheap and abundant hydrogen production. According to Cordis, “One of the main challenges of the project, which will finish in November, • Read More »

Halanaerobium Hydrogeninformans Rocks Out H2 Production

February 3, 2015 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Halanaerobium Hydrogeninformans Rocks Out H2 Production | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.

Dr. Melanie Mormile, a researchers at Missouri S&T, has discovered that the extreme bacterium halanaerobium hydrogeninformans can produce large amounts of hydrogen under the right conditions. According to Missouri S&T, “Mormile, an expert in the microbial ecology of extreme environments, wasn’t searching for a bacterium that could produce hydrogen. Instead, she first became interested in • Read More »

Glasgow Half Full in Hydrogen Production

September 25, 2014 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Glasgow Half Full in Hydrogen Production | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.

Researchers at the University of Glasgow in Scotland (still part of the UK after the vote) have discovered a way to produce hydrogen 30 times faster than current renewable methods. This method allows hydrogen to be produced using less electricity, at atmospheric pressure and do so using renewable energy such as wind or solar. Professor • Read More »

Gold Nanoparticles Help Produce 74 Times More Hydrogen

September 16, 2014 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Gold Nanoparticles Help Produce 74 Times More Hydrogen | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.

Researchers in South Korea have succeeded in producing 74 times more hydrogen from water using sunlight and gold nanoparticles. Business Korea says, “According to the research team, gold nanoparticles are capable of producing hydrogen from water by absorbing visible rays at a low energy level and creating thermoelectrons. However, the production efficiency and practicality of • Read More »