The Advanced Vehicle Research Center (AVRC) out of Raleigh, North Carolina has teamed up with the North Carolina State University Solar Center to come up with a design and build plan for a portable hydrogen fueling station that is free for the public to use. The development of the hydrogen fueling station plans was funded • Read More »
Archives: Hydrogen Fueling Stations
Next Hydrogen Fueling Station Opens in UK
April 17, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Next Hydrogen Fueling Station Opens in UK | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.It’s groovy, baby, as Austin Powers might say that a hydrogen fueling station is opening at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom, which is currently the country’s only station. London had a temporary station that opened in 2005 by oil giant BP as part of the CUTE demonstration hydrogen bus program, but this • Read More »
Air Product Global Goes Mobile In South Carolina
March 27, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Air Product Global Goes Mobile In South Carolina | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.Air Products has motored on down from Pennsylvania, where they are headquartered to Aiken County, South Carolina to supply the region with its first mobile hydrogen fueling station. The Aiken County Economic Development Partnership is developing a pickup truck that uses an internal combustion engine to run on compressed hydrogen gas and needs a way • Read More »
First Hydrogen and Hythane Fueling Station to Come to India
February 5, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.The first hydrogen and hythane fueling station is being built in Delhi, India for an expected rollout in the Fall of 2008. Hythane Company, LLC (a subsidiary of Eden Energy Limited) will be responsible for supplying and installing the station. Hythane is a blend of hydrogen and compressed natural gas (CNG). I first reported on • Read More »
Hydrogen Fueling Station for Show Me State
October 12, 2007 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hydrogen Fueling Station for Show Me State | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.The Show Me State is saying, “Show me the hydrogen!” The University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR) has already received a couple of hydrogen-powered Ford E-450 shuttle buses and is using them to transport students around campus. They are currently using a portable hydrogen fueling station to refuel the shuttles. Beginning next year, however, the hydrogen shuttle • Read More »
California Schools Drop Hydrogen Fueling Stations
October 8, 2007 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.On July 24, 2006, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved two schools, San Diego Unified School District and California State University, Los Angeles to develop and install two different hydrogen fueling stations on their campuses for educational purposes. After spending $50,000 to research and develop the project, the Thurgood Marshall Middle School in San • Read More »
Hydrogen Fueling Station Opens in Seoul, South Korea
September 14, 2007 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hydrogen Fueling Station Opens in Seoul, South Korea | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.The same week that the Hyundai I-Blue was unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in Germany, Hyundai also used its Tucson FCEV to cut the ribbon on the first hydrogen fueling station in Seoul, South Korea. This will make the second hydrogen fueling station to open in South Korea as the first opened in August • Read More »
Beijing, China Goes Green with Hydrogen Fueling Station
November 9, 2006 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Beijing, China Goes Green with Hydrogen Fueling Station | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.Just 9 miles from the new Olympic Park in Beijing, China another park has opened up, which is serving hydrogen to vehicles. At the Beijing Hydrogen Park, China’s first hydrogen fueling station has opened, operated by energy giant, BP. Spending $3.5 million on the new hydrogen fueling station, BP will be accommodating China’s current eight • Read More »
Hawaii Opens First Hydrogen Fueling Station
November 1, 2006 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hawaii Opens First Hydrogen Fueling Station | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.A mere two weeks after a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the big island of Hawaii, the nation’s 50th state is shaking things up again by announcing the opening of its first hydrogen fueling station. The hydrogen fueling station will open at the Hickam Air Force Base on Thursday, November 2, 2006. Hickam Air Force Base • Read More »
Ford, BP Open Hydrogen Fueling Station in Taylor, Michigan
October 18, 2006 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.Ford Motor Company and British Petroleum (BP) have joined forces to open up a hydrogen fueling station in Taylor, Michigan. The city of Taylor has already been operating a fleet of hydrogen buses and cars for about a year. The hydrogen fueling station was opened during a media event on Tuesday, highlighting the advantages of • Read More »