Archives: Hydrogen Fueling Stations

In Torrance, California, Air Products has built their newest SmartFuel® hydrogen fueling station for cars at Honda’s R&D headquarters. The 10,000 psi station is being promoted as one of the most quickly built stations ever. According to Air Products, “The new SmartFuel branded station provides hydrogen fueling at 700 bar (10,000 psi) and includes Air • Read More »

ITM Power has received a contract to build and place 5 hydrogen fueling stations on the Isle of Wight in Great Britain. Four of the stations will be for refueling land-based vehicles and one station will be used for refueling marine vessels. According to ITM Power, “ITM Power has been granted planning permission for an • Read More »

Finland’s largest gas manufacturer, Woikoski, has opened the country’s first hydrogen fueling station. The station is located in Vuosaari Harbour, at the Port of Helsinki. According to Finbay, “Woikoski is utilizing by-product hydrogen from various chemical plants and also expanding its hydrogen production capacity in Finland. The company has already invested in new hydrogen road • Read More »

In May 2010 I had talked about how future hydrogen fueling stations could be built at retail stores and shopping malls. One reader had emailed me the idea of putting up hydrogen fueling stations at car dealerships. Here is what I had said about that, “One reader said that since there are over 20,000 new • Read More »

Yesterday, I talked about the need in Whistler, B. C., Canada for better hydrogen refueling infrastructure in order to save their fuel cell bus program. Today, I would like to talk about a student contest for building drop-in hydrogen fueling stations that could be a solution for Whistler. The aim of the 2014 Hydrogen Student • Read More »

The naysayers of hydrogen fuel complain that there is no infrastructure, H2 is unsafe, and producing hydrogen is uncommon, etc. Well, one large industrial gas company, Linde, begs to differ. Linde has just hit the 500,000 hydrogen fueling station fill mark, all safe. Their stations have provided quick and safe refills for hydrogen cars, buses • Read More »

The H2 Mobility Group, comprised of Daimler, Shell, Air Liquide, Linde, OMV and Total, are going full steam ahead in building 100 hydrogen fueling stations within the next 4 years and a total of 400 H2 fueling stations by the year 2023. According to the press release, “Daimler and five oil and industrial gas companies • Read More »

On June 13, 2013 I had talked about how California was getting seven new public hydrogen fueling stations. Well, the news today is way better. The California Senate and Assembly came together in a bipartisan manner to approve Assembly Bill 8 (AB8) that would extend clean fuel, vehicle and air quality programs. It would also • Read More »

Since it is September 11 today, I would like to first pay homage to those who lost their lives during the terrorist attack on 09-11-2001. Now, onto other news. ITM Power from the UK received its first purchase order from Hydrogen Frontier, Incorporated (HFI) for a hydrogen fueling station rapid response electrolyser. I had first • Read More »

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 »