Archives: Infrastructure

H2USA Launched by DOE to Promote Hydrogen Infrastructure

May 14, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Infrastructure.

On March 12, 2013 I had talked about how the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) was intending to launch a new public-private program called H2USA that would promote the building of hydrogen infrastructure to support fuel cell vehicles. Yesterday, on May 13, 2014 the DOE actually launched the H2USA program. According to the DOE, • Read More »

ARUBA TO DEBUT 1st HYDROGEN STREETCAR FLEET

April 1, 2013 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on ARUBA TO DEBUT 1st HYDROGEN STREETCAR FLEET | Filed in: Fuel Cells, Hydrail, Hydrogen Fuel Production, Infrastructure, News.

by guest Blogger Stan Thompson Before 2014, the Caribbean island nation of Aruba will roll out the world’s first fleet of hydrogen hybrid, self-powered, rail transit vehicles. Los Angeles, CA, transit manufacturer TIG/m Modern Street Railways is building both the streetcars—resembling heritage open trolleys—and the hydrogen production infrastructure needed to power their fuel cells. Energy • Read More »

Hydrail: a boost from Warren Buffet?

March 6, 2013 | By Stan Thompson | 1 Comment | Filed in: Fuel Cells, Hydrail, Hydrogen Organizations, Hydrogen Vehicles, Infrastructure.

by guest blogger Stan Thompson At first glance, Russell Gold’s March 5, 2013, Wall Street Journal story, “Berkshire’s BNSF Railway to Test Switch to Natural Gas,” looked like such a big splash that the hydrail boat might get swamped. But a closer look suggests that hydrail—the emerging hydrogen fuel cell hybrid technology for railroad propulsion—is • Read More »

UK Plans on 1.5 Million Hydrogen Cars by 2030

February 5, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on UK Plans on 1.5 Million Hydrogen Cars by 2030 | Filed in: Infrastructure.

Hydrogen car proponents in the United Kingdom have been making plans to put 1.5 million H2 drivers on the British roads by 2030. According to the H2UKMobility plan, hydrogen fuel cell cars will start hitting the streets of Great Britain in 2015 and will see slow sales to early adopters up until 2020. At this • Read More »

General Electric may play Santa with Hydrail Train

December 24, 2012 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on General Electric may play Santa with Hydrail Train | Filed in: Fuel Cells, Hydrail, Hydrogen Buses, Hydrogen Economy, Infrastructure.

by guest blogger, Stan Thompson If I get my long-awaited hydrail “electric train” for Christmas, in may be the GE Global Research Electric Propulsion Systems Lab engineers who drop it down the chimney, not Saint Nick. So far they’re talking buses, not trains, but the rail application is a no-brainer. This month GE unveiled a dual-battery • Read More »

Car and Driver Supports CNG to Hydrogen Refueling Transition

November 13, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 7 Comments | Filed in: Infrastructure.

On June 3, 2011 I had talked about building a hydrogen car refueling infrastructure that mimics the compressed natural gas (CNG) refueling infrastructure that is already in place in the United States. The idea behind this suggestion is to not reinvent the wheel and to avoid mimicking the gasoline refueling infrastructure (120,000 gasoline stations nationwide). • Read More »

Hydrail and Sandy: Learning the Hard Way

November 1, 2012 | By Stan Thompson | 3 Comments | Filed in: Hydrail, Hydrogen Economy, Infrastructure, News, Political Issues.

Posted on November 1, 2012 By guest blogger, Stan Thompson What you won’t hear, but should, in news coverage about Hurricane Sandy and transit service interruptions is that hydrail—hydrogen fuel cell/battery hybrid—subway trains would  be much less impacted by salt water flooding. That’s not to say subway service could have continued.  Signaling, switching and many • Read More »

Air Products Dedicates 600-Mile Hydrogen Pipeline

October 31, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Air Products Dedicates 600-Mile Hydrogen Pipeline | Filed in: Infrastructure.

I’ve talked about the company Air Products many times in the past as one of the world’s largest manufacturers and suppliers of hydrogen gas. Now, the company has dedicated the world’s largest hydrogen pipeline running between Texas and Louisiana. According to Your Houston News, “Air Products, the leading global hydrogen provider, formally dedicated its Gulf • Read More »

Asian Carmakers Sign MoU Regarding Scandinavian Hydrogen Highway

October 9, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Infrastructure.

In Copenhagen, Denmark representatives from Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Hyundai all signed memorandums of understanding (MoU) regarding the buildup of the Scandinavian Hydrogen Highway by 2014 to 2017. The MoU is focused on pulling together public and private stakeholders in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland to help build out the necessary hydrogen refueling infrastructure in • Read More »

“Cold Nugget” Found In Alaska: Zero-Carbon Hydrogen

September 12, 2012 | By Stan Thompson | 1 Comment | Filed in: Fuel Cells, Hydrail, Hydrogen Economy, Hydrogen Fuel Production, Infrastructure.

by guest blogger, Stan Thompson Long before the California Gold Rush, there was a North Carolina Gold Rush. The land right under the feet of President Obama and delegates to the 2012 Democratic National Convention was riddled with ancient gold mining tunnels. Mine waste tailings were so plentiful that eventually they were used as construction • Read More »