Hydrogen critics come and go with some making good points and other disseminating bad information. Every once in a while, I come across a website that is willfully distributing bad information about hydrogen that needs to be confronted. Generally, I like “green” websites and blogs and travel to several every day to check out what • Read More »
Search Results for: texas
Why Can’t I Buy A Hydrogen Car Now?
February 22, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 8 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.Several people have emailed me recently who want to buy a hydrogen car now, so I thought I would do a post on why we must wait a bit for this to happen. Bryan S. sent in this question regarding buying a hydrogen car, “Why is it these automakers will only ‘lease’ these hydrogen cars • Read More »
FutureGen in the Past Tense?
January 31, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on FutureGen in the Past Tense? | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.I’ve talked about the FutureGen clean coal initiative over the past couple of years as a promising method to produce hydrogen cleanly and capture the carbon. In December 2007, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced that Mattoon, Illinois would be the home to the first prototype plant. Yesterday, Energy Secretary Sam Bodman announced that FutureGen • Read More »
Hydrogen Generator for On-Demand Use
January 22, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.There are many uses for a hydrogen generator, from backyard experiments to electrical backup power to automotive applications to high purity uses for the industrial and laboratory sectors and for large power plants. The word “hydrogen generator” can be taken in two different ways. First, it can mean a system that generates H2 gas and • Read More »
Italy’s Hydrogen Power Plant Fueled by Garbage
December 21, 2007 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.GE Energy has won a bid to install a hydrogen gas turbine generator, fueled by garbage, in Rome, Italy. The LM2500+G4 water-injected generator will be installed at the Malagrotta Power Plant and generate 32 megawatts of electricity. The gas turbine generator will be able to run off high hydrogen syngas (or natural gas). The process • Read More »
FutureGen Power Plant to be Planted in Mattoon, Illinois
December 19, 2007 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on FutureGen Power Plant to be Planted in Mattoon, Illinois | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.I talked about it a couple of days ago and now it’s official. The new FutureGen clean coal power plant will be planted in Mattoon, Illinois. Mattoon is a town of less than 20,000 in east-central Illinois known as the “Bagel Capital of the World” and home to the Soybean Museum. Illinois beat out Texas • Read More »
Florida Ripening Its Hydrogen Technology
December 10, 2007 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Florida Ripening Its Hydrogen Technology | Filed in: Hydrogen Economy.So much has been written about hydrogen technology growing by leaps and bounds in California that it often overshadows other locations. But, Florida has also been making strides towards getting into the hydrogen game as they have recently installed their second hydrogen fueling station and are creating the state’s first hydrogen home owned by a • Read More »
Filler Up with Fullerenes
October 19, 2007 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Storage.A new study in nanotechnology gives hope to solving the hydrogen storage problem. The safety concerns of storing hydrogen under high pressures is well documented, so many scientists have been working on storing the gas under low pressure methods. So far, chemical storage and storage with metal hydrides offers hope in this area. Now, there • Read More »
Residential Fuel Cells for Hurricane Season
July 27, 2007 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Fuel Cells.In the past few years, many of the residents of the Gulf Coast have been rocked by hurricanes, hunkering down in their homes as they lose power from the grid, sometime for days. Now that we’re heading into the full swing of another hurricane season, some residents are turning to hydrogen fuel cells for off-grid • Read More »
St. Andrews School in Amarillo Wins Fuel Cell Car Challenge
June 28, 2007 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on St. Andrews School in Amarillo Wins Fuel Cell Car Challenge | Filed in: Hydrogen Education.St. Andrews Episcopal middle school in Amarillo, Texas has won this year’s Department of Energy (DOE) and General Motors sponsored National Science Bowl Hydrogen Fuel Cell Model Car Challenge. The Challenge took place at the University of Denver and St. Andrews beat out Salem Middle School in Apex, North Carolina to win $200 and a • Read More »