If you’ve seen the current documentary “Who Killed the Electric Car” you’ll know that hydrogen cars have been found to be one of the guilty contributors to the demise of EVs. I think this assignation of blame is misplaced. I believe that in regards to lessening our dependency upon foreign oil and reducing emissions into • Read More »
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Kentucky Cooks Up Hydrogen Device To Assist In Gas Mileage
July 7, 2006 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Entrepreneurs.The Grayson County News-Gazette out of Leitchfield, KY is reporting that a local man, Russell Cook, has developed a device to deliver hydrogen as an additive to the gasoline system of a car or truck that will increase gasoline mileage. Mr. Cook is calling his device the Aqua Quantum Fuel Saver. The Aqua Quantum Fuel • Read More »
Shanghai Express Lane for Hydrogen Cars
July 6, 2006 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Shanghai Express Lane for Hydrogen Cars | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.China is getting excited about hydrogen fuel cell technology lately rolling out three DaimlerChrysler hydrogen buses in Beijing (as I had talked about in an earlier post). Out of all of the large Chinese cities, though, perhaps the most progressive when it comes to hydrogen technology is Shanghai. Shanghai is also set to receive three • Read More »
Royal Dutch Shell Creating Hydrogen Bus Fleet for Netherlands
July 5, 2006 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Buses, Hydrogen Vehicles.Royal Dutch Shell aims to rollout the world’s largest hydrogen public transportation project in Rotterdam, The Netherlands within the next 3 years. Shell, along with bus manufacturer MAN Truck and Bus corporation of Nevada, will be implementing 20 hydrogen-powered internal combustion buses with the help of the Dutch authorities. The buses will be operated by • Read More »
Vermont Opens First Hydrogen Fueling Station
June 30, 2006 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.Burlington, Vermont will open the first hydrogen fueling station in New England on July 3, 2006. The station will be located at the Department of Public Works and will electrolyze water in order to create the hydrogen. The hydrogen from the fueling station will be compressed and stored on site. Northern Power Systems and Proton • Read More »
Wind Farm Sprouts Hydrogen Technology in Idaho
June 29, 2006 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Wind Farm Sprouts Hydrogen Technology in Idaho | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.Idaho isn’t just about potatoes anymore as a city called Mountain Home is the site of the nation’s first commercial wind-to-hydrogen plant operated by Synthetic Energy, Inc. The twin wind turbines, supplied by Entegrity Wind Systems, create electricity and in turn use the electricity to electrolyze water to produce hydrogen. Synthetic Energy has a contract • Read More »
General Motors Onboard the Ethanol to Hydrogen Transition
June 28, 2006 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on General Motors Onboard the Ethanol to Hydrogen Transition | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.In April, I had talked about how making the move to ethanol fuel for the transportation industry will pave the way for the same industry to transition into hydrogen. Apparently, General Motors’ research and development chief Lawrence Burns has now spoken about the same thoughts. According to Burns, “Even some of the initial steps in • Read More »
Hydrogen Production Research Hits Jackpot with Diamonds
June 27, 2006 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hydrogen Production Research Hits Jackpot with Diamonds | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.According to a press release from Penn State University, researchers there have found an interesting by-product while producing hydrogen from coal: diamonds. According to Angela D. Lueking, assistant professor of energy and geo-environmental engineering, “The idea we explored was based on ball milling graphite processes found in the hydrogen storage literature. We substituted anthracite coal • Read More »
Scandinavian Hydrogen Highway Project Links EU by Technology
June 26, 2006 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Scandinavian Hydrogen Highway Project Links EU by Technology | Filed in: Hydrogen Highways, Infrastructure.Norway, Denmark and Sweden have decided to join forces and link together separate hydrogen highway projects in order to create one large European hydrogen highway corridor. The corridor will set up a series of hydrogen fueling stations along the major roadways in the south and west of the Scandinavian area. The Scandinavian Hydrogen Highway Partnership • Read More »
ETH Zurich PAC-Car II Still Holds Guinness Book Record
June 23, 2006 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on ETH Zurich PAC-Car II Still Holds Guinness Book Record | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.Last year, on June 26, 2005 the ETH Zurich PAC-Car II , a hydrogen fuel cell car, blazed a new Guinness Book world record for fuel efficiency by achieving an amazing 15,212 mpg. This feat was accomplished at the Shell Eco-Marathon in Ladoux, France during the Michelin challenge. The Swiss PAC-Car II broke its previous • Read More »