Scientists at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea have created an iron oxide (hematite) photoanode. Since rust never sleeps, this iron oxide photoanode has broken the record in efficiency for solar-hydrogen production at 5.3 percent. The previous record was set by some Swiss scientists at 4.2 percent efficiency. According to UNIST, • Read More »
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TNSC of Japan Introduces Hydro Shuttle Fueling Station
September 19, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Uncategorized.ITM Power, you’d better watch out because Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation (TNSC) of Japan has just introduced its own low-cost, compact, portable hydrogen fueling station called Hydro Shuttle. This will aid in Japan’s goal of creating 100 hydrogen fueling station in the nation’s four population centers over the next couple of years. TNSC has stated, • Read More »
California to Build 100 Hydrogen Fueling Stations by 2024
September 18, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.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 »
Hydrogen Safety – There’s an App for That
September 17, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hydrogen Safety – There’s an App for That | Filed in: Hydrogen Safety.Researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have created an iPhone and iPad app that features hydrogen safety. For those new to working with hydrogen, it will be helpful to have an app at their fingertips for quickly looking up safety information. According to PNNL, “Nick Barilo, the PNNL project manager who led the • Read More »
Hydrogen Sponge Offers Breakthrough in Low Cost Storage
September 12, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Storage.One of the key components on fuel cell cars that scientists have been struggling with for years has been hydrogen storage. Compressing hydrogen gas from 5,000 psi – 10,000 psi presents a lot of challenges. And, so does liquefying H2 gas. So, Peter Schubert and his team of researchers at Indiana University – Purdue University • Read More »
ITM Power Makes First H2 Fueling Station Sale in U. S.
September 11, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.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 »
Forze VI Hydrogen Racecar Unveiled
September 10, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.The hydrogen fuel cell racecar that we’ve all be waiting for has finally been unveiled. A team of about 70 students from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have created the Forze VI, a full-size hydrogen powered racecar that can achieve a top speed of 220 km/h and the only emissions are steam and • Read More »
Fuel Cells to Cool Down Refrigerated Trucks
September 5, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Fuel Cells to Cool Down Refrigerated Trucks | Filed in: Hydrogen Trucks.This story caught my eye not because hydrogen fuel cells are replacing diesel engines on refrigerated trucks, but because they will be replacing the secondary diesel engines on these vehicles. Refrigerated trucks, the ones that carry food from distribution centers to grocery stores usually have a secondary diesel engine used for cooling. In an effort • Read More »
DOE and JCAP Spearhead Artificial Photosynthesis
September 3, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on DOE and JCAP Spearhead Artificial Photosynthesis | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) together with the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP) have developed a unique artificial photosynthesis component for the creation of hydrogen from water. According to Berkeley Lab, “The new JCAP photocathode construct consists of the semiconductor gallium phosphide and a molecular cobalt-containing hydrogen • Read More »
Laser Pulses in Water for Hydrogen Production
August 28, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.Ikuko Akimoto and colleagues have decided to go high tech and low cost in order to produce hydrogen. While other scientists are using expensive catalysts and electrolysis to break the bonds of water, Akimoto decided to use laser pulses plus high grade, low cost carbon and charcoal to create hydrogen. According to the American Chemical • Read More »