Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
It’s no secret that the market for fuel cell forklifts and other materials handling units have been red hot for the past 2 years in the USA. Several thousand units have been either deployed or ordered over that time period. Knowing this, British company ITM Power wants to get in on the emerging European Union […]
Continue ReadingUniversity of Buffalo researchers have discovered that hydrogen on demand may be accomplished simply by adding water to nano-particle sized silica. The researchers believe they can produce more hydrogen using this method that other common methods such as using aluminum. According to the University of Buffalo, “In a series of experiments, the scientists created spherical […]
Continue ReadingFirst of all, many thanks to Dave for posting a link in last week’s blog post about the DOE 2012 Annual Report to an article about Ford, Nissan and Daimler joining forces. Because this is such a big story I would like to talk more about it today. Three of the largest automotive companies (Ford, […]
Continue ReadingThe DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program 2012 Annual Progress Report is encouraging on many different levels especially in light of the recent economy, cutbacks and unemployment rate in general. I will attempt to outline some of the main points of this document as they apply to hydrogen cars and vehicles. According to the DOE […]
Continue ReadingCleveland, the butt of many jokes over the years, has been cleaning up their image lately. Here’s a random Cleveland joke to illustrate my point. Q: What are the only two seasons in Cleveland? A: Winter and Construction. Though it may be cold in Cleveland, Ohio this time of year, there is a green construction […]
Continue ReadingI’ve talked about the many advantages (and few disadvantages) of using ammonia borane (NH3BH3) in the past as a chemical carrier for hydrogen. Universities all over the world have been working on simple, effective and cheap methods to turn ammonia borane into hydrogen gas. Now, student researchers from the University of Trento, Italy and the […]
Continue ReadingJapan and Germany are both once again putting the pedal to the metal in regard to building more hydrogen fueling stations by 2015. This is the rollout date agree to by all of the major automakers for their commercial hydrogen fuel cell cars. According to Fuel Cell Today (courtesy Nikkei), “The Nikkei reports that JX […]
Continue ReadingIt’s no secret that having students of all ages build and compete with their model hydrogen cars is one of my favorite subjects on this blog. I like to think that the students of today will be the engineers, scientists, researchers, marketers and entrepreneurs of tomorrow in regard to the commercialization of hydrogen cars and […]
Continue ReadingA person named P. Drucker tweeted, “Predicting the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window.” And this may be a very good way of looking at the future of fuel cells as well. Two recent reports by two different research firms […]
Continue ReadingThe building of hydrogen fueling stations in California are now back on track (but is it the right track?). The California Energy Commission has now stated they are accepting applications for the building of up to 25 new hydrogen fueling stations. The grants being handed out by the California Energy Commission will reimburse companies up […]
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