The University of Waterloo has done a fine job of coming up with a robust idea for cheaper fuel cell for cars. This could mean that we spend less on fuel cell cars, and get greater efficiency and makie the world a safer, more environmentally-friendly place. According to Xianguo Li (pictured below), the Director of • Read More »
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Underwater Solar Cells Receive Boost in Making Hydrogen
May 26, 2019 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Underwater Solar Cells Receive Boost in Making Hydrogen | Filed in: Green Hydrogen, Uncategorized.Underwater solar cells are being used to help create cheap hydrogen fuel directly from water. By using the power of the sun, the plan is simple: make sure that we can create hydrogen from sustainable, repeatable, ethical sources. And for many people, that is going to be this new plan that is being put together • Read More »
Hydrail, Climate Change and Rotary International
April 6, 2019 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hydrail, Climate Change and Rotary International | Filed in: Hydrail.By guest blogger Stan Thompson Bill Thunberg and I, two of the three founders of the Mooresville Hydrail Initiative (Google it), are also members of the Mooresville NC, USA, Rotary Club. Imagine our delight when we received this month’s The Rotarian Magazine with its cover page article, “CLIMATE SOLUTIONS WITHIN OUR REACH.” In the • Read More »
Use hydrail: a plea to PR and Corp Com types
March 14, 2019 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Use hydrail: a plea to PR and Corp Com types | Filed in: Hydrail.by guest blogger Stan Thompson Fifteen years ago the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy introduced the public to the hydrail future of the railway industry in an invited article, “The Mooresville Hydrail Initiative” (February 2004: volume 29, issue 4, page 438). One main reason for the IJHE article was to establish • Read More »
Ultrathin Nanomaterials Will Make Fuel Cells for Cars Cheaper
March 7, 2019 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Ultrathin Nanomaterials Will Make Fuel Cells for Cars Cheaper | Filed in: Fuel Cells.Scientists at Johns Hopkins University have developed new fuel cell materials that are based on nanomaterials. Extremely flexible nanomaterials are able to lower the cost than what it is available on the current market. The scientists have established a manner in which the reactivity of ultrathin nanosheets is boosted. The study was published in Science. • Read More »
Microwaves Creating Hydrogen from Fossil Fuels
February 21, 2019 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Microwaves Creating Hydrogen from Fossil Fuels | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.As fuel cell vehicles rollout in California, Germany, Japan, the UK and elsewhere, creating an abundance of hydrogen is key to the success of the adoption of the vehicles. As fuel cell vehicles are considered to be disruptive technology so are the means of making hydrogen gas. One of the new ways of doing so • Read More »
Solar-Hydrogen-Ammonia Tractor Goes Live on Iowa Farm
January 25, 2019 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Solar-Hydrogen-Ammonia Tractor Goes Live on Iowa Farm | Filed in: Hydrogen Vehicles.A team led by Jay Schmuecker has created a hydrogen-ammonia tractor upon an Iowa farm plus a whole solar system to provide the fuel. This incredible new system could be a game-changer for everyone. It’s the definition of modern thinking put into a slick renewable system. You can check out a System Schematic drawing of • Read More »
New Mercedes-Benz GLC F-Cell Launched
November 30, 2018 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on New Mercedes-Benz GLC F-Cell Launched | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.For the first time in their history, Mercedes-Benz has handed over their first ever GLC F-CELL vehicles to members of the German auto market. This new vehicle makes use of fuel cells and plug-in battery drives. With this latest release using plug-in technology to charge the vehicle, too, this is a very interesting step into • Read More »
Germany Premiers Intercity Hydrail
September 17, 2018 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Germany Premiers Intercity Hydrail | Filed in: Hydrail.The Mooresville Hydrail Initiative, begun in August, 2003, as an invited proposal to the US DOT’s Volpe “think tank”, reached its primary goal this morning (17 September 2018) as the first ticketed passengers rode Alstom’s ghostly quiet Coradia iLint trains through Lower Saxony—the world’s first regular intercity hydrail passenger traffic! Stan Thompson (pictured above), the • Read More »
Hydrogen Fueling Station in Mesa Verde, California?
August 14, 2018 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hydrogen Fueling Station in Mesa Verde, California? | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.A few days ago I posted in my social media channels the idea of putting a hydrogen fueling station in Mesa Verde, California which is on the border with Arizona. I’ve had a couple of fuel cell car drivers contact me who would like to drive from Los Angeles to Phoenix and back and • Read More »