Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
Fuel Cell information is examined incluiding those powered by hydrogen.
A venture capital company, the Verge Fund out of Albuquerque is placing its bets on iron and cobalt to replace platinum as the catalyst used in fuel cells. The venture capital firm formed a company called Pajarito Powder LLC to manufacture and market the new platinum-free fuel cells. The price of platinum continues to skyrocket, […]
Continue ReadingGM invented the Electrovan in 1966, which arguably was the first fuel cell vehicle to be produced as a life size working prototype. Since then GM has worked in various fuel cell vehicles including for the past several years the Chevy Equinox Fuel Cell under the Project Driveway program. The fuel cells for the multiple […]
Continue Readingby guest blogger, Stan Thompson Long before the California Gold Rush, there was a North Carolina Gold Rush. The land right under the feet of President Obama and delegates to the 2012 Democratic National Convention was riddled with ancient gold mining tunnels. Mine waste tailings were so plentiful that eventually they were used as construction […]
Continue ReadingPosted on September 2nd, 2012 By guest blogger, Stan Thompson According to Wikipedia, Willie Sutton claimed never to have said the words that elevated him in history from a habitual law-breaker to authorship of Sutton’s Law. Sutton was a notoriously successful bank robber—the original “Slick Willie.” His notoriety earned him a famous, though apocryphal, interview […]
Continue ReadingFuel Cells 2000 has just put out a very positive 79 page report describing the growth of hydrogen fuel cells in the United States over the past year. According to Fuel Cells 2000, “With more than 74 MW of fuel cells for stationary power and 1,700 fuel cell-powered forklifts installed or purchased in just over […]
Continue ReadingResearchers at Harvard University have come up with a solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) that keeps going even after the hydrogen has run out. The thin-film SOFC uses Vanadium oxide on its anode to generate energy like a fuel cell then store energy like a battery. According to the Harvard Gazette, “The new SOFC uses a […]
Continue ReadingITM Power has received a grant for $450,000 USD to develop a supply chain of low cost parts for hydrogen PEM fuel cells. ITM Power is part of a large consortium of partners, which in total will receive around $1.7 million USD for their efforts in bringing down the costs of fuel cells. According to […]
Continue ReadingThe world’s first fuel cell stack for automobiles produced via automation came into being on June 7, 2012. Mark this date in your history books as it will be referred to many times in the future. Mercedes-Benz Canada, located in Burnaby, British Columbia, recently celebrated the opening of their 3,300 square meter automated automotive facility […]
Continue ReadingThere is another industry passing up fuel cell cars in regard to commercialization right now. And that industry is large stationary fuel cells to supply main or backup power. Ballard and Bloom Energy are two of the big players selling large stationary fuel cells to corporations such as Toyota and eBay. According to Altenergymag, “Site […]
Continue ReadingBallard has been in the fuel cell game for a couple of decades now. The Canadian company ran at a loss for many years banking on the fact that its fuel cells for cars would one day pay off and put it into a black bottom line. I remember asking the Ballard reps at one […]
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