Archives: Hydrogen Economy

It’s difficult throwing around terms like “world’s first” and “breakthrough” technology and this story probably doesn’t measure up to these standards. Nonetheless, it is important as another corporate entity is ready to put their money where their mouths are in regard to hydrogen technology. Jetstream Wind Incorporated has just broken ground on a hydrogen power • Read More »

In August 2007, I talked about Iceland’s desire to become the world’s first hydrogen society. With the country’s vast geothermal and hydro power plus a handful of H2 cars, buses and a Shell Hydrogen fueling station, Iceland was poised to do just this. But, then in October 2008 Iceland’s economic future fell into chaos as • Read More »

P.E.I. in the North Cape region of Prince Edward Island has decided to try to go off-grid using wind to hydrogen technology. The wind to hydrogen village was first announced in 2005 to go off grid using wind to electrolyze water into hydrogen and oxygen and then run the hydrogen through a fuel cell to • Read More »

The results are in and the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Canada (pictured) won the Hydrogen Student Design Contest 2 this year. The contest was sponsored by the Hydrogen Education Foundation. Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan had two different teams in the competition that won honorable mention. The theoretical budget for the hydrogen homes • Read More »

I’ve mentioned some of the European initiatives before such as HyFLEET:CUTE that are helping the EU move forward with hydrogen transportation technology. Now, I’d like to mention three more interrelated EU initiatives that are also helping in the efforts. First, HyLights is a European lighthouse project aimed at promoting hydrogen mobility. The HyLights project develops • Read More »

European hydrogen advocacy entity Roads2Hy.com has released its “Communities Handbook Volume B”. While Volume A focuses on an introduction to hydrogen and fuel cell technology, Volume B takes a closer look at how communities can engage with hydrogen energy. Volume B looks at criteria that are for the public good in local communities such as • Read More »

While the debate rages on about whether or not hydrogen cars make sense in the marketplace, one vendor has thrown caution to the wind and has decided to rollout hydrogen-powered vending machines before the hungry public. Jofemar has unveiled the world’s first such H2 vending machines at St. Louis, Missouri’s NAMA National Vending Expo. The • Read More »

The European Union Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Joint Technology Initiative (JTI) has allocated $679 million USD for research and development aimed at escalating the timeframe for rollout of new technology. The JTI is a public – private partnership and part of the Seventh Framework Program that focuses on research, development and demonstration of new technologies. • Read More »

Dorothy may have tapped her ruby slippers together wishing to be back home in Kansas, but it’s the Brits who have made a home of hydrogen in the West Midlands area. The University of Birmingham and the Black Country Housing Group (BCHG) collaborated in making this residential fuel cell dream a reality. The UK hydrogen • Read More »

StarTech Environmental Corporation, an award-winning environment and energy company, on an international scale has decided to put waste to use and power a hydrogen engine with it. The StarTech hydrogen engine is not a fuel cell, but rather an internal combustion engine coupled with an electric generator. While other manufacturers are busy developing products for • Read More »