Category: Hydrogen Fuel Production

Would it be any surprise that technology developed for NASA would one day be used to fuel hydrogen cars? NASA has been using hydrogen fuel cells in their spacecraft for over 40 years and routinely uses hydrogen as a propellant as well. Researchers at Purdue and Penn State University have developed an aluminum-ice propellant (ALICE) […]

Researchers at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York are using artificial photosynthesis plus nanotechnology to create hydrogen from sunlight. Even though Energy Secretary Steven Chu has made public statements such as “If it were up to me, I would put every cent into electric cars” the funding for this project to the tune […]

While the talk about clean coal started under the Bush administration and has continued under the Obama administration, what has been neglected is the discussion concerning underground coal gasification (UCG). What this means is that many coal seams are too deep to mine. So, in order to take advantage of these huge coal reserves companies […]

In the past, I’ve talked about Energy Quest in Henderson, Nevada developing a Pyrolysis Steam Reforming process for creating high purity hydrogen, carbon dioxide (CO2), and nitrogen from algae. One of the typical problems occur when trying to produce hydrogen from algae is that oxygen tends to “poison” the process and slow down the green […]

Turning water into wine is said to be a miracle, but how about turning wine (or at least wine waste) into hydrogen? Penn State University’s Dr. Bruce Logan is working with a Napa Valley winery (the Napa Wine Company) to turn their wine pulp and waste water in hydrogen. According to Dr. Logan, a single Napa […]

H2 Power Systems, an early development company, thinks it may have found a way to produce hydrogen on-site and on-demand at existing fueling stations. The idea would be to place solar panels atop filling stations and use high temperature cracking of water to create hydrogen and oxygen. The brains behind the operation are entrepreneur Nils […]

In the past, I’ve talked about using algae to create hydrogen again and again and again and again. I’ve talked about Cyanobacteria genes (blue-green algae), Hawaiian algae, Germany and Australia developing algae solutions and algae balloons. Well, yes, I’m actually going to talk about algae one more time (now, there’s a surprise). Energy Quest in […]

The Hydrogen Club at Oregon State University is conducting research and development on 3 different methods of producing hydrogen. According to the Hydrogen Club their vision is to “…make the hydrogen economy a reality in Corvallis and to make Corvallis a model community for renewable energy solutions.” Corvallis is a small town approximately midway between […]

I’ve talked about direct solar to hydrogen production in the past including discoveries by the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics in China, researchers at the California Institute of Technology and scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Northeastern University. This time I wish to talk about RoseStreet Labs in Phoenix, Arizona […]

A few days back I talked about West Virginia opening the first leg (meaning hydrogen fueling station) of a hydrogen corridor from Charleston to Pittsburgh, PA. According to Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper the vehicles they were considering to convert to run on hydrogen could be from the sheriff’s department, Solid Waste Authority, recycling […]