Archives: Hydrogen Fuel Production

At Tata Steel in India (a branch of Tata Motors), they have developed a high-temperature cracking method of steam to create hydrogen. In the process of manufacturing steel, red hot slag is created. With the new process, water is sprayed over the red hot slag-steel achieving temperatures of around 2,900 F. At high temperatures such • Read More »

One of the world’s top hydrogen manufacturers, Air Liquide, has decided to roll out its Hydrogen Energy Program (H2E) in Europe. The European Commission has authorized $88.6 million USD in funding for support of the H2E program. H2E will focus on innovative solutions for the production (using renewable energy) and storage of hydrogen along with • Read More »

The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has made a breakthrough in high temperature production of hydrogen gas. By using High-Temperature Electrolysis (HTE) of steam, the water vapor components of hydrogen and oxygen can be broken apart more easily. Many current day nuclear reactors use the heat generated from the radioactive process to change water into very • Read More »

Researchers at Oregon State University (OSU) say that creating hydrogen from sewage may hit the Department of Energy’s (DOE) target of $2 to $3 per gallon equivalent of gasoline. And, this is only one benefit of the Oregon researchers’ plan. In addition to creating hydrogen cheaply at waste treatment plants, the system developed will also • Read More »

Cyanobacteria genes (blue-green algae) have been shown by scientists to produce both hydrogen and ethanol. Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have found that a certain strain of cyanobacteria is on a circadian rhythm and has a rare linear chromosome. By day the blue-green algae works at photosynthesis including sugar production. By night, the • Read More »

Online satire magazine “Unconfirmed Sources” has written a humorous article poking fun at the Saudi cartel OPEC and the lock they have on the oil industry. According to this magazine, Saudi Arabia is now taking measures to move from Big Oil to Big Hydrogen as they see where the future and profits are heading. According • Read More »

Researchers at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom have discovered that a certain bacteria called Nostoc releases hydrogen as part of its metabolic process. The Nostoc bacteria works by fixing nitrogen in an energy intensive process that is just beginning to be understood. Using computer modeling, the researchers are able to identify the • Read More »

A major breakthrough in creating massive amounts of cheap hydrogen via the electrolysis of water has been achieved by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). A year and a half ago I had talked about how a photovoltaic revolution may spur a hydrogen revolution. The MIT scientists agree with this. MIT Professor Daniel • Read More »

It’s not often that I blog more than once a day. In fact, I can count on one finger how many times I’ve done it. But, this story is so significant that it can’t wait until Monday. A company called Global Hydrogen, Incorporated has created breakthrough technology that lowers the price of compressed hydrogen gas • Read More »

Hydrogenics Corporation will be supplying a HyPM fuel cell and HySTAT-10 electrolyzer unit to the University of Glamorgan in Wales for a research demonstration project. The HySTAT-10 electrolyzer will be powered by wind turbines as its renewable energy source. Air Liquide Group will be overseeing the project to install the Hydrogenics equipment at the Glamorgan • Read More »