Archives: Hydrogen Fuel Production

Oil and alternative energy have long been seen at opposite ends of the ideological debate. With peak oil looming, many are calling for alternative energy, especially renewable energy, to be developed to fill the gap that will exist in the future. For the hydrogen economy to take hold, it will be imperative that alternative and • Read More »

Hydrogen on demand is not a new topic. Yesterday, I blogged about how Drano or a similar caustic substance may one day be used with water and aluminum to produce a hydrogen on demand reaction to power vehicles. Companies like those mentioned in that blog plus Hydrogen Power Incorporated, Ecotality, HyPower Fuel Incorporated and Samsung • Read More »

In order for the hydrogen economy to become a reality, including a hydrogen car for every garage in this country, we will need new and novel approaches for the creation of hydrogen. Creating hydrogen through renewable resources is preferred for minimal environmental impact. Yesterday, I had blogged about a company called Windhunters who will be • Read More »

UK company, Biofusion’s new subsidiary, BioHydrogen, Ltd., is developing a method of microbial production to produce hydrogen from fermentable sugars. The microbes are capable of munching on glucose and other sugars from the sugar beet, creating huge amounts of hydrogen (6 times more hydrogen than before). BioHydrogen is to commercialize the work first developed at • Read More »

I had blogged about this topic back in September 2006, but I want to follow up on this subject since it one day may offer a valuable alternative to what is available today. The Department of Chemistry at Oxford University has discovered a biologically-based fuel cell (biofuel cell) that uses air spiked with 3-percent hydrogen • Read More »

Greek Scientists have won the European Commission’s Descartes award for research this year after developing the Hydrosol solar-hydrogen reactor. Researchers from the Center for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH) and the Laboratory of Aerosol and Particle Technology (LAPT) discovered a novel way to produce hydrogen from sunlight and steam. The Hydrosol system uses solar energy • Read More »

According to their press release, Alternate Energy Corporation (AEC) will be producing hydrogen in bulk in a clean and green manner without producing any CO2 emissions. This flies in the face of how hydrogen is typically produced by either reforming natural gas or plugging into the grid to electrolyze water, both of which results in • Read More »

A few months back I had talked about how hydrogen peroxide could one day be used to fuel our future cars. I would like to now follow up on this topic. As previously stated, hydrogen peroxide has already been used to power a car in China, jet packs, rockets and racecars. Hydrogen peroxide has also • Read More »

Harvest Energy Technology (HET) of Sun Valley, California has received a contract from the Chinese Petroleum Corporation of Taiwan to deliver 100 Nm3/h hydrogen generators. The generators use methane steam reforming technology to extract the hydrogen. The hydrogen will be used for fuel in the development of fuel cell technology within the transportation industry in • Read More »