Category: Hydrogen Fuel Production

According to a press release from Penn State University, researchers there have found an interesting by-product while producing hydrogen from coal: diamonds. According to Angela D. Lueking, assistant professor of energy and geo-environmental engineering, “The idea we explored was based on ball milling graphite processes found in the hydrogen storage literature. We substituted anthracite coal […]

Yesterday, I reported on some U. S. researchers who are turning pig poop into hydrogen via fermentative bacteria. Today, on a less salty note, there’s a group of British researchers who have a sweet tooth for using candy to create hydrogen. Bioscientists at the University of Birmingham are also using fermentative bacteria to munch through […]

Well, it finally had to happen. After years of driving gas hogs on the highways, we are finally faced making some tough decisions at the car lots and gas pumps about lowering consumption and about cleaning up our environment. Remember a few years ago when global warming and greenhouse gases were being blamed on cow […]

In order to fuel up the hydrogen cars of the future, the H2 will most likely come from a number of sources. If scientists in Germany and Australia have anything to say about it, large amounts of hydrogen will come from algae they’ve been blooming at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia and the […]

One of the key sticking points of going to a hydrogen economy is how are we going to produce enough hydrogen to fuel both car and home? Current methods include steam reforming natural gas and electrolyzing water. If a hydrogen economy is to come to fruition in the near future, we will most likely need […]

Clean coal technology will one day power hydrogen cars. At least this is the plan according to the U. S. Government’s FutureGen initiative. According to the Department of Energy (DOE), “The project will employ coal gasification technology integrated with combined cycle electricity generation and the sequestration of carbon dioxide emissions.” The U. S. currently has […]