Archives: Hydrogen Fueling Stations

Carson City Nevada H2 Fueling Station Profitable from Day One

April 18, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 5 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.

Carson City, Nevada is getting a new hydrogen fueling station. The H2 Technologies Group, who is the developer of the filling station, has stated that they think it can be profitable from day one. Believe me this little tidbit of information caught my attention. According to nnbw.com, “The electrolyzer technology at the station will separate • Read More »

New Honda Hydrogen Fueling Station Opens in Japan

April 10, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on New Honda Hydrogen Fueling Station Opens in Japan | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.

Saitama, Japan is just 20 miles northwest of Tokyo and is the latest recipient of a hydrogen fueling station. The new solar powered hydrogen station adds an additional fueling option to Japan’s Hydrogen Highway system. Within 24 hours the Honda hydrogen fueling station can produce around 1.5 kilograms of H2 gas which is enough to • Read More »

DOE Ponies Up $2 Million to Reduce Costs for Hydrogen Fueling Stations

March 14, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on DOE Ponies Up $2 Million to Reduce Costs for Hydrogen Fueling Stations | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.

Even though President Obama hasn’t exactly been a friend of hydrogen cars during his term as President there is now some good news and funding coming out of Washington that is a bit unexpected. The U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that they will make up to $2 million available this year for • Read More »

Europe Continues to Open Hydrogen Fueling Stations

February 21, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.

While the U. S. remains largely on the sidelines, European nations continue to open hydrogen fueling stations. The WaterstofNet hydrogen fueling station officially has opened in Brussels, Belgium and Vattenfall has opened a hydrogen fueling station in Hamburg, Germany. The WaterstofNet H2 fueling station in Brussels offers the following: “This station features Hydrogenics’ fifth generation • Read More »

ITM Power to Launch TUV Hydrogen Refueler at Hannover Messe in April 2012

February 14, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.

I’ve talked many times about ITM Power and their electrolysis based hydrogen fueling stations over the past several years. And over time there has been a certain frustration that ITM Power hasn’t moved more quickly to bring their products to market. Now, it looks like UK-based ITM Power has ratcheted up their efforts by launching • Read More »

Taiwan Unveils Bio-Hydrogen Microcar and Green Filling Station

November 7, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Taiwan Unveils Bio-Hydrogen Microcar and Green Filling Station | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars, Hydrogen Fueling Stations.

On the island of Taiwan in the central city of Taichung, Feng Chia University opened its first renewable energy bio-hydrogen filling station. According to Taiwan Today, “At the opening of the new facility, the university presented its research achievements in using microbial technology to transform agricultural waste biomass into fuel for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. • Read More »

Pike Research Predicts 5,200 Future H2 Fueling Stations by 2020

July 21, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations, Uncategorized.

Yesterday I had talked about the further commercialization of hydrogen fuel cell forklifts. Today I would like to talk about this again with a different slant on the story. Pike Research has come out with a study predicting that there will be 5,200 hydrogen fueling stations operational by the year 2020. What is interesting to • Read More »

SunHydro Opening Hydrogen Fueling Stations at Oil Change Shops

July 7, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on SunHydro Opening Hydrogen Fueling Stations at Oil Change Shops | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.

In January 2010, SunHydro and sister-company Proton Energy announced plans to put up solar-powered hydrogen fueling stations from Portland, Maine down to Miami, Florida creating an East Coast Hydrogen Highway for the U. S. Now, in May 2011, SunHydro made the announcement that they were pulling back the scope of their plans and instead creating • Read More »