When Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh teamed up for the movie version of “A Streetcar Named Desire” little did they know at the time that they had created a classic that would live on for years. But, change is inevitable. Back in 1951 when the movie was created, there were no cell phones, no desktops • Read More »
Archives: Hydrogen Vehicles
Spaceplane Using Hydrogen Peroxide Executes Successful Tests
September 1, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Aircraft, Hydrogen Vehicles.Bristol Spaceplanes has conducted a successful strap down test firing of a hydrogen peroxide demonstrator (HPD). This engine will be part of the Ascender rocket engine which will be propelling space tourists into low earth orbit within the next 1 to3 years. The exhaust from hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is steam and oxygen. Now, it’s no • Read More »
India’s Hy-Alfa Hydrogen Vehicle Unveiled
August 27, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on India’s Hy-Alfa Hydrogen Vehicle Unveiled | Filed in: Hydrogen Vehicles.A little earlier this summer India delivered the world’s cheapest car, the Tata Nano to its first customer. Tata also announced they are working on a hydrogen version of the same vehicle. And this week, the Indian Oil Corporation announced they have set up a fueling station with a hydrogen and compressed natural gas blend • Read More »
Hydrogen Forklifts Forking Over Clean Energy to Food Retailers
August 18, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hydrogen Forklifts Forking Over Clean Energy to Food Retailers | Filed in: Hydrogen Forklifts, Hydrogen Vehicles.Last Friday I had talked about the building of a hydrogen corridor from West Virginia to Pittsburgh, PA. What I had neglected to mention, however is that at the Yeager Airport in Charleston, WV one of the test vehicles will be a hydrogen powered forklift. Now, many might not find the idea of hydrogen forklifts • Read More »
Scandinavians Developing Fuel Cells for Trucks and Forklifts
August 11, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Scandinavians Developing Fuel Cells for Trucks and Forklifts | Filed in: Hydrogen Vehicles.The following companies have developed a fuel cell the runs in the ultra cold weather expected in Scandinavian countries: Volvo Technology AB, StatoilHydro ASA, SINTEF, the Danish company H2 Logic AS and Powercell Sweden AB. They say this new fuel cell will replace diesel fuel in forklifts and some of the diesel fuel used by • Read More »
Boomerang FCV Is World’s First Commercial Long Distance UAV
August 10, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Boomerang FCV Is World’s First Commercial Long Distance UAV | Filed in: Hydrogen Aircraft, Hydrogen Vehicles.The Boomerang unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by Bluebird Aero Systems and Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies (which they are calling an Unmanned Aerial System or UAS) is the first commercial aircraft of this type to be powered by commercial hydrogen fuel cells. In the past I’ve talked about several other non-commercial UAV’s such as the • Read More »
Fuel Cell Street Sweeper Cleans Up in Basle, Switzerland
July 17, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Fuel Cell Street Sweeper Cleans Up in Basle, Switzerland | Filed in: Hydrogen Vehicles.Proton Power Systems has developed a hydrogen fuel cell street sweeper that it is now testing in Basle, Switzerland. The municipal street sweeping vehicle was developed in conjunction with the Swiss consortium, hy.muve. The 20kw fuel cell provides the street sweeping vehicle with a top speed of 24 mph. The fuel cell vehicle can hold • Read More »
Zero CO2 Hydrogen Yacht Sailing the Mediterranean
July 9, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Zero CO2 Hydrogen Yacht Sailing the Mediterranean | Filed in: Hydrogen Boats, Hydrogen Vehicles.The world’s first hydrogen-powered (and obviously wind-powered) yacht, named the Zero CO2 is sailing around the Mediterranean using a fuel cell auxiliary motor. Lots of yachts, I kid you not, use petrol powered motors to maneuver around ports and in times of low wind. The Zero CO2 will be a floating laboratory on a 10-month • Read More »
Antares DLR H2 Fuel Cell Airplane Takes Another Spin
July 8, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Antares DLR H2 Fuel Cell Airplane Takes Another Spin | Filed in: Hydrogen Aircraft, Hydrogen Vehicles.In October 2008, I had talked about the Antares DLR H2 fuel cell airplane being the world’s first manned hydrogen fuel cell aircraft without a hybrid assist to take flight. In April 2008, I had talked about the manned Boeing fuel cell hybrid airplane being the world’s first manned hydrogen hybrid airplane to take flight. • Read More »
Brazil and Czech Republic Rolling Out Hydrogen Buses
July 1, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Buses, Hydrogen Vehicles.The global economic recession has not slowed down hydrogen bus development from South America to Europe. In fact both Brazil (congratulations on winning the recent soccer battle) and the Czech Republic have decided to unveil their separate hydrogen fuel cell buses to the world. In Sao Paulo, Brazil up to 5 hydrogen fuel cell hybrid • Read More »