National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), of Tainan, Taiwan has today rolled out the country’s first hydrogen fuel cell hybrid car. At present the car is without a name. According to CNA.com, “This new hybrid power system, combined with Li-ion battery and fuel cell, can drive the 7.5 kW light vehicle to the range of • Read More »
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Poop Powered Hydrogen Fuel Cells for Michigan Homes
September 27, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Fuel Cells.There have many potty jokes over the years about powering a car or home’s fuel cells with poop or urine. In fact in June 2009 I wrote this blog post about a car potentially powered by urine. Now, instead of number one, researchers in Michigan want to go number 2 when it comes to hydrogen • Read More »
Tokyo Gas to Produce Local Hydrogen Network for Cars and Homes
March 16, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Tokyo Gas to Produce Local Hydrogen Network for Cars and Homes | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.In Japan, Tokyo Gas and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. are developing highly efficient hydrogen production units for cars and homes. The steam methane reforming units will include carbon dioxide capture features and will form a local hydrogen network. Hydrogen will be supplied to fuel cell vehicles, homes and offices through a network of pipelines. Hydrogen • Read More »
There’s No Place Like Hydrogen Home
October 14, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on There’s No Place Like Hydrogen Home | Filed in: Hydrogen Economy.Dorothy may have tapped her ruby slippers together wishing to be back home in Kansas, but it’s the Brits who have made a home of hydrogen in the West Midlands area. The University of Birmingham and the Black Country Housing Group (BCHG) collaborated in making this residential fuel cell dream a reality. The UK hydrogen • Read More »
HyPod Hydrogen Homes Heralded by Savvy Scots
October 2, 2007 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on HyPod Hydrogen Homes Heralded by Savvy Scots | Filed in: Fuel Cells.The Hydrogen Production Unit (HyPod) of the PURE Energy Centre in conjunction with Fuel Cell Scotland is creating a development of off-grid hydrogen homes in Unst, Shetland Islands. Last year I had talked about how PURE was developing a wind farm project on Unst, Scotland to turn wind energy into hydrogen, which would then be • Read More »
Solar-Hydrogen Home In Washington State, Part 2
June 25, 2007 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Solar-Hydrogen Home In Washington State, Part 2 | Filed in: Hydrogen Economy.Last week I had talked about three friends who had built a solar-hydrogen home in Washington State. I emailed one of the friends, Jason Lerner, to ask him how the project is moving along. Here is his reply: Jason Lerner: Yes, our project is going well. We are just installing the newest fuel cell from • Read More »
First Solar-Hydrogen Home in Caribbean Being Built
June 19, 2007 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on First Solar-Hydrogen Home in Caribbean Being Built | Filed in: Hydrogen Economy.Ya, mon! Solar and hydrogen power are coming to the Cayman Islands. Just 500 miles from Miami, the first solar-hydrogen home in the Caribbean is being built that will be carbon neutral and self-sustaining. Renewable Energy International (REI) along with Mike Strizki who built the first solar-hydrogen home in New Jersey, will be undertaking this • Read More »
Krystal Planet Home Hybrid Wind Solar Hydrogen Off-Grid System
April 18, 2007 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Economy.Krystal Planet’s home hybrid energy system helps consumers power their houses off the grid using wind, solar and hydrogen. According to Krystal Planet, this is the world’s first turnkey system of its kind to help homeowners become carbon neutral. The wind turbines and solar panels produce electricity, which in turn electrolyze water to produce hydrogen • Read More »
Hydrogen Powered Car Forum Helps Home Inventors
April 9, 2007 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Entrepreneurs.The Hydro Power Car forum is the true garage inventor’s dream message board, where those interested in building a better mousetrap congregate to share ideas about how to create supplemental hydrogen to power cars, lawnmowers and any other device that can be run on fossil fuels. On this forum participants share ideas about successes and • Read More »
New York’s Home Sweet Hydrogen Home
August 10, 2006 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on New York’s Home Sweet Hydrogen Home | Filed in: Hydrogen Economy.New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) has laid claim to building “America’s First Solar-Hydrogen Home.” The 800-square foot house in Kings Point, New York was constructed as part of an international competition, the 2005 Solar Decathlon, sponsored by the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE). The hydrogen home was built in cooperation with the US • Read More »