I had the pleasure of speaking with and interviewing Stan Thompson, Chairman of the Hydrogen Economy Advancement Team (HEAT) and the force behind the largest hydrail website on the Internet. Here is the interview: HydroKevin (HK): How did you come to the decision to pull the plug on this year’s hydrail conference? Stan Thompson (ST): • Read More »
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Hydrail: A Tale of Two Metals
February 24, 2011 | By Stan Thompson | 3 Comments | Filed in: Hydrail, Hydrogen Economy.by guest blogger Stan Thompson When the history of railway evolution in the first half of the twenty-first century is written, it may largely be a tale of two metals and their respective economics. Copper and hydrogen are both essential to the long-term economical delivery of electric power: copper to stationary applications and hydrogen to • Read More »
NPR’s Ira Flatow Helped Hydrail Too
February 11, 2011 | By Stan Thompson | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrail, Hydrogen Education.by guest blogger Stan Thompson In my February 10, 2011, commendation of public broadcasting for its help in raising hydrail awareness, I failed to credit Ira Flatow’s excellent program, Talk of the Nation – Science Friday. On September 4, 2009, Ira ran a great segment on hydrail but never mentioned the technology by name. Web • Read More »
Hydrail: Powered by Public Broadcasting
February 10, 2011 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on Hydrail: Powered by Public Broadcasting | Filed in: Hydrail, Hydrogen Economy, Hydrogen Education.by guest blogger, Stan Thompson There is a natural affinity between the emergence of hydrogen fuel cell railway technology (hydrail) and public broadcasting—though I’ve only just noticed it. Both worlds fall within the province of early adopters and other folks driven to scratch below the surface to see how things work and how they come • Read More »
WHITE HOUSE: PROTERRA INC. IS ON THE RIGHT TRACK
January 31, 2011 | By Stan Thompson | 6 Comments | Filed in: Hydrail.(by guest author Stan Thompson) One of the first visionary US manufacturers to “get” the hydrolley concept has been Proterra Inc., the Golden, Colorado, (and now Greenville, South Carolina) manufacturer of state-of-the-art, Green-tech transit vehicles. Proterra’s founder, Dale Hill, shared a vision of a fuel cell streetcar with me way back in 2007. The next • Read More »
Sixth International Hydrail Conference July 1 – 2 in Istanbul Turkey
May 13, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrail.I’ve talked about hydrail 13 times in the past and this will make the 14th time. Hydrail (hydrogen rail trains) is an often overlooked subject by the mainstream media, so I like to present it here. The Hydrail conference is both US and internationally focused as past gatherings have been held in places such as • Read More »
Gensler Hydrogenerator Sparks Chicago’s Bloomingdale Trail
November 3, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Gensler Hydrogenerator Sparks Chicago’s Bloomingdale Trail | Filed in: Infrastructure.Gensler Design along with 4240 Architecture has just won a silver Spark Award for design excellence in transforming a 3-mile section of one of Chicago’s abandoned railway lines (pictured left) into a solar and Hydrogenerator powered farm and trail way. The idea is to transform the old Bloomingdale railroad viaduct that runs through the heart of • Read More »
A Streetcar Named Desire and Hydrogen Fuel Cells
September 3, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Vehicles.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 »
5th International Hydrail Conference Could Mean High Tech Jobs
May 29, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on 5th International Hydrail Conference Could Mean High Tech Jobs | Filed in: Hydrail, Hydrogen Vehicles.The 5th International Hydrail Conference that runs June 11 – 12, 2009 in Charlotte, North Carolina could spur as many as 200 new jobs in the high tech hydrogen industry. One of the goals of hydrail (hydrogen railway) is to build hydrolley (hydrogen trolley) streetcars to replace those powered by overhead electrical lines. Hydrolley is • Read More »
Hydrail 5th International Conference June 11 – 12, 2009
January 7, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hydrail 5th International Conference June 11 – 12, 2009 | Filed in: Hydrail.The Fifth International Hydrail Conference is gearing up to talk about hydrogen railway trains in Charlotte, North Carolina on June 11 – 12, 2009. The focus of the conference will be threefold including mass production of carbon-free hydrogen, economic commitment to avoid other competing (and more expensive or more polluting) rail technologies, and promoting hydrolley • Read More »