Kids 4 Hydrogen is a non-profit educational outreach program started in 2004. Based in Northern California, in the Santa Cruz area, they have this to say about themselves, “By giving demonstrations of how fuel cells work and presenting the hydrogen fuel cell vehicles on well-publicized tours, we hope to encourage people to get on our • Read More »
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General Electric may play Santa with Hydrail Train
December 24, 2012 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on General Electric may play Santa with Hydrail Train | Filed in: Fuel Cells, Hydrail, Hydrogen Buses, Hydrogen Economy, Infrastructure.by guest blogger, Stan Thompson If I get my long-awaited hydrail “electric train” for Christmas, in may be the GE Global Research Electric Propulsion Systems Lab engineers who drop it down the chimney, not Saint Nick. So far they’re talking buses, not trains, but the rail application is a no-brainer. This month GE unveiled a dual-battery • Read More »
Plug Power Pulls the Plug on 22 Employees Just Before Christmas
December 19, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Plug Power Pulls the Plug on 22 Employees Just Before Christmas | Filed in: Fuel Cells.Plug Power, one of the leading fuel cell makers for warehouse lift trucks and airport tow vehicles is cutting 22 jobs (out of 120 employees) this holiday season. Now, you would think that a do-good green company would have a heart and make such a move after the holidays were over. To be a bit • Read More »
Air Products to Turn Waste into Hydrogen in the UK
August 9, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Air Products to Turn Waste into Hydrogen in the UK | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.Air Products intends to build a production facility in Teesside, United Kingdom that will turn landfill waste into hydrogen gas. The hydrogen gas will be used to power as many as 50,000 homes and to refuel hydrogen cars at the Heathrow airport. The hydrogen refueling station opened recently at Heathrow airport and is now powering • Read More »
Black Cabs of London Refuel with Hydrogen in Swindon
July 31, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 6 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.On July 24, 2012 I talked about the plans during the 2012 London Olympics to ground the fuel cell buses and let the hydrogen-powered taxis run. This plan has come to fruition this week although there has been a hiccup or two. For instance, as I had previously talked about the hydrogen fueling station in • Read More »
Olympics Says Fuel Cell Taxis Go, But Buses No
July 24, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Political Issues.With the London 2012 Summer Olympics just a few days from commencing, hydrogen fuel cell taxis are still a go, but fuel cell buses are being grounded. Both types of vehicles are receiving their fuel from Air Products. Five hydrogen fuel cell powered London Black Cabs will transport VIPs around the Olympics Games during the • Read More »
Hysteria over Hydrogen Fueling Station in San Francisco
June 27, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 4 Comments | Filed in: Political Issues.Well, it’s hard to say that cooler heads are prevailing at the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in regard to the proposed hydrogen fueling station. The airport director envisions an apocalyptic Armageddon scenario if a mishap were to happen to a fueling station that has not yet been built. According to the Mercury News, “Now • Read More »
Senator Schumer Wants Tax Credit for Off-Road Fuel Cell Vehicles
August 9, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Political Issues.U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer has announced a plan to give tax credits not only for hydrogen fuel cell cars and trucks that travel down the highway, but also for other H2 vehicles that are used for industry or for off-road purposes. Right now if you use TurboTax, a tax accountant or even do your • Read More »
Airplane Nose Wheel Power by Hydrogen Fuel Cell
July 11, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Airplane Nose Wheel Power by Hydrogen Fuel Cell | Filed in: Hydrogen Aircraft.Okay, so this story isn’t as exciting as one about a new hydrogen car prototype or a hydrogen-powered airplane but it is significant nonetheless. DLR and Airbus have designed a hydrogen-powered nose wheel for a large aircraft for the purpose of taxiing around the Hamburg, Germany airport. The DLR A320 ATRA (Advanced Technology Research Aircraft) • Read More »
HYDRAIL AND THE GREAT COPPER RIP-OFF
May 2, 2011 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on HYDRAIL AND THE GREAT COPPER RIP-OFF | Filed in: Fuel Cells, Hydrail, Infrastructure.by guest columnist Stan Thompson You are so unlikely to believe this that I’ll let Google tell you; enter this search argument in your browser: copper + church + (steal OR stolen OR theft) As of this writing, that entry nets well over ten million Google responses and over five million from Yahoo. An EPA • Read More »