A month ago I talked about how the German H2 Mobility Plan intends to roll out as many as 1,000 hydrogen fueling pumps by 2015. Last week I talked about how Air Products would be doing its part by cutting costs of such presently custom built H2 pumps with a new modular series production system, • Read More »
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8 Major Companies Sign H2 Mobility Plan for Germany
September 10, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Highways, Infrastructure.Eight major companies including Linde, Daimler, EnBW, NOW, OMV, Shell, Total and Vattenfall have signed a memorandum of understanding in Berlin for the proliferation of hydrogen fueling stations in Germany as part of the H2 Mobility program with the goal of serial production of hydrogen cars by 2015. Right now, Germany has 30 hydrogen fueling • Read More »
Mercedes Benz Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid Bus Unveiled in Germany
June 9, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Mercedes Benz Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid Bus Unveiled in Germany | Filed in: Hydrogen Buses, Hydrogen Vehicles.The Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid has been unveiled at the UITP World Congress and Mobility & City Transport Exhibition in Vienna. The hydrogen powered Citaro buses have evidenced impressive performance during fleet tests. According to Daimler, the Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid uses the same hydrogen fuel cell technology as the Mercedes F-Cell B-Class car. Daimler • Read More »
Blue Tower Hydrogen from Waste Projects in U. S. and Germany
March 9, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 14 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.Blue Tower Energy for years has been working outside the box. The company is in the process of developing and demonstrating methods in Germany and the U. S. to turn waste into hydrogen and supply power to local residents. In Germany, the plan is to collect roadside grass clippings along the Ruhr region and process • Read More »
GM HydroGen4 Offers Roadside Assistance in Germany
February 9, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on GM HydroGen4 Offers Roadside Assistance in Germany | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.From Project Driveway to “Project Roadway” General Motors has decided to help out the citizens of Germany with roadside assistance services. The GM / Opel HydroGen4 will be a part of Germany’s ADAC automobile club, (comparable to the AAA in the U. S.). The announcement was made on February 3, 2009, or the “Day of • Read More »
GM Opel Hydrogen4 Rolls Out in Germany
December 1, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on GM Opel Hydrogen4 Rolls Out in Germany | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.General Motors has upped the ante in Germany by rolling out its GM / Opel Hydrogen4 fuel cell vehicles for real world testing in addition to its Project Driveway program. Nine Berlin-based businesses will be the first to operate the vehicles including ADAC, Allianz, Coca-Cola, Hilton, Linde, Schindler, Axel Springer, Total and Veolia. According to • Read More »
Fuel Cell Airplane Goes Aloft in Stuttgart Germany
October 1, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Fuel Cell Airplane Goes Aloft in Stuttgart Germany | Filed in: Hydrogen Aircraft, Hydrogen Vehicles.The world’s first fuel cell only powered airplane has taken off, flown at altitude and then landed in Stuttgart, Germany. This not the first fuel cell airplane to go aloft, however. Back on April 3, 2008, I talked about a Boeing manned single propeller fuel cell airplane taking flight, but this was a hybrid plane • Read More »
Zemships to Cruise Alster Lake in Germany
January 7, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Zemships to Cruise Alster Lake in Germany | Filed in: Hydrogen Boats, Hydrogen Vehicles.Zemships (zero emission ships) will be cruising Alster Lake near Hamburg, Germany this summer. Almost a year ago, I had talked about the $6.7 million Zemships project, which is a hydrogen fuel cell ferryboat that will carry 100-passengers across the lake. The Zemship is a hybrid vehicle using both fuel cell and battery pack for • Read More »
Bosch Starts Production of Fuel Cells for Nikola Truck
August 1, 2023 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Bosch Starts Production of Fuel Cells for Nikola Truck | Filed in: Hydrogen Trucks.In Stuttgart, Germany, Bosch is embarking on the era of hydrogen-powered mobility. At its Stuttgart-Feuerbach facility, the renowned provider of cutting-edge technology and services has taken a significant step forward by commencing large-scale production of its fuel-cell power module. Nikola Corporation, a prominent U.S.-based company, will serve as the pioneering customer, deploying Bosch’s innovative • Read More »
MEXUSACA: freight hydrail rising?
March 26, 2021 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on MEXUSACA: freight hydrail rising? | Filed in: Hydrail, Hydrogen Fuel, Hyrail, News, Political Issues.Canadian Pacific’s southern merger puts zero-carb freight in easy reach by guest blogger Stan Thompson Canadian Pacific Railway has throttled-up the transition to zero-carbon freight movement by two big notches recently. Last December, 2020, CPR announced “that it plans to develop North America’s first line-haul hydrogen-powered locomotive.” Then in March, 2021, they announced a combination with • Read More »