by guest blogger Stan Thompson Most profound thanks from the Mooresville Hydrail Initiative to the editors of the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy for the cover story on the 2003 American* origin of hydrogen fuel cell passenger railways in the December, 2016, issue! We don’t know of another instance where major elements of the world’s infrastructure (diesel and catenary railway electrification) have • Read More »
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Hydrail Trains Are Running Too Late: Here’s Why
October 31, 2016 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on Hydrail Trains Are Running Too Late: Here’s Why | Filed in: Advocates, Hydrail, Hydrogen Economy, Infrastructure, Myths, News.by guest blogger Stan Thompson It’s been 18 years since Dr. Holger Busche proposed that German electric passenger trains could run on wind energy carried on board as hydrogen. Once pointed out, it was an obvious thing to pursue; but the first German hydrail train won’t go into service until late next year. The impediment hasn’t • Read More »
Hydrail’s “Golden Spike” moment: Berlin, 2016
October 12, 2016 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on Hydrail’s “Golden Spike” moment: Berlin, 2016 | Filed in: Conferences, Fuel Cells, Hydrail, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Jobs, Hydrogen Economy, Infrastructure, Political Issues.by guest blogger, Stan Thompson Hydrail is the term of art for electrifying railways wirelessly by storing electrical energy onboard as hydrogen and reconverting it, via fuel cells, as needed to power electric traction motors. In Berlin, Germany, around noon on September 20, 2016, hydrail had its moment in history, reminiscent of May 10, 1869, at Promontory Point, • Read More »
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany: Big-Picture Hydrail
June 21, 2016 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on Schleswig-Holstein, Germany: Big-Picture Hydrail | Filed in: Hydrail, Infrastructure.by guest blogger Stan Thompson 21 June, 2016: Today, Eva Grey, writing in Railway-Technology.com, described the quintessential model indicating where hydrail (hydrogen fuel cell railway) technology is headed. In her story, “German state thrusts hydrogen-powered hydrail into the spotlight,” Ms. Grey breaks the story of plans by the State of Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany to convert • Read More »
Eleventh International Hydrail Conference: a first look at the program
June 15, 2016 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on Eleventh International Hydrail Conference: a first look at the program | Filed in: Hydrail, Hydrogen Economy, Hydrogen Organizations, News, Uncategorized.by guest blogger Stan Thompson This year’s “11-IHC” is the first event since the International Hydrail Conference series began in 2005 when a major focus of the agenda will be on hydrogen fuel cell passenger railway equipment already being manufactured and in service. (see http://www.hydrail.org) China now has two hydrail trams in production. One is • Read More »
Where Are All the Hydrail (Hydrogen Trains) in California?
June 13, 2016 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Where Are All the Hydrail (Hydrogen Trains) in California? | Filed in: Hydrail.Of all the U. S. states, California has shown the biggest commitment to clean transportation including fuel cell vehicles. In the Golden State there are fuel cell cars for sale and lease, fuel cell buses deployed north and south, plus fuel cell trucks and delivery vans gracing the roadways. With all of this commitment to • Read More »
HYDRAIL: FROM RESOLVE TO RAILS IN 11 YEARS
June 2, 2016 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on HYDRAIL: FROM RESOLVE TO RAILS IN 11 YEARS | Filed in: Fuel Cells, Hydrail, Hydrogen Economy, Infrastructure.By guest blogger Stan Thompson In 2005 in Charlotte, North Carolina, for the benefit of society a handful of citizens, companies and agencies set about changing the railroad traction paradigm for the first time since 1925 when diesel began replacing steam. The societal benefits being pursued were climate change mitigation; air pollution reduction; and the • Read More »
Hydrail
October 18, 2015 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hydrail | Filed in: .Hydrogen trains (hydrail) are coming around the bend slowly but surely. When gleaned from clean sources, hydrogen is a very green, environmentally friendly source of power transmission that contributes no harmful emissions and is virtually limitless as a source of energy storage and transport. Thanks to continual advances, hydrogen is now being used in fuel • Read More »
Hydrail Conferences: “Mission 1” Accomplished!
July 27, 2015 | By Stan Thompson | 1 Comment | Filed in: Conferences, Hydrail, Hydrogen Economy, Infrastructure.by guest blogger Stan Thompson The Tenth International Hydrail Conference (“10-IHC”) came home to Mooresville, North Carolina, on June 22-23 and it was a resounding success for a number of reasons. Our twenty presenters were a delightful mix of pros from previous IHCs, academics, railroad professionals, VIPs and Brad Read, President of TIG/m, who built the hydrail • Read More »
Yes, Google, there is a hydrail
June 12, 2015 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on Yes, Google, there is a hydrail | Filed in: Fuel Cells, Hydrail, Hydrogen Economy, Hydrogen Vehicles, Infrastructure, News.by guest blogger Stan Thompson Dear Google: “hydrail” is really a word, and has been since at least February of 2004 when it appeared in an invited article in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (volume 29, issue 4, page 438). It was used as early as 2003 in an invited presentation at the US DOT’s • Read More »