The Swedish government has decided to invest almost $9 million USD into Powercell Sweden AB in which Volvo has a 40-percent stake. The investment will create 100 new jobs over the next 3 years. According to Per Wassén, Chairman of Powercell, “We are busy staffing the company and have received more than 1,000 highly qualified • Read More »
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ZeroFuel Gets Pissy About Their X-Prize Cars
June 12, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.Frank Amendola of Alternative Fuel Sciences gets pissy when he talks about the ZeroFuel cars he’s entering in the Progressive Automotive X-Prize. In fact, three ZeroFuel cars are being entered, the ZF1, ZF2 and ZF3, which all run on ammonia and hydrogen. Now, I’ve talked at length before about ammonia (NH3) potentially being the fuel • 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 »
Georgia Tech Carbon Capture Car Champs
February 12, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Georgia Tech Carbon Capture Car Champs | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.Georgia Institute of Technology is researching a method to capture carbon in cars before it comes out the tailpipe. Georgia Tech is developing its carbon capture technology on both liquid fossil fuels and synthetic fuels. The carbon capture technology will separate the hydrogen from the CO2 in liquid form and then use the hydrogen in • Read More »
First Home Fuel Cell Installation in Texas Completed
October 31, 2007 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Fuel Cells.It’s Halloween and the first completed installation of a home fuel cell installation in Texas has just been announced. This PEM fuel cell does not run on ghost-power, however (Who you gonna call?). But, it does run on hydrogen. In July of this year, I had talked about the Hydra Fuel Cell Corporation making its • Read More »
Ammonia Car Being Developed at Ohio University
July 16, 2007 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Ammonia Car Being Developed at Ohio University | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.Last week I had talked about ammonia cars being developed by several different manufacturers. The ammonia would be used either for reforming and running through fuel cells or used in internal combustion engines. Today, I would like to offer an update as researchers at Ohio University are also developing their own ammonia car as well. • Read More »
Ammonia Cars May Clean Up Highway Smog
July 9, 2007 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Ammonia Cars May Clean Up Highway Smog | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.When one thinks of ammonia, the first thing that comes to mind is the foul smell. But, ammonia is also used as a household cleaning product and automotive researchers are convinced that ammonia-powered cars will help clean the environment as zero or near zero emissions vehicles. Ammonia cars come in two varieties including those that • Read More »
Hydrogen Fueling Stations Keep Popping Up Worldwide
June 1, 2007 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hydrogen Fueling Stations Keep Popping Up Worldwide | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Distribution.Well, I’ve already blogged about new hydrogen stations opening in California, Illinois, Hawaii, Michigan, Nevada, Vermont and Washington D. C. But, the hits just keep on coming as more hydrogen fueling stations are popping up all the time. For instance, the first hydrogen station in Florida has officially opened near the Orlando International Airport. This • Read More »
Department of Energy Handing Out Hydrogen Research Funds
October 26, 2006 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Department of Energy Handing Out Hydrogen Research Funds | Filed in: News.The U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) continues to dole out funds to advance development of hydrogen technology, which has seemed to escape the attention of most media outlets. On October 24, 2006, the U. S. Department of Energy announced it was allocating $100 million to fun 25 hydrogen research projects. The aim of the • Read More »
Hydrogen Airplanes Taking Flight into the Future
August 28, 2006 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hydrogen Airplanes Taking Flight into the Future | Filed in: Hydrogen Aircraft, Hydrogen Vehicles.Boeing has just announced that it is developing a light aircraft powered by hydrogen fuel cells with hopes of making the greenest passenger airplane to fly to-date. Boeing is teaming up with Intelligent Energy, fuel cell maker and manufacturer of the ENV hydrogen motorcycle. In order to overcome the thrust needed for take-offs, the hydrogen • Read More »