Category: Hydrogen

NGV 2010 Program Published – NGVs Creating Revolution in Transport

February 18, 2010 – 9:27 pm

NGV 2010 Rome, Italy, June 8-10More than 70 speakers
25 poster presentations
Early bird registration March 15th

IANGV and NGV System Italia, hosts for the NGV 2010 conference and exhibition in Rome this June, have released conference program details for the event running from June 8-10. Presented under the theme ‘Creating a Revolution in Transport’ the conference will focus on marketing and strategic successes for the industry with technical aspects also catered for in several breakout sessions during the course of the conference. With industry projecting more than 50 million natural gas vehicles (NGVs) to join the current fleet in the next ten years, the conference is already being billed as a launching pad into the most dynamic decade the NGV industry is ever likely to see. 
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Honda Begins Operation of New Solar Hydrogen Station

January 28, 2010 – 10:09 pm | USA, Torrance CA

Honda's Next Generation Solar Hydrogen Station Prototype

Los Angeles-based Station to Re-fuel Honda Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle

Honda began operation of a next generation Solar Hydrogen Station prototype at the Los Angeles Center of Honda R&D Americas, Inc., intended for ultimate use as a home refueling appliance capable of an overnight refill of fuel cell electric vehicles. Designed as a single, integrated unit to fit in the user’s garage, the station reduces the size of the system, while producing enough hydrogen (0.5kg) via an 8-hour overnight fill for daily commuting (10,000 miles per year) for a fuel cell electric vehicle.
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Two New Hydrogen Filling Stations Planned for Korea

December 3, 2009 – 3:00 am | South Korea

Air Liquide has been chosen to supply two new hydrogen filling stations, designed and developed by the Group’s Advanced Technologies teams. Air Liquide says these hydrogen filling stations will enable vehicles to fill up in less than 5 minutes in the same conditions as traditional fuels, for a driving range that can reach up to 500 kilometers for some vehicles. The first station, which will supply hydrogen at a pressure of 350 bars, will be delivered in the first quarter of 2010 for a government demonstration project, led by the automobile manufacturer Hyundai Motors.
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GM Calls for Infrastructure to Justify Fuel Cell Vehicles

September 30, 2009 – 11:45 am | USA, Washington

General Motors Co. (GM) has put its hand up for assistance with their fuel cell program in the US, saying that Government help and industry partnerships are needed to establish hydrogen fuelling infrastructure to help create demand. A GM press release notes hydrogen-powered fuel cells are a few years away from widespread commercial use because of the need for additional investment and partnership, along with expanded availability of hydrogen fueling stations.
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US DOE Looks for ‘Breakthrough’ Hydrogen Storage Solution

September 18, 2009 – 10:47 pm | USA

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has determined that the next H-Prize will be awarded in the area of storage materials in mobile systems for light-duty vehicles. Lack of a suitable storage material has been identified as major factor limiting hydrogen-fueled vehicle commercialization. The H-Prize, enacted by Congress, authorized the Secretary of Energy to create a program to competitively award cash prizes that will advance the commercial application of hydrogen energy technologies by dramatizing and incentivizing accelerated research.
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Brazil’s Hydrogen Bus – A First for Latin America

July 20, 2009 – 2:41 am | Brazil, São Paulo
EMTU's hydrogen bus, powered by a fuel cell and batteries

EMTU's hydrogen bus

Latin American has what is purported to be its first hydrogen bus, launched in the state of Sao Paulo in southern Brazil early July. With project support from sponsors including the World Bank and United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the bus was developed by the Empresa Metropolitana de Transportes Urbanos (EMTU), a government-controlled company — see the EMTU website.


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Shell Opens Second of Three New York Hydrogen Refuelling Stations

July 14, 2009 – 1:09 am | USA, New York
Signage for a Shell hydrogen refuelling facility

Signage for the Shell hydrogen refuelling facility at JFK

Shell has opened its second hydrogen filling station in the greater New York City area, located at JFK international airport. With a third station due to open in the area later this month and one already operating there for more than a year, this has become Shell’s first cluster of hydrogen filling stations. Duncan Macleod, Shell Vice President of Hydrogen, said “the prospects for hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles are strong in the longer-term. This first cluster is an important step as we continue to build capability in retailing hydrogen fuel, in line with the auto makers’ plans to develop hydrogen vehicles.”


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