India’s natural gas distributor GAIL (India) Ltd is to join with an Australian firm Eden Energy Ltd (Eden) in what could be the largest trial of a hydrogen-enriched blend of natural gas (HCNG) for transport. Descibing the trial as commercial in scale, Eden says the project is designed to reduce pollution levels fromIndia’s massive public [...]
Tag Archives: Hydrogen
Honda Begins Operation of New Solar Hydrogen Station
January 28, 2010 – 10:09 pm
USA, Torrance CA
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 [...]
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 [...]
Lincoln Composites Completes Testing of Bulk Haulage CNG Vessel
November 24, 2009 – 8:37 am
USA, Lincoln NB
Testing Completed on Titan Tank and Four-Tank Transportation Module
Lincoln Composites, a US subsidiary of Norwegian based Hexagon Composites ASA says its water volume, all-composite TITAN tank and ISO frame has obtained final approval from American Bureau of Shipping (ABS). Some of the highlights of the testing performance of the TITAN™ tank include:
• An [...]
Copenhagen Opens First Hydrogen Filling Station
November 13, 2009 – 7:39 pm
Denmark, Copenhagen
Denmark’s City of Copenhagen has opened its first hydrogen filling station, operated by H2 Logic. The ribbon to the hydrogen filling station was cut by Technology and Environment Mayor Klaus Bondam, allowing the first hydrogen-powered vehicle to trundle in to be filled up. Eight new hydrogen-powered vehicles — two commercial vehicles and six cars — [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
New Hydrogen Facility and Proposed H2 Corridor for West Virginia
August 17, 2009 – 5:48 pm
Source: The Charleston Gazette
USA, Charleston WV
Charleston, capital of the US state of West Virginia, has opened its first hydrogen fueling station, at Yeager Airport. It is the first of three facilities to be built along a proposed hydrogen corridor between Charleston and Pittsburgh within the next few years. The next station is planned for Morgantown. Most hydrogen-powered vehicles have storage systems [...]
Brazil’s Hydrogen Bus – A First for Latin America
July 20, 2009 – 2:41 am
Brazil, São Paulo
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 — [...]
Shell Opens Second of Three New York Hydrogen Refuelling Stations
July 14, 2009 – 1:09 am
USA, New York
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, [...]
