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Nissan helps kick off UK-Hynet Project, Britain's new hydrogen infrastructure network

A new project to create a nationwide Hydrogen fueling infrastructure in Great Britain had its kickoff meeting at Nissan Technical Centre Europe (NTCE) in Bedfordshire. The project is called UK-HyNet and aims to create a complete infrastructure to support the hydrogen economy by 2015. According to Nissan, the network will help the widespread use of hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicles (HFCVs), which are expected to become more common by 2015. The project is part of Great Britain's Hydrogen Roadmap. The press release, which you can read after the ... Read more →

Priming the comment pump: Hydrogen advocate calls out pro-plug-in ABG readers [w/POLL] Sebastian Blanco

Regular AutoblogGreen readers will probably be familiar with the name Greg Blencoe. He's known around here as a big proponent of hydrogen vehicles, and apparently believes that everyone else ...

Finding the local angle: DOE's hydrogen funding cut will hurt South Carolina Sebastian Blanco

Earlier this month, President Obama and DOE Secretary Chu announced big cuts to DOE hydrogen-powered car programs. The funding cut was hailed by many and panned by some in the larger argument about ...

Hydrogen advocate responds to DOE funding cut Sebastian Blanco

AutoblogGreen reader responses to the huge cut in DOE hydrogen vehicle spending was mixed, but mostly in favor of shifting limited federal money away from H2 and into batteries and cars with ...

Oh, if only the beautiful FCX Clarity came with a plug Sebastian Blanco

The LA Times' Dan Neil loves electric cars. He also loves just how beautiful the Honda FCX Clarity is. What he doesn't like is that the Clarity uses a hydrogen fuel cell. Plug In America's Paul ...

Economic downturn hits the hydrogen economy 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

If some governments proudly say that the way out of our economic problems is by investing in new technologies, here's a story that shows that they might not be right. One important player in the so-called "hydrogen economy," Air Products (previous posts), is dealing with the hard times by laying ...

Dieter Zetsche sees fuel cells on our roads in 5-8 years 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

GM isn't the only one ready for a lot of hydrogen fuel cell cars. Daimler chairman Dieter "Dr. Z" Zetsche believes that the technology for fuel cell vehicles is here today and that vehicles using the hydrogen-for-energy system will be available in five to eight years time. Zetsche also believes that ...

Penn State's "revolution in solar hydrogen" 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The idea of using solar power to split hydrogen from water is one that many propose will make the hydrogen economy a reality. Naysayers point out that the solar power might be better spent just charging up electric cars or providing power to homes. But, what if there was a better way to use ...

Why you will never drive a hydrogen car 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

If you go to promotional events (like the public ride & drive that was part of the EDTA conference last year and pictured at right), you can drive hydrogen fuel cell vehicles around the block. If you're really lucky, you can go 300 miles in one. But if you can't make these event - and you're not ...

Guardian Unlimited on the snags in the hydrogen ecnomy 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Recently, Bibi van der Zee, a writer for the Guardian Unlimited, took a test drive in one of BMW's Hydrogen 7s. It's a damn comfortable ride, as I experienced at the AFVI conference a few months ago. Van der Zee calls the chance "irresistible," but quickly confronted the question (as we all must ...

Will China lead the world in making the first hydrogen infrastructure a reality? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Just yesterday, Sam wrote about the environmental clean-up measures that are taking place in China. These clean-up measures are necessary because China is on the development fast-track, so to speak. The country is being built up at an extremely rapid pace, much like the United States was during ...

Orlando gas station testing hydrogen-making device 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

A Virginia company, H2Gen, makes a hydrogen-extraction device that basically (very basically) sucks the hydrogen right out of natural gas (see the graph for a (somewhat) more detailed explanation). An Orlando Chevron station has acquired one of their units and is currently testing the viability of ...

Greg Blencoe and Dr. James G. Blencoe work on hydrogen problems 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Greg Blencoe, CEO of Hydrogen Discoveries, asks us to "do the right thing" in his message urging us to begin our transition into the hydrogen economy now. He believes that the transition from fossil-fuels to hydrogen will cost $100 trillion, and can be done by the year 2020. We all know that it ...

Robert Zubrin: America needs to abandon the false promise of the hydrogen age 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

I almost feel silly doing it, as it has been covered ad nauseam, but here is a list of a few of hydrogen's pluses and minuses, courtesy of Robert Zubrin., author of The New Atlantis, Good: Hydrogen is super abundant Hydrogen burns clean Hydrogen fuel cells emit only water Bad: There is ...

Caetano Rodrigues Miranda and Francesca Baletto of MIT debate the hydrogen economy 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

As part of a four-part seminar held in January entitled, "Hydrogen: Hype or Hope?", Caetano Rodrigues Miranda and Francesca Baletto give a possible glimpse into the future technical challenges of a hydrogen economy, which include hydrogen production, fuel cell design, storage, distribution and ...

Today is the first day of the Fuel Cell Expo in Tokyo - a few updates 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Mike Hugh from Fuel Cell Today is at the Fuel Cell Expo in Tokyo today. As you are all aware, there are many roadblocks holding back the "hydrogen economy". Besides getting the vehicles themselves to run on hydrogen, the hydrogen delivery infrastructure is a huge hurdle, according to Dr. Haruki ...

DOE figures it's time to understand the dangers of hydrogen 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Last week, the Department of Energy started a program for first responders (fire fighters, EMS/ambulance teams, etc.) on hydrogen safety. The on-line course, "tutorial acquaints first responders with hydrogen, its basic properties, and how it compares to other familiar fuels; its use in fuel cells ...

Company developing a home hydrogen filling station that you keep in your garage 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

There are multiple issues waiting to be addressed if the hydrogen economy is ever to come about. So many, in fact, that many don't believe that it will EVER come about. Like I said in my editorial the other day, I am not writing anything off, and I think that it is safe to say that with all the ...

The Ohio State University granted $1.6 million by Department of Energy for hydrogen research 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

It is no secret that the "hydrogen economy," as proposed, requires very large amounts of hydrogen if it will ever come to reality. One reason proponents of hydrogen as fuel wish to pursue their ideas is because hydrogen is in no short supply, being that it is a part of water, helping to make it the ...

Hydrogen ICE Prius hybrid leads the way in Michigan 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

One truth about the hydrogen economy (other than that it's constantly 10-20 years away) is that no one really knows what it's going to look like. All of the technology involved (hydrogen production, fuel cells, etc.) is constantly being revamped and further developed. An article earlier this week ...

Electric-car filmmaker sounds off against Chevy Sequel 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The water molecules are flying after the executive producer of "Who Killed the Electric Car" responded to a test of the Chevy Sequel fuel cell vehicle by Joel Makower. A blogger on worldchanging.com, Makower said he found a "small beacon of hope" after driving the Sequel at the same GM event that I ...

Hydrogen economy unnecessary, say City College of New York researchers 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The "right" fuel of the future is not yet decided, but bloggers at Technology Review, an independent media company owned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, are convinced that hydrogen is certainly the wrong fuel to be the farm on. They first wrote about their stance in a survery called ...

SuperGrid will deliver hydrogen, more electricity trough-out North America 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

If reading some tech-y details of how the upcoming hydrogen economy might actually work is your thing, you'll have quite a good time reading the feature article in the current article of Scientific America. A group of engineers and physicists who have been developing something called the SuperGrid ...


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