I have a story in MIT Technology Review today that looks at a very cool engine design from a Vancouver-based startup called Etalim. The story gives a somewhat technical explanation of how the engine works, but basically its a hybrid of a … [Read more...]
Etalim’s novel engine could bust open microCHP, small biogas and solar thermal power markets, among others
Friday 02/04/ By Leave a Comment
Disordered Titanium and Buckypaper Could Be Hydrogen Technology Breakthroughs
Thursday 02/03/ By Leave a Comment
Two new discoveries could be breakthroughs that make hydrogen fuel cheaper and H2 fuel cells cheaper as well. Scientists as the U. S. DOE’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) have discovered that disordered titanium at a nano-scale can be … [Read more...]
Long Beach and LA to test hydrogen powered fuel cell trucks
Thursday 02/03/ By Leave a Comment
Two non-polluting trucks powered by zero-emission plug-in electric/hydrogen fuel cells will soon hit the road in the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. The agreement with El Segundo-based Vision Motor Corp. puts one big-rig truck and one terminal … [Read more...]
Little White Powder Gives a Big Lift to Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Thursday 02/03/ By Leave a Comment
Hydrogen fuel cells offer a zero-emission way to power vehicles, but until now there's been at least one obvious catch: getting the hydrogen requires energy, and lots of it. Now researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have found a way … [Read more...]
Pike highlights 10 trends influencing growth of global fuel cell industry in 2011
Thursday 02/03/ By Leave a Comment
The fuel cell industry is growing even in the face of a global economic recession, with 2010 revenues exceeding $750 million. Markets such as uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), residential combined heat and power (CHP), power for remote monitoring … [Read more...]
Mercedes-Benz Celebrates 125 years with sculpture, battery patent
Wednesday 02/02/ By Leave a Comment
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hydrogen, Mercedes Benz, Daimler Daimler celebrates 125 years since Carl Benz's Patent-MotorWagen - Click above for high-res image gallery Back on January 29th of 1886, Karl Benz filed the patent for his "vehicle with … [Read more...]
Mercedes-Benz Celebrates 125 years with sculpture, battery patent
Tuesday 02/01/ By Leave a Comment
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hydrogen, Mercedes Benz, Daimler Daimler celebrates 125 years since Carl Benz's Patent-MotorWagen - Click above for high-res image gallery Back on January 29th of 1886, Karl Benz filed the patent for his "vehicle with … [Read more...]
Mercedes-Benz delivers B-Class F-Cell to German Ministry of Transport
Friday 01/28/ By Leave a Comment
Filed under: Hydrogen, Mercedes Benz, Daimler Mercedes-Benz' B-Class F-Cell - a front-wheel drive, hydrogen-fed, compact sports tourer - is one of only a handful of fuel cell vehicles currently offered to the public by a major automaker. Before 2010 … [Read more...]
Intelligent Energy Stop Demonstrating and Start Commercializing
Friday 01/28/ By Leave a Comment
Intelligent Energy is once again showing off their ENV fuel cell motorbike and this time at the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Summit in the UK. In fact, Intelligent Energy is no rookie when it comes to showing off their demonstration vehicles. They … [Read more...]
Hydrogen Town and Hydrogen Office Projects Launch
Wednesday 01/26/ By Leave a Comment
While the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt and other BEVs and PHEVs are grabbing all the headlines and getting all the glory hydrogen is quietly making headway around the globe. For instance, in Japan, a country that already has a hydrogen highway program … [Read more...]