Hydrogen

05/27/2009 -- Appearing at a West Los Angeles Shell hydrogen station today, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger joined the 2009 Hydrogen Road Tour to highlight advances in fuel-cell technology. Organized by the California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Fuel Cell Partnership, National Hydrogen Association and U.S. Fuel Cell Council, the annual road rally began on Monday, May 25 in San Diego and ends on Wednesday, June 3 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The public is invited to test drive the vehicles at one of 28 stops along the 1,700 mile road tour and experience firsthand their range, performance and road readiness.    » read more »

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. -- May 26, 2009 – The 2009 Hydrogen Road Tour begins today, and Air Products’ (NYSE: APD) hydrogen fueling technology will be key to making possible the 1,700-mile start-to-finish hydrogen powered vehicle trek from California to Vancouver, British Columbia. Along the way, the touring vehicles from seven major automakers will make 28 stops over the next nine days in three states and Canada, with Air Products’ hydrogen, hydrogen fueling stations and mobile fueling technology helping to power the caravan of clean, efficient hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles.    » read more »

Students Recognized for Creativity and Talent in Energy Education Event

May 16, 2009 -- Seventy-eight teams from 29 Colorado middle schools participated in today’s Junior Solar Sprint and Hydrogen Fuel Cell car competitions hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The student teams raced solar or hydrogen powered vehicles that they designed and built themselves.

The fastest solar-powered model car was #4 from Bell Middle School (Golden) with a time of 5.12 seconds on a 20-meter track. Second place and third place trophies were awarded to car #18 and car #20 from Drake Middle School (Arvada.)    » read more »

May 6, 2009 -- SOMERSET – Praising the company for its work in developing innovative technologies, New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine today participated in the official ribbon cutting ceremonies for BASF’s new state-of-the art fuel cell production facility. Forty new green jobs will be created at the site.    » read more »

April 22, 2009 -- A research team from Northeastern University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has discovered, serendipitously, that a residue of a process used to build arrays of titania nanotubes—a residue that wasn’t even noticed before this — plays an important role in improving the performance of the nanotubes in solar cells that produce hydrogen gas from water.

Their results, published online on March 27, 2009 in the Journal of Materials Chemistry, indicate that by controlling the deposition of potassium on the surface of the nanotubes, engineers can achieve significant energy savings in a promising new alternate energy system.    » read more »

ARGONNE, Ill. (March 13, 2009) — Car manufacturers aspire to create hydrogen-powered vehicles that could one day allow energy-efficient, cost-effective travel that emits no greenhouse gases or other pollutants. To further that effort, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have devised new combustion strategies for hydrogen engines.

Researchers in Argonne's Center for Transportation Research have built the Modular Automotive Technology Testbed (MATT), an Erector Set-like platform for automotive powertrains in which engineers can swap in and out different engines, transmissions and other core powertrain components. By using MATT, Argonne researchers gain the ability to test a 4-cylinder hydrogen engine on the standard drive cycles.    » read more »

VELIZY, FRANCE and MUNICH, GERMANY and ARMONK, NY - 11 Mar 2009: IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Dassault Systèmes (DS) (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) today announced BMW's use of a single digital software environment for the design of all BMW engines across its fuel and diesel-powered cars, motorcycles, and its newest line of eco-friendly, hybrid cars including the industry's first hydrogen-powered vehicle.    » read more »

6/3/2008 - ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. (AFPN) -- Few car owners would ever think of pouring water down the gas tank; however, as Air Force officials here continue initiatives to redefine the Air Force's energy culture, more Airmen might picture water as an energy source.

Air Force Officials Look At Hydrogen As Potential Fuel Source: Scott Slyfield examines hydrogen storage tanks inside the HyHauler May 21 at Robins Air Force Base, Ga. Air Force officials continue initiatives to redefine the Air Force's energy culture and are studying hydrogen-power. U.S. Air Force photo/Sue Sapp    » read more »

May 10, 2008 -- Eighty-eight teams from 29 Colorado schools participated in today’s Junior Solar Sprint and Hydrogen Fuel Cell car competitions hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

Teams used either a solar cell and motor or a fuel cell and motor to design and build solar or hydrogen powered vehicles.    » read more »

ARGONNE, Ill. (April 1, 2008) — As gas prices continue to soar to record highs, motorists are crying out for an alternative that won't cramp their pocketbooks.

Scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory are answering that call by working to chemically manipulate algae for production of the next generation of renewable fuels – hydrogen gas.

Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois: Photo by Argonne National Laboratory    » read more »

LIVERMORE, Calif. – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is working with Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies on a next-generation manufacturing technique for hydrogen storage vessels.

As part of a $5.6 million three-year contract with the U.S. Department of Energy, Livermore researchers will demonstrate a unique high-speed composite processing technique.
LLNL Teams With Quantum Fuel Systems To Accelerate Development Of Hydrogen Storage Technologies: Hydrogen tank Vern Switzer (left) and Tim Ross check the pressure on the inner vessel that holds hydrogen of any temperature.    » read more »

November 8, 2007 -- BERKELEY, CA — The big world of classical physics mostly seems sensible: waves are waves and particles are particles, and the moon rises whether anyone watches or not. The tiny quantum world is different: particles are waves (and vice versa), and quantum systems remain in a state of multiple possibilities until they are measured — which amounts to an intrusion by an observer from the big world — and forced to choose: the exact position or momentum of an electron, say.    » read more »

30 August 2007 -- Many experts predict that over the coming decades, the world's industrial economies will begin to shift away from their heavy reliance on fossil fuels to the use of non-polluting hydrogen, to run our cars, our homes, our offices and our power plants. A hydrogen economy might still be many years away, but innovative products on display recently in Washington provided a glimpse of what's to come.    » read more »

August 27, 2007 -- LIVERMORE, CALIF. —Sandia researchers have spent a good deal of time in recent years examining the viability of hydrogen storage materials through the Department of Energy (DOE) Metal Hydride Center of Excellence (which it leads), as well as a work for others (WFO) partnership with General Motors, and other related materials science projects. The storage of hydrogen on board automobiles is a challenging issue, and hydrogen storage materials continue to be one of the more promising solutions under consideration.    » read more »

New insights to be shared on use of solid ammonia borane for hydrogen storage

August 21, 2007 -- BOSTON – Hydrogen may prove to be the fuel of the future in powering the efficient, eco-friendly fuel cell vehicles of tomorrow. Developing a method to safely store, dispense and easily "refuel" the vehicle's storage material with hydrogen has baffled researchers for years. However, a new and attractive storage medium being developed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists may provide the "power of pellets" to fuel future transportation needs.    » read more »