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Senate passes renewable energy bill

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

I was going to write about the Senate passing a bill to expand and encourage investment in renewable energy, but Ecogeek.org has a nice synopsis of the bill, so just go there instead.   The House gets to put their spin on the bill next, so we’ll see what happens with that. Hopefully the House [...]

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650 miles per tank - with liquid hydrogen

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have come up with a way to get 650 miles on one tank of hydrogen. Liquid hydrogen, that is. Recently, the team set a new world record after they installed a super insulated hydrogen gas tank in a standard Prius. The tank was able [...]

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Hydrogen generator that increases MPG being tested in San Antonio

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

Researchers at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio are testing a water fueled hydrogen generator that could be used with standard gasoline engines to increase mileage.  The hydrogen generator, created by Steve Gerhlein, an auto mechanic in San Antonio , has installed a system in his cars that generates hydrogen using water mixed with [...]

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Aquygen interview with COO of Hydrogen Technology Applications

Friday, March 28th, 2008

At a blog called HHO Gas: enabling a car to run on water, there’s a short first installment of an interview with Russ Scott, the COO of Hydrogen Technology Applications, Inc, the company behind Aquygen (HHO). The first installment just covers the reason for the lack of news out of the company. [...]

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Honda’s Home Hydrogen Fueling Station

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

In conjunction with Honda’s planned limited release of its FCX Clarity hydrogen powered car this year (see Up, up and away - the hydrogen car is here), Honda plans to sell a home hydrogen fueling station, the Home Energy Station IV, which helps stop the chicken and egg syndrome envisioned for hydrogen powered cars. (Basically, [...]

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Up, up and away - the hydrogen car is here

Monday, November 5th, 2007

The London TimesOnline reviews the Tokyo motor show that was held last week, with the announcement that Honda scooped them all by announcing it will be putting out the world’s first hydrogen fuel cell car into production next year - the FCX. The car will travel an estimated 270 miles at speeds [...]

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Road Trip: Toyota fuel-cell hybrid vehicle completes long-distance jaunt

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

From Edmunds.com - Toyota announced on Friday that “an improved version” of their FCHV fuel-cell hybrid car successfully completed a long distance test from Osaka to Tokyo on a single fueling of hydrogen.
Toyota’s new 5 passenger FCHV is 25% more efficient than the earlier version. It can store twice the amount of [...]

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Platinum-free fuel cell developed in Japan

Sunday, September 16th, 2007

Japan’s Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd has just announced that it has developed a new technology that will enable them to make fuel cells without platinum. Platinum is the precious metal used in the electrolyte process in current hydrogen-based fuel cells.
By using alkali, instead of acid, anion exchange membranes, the new fuel cell [...]

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Solar-hydrogen homes try to overcome doubts

Saturday, June 2nd, 2007

The International Herald Tribune has a very interesting article about a solar-hydrogen house in New Jersey that generates all its energy needs using a combination of solar power and solar derived hydrogen. Mike Strizki, the director of residential and commercial systems for Advanced Solar Products, added the solar/hydrogen system to his current home, [...]

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New process generates hydrogen from aluminum alloy to run engines, fuel cells

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

Physorg.com reports that researchers at Purdue University have developed a method that uses an alumininum alloy to extract hydrogen from water. The hydrogen can be used to run fuel cells or internal combustion engines. With this method to obtain hydrogen, it makes in unnecessary to store or transport hydrogen.
“Hydrogen is generated spontaneously [...]

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