Massive spectacular hype surrounds the upcoming official announcement of the Bloom Box on Wednesday. This is what we know. It creates electricity via fuel cells, can easily fit in a backyard or basement, and will take biofuel, methane, or natural gas as a fuel source. It’s a real product, not vaporware. Google, Fedex, eBay, WalMart [...]
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Wales plans hydrogen fuel stations
The stations will be on M4 in Wales and will be part of a network reaching to London for fuel cell cars. Plus, the hydrogen will be created from renewable sources.
“If you build it, they will come.”
SunHydro plans hydrogen fueling stations from Maine to Florida
SunHydro is the world’s first chain of privately funded fueling stations that provide hydrogen to fuel cell cars. Our goal is to produce hydrogen on site and using ONLY solar and water.
We are currently building a system that would allow a hydrogen powered vehicle to travel from Maine to Florida on SUN AND [...]
World’s first fuel cell ship
The Viking Lady, owned by the Norwegian shipping firm Eidesvik, has a 320-kilowatt molten carbonate fuel cell that powers the 9,500 ton vessel. It’s the first ship to ever use fuel cell technology
The fuel cells run on LNG, can use methanol, and greatly reduce carbon emissions. No, they don’t power the entire ship yet. Maybe [...]
Fuel cells for home use at grid parity in 3-5 years
Bloom Energy, who is backed by venture capital heavyweight Kleiner Perkins, plans home fuel cell systems that will generate electricity at grid parity prices within a few years
Grid parity is the point at which renewable electricity is equal to or cheaper than grid power
This could be a seriously big deal.
[Early test systems] deliver enough power [...]
Buckeye Bullet 2 claims speed record for fuel cell vehicles, 300.9 mph
[It is] the first hydrogen vehicle to top 300 mph and the fastest FIA recorded speed for an electric drive vehicle.
From The Buckeye Bullet 2 blog
It is designed and built by Ohio State University students, in the College of Engineering, out of the Center for Automotive Research in Columbus, Ohio.
And the only sound you will [...]
Highly portable power anywhere
Critical Solutions makes a line of portable power generation systems that use solar and wind as primary power with backup provided by fuel cells, diesel, or propane. They are designed to run without human intervention and can phone home with status updates.
The Titan system in the photo has an extensible tower with a wind turbine [...]
Ok, we need more hydrogen for the fuel cells, everyone drink some coffee
Ohio University researchers have discovered a way to create hydrogen from urine at a fraction of the cost of generating it from water. Thus, I suppose, if fuel cell powered cars become a reality, Starbucks could open branches next to the hydrogen fueling stations, thus providing a ready supply of urine.
Will urine futures start being [...]
Hydrogen fuel tanks made from chicken feathers
This is actually a big deal, because the special qualities of heated chicken feathers make them perfect nanotubes for storing hydrogen, as in fuel cell car storage tanks, and the price is way cheap too.
In addition to hydrogen storage, the new method could turn chicken feather fibers into a number of other eco-products like hurricane [...]
Creating biofuel and hydrogen fuel together
A German firm plans to produce biofuel then use the glycerin product to create hydrogen for the already existing hydrogen filling stations for fuel cell cars.
Power your house with 5 liters of water per day
Sounds fanciful, but this is MIT talking…
MIT will announce its patent next week of a cheap, efficient, manufacturable electrolyzer made from cobalt and potassium phosphate. This technology, powered by a 6 meter by 5 meter photovoltaic array on the roof, is capable of powering an entire house’s power needs plus a fuel cell good for [...]
Enviro / cleantech links. 12/31
Fuel cell tractors coming soon. This is a natural for farm equipment because they can easily be refilled from a central source.
Eight-wheeled electric sports car. Each wheel is powered by a separate motor.
Energy efficient supercomputer. Fast and green.
Recently discovered geothermal field in Utah now powering Anaheim CA, who is purchasing the power under a 20 [...]
Fuel cell stickers
These fuel cell stickers use hydrogen as fuel, air as the oxidant, and emit nothing but water vapor which quickly evaporates. They are stackable, and thus can be used a power sources in portable electronics like laptops and cell phones.
Tip CleanTechnica:
Could corncobs be the future of hydrogen storage?
Once they’ve been put through an involved process to turn them into briquettes, then doped with boron, the answer appears to be Yes. This could possibly be one way to store hydrogen for use in fueling vehicles.
Mushroom enzyme as catalyst for fuel cells
A chemical found in mushrooms could one day replace the expensive and polluting heavy metals at the heart of fuel cells and conventional batteries.
Thus, fungi could replace platinum as the catalyst in fuel cells. Wow.
Other researchers are working on using microbes from human waste to do the same.
