Archive for September, 2005
Onboard hydrogen generator from Engineuity
22 September 2005Engineuity R&D Ltd of Israel has designed a conversion unit for continuous hydrogen production aboard a vehicle. The unit uses a light metal wire and water to produce both hydrogen and steam. The hydrogen is then used to power a modified internal combustion engine.
Refuelling a car based on this technology is remarkably simple. The vehicle [...]
Ballard looking to China for investment
21 September 2005Ballard Power Systems Inc., already partnered with DaimlerChrysler AG and Ford Motor Co., is looking for further investment funds from the Chinese. Ballard, unprofitable since 1998, is the largest supplier of fuel cells for vehicles.
Han Tjan, a U.S. spokesman for Stuttgart, Germany-based DaimlerChrysler, which owns 17.3 percent of Ballard, declined to comment on the [...]
Innovative Hydrogen Solutions Hydrogen Generating Module
18 September 2005Innovative Hydrogen Solutions of Toronto, Ontario, Canada has a device called the Hydrogen Generating Module or H2N-Gen, which they claim can produce hydrogen and oxygen to be added to an automobile engine, producing greater mileage and lower emissions. Does it work. So far, several groups have tested it and said yes however a test by [...]
Toyota invests $1 million in South Carolina hydrogen research
15 September 2005Toyota Motor Corp. has partnered with South Carolina’s Savannah River National Laboratory to develop hydrogen fuel systems.
In a boost to South Carolina’s growing automotive industrial cluster, Toyota Motor Corp. has partnered with Savannah River National Laboratory to develop a lighter-weight and cost-effective hydrogen fuel storage system for future hydrogen-powered automobiles.
Todd Wright, Savannah River National Laboratory’s [...]
Jeremy Rifkin hyperventilates
12 September 2005Jeremy Rifkin once again gave gloomy warnings of doom predicting peak oil soon:
Let’s hope and pray that we don’t peak in the next two to three years, or we are going to be in trouble like we have never been before in human history
I would think this sort of heavy breathing is getting a [...]
