Archive for 'Hydrogen infrastructure' Category
Who Picked Hydrogen Cars as the winner?
4 January 2006To hear the most fervent hydrogen advocates speak, you would think hydrogen is the answer to practically every energy problem known to man. Maybe it is, but maybe it’s a dream. With government incentives for research, as we’ve already noted, everyone is joining the hydrogen race chasing hydrogen dollars but if you step back for […]
India planning on huge hydrogen push
22 November 2005India is planning to have one million hydrogen powered cars on the road by 2020. That’s an enormous number of cars for a technology still working to find the right solution to challenges of reliability and affordability. They are also looking at 1000MW of power from hydrogen generation by the same date. If they succeed […]
New liquid hydrogen refuelling stations being built
1 November 2005In a partnership of several auto manufacturers and hydrogen gas companies, liquid hydrogen refuelling stations are being built in Europe:
European car manufacturers BMW, Fiat and DaimlerChrysler have joined forces with petroleum giants BP, Agip and Linde to develop the roadside infrastructure needed for a future hydrogen economy. The Zero Emission Region, or Zero Regio, project […]
India installs first hydrogen filling station
12 October 2005India has begun its move towards a future hydrogen economy by installing a hydrogen filling station at the Indian Oil Corporation Limited’s R&D center, in Faridabad, just north of New Delhi. It supplies both hydrogen as well as HCNG, a hydrogen and compressed natural gas blend. Many vehicles in India are powered by CNG and […]
Oil companies and hydrogen
28 September 2005Yesterday, The Motley Fool had a great article, Big Oil Doesn’t Hate Hydrogen. They addressed what some conspiracy types keep saying, that big oil companies are trying to prevent hydrogen from gaining ground thereby limiting potential competition. All of the usual angles are addressed, showing that oil companies might be more accurately called energy companies. […]
