The project also will work to identify and develop common laboratory capabilities that can serve many purposes for advancing
hydrogen fueling technologies.
To be sure, there were some great ideas in the unwieldy report, but there were also many awful ideas, foremost among them being the President's proposal to waste taxpayer dollars on the FreedomCar initiative, a dead - end
hydrogen fuel technology.
Not exact matches
Hydrogen fuel cells are a zero - emission
technology, but the
fueling infrastructure is extremely rare in the United States.
What else it offers: The car may not be available for purchased, but the
hydrogen fuel cell
technology may make an appearance in other Toyota vehicles.
The cluster partially funded events like the Regional
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Forum and the
Hydrogen and
Fuel Cell
Technology OEM Summit.
Center said
hydrogen fuel cells are the «ultimate
technology for the long term» because the cars boast faster re-fill times, perform better in colder weather, and offer longer ranges than electric vehicles.
Recently, Toyota executives were said to be working on
hydrogen fuel cells, a
technology ridiculed by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who calls them «fool cells.»
Where Tesla uses batteries in its powertrain
technology, Phoenix - based Nikola uses
hydrogen fuel cells.
Mississauga, Ontario - headquartered Hydrogenics Corporation, a leading developer and manufacturer of
hydrogen generation
technology and
hydrogen fuel cell systems, today announced that it has received an order valued at C$ 7.8 million to supply
fuel cell power systems for zero - emission vehicles in China.
Electric vehicle and
hydrogen fuel cell
technologies are dominated by the US, Germany and Japan - and are in any case estimated to be around 20 - 30 years away commercially.
Hydrogen seems to be an excellent and clean energy vector, and catalysis is expected to be at the core of the new developing technologies for the production, storage, and burning of hydrogen in fue
Hydrogen seems to be an excellent and clean energy vector, and catalysis is expected to be at the core of the new developing
technologies for the production, storage, and burning of
hydrogen in fue
hydrogen in
fuel cells.
But he also advocates starting work on
hydrogen technology because in the long run
fuel - cell vehicles that use «clean»
hydrogen would reduce emissions.
The exciting implication is that next - generation wastewater treatment plants could use new
technologies, including microbe - powered
fuel cells, to capture enough methane,
hydrogen, and other
fuels from wastewater to generate all the energy they need, and then some.
It turns out they are indispensable for a range of urgently needed green energy
technologies such as wind turbine generators, low - energy lighting,
fuel cells, rechargeable batteries, magnetic refrigeration and
hydrogen storage.
Finding a clean renewable source of
hydrogen fuel is the focus of extensive research, but the
technology has not yet been commercialized.
As plug - in electric vehicle sales continue to putt along, automakers are increasingly pinning their hopes on
hydrogen fuel cells as the clean vehicle
technology of the future.
In South Africa, the fields of infectious disease, computing, astronomy, and
hydrogen fuel cell
technology have been some of the strongest fields in research and industry.
Eventually, he adds, the
technology might generate
hydrogen at a
fueling station or even aboard a vehicle, thus avoiding the expense and hassle of storing and transporting
hydrogen gas.
This work is aligned with
Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure Research and Station
Technology (H2FIRST), a new project established by the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
Last year, Honda and General Motors Co. entered into a partnership to develop a next - generation
fuel system and
hydrogen storage
technology in the 2020 time frame.
Our production capacity will build over the next few years; with the growth of the
hydrogen fuel stations, so will the demand for this cutting - edge
technology grow, as well.»
A recent report by Sandia National Laboratories asks whether
hydrogen fuel can be accepted at any of the 70 California gas stations involved in the study, based on a new
hydrogen technologies code.
I was not pleased to see, once again, that
hydrogen is linked only with
fuel - cell
technology, which is «many years away» from mass production and costs several times as much as internal combustion
technology.
Perhaps ironically, the Sea - to - Sky Highway is part of British Columbia's
Hydrogen Highway that will showcase hydrogen and fuel cell technology for visitors and mo
Hydrogen Highway that will showcase
hydrogen and fuel cell technology for visitors and mo
hydrogen and
fuel cell
technology for visitors and motorists.
«Our process also has an important advantage over battery or gaseous -
hydrogen powered vehicle
technologies as many of the hydrocarbon products from our reaction are exactly what we use in cars, trucks and planes, so there would be no need to change the current
fuel distribution system,» said Frederick MacDonnell, UTA interim chair of chemistry and biochemistry and co-principal investigator of the project.
Big, bold, multiyear research like the Human Genome Project,
hydrogen -
fuel technology, and a manned Mars voyage are the types of programs most likely to suffer.
Rechargeable batteries are too heavy for the job, so engineers are planning to try a
technology that would use current to separate water into oxygen and
hydrogen during the day, and then reverse the process at night via
fuel cells to produce electricity.
Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are vying with next - generation hybrid car
technology (which can be plugged in to recharge its battery rather than relying on the gasoline engine) to be the electric car of the future.
This synthesis route is capable of developing alternative catalysts of noble metals for many eco-friendly
technologies such as
fuel cell vehicles,
hydrogen generation from water and CO2 reduction.
Sandia leads a number of other
hydrogen research efforts, including the Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure Research and Station Technology (H2FIRST) project co-led by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), a maritime fuel cell demonstration, a development project focused on hydrogen - powered forklifts and a recent study of how many California gas stations can safely store and dispense h
hydrogen research efforts, including the
Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure Research and Station Technology (H2FIRST) project co-led by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), a maritime fuel cell demonstration, a development project focused on hydrogen - powered forklifts and a recent study of how many California gas stations can safely store and dispense h
Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure Research and Station
Technology (H2FIRST) project co-led by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), a maritime
fuel cell demonstration, a development project focused on
hydrogen - powered forklifts and a recent study of how many California gas stations can safely store and dispense h
hydrogen - powered forklifts and a recent study of how many California gas stations can safely store and dispense
hydrogenhydrogen.
Hydrogen fuel cells, which expel only water and heat as waste, are an appealing way to generate clean electricity, but the present
technology relies on expensive platinum catalysts.
In a new Perspective article, published in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society, researchers are aiming to tackle a fundamental debate in key reactions behind
fuel cells and
hydrogen production, which, if solved, could significantly bolster clean energy
technologies.
A large of proportion of energy research aims to establish and optimize renewable sources such as photovoltaics,
hydrogen fuel cells, biomass, and wind power, but energy research can also be about improving old
technologies.
In the newly released budget, the U.S. Department of Energy cuts $ 100 million from the
hydrogen fuel cell program in fiscal year 2010 and transforms its name to «
fuel cell
technologies.»
The commission's new research funding program, which will run from 2014 to 2020 under the name Horizon 2020, will continue three existing JTIs:
Fuel Cells and
Hydrogen, which aims to develop clean
technologies for energy transport and storage; Clean Sky, for the development of cleaner aircraft; and the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), a JTI aimed at speeding up drug development.
That leaves Lanzatech, which has a
technology to turn synthesis gas derived from almost anything composed of
hydrogen and carbon into
fuels and chemicals.
The programs are supported by Germany's National Innovation Program for
Hydrogen and
Fuel Cell
Technology.
In their version of the proposed DOE budget for fiscal year 2015, which begins 1 October, House appropriators zero out funding for the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP), which seeks to develop a
technology to convert sunlight to a
fuel such as
hydrogen gas.
The most promising of these options include renewable sources of a variety of types, advanced fossil -
fuel technologies that can capture and sequester carbon, and
hydrogen - powered
fuel cells for vehicle propulsion and dispersed electricity generation.
Established by the Energy Department's
Fuel Cell Technologies Office in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, the
Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure Research and Station Technology (H2FIRST) project will draw on existing and emerging core capabilities at the national labs and aim to reduce the cost and time of new fueling station construction and improve the stations» availability and relia
Fueling Infrastructure Research and Station
Technology (H2FIRST) project will draw on existing and emerging core capabilities at the national labs and aim to reduce the cost and time of new
fueling station construction and improve the stations» availability and relia
fueling station construction and improve the stations» availability and reliability.
With support from the Energy Department, private industry, and the Department's national laboratories, significant progress has been made in reducing costs and improving performance for
fuel cell and
hydrogen technologies.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $ 39 million in available funding to support early stage research and development (R&D) of innovative
hydrogen and
fuel cell
technologies.
O'Brien, J. E., Stoots, C. M., Herring, J. S., Lessing, P. A., Hartvigsen, J. J., and Elangovan, S., «Performance Measurements of Solid - Oxide Electrolysis Cells for
Hydrogen Production from Nuclear Energy,» Journal of
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Technology, Vol.
Why It Matters: Reducing our nation's reliance on fossil
fuels relies on creating
technologies to quickly and efficiently convert the power generated at wind farms and other sources into a use - any - time
fuel, such as
hydrogen molecules.
His professional career in alternative energy research has spanned more than 25 years, centering on development of solar energy conversion devices and on
hydrogen and
fuel cell
technologies.
Katie Randolph is a
Technology Manager at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's)
Fuel Cell Technologies Office where she manages a wide range of
hydrogen production, delivery, and storage research and development projects.
His current responsibilities include INL Laboratory Relationship Manager for the
Hydrogen / Fuel Cell Technology Office, INL Lead for the HydroGEN Energy Materials Network, and INL Co-Director of Energy Systems Integration Init
Hydrogen /
Fuel Cell
Technology Office, INL Lead for the
HydroGEN Energy Materials Network, and INL Co-Director of Energy Systems Integration Init
HydroGEN Energy Materials Network, and INL Co-Director of Energy Systems Integration Initiatives.
NREL's strength in
technology validation and lifecycle analysis on
fuel cell products can be leveraged to study lifecycle of the
hydrogen production component and system.
The
technology uses solar energy to split water, making
hydrogen that can be used for storing energy or for
fuel.
I've often thought the most appropriate application of
fuel cell
technology would be for windmills and solar installations to generate
hydrogen with a portion of their energy, which could be used in an adjacent stationary
fuel cell when they don't.