This report provides updated information on the status of the rollout
of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in various regions of the world during the first three quarters of 2017.
While the
use of hydrogen fuels has been a potential greener energy solution for some time, storing hydrogen has always been a problem.
This process could revolutionize the
development of hydrogen fuel cells by providing an effective, safer mode of transportation and storage for the volatile gas.
The total amount of energy that a star can generate through nuclear fusion of hydrogen is limited by the
amount of hydrogen fuel that can be consumed at the core.
The
beauty of hydrogen fuel - cell cars is that they deliver all of the benefits of electric cars without being limited by a charging cord.
This report provides updated information on the status of the rollout
of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in various regions of the world.
The concurrent
development of hydrogen fuels and alternative biological energy sources will help reduce carbon emissions and greenhouse gas concentrations.
Hyundai sees a big future for hydrogen - powered vehicles because volume production might push down the
cost of hydrogen fuel technology down faster than with the lithium - ion battery technology necessary for EVs and plug - in hybrids.
A new report on fuel cell vehicles from IHS Automotive forecasts that global
production of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) will reach more than 70,000 vehicles annually by 2027, as more automotive OEMs bring FCEVs to market.
Hyundai's next - generation fuel cell vehicle previews the company's second commercially produced hydrogen model and is equipped with Hyundai's fourth
generation of hydrogen fuel cell technology.
A star begins to die when the last
of the hydrogen fuel at its center succumbs to the star's fusion furnace and the center collapses into a highly compressed, white - hot core.
No word on pricing, but the Clarity Fuel Cell is offered with a 36 - month lease at $ 369 a month, which also includes up to $ 15,000 worth
of hydrogen fuel for the Californians who live close enough to a station.
Honda customers leasing the new Clarity Fuel Cell will enjoy all the benefits of driving the most advanced zero - emissions vehicle on the road today, including its ultra-low carbon footprint, comfortable seating for five, and $ 15,000
worth of hydrogen fuel.
Not surprisingly, the customers (whose names are not being released) are all in Southern California, where there are a decent
number of hydrogen fueling stations and lots of wealthy green - thinking folk.
reduction
of hydrogen fueling system costs and improvement of system availability, safety and reliability through inventive materials and novel designs.
Boeing has done extensive
testing of both hydrogen fuel cell and liquid hydrogen engines, though neither is yet even remotely close to viable as an energy source.
When a star runs out
of hydrogen fuel in its center, the core contracts and heats up, inflating the star into a bloated red giant.
* The cluster stars that started off with moderate masses are still shining brightly with blue - white colours, but the more massive ones have already exhausted their
supplies of hydrogen fuel and have become red giant stars.
Laser - powered fusion, sometimes called inertial confinement fusion, is produced by focusing an array of powerful laser beams on a small
pellet of hydrogen fuel.
Finding a clean renewable
source of hydrogen fuel is the focus of extensive research, but the technology has not yet been commercialized.
A study by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories concludes that a number of existing gas stations in California can safely store and dispense hydrogen, suggesting a broader
network of hydrogen fueling stations may be within reach.
But the continued lack
of a hydrogen fuel distribution system means that «we placed our eggs in the wrong basket by investing billions in hydrogen PEMs instead of the type of fuel cell that runs off the fuels that we have today,» Wachsman says.
But mid-size stars like the sun experience a more gradual transformation, after they consume the
last of their hydrogen fuel and start burning helium.
The working prototype proton battery combines the best
aspects of hydrogen fuel cells and battery - based electrical power.
While the numbers in terms of sales and leases are still miniscule compared to the market, they represent a trend that portends well for the
future of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.
NIF is designed to achieve nuclear fusion by crushing capsules
of hydrogen fuel with immensely energetic lasers, both for energy research and to help nuclear weapons designers simulate explosions.
Gary Moore, a chemist and principal investigator with Berkeley Lab's Physical Biosciences Division, led an efficiency analysis study of a unique photocathode material he and his research group have developed for catalyzing the production
of hydrogen fuel from sunlight.
When Vancouver civil engineer James Dean started his greentech company, dPoint Technologies, in the early 2000s, he figured he could hitch his wagon to the
promise of the hydrogen fuel cell sector.
Last year, the Designworks team unveiled a futuristic
redesign of hydrogen fuel dispensers in collaboration with Shell and partnered with construction equipment company John Deere to reimagine the Fixstern Backhoe with lightweight, sustainable materials and an improved user interface.
And yet, from the state and a policy perspective and the automakers» perspective, they realize [electric vehicles] are going to have limited appeal,» said Catherine Dunwoody, executive director of the California Fuel Cell Partnership, a public - private collaboration working to promote the
commercialization of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.
The group found that although fuel - cell vehicles would produce zero greenhouse - gas emissions during use, the extraction and
refinement of hydrogen fuel would release three to five times as much carbon into the air as is released in procuring and refining gasoline and diesel.
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.»
Many communities would be better off investing in electric vehicles that run on batteries
instead of hydrogen fuel cells, in part because the hydrogen infrastructure provides few additional energy benefits for the community besides clean transportation.
HyStEP is funded by DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Fuel Cell Technologies Office as
part of the Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure Research and Station Technology (H2FIRST) project.
As Toyota, General Motors, Hyundai and others move ahead with plans to develop and sell or lease hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, practical
storage of hydrogen fuel at large scale is nessesary to enable widespread hydrogen - powered transportation infrastructure.
Geologic storage of hydrogen gas could make it possible to produce and distribute large
quantities of hydrogen fuel for the growing fuel cell electric vehicle market, the researchers concluded.
Fusion is more efficient than fission, but even if we enclose the sun in a perfect Dyson sphere, we'll still never convert more than about 0.08 percent of the sun's mass to energy we can use, because once the sun has consumed about a
tenth of its hydrogen fuel, it will end its lifetime as a normal star, expand into a red giant, and begin to die.
Results of the investigation have numerous uses in the
field of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles as well as the chemical industry, as this new method is capable of generating hydrogen from methane gas and electricity in just one step and with near - zero energy loss.