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Big Oil Is Betting Big on Hydrogen
Luke Lango
June 28, 2022·7 min read
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/big-oil-betting-big-hydrogen-171921923.html
$HYSR may be one to watch - https://www.sunhydrogen.com
Woodside secures land for Tasmanian hydrogen
12TH NOVEMBER 2021
https://www.miningweekly.com/article/woodside-secures-land-for-tasmanian-hydrogen-2021-11-12
Green hydrogen market presents huge opportunity for Africa – Mantashe
9TH NOVEMBER 2021
BY: MARTIN CREAMER
CREAMER MEDIA EDITOR
https://www.miningweekly.com/article/green-hydrogen-market-presents-huge-opportunity-for-africa-mantashe-2021-11-09
Declining Renewable Costs Drive Focus on Energy Storage
Jan. 2, 2020
https://www.nrel.gov/news/features/2020/declining-renewable-costs-drive-focus-on-energy-storage.html
How Renewable Energy Will Make All The Cheap Hydrogen We Need
Ken Silverstein Senior Contributor | Feb 6, 2020,9:08 am
Energy - I write about the global energy business.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2020/02/06/the-cost-to-produce-and-distribute-hydrogen-from-clean-energy-will-plummet/#42bf8bd15897
Lots of imbedded hyperlinks...
This bus filling station is latest in Japan’s hydrogen quest
Aya Takada 1/16/2020
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/this-bus-filling-station-is-latest-in-japan-s-hydrogen-quest/ar-BBYZq0F?ocid=00000000
https://www.jhym.co.jp/en/
Hyundai Lays Out Steps To Hydrogen Power Society
SEOUL, January 21, 2019
https://www.theautochannel.com/news/2020/01/21/800275-hyundai-lays-out-steps-to-hydrogen-power-society.html
Hi Pro-Life! Hydrogen Stock NLLSF! VERY INTERESTING THING!
I tried a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. Here’s what it was like.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2014/01/24/i-tried-a-hydrogen-fuel-cell-vehicle-heres-what-it-was-like/
Hydrogen Breakthrough In Transportation Sector - Trevor Milton, CEO of Nikola Motors
By Kitco News Friday October 21, 2016 13:30
http://www.kitco.com/news/2016-10-21/Hydrogen-breakthrough-In-Transportation-Sector-Trevor-Milton-CEO-of-Nikola-Motors.html
Merry Christmas, all!!!
This whole sector should have exploded by now...
HyperSolar Surpasses Critical Voltage Threshold to Split Water Molecules for Renewable Hydrogen Fuel Production
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3:30 AM ET 9/15/15 | Marketwired
HyperSolar, Inc. (OTCQB: HYSR), the developer of a breakthrough technology to produce renewable hydrogen using sunlight and any source of water, today announced that it had reached 1.55 volts (V), a significant milestone achievement in its effort to split water molecules for the production of renewable hydrogen fuel.
While the Company had previously met the challenge of exceeding 1.23 V, the theoretical minimum voltage needed to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen, a minimum of 1.5 V is needed to do so for commercially viable real world applications. Examples of these commercial applications include hydrogen-charging stations for fuel-cell vehicles, or warehouse transportation for big box retailers. The 1.55 V breakthrough, in a low-cost single solar cell element, is representative of the tremendous progression of the technology, as the Company announced its 1.4 V breakthrough just one month ago. The results were recorded at the University of Iowa campus research location where researchers are currently focused on further increasing the voltages and currents achievable from their inexpensive light driven hydrogen generation particles.
Following this breakthrough, the company will focus its efforts on increasing the hydrogen production efficiencies of these particles by bonding the ideal fuel production catalyst to the low-cost high-voltage solar cell. In order to achieve this, the company is currently exploring two parallel approaches. The first is to identify materials that interface with well-known hydrogen production catalysts, such as the platinum on solar particles, to improve sunlight-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency. The second is to pursue methods that further increase photo voltages of solar particles to greater than 1.7 V that allow integration of cheaper earth abundant catalysts without significant loss in hydrogen production efficiency.
"This announcement represents one of the most important milestone achievements the Company has made to date," said Tim Young, CEO of HyperSolar. "Both the University of Iowa and University of California, Santa Barbara teams have been instrumental in spurring the speed at which our technology has developed, resulting in this voltage breakthrough. We are focused on identifying the next steps for the technology that will make it possible for us to scale up to make a commercial technology that can produce hydrogen fuel at or near the point of distribution, using only water and sunlight."
HyperSolar's research is centered on developing a low-cost and submersible hydrogen production particle that can split water molecules under the sun, emulating the core functions of photosynthesis. Each particle is a complete hydrogen generator that contains a novel high voltage solar cell bonded to chemical catalysts by a proprietary encapsulation coating. A video of an early proof-of-concept prototype can be viewed at http://hypersolar.com/application.php.
About HyperSolar, Inc.
HyperSolar is developing a breakthrough, low cost technology to make renewable hydrogen using sunlight and any source of water, including seawater and wastewater. Unlike hydrocarbon fuels, such as oil, coal and natural gas, where carbon dioxide and other contaminants are released into the atmosphere when used, hydrogen fuel usage produces pure water as the only byproduct. By optimizing the science of water electrolysis at the nano-level, our low cost nanoparticles mimic photosynthesis to efficiently use sunlight to separate hydrogen from water, to produce environmentally friendly renewable hydrogen. Using our low cost method to produce renewable hydrogen, we intend to enable a world of distributed hydrogen production for renewable electricity and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. To learn more about HyperSolar, please visit our website at www.hypersolar.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
Matters discussed in this press release contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this press release, the words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "may," "intend," "expect" and similar expressions identify such forward-looking statements. Actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those contemplated, expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements contained herein, and while expected, there is no guarantee that we will attain the aforementioned anticipated developmental milestones. These forward-looking statements are based largely on the expectations of the Company and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. These include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties associated with: the impact of economic, competitive and other factors affecting the Company and its operations, markets, product, and distributor performance, the impact on the national and local economies resulting from terrorist actions, and U.S. actions subsequently; and other factors detailed in reports filed by the Company.
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Nice Article, thanks for sharing.
Researchers Using Gold And Sunlight To Make Hydrogen Fuel
By Bodo Albrecht
Thursday September 03, 2015 14:52
http://www.kitco.com/news/2015-09-03/Researchers-Using-Gold-And-Sunlight-To-Make-Hydrogen-Fuel.html
(Kitco News) - Gold is perhaps the latest precious metal to make a broad appearance as a catalyst, now being used by some researchers to turn sunlight into energy.
Scientists at the Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, have developed methods to turn sunlight into liquid fuels using gold and other precious metals as catalysts. Marcel Schreier, PhD student and recipient of the IPMI 2015 Student Award, explained the technology to Tech Metals Insider.
Schreier is part of the Laboratory for Photonics and Interfaces lead by Professor Michael Grätzel, a world renowned authority on photovoltaics and photoelectrochemistry.
His department does research on the complete system of solar energy: photovoltaic devices and the storage of solar power. “The sun is the main source of renewable power for the whole planet. The problem is that its transformation into electricity leads to high fluctuations in our power grids”, explained Schreier. “Turning sunlight into fuel is the key technology for enabling the further use of solar power.”
“The classic way of making a solar fuel is to produce hydrogen which can be made easily by electrolysis of water,” Schreier said. “What we have done is find a way to turn light directly into hydrogen by a photo-electrochemical approach.”
“The other way is to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) directly. This has a very interesting advantage in the sense that if you convert CO2 together with water you essentially have the potential of making a liquid fuel. The result is a fuel that can be fed directly into the existing energy infrastructure – we already know how to store and transport liquid fuels which makes this a very promising idea.”
That said, producing a fuel such as methanol is a very difficult process. Schreier: “You have to exchange numerous protons and electrons. To do this in one step, you need a catalyst which at the same potential, pH, temperature etc. can do all of these steps.”
An alternative way consists in producing caron monoxide (CO), which can be readily converted into liquid fuels by established processes.
“A gold catalyst, combined with high voltage photovoltaics produced by our group and combined with iridium oxide as an anode can be used to produce carbon monoxide very efficiently. The nice thing about CO is that it can be converted into all sorts of other fuels,” Schreier said.
“We have the technology to use CO together with hydrogen as a so-called syngas mixture. From there, it can be converted into fuel for cars using the Fischer Tropsch process. In the first part of this process precious metals play an important role. To make higher hydrocarbons such as ethanol or methanol, the choice of catalyst will depend on the direction taken. Copper can act as a catalyst for these reactions.”
Gold and, in some trials, silver are the catalysts used most frequently to produce CO. Several other institutions do research trying to work without precious metals.
However, according to the EPFL’s results, gold is “the champion.” One very important aspect of gold is the metals’ low “overpotential.” In simple terms, this is the amount of excess energy required to run the reaction. The EPFL observed only 300mV is needed for this type of process.
The higher a catalysts over-potential, the more energy is lost in the conversion process resulting in higher cost for more solar panels to generate excess energy that will not end up in the product. The same is true, according to Schreier, for platinum when reducing water to hydrogen in electrolyzers.
At this point, the researchers are utilizing gold foil – reducing the gold loading of the catalyst is now an engineering challenge. “Perhaps the answer is gold nano-particles,” concluded Schreier, an option that has some remaining challenges but which is already being pursued.
Bodo Albrecht
President – BASIQ Corp.
http://www.basiq.com
http://www.bodoalbrecht.com
Awesome looking news...
HyperSolar Sees Growing Market for Hydrogen Powered Aircraft
Flight of First Hydrogen Fuel Cell-Powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and Recent Patent Awarded to Airbus for Hydrogen-Powered Hypersonic Passenger Plane Represent Important Milestones for the Use of Hydrogen in Aeronautics
SANTA BARBARA, CA--(Marketwired - August 18, 2015) - HyperSolar, Inc. (OTCQB: HYSR), the developer of a breakthrough technology to produce renewable hydrogen using sunlight and water, today commented on recent news from both a well-known commercial airplane manufacturer, as well as researchers who successfully executed the first hydrogen fuel cell-powered unmanned aerial vehicle flight in the Middle East.
A group of researchers at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the American University of Sharjah (AUS) conducted the fuel cell powered flight, taking place in the United Arab Emirate and Gulf Cooperation Council regions. The plane cruised comfortably during flight duration of approximately ten minutes, powered only by a Proton Exchange Membrane hydrogen fuel cell (PEMFC). The team will now look to pursue further tests related to payload capacity, endurance, and the ability to fly autonomously.
In the commercial space, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office just awarded a patent to Airbus for a hypersonic passenger plane. The jet is designed to utilize rocket engines to propel to supersonic speeds, where hydrogen-powered wing mounted ramjets would engage to propel the jet to its destination. While still under development, the plane could potentially fly from New York to London in an hour, and from Paris to Tokyo in under three hours.
"While these technologies are not yet available, we see great potential for the use of hydrogen fuel cell technology in the aeronautics space," said Tim Young, CEO of HyperSolar. "These recent news events have occurred due to the global commitment to hydrogen fuel innovation spanning industries including consumer automobile, transportation, industrial, and more. It is our belief that the R&D efforts surrounding new hydrogen technologies will result in an increased demand for hydrogen fuel, one that HyperSolar can potentially leverage upon its own technology's commercialization."
HyperSolar's research is centered on developing a low-cost and submersible hydrogen production particle that can split water molecules under the sun, emulating the core functions of photosynthesis. Each particle is a complete hydrogen generator that contains a novel high voltage solar cell bonded to chemical catalysts by a proprietary encapsulation coating. A video of an early proof-of-concept prototype can be viewed at http://hypersolar.com/application.php.
About HyperSolar, Inc.
HyperSolar is developing a breakthrough, low cost technology to make renewable hydrogen using sunlight and any source of water, including seawater and wastewater. Unlike hydrocarbon fuels, such as oil, coal and natural gas, where carbon dioxide and other contaminants are released into the atmosphere when used, hydrogen fuel usage produces pure water as the only byproduct. By optimizing the science of water electrolysis at the nano-level, our low cost nanoparticles mimic photosynthesis to efficiently use sunlight to separate hydrogen from water, to produce environmentally friendly renewable hydrogen. Using our low cost method to produce renewable hydrogen, we intend to enable a world of distributed hydrogen production for renewable electricity and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. To learn more about HyperSolar, please visit our website at www.hypersolar.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
Matters discussed in this press release contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this press release, the words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "may," "intend," "expect" and similar expressions identify such forward-looking statements. Actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those contemplated, expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements contained herein, and while expected, there is no guarantee that we will attain the aforementioned anticipated developmental milestones. These forward-looking statements are based largely on the expectations of the Company and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. These include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties associated with: the impact of economic, competitive and other factors affecting the Company and its operations, markets, product, and distributor performance, the impact on the national and local economies resulting from terrorist actions, and U.S. actions subsequently; and other factors detailed in reports filed by the Company.
Press Contact:
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Taking a good long look... TY!!! HPTG
If so this will AMAZE YOU
The world is still in the dark about the new energy era which is upon us
I imagine you must have positioned yourself very well!!! Being that you've done research on H2 Fuel for several years now?
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Of interest:
https://www.hydrolectricpower.com
I Am interested in this super hot sector. keep them coming...Thanks and HAPPY NEW YEARS.
NREL, Sandia Team to Improve Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure
April 30, 2014
A new project led by the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Sandia National Laboratories will support H2USA, a public-private partnership co-launched by industry and the Energy Department, and will work to ensure that hydrogen fuel cell vehicle owners have a positive fueling experience as fuel cell electric vehicles are introduced starting in 2014–2015. By tackling the technical challenges related to hydrogen fueling infrastructure, the Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure Research and Station Technology (H2FIRST) project is designed to pave the way toward more widespread deployment of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles.
The goals of H2FIRST are to reduce the cost and time of fueling station construction, increase station availability, and improve reliability by creating opportunities for industry partners to pool knowledge and resources to overcome hurdles.
“Working with industry members who are installing stations and finding out what’s working and what needs improvement is a key next step for fuel cell vehicle deployment,” said Keith Wipke, manager of NREL’s fuel cell and hydrogen technologies program. “H2FIRST aims to address cross-cutting, urgent challenges related to station performance and availability.”
“The success of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles largely depends on more stations being available, including in neighborhoods and at work, so drivers can easily refuel,” said Daniel Dedrick, hydrogen program manager at Sandia. “With H2FIRST, we’re definitely on the road to making that happen more quickly.”
The project was established by the Energy Department’s Fuel Cell Technologies Office in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, drawing on existing and emerging core capabilities at the national labs.
H2FIRST’s technical goal is to develop and apply physical testing, numerical simulation, and technology validation to help create low-cost, high-performance materials, components and station architectures. H2FIRST will also collect and distribute data supporting industry’s efforts to reduce the costs of integrated fueling systems and networks. Watch this new Energy 101 video to learn more about how fuel cell electric vehicles work.
Specific H2FIRST objectives include:
Develop hydrogen fueling station designs and requirements to further technical understanding of what is needed to achieve a national hydrogen fueling infrastructure.
Accelerate hydrogen fueling station deployment by identifying a flexible set of technical experts and facilities to respond quickly to challenges that arise as new hydrogen stations are introduced.
Reduce hydrogen fueling system costs and improve system availability, safety and reliability through innovative materials and novel designs.
Design more efficient hydrogen fueling stations that are consumer-friendly and competitive with conventional liquid fuel stations.
Integrate renewable hydrogen and the power grid by developing, optimizing, and validating technologies that enable distributed generation of renewable hydrogen in a broader energy ecosystem.
As the lead partners for H2FIRST, NREL and Sandia will share their hydrogen research, including expertise in hydrogen-specific materials and systems engineering. NREL’s Energy Systems Integration Facility and Distributed Energy Resources Test Facility and Sandia’s Center for Infrastructure Research and Innovation (CIRI) will serve as test facilities for H2FIRST. The project also includes several agencies from the state of California.
“This new project brings important federal know-how and resources to accelerate improvements in refueling infrastructure that support the commercial market launch of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles,” said California Air Resources Board Chairman Mary D. Nichols. “California is committed to deploying at least 100 hydrogen refueling stations in the next decade, and the H2FIRST effort is a big step toward the development and deployment of a broader, consumer-friendly infrastructure for us and the rest of the United States. We are excited to be joined by such prestigious partners in this effort.”
NREL will use its performance testing, analysis, and safety, codes and standards expertise and facilities to study renewable hydrogen generation and infrastructure systems and components. At NREL’s new Energy Systems Integration Facility, capabilities such as a hose reliability testing robot and construction of additional refueling hardware will support H2FIRST’s hydrogen infrastructure research needs.
CIRI will develop and test innovative infrastructure technologies to accelerate market readiness, drawing on Sandia’s broader hydrogen program that includes such research areas as storage, delivery, production, systems analysis and safety, codes and standards.
H2FIRST is expected to include companies and organizations in the automotive, energy and industrial gas sectors, fuel cell manufacturers, station component providers, state and regional government agencies and research institutions
NREL is the U.S. Department of Energy's primary national laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. NREL is operated for the Energy Department by the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC.
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http://www.nrel.gov/news/press/2014/10339.html
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Fuel Cells – The Better Batteries? A Conversation With Power & Energy Inc.
Wednesday September 25, 2013 16:14
http://www.kitco.com/ind/Albrecht/2013-09-25-Fuel-Cells-The-Better-Batteries-A-Conversation-With-Power-Energy-Inc.html
Kicking off our segment on hydrogen fuel cells are Noel Leeson and David Kepniss of Power and Energy Inc, a technology company from Ivyland, Pennsylvania. Power and Energy evolved from hydrogen purification into the manufacturing of hydrogen analyzers as well as hydrogen separators and fuel cells. Most notably, they developed a process replacing platinum with palladium in diffusor tubes leading to improved performance and longevity of the unit. Nick Leeson is the company’s President, David Kepniss is the director of Sales and Marketing.
As a preamble, in very simple terms, the fuel cell process has three components: a reformer, a membrane reactor and the fuel cell. The reformer breaks down fuel (such as Methanol) into materials that are easy to process by the reactor. The multi-function membrane reactor separates hydrogen (H2) from these materials (called the “reformate”), leaving behind CO2 and H2O as well as trace amount of residue. Finally the fuel cell splits the hydrogen atom into an electron used to power a device while passing the proton through a membrane, leaving behind nothing but water as residue. Simple enough? If not, Power and Energy have a great animation on their website explaining it all in pictures.
Thankfully, each step along the way utilizes precious metals and precious metal alloys of the platinum group, as catalysts and membrane materials. How much of it? Alas, a trade secret.
The three process steps may be run in sequence but they don’t have to be. That is why in mobile applications you will only find the actual fuel cell and a tank of pure hydrogen as the fuel. Hydrogen (H2) is delivered as a highly compressed gas making delivery more complicated. On the upside, this is the only difference to conventional gasoline and the two products are sold side by side at a number of gas stations in Europe already. Fueling is easy to do and a pressure valve prevents hazards.
Accordingly, the main markets for Power &Energy’s technology today are auxiliary power units (APUs), large scale power generation systems (anything from a power plant to a residential home) and “mobility”, a market segmented in forklift trucks and other vehicles.
David Kepniss explained that law enforcement and the military in particular have a high interest in portable fuel cell technology. Conventional batteries are carried by soldiers and in vehicles to power the various electronic devices in use can be extremely heavy so finding an alternative is important.
More important in volume, however, is the residential housing market. Both Japan and Germany have active programs to promote the use of fuel cells not only for power production but also to generate hot water, which conveniently remains as the process’ residue. David quoted reports from Japan where back in 2004 about 20,000 such units were installed already, with new 50,000 units expected for this year.
Obvious advantages of H2 are the smaller room requirement and reduced weight compared to batteries, two-minute fueling times and the absence of gradual power loss all the way to complete exhaustion of the fuel.
Asked about the biggest hurdles of implementing H2 for mobility on a broader scale, Noel Leeson unsurprisingly names “infrastructure” as the top issue. However, he adds that other parts of the world are already much more advanced than North America in creating the necessary infrastructure. Most notably, Japan and Germany are in the process of setting up hundreds of filling stations to be ready when mass-produced passenger cars will hit the market by 2015. Toyota and Mercedes are perceived to be at the forefront by Power and Energy with many others closely behind.
“Don’t look at the U.S.”, urged Noel. “The U.S. isn’t leading in alternative vehicles. Period”.
Noel Leeson quoted reports from China where cleaning up the environment is climbing rapidly on the agenda; Japan which is shifting its energy paradigms; and Germany where the protection of the environment has always been an item of high importance.
He also pointed out that the term “vehicle” should not be used to describe passenger cars only; it encompasses two-wheelers such as motorcycles and scooters as well as buses and trucks of which the above countries already operate very large numbers.
Higher fuel prices in these regions are tipping the scale in H2’s favor a lot more than in the U.S. where gas is very inexpensive in comparison. And while older studies were showing H2 technology as about twice as expensive as conventional ICEs (internal combustion engines) H2 is quickly closing that gap. Besides of continuously improving H2 production methods, the technology has not been deployed on an optimized car so far. Noel explained that in essence a fuel cell’s purpose is to replace batteries in an electric vehicle (EV), the basic drivetrain being exactly the same.
Considering all efforts that went into EVs in recent years in terms of lightweight materials and design, the same will apply to future fuel cell powered cars. And while battery powered vehicles were still suffering from high extra weight, range issues and long charging times H2 eliminates all these issues by means of a simple chemical reaction.
“Fuel cells just are the better batteries”, summarized Noel.
By Bodo Albrecht
tminsider@eniqma.com
TTEG... engines for trucks using hydrogen fuel as a choice...
http://www.ttengines.com/home-TTE.html
Another source for hydrogen news:
http://hydrogenpowernews.com/
A way to help your car's performance:
http://globalenergydevices.com/solo
A terrific resource for the Hydrogen-Highway:
http://www.hydrogen-highway.com/
A great day today!!!
Outstanding presentation of the "Hydrogen Economy":
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Hydrogen_economy
AFPW - Air Force Contract for their PBIS Hydrogen Gas Generator =]
https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=ce2e23fc2fefe372f384379fde199cb2&tab=core&_cview=0
maybe on paid promos, hes not paid on AFPW, prob just grabbing some facetime
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When I see this particular post, the end of the run is at hand... for your sake and the sake of others, be aware as it happens all around i-Hub for years:
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=67807355
Have a safe weekend and congrats!!!
SRS scientist: Hydrogen cars will be everywhere soon
Some say it's the fuel of the future. Hydrogen burns cleanly, and we'll never run out of it. News 12 toured a facility in Aiken County where a hydrogen economy is being built.
Posted: 2:28 AM Jul 29, 2011
Reporter: Chad Mills
Email Address: chad.mills@wrdw.com
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http://www.wrdw.com/home/headlines/News_12_tours_hydrogen_lab_at_SRS_Scientist_hydrogen_cars_will_be_all_over_soon_126384708.html
News 12 at 11 o'clock / Thursday, July 28, 2011
AIKEN COUNTY, S.C. -- News 12 took a bus trip that was a bit unusual. School was not the destination and the bus driver has a Ph.D.
Probably the most unusual of all was what was happening under the hood. It was the familiar internal combustion system, but of hydrogen gas, not gasoline.
"Basically, it's almost a standard engine, and it's just been modified for hydrogen use," Dr. Ted Motyka said.
He was the bus driver for the day and is also the Hydrogen Program manager for the Savannah River National Laboratory at SRS. They don't just have the bus; they also have a Chevrolet Silverado which uses similar technology.
"This whole vehicle holds about 10 kilograms of hydrogen and gets about a 150 to 175 mile range," he said of the Silverado.
They're interesting toys, but they're also important research tools at the Center for Hydrogen Research, where Motyka works. The goal of the state-of-the-art facility is developing hydrogen fuel technologies that will replace fossil fuels like gasoline one day.
What is hydrogen?
"It is the cleanest source we have, and the nice thing about hydrogen ... is you can make it. It's diverse. You an make it from almost anything," Motyka said. "Theoretically, you can make it from coal if you have to. You can make it from natural gas."
But you can also make it from something even simpler: water. In a lab at the Center for Hydrogen Research, scientists actually use solar energy to make electricity. They run this electricity through water to create hydrogen and store that hydrogen in a fuel cell. Then, they could theoretically use that fuel cell to power a house or business.
Similar technology could also keep you from paying high gas prices and actually let you pump renewable, clean-burning hydrogen in your tank instead.
"2015 -- you'll see more on the road, no doubt," Motyka said.
It sounds like science fiction, but it's actually becoming science fact.
"Almost all the auto companies have hydrogen vehicles under test now, and many are being leased. Toyota and Honda, Ford and General Motors all have lease programs that are in the hands of the general public, and people are driving fuel-cell vehicles around," he said.
There are a few obstacles facing hydrogen technology. Chiefly, it still very expensive to use. Also, there aren't a lot of places to refuel hydrogen vehicles right now. They'll also have to develop fuel cells that last as long as your engine does. Of course, the goal of Motyka's lab is solving some of those issues.
Many hope this facility in Aiken County could bring jobs, international attention and prosperity to the surrounding area.
MASSIVE NEWS for HYEG man..
Private Energy Systems, Inc. to Purchase Controlling Interest in Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc.
Date : 06/06/2011 @ 8:00AM
Source : Business Wire
Stock : Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc. (HYEG)
http://ih.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&article=47956389&symbol=HYEG
Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc. (Pink Sheets: HYEG) announced today further information regarding its corporate finance plans.
Ted Hollinger has agreed to sell 15 million shares of his HEC stock to PES, a leading renewable energy developer based in St. Paul, Minnesota. Ted has been looking for a synergistic company that could fulfill his dreams for HEC. He said that he would like to return in 15 years and see the company he had always hoped for. PES is headed by a capable President/CEO who has surrounded himself with an experienced and professional staff. They bring the sales, marketing, system engineering, project management and project finance experience that compliment HEC very nicely. David Ault, PES President/CEO and Ted agree that the new Megawatt Electrical Power Generator Systems have a great future. HEC intends to immediately expand production to 2MW per month with the intent of reaching 20MW per month. The current facility is capable of supporting this level of production.
The company intends to add more engineering and production staffing to handle growing demand. Mr. Ault plans to expand the product offering with a configurable and deployable megawatt class of power generation unit with on-board fuel tanking capable of 250kW units to 1MW of power. These new units will be able to run on multiple fuels with popular options available in a fully deployable and transportable container configuration. Mr. Ault believes this will be an important part of new company new sales opportunities.
David Ault, President and CEO of Private Energy Systems, Inc. said his firm has extensive sales experience and project management in technology and renewable energy sectors. “Our business history spans over 21 years in successful businesses and offers the ability to drive HEC to its full potential. Large energy projects and financing structure will prove to be another asset as HEC obtains larger project opportunities” Mr. Ault articulated.
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i love hydrogen stocks, always will untill we figure out how to really utalize it's power...HYGS, nice find FJ!
Here is another doing well - HYGS:
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/board.aspx?board_id=1098
they JUST updated their website over the weekend, Looks to me its about ready to go.
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Fill vehicle fuel tanks with it instead of gasoline. Pipe it to homes to generate electricity onsite, while providing heating and hot water, instead of sending electricity through transmission lines. And emit only water vapor where it is used.
Hydrogen offers great opportunities. Fuel cells that electrochemically combine hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity and heat offer the promise of making hydrogen an ideal universal fuel. Make that an ideal energy carrier rather than a fuel, because while hydrogen does grow on trees and fall with the rain, it does not occur naturally by itself. It cannot be mined or harvested. But other energy sources can be used to make hydrogen, and then the hydrogen transported or stored for use where and when needed.
Most hydrogen production today is by steam reforming natural gas. But natural gas is already a good fuel and one that is rapidly becoming scarcer and more expensive. It is also a fossil fuel, so the carbon dioxide released in the reformation process adds to the greenhouse effect. Hydrogen has very high energy for its weight, but very low energy for its volume, so new technology is needed to store and transport it. And fuel cell technology is still in early development, needing improvements in efficiency and durability. The challenges NREL researchers are working on to help make a hydrogen economy a reality include:
For more basic information on hydrogen, see the National Renewable Energy Laboratory 2003 Research Review article "New Horizons for Hydrogen." (PDF 1.1 MB) Download Adobe Reader.
For more basic information on fuel cells, see the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) fact sheet "Fuel Cell Overview." (PDF 227 KB) Download Adobe Reader.
Also see the U.S. Department of Energy's Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and Infrastructure Program; Alternative Fuels Data Center, and list of hydrogen topics and links.
Hydrogen is the simplest and most abundant element in the universe. Hydrogen can be produced from a wide variety of domestic resources using a number of different technologies. Fuel cells harness the chemical energy of hydrogen to generate electricity without combustion or pollution. NREL is working to develop and demonstrate advanced hydrogen and fuel cell technologies to reduce our nation's dependence on foreign oil, improve our air quality, and maintain our economic competitiveness. Learn more about hydrogen and fuel cells.
Hydrogen and fuel cell R&D efforts at NREL are focused on hydrogen production and delivery, hydrogen storage, fuel cells, technology validation, safety, codes and standards, and analysis. These research areas directly support the NREL Hydrogen, Fuel Cells & Infrastructure Technologies Program. The goal of this program is to help industry develop technologies to produce, store, transport and use hydrogen made from renewable resources in quantities large enough, and at costs low enough, to compete with traditional energy sources such as coal, oil and natural gas.
NREL's hydrogen and fuel cell research activities crosscut and contribute to advances across the laboratory-in photovoltaics (PV), bioenergy, transportation, wind, buildings, and basic sciences. The Hydrogen Technologies & Systems Group of the Hydrogen Technologies & Systems Center coordinates and integrates NREL's hydrogen and fuel cell research activities, and works with DOE and other government agencies, industry, communities, universities, and other national labs to implement the National Hydrogen Energy Vision for America's clean and secure energy future. See how we're organized.
NREL's Hydrogen & Fuel Cells research supports the U.S. Department of Energy's
https://www.energy.gov/eere/fuelcells/fuel-cell-technologies-office
The Hydrogen, Fuel Cells & Infrastructure Technologies Program, part of the Department of Energy Hydrogen Program, works with partners to advance the development and widespread use of hydrogen and fuel cells.
Hydrogen and fuel cells are an important part of the comprehensive and balanced technology portfolio needed to address the nation's two most important energy challenges—significantly reducing carbon dioxide emissions and ending our dependence on imported oil. Hydrogen, an energy carrier, can be produced from abundant and diverse, domestic resources; fuel cells provide a clean and efficient way to use this energy for numerous applications. Together, hydrogen and fuel cells represent a radically different approach to energy conversion.
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New Oxygen-Hydrogen Battery Could Be Key to Storing Solar Energy
Researchers have come up with a cheap and easy process for storing solar energy, in a finding that could provide one of the final elements for efficient solar power systems: the ability to store excess energy in a battery for use later when the sun isn’t shining.
Researchers are euphoric about their invention, which could mark a great leap forward in solar technology; previous experimental batteries used to store solar energy have been bulky, expensive and inefficient. “This is the nirvana of what we’ve been talking about for years,” said [lead researcher Daniel] Nocera in the press release. “Solar power has always been a limited, far-off solution. Now we can seriously think about solar power as unlimited and soon” [Christian Science Monitor].
The new technique involves the standard process of electrolysis, in which a current is run through a liquid and used to split apart its chemical components. In this case, water is broken down into oxygen and hydrogen, which can be stored and recombined to power a hydrogen fuel cell. Current methods of producing hydrogen and oxygen for fuel cells operate in a highly corrosive environment, Nocera said, meaning the entire reaction must be carried out in an expensive highly-engineered container. But at MIT this week, the reaction was going on in an open glass container about the size of two shot glasses that researchers manipulated with their bare hands, with no heavy safety gloves or goggles [Reuters]. The researchers’ breakthrough was the creation of a new catalyst for the electrolysis reaction, using the common elements cobalt and phosphate.
The report, published in the journal Science [subscription required], is provoking speculation that the technology could do more than power houses at night; it could also figure into a larger switch to a “hydrogen economy,” in which fuel cells could be used as a clean energy source to power everything from cars to factories. Biochemist James Barber says that this work “opens up the door for developing new technologies for energy production, thus reducing our dependence on fossil fuels and addressing the global climate change problem” [Reuters]. While much more research needs to be done to test the system’s economic viability, Nocera says he hopes commercial products will be available within a decade.
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Fuel cells are devices that generate electric power. They are being developed as an alternative to internal combustion engines in vehicles. Most fuel cells apply proton exchange membrane technology producing energy from hydrogen and oxygen by using platinum catalysts. The use of fuel cells brings about environmental and economic advantages. They are more energy efficient and produce negligible pollution. All the major automotive companies, lead by Daimler-Chrysler, are planning to have fuel cell powered light vehicles by 2003-2004. Actually, there are already some fuel cell heavy vehicles working. However, the doubt remains since every vehicle using a fuel cell will be one that will not use a conventional autocatalyst. The effect on platinum demand will depend on which device uses more platinum. Present research is focusing on improving performance and reducing costs of fuel cells. Fuel cells can also provide stationary power generation. The use of platinum in fuel cells seems to be one of the platinum applications with best prospects for future demand.
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