France Fuel Cell Businesses Face Off with Japanese Market
The French say “in your face” when it comes to introducing fuel cells to the Japanese market. Last month I had talked about 5 plug-in hybrid fuel cell Renault Kangoo ZE vehicles with Symbio FCell...
View ArticleHydrail in Germany: another welcome first
by guest blogger Stan Thompson About 12 years ago, when I first became interested in what’s now called hydrail (hybrid hydrogen fuel cell and battery railway traction), I caught a glimmer of the idea...
View ArticlePlatinum Companies Don’t Want Kodak Moment for Fuel Cells
According to an article in Reuters, Platinum companies have been investing heavily in fuel cells for the past few years hoping that hydrogen fuel cell cars will take off, increasing demand for the...
View ArticleHydrail commercializing: the 2015 Mooresville conference
by guest blogger Stan Thompson For ten years now, the Appalachian State University and Mooresville NC originators of the International Hydrail Conference series have predicted, explained and advocated...
View ArticleYes, Google, there is a hydrail
by guest blogger Stan Thompson Dear Google: “hydrail” is really a word, and has been since at least February of 2004 when it appeared in an invited article in the International Journal of Hydrogen...
View ArticleHYDRAIL: FROM RESOLVE TO RAILS IN 11 YEARS
By guest blogger Stan Thompson In 2005 in Charlotte, North Carolina, for the benefit of society a handful of citizens, companies and agencies set about changing the railroad traction paradigm for the...
View Article3D Printing Meets Fuel Cell Tech – the Future is Now
Lowering costs and time to market are imperative if fuel cells are to succeed. With the advent of 3D printing, the production of fuel cells seems like a natural fit. In May 2014, I had talked about...
View ArticleHydrail’s “Golden Spike” moment: Berlin, 2016
by guest blogger, Stan Thompson Hydrail is the term of art for electrifying railways wirelessly by storing electrical energy onboard as hydrogen and reconverting it, via fuel cells, as needed to power...
View Article12th International Hydrail Conference: 27-28 June, 2017
Graz, Austria — 27-28 June, 2017 by guest blogger, Stan Thompson It’s been a dozen years since former Mooresville, NC, USA, Mayor Bill Thunberg, Appalachian State University Research Anaylst, Jason W....
View ArticleHydrail provenance: Thanks, James Neal !
by guest blogger, Stan Thompson The Twelfth International Hydrail Conference next week (27-28 June 2017) in Graz, Austria, will be very different from the first of its kind in Charlotte NC, back in...
View ArticleFirst presentation ride aboard Alstom’s German hydrail train
by guest blogger Stan Thompson A major milestone in railway history was passed on April 13, 2018, when Alstom Transport’s Coradia iLint hydrail [hydrogen fuel cell rail] train made a “presentation...
View ArticleTime for a hydrogen Lindbergh flight
by guest blogger Stan Thompson (a version of this blog first appeared in my Mooresville Tribune column) Still hanging in the air is the sensationalism smoke (“Oh, the humanity!”) from the 1937...
View ArticleUltrathin Nanomaterials Will Make Fuel Cells for Cars Cheaper
Scientists at Johns Hopkins University have developed new fuel cell materials that are based on nanomaterials. Extremely flexible nanomaterials are able to lower the cost than what it is available on...
View ArticleCheaper Fuel Cells for Cars Courtesy University of Waterloo
The University of Waterloo has done a fine job of coming up with a robust idea for cheaper fuel cell for cars. This could mean that we spend less on fuel cell cars, and get greater efficiency and...
View ArticleFrom Russia to Charlotte and back: a hydrail odyssey
by guest blogger Stan Thompson Everything seems to have a Ukraine connection these days. Why not hydrail (H2 fuel cell rail traction)? Per Wikipedia, in 1880, several years before Queen Victoria’s...
View ArticleCan we just acknowledge the “hydrogen transition”?
by guest blogger, Stan Thompson Let’s limit the damage to hydrogen progress caused by “friendly fire.” Good reportage, scholarship and fair play do not require that every article point out that most...
View ArticleHexagonal Perovskites Could Revolutionize Fuel Cell Technology
For some time now, much research has been put into coming up with new fuel cell technology solutions. With the importance of such technology for the future of the planet, it makes sense that people...
View ArticleA case for chemelectricity
by guest blogger Stan Thompson Many of us who saw the hydrogen transition coming over two decades ago are frustrated by writers today who feel obliged to apologize for the vast amount of hydrogen that...
View ArticleDurability Issue Addressed for Hydrogen Car Fuel Cells
As one of the most promising green technologies that we have, the use of hydrogen fuel cells in cars is a huge deal. This could be the industry change that allows us to move into an era whereby we can...
View ArticlePolymer Resin Gives Boost to Fuel Cell Engines
Fuel cell manufacturers are constantly looking for solutions that allows for maximum performance and efficiency. That is why the development of polyphthalamide for use in fuel cells is so important:...
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