Posted on 18 March 2008 by Luke Hallam
Hythane Company LLC, the wholly-owned US subsidiary of Eden Energy, has announced it has received a US patent for its cryogenic storage vessels for liquid hydrogen. The new technology will advance the practicality of hydrogen cars by optimizing energy storage, reducing or eliminating the need for bulky lithium ion batteries.
The main use for this technology, [...]
Filed under: Cars, Hydrogen, Public transport | Tagged: Eden Energy, Greg Egan, Hythane Company, Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage | 3 Comments »
Posted on 10 March 2008 by Luke Hallam
On 06 Mar 08 AeroVironment announced that it has flown its Puma small unmanned aircraft for over nine hours, powered by an on-board fuel cell battery hybrid energy storage system.
Filed under: Alternative fuel, Aviation, Hydrogen | Tagged: AeroVironment, fuel cell, Protonex Technology Corporation, Puma | No Comments »
Posted on 17 December 2007 by Luke Hallam
Glycerol is a byproduct of biodiesel production and its disposal presents a growing economic and environmental problem. Now researchers at the University of Leeds have shown how glycerol can be converted into a hydrogen rich gas.
Filed under: Alternative fuel, Biodiesel, Biofuel, Hydrogen, Technology | Tagged: D1 Oils, Energy and Resources Research Institute, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Institute of Particle Science and Engineering, Johnson Matthey, Leeds University | 1 Comment »
Posted on 6 December 2007 by Luke Hallam
Perth based Eden Energy, in conjunction with Hythane Company (a subsidiary of Eden Energy) and BAF Technologies, have received a $499,800 grant to acquire 14 shuttle buses for operations out of the San Francisco International Airport. The shuttles will run on Eden Energy’s patented Hythane® fuel.
Filed under: Alternative fuel, Hydrogen, Natural gas | Tagged: BAF Technologies, Eden Energy, Hythane, Hythane Company | No Comments »
Posted on 30 November 2007 by Luke Hallam
The Michelin Challenge Bibendum is a sustainable mobility test and evaluation event conducted in the form of a rally program. Categories under test include acceleration, maneuverability, local pollution, noise, fuel efficiency and CO2 emissions. This year’s event was held in Shanghai where an interesting array of vehicles running on a variety of fuels fought for the honours.
Filed under: Alternative fuel, Biofuel, Buses, Cars, Ethanol, Fuel economy, Greenhouse gas, Hybrid, Hydrogen, Motorcycles, Natural gas, Synthetic diesel, Technology, Trucks | Tagged: Audi, Challenge Bibendum, Daimler, Mercedes Benz, Michelin, Smart | No Comments »
Posted on 27 November 2007 by Luke Hallam
Shell Hydrogen and their local partners have opened the first hydrogen refueling station in Shanghai for fuel cell vehicles. The Anting Hydrogen refueling station, located at the International Automotive City in Anting, Shanghai, will dispense compressed gaseous hydrogen for a fleet of fuel cell cars and buses operating in the Shanghai region.
Filed under: Alternative fuel, Hydrogen | Tagged: China Ministry of Science and Technology, Shanghai government, Shell Hydrogen, The Linde Group, Tongji University | 1 Comment »
Posted on 27 November 2007 by Luke Hallam
Honda unveiled the FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicle at the Los Angeles Auto Show, at the same time announcing plans to begin limited retail marketing of the vehicle in the US in 2008.
Filed under: Alternative fuel, Hydrogen | Tagged: American Honda, Honda | No Comments »
Posted on 24 November 2007 by Luke Hallam
In a recent announcement Perth based Eden Energy highlighted their continuing progress towards being a major participant in the Indian Government’s plans to promote Hythane® as the natural gas vehicle fuel standard in India.
Filed under: Alternative fuel, Hydrogen, Natural gas | Tagged: Eden Energy, Hyradix, Larsen & Toubro | No Comments »
Posted on 4 November 2007 by Luke Hallam
A micro unmanned aerial vehicle has set a new micro‐UAV flight distance record of 128 km in Lancaster, California, exceeding the previous record set in 2006 in Estonia by 40km. Significantly, this flight record was achieved using only 25% of the hydrogen tank capacity stored on‐board the aircraft. On a full tank of fuel, the aircraft’s flying range is 500 km.
Filed under: Aviation, Hydrogen | Tagged: Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies | 2 Comments »
Posted on 27 October 2007 by Luke Hallam
Boeing has successfully tested the hydrogen propulsion system of its High Altitude Long Endurance unmanned aircraft. The propulsion system is based an a hydrogen engine developed by Ford.
Filed under: Aviation, Hydrogen | Tagged: Aurora Flight Sciences, Boeing, Ford | 2 Comments »
