All you’ll see coming out of its tailpipe is clean water vapor. It’s no wonder that Honda’s hydrogen-powered FCX Clarity picked up World Green Car of the Year honors at the recent New York Auto Show. This story from EcoGeek.org says it beat out 22 other competitors for the title: The judges credited the FCX Clarity for advancing hydrogen fuel-cell …
Cal Hydrogen Refueling Stations Get $6.8 Mil Boost
One of the big knocks on hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles has been the availability of refueling stations… or more accurately, the lack thereof. But that could be changing in California. This article from RedHerring.com says the state’s Air Resources Board is handing out $6.8 million in grants to build four hydrogen refueling stations, doubling the amount of hydrogen available for California …
Green Grand Prix Features Speed and Economy
This year’s Green Grand Prix is taking a dual-track in the nation’s premier event featuring alternatively-fueled vehicles. This press release says along with the road rally… the signature event for the grand prix… this 5th rendition at Watkins Glen, New York on May 2, 2009 will also feature a new fuel economy competition: Both road events are open to anyone, …
Hydrogen, Electric Cars Featured at LA Auto Show
Car makers are making more varieties of alternatively-fueled vehicles, and the public is taking note of their efforts. This piece from Evelyn Kanter of Motor Matters on the Washington (DC) Times site gives a first-person account of impressions of a couple of Japanese alt fuels vehicles that were shown at the recent Los Angeles Auto Show: The Mitsubishi MiEv — …
NY Looks to Build $50 Mil Alt Fuels Lab
The State of New York wants to put up a $50 million alternative fuels testing facility in Malta in Upstate New York. This story from the Albany (NY) Business Review says Gov. David Paterson made the announcement about the lab in a letter to president-elect Barack Obama, asking for $38 million in federal dollars to build it: In his letter …
Hydrogen Could Power Big Rigs
While biodiesel might be grabbing the headlines as the ideal alternative fuel, especially for diesel-powered semi-trucks, hydrogen could also become a viable green source. This story from FleetOwner.com says a Los Angeles company specializing in providing hydrogen power systems for all automobiles says the big rigs could be running on hydrogen: According to Hydrogen Hybrid Corp., modifying a Class 8 …
Iowa Agency Offers Energy Independence Plan
An Iowa agency designed to find the best ideas for energy efficiency and production in the state has released its 2008 Plan for Energy Independence. This story from the Environment News Service says the Office of Energy Independence has also issued about $6 million for half a dozen renewable energy projects across the state: Under the plan, Iowa’s Office of …
Ethanol Use for Hydrogen Research
A research team in New Mexico is studying the possibility of putting biofuel into a fuel cell. According to director of the University of New Mexico’s Center for Emerging Energy Technologies Plamen Atanassov, they hope to “link the world of biofuels with the world of fuel cells.” A major grant from the Department of Energy’s EPSCoR program brought together research …
Hydrogen Could Be Built for Warehouses
Hydrogen-powered cars might be having a little trouble taking off in the U.S., but the clean power source might be built for the one area that might have heavier traffic this time of year than the highways: warehouses. This story from SeekingAlpha.com says hydrogen fuel cell maker Plug Power has sold 220 fuel cells to Franklin Park, Ill.-based Central Grocers, …
Expert: Militaries Need to Look to Biodiesel, Ethanol & Hydrogen
Militaries and defense industries the world over must look to using alternative fuels, such as biodiesel and ethanol… that according to an oil advisory group expert. In this article in Jane’s Defence Weekly, the world’s leading military publication, quotes Julius Pretterebner, director of Cambridge Energy Research Associates’ (CERA’s) Global Oil advisory group: Pretterebner added that industries need to look beyond …