The Energy Department has announced up to $35 million in funding to advance hydrogen and fuel cell technologies that will reduce our nation’s dependence on foreign oil and cut harmful carbon emissions.

Electro Power Systems partners with AutoGrid to build software-defined power plants using hydrogen energy storage systems

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists have found that lithium-ion batteries operate longer and faster when their electrodes are treated with hydrogen. Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are a class of rechargeable battery types in which lithium ions move from the negative electrode to the positive electrode during discharge and back when charging. The growing demand for energy storage…

Editor’s note: This modest event might be of interest to wind advocates because the hydrogen used will probably electrolyzed from water using power ideally generated by Colorado wind. The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) held a dedication ceremony for its 700 bar hydrogen fueling station, the first of its kind in Colorado, on…

Editor’s note: This article should be of interest to the wind industry because the hydrogen needed by fuel cell vehicles will likely be from electrolysis, and the dc power to drive the electrolyzers will most efficiently come from wind generated power. A new project led by the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and…

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) has launched a comprehensive hydrogen storage materials database to collect and disseminate materials data and accelerate advanced materials research and development. The new database includes information from the DOE/IEA Hydpark databases, Hydrogen Storage Material Centers of Excellence, and the Fuel Cell…

DOE recently funded the leases for 12 hydrogen-powered shuttle buses to demonstrate market-ready advanced technology vehicles. NREL was the first facility to receive one of the leased buses which it uses on its Golden, Colo. campus for site tours. The shuttle buses are being placed at federal facilities across the country to demonstrate market-ready advanced…

The developer and manufacturer of hydrogen generation and fuel cell products, announced that the company is a contributor and supporter of a new study on transportation in Europe. As part of a consortium of thirty organizations, Hydrogenics Corp., along with other global automobile companies, major oil and gas, an NGO, and two government organizations released…

The best way to store the wind-generated power is anyone’s guess. The equipment for one idea comes from Toronto-based Hydrogenics, a firm that manufacturers industrial electrolysis units, devices that separate hydrogen from oxygen in water. Hydrogen can be used in industrial applications, but the company suggests storing it as a vehicle fuel and provides several…

Robert McGillivray/ Director, Renewable Energy/ Hydrogenics Corp./ Mississauga, Ontario, Canada/ hydrogenics.com Editors note: One problem with wind power is that when the wind blows strong, the power it generates is either used or lost. In Europe, the utility rules are such that on windy nights when demand is low, wind generated power is almost given…

In large facilities such as water treatment and power plants, it’s common to find many different control systems on a range of equipment. The simple programmable logic controllers frequently encountered can operate the equipment, but offer little additional capability. Most vendors pay little attention to the benefits of data integration, so the accessibility of production…