Hydrogen News

Dear EarthTalk: How is it that hydrogen can replace oil to run our cars? There seems to be a lot of controversy over whether hydrogen can really be generated and stored in such a way to be practical? -- Stephane Kuziora, Thunder Bay, ON [More]

We'll come to the how later, but an ideal alternative worthy of discussion would be one powered by clean and sustainable hydrogen.

HRL Laboratories, LLC, has been awarded a two-year, Phase 2 contract from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop solid-state hydrogen storage materials that meet or exceed the goals for on-board, reversible hydrogen storage established by the DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and the U.S. FreedomCAR Program.

Hydrogen Advertising has added Lauren Bernier to its account management team as account manager. The former right-wing forward of the U.S. Junior Olympics field hockey team will report to Cindy Dunbar, director of account management, and joins the agency teams supporting Microsoft and Precor.

The Fuel Cell Commercialization Conference of Japan said Friday it plans to increase hydrogen stations for fuel cell vehicles across the country from around 2011 to promote the adoption of the environmentally friendly vehicles.

European Union energy ministers said at an informal meeting Saturday they had been labouring for 18 months under the false impression that an EU plan to fight global warming included an obligation to develop controversial biofuels.

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9d8440/solidstate_hydrog) has announced the addition of the "Solid-state hydrogen storage: Materials and chemistry" report to their offering.

Farmington- With gas prices near four dollars a gallon, drivers are scrambling for a way to save money. And now, a group of mechanics in Farmington believe they've found a way to help.

Hydrogen-powered cars will not be commercially available on a large scale before 2020, a senior official from Japanese auto maker Mazda said Monday in Spain at an international oil conference.

BEAVERTON, Oregon----Hydra Fuel Cell Corporation , a wholly owned subsidiary of American Security Resources Corporation , announced today that its distributor, Conexa Products of Miami, Fl., has signed a Letter of Intent with Distribution Management Services, Inc., to provide HydraStax® hydrogen fuel cells for a development of 174 deluxe, affordable homes that DMGS is developing near Orlando, Fl.