Fuel Cell / Hydrogen

Fuel cells: distant dream, but burning with promise

Some day, fuel cells may power your car and exhaust only water and perhaps carbon dioxide. More efficient and cleaner than an internal combustion engine, their emissions will be much lower. They may also run your home without the energy loss of power lines, or even power your laptop or …

The oilmans dilemma

"It is the best of times; it is the worst of times.' Thus might one summarise the predicament of international private petroleum Companies. There is hardly a drawing room conversation at which I am present where the comment is not made, "So you're raking it in', or the question asked …

Switch on and swish off

Fuel-efficient and low on emissions, hybrid cars are the vehicles of the future Drive a hybrid car like Cameron Diaz and Brad Pitt because with environmental concerns over global warming on the rise and the need to reduce dependence on carbon-based fuels urgent, the ministry of finance, in its pre-budget …

The fuel cell arrives

It now delivers electricity, hot water to Japanese homes A prototype of a fuel cell battery for mobile phones, a file picture. Hiratsuka: Masanori Naruse jogs every day, collects miniature cars and feeds birds in his backyard, but he is proudest of the way his home and 2,200 others in …

Morgan unveils hydrogen sports car

Plans for a fuel-cell powered concept sports car has been revealed by luxury UK manufacturer Morgan. The Lifecar was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show this week and will showcase a number of environmentally-friendly technologies to a wider audience than might previously have encountered them. The only tailpipe emission from …

Morgan unveils hydrogen sports car

Plans for a fuel-cell powered concept sports car has been revealed by luxury UK manufacturer Morgan. The Lifecar was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show this week and will showcase a number of environmentally-friendly technologies to a wider audience than might previously have encountered them. The only tailpipe emission from …

New Delhi to have first hydrogen dispensing station

Government will also establish a National Hydrogen Energy and Fuel Cell Centre in Gurgaon The first hydrogen dispensing station will be established in New Delhi this year as part of the Central government's efforts to develop alternative energy sources, including hydrogen and fuel cells, V.Subramanian, Secretary, Ministry of New and …

Hydrogen-natural gas: a transitional fuel

The CNG programme in Delhi provides the immediate bridge for transitioning to hydrogen in India. In a major initiative to bridge the gap between hydrogen and CNG, the Indian Oil Corporation Limited commissioned a hydrogen-compressed natural gas (H-CNG/hythane) dispensing station at Dwarka in January. The company initiated this project in …

EU adopts safe hydrogen car proposal

The European Commission has for the first time adopted proposals to encourage the development as well as marketing of clean and safe hydrogen cars. Brussels however acknowledged that the technology may have little impact in the next 10 years. One of the proposals is to set up the Fuel Cells …

In short

>> In the latest plan to stem the flow of the mud volcano that erupted last year in East Java, Indonesia, a US $69 million-proposal has been chalked out. A concrete dam will be built to check the mud flow, which has already displaced around 15,000 people (see

Better storage

scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (nist) in the us have created a new material that can store up to 10 per cent of its weight in hydrogen, taking hydrogen fuel cells closer to reality. Automobiles run on hydrogen is one of the potential applications of emerging …

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