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Carbon capture system turns CO2 into electricity and hydrogen fuel

Michael Irving January 21, 2019

Inspired by the ocean’s role as a natural carbon sink, researchers at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) and Georgia Tech have developed a new system that absorbs CO2 and produces electricity and useable hydrogen fuel.

Scientists have developed a new device that can absorb CO2 and produce electricity and hydrogen fuel

Automotive

Water-stabilized hydrogen fuel promises twice the range of gasoline at half the price, with zero tailpipe emissions

Loz Blain December 2, 2018

Israeli-Australian company Electriq Global's new technology stabilizes hydrogen in a recyclable liquid that can be pumped and transported just like gasoline. That's huge, because it enables long-range electric driving with fast refueling – and it plugs right into the existing fuel logistics model.

Electriq-Global, an Israeli-Australian company, claims it's invented a new fuel that combines the best aspects of ...

Automotive

Nikola launches third hydrogen-electric semi

Paul Ridden November 6, 2018

Some see the future of big rig road haulage as all-electric, while others are banking on hydrogen-electric hybrids. Nikola Motors is in the latter camp, already having two truck designs en route to production. Now there's a third, with the Tre being developed specifically for European roads.

Testing of the Nikola Tre hydrogen-electric semi is due to begin in Norway "around 2020"

Physics

Does antimatter fall upwards? New CERN gravity experiments aim to get to the bottom of the matter

Michael Irving November 4, 2018

Physics tells us that a hammer and a feather, dropped in a vacuum, will fall at the same rate. Now, CERN scientists are preparing to drop antimatter in a vacuum chamber to see if gravity affects it the same way it does matter – or if antimatter falls upwards instead.

The ALPHA-g experiment being set up at CERN, which will drop antimatter to see how gravity ...

Energy

Hybrid cell turns sunlight and water into hydrogen and electricity

Michael Irving October 29, 2018

Artificial photosynthesis devices can split water into hydrogen and oxygen, but they still suffer from some efficiency issues. Now a new hybrid device may be able to recover some of the energy that would otherwise go to waste, by producing both hydrogen and electricity.

A new hybrid device could use artificial photosynthesis to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, and ...

Automotive

Sandia Labs looks to the liquid hydrogen filling stations of the future

David Szondy October 15, 2018

In anticipation of the hydrogen economy of the future, Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) is working on software models that will help hydrogen refueling stations switch from hydrogen gas to liquid hydrogen while implementing new, easier to follow safety standards.

Rendering of First Element Fuel’s liquid hydrogen retail fuel pump, showing the pump and storage tank

Automotive

Volkswagen debuts hydrogen-powered Crafter HyMotion van concept with 310-mile range

Nick Lavars September 19, 2018

As part of a wider rollout of brand new zero emission vehicles, Volkswagen has announced the Crafter HyMotion – a new cargo van concept with a hydrogen fuel cell drivetrain designed with longer journeys in mind.

The Crafter HyMotion remains a concept vehicle for now

Energy

Ammonia-derived hydrogen fuel road-tested in a world's first

Matt Kennedy August 8, 2018

Hydrogen may be the zero-emission fuel of the future, but transport and storage has always been a head-scratcher. Highly flammable and difficult to ship due to its low density, the logistical issues have always stood in the way of progress, until now.

A Toyota Mirai fuel cell vehicle, ready to be fueled with CSIRO-produced hydrogen

Automotive

Toyota reveals Project Portal Beta fuel cell truck

Aaron Turpen July 31, 2018

Toyota has unveiled its second prototype of the Project Portal hydrogen fuel cell truck. This "Beta," as Toyota refers to it internally, is the second iteration of the truck, adding more range, more room in the cab, and better usability. This is a more commercially-viable truck, Toyota says.

The new Project Portal Beta truck builds on the lessons learned from the Alpha truck introduced ...

Automotive

Ocado starts making deliveries with low emission dual-fuel Sprinter

Paul Ridden July 31, 2018

Online supermarket Ocado has taken delivery of the first dual-fuel conversion of a Mercedes Sprinter by Liverpool's ULEMCo. The converted Sprinter has been modified to run on both diesel and hydrogen, cutting CO2 emissions and extending the range.

A Mercedes Sprinter has been converted to run on hydrogen and diesel by ULEMCo for the ...