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Title: UK's first hydrogen bus refuelling station powered by electrolysis opens in Aberdeen, Scotland
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news.stv.tv
URL Source: http://news.stv.tv/north/313481-fir ... ation-in-uk-opens-in-aberdeen/
Published: Mar 11, 2015
Author: news.stv.tv
Post Date: 2015-03-12 14:56:10 by Operation 40
Keywords: Hydrogen, Europe, Renewable
Views: 1014
Comments: 2
11 March 2015-The depot at Kittybrewster will provide fuel for a fleet of ten green buses which hit the streets this year. The £19m scheme has been backed by both the EU and the UK and Scottish Governments. Aberdeen City Council leader Jenny Laing said: “As a leading energy city determined to anchor the renewables industry in the north east, the success of the Aberdeen Hydrogen Bus Project is a real coup. "We not only have Europe's largest fleet of hydrogen fuel cell buses running on the streets of Aberdeen, but we also have the UK's first and largest hydrogen production and bus refuelling station. "We have a very clear hydrogen strategy for the future and are on the cusp of realising our aspiration of becoming a world-leading city for low carbon technology, while maintaining our position as a leading world energy city... Complete article:http://news.stv.tv/north/313481-first-hydrogen-bus-refuelling-station-in-uk-opens-in-aberdeen/ ****************** May 2014: Hydrogen buses on show for first time at All-Energy ...The Aberdeen City Council-led project, which has backing from Europe, the UK Government and the Scottish Government will deliver a hydrogen infrastructure in Aberdeen in 2014. This will include the production of hydrogen from a 1MW electrolyser and establishing Scotland's first commercial scale hydrogen refuelling system, which will include hydrogen production through electrolysis, in partnership with BOC. ****************** Meanwhile, in London: UK's First Supermarket Hydrogen Filling Station Opens 11 March 2015- The UK’s first supermarket-based Hydrogen filling station has opened at a branch of Sainsbury’s in Hendon, North London. The new dispenser is one of a network of similar systems being installed across the capital as part of the Innovate UK-funded London Hydrogen Network (LHNE) project. The 700 bar system, developed by US firm Air Products, is operated in much the same way as a conventional fuel pump, and according to the manufacturer, can refuel a vehicle in less than three minutes... ...Business Minister Matthew Hancock said: “Hydrogen cars present us with a huge potential economic opportunity and can bolster our internationally renowned automotive industry. We want to make the UK one of the best places in the world to design, manufacture and sell ultra-low emission vehicles but we need the right infrastructure in place.” How easy is it to build a Hydrogen fueling station? This easy:
More: http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/CouncilNews/ci_cns/pr_hydrogen_buses_210514.asp 
Air Products Hydrogen Station
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#1. To: Operation 40 (#0)
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What is required to produce the hydrogen?
The most common way right now is steam reforming of natural gas Other ways explained here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_production The Greenest and best way is electrolysis of water. It takes a lot of electricity to do this but Japanese and German scientists and inventors will make the process much more efficient and less costly in the future. If the source of the electricity is wind or solar, after the equipment is paid for the only cost of the hydrogen is water and compression/storage. Bob Lazar (Art Bell/area 51) explains and demonstrates electrolysis here: Solar panels are getting cheaper by the week. Solar Hydrogen is the future of energy, because it will be cheap, clean and plentiful. There are 22 Liters of hydrogen in ONE TABLESPOON of water. Honda has invented a home hydrogen station that doesn't need a compressor The previous solar hydrogen station system required both an electrolyzer and a separate compressor unit to create high pressure hydrogen. The compressor was the largest and most expensive component and reduced system efficiency. By creating a new high differential pressure electrolyzer, Honda engineers were able to eliminate the compressor entirely - a world's first for a home use system... and they have a solar hydrogen station in operation right now in England that produces 20 tonnes of Hydrogen a year. A solar-powered hydrogen production and filling station facility capable of producing 20 tonnes of hydrogen a year has been opened at Honda’s Swindon factory. The hydrogen it produces can be dispensed directly into fuel cell vehicles such as Honda’s own FCX Clarity... Some clowns here (and everywhere else) will say there's no future in Hydrogen but they don't know what they are talking about. Worse, they don't even take the time to do any research for themselves. Arrogance and ignorance combined in a uniquely American way. It's the opposite of what Americans once were. Solar Hydrogen: The Fuel of the Future Inside the Solar-Hydrogen House: No More Power Bills--Ever A New Jersey resident generates and stores all the power he needs with solar panels and hydrogen EAST AMWELL, N.J.—Mike Strizki has not paid an electric, oil or gas bill—nor has he spent a nickel to fill up his Mercury Sable—in nearly two years. Instead, the 51-year-old civil engineer makes all the fuel he needs using a system he built in the capacious garage of his home, which employs photovoltaic (PV) panels to turn sunlight into electricity that is harnessed in turn to extract hydrogen from tap water... Strizki's an expert, if you want to know more search for him on Youtube- he's probably the most knowledgeable person on the topic in the entire country. He sure knows more than the idiots that call people that listen to what he says "fan boys".
UK's first hydrogen bus refuelling station powered by electrolysis opens in Aberdeen, Scotland
#2. To: rlk (#1)
What is required to produce the hydrogen?
Fossil fuels are the dominant source of industrial hydrogen.[4] Hydrogen can be generated from natural gas with approximately 80% efficiency,[citation needed] or from other hydrocarbons to a varying degree of efficiency. Specifically, bulk hydrogen is usually produced by the steam reforming of methane or natural gas.[5] At high temperatures (700–1100 °C), steam (H2O) reacts with methane (CH4) in an endothermic reaction to yield syngas.
Honda Begins Operation of New Solar Hydrogen Station
http://world.honda.com/news/2010/c100127New-Solar-Hydrogen-Station/ 
Honda opens new hydrogen filling station in Swindon
http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/honda-opens-new-hydrogen-filling-station-swindon
http://www.amazon.com/Solar-Hydrogen-Future-Mario-Pagliaro/dp/1849731950/
June 19, 2008 | Scientific American
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hydrogen-house/
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