UQM Technologies Motor for Fuel Cell Locomotive
UQM Technologies Delivers Motor for Use in Fuel Cell Powered Switch Locomotive27 March 2008 | Colorado | Press Release
BNSF Railway Fuel Cell Train
BNSF building hydrogen-powered fuel cell locomotive10 January 2008 | Topeka, Kansas (USA)
BNSF Railway and Vehicle Projects Develop Experimental Hydrogen Fuel Cell Switch Locomotive09 January 2008 | BNSF News Release
Canada Hydrail News
McGuinty looking to hydrogen-fuelled GO trainsSeptember 15, 2007 at 9:47 AM EST | Discussions with Bombardier in early stages, prompting opponents to say announcement is too vague
McGuinty Says Transit Plan Means Jobs Today And Jobs TomorrowTHUNDER BAY, ON, Sept. 14 /CNW/ | Ontario Liberals' Transit Vision Equals A Clean, Green Future For Ontario
Province in talks to build hydrogen commuter trainSept. 14, 2007 - THE CANADIAN PRESS, THUNDER BAY | Ontario and Bombardier have been talking about building one of the world's first hydrogen-powered commuter trains
Fourth International Hydrail Conference 9 June 2008 | Valencia, Spain
Información de la Conferencia del Hydrail
Hydrail Conference brochure
Conference Web page
Registration Page
Información de la Conferencia del Hydrail
Hydrail Conference brochure
Conference Web page
Registration Page
The International Hydrail Conference brings together the world's leading experts in the development of hydrogen-fuel technology for railways. At the annual conference these experts assess state-of-the-art technologies and global R&D activities. The 2008 conference will showcase projects applying hydrogen and fuel cell technology to railways and examine scenarios for integrating these technologies into existing transport systems and other factors related to the energy supplies of railways ..[press release]..
The Fourth International Hydrail Conference will be held 9th June, 2008, at The Principe Felipe Museum, Valencia, Spain ..[conference info]..
Global Map of Hydrogen Rail Projects
Third International Hydrail Conference, Post-Conference
The Third International Hydrail Conference was held 13-14 August, 2007, at Catawba College's Center for the Environment in Salisbury, NC, USA. The conference highlighted activities in Asia, Europe, and North America, and featured U.S. Fuel Cell Council Executive Director Robert Rose as the Luncheon Keynote Speaker and N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary William G. Ross Jr. delivering the Dinner Keynote Address.
The conferees extend their gratitude to both co-host institutions Catawba College Center for the Environment and Appalachian State Energy Center, as well as the sponsors who made the Third International Hydrail Conference possible: The United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Centralina Council of Governments, Duke Energy Corporation, Alexander Zachary Jewelers in Mooresville NC, Food Lion Corporation in Salisbury NC, and the Mooresville - South Iredell Economic Development Corporation.
Hydrail featured in IEEE Spectrum
Hydrogen is routinely dismissed as a "decades away" fuel technology for vehicle propulsion. But while much attention has been focused on fuel-cell-powered passenger cars, a little-noticed but promising development has been taking place in rail transportation and heavy industry, where experiments with hydrogen-fuel-cell propulsion are well under way. [Read More...]
