Why burning hydrogen in an ICE is an awful idea and why electric boats wins…
It’s not difficult to modify an existing ICE – internal-combustion engine – to burn hydrogen instead of petrol or diesel, but it’s also not a smart thing to do. The appeal isn’t hard to understand. The ICE, as we all know, is an affordable technology that’s…
Ammonia in Aquatic Systems
by Ruth Francis-Floyd, Craig Watson, Denise Petty, and Deborah B. Pouder Of all the water quality parameters that affect fish, ammonia is the most important after oxygen, especially in intensive systems, says Ruth Francis-Floyd, Craig Watson, Denise Petty, and Deborah B. Pouder, University of Florida…
Ammonia pollution damaging more than 60% of UK land – report
Study finds most sensitive plant and wildlife habitats are worst affected, yet government has no clear plans to monitor impact Ammonia and nitrogen pollution, mostly from farms, is harming more than 60% of the UK’s land area and hitting the most sensitive habitats for plants…
Ecological Effects of Ammonia
Even at extremely low concentrations aquatic life will be harmed by ammonia. Ammonia occurs naturally in the environment. A small amount of ammonia is generated when lightning strikes and reaches earth in rainfall. But most ammonia is produced by bacteria in water and soil as…
It’s Official. We Can Now Harvest Usable Lithium From Seawater
Without lithium, the all-electric boats of today wouldn’t be feasible, and with an increasing demand for EBs expected to exhaust reserves on water by 2080, this might become inevitable. But there is another way to extract the vital element, or rather another place. The oceans…
Zero-emission Ferries for Zero-emission Islands
Approximately 2.1 billion people use ferries every year, putting the industry on a par with commercial airlines in terms of annual users worldwide. To many cities and their citizens, travelling the waterways lies at the heart of everyday life. While some cities have mandated the…
HySeas III sea-going hydrogen ferry design unveiled
The latest stage of the Scottish-led HySeas III project has seen renderings completed of a proposed hydrogen fuel cell-powered ferry. The project is aiming for the vessel to become Europe’s first sea-going ferry to use the clean propulsion solution. The proposed ferry is double-ended and…
Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Hydrogen and Fuel Cells?
Hydrogen and fuel cells are on the rise with boat manufacturers rolling out fuel cell electric boats, hydrogen fueling stations popping up around the country, and interest in large scale hydrogen utilization emerging globally. The H2@Scale initiative also brings together stakeholders and national labs to figure…
NATURAL GAS HAS A DIRTY SECRET
Coverage of natural gas, even in the most serious mainstream press, too often reads like it’s lifted from the fossil fuel industry playbook. “Natural gas burns cleaner than coal or oil.” You’ve heard this so many times that it honestly just seems, well, natural. The point is, an…