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[dean windass] 30/5/2017 17:18

All Party Parliamentary Group on Drones

[dean windass] 30/5/2017 16:55

"The use of fuel cells, Hughes says, may make regular inventory via drones more realistic for large companies that need the power per flight that would keep the drone in the air until the entire inventory count can be completed. "I think it helps enable the use of drones in DCs and warehouses, where the inventory needs to be inspected daily or twice daily," he states. "The additional flight time on the drone will save a huge amount in lost inventory. We are talking to a number of industries where extended flight time is important."

Julian Hughes, IEH

"All large companies are looking at drone technology," Yearling says, "and they have multiple use cases. It's not all about supply chain [inventory tracking]." He says retailers, manufacturers and logistics providers are all at least testing the use of drones to capture inventory data, look for damage or changes to inventory, and accomplish other tasks, all with a single drone."

Matt Yearling, PINC

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"All large companies looking at drones"
"We are talking to a number of industries where extended flight time is important."

I think this will get interesting quite soon .... actually, I'm surprised there isn't more news already

[dean windass] 30/5/2017 16:33

Amazon .... and drones ....

[dean windass] 30/5/2017 16:29

HFC powered wheelchairs



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I've been looking at this market for about 2 years now and I'm still finding new angles every day

[dean windass] 30/5/2017 16:02

Quite a nice news stream .... worth pointing out IEH supply the only company making drones with FAA approval.

meanwhile, another angle on maritime use .... other than search and rescue from passenger ships .....

[ibug] 30/5/2017 09:17

The cost of H2 in the states has been predicted to cost as little as $3:50 USD/kilo instead of 10 GBP/Kilo by a major national supplier---the world prices will follow once H2 becomes a listed commodity coming very soon imo.


Even priced at 10GBP/Kilo the cost of filling up is cost effective compared to fossil fuel but when the prices drops to $3:50USD the cost of all transport will become an equivalent of about 40p/liter making the cost very cheap indeed.

[dean windass] 29/5/2017 15:42

more from Iceland ..... if nations like Iceland start making and exporting Hydrogen made from renewable resources, it'll drive the race for Hydrogen very quickly ..... if it's cheaper than petrol or diesel .... it will experience much quicker take up.

[edwardroger] 29/5/2017 15:37

What everyone seems to ignore is that if people pay less tax then they have more disposable income. If they have more disposable income they invariably buy things that are taxed, by VAT for instance. In fact the government can't lose. As things stand everyone loses: bad health, bad air quality, high tax on fuel that leads to bad health and bad air quality, less disposable income for people in general. How does anyone benefit from any of this? Time for a fresh look at where we are and where we are going. Also time to release money to ordinary people by not taxing fuel using the excuse it is a dangerous pollutant so we want to cut it down by charging you more - as with the Mayor of London's proposals to increase the charge for polluting vehicles entering inner London,no interest in cutting pollution only in making money to fuel his pet projects - and allowing people to use clean fuel without being taxed for the privilege. Then we will be free to spend the money we earn on the things we want rather than the things we need. Revolutionary but practical.

[dean windass] 29/5/2017 15:33

almost everyday ... if it's not a new catalyst like Nickel instead of Platinum, there's another supposed breakthrough .... I doubt the human race will use up all its oil ....

[ibug] 29/5/2017 15:33

Actually Dean, hydrogen is a two tick pony as it can be used in petrol engines as well. The benefit being increased power and range. So car manufacturers can promote both alternatives: Fuel cell powered or H2 fuelled internal combustion engines in place of diesel, petrol and LPG.

The way ahead is a simple electric motor fuelled with H2...follow the Keep It Simple rule.

For regular global H2 daily news follow:

[dean windass] 29/5/2017 15:26

Nice post. Thanks. I've been banging on for years about the UK missing a trick .... perhaps even extending to Top Gear spiking their review of the Nissan leaf ..... I truly believe that our government thinks 40,000 people dying prematurely every year from poor air quality is a price worth paying in return for fuel duty .... EVs will never be promoted because can you imagine how much duty the government wouldn't get if people ran their car on free electricity from solar panels on their house?

H2 will be preferred ... it can be installed in existing service stations, doesn't need acres of tarmac where people sit and have their cars charged and the government can levy duty on H2 on the grounds it's currently produced to some extent by burning fossil fuels. I think many people are a long way from producing thier own hydrogen at home so it's plentiful but something the government can easily control access to .... like diesel, petrol etc.

[edwardroger] 29/5/2017 14:46

Sunday Times Magazine, 28th May. Four positive pages on hydrogen fuel cells, less positive about electric cars and scathing about UK lack of investment. There is a growing realisation that hydrogen is far and away a better deal than electric for cars, it is only a matter of time before people realise hydrogen's incredible potential as an energy source that does not damage the planet. As has been said before on this site and others the recognition of hydrogen is building momentum and it has taken, relatively, very little time. IEH now need to intelligently use this momentum to transform into a company with a world-wide reputation for the innovative work it has done with fuel cell technology. This will not happen by itself, it needs a diligent and concerted effort on the part of the company and its PR company to get IEH's name out there among ordinary people and companies that are ready and willing to invest in hydrogen for the future.

[dean windass] 29/5/2017 12:12

Indonesia, New Zealand, Iceland can all potentially produce hydrogen using geothermal energy ... maybe even to the extent they can export hydrogen

[dean windass] 29/5/2017 11:35

It looks like the Japanese have weighed all the info and plumped for Hydrogen. There will always be circumstances where ICE powered vehicles and machines make sense ... the same applies for EVs but since few industrialised countries have the spare land to put under tarmac to create huge charging parks for EVs or have grids and spare generating capacity for mass adoption of EVs ... I can see HFCs doing well for a long time. I'm not sure what will replace HFC powered vehicles. The CNBC report I linked to mentions how well hydrogen suits driverless vehicles.

Using nickel instead of platinum as a catalyst for producing hydrogen makes hydrogen production cheaper ..... I wonder to what extent Japan plans to use local geo thermal energy to create hydrogen?

For the Japanese, being on the Pacific "ring of fire", using the freely available heat to make hydrogen to generate electricity would be almost the same as being self-sufficient in energy or striking oil.

[dean windass] 28/5/2017 13:11

Any thoughts on to what extent IEH will benefit from Japan's push towards a hydrogen economy? IEH have much experience with CHP (Combined Heat and Power) .... but do they have any enforceable IP or such a technological lead they can manufacture product in Japan vis their SMILE FCSC tie-up with Suzuki?

Where will next news come from? Auto? Drones? GenSets? CHP? China? Japan? EU? US? Apple? Embedded HFCs in PEDs?

[dean windass] 27/5/2017 18:54

and this is what IEH tried in India .....I wonder why it will work in China?

www.financial-news.co.uk/41472/2017/05/element-1-corp-china-aqueous-group-form-joint-venture-2/

.... at the very least you'd expect IEH to start making money from its IP portfolio soon ....

[dean windass] 27/5/2017 12:30

Lots of good reading here going back well over a decade. Interesting remark from 2008 concluding commercialisation was between 5 and 10 years away ... ie. .... now ... I understand Norwegian so find it better to drill through this .... I know the Norwegians are seeing Hydrogen as their meal-ticket in the "post-oil age" ..... they cannot compete with the Saudis on price so are looking to play to their strengths ..... pushing a green agenda makes sound business sense for them

[dean windass] 27/5/2017 12:07

IEH is for intelligent energy holdings. Not sure where this independent energy comes from

[dean windass] 27/5/2017 12:02

Cracking article here on HFC powered autos. Nice and balanced.

Autos are only part of IEH's business but this illustrates the trends and growth in various markets well.

[ibug] 27/5/2017 11:37

Norway IS BETTER PLACED TO SUPPLY THE uk WITH HYDROGEN through an existing natural gas pipeline.

It can also be mixed with natural gas to make it burn hotter. So Norway has a very good chance of achieving its H2 supply goals without factoring in supplying Japan as they plan.