![]() The General Motors hydrogen generator will be able to run on either solar energy or electricity. General Motors has announced that they are developing a home hydrogen fueling station for use with their line of Equinox Fuel Cell vehicles that they will begin rolling out in limited numbers in 2007. Honda is stating that the Home Energy Station IV will reduce CO2 emissions by 30-percent and energy costs by 50-percent compared to an average home that is on the grid and uses a gasoline-powered car. The home refueling station is being tested at the Honda R&D Americas facility in Torrance, California. The Home Energy Station IV is 75-percent smaller than older units and provides hydrogen for a car as well as heat and electricity for the home. ![]() ![]() In November 2007, Honda announced its new Home Energy Station IV that uses steam reforming of natural gas to derive hydrogen from both the steam and natural gas in equal parts. In order to create energy, it runs the hydrogen through a fuel cell and can thus generate power for a home as well. The Home Energy Station III uses natural gas and an onboard reformer to separate out the hydrogen for refueling the car. Take for instance Honda Motor Company, which has developed the Home Energy Station III that not only refuels a hydrogen car such as the Honda FCX, but it can also power a home as well. Sounds pretty out there, doesn’t it? But, as far off as it sounds, there are people right now working to make this concept a reality. Imagine in the future, driving your hydrogen car into your garage and gassing it up with your very own home hydrogen fueling station.
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