🌐 A #startup produces hydrogen for $0.85/kg using a new #water vapour electrolyser: Advanced Ionics, a #US company that plans to expand into #Europe, has developed an electrolyser that works at temperatures below 650 C. pv magazine spoke to CEO Chad Mason about the water vapour electrolysis technology.
“This electrolyser is the first to operate over a wide temperature range, from 100 C to 650 C,” Chad Mason tells pv magazine. “Our Symbiotic technology is a new class of electrolyser. It is not alkaline, PEM or solid oxide electrolyser (SOEC).
Alkaline, anion exchange membrane (AEM) and #polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) are cold electrolysers that use liquid water. Solid oxide electrolysers are hot electrolysers working with heated steam, which means higher efficiency. As mentioned above, the company’s electrolyser operates with intermediate temperatures. The idea is that intermediate temperatures allow for high efficiency, while using cheaper materials for assembly at the same time, and the… https://bit.ly/3Ff7BUP

🔬 #Researchers at a #Lyon laboratory are working on a #hydrogen-convertible #thermal engine. A new solution to help the #ecological #transition of the #vehicle fleet.
Will it soon be possible to convert your thermal vehicle to hydrogen? Like retrofitting, which involves converting a thermal vehicle into an electric vehicle, or the E85 box, researchers at the Institut Français du Pétrole et des Energies Nouvelles (IFPEN) laboratory are working on a solution for converting a thermal engine into a hydrogen engine.
A real line of research for… https://bit.ly/3LYiOvz

📰 #Spain needs to develop its own #green #hydrogen diplomacy: With the phasing out of Russian #gas, the #European #energy #market is being rapidly and profoundly restructured. The question, however, is not just ‘who’ can replace Russia, but ‘what’ can replace natural gas. The solution is not new either: Europe’s fixation with energy sovereignty and emissions reduction has long since put renewable gases in the spotlight. Among them is green hydrogen, on which all the cards are stacked for the massive substitution of natural gas.It is a technology that is not yet mature, and demand for it is not expected to take off commercially until 2035, but no one disputes that it will be essential in the energy mix of the future, especially in sectors such as energy production and… https://bit.ly/3LL44jt

🌐 Técnicas Reunidas participates in the #Undergy Project for the development of seasonal storage technologies for renewable #energy with #green hydrogen integrated in a smart grid: The UNDERGY (UNDERground enerGY) project will research the #technological bases to improve the competitiveness of #stationary storage of renewable energy using green hydrogen.
UNDERGY proposes to harness renewable energy by integrating renewable generation and high-capacity seasonal energy storage in a smart grid, using two levers:
underground storage of renewable energy, using green H2.
the creation of an efficient energy management system.
The project promotes the use of the current national gas and electricity infrastructure networks towards the necessary transformation into a 100% renewable distribution network. The penetration of hydrogen as a renewable energy vector and its storage in the subsoil is still at an incipient stage, providing the country with the necessary… https://bit.ly/3MQuyjG

🔬 A #study of #hydrogen use combined with #natural #gas begins in #California:
The hydrogen economy continues to make strides in the United States. The energy company Pacific Gas and Electric and its partners have launched the Hydrogen to Infinity (H2∞) project to study the viability of hydrogen mixed with natural gas (#methane) and move towards a future without emissions. To walk, but not to arrive, because as long as there is natural gas in the mix there will be… https://bit.ly/3vYeEwM

📰 Why converting #electric plants to #gas is becoming difficult:
How does that fit in? The solution is #hydrogen. Because plants should not use natural gas, but green hydrogen, at least in the medium to long term. The #fuel is climate-neutral because it is produced from water by #electrolysis using green electricity.
However, hydrogen has completely different combustion properties than natural gas. The power plant turbines available on the market today are overwhelmed by this. Moreover, it is far from clear where the green fuel will come from. Suppliers fear that this could… https://bit.ly/3Fhp4f3

🔬 #Scientists in #Spain create #green #hydrogen through #thermochemical cycles activated with #solar energy:
A group from the #URJC has developed materials that allow working at temperatures compatible with solar thermal power plants which, in addition to ensuring compatibility with installations in terms of thermal shock resistance requirements, reduces the costs associated with the process.
As the researchers explain, this system implies “lower radiation losses and better absorption of solar radiation”. In addition, “the technical requirements of the reactor construction materials are reduced”, which translates into lower costs. These results, recently reported in the article “Hydrogen production by thermochemical water splitting with La0.8Al0.2MeO3-δ (Me= Fe, Co, Ni and Cu) perovskites prepared under controlled pH” published in Catalysis Today, have been obtained from the preparation of perovskite-type materials, which are characterised by their ease of reduction and oxidation (redox properties), achieving a significant reduction in the high operating temperatures of the reactor… https://bit.ly/37ksfX0

🌐 #Bosch builds #parts for #hydrogen #production: In future, Bosch will supply parts for the mass production of green hydrogen, and is investing 500 million #euros. This is supposed to help protect the climate, but since the war in Ukraine it has also been a question of the… https://bit.ly/3kFRRAq

📰 Converting #gas #power #plants #to #hydrogen: why it’s not so easy: In the coming years, additional gas-fired power plants will be built in Germany to step in when #renewable #energies are temporarily unable to generate enough electricity. But why not operate the new gas-fired power plants in a CO2-neutral way with… https://bit.ly/3FjnmtO

🛳 This cargo ship can #carry #hydrogen for 400,000 #fuel-cell #cars:
Dutch #Dutch company C-Job Naval Architects has unveiled a new kind of liquid hydrogen tanker, a project realised in collaboration with LH2 #Europe, which is committed to two-way sustainability.
The tanker by C-Job Naval Architects is 141 metres long and has three tanks with a capacity of 12,500 cubic metres each, resulting in a total storage capacity of 37,500 cubic metres of liquid hydrogen. The vessel has enough capacity to supply 400,000 fuel cell cars with hydrogen, or 20,000 cars with hydrogen… https://bit.ly/3Fl4DOl

🚅 #Deutsche Bahn and #Siemens Mobility present new #hydrogen #train and hydrogen storage trailer: H2goesRail joint project develops a completely new complete hydrogen system for #rail – First launch of Siemens Mobility’s Mireo Plus H hydrogen train and hydrogen storage trailer for mobile hydrogen refuelling from Deutsche Bahn – Important step for the phase-out of #diesel and climate change change change of… https://bit.ly/3sg186q

🌐 Iberdrola, through its UK subsidiary #ScottishPower, has partnered with #Storegga to drive the development, construction and operation of green #hydrogen production projects in Scotland. Specifically, the first project will be the ‘Cromarty’ hydrogen plant, located just north of Inverness, which is designed to supply up to 20 tonnes of green hydrogen per day from 2024 and, depending on customer demand, has the potential to deliver up to 300 tonnes of green hydrogen per day from 2024… https://bit.ly/3KTTjtM

🚛 The world’s largest #hydrogen #engine goes live: #Anglo American, a #England-based #mining company, today announced the commissioning of its #hydrogen-powered #mining truck. The clean engine was installed in a Komatsu 390E, one of the world’s largest land vehicles used to transport minerals. The company intends to convert its entire fleet of trucks at the Mogalakwena mine to hydrogen…. https://bit.ly/3wgO0PI

🌐 E1 Marine, operating in the #renewable #energy sector, has announced that its M-series #methanol-fuelled #hydrogen generator has received Approval in Principle (AiP) for #marine applications from leading classification society Lloyd’s Register. The AiP approval is crucial to confirm that the e1 Marine technology complies with all applicable laws, codes and standards. Thanks to this, it will be possible to implement the generator in various branches of the maritime economy, from ports and #tugboats to offshore vessels. Lloyd’s Register also announced that final approval of the technology is possible for… https://bit.ly/3FvG15v)

🚌 The #EMT tenders the purchase of three #hydrogen #buses: The Empresa Municipal de Transports Públics (EMT) of the #Tarragona City Council has opened a new public tender for the supply and maintenance of three hydrogen-powered buses. The procurement is supported by #European #Next Generation funds.Jordi Fortuny, president of EMT points out that: “EMT’s commitment to environmental care and sustainability raises the need to achieve public mobility with zero CO2₂ emissions”. The three vehicles will increase the low-emission fleet, adding to the 10 hybrid buses that are expected to be in service in early summer. “The EMT of Tarragona is considering the gradual replacement of its bus fleet, reorienting itself towards a model that integrates vehicles with… https://bit.ly/3ymFMs4

👷 #Anglo American unveils first #green #hydrogen-powered #mining #truck as it looks to achieve carbon neutrality in its operations by 2040 The miner’s chief executive, #Duncan Wanblad, said they expect to eliminate” up to 80% of #diesel missions at our open pit mines, once we can roll out this technology to our fleets around the world from this pilot.”
From the Mogalakwena platinum mine in Limpopo, South Africa, Anglo American on Friday premiered live globally the first green hydrogen-powered mining truck, designed for full operation thanks to its hybrid propulsion system of a 2 MW Hydrogen (H2) battery, generating more power than… https://bit.ly/3ysrDtp

🔬 #perovskites could be key to #lower-cost #hydrogen #production:
To date, the preferred method, if we can put it that way, of renewable hydrogen production is from hydrolysis, a process by which #electricity is used to break the bonds of water molecules (H2O) and release oxygen. The problem is that it requires a lot of electricity and the cost of generation is still high.
As an alternative to this method, the production of solar #thermochemical hydrogen (STCH) is being investigated, with the aim of reducing costs by 80% and being able to reach $1-2 per kilogram by the end of the decade. This method uses concentrated solar incidence with materials that are being researched, materials that make better use of solar radiation and increase the energy yield…. https://bit.ly/3wjssC2

🚅 Green transport: is #iron care with #hydrogen #trains?
From 2023 funding will start coming in to test the new #technology on the Cosenza-Catanzaro section. Clean #energy, but only if it is produced with other renewable sources. Pros and cons of the #vehicle that could revolutionise the #railways of the… https://bit.ly/3yv3bHR

🌐 #waste can now be used to produce #hydrogen.
The company #Greene Waste, the ITE and the energy cluster promote a project for the generation of cheap green #energy through the #circulareconomy:
The Alicante company Greene Waste to Energy (based in Elx), the Instituto Tecnológico de la Energía (ITE) and the Clúster de Energía de la Comunitat Valenciana are developing an innovative, and cheap, project that will combine two aspects of maximum actuality in the energy sector: the generation of electricity from green hydrogen and the development of the circular economy. Through the SIGEN2H2 programme, according to Green Waste leaders Juan José Hernández (CEO), Enrique Arráez (Operations Director), Juan Manuel Martínez (Business Development) and Jesús Martínez (Commercial Director), they are already achieving the first results of generating hydrogen from mixed waste that would otherwise end up in landfills or incinerated. The production of hydrogen from waste by means of thermochemical gasification processes with H2O is an alternative to its generation by means of fossil fuels or water electrolysis. Waste is a renewable and inexhaustible source, since human beings, in their daily activities, consume products and raw materials of various kinds and the waste is used to produce hydrogen… https://bit.ly/39Ee0gi

🔥 A #boiler that runs on 100% #hydrogen:
Baxi and #environmental #sustainability have grown together. During its evolutionary path, Baxi has based its activities in the design and production of boilers and high #technology #heating systems on a fundamental principle: the future depends on the constant development of technologically advanced products, capable of combining high efficiency with environmental protection. Hence, the tireless commitment to experiment, design and develop highly innovative systems consistent with the purpose… https://bit.ly/3kWmkL2

🌐 #Europe is striving to meet the growing #demand for #hydrogen:
The European Commission, Hydrogen Europe and relevant #companies signed a joint statement to set out a strategy to double the #EU’s previous #renewable hydrogen target to 10 million #tonnes of annual domestic production and a further 10 million tonnes of annual hydrogen imports.
US fuel cell systems manufacturer Advent Technologies said in a statement that it participated in the European Electrolyser Summit in Brussels. The event was organised by the European Commission in collaboration with Hydrogen Europe. It was held under the auspices of the… https://bit.ly/3wmgebU

📰 Energy #transition in #Central #Germany: how #HYPOS wants to bring #green #hydrogen into #schools as a learning module:
“The modular concept provides a comprehensive tool for organising and implementing school projects, which links the importance of green hydrogen with the topic of sustainability. The implementation can be designed freely. The content can be prepared, for example, in the form of a project day or as a complete teaching module. The published brochure presents the various modular units in detail”, explains Mareike Wald, who came up with the idea of the “HYPOS macht Schule” project, explaining the options for individualisation and implementation of the concept.
The HYPOS network supports the implementation of the teaching concept with its knowledge and cooperation in the field of green hydrogen. In this way, teaching material is made available and the acquisition of learning games and application models is supported as well as the… https://bit.ly/3w9t4LT

📰 Green #hydrogen makes #industrial sites resilient: Green hydrogen, which is generated in a #decentralised way from regenerative #energy sources, has potential to meet the energy needs of industry and heavy traffic on a regional level. This is the result of a study by the #Fraunhofer Institute for #Manufacturing Engineering and Automation #IPA , which has already… https://bit.ly/3swQw3A

🚗 The first #vehicle from the #NAMX startup: a #hydrogen HUV, cutting-edge and retro at the same time and with #patented #technology:It’s a hydrogen HUV (High Utility Vehicle) with patented technology and #Pininfarina design. It is expected to reach the market in 2025 and will be priced, depending on the version, between 65,000 and 95,000 euros.Beyond Pininfarina’s innovative design, the HUV will feature a patented technology comprising a fixed hydrogen tank and six removable capsules, which will allow a range of up to 805 km. According to the brand, this figure will support the expansion of all-purpose hydrogen vehicles. According to some automotive specialists, this will finally lead to a large-scale… https://bit.ly/39i9Vy5

🚗 Faster refuelling? #Namx HUV has removable #hydrogen tanks.Designed by #Pininfarina, the Namx HUV has six #hydrogen tanks that can be removed by hand and replaced to speed up refuelling.According to Namx, these six tanks combined with the fixed tank allow a maximum range of around 800 km. Also in the plans of the #afroeuropean company is the creation of a distribution network for these #hydrogen tanks…. https://bit.ly/3yBvOTU

🚗 Hydrogen as an #autonomy extender for the #electriccar: a brilliant idea or nonsense?
Everyone knows by now that the future of the #automobile lies in the electric car, especially if we take into account that the European Union has practically announced the death of the #internal #combustion #engine by 2035. But fuel cells and hydrogen will also play an important role, especially in heavy #transport, although brands such as Toyota with the Mirai or Hyundai with the Nexo are evaluating their suitability in the #car sector. https://bit.ly/38yDOuf

🚗 Design firm #Ferrari is pushing a #hydrogen #fuel-cell #car with a removable #hydrogen #fuel tank.According to public information, Pininfarina is an Italian company famous for designing Ferrari and Lamborghini, while it has also done design work on Buick Excelle, Chery M14, Chery A3, #China Junjie and others… https://bit.ly/3wR2XbR

📰 H2 #Clipper allies with #Aragon to promote #hydrogen #energy:The Government of Aragon has signed an agreement with the #californian company H2 Clipper for the research and use of the technology developed in the Aragonese Community for the transport of hydrogen by means of its injection into gas networks with an added pipeline.The agreement was signed this Monday by the vice-president of the regional executive and head of the Foundation for the Development of New Hydrogen Technologies in Aragon, Arturo Aliaga, and the executive director of H2 Clipper, Rinaldo Brutoco, who expressed his interest in the technology developed in Aragon…. https://bit.ly/3FSbzmu

📰 Approval of the system of #guarantees of #renewable #origin for #H2 #gases:
A Royal Decree will make it possible to identify and #certify gases of renewable origin, such as #biogas or #hydrogen, with a system similar to that applied to #renewable #electricity.
According to the government in a press release, thanks to the new guarantees of origin -similar to those already in place for electricity produced with renewables- each MWh of 100% renewable gas will give rise to the issuance of a guarantee of origin with information on where, when and how the gas was produced. As a result, the guarantees will provide added value when it comes to marketing it, which will encourage its consumption, with the… https://bit.ly/3Lwy41G

📰 #patents for #green #hydrogen #technology increased every year by 18%: The International Renewable #Energy Agency (#IRENA) and the European Patent Office (#EPO) published on 12 May a joint study on trends and dynamism in the field of hydrogen that can be produced using renewable electricity via electrolysis . Using patent statistics, innovation trends in electrolysers for hydrogen production show a consistent pattern that patent applications for hydrogen production technologies have grown by an average of 18% each year since 2005. IRENA has been driving the global hydrogen agenda forward in the context of the more… https://bit.ly/3yGnBhe

📰 GH2 launches #green #hydrogen #standard to halt global #emissions and stimulate investment: – Targets 100 million tonnes of renewable hydrogen by 2030.- Certification requires less than 1 kg CO2e per kg H2.”To get to net zero, we have to stop burning #fossil #fuels,” said Malcolm Turnbull, former Australian prime minister and chairman of the Green Hydrogen Organisation, opening the Green Hydrogen Global Assembly and Exhibition in #Barcelona. “It’s an obvious thing that is often overlooked. We have to stop burning coal and gas. We can’t do that without green hydrogen.”… https://bit.ly/3yHrWkj

🌐 Spain, the great promise of green #hydrogen: The #hydrogen #train stops this Wednesday in Spain and “we are not going to miss it”, says Javier Brey, president of the Spanish Hydrogen Association (#AeH2). Madrid becomes the #European capital of this new energy vector with the celebration of the European Hydrogen Congress 2022 (#EHEC). Meanwhile, 600 kilometres away, Barcelona is hosting the first Green Hydrogen General Assembly, organised by The Green Hydrogen Organisation (#gH2).In the first three months of 2022, the world ‘got to know’ 75 new projects related to this energy vector. Spain is responsible for… https://bit.ly/3sIH2C4

📰 Many more #renewables and #green #hydrogen to counter Russia’s #fossilfuels: One of the keys to the #REPowerEU plan that the European Commission has approved to wean us off Russian fossil fuels is the acceleration of renewables projects across the continent.#Brussels proposes to increase the 2030 headline target for renewables from 40% to 45% as part of the Fit for 55 package.This will require a greater investment effort in #renewable #energy, but not only in power generation, but in virtually all energy demand.Transport, buildings and industry need to invest more in renewables, and in order to move away from energy dependence on renewable energies, the… https://bit.ly/3MyhAY0

🔥 Burning #ammonia in #thermal power plants could be worth $100 billion by 2050: Analysis by #Wood Mackenzie shows that a combined 10% ammonia burn in global coal plants would translate into 200 million tons (Mt) of ammonia demand, a potential $100 billion market by 2050.Thermal generation is the largest source of #energy and #heat in the world today. In 2021, the share of thermal generation was 70% in Asia Pacific and 50% in… https://bit.ly/3lqPvG3

🚗 #Renault Scénic Vision: #sustainable #hydrogen #crossover: The concept anticipates the home’s vision of #future #mobility. A concentrate of style and #technology, hybrid #electric/hydrogen propulsion for a range of 800 km. The #production #car will hit the road in 2024….. https://bit.ly/39Di7ZY

📰 “#hydrogen needs there to be lots of #renewables and very cheap.” And vice versa: The president of the #European Commission assured that by #2030 the price of hydrogen should be at €1.8 per kilo in 2030. Some say it could be below that figure.The range will be between one and two euros per kilo by 2030, always considering a large-scale production and from #energy from renewable sources. But whenever a figure is given, whatever it is, it must be taken into account that it has a double objective. On the one hand, #electrolysis technology, which is cheaper and more efficient, and, on the other hand, renewable energies, which are more and cheaper.There is often talk, I think without much foundation, of competition between hydrogen and renewable energies. There is no such competition. Hydrogen is an extension of the renewable energy market. Photovoltaic, wind, they are electric renewable energies that have difficulties of management, that do not reach everywhere. Hydrogen gives them that management and the opportunity to… https://bit.ly/3wF3hLX

🏫 How to read the #chemical #equation of #hydrogen combustion (chemical equation of hydrogen combustion). Hydrogen, chemical formula is #H2, is colorless and transparent, odorless and tasteless, insoluble in water at normal temperature and pressure and easily #flammable. Hydrogen is the world’s #least dense #gas, with a density of 0.089 g/L at 1 standard atmosphere and 0. Because hydrogen is insoluble in water, it can be collected by drainage and gas collection. Hydrogen is stable at room temperature and can react chemically with many substances when ignited or heated. It has reducibility and can undergo… https://bit.ly/382taf3

🌐 The world’s first #offshore wind turbine to produce #H2: #Vattenfall has received £9.3m in #innovation funding from the UK government’s Net Zero Innovation Portfolio Low #Carbon Hydrogen Supply 2 fund.
The pilot project at Vattenfall’s #Aberdeen Bay offshore wind farm will have a capacity of 8 MW and will be able to produce enough hydrogen per day to power a 24,000 kilometre hydrogen bus. The hydrogen will be channelled to the… https://bit.ly/3lvvtdL

📰 The multinational is preparing to demolish the LD II steelworks. In February, the company received permission from the Principality to scrap the unused warehouses and create new #industrial space.The ambitious #decarbonisation project and the use of #green #hydrogen as a primary energy source requires new land to be generated. Hence the interest in this land. In addition, another important factor is that it is close to the #Fertiberia factory in #Trasona, another of the industrial partners in the project… https://bit.ly/3MJlRrF

🚗 The #Polish #hydrogen #car #will hit the streets before #2030:
Hydrogen is increasingly mentioned as the #fuel of the future and an opportunity to reduce #emissions in the automotive industry, not limited by the imperfections of lithium-ion cells. Several models of hydrogen-powered passenger cars are currently on the market. A Polish start-up with its model wants to join this pace in this decade. So far, the initial design of the car is known and the driving platform is being worked on. #Ampere Life is also working on a refuelling system for such vehicles.

• What we are going to focus on this year is the work on the driving platform. Building such a platform takes some time. The year 2022, and even the beginning of 2023, is a firm that we will later want to show how our car will behave. It will not be a driving platform as an engine in its own right, but rather a… https://bit.ly/3MCLr1q

🌐 The #GreeNH3 #project will test a new #electrolyser #technology that saves 20% #energy: #Iberdrola, through its subsidiary #ScottishPower, is to set up a pilot plant in the UK to test a new electrolyser technology that could reduce the costs of producing #green #hydrogen. The project, called GreeNH3, will be developed in conjunction with Proton Ventures, a provider of green engineering solutions, and Supercritical, which has developed this new technology… https://bit.ly/3Npk4b2

⛽ #Refuelling #hydrogen safely: The Federal Institute for #Materials Research and Testing (#BAM) demonstrates a #quality #infrastructure for #hydrogen refuelling stations and additive manufacturing in #Hannover.According to BAM, additive manufacturing has great potential to produce complex and high-quality #components faster and more efficiently. However, the complexity of the manufacturing process and the high degree of product customisation pose great challenges to conventional quality assurance. This is where the QI-Digital project in additive manufacturing comes in…. https://bit.ly/38M53B

🌐 #Bruselas abre una consulta pública sobre el #hidrógeno renovable para cortar la dependencia #energética rusa: La Comisión #Europea ha abierto este lunes una consulta pública sobre dos normas europeas sobre el hidrógeno verde en el marco del plan #Repower EU, presentado la pasada semana, que pretende reducir la dependencia de los combustibles fósiles de #Rusia y aumentar las inversiones en hidrógeno en los próximos años. La consulta pública estará abierta para que tanto ciudadanos como las partes interesadas hagan sus contribuciones hasta el próximo 17 de junio y los resultados serán utilizados… https://bit.ly/3sPF6YQ

🔬 #Electrolysis of #salt #water as an alternative to high freshwater consumption: #Germany wants to import a lot of #hydrogen. But in sunny areas that are very suitable for green electrolysis, water is usually lacking. Therefore, saltwater electrolysis is being #researched.Electrolysis in particular is a challenge. Because the highly sensitive electrodes must be protected against corrosion. A special coating developed by researchers at the University of #Stanford in #California will be used for this purpose. Otherwise, the chloride ions in the salt water would destroy the anode within a few hours. One solution could be an #electrode made of a #nickel foam coated with a layer of nickel sulphide. On top of this layer there is a layer of #nickel… https://bit.ly/3LFp2PY

💲 Generating #electricity with #hydrogen is 3 times more expensive than with #coal:The above means that by 2021 generating electricity with hydrogen is 3.3 times more expensive than with coal which means that the transition to this type of cleaner #technologies could take longer and require much more #capital injection. The #BCG expert went on to explain that green hydrogen production is much more expensive, yes, but it is important to know that this is not just a reality in Colombia but everywhere in the world. “We estimate that green hydrogen production in #Colombia can be between US$4 and US$8 per kilowatt/hour versus US$1 to US$2 it costs to produce grey hydrogen… https://bit.ly/3PE7tmn