💬 Roadmap published to unlock subway hydrogen storage 🌍🔋

🌱 #hydrogen #greenenergy #storage #Europe #UHS.

🔍 H2eart for Europe, an alliance of European storage system operators, has published a roadmap for the implementation of subway hydrogen storage (UHS), which they say will be critical to balancing the intermittency of renewable energy in the power grid.

🔸 Context:
The H2eart Roadmap for Europe, an alliance of 12 storage system operators led by CEOs from across the EU, contains a proposal for a series of measures needed to unlock successful and timely investment decisions for the development of European UHS, which the Alliance says stands out for its scalability, security and potential to leverage existing infrastructure.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/4fAbR2W

💬 Aluminum (even if it comes from soda cans) is used to produce hydrogen 🌍🔋

🌱 #hydrogen #greenenergy #aluminum #MIT #innovation.

🔍 A group of engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, the world’s most prestigious technological university) has succeeded: if aluminum (even if it comes from simple Coca Cola cans) is mixed in its pure form with seawater, the solution bubbles and produces hydrogen without generating emissions. Moreover, the reaction is accelerated if caffeine is added. In addition to achieving this, they have published it. And it has been, no less, in the prestigious journal Cell Reports Physical Science.

🔸 Context:
The system is simple: just drop balls or scraps of pretreated aluminum in a container with filtered seawater. The aluminum, however, must first be treated to isolate its pure form, which is the one that reacts with seawater. Why does this reaction occur? Because the salt ions contained in seawater make it possible. In addition, these same ions have the ability to attract and recover the original alloy to reuse the aluminum used, thus activating a sustainable hydrogen production system. Everything is accelerated if caffeine is added to the mixture. The discoverers of this unique hydrogen production system found this out after accidentally dropping coffee grounds into the solution. It was, but they learned that later, thanks to an active ingredient in caffeine called imidazole.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/4dkGkzV

💬 Shell launches 100 MW renewable hydrogen electrolyzer in Germany 🌍🔋

🌱 #hydrogen #greenenergy #Shell #Germany #decarbonization.

🔍 Shell is investing in a 100 MW electrolyzer in Germany to produce 44,000 kg of renewable hydrogen per day, with the aim of decarbonizing its operations.

🔸 Context:
Shell Deutschland GmbH has announced the final investment decision for REFHYNE II, a 100-megawatt proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer located at Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland, Germany. Using renewable electricity, REFHYNE II will produce up to 44,000 kilograms of renewable hydrogen per day, which will help reduce carbon emissions at the site. The electrolyzer is scheduled to begin operation in 2027.

REFHYNE II will benefit from the experience gained by Shell and its partners ITM and Linde in developing similar projects in Europe. This project follows on from the success of REFHYNE I, a 10 MW PEM electrolyzer in operation since 2021. Since then, detailed engineering plans and preparatory work have been carried out at the REFHYNE II site.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/4fqWKZl

💬 Germany could import between 60 and 100 TWh of green hydrogen from neighboring countries in 10 years 🌍🔋

🌱 #hydrogen #greenenergy #Germany #energytransition #import.

🔍 According to a report by Agora Energiewende and Agora Industrie, Germany could import between 60 and 100 terawatt hours (TWh) of green hydrogen from neighboring countries by the mid-2030s. The prerequisite is a rapid expansion of the necessary pipelines.

🔸 Context:
This import would cover a significant part of the new demand for hydrogen and derivatives declared by the federal government for 2030. Hydrogen is a crucial component of the energy transition, as it can replace fossil fuels in industry and gas-fired power plants, helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and complementing electricity-based technologies.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/3zXyPAN

💬 Daimler Truck: first hydrogen fuel cell trucks delivered to customers 🚚🔋

🌱 #hydrogen #transport #trucks #DaimlerTruck #renewableenergies.

🔍 Daimler Truck has delivered the first hydrogen trucks with fuel cell propulsion to five transport companies. These prototypes are five tractor units, all equipped with fuel cells from Cellcentric, a joint venture between Daimler Truck and Volvo Group.

🔸 Context:
The aim is to offer a climate-friendly solution for long-distance freight transport. The form of hydrogen storage is special: while other concepts are based on compressed gas tanks, the GenH2 can transport liquefied hydrogen, which has a significantly higher energy density and enables longer ranges.

🔗📌 Details: bit.ly/3WBvKPz

💬 Portugal launches its first auction for the purchase of green biomethane and green hydrogen 🌍🔋

🌱 #hydrogen #biomethane #renewableenergies #Portugal #auction.

🔍 Details:
The Government will auction up to 127 GWh/year of hydrogen with a maximum price of 127 EUR/MWh, and up to 150 GWh/year of biomethane with a maximum price of 62 EUR/MWh.

🔸 Context:
This is the first auction of its kind for the injection of gases of renewable origin or low-carbon gases into the public gas grid. Transgás, S.A., acting as Wholesale Supplier of Last Resort (CURg), will be the contracting body, while the Directorate General for Energy and Geology (DGEG) will supervise the procedure and appoint the jury.

🔗📌 Details: bit.ly/4cYk6nw

💬 Breakthrough 45 MPa domestic ionic liquid hydrogen ionic hydrogen compressor 🌍🔋

🌱 #hydrogen #innovation #energy #technology #compressor.

After two years of intensive research, China University of Petroleum (East China) and Lanshi Equipment Company jointly developed the first domestic 45 MPa ionic liquid hydrogen ionic hydrogen compressor with fully independent intellectual property rights.

🔸 Results:

After testing, the compressor exhaust pressure can reach 45 MPa, the rated flow reaches 515 Nm³/h at 12.5 MPa, and all performance indicators meet the design requirements.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/3WCGJbm

💬 How liquid hydrogen technology from Daimler Truck and Linde is transforming the future of road transportation 🌍🚚

🌱 #hydrogen #transport #technology #DaimlerTruck #Linde #sLH2

🔍 Details:
In a pioneering collaboration, Daimler Truck and Linde have developed a revolutionary subcooled liquid hydrogen refueling technology, sLH2.

🔸 Innovation:
Discover how Daimler Truck and Linde are revolutionizing transportation with their innovative subcooled liquid hydrogen refueling technology, aiming to establish a robust hydrogen infrastructure across Europe.

🔹 Transformation:
In a pioneering collaboration, Daimler Truck and Linde have developed a revolutionary subcooled liquid hydrogen refueling technology, sLH2, that promises to transform long-haul road transport. In this article, Roland Dold, director of Advanced Engineering at Mercedes-Benz Trucks, and Markus Bachmeier, director of Markets and Customer Development at Linde Hydrogen FuelTech, meet with the Hydrogen Council to discuss how sLH2 technology could make hydrogen-powered trucks a cost-effective and efficient reality, which could transform the future of sustainable transport across Europe and beyond.

🔸 First station:
Markus, Roland, thank you for taking the time to answer our questions. Linde and Daimler Truck jointly developed sLH2, an innovative subcooled liquid hydrogen refueling technology. Recently, the first public sLH2 refueling station was opened in Wörth am Rhein, Germany.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/4bUL1iL

💬 First look at the New South Wales Hydrogen Centre of Excellence 🌍🔋

🌱 #hydrogen #renewableenergies #Australia #training #jobs.

🔍 Details:
The NSW Government today unveiled the design of the state’s first Hydrogen Centre of Excellence, which will train thousands of plumbers and gas fitters and ensure NSW has a pipeline of multi-skilled workers for the hydrogen industry.

🔸 Description:
Elegant building with stepped roof overlooking plaza with water fountain and tree. Plumbers and gas fitters are some of the key jobs that will need new skills and training to support the switch to renewable energy, as there is a shortage of plumbers in NSW and across Australia.

🔹 Investment and Training:
The $25 million investment will create a hands-on training center capable of training and upskilling 8,250 plumbers and gas fitters in its first 5 years of operation. The center, an election commitment by the NSW Government, will be built in partnership with the Plumbing Industry Climate Action Centre (PICAC), increasing the number of plumbers and preparing them to work with emerging technologies.

🔸 Infrastructure:
The new designs showcase extensive workshops and classrooms where apprentices will receive hands-on training on hydrogen equipment such as electrolyzers, gas installation techniques and safety protocols. This will be in addition to the traditional skills learned by plumbers.

🔹 Employment Impact:
The construction of the center will employ over 100 apprentices and create 500 construction jobs, supporting jobs in Western Sydney.

🔗📌 Details: bit.ly/3WwBSsl

💬 World’s first ammonia ‘bunkering’ 🚢🔋

🌱 #ammonia #hydrogen #hydrogen #cleanenergy #energytransition #marine.

🔍 The role of ammonia:.
Globally, ammonia is used in agriculture and industry. It is manufactured as a chemical by combining nitrogen from the air with hydrogen. As a hydrogen carrier (17.6 % of the weight of ammonia is hydrogen), ammonia can be transported to demand centers for power generation and as a marine fuel in support of the energy transition. Several dual-fuel ammonia vessels have been commissioned by shipowners.

🛳️ Fortescue Green Pioneer:
The Fortescue Green Pioneer began its journey to become the first ammonia-powered ocean vessel in 2022, when Fortescue successfully converted a Cummins four-stroke engine to run on ammonia, in combination with diesel, at its onshore test facility in Perth, Western Australia.

🔗📌 Details: bit.ly/4d67v1a

💬 HNO International receives purchase order for next-generation hydrogen dispensers for mobile fueling stations 🚀🔋

🌱 #hydrogen #innovation #cleanenergy #sustainablemobility #technology.

🔍 Building on the successful rapid prototype development of the compact hydrogen refueling station (CHRS), HNO International is set to deliver hydrogen dispensers that meet the growing demand for flexible and scalable hydrogen refueling solutions. These dispensers, built by HNO International, will be integrated into mobile refueling units developed by Total Hydrogen Solutions, a division of Pneumatics and Hydraulics. This collaboration ensures that the latest advances in hydrogen refueling technology are delivered to the market seamlessly.

🗣️ “We are one of the few companies in the United States that build hydrogen dispensers, and we have the advantage of relatively short lead times,” said CEO Paul Mueller. Major dispenser components are manufactured by its U.S. supply chain partners and support H70, H35 and tubular trailer dispensing.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/3LzWKZu

💬 They developed technology to produce fats from carbon and hydrogen 🌱🔬

🌿 #innovation #hydrogen #carbon #technology #sustainability.

🔍 Recently, a U.S. startup developed a new technology that makes it possible to produce butter-like fats from carbon and hydrogen.

📄 According to a study published by the journal Nature Sustainability, the company Savor has managed to implement a method with zero CO2 production, whereby simple molecules are extracted from air and water to produce “complex organic molecules.”

🍴 It is precisely this process that allows the products obtained to taste remarkably similar to the originals, despite the fact that such technology “does not seek to emulate the taste with an alternative”, as has been done previously, for example, with hamburgers made from plants and synthesized proteins.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/3ya6AOx

💬 Webinar: hydrogen production from low-temperature geothermal energy in Australia, July 25, 2024 🌍🔋.

🌱 #hydrogen #geothermal #energy #clean #Australia #webinar.

🔍 Registration is currently open for a webinar hosted by the Geothermal Association of Australia on “Hydrogen production from low-temperature geothermal energy: opportunities, challenges and mitigation solutions”. Attendance is free to all.

📅 Event details:

🔸 Date: July 25, 2024, 12:00-1:00 pm AWST.
🔸 Speaker: Maryam Hamlehdar, PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne.
🔸 Registration: Register via this link

📋 In this webinar, Maryam Hamlehdar (University of Melbourne) will present a comprehensive review of the potential of geothermal energy to produce hydrogen, focusing on low-temperature Australian geothermal reservoirs, in particular hot sedimentary aquifers (HSAs).

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/3WfI1I1

💬 The Basque Country’s leadership in renewable hydrogen: an opportunity for the energy transition 🌍🔋

🌱 #hydrogen #energytransition #BasqueCountry #sustainability #BasqueHydrogenCorridor.

🔍 As a hydrogen expert, I follow closely the Basque Hydrogen Corridor project, a pioneering initiative in Europe. The Basque Country, with its powerful industrial fabric and its commitment to sustainability, is positioned as a leader in the development of green hydrogen.

🏭 The decarbonization of heavy industry, a challenge for the whole of Europe, finds in hydrogen a viable solution. The Basque Country, with 25% of its GDP coming from energy-intensive industry, has much to gain from this bet.

🔗 But the Basque Hydrogen Corridor goes further. It aims to create a complete hydrogen ecosystem, encompassing production, transport, storage and end use in mobility and industry. This comprehensive vision, embodied in 49 concrete projects, is the key to its success.

I highlight the strong institutional support and public-private collaboration that underpin this project. The union of companies, technology centers, universities and public administrations makes it possible to combine efforts and resources to achieve the ambitious objectives.

🇪🇸 The Basque initiative is not limited to its own territory. It is part of the Ebro Hydrogen Corridor, an alliance with other Spanish regions to promote renewable hydrogen in southern Europe. This cross-border cooperation is vital to maximize the impact of this technology.

📈 The short-term results are ambitious: to produce 21,000 tons per year of green hydrogen, reduce CO2 emissions by 230,000 tons and invest 1.1 billion euros over the next decade.

🏆 The Basque Country’s leadership in green hydrogen is an opportunity for all of Spain. This project demonstrates the viability of the energy transition and can serve as a model for other regions. The winning of the Hydrogen Valley of the Year 2022 award by the Basque Hydrogen Corridor is a well-deserved recognition of its strategic vision, collaborative work and tangible results.

🔭 Let’s follow the progress of this initiative closely. The Basque Country is leading the way to a clean and sustainable future powered by green hydrogen.

💬 Hydrogen Toyota GR Yaris flies at Goodwood 2024 🚗💨.

🌱💡 #hydrogen #Toyota #GRYaris #Goodwood2024 #zeroemissions #self-driving #sustainablemobility.

📅 The Japanese brand proves that you can indeed make a fun car with zero emissions, and presents a GR Yaris with a superb conversion job. Toyota has been involved in alternative propulsion methods for many years, including hydrogen, and they have already tested it in many types of vehicles, from an elegant sedan like the Mirai that we have already seen in Argentina, to a pick-up like the Hilux, which is getting closer and closer, and even some race cars like a prototype of the GR Corolla, but the brand is aiming for more.

Apparently, Toyota would be aiming to launch a street sports car like the GR Yaris, but with a hydrogen fuel cell powertrain; and that is why it is presenting the GR Yaris H2 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2024. We tell you all the details.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/3Y6oa0j

💬 Fleet change at TMB: how does a hydrogen bus work? 🚍🔋

🌱💡 #hydrogen #buses #technology #sustainablemobility #TMB #electrolysis #cleanenergy

📅 TMB has presented this Monday a new hydrogen bus that joins the eight already in circulation on the X1 line for more than a year. Before the end of 2024, the company will have acquired 38 new vehicles with this technology. But how does a hydrogen bus really work? Does it have advantages over the electric one? Mario Canet, head of innovation and new projects at TMB, answers these questions.

The hydrogen bus and the electric bus share much of the technology, but there is one element, the fuel cell, that makes them very different. Charging hydrogen in a bus takes as little as eight minutes, enough to power a vehicle for a whole day. In a fuel cell, hydrogen is combined with oxygen, so that “the water molecule is recomposed and electricity is generated,” which the vehicle uses to drive. A process known as reverse electrolysis takes place in the batteries, whereby hydrogen (stored in one or more tanks) reacts with oxygen (taken from the ambient air).

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/4bJBBqm

💬 The world’s first coal hydrogenation gasification technology was successfully tested at Dalat Banner. 🌍💨

🌱💡 #hydrogen #gasification #coal #technology #innovation #OrdosXinao #DalatBanner #cleanenergy.

📅 On July 15, after 13 years of research and development, Ordos Xinao Group’s independently developed Coal Hydrogenation and Coal Gasification Aromatics and Methane (CHARM) co-production technology successfully completed the integrated coal hydrogenation and coal gasification gasifier test, marking a breakthrough in Dalat Banner.

🔍 Coal hydrogenation and gasification aromatics and methane co-production is understood to be a new pulverized coal sorting and utilization technology that can not only efficiently and cleanly convert coal resources to produce natural gas, but also produce high value-added aromatic by-products. The core of this technology lies in the rapid hydropyrolysis reaction of pulverized coal and hydrogen under medium temperature and high pressure conditions to generate methane, light aromatics and clean semi-coke. Compared with traditional coal-to-gas or coal-to-liquid technology, this technology combines the advantages of both, achieving cascade utilization and full-price development of coal resources, achieving clean, efficient and comprehensive utilization of coal.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/3Lr9CRB

💬 1.28 billion euros for green hydrogen projects in Lower Saxony. 💶🌿

🌍💡 #hydrogen #energytransition #NowerSaxony #renewableenergies #IPCEIprojects #hydrogenstorage #Germany.

📅 The development of a hydrogen economy is an important element for the energy transition in Germany and Europe. We want to form the central core of this hydrogen economy in Lower Saxony, because good, future-ready jobs are created here.

Together with Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck, Lower Saxony’s Minister of Energy Christian Meyer and the State Secretary of the Lower Saxony Ministry of Economics Frank Doods handed over the joint federal and state funding for ten Lower Saxony “IPCEI” projects totaling 1.28 billion euros in Berlin today. The funded projects concern the large-scale production of green hydrogen, as well as pipeline projects for transport and the development of storage capacities.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/3WpErMA

💬 In the Hysetco workshop the maintenance of hydrogen cabs is running at full throttle. 🚖🔧

🔧💨 #hydrogen #taxis #Hysetco #maintenance #transportation #ToyotaMirai.

📅 Transfer of power. Representing the end of an era, a Peugeot 5008 Diesel cab arriving for service is flanked by a pair of hydrogen-powered Peugeot e-Experts just delivered to Hysetco.

🔍 More precisely, it is the Slota house, founded in 1932, that benefits from this expertise. In 2022, it came under the control of the young company Hysetco, founded in 2017. It is the result of a meeting between the Parisian electric cab company Step, the gas supplier Air Liquide, the car manufacturer Toyota France and the industrial investor Kouros. Since then, Hysetco has managed the maintenance and repair of a fleet of around 700 hydrogen vehicles, largely made up of Toyota Mirai. “It is undoubtedly the largest in Europe, perhaps in the world,” says Loïc Voisin, its president.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/4fiJzKf

💬 A record non-stop flight of 840 km. A milestone for hydrogen aircraft ✈️🔋

🌍🏆 #hydrogen #aviation #eVTOL #JobyAviation #H2FLY

📅 California-based Joby Aviation announced that it successfully completed an 840-kilometer flight of its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. thus beating the previous record more than three times!

🔍 China is making waves in the eVTOL segment, with commercial operations certifications and battery breakthroughs. But Silicon Valley-based Joby Aviation has an ace up its sleeve that could help it stay ahead of the competition. It’s German startup H2FLY, which was acquired in 2021 and gave the Americans a chance to experiment with hydrogen propulsion.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/4bDUsmN

💬 Do hydrogen cars have their place in the Olympics? 🚗🥇

🌱💡 #hydrogen #decarbonization #ToyotaMirai #OlympicGames #Paris2024.

📅 Toyota will deploy 500 Mirai for the Paris Olympics. The vehicles will join the official fleet of the event before being converted into cabs. This hydrogen car is currently the only sedan available on the market that is equipped with a fuel cell. This technology is not yet fully developed and some experts even believe that hydrogen is not a good option for decarbonizing road transport.

🔍 Several scientists have rightly criticized the presence of the Toyota Mirai at the Paris Olympics. According to them, “fuel cell-equipped vehicles delay the energy transition and Toyota should not promote them during the Olympic Games.” In a letter sent to the International Olympic Committee, they even add that “the promotion of a hydrogen car is scientifically at odds with global CO2 emissions targets.”

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/3Y3Ysd1

💬 Germany awards first green hydrogen import contract to ammonia project in Egypt. 🌍🟢

🌱💡 #hydrogen #renewableenergy #sustainability #greenhydrogen #Germany #Egypt #Fertiglobe.

📅 Between 2027 and 2033, at least 259,000 tons of green ammonia will be imported, accounting for more than 10% of Germany’s annual ammonia production. The contract was awarded to fertilizer specialist Fertiglobe, a company based in the United Arab Emirates. Fertiglobe will produce the green ammonia in Egypt by installing 273 megawatts of renewable energy, resulting in annual CO2 emissions savings of 93,000 tons, according to the ministry.

💶 The contract was awarded at a price of €811 per ton of ammonia, which translates to less than €4.50 per kilogram of green hydrogen. “These are lower costs for green hydrogen derivatives compared to current estimates and initial results of other auctions,” the ministry stated.

🔍 Other experts also welcomed the results. “Not bad at all for a project that will enter service in 2027/2028, and it is ahead of the expectations of some of the most pessimistic forecasts in recent times,” said hydrogen specialist Gniewomir Flis, who added that the project feeds green hydrogen into an existing ammonia plant, which is a significant cost advantage.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/4bH9sAk

💬 Iris Cerámica presents the first board made with green hydrogen together with Edison Next. 🌿🏭

🏆🌍 #hydrogen #renewableenergy #ceramics #sustainability #IrisCeramics #EdisonNext.

📅 Iris Ceramica Group, Italian manufacturer of large high-end technical ceramic slabs for the design, furniture and architecture sector, and Edison Next, an Edison Group company that accompanies customers and territories on their path of decarbonization and ecological transition, announce the creation of the world’s first 4D technical ceramic slab using a mixture of green hydrogen – that is, hydrogen obtained from renewable energies – and natural gas.

🔍 The slab produced has a surface area of 3.2 m long, 1.6 m wide and 12 mm thick, and is characterized by its four dimensions – defined as 4D Ceramics – in which the three-dimensionality of the material and the grain, which runs through the entire thickness of the slab, are taken into account, adding the fourth dimension of sustainability.

🏭 The production site is the H2 Factory, the new plant in Castellarano (RE) – completed in 2023 – already equipped with innovative technologies and the necessary infrastructure for 100% green hydrogen use.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/4cKySOH

💬 TECNIMONT and NEXTCHEM (MAIRE) inaugurate GAIL’s first green hydrogen plant in Vijaipur, India. 🌱🇮🇳

🌍🔋 #hydrogen #renewableenergy #sustainability #Tecnimont #Nextchem #GAIL #India.

📅 The project, awarded in May 2022 and implemented by Tecnimont Private Limited in collaboration with NEXTCHEM (Sustainable Technology Solutions), marks a significant step in the search for sustainable energy solutions in India. The plant will produce 4.3 tons per day of green hydrogen from a 10-megawatt electrolyzer, making state-owned gas utility GAIL the first Indian company to initiate large-scale green hydrogen production.

🔍 The Vijaipur plant is in line with the National Green Hydrogen Mission, which aims to achieve at least 5 million tons per year of green hydrogen by 2030. India aims for energy independence by 2047 and to achieve the Net Zero target by 2070. Green hydrogen is seen as a strategic element of the energy transition: it can be used for long-term storage of renewable energy, as a replacement for fossil fuels in industry, for sustainable transportation and potentially also for decentralized power generation, aviation and shipping.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/3xW5FkH

💬 Hydrogen opportunities bring aviation industry together. ✈️🌱

🌍💡 #hydrogen #aviation #sustainability #Airbus #Aena #renewableenergies.

📅 This Tuesday, an agreement was made public to study the feasibility of creating a hydrogen airport hub in Spain. The six companies involved, covering the entire value chain, have joined forces to address the challenges of deploying hydrogen-powered aviation in the country, with the aim of fostering and supporting the growth of this ecosystem in the sector.

🔍 This collaboration will provide a holistic view of the hydrogen-powered aircraft and its integration into the airport ecosystem. It will focus not only on hydrogen supply and infrastructure, but also on the specific requirements of airport ground operations.

🔑 For Javier Arnaldo, Airbus Sustainability Director in Spain, it is “essential” that the aviation industry collaborates to ensure the future supply of hydrogen at airports, highlighting “Spain’s great potential” in renewables and low-carbon hydrogen production.

🌟 From Aena, Ana Salazar, its Director of Sustainability, has pointed out that this collaboration will allow understanding how the process of hydrogen supply to Spanish airports could materialize in the future, establishing a roadmap to address the main challenges.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/4eWMlo8

💬 This is what it will cost to transport hydrogen, from North Africa to Germany, through the Southern corridor2: Snam estimates. 🌍🔋

🚀🏗️ #hydrogen #transport #Snam #decarbonization #Europe #hydrogengreen #corridorSouth2

📅 The opportunities for collaboration between Italy and Germany in the hydrogen value chain are numerous and extend along the 3,300 kilometers of the SoutH2 Corridor. This new infrastructure for hydrogen transport from North Africa to Germany via Italy and Austria is being developed by Snam in collaboration with the TSOs of the countries involved (TAG, CGA and bayernets).

🔍 A gas pipeline will make it possible to transport hydrogen produced at competitive costs on the southern shore of the Mediterranean, aimed mainly at the consumer markets of Central Europe. This corridor will be crucial to replace methane of Russian origin and decarbonize European industries, explained Piero Ercoli, executive director of Snam’s Decarbonization Unit, during the Italian-German Energy Forum 2024, organized in Rome by the Italian Chamber of Commerce for Germany – ITKAM (event of which HydroNews was Media Partner).

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/4cAznec

💬 DNV updates its rules for operation and qualification of hydrogen and carbon capture vessels on board. 🌊🚢

⚓🔋 #hydrogen #carboncapture #vessels #decarbonization #maritime #DNV.

📅 The classification society DNV published updates to its rules for the classification of ships and offshore structures. In addition to rules supporting the development and implementation of decarbonization and hydrogen ship enabling technologies, the new notations in operation seek to bring clarity to the responsibilities of classification clients.

🔍 “One of the most striking aspects of today’s maritime industry is the sheer diversity of challenges and opportunities where our customers are looking for classification assistance. It’s not just about new fuels, but ways for owners and managers to demonstrate their own efficiency, new vessel types to open up new markets, and advanced technologies such as onboard carbon capture,” said Geir Dugstad, global technical director, DNV Maritime.

📊 With the notations in operation, DNV developed the first in-service fleet-specific classification framework that enables owners and operators to show how they differentiate themselves in the market by implementing advanced procedures and reporting processes for greater safety and efficiency.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/3zzhz4t

💬 The application to install an electrolyzer plant for the production of green hydrogen in Granja de Moreruela is open to the public. 🌍🔋

🌱💡 #hydrogen #renewableenergy #CastillayLeón #electrolysis #greenhydrogen #Zamora.

📅 The Official Gazette of Castilla y León (Bocyl) has published the public information regarding the request for prior administrative authorization, integrated environmental authorization and environmental impact assessment of the project of an electrolyzer plant for green hydrogen production in Granja de Moreruela (Zamora).

🔍 The application of the company Inari Solar, S.L. contemplates a photovoltaic plant with an installed power of 49,950 kilovoltamperes (kVA); a hydrogen generating plant by electrolysis of demineralized water, with a production of up to 720 kilograms per hour of high purity hydrogen, and a hydrogen storage facility with up to 60 cylindrical tanks of 200,000 liters capacity.

📝 The Ministry of Economy and Finance gives a period of 30 days for anyone to examine the project and make any allegations they deem appropriate in the Territorial Service of Industry, Trade and Economy of Zamora.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/4cCAutY

💬 Golden hydrogen: a natural energy source under the Pyrenees. 🌍🔋

🌱💡 #hydrogen #renewableenergy #Pyrenees #energyreserve #sustainableenergy.

📊 A large hydrogen reserve has been discovered under the Pyrenees, opening up new possibilities to meet part of the energy demand. According to Tritlla, “as it appears in areas that have never been explored for hydrocarbons, it opens up the possibility of highly populated areas that need this source of hydrogen.”

🔍 It is essential to understand the kinetics of this process in order to accelerate and increase hydrogen generation. One approach suggested by experts is to inject atmospheric CO₂, capturing CO₂ and producing hydrogen simultaneously, which could result in a system with negative emissions.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/460S5ZL

💬 Guarantee of origin system for renewable gases starts this month in Portugal. 🌍💨

🌱💡 #hydrogen #biomethane #renewablegases #certification #GuaranteesOfOrigin #REN #Portugal.

📅 This month, REN will start issuing certificates for renewable origin gases, such as hydrogen and biomethane, similar to what already happens with electricity. By the end of the year, this process will be internationalized with Portugal joining the Association of Issuing Entities (AIB) in the gas sector, allowing the import and export of these Guarantees of Origin in Europe.

🔍 Although some certification schemes for renewable gases are already operational in certain EU countries and there are bilateral exchanges, there is still no consolidated European market for Guarantees of Origin for this sector.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/3S0otpM

MPK starts testing a hydrogen bus. Solorz’s Nesobus is already touring the city. 🚍🌱 On which route?

🏆🌍 #hydrogen #bus #transport #MPK #Nesobus #Polsat

📅 Today, July 8, the hydrogen bus Nesobus can be found on line 142. For almost a month, until August 5, it will run on many other routes. MPK has started extensive testing of the Nesobus, a new brand in the world of buses and, moreover, developed by a Polish-owned company directly related to Polsat founder Zygmunt Solorz.

⛽ The hydrogen filling station, although open to the public, was built on Obornicka Street, next to the MPK bus station. The station is called Neso and, of course, it is no coincidence that its name is similar to Nesobus. The company behind it is PAK-PCE Stacje H2, another Polsat Plus Group company that deals with green hydrogen production.

🔋 Hydrogen is an interesting fuel in the context of transport, not only in urban transport. It has many advantages, but also some disadvantages. We wrote extensively about this in the article “They refuel with water and their exhaust gases are water”.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/4eWez29

💬 Remote telecommunications towers powered by 10 kW hydrogen generators 📡🔋

🌍🔋 #hydrogen #telecommunications #innovation #EnergysAustralia.

🔍 An Australian-made 10 kW renewable hydrogen generator has been installed 120 km east of Melbourne as part of a pilot project to provide backup for telecommunications towers rendered unusable by power outages.

🔋 Hydrogen fuel cell manufacturer Energys Australia has installed one of its 10 kW renewable hydrogen generators at Neerim North, 120 km east of Melbourne, as part of a A$1.1 million ($740,000) pilot project with Telstra.

📡 The generator is installed on a Telstra cell phone tower and equipped with enough renewable hydrogen for a minimum 72-hour operating capacity if the tower is deactivated. Energys Australia said it is currently sourcing hydrogen for its generators from an undisclosed location in Victoria.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/4cLJQDc

💬 The E-WAY H2 was awarded in Spain by the “Neutral Transport Innovation Awards” 🚍💡

🏆🌍 #hydrogen #transport #innovation #Iveco #Bus

🔍 The Iveco Bus E-WAY H2 has been awarded the title of best ‘Hydrogen Vehicle’ at the Neutral Transport Innovation Awards, organized by the Iberian Association of Sustainable Transport GASNAM. This model was overwhelmingly voted by the public and praised for its performance and innovation.

🔋 This hybrid model is equipped with a hydrogen fuel cell supplied by Hyundai, a leader in hydrogen technology. It also features a 69 kWh NMC battery developed in-house by FPT Industrial and a SIEMENS ELFA 3 electric motor with 310 kW peak power. This vehicle can accommodate up to 100 passengers on board according to local regulations and offers a range of up to 450 km under normal operating conditions.

🏅 This award is in addition to the “International Sustainability Award 2024”, awarded to the model by the German magazine Busplaner, further highlighting its innovation and commitment to sustainability.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/3VT7Qxn

💬 NEXTCHEM (MAIRE) has been awarded a feasibility study and Pre-FEED based on the patented NX Stami Green Ammonia™ and NX Stami Nitric Acid™ technologies, for a low carbon fertiliser plant in FertigHy, France.

🌱🔋 #hydrogengreen, #fertilisers, #NEXTCHEM, #MAIRE

🔍 MAIRE (MAIRE.MI) announces that NEXTCHEM (Sustainable Technology Solutions) has been awarded a feasibility study and Pre-FEED (Pre Front-End Engineering Design) contract by FertigHy based on the patented NX Stami Green Ammonia™ and NX Stami Nitric Acid™ technologies and integrating hydrogen and electrolyser know-how into a consolidated technology solution.

🤝🔋 The FertigHy consortium, formed in 2023, is composed of several shareholders covering the entire value chain, including EIT InnoEnergy, RIC Energy, MAIRE, Siemens Financial Services, InVivo and HEINEKEN. FertigHy is an example of European industrial operators choosing to invest in Europe for the progressive decarbonisation of the economy.

🏭🌍 The first plant, scheduled for construction in 2027, will produce half a million tonnes per year of sustainable nitrogen-based fertilisers from renewable, low-carbon hydrogen. The consortium intends to replicate this integrated concept in other European countries, with an estimated potential benefit in terms of emission reductions of up to one million tonnes of CO2 per year per plant.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/45PUTJl

💬 DEME will expand its green hydrogen portfolio with a new facility at the Port of Gargoub.

🌿🔋 #greenhydrogen, #renewableenergy, #DEME, #HyportGargoub

📍 The wind and solar renewable energy generation infrastructure will be located 70 km southwest of Gargoub and will be connected to the production facilities via a dedicated high voltage power line. Hyport Gargoub is a three-phase project, with the first phase targeting an annual green ammonia production of approximately 320,000 tonnes.

🛠️ Hyport Gargoub is the second project within DEME Hyport Energy’s portfolio to achieve a comprehensive agreement and land reservation, following its flagship project, Hyport Duqm, in Oman. DEME Hyport Energy is pursuing a fully integrated strategy to ensure that each project generates and transmits all necessary electricity and water, resulting in 100% green hydrogen molecules.

🙏 “I would like to thank His Excellency, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, and the esteemed Cabinet of Ministers headed by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly for their backing and support for our project. I would also like to thank the Egyptian Minister of Transport, Kamel al-Wazir, for coordinating and supporting our efforts,” said Luc Vandenbulcke, CEO of DEME.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/4cg7SX7

💬 FAW Jiefang launched the hydrogen-powered tractor “Spark”, which is expected to be put into trial operation in August.

🚜💨 #hydrogen, #FAWJiefang, #newenergy, #transport, #China

🔍 On 1 July, FAW Jiefang launched the new hydrogen-powered tractor “Xingshi”, which is designed for short- and medium-distance transportation in Shandong, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Sichuan and other regions. It is equipped with a self-developed 15-litre hydrogen engine, which has high adaptability, power, reliability, cost-effectiveness and low emissions.

🗓️ It is expected to go into operation at the end of August and is expected to become one of the first hydrogen-powered vehicles in actual operation in China. This move responds to the new national energy policy and demonstrates FAW Jiefang’s innovation and competitiveness in the new energy field.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/3L8wtkE

💬 RUMBO A 2025: EXTREME H PRESENTA SU BUGGY DE HIDRÓGENO.

🚗💨 #hidrógeno, #automovilismo, #ExtremeH, #RedBull, #tecnología

🔍 Fue en Londres, el pasado 27 de junio, donde se presentó este buggy de hidrógeno llamado Pioneer 25. Para la ocasión, lució una librea con los colores de Red Bull, el socio de bebidas del campeonato. La nota de prensa especifica que este buggy será capaz de mostrar la viabilidad y el rendimiento de la pila de combustible. Además de Symbio, cuya tecnología está en el centro de esta competición, la categoría cuenta con otros socios como PIF, ENOWA NEOM (involucrada en el hidrógeno), Vodafone Business, Siemens y Jackson Swiss Partners.

🏁 Orgullo mutuo en Extreme H y Symbio

🌟 “Estamos increíblemente orgullosos de presentar el primer coche de carreras impulsado por hidrógeno del mundo y la serie Extreme H. Este lanzamiento no se trata solo de un nuevo vehículo; se trata de ser pioneros en el futuro del automovilismo sostenible”, dice Alejandro Agag, fundador y presidente de Extreme H. Dice más en este otro comunicado de prensa.

🔗 En una publicación en LinkedIn, Symbio cita a Serge Grisin, jefe de competición: “En Symbio, creemos que el automovilismo ofrece un laboratorio único en condiciones extremas y reales que nos permite probar y adaptar nuestra tecnología a los usos más intensos y exigentes. Hacemos un esfuerzo adicional para diseñar y ofrecer las soluciones de pila de combustible de cero emisiones más eficientes y competitivas adaptadas a las necesidades de cada mercado”.

🔗📌 Detalles: https://bit.ly/3XKZlqz

💬 Chinese scientists invent direct seawater electrolysis, allows hydrogen to be produced directly from the ocean using offshore wind power.

🧪🌊 #electrolysis, #seawater, #hydrogen, #renewableenergy, #China

🌍 Innovation in seawater electrolysis.

🔬 Scientists from Shenzhen University and Dongfang Electric Innovation Institute (Fujian) have achieved an incredible feat by developing a method called direct seawater electrolysis, which allows them to produce hydrogen directly from the vast oceans using renewable energy sources such as offshore wind power.

💧 Imagine the immense power and untapped potential that lies within our vast oceans, which cover more than 96% of the Earth’s water storage. With direct seawater electrolysis, they can harness this colossal resource, extracting hydrogen-a clean and versatile fuel-directly from its depths. It’s like having an infinite supply of energy waiting to be unleashed!

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/3zAYbnu

💬 Regas: Floating hydrogen import terminal.

🔋🌿 #hydrogen, #green energy, #sustainability, #Regas, #Høegh-LNG, #Lubmin

🇩🇪 Germany wants to import green hydrogen to decarbonise industry.
🌊 Lubmin, on the Baltic coast of Western Pomerania, is going to play an important role. The first steps are already being taken.
🤝 Norway’s Oslo-based Høegh-LNG and Germany’s Regas have plans to build the world’s first floating import terminal for the conversion of green ammonia to hydrogen in Lubmin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
📝 The basic agreement for the realisation of the “H2-Import Hydrogen Import Terminal H2-Import-Terminal Lubmin” was signed on Friday, according to a Regas spokesperson.
🔄 The terminal is scheduled to enter service in early 2026 and inject 30,000 tonnes of hydrogen into the grid annually.
🛠️ The technology, according to Høegh, was developed by them.
🏗️ Regas will provide the terminal’s onshore infrastructure and oversee the overall coordination of the project, including permitting and marketing of import capacities.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/4eHDNBp