💬 LAUNCH OF FEASIBILITY STUDIES FOR THE HY-FEN PROJECT.

🔬📊 #hydrogen, #energy, #France, #infrastructure, #sustainability.

🚀 RTgaz launches feasibility studies for the HY-FEN project.
🎯 The aim of this future transport infrastructure is to connect several industrial consumption basins and hydrogen storage sites in France.

🏗️ The gas company is active on several fronts.
📈 After the mosaHYc and BarMar projects, it is now moving on to the second phase of the HY-FEN project.
📏 This involves the development of a future 850-kilometre hydrogen transport network with a capacity of 2 Mt/year.
📅 By 2030, the route will link several major French industrial basins, such as Fos-Marseille in the south of France, the French Chemical Valley in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and the Grand-Est region.

🌐 This hydrogen highway will connect these basins with massive underground storage projects to ensure a secure supply.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/4bmAH2S

💬 China: a high-performance hydrogen shunting locomotive pulls 105 coal wagons.

🚂🌱 #hydrogen, #energy, #China, #rail, #sustainability

🚄 China’s first high-performance hydrogen-powered shunting locomotive, developed by CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd. and China Energy Group, has completed a 10,000-tonne load test for the first time.
📍 The milestone was completed at Sidaoliu station of Xinshuo Railway’s Bazhun Line.
🚛 From here, the hydrogen locomotive towed 105 coal wagons over 2 kilometres at a constant speed.
⏱️ In a time of 165 minutes, 40 kilograms of hydrogen were consumed.
🚉 In doing so, the locomotive marked an important breakthrough in the market-oriented application of hydrogen energy in China’s high-distance railways.

🔋 The hydrogen-powered locomotive is equipped with a fuel cell and a lithium battery.
⚡ The vehicle has a maximum power output of 2,400 kilowatts and a design speed of 100 kilometres per hour.
🚜 With a maximum take-off traction of 560 kN, the locomotive has a deadweight capacity of 10,000 tonnes on a flat line and a deadweight capacity of 5,000 tonnes on a 4 per cent gradient.
🛠️ The locomotive has a modular, standardised and universal design.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/3xsjmrx

💬 Germany wins $3.2bn in European aid funding for hydrogen fuel network.

💶🌍 #hydrogen, #energy, #sustainability, #Germany, #EU.

🏗️ The European Commission has approved a €3 billion grant to the country for the construction.
📢 The European Commission has recently published a statement giving the go-ahead for $3.2 billion (€3 billion) in state aid to support Germany in the construction of a pipeline that will act as a hydrogen fuel network.

The funds will pay for the construction of the Hydrogen Core Network (HCN) pipeline.
🛠️ The hydrogen fuel network is intended as the backbone of H2 transport pipelines that will cover large distances not only within Germany, but also to several other EU member states.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/3W2lvDy

💬 A coal-fired power plant becomes a hydrogen factory.

🔋🌿 #hydrogen, #energy, #sustainability, #innovation, #Hamburg, #energytransition

🏭 The site of Hamburg’s coal-fired power plant Moorburg is being transformed into an inter-institutional project and will be used for hydrogen production in the future.
🔋 For the so-called Green Hydrogen Centre Hamburg, several existing power plant components have already been dismantled or retrofitted.
🌿 Construction of the 100 MW electrolyser is scheduled to begin in early 2025.
🔋 In the longer term, expansion to 800 MW of capacity is planned.

📅 In December 2023, the Moorburg power plant became the property of Hamburger Energiewerke GmbH, along with the plant components, specialist personnel, decommissioning obligations and all existing permits.
🔧 Modular dismantling of the areas is currently underway to allow for the widest possible reuse of the existing plants and buildings, especially for the production of green hydrogen.
🛠️ Construction of the electrolyser is scheduled to start in 2025.
📦 The first sub-areas will be handed over to the future operator on schedule.

👩‍🔬 Dr. Melanie Leonhard, Senator for Economy and Innovation:

🗣️ “In the future, the Port of Hamburg will become an even more important place than before for energy supply: in addition to the handling of energy sources, these will also be produced here in the future.
💡 Especially in the case of energy-intensive companies, cost-effective availability and reliability of energy supply is a location factor.
🌱 We want to enable industry to switch to sustainable processes to maintain Hamburg’s competitiveness as an industrial location.
🔋 Hydrogen plays an important role in this. The industry already has a lot of experience that is required for future hydrogen applications.
🔑 Due to its high demand volumes, it also has a key role in the development of a green hydrogen economy.”

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/3znXluv

💬 Hydrogen in the Basque Country: A realistic balance and a look to the future.

🔋🌿 #hydrogen, #energy, #Euskadi, #sustainability, #innovation, #future.

🔋 As a hydrogen expert, I have carefully read a recent study on hydrogen production in the Basque Country.
🌿 Although the Basque hydrogen strategy of 2021 set an ambitious target of 300 MW of generation by 2030, the current reality forces us to be more cautious.

💡 Factors such as the war in Ukraine, the volatility of energy prices and the lack of clear regulations at European and national level have dampened initial enthusiasm.
🔋 The necessary infrastructure and the high cost of green hydrogen also make it difficult to attract end-users, creating a cyclical situation where lack of demand holds back investment and vice versa.

🔬 Focusing on the study, a long-term analysis has been carried out (until 2050) using an optimisation model of the Basque hydrogen production system.
🌿 The objective is to compare the performance of two key technologies: alkaline electrolysers (AEL) and polymeric proton membrane electrolysers (PEMEL).

🔋 The study concludes that, in the short term, the PEMEL technology is the more cost-effective due to its greater maturity.
🌿 However, the long-term cost and efficiency improvement expectations of AELs position them as a more attractive option for large-scale deployments from 2030 onwards.

💡 This energy modelling approach is crucial for long-term planning and informed decision making by policy makers and businesses.

🔋 In my opinion, we must adjust the initial 2030 targets to today’s reality.
🌿 We must focus on a sustainable development of Basque hydrogen, using tools such as energy models to optimise investments and facilitate the decarbonisation of the local economy and industry.

🔬 Green hydrogen remains a key part of our energy future, but its implementation requires realistic planning and a commitment to technological innovation.

💬 They develop an efficient method of generating hydrogen from a combination of methanol and formaldehyde to move towards the “hydrogen economy”.

🔋🌿 #hydrogen, #energy, #sustainability, #innovation, #science

🔋 Researchers have developed an innovative synthetic method to produce hydrogen gas from a mixture of methanol and paraformaldehyde under mild conditions.
🌿 This method has been shown to be particularly effective for hydrogenation by transfer of alkynes to alkenes and the combination could be a promising hydrogen carrier, paving the way for advances in chemical synthesis and sustainable energy solutions.

💡 The rapid depletion of fossil fuels has spurred the search for alternative energy sources, highlighting the need for sustainable and renewable resources.
🔋 Hydrogen gas generation is particularly important because of its potential to replace fossil fuels in energy storage, transport and various chemical processes.
🌿 Methanol and paraformaldehyde, both produced on a large scale, have emerged as viable candidates for hydrogen carriers.
🔋 Their abundance and widespread manufacture make them valuable for hydrogen storage and transport, offering significant advantages over free hydrogen itself.

🔬 Research led by Professor Ekambaram Balaraman at IISER Tirupati has used commercially available nickel catalysts to produce hydrogen from methanol and paraformaldehyde without the need for bases or activators.
💡 This efficient catalytic system has demonstrated remarkable efficiency under mild conditions, and the generated hydrogen was successfully employed in the stereoselective partial transfer hydrogenation and chemisorption of alkynes.
🌿 This process allowed access to bioactive molecules with improved synthetic value.
🔬 This research was supported by ANRF (former SERB, an official agency of the Department of Science and Technology (DST)).

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/45GyPAG

💬 Germany’s €3 billion network to bring green hydrogen across Europe gets green light from Brussels.

🌍💶 #hydrogen, #greenenergy, #sustainability, #EU

Germany has won approval from the European Union for a €3 billion plan to build a hydrogen transmission network connecting several EU member states.

In the project, Germany will provide loans to finance the reuse of existing hydrogen pipelines and the construction of new ones, with the first expected to be operational by 2025.

The German government will provide state guarantees to help transmission service operators obtain more favourable loans to cover initial losses.

German expectations are that initially there will be only a few users of the network and it may be necessary to offer tariffs below actual costs to encourage take-up.

The loans offered below market rates will come from the state-backed Kreditanstalt für Aufbau and will be repaid in 2055.

🔗📌 Details: bit.ly/4cAN8Jn

💬 Volvo is developing hydrogen-powered trucks.

🚚🔋 #hydrogen, #greenenery, #trucks, #sustainability

“Trucks in which the traditional internal combustion engine is retained but run on hydrogen will have the same performance and reliability as our diesel trucks, but with the added benefit of potentially zero net CO2 emissions from axle to wheel. They will be a valuable complement to our battery electric trucks, which have been on the market for several years.”

🔗📌 Details: bit.ly/3VWTduc

💬 Electrolyser for hydrogen production: start of construction in 2025.

🌍🔋 #hydrogen, #greenenergy, #sustainability, #energy transition

🔧 The former coal-fired power plant in Moorburg is to become a “Hamburg Green Hydrogen Centre” (HGHH). The demand for hydrogen is increasing and Hamburg wants to expand its production capacities. One example is the conversion of the decommissioned Moorburg coal-fired power plant into a “Hamburg Green Hydrogen Centre” (HGHH). For the construction of the planned electrolyser, Hamburger Energiewerke (HEnW) and the Hamburg-based energy consultancy Luxcara have joined forces to form a consortium. The power plant is currently being decommissioned and construction of the electrolyser is scheduled to begin in 2025.

🔗📌 Details: bit.ly/3xxcJnB

💬 Danube Island Festival: Full mobile phone reception thanks to green hydrogen.

📱🌿 #hydrogen, #greenenergy, #technology, #festival

🔋 With green hydrogen, we ensure that festival visitors enjoy the best mobile phone reception, and in a climate-neutral way. Green hydrogen is a key element for climate-neutral industry, energy and mobility in the future. The energy source can be used in a variety of ways, even in a special application such as a festival. “With the pilot project we saved around 450 litres of diesel,” explains Michael Strebl, Chairman of the Board of Wien Energie. The green hydrogen was produced by Wien Energie and delivered in bottle packs.

🗣️ “Our mobile transmitter for the Vienna Danube Island Festival, powered by green hydrogen from Wien Energie, demonstrates that sustainability and digitalisation are not a contradiction. Technology helps people and companies to live more sustainably and consciously. As a telecommunications provider, our goal is to ensure that everyone in this country, whether young or old, in their private or professional lives, has access to digitalisation. And that digitalisation is affordable for everyone in Austria,” says Drei CEO Rudolf Schrefl.

🔗📌 Details: bit.ly/3XEpOX8

💬 France: Swiss Steel Group will make the Ugine steel plant more sustainable with green hydrogen.

🏭🌱 #hydrogen, #greenenery, #sustainability, #industry

🔋 Hydrogen producer Lhyfe wants to produce up to 12,000 kilograms of hydrogen per day with a 30 MW electrolyser. Most of the hydrogen is destined for the steel plant and is supplied via a gas pipeline. Another part is for mobility in the area. It looks like the hydrogen project will become a showcase, the region will host the Winter Olympics in 2030.

French hydrogen producer Lhyfe focuses on producing and supplying exclusively green hydrogen. In 2021, Lhyfe inaugurated the world’s first industrial-scale green hydrogen production plant connected to a wind farm. In 2022, the company inaugurated the world’s first pilot platform for offshore green hydrogen production.

🔗📌 Details: bit.ly/3VRutCz

💬 Unlocking the potential of hydrogen engines: a path to clean energy, in Overview.

🚗🔋 #hydrogen, #greenenergy, #HICE engines, #innovation.

🌱 Hydrogen engines, also known as hydrogen internal combustion engines (HICE), use hydrogen as a fuel source. These engines operate on the same principles as traditional internal combustion engines, but with modifications to accommodate hydrogen combustion. Hydrogen, a versatile and energy-dense gas, has the potential to revolutionise the automotive and energy sectors due to its clean and efficient combustion characteristics.

🔧 II. Principles of operation of a hydrogen engine

🔄 A hydrogen engine works through a series of steps, including fuel injection, compression, combustion and exhaust. The key components of a hydrogen engine include the fuel supply system, the ignition system and the combustion chamber. The main modification required for hydrogen use is in the fuel injection and ignition systems, which must be optimised to handle the unique properties of hydrogen.

🔗📌 Details: bit.ly/4c88myy

💬 Hyundai Engineering Construction is spearheading an initiative to produce hydrogen with nuclear power.

🌱🔋 #hydrogen, #greenenergy, #HyundaiEngineering, #nuclearpower, #innovation

🚀⚙️ Hyundai Engineering & Construction has initiated an ambitious project to establish a nuclear-powered hydrogen production base, in collaboration with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and other key players in the energy and technology sectors.

👨‍💼🔧 This initiative was formalised with a signing ceremony held at Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power’s Radiological Health Centre in Jung-gu, Seoul. The collaboration seeks to integrate nuclear energy into hydrogen production, combining the expertise and capabilities of multiple sectors to advance clean and sustainable technologies.

🔗📌 Details: bit.ly/4c9VNCG

💬 Rely launches configurable green hydrogen plant.

🌱🔋 #hydrogen, #greenenergy, #Rely, #JohnCockerill, #innovation.

🚀⚙️ Clear100+ includes a 100 MW green hydrogen plant integrating John Cockerill Hydrogen’s pressurised alkaline electrolyser stacks with process treatment units, pre-assembled for installation.

🌍🔧 Clear100+ guarantees a hydrogen flow rate of 1,800 kg/h, hydrogen purity after purification of 99.97%, a start-up time of 15 minutes, a plant efficiency (at full load) of 51.7 kWhr/kg, a plant availability of 96%, a design life of 25 years, a pre-FID preparation time of five months and an EPC time of 29 to 31 months.

👨‍💼🔧 “With this 100 MW green hydrogen product, we offer the market a solution that is quick to deploy, reliable, safe, configurable and overall will contribute to making green hydrogen affordable,” explained Damien Eyriès, CEO of Rely.

💡🔗 He added that by combining the engineering expertise and alkaline technologies of Technip and JC, Rely will be a unique player offering its customers “an integrated solution, simultaneously guaranteeing high performance and permanent access to the most innovative technologies”.

🔗📌 Details: bit.ly/4es49qX

💬RWE prepares to build hydrogen-ready gas-fired power plants in Germany

🏭🌍 #hydrogen, #renewableenergy, #RWE, #decarbonisation, #sustainable energy

🔋🚀 RWE plans to build hydrogen-ready gas-fired power plants at its power plant sites in Germany to contribute to the phase-out of coal by 2030.

🌱🔧 After Weisweiler in the Rhineland mining area, the company is pressing ahead with plans for such a plant at a possible second site in Werne in the southern Münsterland region. An H2-ready combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant with a nominal capacity of around 800 megawatts can be built at the Gersteinwerk power plant.

🔗Details: bit.ly/4ctmBxv

💬 Poland’s first commercial green hydrogen production facility goes live

🔋🇵🇱 #greenhydrogen, #Poland, #renewableenergy, #Wałbrzych, #PrometPlast

🌍🏭 A commercial facility for the production of green hydrogen has been built near Wroclaw, in Gaj Oławski. Promet-Plast, leader of the Oława Energy Cluster, is the company behind this innovative project.

One of the first customers to receive the green fuel produced there will be a public transport operator from Wałbrzych. The facility is powered by renewable energy generated by nearby wind turbines (22 MW in total), an agro-photovoltaic farm (9.1 MW) and a rooftop photovoltaic installation (1 MW).

🔗📌 Details: bit.ly/4cvo9Y1

💬 EU sees islands as perfect ecosystems for hydrogen integration

🔋🏝️ #hydrogen, #EU, #Mallorca, #GreenHysland, #renewableenergy

🇪🇺💡 The European Union (EU) has identified the islands as ideal energy ecosystems for the integration of hydrogen (H2). For this reason, it has financed with 32 million euros the first phase of the “Green Hysland” project, which is being developed in Mallorca and in which the University of La Laguna (Tenerife) is participating.

This was highlighted this Tuesday at a press conference by Miguel Ángel Fernández, manager of the National Hydrogen Centre, who is taking part this afternoon in the series ‘New energy vectors’, organised by the Real Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Gran Canaria.

Details: bit.ly/45uCy4i

💬 Virtual event: Exploring the future of H2-ICE as a decarbonisation strategy.

📅🕥 #hydrogen, #decarbonisation, #H2-ICE, #virtual event.

🌐🎥 Live virtual event: 24 July at 10:30 a. m. ET

🔍🚗 Explore the use of hydrogen in internal combustion engines (H2-ICE) at this virtual event, featuring the industry’s leading engine and equipment manufacturers and suppliers.

📚🔧 We will discuss the use of hydrogen in internal combustion engines (H2-ICE), as well as the main challenges for the engine and the fuel. We will examine where H2-ICE fits in the energy transition and the most likely applications for future use.

💡💸 You can expect to learn about hydrogen as a fuel, the advantages of H2-ICE over other decarbonisation strategies, information on its cost, as well as related policies. We will also address the challenges hydrogen must overcome in the future.

👨‍🏫🎤 Speakers include:

• Dave Frohberg, Chief Engineer, Natural Gas and Alternative Fuels, Caterpillar.
• Puneet Jhawar, General Manager, Alternative Fuels and Fuel Supply Systems Business, Cummins
• Ivan Tate, Technical Centre Manager, FPT Industrial
• Louise Arnold, Product Line Director, Johnson Matthey
• Dmitri Konson, Vice President of Engineering, Tenneco Clean Air
• Dr. Ameya Joshi of MobilityNotes

🎟️✅ This event is free to attend, but registration is required.

🔗📌 Details: bit.ly/4bi5qhG

💬 The gold of solar hydrogen: Charting a path for Europe

🌞🔋 #hydrogen, #renewableenergy, #sustainability, #Europe

🔍🌱 As a hydrogen expert, I see the potential of solar hydrogen, produced through artificial photosynthesis systems, with great enthusiasm. This technology has the potential to become a key player in the clean energy transition and the fight against climate change.

📊🧪 A recent study published by the University of Galway in Ireland analysed 23 roadmaps and prospective research to understand how artificial photosynthesis is being integrated into planning for the future of hydrogen.

🛤️📈 Based on this analysis, I propose the creation of a “European roadmap for golden hydrogen” to drive the development and deployment of this technology.

🌞💧 Artificial photosynthesis uses solar energy to produce clean hydrogen, offering a sustainable solution for storing renewable energy and generating green hydrogen. Unlike other hydrogen production technologies, artificial photosynthesis does not emit greenhouse gases or pollute the environment.

💡📈 The study highlights the importance of public and private investment in research, development and innovation to improve the solar energy conversion efficiency, storage possibilities and scalability of this technology.

It also underlines the need for attractive policies that incentivise the uptake of artificial photosynthesis. This includes subsidies, tax credits, feed-in tariffs and investment in research.

🔍📢 Transparency and communication are key. Informing and educating the public about artificial photosynthesis will build confidence in this technology and its social acceptance.

⚙️🌐 The road to solar hydrogen is not without challenges. Basic research must be complemented by studies for industrial scale-up of the technology.

🌍🤝 The proposed roadmap would encourage international cooperation to share knowledge and resources. This would accelerate the development and deployment of the technology globally.

🗺️📢 Creating clear roadmaps, reviewing existing policies and regulations, and investing in public awareness campaigns are pillars for a solar hydrogen future. This comprehensive approach will drive the widespread adoption of this technology and enable us to reach our climate neutrality goals.

🤝🌱 Working together, governments, industry, academia and civil society can realise the gold of solar hydrogen and build a clean and sustainable energy future.

💬 The Government will subsidise renewable hydrogen projects of at least 200 MW and 200 million euros.

🌿🔋 #hydrogen, #renewableenergy, #sustainability, #Spain

🏭📈 This measure ensures that investments are significant and capable of generating a substantial impact on renewable hydrogen production capacity in Spain. In addition, each facility within a single “hydrogen valley” can have a minimum capacity of 50 MW, allowing the integration of multiple geographic locations under a single strategic project.

🌱🔧 Furthermore, eligible projects will also include those derived from renewable hydrogen such as ammonia or methanol.

💶🔗 The grants will be supported by NextGenEU funds, framed within the European Union’s Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (RRTP), as well as by the RePowerEU mechanism.

Details: bit.ly/4c2KI6y

🏭💬 The first large-scale commercial water electrolysis hydrogen production project in southwest China officially went into commercial operation.

🌿⚡ #hydrogen, #renewableenergy, #electrolysis, #sustainability, #China

🔋🌱 The Huaneng Pengzhou hydrogen production demonstration station is located in Chengdu, Sichuan. It is Huaneng’s first large-scale water electrolysis hydrogen production project, with a hydrogen product purity of 99.999% and a designed annual output of 1,860 tonnes.

🌍🔧 This project reduces carbon dioxide emissions by 16,700 tonnes per year compared to natural gas hydrogen production and can meet the hydrogen demand of 500 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.

🔍⚙️ The project is equipped with 2 alkaline electrolysers, with a single cell of 1300 standard cubic metres per hour and a maximum of 1500 standard cubic metres per hour. The efficiency of the rectifier power supply of the project’s power conversion system has reached 99%, and its efficiency and reliability have reached the industry-leading level.

🔗📌 Details: bit.ly/4ettIYz

🚀💬 This is the largest hydrogen engine ever created: 500 kW and 1000 km per hour.

✈️🌿 #hydrogen, #aviation, #Airbus, #renewableenergy, #sustainability, #technology

🔧🌱 What is the aim of this innovative project? The main idea of this project would be to confirm the potential of superconducting energies for the aircraft of the future. This would be done by assessing specific details such as aircraft safety, required maintenance, operations and industrialisation of these promising green aircraft.

🚀🔍 Airbus UpNext is conducting Cryoprop with the intention of assessing the economic and technical feasibility of these technologies. It also seeks to position itself as one of the pioneering companies in taking hydrogen to the skies, becoming one of the first leaders in efficient and sustainable aeronautical propulsion.

💡🔋 The company’s new launch is a major milestone as it seeks new techniques to advance semiconductor electric propulsion technology. Thus paving the way for a modern, innovative, efficient and environmentally friendly future of aviation.

🔗📌 Details: bit.ly/4bbmMwq

🔋💬 Hydrogen Electromobility Days in Bulgaria.

🚍🌿 #hydrogen, #electromobility, #Bulgaria, #ToyotaCaetano, #HyundaiNEXO, #renewableenergy

💡🔧 Hydrogen is the energy of the future, but hydrogen technologies are already part of the present! Guests at the “Hydrogen Electromobility Days in Bulgaria” event, which will take place from 16-26 June in three Bulgarian cities, can make sure of this. It is part of the European campaign to promote hydrogen technologies in transport in Central and Eastern Europe.

🚍🔋 From 16 to 26 June 2024, a Toyota Caetano hydrogen electric demonstration bus and Bulgaria’s first hydrogen electric car, Hyundai NEXO, will pass through the streets of Sofia, Pazardzhik and Stara Zagora.

🎉🚏 The official opening of the “Hydrogen Electromobility Days” will take place in Sofia on 17 June at 11:30 am on Alexander I Square. Guests of the event will be able to experience first-hand the unique advantages of hydrogen buses, which, in addition to increased travel comfort, feature zero emissions and a range of 350 km with only 10 minutes of charging from the region’s first portable hydrogen refuelling station.

Details: bit.ly/45z6eNS

💡💬 The Vahia 2030 project takes a new step in the project to create a green hydrogen plant in the port of Alicante.

🌱🚢 #hydrogen, #hydrogengreen, #Vahia2030, #Alicante, #renewableenergy, #sustainablemobility

📜🔋 The Vahia 2030 project, aimed at promoting the deployment of green hydrogen, has held a strategic meeting with the aim of taking new steps to make the pilot plant planned for the port of Alicante a reality. The members of this body, which includes entities such as the Department of Innovation, Industry, Trade and Tourism, the Provincial Council, entrepreneurs and the Port Authority itself, are working on obtaining funding for both this initiative and for others that may go ahead, which is why they have made a collaboration proposal to La Caixa.

The mission of this alliance of companies and institutions, Vahia 2030, includes the search for and development of innovative projects related to green hydrogen, ranging from its generation and storage to its use. In particular, one of its main proposals is the creation of a pilot plant for the generation of green hydrogen in the port of Alicante. This plant will provide hydrogen to companies interested in this technology, promoting sustainable mobility within the port area.

Details: bit.ly/4eki7Lu

💡💬 MITECO submits to public information the future call for proposals for grants for large renewable hydrogen valley projects

🌱🏞️ #MITECO, #hydrogen, #hydrogenovergreen, #NextGenEU, #RePowerEU, #renewableenergy

📜🔋 The Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) has launched a public hearing on the draft order of bases that will govern the future call for the aid programme for the creation of large renewable hydrogen valleys or clusters, which can be consulted here. The initiative will be endowed with NextGenEU funds linked to component 31 of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR) and the European Commission’s RePowerEU mechanism.

🔋🌍 The purpose of these incentives is to promote the large-scale production and consumption of renewable and electrolytic hydrogen, as well as derived fuels, to promote the full integration of this vector in the Spanish energy mix and as a tool to advance in the decarbonisation of different industrial sectors of our economy.

🏭⚡ The future call for aid, which will be managed by the Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving (IDAE), a body dependent on the MITECO, represents a qualitative and quantitative leap in the prospects for the production and use of renewable hydrogen and derivatives in Spain. The renewable hydrogen clusters or valleys that this initiative aims to promote are key to achieving these objectives by bringing together, in a specific location, multiple stages of the hydrogen value chain; from production, storage and distribution to various users, such as the transport sector, industry and end energy users.

More information: bit.ly/3VpsAN6

🚀💧 Destinus passes a new milestone with the ignition of its liquid hydrogen engine.

✈️🌿 #Destinus, #hydrogen, #aircraft, #innovation, #aerospace, #greentechnologies

🛫🔋 The supersonic, hydrogen-powered, autonomous aircraft is moving forward in its development. After months of preparation, Destinus added a major milestone by proceeding with the ignition of its hydrogen-powered prototype engine.

📊🔬 As the startup with significant Spanish participation explains: “The test yielded data, validated fuel and combustion system models, instrumentation strategies and the injector design and manufacturing process using 3D printed alloys. The engine demonstrated solid stability, firing repeatedly with exceptional consistency and accuracy, aligning closely with expectations set by in-house computational tools,” the company says.

🔍🚀 The next phase involves increasing engine speed, targeting idle (approximately 50% of maximum engine speed) and maximum take-off power. These tests are integral to validating the technologies developed and understanding the behaviour of the system with hydrogen as fuel, both from a combustion and fueling system perspective.

🔧🔬 This information will be crucial for the development of related systems and tests, such as those involving cryogenic LH2 (liquid hydrogen) or a dedicated hydrogen-powered afterburner designed for the Destinus-3 demonstrator.

🔗📌 Details: bit.ly/3XjWVPC

🚚🌿 MAN manufactures small series of trucks with hydrogen engines

🇩🇪🚛 #MAN, #hydrogen, #trucks, #sustainablemobility, #energytransition

🔧⚡ The commercial vehicle manufacturer MAN is building a small series of heavy trucks with a hydrogen combustion engine. The first vehicles are scheduled to reach customers in 2025.

📈🌍 Starting in 2025, around 200 trucks will reach customers in Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Iceland and in “selected non-European countries”. The “MAN hTGX” will be available in 6×2 and 6×4 axle variants. It is based on the “TG” model. According to MAN, the maximum range is up to 600 kilometers.

💪🔋 The hydrogen combustion engine has a power of 383 kW / 520 HP and a torque of 2,500 Newton meters at 900 to 1,300 rpm. The hydrogen is injected directly. According to the manufacturer, refueling takes less than 15 minutes. After that, 56 kilograms of hydrogen are on board, compressed to 700 bar. According to MAN, the “hTGX” emits less than one gram of CO2 per ton-kilometer.

🔗📌 Details: bit.ly/4bWlVRp

🌍💬 The largest green hydrogen plant in Europe opens in Norway

🏭🔋 #Norway, #hydrogen, #greenhydrogen, #YaraInternational, #renewableenergy, #energytransition

🌱🔧 It is a project of the fertilizer company Yara International, located in the Herøya Industrial Park, in the city of Porsgrunn. It has a capacity of 24 MW.

👨‍💼🌿 Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre yesterday inaugurated a green hydrogen production plant developed by the fertilizer company Yara International in the Herøya Industrial Park, in the city of Porsgrunn, with a capacity of 24 MW .

📊🌱 According to a statement, it is the largest operational green hydrogen plant in Europe. It is claimed to produce more than 3,000 metric tons of green hydrogen and 20,000 metric tons of green ammonia annually.

🔍⚙️ Other technical data abounds in that the plant, which produced its first hydrogen atom in September of last year, has a daily hydrogen production capacity of 10 tons.

🔗📌 Details: bit.ly/4bVOMp7

🌍💬 Powered by hydrogen: Eco-friendly garbage truck starts in Augsburg

🗣️🚛 #hydrogen, #garbagetruck, #ecological, #Augsburg, #waste, #energytransition, #AWS

🌱🔋 Augsburg wants to be a pioneer in the elimination of ecological waste. On Tuesday, AWS unveiled the latest addition to its fleet: a hydrogen-powered garbage truck.

🏙️🚮 In City Hall Square, passers-by were able to inspect the latest addition to the urban cleaning and waste management company (AWS) on Tuesday: a hydrogen-powered garbage truck. A blue “Hydrogen” man is stamped on the vehicle and the printing on the sides reports: “100 percent hydrogen in the tank. Zero percent CO2 in the air.” The car is intended to be a step towards climate-friendly waste disposal.

🚚🌍 “It is a brave step by the city of Augsburg,” explained Markus Engbert, sales director of the manufacturing company FAUN Umwelttechnik. Because the vehicles are 100 percent electric. The company uses a built-in hydrogen fuel cell to produce the electricity for the vehicles, Engbert said. “What comes out of the tailpipe you can catch on the glass and drink. That’s how clean it is,” said pilot Rik Frickinger.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/3xpON5s

🌍💬 Andalusia believes that the EU must “review” its decisions regarding green hydrogen

🗣️⚡ #Andalusia, #hydrogen, #EU, #greenhydrogen, #renewableenergy, #energytransition, #legislation

🏛️📢 Jorge Paradela has claimed that “it takes more than three years to make decisions regarding the European legislative framework on this technology.”

🏗️🔋 The Minister of Industry, Energy and Mines of the Government of Andalusia, Jorge Paradela, has defended that the European Union “must review its decision-making processes” regarding green hydrogen, and “go at a different speed” if it wants. “stay competitive and at the forefront.”

🌱📈 During his speech at the III Tribune of Andalusia Sustainability Forum in Huelva, the counselor pointed out that these processes “are not the most operational” and gave as an example the European Hydrogen Strategy that was proposed in 2020 and that was part of a package to reduce CO2 emissions by 55% in July 2021.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/3xgedCM

🌍💨 Floating wind and renewable hydrogen: an opportunity for the EU and the UK

🔋🚀 #floatingwind, #hydrogen, #renewable, #EU, #UK, #energytransition, #renewableenergy

📈🌬️ As a hydrogen expert, I view with great interest the potential of floating wind combined with green hydrogen production to meet ambitious EU and UK targets.

🏭🌱 Both blocs have set ambitious targets for renewable hydrogen: the EU aims for 10 million tonnes by 2030 and the UK doubled its target to 10 GW of production capacity by the same year. Floating wind is emerging as a key technology to harness the huge potential of offshore wind, especially in deep waters where fixed wind turbines are not viable.

💼💡 An interesting aspect of this study is the possibility of adapting tax incentive policies, such as the US Inflation Reduction Act, to accelerate the deployment of this technology in Europe. The US tax credit for clean hydrogen production (Section 45V) is one example.

📊🔍 The research analyses how the application of these incentives could reduce the levelised cost of hydrogen (LCoH) produced from floating wind. Three scenarios are explored: no tax credits, base credits (100% of value) and maximum credits (100% plus bonuses and multipliers).

🔧📈 The results suggest that tax credits would accelerate the deployment of floating wind projects for hydrogen. This would prompt key actors to consider this promising avenue and unlock its potential to achieve green hydrogen targets.

📝🌐 In my view, this study presents an innovative regulatory pathway for coupling floating wind to hydrogen production in Europe. The findings provide valuable information for EU and UK policy makers to assess the feasibility of adapting the tax credit model and stimulating the production of hydrogen and its derivatives.

🌊🌿 Although the research focuses on US funding, it opens up a crucial debate on the need for similar regulatory frameworks in Europe to boost floating wind power and green hydrogen. This technological combination could be a decisive factor in meeting decarbonisation targets and positioning the EU and the UK as leaders in the clean energy transition.

🔋🇺🇸 Electrolysers are a small but growing source of hydrogen production in the US.

🔋🚀 #electrolysers, #hydrogen, #hydrogen production, #US, #renewableenergy, #energytransition

🌍🔌 If the planned electrolyser facilities are built, they would expand current US capacity from 116 megawatts (MW) to 4,524 MW.

🔧⚡ Developers in the United States have plans to expand hydrogen production through technologies that use electricity, a first indication that hydrogen production could move away from its current reliance on hydrocarbons in the coming years.

📈🔋 Planned electrolyser facilities that use electricity to produce hydrogen from water, if built, would expand current capacity in the United States from 116 megawatts (MW) to 4,524 MW, according to information collected by the US Department of Energy’s Hydrogen Program Registry.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/3xhkcXK

🚌💨 A hydrogen-powered bus guarantees regular routes in Ourém.

🔋🚍 #hydrogen, #hydrogen-powered bus, #ecological transport, #Hy2Market, #energytransition, #Ourém, #Abrantes, #Europe Horizon, #sustainable media

🌍🔋 The hydrogen-powered buses will be in circulation until the end of July, after having already been in the municipality of Abrantes.

🚍🌱 The municipality of Ourém has a hydrogen-powered bus in circulation since May and until the end of July. As part of the fleet that ensures regular passenger transport in the municipality of Ourém, the vehicle operates a weekly daily route, with different schedules on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.

🔧📉 The offer of public passenger transport powered by hydrogen is part of the ‘Hy2Market’ project, under the responsibility of the Regional Agency Médio Tejo 21, funded by the Horizon Europe programme in the field of energy transition, with an associated investment of 320 thousand euros for a period of eight months. In the first four months of circulation, the bus operated in the Abrantes region and until the end of July will serve the municipalities of Tomar and Ourém, connecting the cities.

🚏🗓️ On Friday, May 31, the municipal executive of Ourém had the opportunity to make a trip between Ourém and Fátima, accompanied by members of the RMTEJO II administration.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/4bNdLuC

🚴‍♂️💨 Bicycles also run on hydrogen fuel cells.

🔋🌱 #hydrogenbikes, #sustainableenergy, #HydrorideEurope, #micromobility, #hydrogentechnology, #hydrogengenerator, #hydrogen, #micromobilityEurope, #hydrogen

🌍🔋 Hydroride Europe AG presented hydrogen-powered bicycles at the Micromobility Europe trade fair in Amsterdam.

🔧🚴 The Swiss startup decided to apply hydrogen engine technology to equip bicycles, while developing a small CPU-sized hydrogen generator that can be used at home to produce fuel.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/3Vjxifn

🔋🌍 H2-Diplo office was inaugurated by Colombia and Germany to boost green hydrogen production.

🔧🌱 #hydrogengreen, #decarbonisation, #Colombia, #Germany, #sustainableeconomies, #H2Diplo, #GIZ, #renewableenergy, #hydrogenproduction

🇨🇴🇩🇪 In response to the call by the head of state, Gustavo Petro, to ‘make the leap to green hydrogen’ as one of the axes of his policy to decarbonise the economy, the governments of Colombia and Germany inaugurated the H2-Diplo Office, the first in the Andean region, financed by the German Federal Foreign Office (AA) to develop green hydrogen.

🔋🌿 The agreement includes green hydrogen derivatives and diversification of the economy with neutral value chains.

📢🇨🇴 In an official statement the Colombian Ministry of Mines and Energy said that the H2-Diplo Office will be implemented by the German Development Cooperation GIZ, which seeks to strengthen the country for the harnessing of green hydrogen.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/3VilpGl

🤝💚 Ceres signs green hydrogen production contract with Shell.

🔋🌐 #hydrogen, #greenhydrogen, #greenenerenergy, #sustainability, #Ceres, #Shell, #SOEC, #electrolysis, #greentechnology, #hydrogen production, #renewableenergies

🌟🔋 Ceres and Shell have signed a contract for green hydrogen production, the second phase of a collaboration between Ceres and Shell to design solid oxide electrolyser (SOEC) modules for large-scale industrial applications such as synthetic fuels, synthetic ammonia and green steel.

📅🤝 Ceres has been working with Shell since 2022 to deploy 1,000 SOEC System. Based on this demonstration project, the contract focuses on developing a pressurised module design that can be scaled up to 100 kilos, integrated with industrial units to produce sustainable fuels for the future.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/45kdgFZ

🔬🌱 Hydrogen from manure: maximum efficiency thanks to new technology.

💡🚀 #hydrogen, #greenenergy, #biocharcoal, #sustainability, #greentechnology, #scientificresearch, #purehydrogen, #hydrogenproduction, #renewableenergy

🌟🔋 As if the scene from 1989’s Back to the Future II had something prophetic about it. Doc Brown searches for organic waste to power the time machine, which no doubt needs a lot of energy.

🌍🔬 If researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have their way, this won’t remain science fiction for much longer. Instead, they present a method that reduces the electricity needed to produce pure hydrogen to a fraction by adding so-called biochar.

📈🔋 Hydrogen is in great demand because it has an enormously high energy density, three times that of petrol. Unfortunately, the easiest way to produce it is from natural gas, which does not seem like a sustainable solution.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/45bRkNa

🌍🔋 The mainland will reach its green hydrogen target ahead of schedule, with annual production of 220,000 tonnes, far exceeding the sum of all countries worldwide.

🔍📅 #China, #greenhydrogen, #annualproduction, #nationaltarget, #RystadEnergy, #electrolysers, #hydrogenconsumer, #greenhydrogen2025, #FCVC2024

🌟🔋 Hong Kong’s ‘South China Morning Post’ reported that the latest report released by Norwegian energy consultancy Rystad Energy on the 5th noted that mainland China has become the world’s largest producer and consumer of hydrogen, with around 2.5 gigawatts of hydrogen electrolysers expected to be installed by the end of this year. The report estimates that mainland China can produce 220,000 tonnes of green hydrogen a year, 6,000 tonnes more than the rest of the world combined, exceeding the national target of 200,000 tonnes by 2025.

📊👥 ‘After 2040, the green hydrogen market will skyrocket because the levelised cost of green hydrogen will start to be the lowest of all production methods [in China],’ Nakanishi said at the International Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Vehicle Conference and Exhibition 2024 (FCVC 2024).

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/3RbzcNN

🌍🔋 Austria relies on Hydrogen Valleys for its clean energy transition

🔍📅 #Austria, #HydrogenValleys, #hydrogengreen, #energytransition, #climateneutrality, #decarbonisation, #sustainablemobility, #nationalhydrogenstrategy, #production, #use, #MissionInnovation, #infrastructure, #renewableenergy, #valuechain

🌟🔋 As a hydrogen expert, it is with great enthusiasm that I see the concept of Hydrogen Valleys being promoted by Austria. This initiative represents a key step in the transformation of the country’s energy and economic system towards climate neutrality. Green hydrogen, obtained from renewable sources, is a central element for decarbonising industrial sectors that are difficult to electrify, as well as for sustainable mobility in air and maritime transport. Austria’s national hydrogen strategy, published in 2022, sets ambitious targets to achieve this goal.

📊👥 Building on the success of previous projects, Austria proposes the creation of Hydrogen Valleys in different geographical areas. Following the definition of the European Commission, a Hydrogen Valley is an area where clean hydrogen is produced and used locally in households, transport and industry. These valleys are not only a vision for the future, but are politically supported and aligned with European and global plans. The Mission Innovation initiative, for example, aims to develop 100 large-scale Hydrogen Valleys by 2030.

🔧🌍 Austria envisages three Hydrogen Valleys with different foci along the value chain:

• Alpine Valley: located in the west of the country and characterised by difficult to access tourist regions and important connections to Germany, Italy and Switzerland. Hydrogen infrastructure, the use of gas networks and the construction of interconnection networks will be prioritised here.
• Valley of Industry: Located in the centre of Austria, it is home to energy-intensive industries such as steel and chemicals. It also has large natural gas deposits that are being investigated for hydrogen storage.
• H2REAL Valley: This will be developed around Vienna, the capital, and will integrate the entire hydrogen value chain: production, distribution, logistics and end use. This valley will be an example of synergistic development between key players to scale hydrogen infrastructure for the future.

🌍🔋 The implementation of the Hydrogen Valleys will allow Austria to:

• Demonstrate solutions for the future hydrogen economy in different regions.
• Support the transformation of the energy system by replacing fossil fuels with renewables.
• Develop hydrogen transport networks to meet growing energy demand.

📊🔋 In short, the Hydrogen Valleys are Austria’s strategic commitment to accelerate its transition to a clean and sustainable economy.

🌍🎤 SARAWAK PRIME MINISTER TO DELIVER KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT ASIA PACIFIC GREEN HYDROGEN CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION (APGH 2024).

🔍📅 #APGH2024, #BorneoBusinessConnect, #june2024, #delegates, #27countries, #threedays, #contacts, #specialists, #experts, #investors, #24sections, #conferences, #visitors, #exhibition, #technical talks, #organiser, #courtesy, #primeminister, #AbangJohari, #ViceMinister, #Energy, #EnvironmentalSustainability, #DatukDrHazlandAbangHipni

🌟🔋 APGH 2024, organised by Borneo Business Connect, which will commence from 10-12 June 2024, will bring together some 700 delegates from 27 countries. Over the course of three days, attendees will have the opportunity to network and share ideas with industry specialists, experts and investors across 24 conference sections.

📊👥 ‘Trade visitors to the exhibition will also have the opportunity to attend technical talks presented by participating specialists,’ the APGH 2024 organiser said in a statement following a courtesy call at the prime minister’s office. During this meeting, Abang Johari was briefed on the final arrangements of APGH 2024 led by Deputy Minister of Energy and Environmental Sustainability, Datuk Dr Hazland Abang Hipni.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/456M4KT

🌍💰 Japan: more than 400 companies to launch $1 billion hydrogen fund.

🔍📅 #Japan, #hydrogen #fund, #billion #dollar #fund, #companies, #organisations, #supply #chains, #economic #security, #Japan #Hydrogen #partnership, #Iwatani, #Sumitomo #Mitsui #Financial #Group, #Mitsubishi #Ufj #Financial #Group, #production, #warehousing, #transport, #Advantage #Partners, #Tokyo

⚡️🚀 A coalition of more than 400 Japanese companies and organisations will establish a $1 billion fund in September to strengthen hydrogen supply chains, with an eye on Japan’s economic security. The ‘Nikkei’ newspaper anticipates that.

🏭🔋 The Japan Hydrogen Partnership, which counts Iwatani, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Mitsubishi Ufj Financial Group among its members, aims to invest in hydrogen production, storage and safe transportation. The fund will be managed primarily by Tokyo-based private equity firm Advantage Partners.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/3KrQ8M8

🌍📊 New reports from Sinopec offer insights into China’s energy, hydrogen and chemicals development.

🔍📅 #Sinopec, #energy #development, #hydrogen, #hydrogen, #chemicals, #green #transition, #decarbonisation, #future of #China’s #petrochemical #sector.

China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, or Sinopec, released reports shedding light on the future of China’s petrochemical sector, along with the decarbonisation efforts of Chinese companies as they continue to push for a green, low-carbon transition, at a press conference in Riyadh on 29 May. The conference was attended by more than 70 people, with a keynote address by Xie Qinsheng, minister counsellor for economic and commercial affairs at the Chinese Embassy in Saudi Arabia. Participants included representatives from Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy, Saudi Aramco, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Centre, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals and several local news agencies.

📈📑 Three key reports were presented at the press conference, namely ‘China Energy Outlook 2060 (2024 edition)’, ‘China Hydrogen Energy Industry Outlook’ and ‘China Energy and Chemical Industry Development Report 2024’, with the theme Green Transition, High-Profile Development, Innovative Future. This was followed by the opening reports presented by experts from the Saudi Intercom Research and Knowledge Centre and Wood Mackenzie Ltd. to present the development prospects of Saudi Arabia’s energy and chemical industries and highlight the research results of the global energy transition.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/3KwwPBa

🌍🚚 AiLO orders 100 Nikola hydrogen FCEV trucks.

🔍📅 #AiLO, #trucks, #hydrogen #FCEV, #Nikola, #fuel #cell #electric #vehicles, #ACT Expo 2024, #transport #clean, #sustainability, #logistics #green.

One of the AiLO trucks with black and coloured stripes was presented in Nikola’s Ride and Drive event area at ACT Expo 2024.

🚛🔋 During the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo 2024, Nikola Corporation said AiLO has placed an order for 100 Nikola hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) trucks from Tom’s Truck Centers, a member of Nikola’s sales and service distributor network. Deliveries are scheduled for 2025. As part of AiLO’s ongoing efforts to advance sustainable logistics services, the company said its hauling division is set to expand. This includes incorporating 100 Nikola hydrogen FCEVs into its operations to meet the growing demands of the port industry.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/3X6Z5lv

🌐📈 TNO and HCSS study: Europe under pressure from Chinese advance in wind and electrolysis technology.

🔍📅 #TNO, #HCSS, #Europe, #pressure, #Chinese #advancement, #wind #technology, #electrolysis, #hydrogen #green, #strategic #dependencies, #geopolitics, #energy #transition

⚡️🌍 China is becoming increasingly dominant in the market for offshore wind technology and electrolysis for green hydrogen production. To reduce strategic dependencies, Europe can take action. The geopolitical consequences could be far-reaching and directly affect the pace and costs of our energy transition. This is the conclusion of a study published today by TNO and HCSS.

🔗📌 Details: https://bit.ly/4e8wsug