Proposals at 5.2 GW by 2024: Platts Analytics Spain leads way with over 2 GW Less visibility on ambitious 2030 target European electrolyzer project proposals are not far off the Continue Reading
H2FLY, a German start-up developing hydrogen fuel cell systems for aircraft, and Deutsche Aircraft, a new German aircraft manufacturer developing energy-efficient, cost-effective, environmentally-friendly aircraft, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Continue Reading
Deutsche Bahn has selected Wystrach—a specialist in the transport and storage of gases—to provide a plug-and-play hydrogen refueling station for the joint H2goesRail project—a green hydrail mobility solution. With a Continue Reading
This year will likely go down in history as the year when hydrogen won over the media. While it will still be a while before it becomes as mainstream as Continue Reading
Highlights Action plan sets out measures for next government Focus on renewables expansion, power price reform Harmonized GOs essential for international trade Germany’s hydrogen council has called for an urgent Continue Reading
Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) on Friday launched Europe’s biggest hydrogen electrolysis plant at the Wesseling site of its Rheinland refinery after two years of construction, as it expands further into Continue Reading
Hydropower, the “forgotten giant” of low-carbon electricity, will need major policy support to help accelerate the expansion of solar and wind power and put the world on track for net-zero Continue Reading
At least two dozen U.S. energy firms, including Dominion Energy Inc (D.N) and Sempra Energy (SRE.N) , have started producing hydrogen or testing its viability in natural gas pipes to Continue Reading
Retrofitting gas pipelines key for blue hydrogen Energy companies to lift hydrogen investments by 2025 Clear policies, frameworks lift investments Energy professionals say a lack of infrastructure investment, along with Continue Reading
Norway’s Equinor (EQNR.OL) and U.S. Steel Corp (X.N) will examine the potential for developing clean hydrogen production in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, the two companies said on Tuesday. The Continue Reading
Announcements of large new electrolyser projects, and the formation of consortia to build them, are appearing in the news almost daily. What began as a few announcements a year ago Continue Reading
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, launched England’s first hydrogen double-decker buses. The 20 new buses are the first of their kind to be launched in England; the new hydrogen Continue Reading
A public-private partnership between Los Alamos National Laboratory and Southern California-based Oberon Fuels has secured funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to scale-up steam reforming technology to produce Continue Reading
SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall have now produced hydrogen-reduced sponge iron on a pilot scale. The technological breakthrough within the HYBRIT (earlier post) initiative cuts about 90% of the emissions in connection with Continue Reading
The BMW Group is beginning to test near-standard vehicles with a hydrogen fuel cell drive train in everyday conditions on European roads. Prototypes of the BMW i Hydrogen NEXT will Continue Reading
Highlights US Department of Energy announces initiative to lower hydrogen cost by 80% to $1/KG DOE estimates hydrogen from renewable energy currently costs about $5/kg, or roughly $44/MMBtu Platts Analytics’ Continue Reading
Japan, a country heavily dependent on fossil fuel imports, is betting big on hydrogen in industry, power generation, vehicles, and shipping as it looks to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. Continue Reading
A study by a team of researchers from Technische Universität Berlin (TUB) and Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft has found that direct seawater splitting for hydrogen production has substantial drawbacks compared to Continue Reading
Japan built the world’s third-largest economy on an industrial base powered by imported oil, gas and coal. Now, it is planning to shift a big chunk of that power to hydrogen, in Continue Reading
Baker Hughes (NYSE: BKR) and Air Products have announced a strategic global collaboration. Baker Hughes (NYSE: BKR) and Air Products (NYSE: APD) have announced a strategic global collaboration to develop Continue Reading
China’s state-controlled energy giant Sinopec aims to set up plants that can make 500,000 tonnes of hydrogen a year from renewable energy sources by 2025, a company executive said at Continue Reading
The Biden administration on Monday set a goal of reducing the cost of producing clean hydrogen, a fuel that could reduce dependence on others that emit greenhouse gases that cause Continue Reading
SK Corp, the holding company of SK Group, has made a strategic investment in Monolith , a US company that has developed a plasma-based process to produce “cyan” hydrogen—between green Continue Reading
Last year was a strong one for green hydrogen—at least in terms of media attention. Actual green hydrogen production did not change in any meaningful way, and there’s a host Continue Reading
Hydrogen will play an indispensable role in a future carbon-free energy system, according to nearly everyone concerned with the matter. But scenarios showing its share in final energy in the Continue Reading
The global gas industry is in an existential race: either find a way to be part of the next generation of energy or risk getting supplanted by alternatives. BP Plc Continue Reading
U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Friday called hydrogen “a huge opportunity” for the oil and gas sector to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Granholm visited an Air Liquide facility in Continue Reading
PEUGEOT has become one of the first manufacturers to offer in series production, from 2021 onwards in the compact utility van segment, an electric version powered by a hydrogen fuel Continue Reading
Highlights Green H2 can decarbonize industrial sectors Cost competitive with natural gas by 2035 Green hydrogen will be a critical component of fully decarbonizing the US power sector and broader Continue Reading
Mercedes-Benz AG is the first car manufacturer to take an equity stake in Swedish start-up H2 Green Steel (H2GS) as a way to introduce CO 2 free steel into series Continue Reading
The biggest oil-exporting region in the world, the Middle East, has set its sights on becoming a major clean energy exporter of green hydrogen. The largest oil producers in the Continue Reading
Israel-based Aquarius Engines unveiled a hydrogen-fueled version of its free-piston linear engine new hydrogen engine. The 10kg machine, based on the same technology as the original patented single-piston linear engine, Continue Reading
Bloom Energy announced an agreement with Idaho National Laboratory (INL) to test the use of nuclear energy to produce clean hydrogen through Bloom Energy’s solid-oxide, high-temperature electrolyzer. This carbon-free hydrogen Continue Reading
Global demand for hydrogen would need to more than double from its existing level of consumption to 212 million mt by 2030 if the world is attain climate-change goals, the Continue Reading
Does the hydrogen hype that once surrounded cars have better prospects with planes? Yes, but probably not in time to meet the aviation industry’s emissions targets. The past year has Continue Reading
Green hydrogen company Everfuel is planning a 300-MW electrolyzer project adjacent to the Fredericia refinery in Denmark to supply renewable hydrogen to the plant and for local zero-emission transport by Continue Reading
German steel companies thyssenkrupp Steel and HKM and the Port of Rotterdam will jointly investigate setting up international supply chains for hydrogen. In the course of their transformation paths towards Continue Reading
In talks with Dutch government on financial support H-Vision initiative had hoped for FID in 2021 Partners include Equinor, BP, Shell, ExxonMobil The Port of Rotterdam expects the first plant Continue Reading
Look to ports for the nascent green hydrogen economy Hydrogen, produced without carbon emissions, will find use in many sectors of a future ‘hydrogen economy.’ Its high energy intensity can Continue Reading
Hydrogen could comprise up to 15% of the global energy mix over the next three decades, but it is expected to serve more of a complementary role in meeting climate Continue Reading
Electric truck company Tevva and Vattenfall signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore the opportunity to provide a complete zero-emission transport solution for businesses looking to reduce the overall carbon Continue Reading
Low-cost US gas, potentially cheap feedstock for hydrogen Vast reserves, existing infrastructure offer cost advantages US oil and natural gas producers could be well-positioned to leverage blue hydrogen production as Continue Reading
The first hydrogen-powered passenger trains built by Alstom SA are set to debut in Germany and establish a toehold for the technology in Europe. After a lengthy trial period on a 123-kilometer (76-mile) track in Lower Saxony, Continue Reading
Universal Hydrogen announced $20.5-million Series A financing round led by prominent Silicon Valley venture fund, Playground Global, with the investor syndicate comprising Fortescue Future Industries, Coatue, Global Founders Capital, Plug Continue Reading
The companies will explore an alliance to develop commercially viable, large-scale hydrogen businesses. The Chevron Products Co. division of Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (NYSE: CVX) and Toyota Motor North America, Inc. Continue Reading
thyssenkrupp has signed a contract with Illinois-based CF Industries to supply a 20 megawatt alkaline water electrolysis plant to produce green hydrogen at their Donaldsonville, Louisiana, manufacturing complex. The work Continue Reading
Under the name “Green Wilhelmshaven,” Germany-based international energy company Uniper plans to establish a German national hub for hydrogen in Wilhelmshaven and is working on a corresponding feasibility study. Plans Continue Reading
India envisages a bright future for hydrogen in the next 15-20 years, supplementing natural gas via blending in the grid and in compressed natural gas for vehicles, the president of Continue Reading
Japan has ambitious plans to be entirely carbon-neutral by 2050. Trouble is: It has no clear vision of how to get there. Japan’s nuclear industry was gutted by the 2011 Continue Reading
The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Grand Est and Occitanie regions in France have signed the first order for dual-mode electric-hydrogen trains in France. Acting on behalf of the four regions, SNCF Voyageurs Continue Reading
