Bloom Energy and Cefla team up on fuel cells in Italy
Bloom Energy has teamed with Cefla to deploy several megawatts (MW) of Bloom’s solid oxide fuel cells through 2025.
The collaboration will increase Bloom’s presence in Italy and help Italian businesses switch from conventional combustion-based energy sources to a fuel-cell-based Energy Server that can effectively meet their urgent energy requirements.
Cefla will use Bloom’s highly effective Energy Servers, which can be set up to take the place of conventional combined heat and power (CHP) systems, to meet the recently agreed gas reduction requirement. With almost no detrimental smog-forming particulate matter, Bloom’s fuel-flexible technology, which can run on natural gas, biogas, or hydrogen, produces electricity without burning and reduces carbon emissions compared to the grid.
Hyundai Motor Company establishes vehicle joint venture with CICC in China
In order to strengthen its position in the nation’s expanding market for zero-emission commercial vehicles, Hyundai Motor Company established a joint venture with a subsidiary of the Chinese investment banking company China International Capital Corporation (CICC).
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was inked with CCM, the capital management arm of CICC, in order to jointly launch a commercial car business using hydrogen in China.
By the year’s end, a definitive agreement was anticipated to be struck.
Hyundai stated that its manufacturing and R&D base in Sichuan would be used to design and construct environmentally friendly commercial cars. CCM would assist in creating sales channels and gaining the cooperation of government agencies, state-owned businesses, and logistical firms.
Charbone leases land for green hydrogen plant from Town of Selkirk
In accordance with a lease agreement signed by Charbone Manitoba and the Town of Selkirk in Manitoba, Charbone Manitoba is granted access to a 4.6-acre plot of property west of the defunct City of Selkirk Wastewater Treatment Plant.
The first regional green hydrogen production facility in Manitoba will be designed, constructed, and run by Charbone Manitoba in accordance with the lease’s requirements.
Throughout order to sell and distribute green hydrogen in Manitoba and the Canadian Prairies, Charbone and its distribution partner Superior Propane, a division of Superior Plus, will make use of their shared knowledge.
With the goal of aiming commercial operation and the first deliveries from the fourth quarter of 2023, Charbone will begin the funding, planning, and engineering of the installation for phase 1. In order to create a circular water economy, Charbone plans to use the “re-water” from the sewage treatment plant and deliver residual oxygen to the aeration ponds of the City of Selkirk Wastewater Plant.
India discussing green hydrogen export
According to a representative of India’s foreign ministry, the nation is in discussions with other governments about exporting green hydrogen produced domestically.
At a business event, Prabhat Kumar, an additional secretary for the ministry of external affairs, stated, “We are in a position to make green hydrogen as our main source of energy in the future.”
1s1 Energy Portugal wraps up $2.15M funding round for green hydrogen project
1s1 Energy has closed a $2.15 million fundraising round. The principal investors are Faber and CSN Inova, with Asiri, Gibson Lane GmbH, Aquarius Capital, and Ecoa Capital also taking part.
With the funding, 1s1 Energy Portugal will be able to finish the planning stages of Hy2Tech, the first hydrogen project in Portugal to get the Important Project of Common European Interest label (IPCEI). The 63 million euro project that was chosen calls for the building of research and development (R&D) facilities as well as the production of 300 megawatts of electrolysers annually in Portugal.
In order to produce green hydrogen profitably, 1s1 Energy is creating electrolysers. The business is also developing new methods for designing and producing its modules. The technology developed by 1s1 Energy aims to bring the price of creating green hydrogen below 2 euros per kilogram.
Vervaeke orders hydrogen fuel cell-equipped electric truck
Vervaeke has placed an order for its first hydrogen fuel cell-equipped electric truck. This CO2-free vehicle represents completely CO2-neutral transportation.
The new truck represents zero emissions because it only produces water vapor, not carbon emissions.
This purchase fits perfectly with the increased focus on sustainable transportation that Vervaeke and one of its biggest clients have been working on together. This is in addition to Vervaeke’s ongoing investments in the most up-to-date machinery, the most effective engines, customer collaborations in ecologically friendly projects, and skilled drivers.
Vervaeke will also learn valuable skills and knowledge about the application of this cutting-edge hydrogen technology via the course of this project. In the first half of 2023, the initial truck will be delivered.
GeoPura’s hydrogen generator kept Uniper’s UK gas plant operational
During a three-month maintenance period, a GeoPura hydrogen-powered generator kept Uniper’s Cottam Development Centre (CDC) natural gas plant in the UK running.
The 250kW Hydrogen Power Unit (HPU) from GeoPura, which was ordered by Uniper and used by the maintenance contractor Siemens Energy, provided power to the outage village’s welfare facilities and EV charging stations for all of the site’s electric vehicles.
According to GeoPura, the HPU was powered by green hydrogen created using clean energy from a nearby biomass facility.
The maintenance outage at GeoPura’s CDC power plant is the first one to have been powered by green hydrogen in this manner, the company claims. The most recent outage has demonstrated the need for hydrogen-powered backup power, which is necessary because the 445MW natural gas power plant must shut down for periodic maintenance every four to five years.
Maharashtra plans hydrogen policy for automotive and energy industries
Within a month, the Maharashtra government plans to announce a hydrogen policy for the automotive and energy industries.
The National Hydrogen Mission, which the Union government has already established, is viewed as the fuel that would replace fossil fuels. Samant declared that in order to bring the technology to Maharashtra, the government will form an agreement with the Union government. However, it will first implement a hydrogen policy similar to the state’s policy for electric vehicles.
There are projected to be green hydrogen or ammonia manufacturing zones or clusters in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Odisha, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, and West Bengal, which will aid India in launching its National Green Hydrogen Mission.
