Author: Anela Dokso

To better serve the needs of the industrial and renewable energy industries in the Middle East, Advent Technologies and Hydrogen Systems have agreed to terms in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Hydrogen Systems plans to market, sell, distribute, install, and service Advent’s complete portfolio of high-temperature proton exchange membrane (HT-PEM) fuel cells and hydrogen generation devices in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and throughout the Middle East per the terms of the MoU. At the same time, Advent and Hydrogen Systems plan to work together and investigate options for widespread expansion of hydrogen fuel cell power applications…

French Energy Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher has been meeting with EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson to advocate for the inclusion of nuclear power as a clean energy source for hydrogen production. To speed up its green transformation and reduce its reliance on Russian fossil resources, the European Union unveiled its REPowerEU initiative in May.The policy calls for both domestic production of and import of 10 million metric tons of green hydrogen by 2030. According to the French minister, it is extremely difficult to produce green hydrogen from “low-carbon” electricity such as nuclear power under the current restrictions. In her letter, Pannier-Runacher…

McPhy has acquired 8 hectares of property at the Aéroparc de Fontaine in Belfort and plans to build Europe’s largest electrolyzer facility there by 2024. Eventually, 450 people will be working at this gigafactory. It will serve as the “flagship” of the region’s hydrogen industry. Belfort will become one of the French hydrogen capitals thanks to the investment of 30–40 million euros by the group. Rapid progress will be made, and the facility will go live in 2024. There will be customers for the factory all throughout Europe, and Belfort is included in that. The plant is expected to employ…

Wystrach, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hexagon Purus, has secured a repeat order for hydrogen distribution systems and mobile refueling stations from ZE PAK Group, Poland’s largest privately owned energy generator. In the neighborhood of six million Euros, the value of the second repeat purchase is. This new order brings Hexagon Purus’ total value of delivered hydrogen systems to almost EUR 13 million. “We are accelerating the development of our green hydrogen value chain in Poland. We recently received EU homologation for our hydrogen citibus – Nesobus. The successful tests of our hydrogen bus in four big Polish cities received…

To facilitate the transfer of hydrogen, Thyssengas is presently preparing a natural gas transmission line between Kalle (Lower Saxony) and Ochtrup (North Rhine-Westphalia). At a Nordhorn line stop, the Dortmund-based firm discussed the technical challenge of converting natural gas to hydrogen (H2) and the significance of the transport connection for the region’s future hydrogen economy. The line in question connects the Lower Saxony gas storage facility at Kalle to the North Rhine-Westphalian town of Ochtrup. It is a part of the “Thyssengas-H2-Startnetz,” an 800 km long network that aims to ease the transition to hydrogen transportation. Thyssengas’s link in Nordhorn…

SIAD Macchine Impianti (SIAD MI) has entered into a framework deal with Nel for the provision of hydrogen compressors. To kick off their partnership, SIAD MI supplied two wet hydrogen compressors (model HMS4-4) and one oxygen compressor (model MS3-3) for a 20 MW plant in Sweden. Both compressor models are considered to be among the best in the world. “The Agreement with SIAD MI is an important step in enabling Nel to further ramp-up deliveries of competitive water electrolysis systems for production of compressed green hydrogen“, Says Marius Larsen, Supply Chain Director in Nel. Together, Nel and SIAD MI will…

Optima Life Science, an industry leader in web processing technology, is hard at work on a test converter made with cutting-edge fuel cell manufacturing techniques in mind. Accordingly, the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg provides a sizable amount of money to the corporation. A modular test converter is in the works at the firm. This allows for the rapid and simple implementation of novel concepts, process improvements, and product enhancements. Fuel cell manufacturing techniques of the future will be tested in a prototype setting before being implemented in full scale production systems. There is no foreseeable end to the need for modifications…

Since there is now substantial backing for renewable energy, green hydrogen, and zero-emission mobility, First Hydrogen has announced that it will speed up its green hydrogen ambitions for the US market. In light of the recent passage of the historic Inflation Reduction Act, the company has launched First Hydrogen Energy (USA) and First Hydrogen Automotive (USA). The law allocates $369 billion for combating climate change and increasing energy production. U.S. fleet clients will soon be able to purchase the company’s hydrogen fuel-cell cars. The Inflation Reduction Act is viewed as a crucial piece of policy assistance that will lead to…

Medha Servo Drives, a major rail system integrator, recently placed an order for fuel cell modules from Ballard Power Systems to power the country’s first hydrogen-powered trains with Indian Railways. Two diesel-electric commuter trains will be upgraded with Ballard’s latest fuel cell technology, the FCmoveTM-HD+, which will be installed with eight separate 100 kW modules. To get started on the route to realizing their net-zero aspirations, Indian Railways awarded the contract to provide the hydrogen-powered trains to Medha. Shipment of the fuel cell modules is anticipated in 2023, with trains entering operation in 2024; subsequent retrofits are possible. Given that…

Chariot is teaming up with Total Eren of France to advance the Nour green hydrogen project in Mauritania. An agreement for a 50/50 joint venture with a renewable energy expert based in Paris has been reached, and detailed feasibility studies for developing the Nour project will soon get underway. As a group, they might examine additional prospects in the green hydrogen sector in other African nations. The cooperation will gain from Total Eren’s specialized knowledge in solar, wind, hybrid, and green hydrogen projects worldwide, and Chariot has stated that it will “co-lead” on project development and permitting, local content, and…