Author: Anela Dokso

The European Commission has authorized public funding for two initiatives by the multinational Italian companies Enel Green Power and Eni to create green hydrogen under IPCEI Hy2Use. This project of common interest to the EU will spend up to €5.2 billion to support research and development, the first industrial application, and the development of supporting infrastructure in the hydrogen value chain. It was jointly prepared and notified by 13 EU Member States. The money donated will go to South Italy Green Hydrogen, the joint venture the two businesses formed to advance the development of the projects. A 20 MW electrolyzer…

The Renault-owned performance brand Alpine is getting ready for an all-electric future, and at next week’s Paris Motor Show, Alpenglow will debut a new concept. The Alpine Alpenglow is referred to as “the starting point for all future Alpine designs, technology, and breakthroughs” and has the appearance of a Le Mans sports prototype racer. In practice, that will probably mean more for Alpine’s plans to create a replacement for the present A110 than it will for the widely anticipated Renault 5 EV variants and an unidentified SUV. The concept is nearly five meters long, two meters broad, but only one…

A diesel engine has been modified by engineers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney to burn 90% hydrogen and 10% diesel fuel, reducing pollutants by 85%. For heavy-duty applications, hydrogen is seen to be the sole viable option for lowering carbon emissions. The hydrogen combustion engine has not yet progressed beyond the prototype stage. Even the industry leader in engines, Cummins, with its fuel-agnostic engine architecture, was unable to solve all issue associated with making combustion engines use hydrogen. Engineers from the UNSW have chosen an alternative strategy to reach the decarbonization objective. They experimented with…

A hydrogen co-firing combustor for home gas turbines has been developed, and the power plant’s field demonstration is currently under progress. By lowering carbon dioxide emissions, hydrogen fuel combustion in a gas turbine for LNG power generation is anticipated to help achieve carbon neutrality. The “300MW Gas Turbine Hydrogen Co-fired Combustor Development Performance Report” was held at the Daejeon Headquarters, according to a report from the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, and a demonstration of it will begin at Korea East-West Power early the following year. Since July 2020, the research team under the direction of Kim Min-guk, director…

Lotte Chemical is collaborating to create and deliver ammonia and clean hydrogen while expanding the market. Through this agreement, the two businesses committed to cooperating in order to establish clean hydrogen and ammonia policies. This includes joint investments in clean ammonia production as well as cooperation in the production of clean hydrogen, which is gaining attention as a crucial energy source for achieving carbon neutrality, ocean transportation, and terminal operation. To ensure domestic and international supply, Lotte Chemical intends to work with Mitsubishi Corporation on ammonia production projects in the US and other nations. The effective operation of the ammonia…

A U.S. energy corporation and the South Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) have joined forces to explore technology for a massive liquid hydrogen carrier. The agreement with CB&I, a division of McDermott, a provider of energy engineering and construction solutions, asks for both businesses to work together to develop technology to install sizable liquid hydrogen storage tanks aboard ships and other related locations. According to DSME, CB&I produced the largest liquid hydrogen storage tank in the world and gave it to the Florida-based Kennedy Space Center. Since liquid hydrogen is easier to transport and store than…

The Vehicle Certification Authority has authorized First Hydrogen’s two light commercial vehicles (LCVs) for use on roads in the United Kingdom, excluding Northern Ireland. Beginning in January 2023 for a total of 24 months, the cars will be able to participate in customer trials on public roads. During this time, the company hopes to gather valuable proprietary data from fleet owners and spark significant interest in potential purchases in the future. The vans will be tested under real-world conditions with major fleet operators in the UK at first, giving the company the opportunity to publicly display its innovative design and…

S&B Engineers and Constructors (S&B) has began work on Plug Power’s Peachtree hydrogen project in Kingsland, Georgia. The facility will create green hydrogen using Plug’s patented electrolysis technology, which will then be liquefied, kept, and loaded for shipment. The facility will be able to produce 15 tons of liquid hydrogen per day once it is finished. In addition to already finished engineering work for Plug’s Pathfinder hydrogen test facility, which is also located on the site, S&B is providing engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for the Peachtree site.

The first hydrogen-electric bus, the Hydron, will be unveiled by Loop Energy and Italian bus maker Rampini Carlo SpA. In as many months, Rampini is the third Loop Energy client to introduce a platform for hydrogen-electric buses. It follows Rampini’s decision to discontinue the production of diesel buses in 2018 in order to concentrate on providing electric platforms, a trend the industry is adopting. Rampini chose Loop Energy’s fuel cell for its hydrogen-electric bus platform primarily due to its fuel efficiency. Lower fuel usage in buses can result in fuel cost savings, increased range, and less physical footprint needs, lowering…

A novel method to split hydrogen in nanoporous copper-titanium catalysts may improve the production of scents and flavorings as well as the conversion of compounds obtained from biomass. An elementary stage in catalytic hydrogenation, which is a chemical reaction between molecular hydrogen [H2] and another substance or element, usually in the presence of a catalyst, that typically necessitates the employment of precious metals, is the dissociation (breaking apart) of hydrogen bonds. By using copper alloys diluted with early transition metals as selective hydrogenation catalysts, researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) are reducing the use of precious metals. Their…