Author: Anela Dokso

Several Houston-area legislators support the region’s ambition of developing a global clean hydrogen hub. Reps. Lizzie Fletcher and Dan Crenshaw, local lawmakers from the Texas delegation, expressed their support for the Department of Energy’s decision to choose Houston as the site for a hydrogen hub as part of a program established under the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The DOE plans to invest $8 billion to create the nation’s first clean hydrogen economic centres. According to analysts, Houston is one of the cities best suited to benefit from the federal funding. More than half of the nation’s total hydrogen…

A synthetic enzyme that divides water molecules into oxygen and hydrogen has been discovered by German researchers. A team from the University of Würzburg was successful. They discovered a method for making an artificial “pocket” that could divide molecules. It should be emphasized that this invention will hasten the switch to hydrogen energy considerably. Plants have been using the similar technique for many millions of years. In the natural world, plants use light to split water as they undergo photosynthesis. This is accomplished by plants using a sophisticated molecular device known as the photosystem II. A promising approach to achieving…

The Swiss company Destinus plans to create a supersonic aircraft that would one day travel at nearly 20,000 km/h in the highest layers of the atmosphere, fuelled by green hydrogen. This aircraft would be able to transport important cargo halfway around the world in just one and a half hours. Destinus is developing a “hyperplane” that will fly without pilots at speeds of up to 18,500 kph at an altitude of about 60 kilometers. After the invention of the jet engine and the first passenger aircraft using this novel kind of propulsion, the aviation industry experienced a golden period marked…

Rinnai and Toyota, in collaboration with Woven Planet, have begun joint efforts on a potentially ubiquitous new hydrogen application for food preparation.

ThyssenKrupp has given permission for the largest steelmaking facility in Germany to replace its blast furnaces with low-carbon technology. ThyssenKrupp’s investment allows for the ongoing use of iron ore suitable for blast furnaces rather than requiring the use of expensive direct reduction (DR) ore. Following the company’s €2 billion investment decision, the first of four blast furnaces will be replaced by a direct reduced iron (DRI) unit that reduces iron ore using hydrogen rather than metallurgical coal. When the first facility, which will be larger than expected, opens in 2026, the three remaining blast furnaces will be replaced. More scrap…

For its non-renounceable rights offer to finance investments in clean hydrogen as well as oil and gas exploration and production, BPH has received applications totaling $1.83 million. Applications were submitted for the issuance of one share priced at 1.3c for every 25 shares owned, including the shortfall offer. For each subscriber to shares, investors received a free attaching option with a 3c exercise price and a 30 September 2024 expiration date. The rights issue and $1.5 million share placement’s proceeds will be utilized to further invest in clean hydrogen technologies as well as to explore and develop the company’s oil…

From October 19–20, 2022, Dover Fueling Solutions (DFS), a division of Dover Corporation, will host customers and business associates at the Hydrogen Technology Expo in Bremen, Germany.

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the Spanish Reganosa Asset Investments, the European Rubis Terminal Infra and the Japanese Sojitz Corporation to carry out a joint feasibility study for the establishment of a green hydrogen supply chain in Europe.

The investigation being carried out by the University of Michigan researchers indicates that one of the areas in which hydrogen has the greatest potential is medium- and heavy-duty trucks traveling interstate roads. The report’s release coincides with a collaboration between Michigan and six other states in the US Midwest to hasten the growth of an H2 economy, encompassing the fuel’s clean production, storage, transportation, and distribution. The coalition of states will cooperate to take the lead in providing fuel for hydrogen transportation. The states also want to set up one or more H2 hubs for further energy production for domestic…

On a road construction project close to Cadiz, the Spanish company Acciona is generating electricity on-site using a hydrogen fuel cell.