Author: Anela Dokso

Hydrogen storage in depleted gas fields is an area of joint research between CGG and the University of Edinburgh’s GeoEnergy research group. To compete with fossil fuels like natural gas, hydrogen will need large-scale, low-cost, and dependable hydrogen storage solutions. The new group is exploring the feasibility of reusing depleted gas reserves for this purpose. To model the variety of the depleted gas fields’ underground geological reservoirs, they plan to work together. That way, they can see which ones have the best potential as hydrogen storage locations. Additional options, such as the utilization of carbon dioxide and other alternative cushion…

Both H2 Green Steel and GreenIron H2 are committed to reducing emissions and increasing circularity at H2 Green Steel’s plant in Boden, which is located in Northern Sweden. GreenIron H2 is a Swedish firm that aims to efficiently and cheaply reduce metal oxides to pure metals without using carbon dioxide. H2 Green Steel’s iron waste and residuals will be recycled through this hydrogen-based CO2-reduction technology. GreenIron H2 will install its furnaces at the H2 Green Steel plant in Boden, collecting residuals such oxidized scale and production waste for further processing with green hydrogen per GreenIron H2’s patented method. The end…

By 2025, India will have eight gigawatts of electrolyser capacity, making it one of the world’s most significant industrial hubs. For a grand total of 8 GW, there are now seven distinct industrial projects involving a total of nine companies. And by 2025, four 1GW plants will be up and running. By the end of 2022, the number of electrolyser factories in India is expected to be nearly as large as the global average. The 8GW would be a sizeable fraction of the 26GW of gigawatt-scale electrolyser installations announced to far around the world. There has been a recent uptick…

The European Commission has included P2X Solutions’ plan to build a green hydrogen and synthetic methane production facility on its list of Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI). P2X Solutions is a frontrunner in Finland’s clean energy market. P2X Solutions plans to build a facility to generate renewable synthetic methane and a green hydrogen production capacity of 70 MW as part of its proposal. There is greater leeway in how European states fund IPCEI initiatives. Projects funded by IPCEI work to have the greatest possible impact on the European hydrogen value chain, scientific community, and everyday life. P2X Solutions’…

Using their innovative processing technology, a Chinese research team has successfully converted saltwater into a renewable hydrogen fuel source. Since it is renewable, has an abundance of usable components, is inexpensive, and can be used to generate high-quality hydrogen, seawater is an excellent choice for use as a hydrogen fuel source. However, seawater presents considerable challenges since it contains components, like as chlorine, that hinder the efficiency of the conversion method. To get around this drawback, researchers came up with a new processing platform that retains all the advantages of seawater while eliminating its drawbacks, such as chlorine. By passing…

Cummins unveiled its fourth-generation hydrogen fuel cell engine at the IAA Transportation Show. The fuel cell technology comes in single 135 kW modules and dual 270 kW modules that are tailored to the duty-cycle, performance, and packaging needs of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles and buses. Two major truck manufacturers, Scania of Europe and Daimler Trucks of North America, have already established partnerships with Cummins to build and install these next-generation fuel cell engines in prototype vehicles. Integrating the systems into automobiles is simplified by the use of fourth-generation variable pressure technology, which also increases power density, power nodes, and operating…

AeroDelft is a student-run group at TU Delft working to create the first airplane in the world to be propelled by liquid hydrogen. AeroDelft believes that liquid hydrogen is the key to a future of environmentally responsible flying. Project Phoenix entails the development, production, and testing of a 1:3 size prototype and a full-scale, hydrogen-powered aircraft. Their tail-mounted electric motor allows the prototype to fly for seven hours on a single kilogram of liquid hydrogen and travel more than 500 kilometers. Cadence Fidelity Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is used by the team to investigate how redesigning the plane would affect…

The cryogas cryo-compressed hydrogen (CcH2) pressure vessels developed by hydrogen mobility company Cryomotive have hit a significant milestone in their development. Transporting CcH2 with a density of 72 g/l or higher, these boats will let long-haul trucks and buses to travel more than 1,000 km on a single tank of fuel. In 2024, the company plans to introduce its technology to the market for small-series applications. Cryomotive’s first full-size liners for heavy-duty truck tanks are ready to be reinforced with a patented carbon fiber-reinforced composite, and the company has just received and commissioned a new, automated winding machine from Mikrosam…

As part of the IPCEI Hy2Use project, NextChem was awarded a grant of €194 million to fund the construction of a waste-to-hydrogen facility. At full capacity, the waste-to-hydrogen facility that this project seeks to create might generate as much as 20,000 metric tons of hydrogen per year from a feedstock of 200,000 metric tons of non-recyclable solid trash. The grant money will be distributed as the facility is being built. The next actions will involve beginning project activities and acquiring the required permits to ensure the plant starts up in the first half of 2027 as per the funding. Hydrogen…

H2SEA is the result of the collaboration between Enersea, an offshore engineering expert, and HSM Offshore Energy, a significant Dutch construction yard. H2SEA has created a variety of green hydrogen production platforms ranging in size from 50 MW to 400 MW in response to the large-scale growth of offshore wind generation that the Dutch government has planned. By 2040, the Dutch government hopes to produce about 50 gigawatts of wind energy, and by 2050, it wants to produce about 70 gigawatts. The government intends to produce substantial amounts of hydrogen in the North Sea in addition to electricity. From 2030,…