EDP Renewables has, through its fully owned subsidiary EDP Renewables North America, closed a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). Under the PPA the company will sell the energy produced by a wind project totaling 204 MW. In detail, the project is located in the U.S. state of Indiana and is expected to start operations in 2023. With this new agreement, EDPR has now 2.3 GW of total capacity secured in the U.S. set to be operational from 2021 onwards.
The lab of Shu Hu, assistant professor of Chemical & Environmental Engineering at the Yale University’s School of Engineering & Applied Science, has found that photocatalysis, using particles in water, is a promising technology for generating fuels from sunlight. Water-splitting systems – which break water down to hydrogen and oxygen – need semiconductor materials with narrow bandgaps, which efficiently converts solar energy to chemical energy. While these materials can easily capture sunlight, they all corrode under illumination via self-reduction or self-oxidation. It’s a challenge that researchers have spent more than a half-century trying to solve. Strategies to protect these materials tend…
Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has, on behalf of the Australian Government, provided $1.49 million in funding to Melbourne battery technology company Relectrify to advance its commercial scale battery and inverter system using repurposed second-life electric vehicle (EV) batteries. Relectrify is launching a 36 kW / 120 kWh commercial scale modular battery product, utilizing second-life electric vehicle battery packs. The $3.3 million project will see Relectrify finalize development and undertake certifications ahead of the roll out of 20 battery units across commercial and industrial customer applications throughout Australia. Relectrify’s advanced BMS+Inverter battery control technology can boost lifetime and performance of…
GKN Hydrogen has joined the Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (CHFCA) as an executive member. GKN Hydrogen provides the whole value chain from R&D, engineering, manufacturing and sales service for the safest hydrogen energy storage solutions on the market. The company’s Hy2Green smart energy cube technology is a CO2 neutral energy system using renewable energy sources. It generates green hydrogen, and stores it in a very safe manner and compact as metal hydride. The green hydrogen can be used directly for the mobility sector or can be reconverted into electricity and heat for buildings, industry and/or back-up power systems.…
A new research study has kicked off to explore the potential for hydrogen production off the coast of East Anglia. The study, led by Hydrogen East, will research options and scenarios to bring together the region’s offshore gas and offshore wind sectors to produce clean hydrogen at scale for cleaner power, heat and transport fuels supplying the region and beyond. The ‘Bacton Energy Hub: Exploring the potential for hydrogen from the Southern North Sea’ study will provide a detailed map of existing offshore and onshore energy-related infrastructure and develop options and scenarios for where wind farms, gas platforms, subsea pipelines…
A Green Hydrogen Alliance has been established by Germany and New Zealand.
The EU will provide nearly €10 billion of funding to speed up the transition towards a green, climate neutral and digital Europe.
Vestas will reduce the headcount by approximately 450 colleagues across three factories in USA, following a decision to consolidate its footprint in Colorado, Out of the 450 people, Vestas expects to offer new roles in other parts of the business to approximately 150 impacted employees. Vestas will consolidate blades production to the Windsor Blades factory and re-purpose the Brighton Blades site into a North American headquarters for the Global Tooling business, consolidating from six dispersed smaller locations This entails ending blades production at the Brighton Blades factory, which means laying off approximately 280 employees. In addition, the company will reduce…
Xebec Adsorption’s wholly owned subsidiary HyGear, has signed a Gas-as-a-Service (GaaS) contract with Saint-Gobain Glass for a 15-year term. Saint-Gobain Glass, a float glass manufacturer, will be supplied with hydrogen for its production facility in Eggborough, United Kingdom. “The cornerstone of our hydrogen supply strategy is to satisfy the existing and evolving needs for industrial hydrogen, while also facilitating the upcoming demand for fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). We are excited to be announcing the construction of our first Decentralized Hydrogen Production Hub in the UK because these hubs will initially serve our industrial customers such as Saint-Gobain, and gradually…
ACCIONA and Plug Power have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to launch a 50-50 joint-venture (JV) headquartered in Madrid. This JV will be a leading green hydrogen platform serving clients in Spain and Portugal, providing cost-efficient and competitive green hydrogen to multiple end markets. The parties expect the JV will develop, operate, and maintain green hydrogen projects, serving the growing demand in the Iberian Peninsula. The new company also plans to provide storage, transportation, and delivery services to its customers, initially targeting the industrial and the mobility business segments. The goal is to reach a 20% market share of…
