Author: Anela Dokso

On the HIMET (Hydrogen in an Integrated Maritime Energy Transition) Project, Advanté has collaborated with OakTec to deliver a zero-emission, portable cruise terminal building to Kirkwall Harbour in Orkney. This ground-breaking project combines Advanté’s hybrid solar technology with OakTec’s new hydrogen engine to show how efficient technologies can help with maritime decarbonization. Following successful collaboration with the CAGE (Clean Air Gas Engine) project partners, Advanté became involved in the HIMET Project, delivering sustainable welfare to HS2 as part of the Clean Air Programme. This new project in Orkney is one of 55 that have been selected for funding through the…

Zero-emission mandates and regulations are rapidly approaching reality for ship owners and operators around the world, in an industry that currently accounts for 3% of global GHG emissions. However, with over 90,000 ships in the world’s commercial fleet, “going green” is not an easy task. To date, the pace of decarbonization has largely depended on new and emerging technologies, often involving long development time, proof of concept and pilot testing. Ballard’s FCwave fuel cell module is breaking new ground in this area. The module is the first in the world to receive Type Approval for marine applications, an industry certification…

Shell is the first company to sign a HyTransPortRTM agreement. This is the hydrogen pipeline that Gasunie is laying in the Rotterdam port, from the Maasvlakte to Pernis, in collaboration with the Port of Rotterdam Authority, in order to make the port’s industry more sustainable. Fuels and raw materials that emit CO2 during production or use must be replaced with hydrogen, which is a fossil-free alternative. The pipeline’s first customer is Shell. Shell’s Holland Hydrogen I electrolyser, which will be built at the Maasvlakte’s Conversion Park, will be connected to the pipeline. The HyTransPortRTM pipeline transports hydrogen from the conversion…

Total Eren’s H2 Magallanes project, a gigawatt-scale green hydrogen and ammonia development in Chile, has awarded the UK-based John Wood Group a contract to provide conceptual engineering. Total Eren sees the project as a chance to build a desalination plant, an ammonia production facility, and port facilities to transport green ammonia to national and international markets, as well as to install 10 GW of wind power to support 8 GW of electrolysis. The entire setup would take place in the Magallanes region of southern Chile, in the commune of San Gregorio. According to Wood, the contract covers the development of…

The developer of the world’s first liquid hydrogen bunkering facility for zero-emission ships has been awarded a UK Government grant to develop a unit ready for rapid deployment to ports around the world. The £30,000 Transport Research and Innovation Grant (TRIG) awarded by the Department for Transport in partnership with Connected Places Catapult will be used to help further develop the commercial version of the small-scale portable facility, which can help reduce emissions from one of the most polluting modes of transport, according to Steven Lua, CEO of Unitrove Innovation, part of the Unitrove Group. Last November, the Leicestershire-based clean-tech…

Bloom Energy, a leading distributed electricity generation company that manufactures solid oxide fuel cells, has launched an operating lease facility with Macquarie. The funds were used to build a 1.4 megawatt (MW) fuel cell microgrid that is supplying power to a California-based semiconductor component manufacturer. Macquarie structured a sale and leaseback to Bloom Energy as part of the deal, covering the majority of the system costs for the customer and allowing Bloom Energy to provide the customer with reliable, resilient, sustainable, and cost-competitive onsite electricity. The Bloom Energy microgrid allows this customer to dispatch independently from the grid, removing the…

P2X Solutions, a leader in green hydrogen and P2X technology, has received EUR 75,000 from the Bank of Land’s Baltic Sea Project for the SH2ORE study, which will support significant emission reductions in Baltic Sea maritime transport. The study looks at carbon-neutral maritime propulsion options, as well as domestic production and business opportunities, as well as safety. “The Baltic Sea needs new innovations and especially solutions with positive environmental impact potential. Therefore, it is important for us to support interesting initiatives like this,” says Anne-Maria Salonius, Director, Finnish Mainland Business Area, Bank of Åland and the Chair of the Baltic…

A research team from the University of Alberta is collaborating with a Calgary energy company to extract hydrogen and high-demand carbon products from natural gas while emitting less CO2. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and the Mitacs Accelerate Grants Program awarded Innova Hydrogen and researchers in the Faculty of Engineering $1.2 million to develop the technology. Natural gas is heated to about 1,000 degrees Celsius in a reactor, where it is thermally decomposed into hydrogen and “carbon black,” a substance used in plastics, ink, and rubber products. However, the heat used in that process, which is typically generated…

The agreement signed by Enel Green Power and Sapio focuses on activating a supply of green hydrogen produced using renewable energy from the Carlentini wind farm in eastern Sicily. The agreement calls for the sale to Sapio of green hydrogen produced, stored, and made available at Enel Green Power’s futuristic NextHy initiative’s Carlentini and Sortino production sites beginning in 2023. Sapio will be in charge of expanding the market and handling renewable hydrogen distribution to end users. The annual supply foreseen in the agreement is for the estimated 200+ tons of production capacity of the Sicilian hub. Green hydrogen will…

Tevva Motors has chosen Loop Energy to supply its T505 (50 kW) Series fuel cell system for Tevva’s 7.5 tonne electric truck platform. The Tevva tender process began in Q4 2021 with a single unit order to evaluate and test the fuel cell system. Tevva chose Loop Energy as its supplier after testing and placed initial orders for multiple units. Both companies are currently working on a larger supply agreement. “By combining Loop Energy’s hydrogen fuel cell with our 7.5t battery electric truck platform, Tevva is taking an exciting step towards delivering our zero-emission range-extended trucks,” said Tevva Founder &…