Author: Anela Dokso

Hyundai Motor Group has signed an investment contract with the government of Guangdong Province to establish an offshore fuel cell system production facility in Guangzhou, China. The investment advances the group’s global hydrogen leadership and supports its push into China’s rapidly developing hydrogen industry. Construction is scheduled to begin next month and will be completed by the second half of 2022. The plant will be the group’s first fuel cell production base outside of Korea, with the initial capacity to produce 6,500 units of fuel cell systems per year. The group will gradually increase the capacity in line with market…

The European Commission has unveiled the Mission Innovation Hydrogen Valley platform, which highlights 32 large-scale hydrogen flagship projects around the world. The platform will present these advanced projects as “Hydrogen Valleys”, with the intention of promoting collaboration between hydrogen project developers and awareness for policymakers. Among the “most advanced H2 projects in the world” is one developed by one of Europe’s green hydrogen companies – Enapter’s Phi Suea House in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The multi-house residence in 2015 became the world’s first self-sustaining development fully powered by a clean energy system based on hydrogen energy storage, making it one of…

French company Hopium, a 100% hydrogen automotive manufacturer, has revealed the design of its technological platform. Beating heart of Hopium Māchina, the brand’s first model, this platform was designed to meet the requirements of hydrogen technology in a high-end vehicle. Up front, the fuel cell system which integrates the stacks and balance of plant, generates the electricity needed to power the vehicle. The batteries, whose volume has been reduced as much as possible while maintaining optimal efficiency, contributes to Māchina’s perfomances. The tanks allow a quantity of more than 6kg of hydrogen to be loaded for a filling time of…

Hexagon Purus has entered into an agreement with New Flyer of America and New Flyer Canada ULC (New Flyer) for the supply of high-pressure hydrogen tanks. These tanks are destined for New Flyer’s zero-emission Xcelsior CHARGE H2 hydrogen fuel cell electric transit buses in 2021. Total contract value is approximately $900,000 (approximately NOK 7.7 million). The hydrogen tanks, which rely upon Hexagon Purus technology, will be used to store compressed zero-emission hydrogen gas. These high-pressure tanks are certified for use in North America and Europe. The tanks will be manufactured at Hexagon Purus’ North American production facility in Taneytown, Maryland.…

The research team of Professor My Ali El Khakani from the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) has joined forces with French researchers from the Institute of Chemistry and Processes for Energy, Environment and Health (ICPEES),a CNRS-University of Strasbourg joint research lab, to pave the way towards the production of green hydrogen. This international team has developed new sunlight-photosensitive-nanostructured electrodes. Hydrogen is being considered by several countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) as a key player in the transition towards decarbonized industries and sectors. “Thanks to high-performance nanomaterials, we can improve the efficiency of water…

Ekona Power has entered into a Convertible Debenture with BDC Capital that will help the company develop its novel technology for low cost, clean hydrogen production. The Convertible Debenture is valued at $3.0 million, which provides Ekona with needed capital for its technology development program and supports its Series A-round, which will take place in 2021. Ekona’s pulsed-methane pyrolysis (PMP) solution converts natural gas feedstock into hydrogen and solid carbon, virtually eliminating CO2 emissions. Ekona’s patent-pending PMP reactor uses the principles of pulse-combustion and high-speed gas dynamics to dissociate feedstock methane. This unique reactor is low-cost, scalable and solves carbon…

Global Energy Ventures (GEV) and Pacific Hydro Australia Developments (Pacific Hydro) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore opportunities for the production, storage, loading, ground and marine transportation of green hydrogen produced by Pacific Hydro’s Ord Hydrogen Project. Both parties will work collaboratively on developing an export market and associated marine transport solution for green hydrogen utilizing GEV’s proprietary C-H2 ship and supply chain. Pacific Hydro operates the Ord Hydro Plant, located at Lake Argyle, Western Australia, which has the capacity to supply 30MW of renewable power to the local market. Pacific Hydro has completed a feasibility study…

Loop Energy, a mobile-power company providing hydrogen fuel cell-based solutions for the medium-to-heavy duty commercial vehicle market, has appointed George Rubin as chief commercial officer (CCO) and became a member of the executive management team. Rubin, who originally joined Loop in 2020 as Managing director, Commercial Strategy, will be responsible for Loop’s global commercial activities and driving business and revenue growth in existing and new markets, while building the requisite internal product commercialization infrastructure to support these efforts. As a member of the executive leadership team, reporting to president and CEO Ben Nyland, Rubin will work closely with Loop’s product…

Plug Power will establish a $125 million Innovation Center in New York State creating 377 new jobs, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo informed. The center, located in the Town of Henrietta, Monroe County, will be the first world’s first Gigafactory for Proton Exchange Membrane technology. The company will use this facility to manufacture hydrogen fuel cell stacks and electrolyzers. The fuel cell stacks are used in its ProGen hydrogen fuel cell engines, which are used to power a variety of electric vehicles including material handling equipment, on-road commercial fleet vehicles, and drones. The electrolyzers are utilized in the generation of green…

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has partnered with Youngstown State University and DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory to advance workforce development for the battery manufacturing industry. The $1 million project will assist in the development of an Energy Storage Workforce Innovation Center, which will serve as a training center based in the Midwest. The training center would support the battery and EV manufacturing industry in the North-East region of Ohio – referred to as “Voltage Valley” due to the number of investments made in the area by the electric vehicle industry – by helping supply a capable workforce. “We are…