Author: Anela Dokso

Mercedes-Benz Trucks plans to expand its vehicle lineup in the second half of the decade to include series-produced trucks with hydrogen-based fuel-cell drives. Mercedes-Benz Trucks anticipates a bright future for hydrogen trading, where pricing will be extremely competitive. The truck maker also anticipates benefits for its clients in the form of increased driving ranges, greater versatility, and reduced refueling times thanks to the hydrogen infrastructure’s lower costs and greater technological viability. Customers may find hydrogen vehicles to be an attractive alternative because of their low total cost of ownership and performance in demanding long-haul operations. Accelerating growth Since last year,…

Tevva, a British automaker, has debuted a 19-ton version of its hydrogen-electric truck. 310 miles is the maximum distance the Tevva 19-ton truck can travel (500 km). Hydrogen’s low energy density, compared to that of a conventional battery, is the key advantage of using it in an electric truck. To prevent the battery from overheating, for example, Tevva’s vehicles are equipped with an on-board computer that can automatically switch between hydrogen and electric power. Tevva’s UK plant has begun making the larger truck type, and the company has plans to open a second European plant that will increase annual output…

Neste, a Finnish oil refining firm, has begun a strategic study to convert its refinery in Porvoo, Finland, to a non-crude oil refining and renewable and circular solutions site. Neste will also continue to actively study opportunities of green hydrogen at its Porvoo refinery. The planned change would result in the end of crude oil refining at Porvoo by the middle of the 2030s. With a long-term capacity potential of 2 to 4 million tonnes per year, the transformation under investigation would begin with the co-processing of both renewable and circular feedstock and may later continue with retrofits of existing…

The purpose of the joint venture between E.ON and Nikola Corporation is to reduce carbon emissions from commercial trucks. Together, the companies can provide clients with a comprehensive mobility solution that supports the goal of increasing hydrogen usage. At this time, a term sheet has been agreed by both sides as a basis for the collaboration, and negotiations are underway toward a definitive agreement. The goal of the partnership is to create an eco-friendly, sustainable hydrogen infrastructure alongside next-generation Class 8 semi-truck technology and support systems. Therefore, the collaboration has the potential to revolutionize the emission-heavy, heavy-duty transportation industry. The…

To better serve the needs of the industrial and renewable energy industries in the Middle East, Advent Technologies and Hydrogen Systems have agreed to terms in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Hydrogen Systems plans to market, sell, distribute, install, and service Advent’s complete portfolio of high-temperature proton exchange membrane (HT-PEM) fuel cells and hydrogen generation devices in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and throughout the Middle East per the terms of the MoU. At the same time, Advent and Hydrogen Systems plan to work together and investigate options for widespread expansion of hydrogen fuel cell power applications…

French Energy Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher has been meeting with EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson to advocate for the inclusion of nuclear power as a clean energy source for hydrogen production. To speed up its green transformation and reduce its reliance on Russian fossil resources, the European Union unveiled its REPowerEU initiative in May.The policy calls for both domestic production of and import of 10 million metric tons of green hydrogen by 2030. According to the French minister, it is extremely difficult to produce green hydrogen from “low-carbon” electricity such as nuclear power under the current restrictions. In her letter, Pannier-Runacher…

McPhy has acquired 8 hectares of property at the Aéroparc de Fontaine in Belfort and plans to build Europe’s largest electrolyzer facility there by 2024. Eventually, 450 people will be working at this gigafactory. It will serve as the “flagship” of the region’s hydrogen industry. Belfort will become one of the French hydrogen capitals thanks to the investment of 30–40 million euros by the group. Rapid progress will be made, and the facility will go live in 2024. There will be customers for the factory all throughout Europe, and Belfort is included in that. The plant is expected to employ…

Wystrach, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hexagon Purus, has secured a repeat order for hydrogen distribution systems and mobile refueling stations from ZE PAK Group, Poland’s largest privately owned energy generator. In the neighborhood of six million Euros, the value of the second repeat purchase is. This new order brings Hexagon Purus’ total value of delivered hydrogen systems to almost EUR 13 million. “We are accelerating the development of our green hydrogen value chain in Poland. We recently received EU homologation for our hydrogen citibus – Nesobus. The successful tests of our hydrogen bus in four big Polish cities received…

To facilitate the transfer of hydrogen, Thyssengas is presently preparing a natural gas transmission line between Kalle (Lower Saxony) and Ochtrup (North Rhine-Westphalia). At a Nordhorn line stop, the Dortmund-based firm discussed the technical challenge of converting natural gas to hydrogen (H2) and the significance of the transport connection for the region’s future hydrogen economy. The line in question connects the Lower Saxony gas storage facility at Kalle to the North Rhine-Westphalian town of Ochtrup. It is a part of the “Thyssengas-H2-Startnetz,” an 800 km long network that aims to ease the transition to hydrogen transportation. Thyssengas’s link in Nordhorn…

SIAD Macchine Impianti (SIAD MI) has entered into a framework deal with Nel for the provision of hydrogen compressors. To kick off their partnership, SIAD MI supplied two wet hydrogen compressors (model HMS4-4) and one oxygen compressor (model MS3-3) for a 20 MW plant in Sweden. Both compressor models are considered to be among the best in the world. “The Agreement with SIAD MI is an important step in enabling Nel to further ramp-up deliveries of competitive water electrolysis systems for production of compressed green hydrogen“, Says Marius Larsen, Supply Chain Director in Nel. Together, Nel and SIAD MI will…