Author: Anela Dokso

H2U Technologies (H2U) announced the appointment of Mark McGough as President and Chief Executive Officer. McGough has a long and successful track record of commercializing new energy technologies, including the introduction of the ultracapacitor as a new class of energy storage technology as President of Maxwell’s Advanced Energy Storage business, as well as as CEO and commercialization leader of fast-growing startups such as Ioxus, Energetics, and Pentadyne Power. H2U is developing the Gramme50, the world’s lowest cost PEM electrolyzer, specifically for producing the lowest levelized cost green hydrogen, in order to scale the Hydrogen Economy. H2U’s proprietary low cost earth…

easyJet and Rolls-Royce have announced a partnership to conduct research into industry-wide sustainability solutions for commercial aircraft. The study, which will begin in January 2022 and last up to two years, will look into alternative energy and power solutions, such as low carbon and zero-emission technologies, and their application for aircraft. The research will look at broader aspects of the aviation energy and operational ecosystem, such as fuel production, transportation, storage, and handling. The airline and a world-leading engine manufacturer are collaborating to advance knowledge of these topics in relation to both electrical and hydrogen-based power systems. Both companies intend…

KDB Industrial Bank will invest in Korea’s largest liquefied hydrogen plant facility. Korea Development Bank (KDB) announced on the 21st that it would support Linde Hydrogen Energy (LHE) in the construction of the country’s largest liquefied hydrogen production plant by providing KRW 108 billion in the ‘KDB Carbon Source Spread Fund’ When the Linde Group and Hyosung Heavy Industries formed their joint venture to form Linde Hydrogen Energy, they made the decision to build a liquid hydrogen production facility. An annual capacity of 13,000 tons of liquid hydrogen will be produced at Hyosung Chemical’s Ulsan plant as part of this…

Researchers from Japan, China, and Taiwan have developed a graphene oxide (GO) membrane with embedded nanodiamonds for purifying hydrogen from water vapor, according to InScience.

In India’s largest energy conglomerate under the Ministry of Power, NTPC Limited, Bloom Energy announced that its electrolyzer and hydrogen-powered fuel cell technologies have been selected for the country’s first green hydrogen-based energy storage installation. Off-grid hydrogen energy storage and microgrid projects at strategic locations across India are being investigated as part of India’s pledge to be carbon neutral by the year 2070. For its holistic, comprehensive and efficient technology ecosystem encompassing green hydrogen production and carbon-free power, Bloom Energy (India) Private Limited was chosen. There is a good chance that the initial collaboration between NTPC and Bloom Energy India…

First-ever offshore infrastructure and processing facilities concept for hydrogen storage in offshore caverns have been developed by Tractebel and its partner companies. Using a scalable offshore platform, Tractebel Overdick GmbH can compress and store up to 1.2 million m3 of hydrogen, according to a new design study released by the company’s offshore experts. The hydrogen produced offshore will be stored and buffered in underground salt caverns before it is transported via pipeline to the onshore grid and finally to consumers and customers via the pipeline network. Despite the importance of offshore wind energy in the global energy transition, current hydrogen…

The Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) team has accomplished another ambitious goal, producing hydrogen using an electrolyser designed and built by the team. The electrolyser was developed by a small team from FFI’s manufacturing arm in Western Australia, producing industrial hydrogen for the first time this week. Several new electrolyser technologies have been developed by FFI and added to their electrolyser patent portfolio. FFI’s electrolyser technology selection will be influenced by the results of these projects, as FFI works toward its goal of producing 15 million tonnes of green hydrogen per year by 2030. FFI Chief Executive Officer Julie Shuttleworth said,…

An important project in Western Australia’s interest, the HyEnergy Project has been given lead agency status by the state’s government. As a nominated State agency under the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science, and Innovation (DJTSSI), the official status allows for a higher level of coordination. It’s the next step after submitting a Project Definition Document to the department, in which key information about the project and its backers is outlined. An 8 GW HyEnergy Project scoping study is nearing completion, and Province Resources has teamed up with the leading French renewable Independent Power Producer Total Eren to complete the scoping…

Fossil coke consumption in the metallurgical process has been reduced thanks to a new biocarbon process developed by Eramet’s R&D teams. Manganese alloys with no CO2 emissions are the ultimate goal. Enova has just given Eramet Norway and its three manganese alloy plants in Porsgrunn, Sauda, and Kvinesdal a grant of approximately $6 million to test this technology in a pilot project. Carbon materials used in pyrometallurgical furnaces can be replaced with pre-treated biocarbon in laboratory tests (produced from biomass such as wood waste). This innovation’s next step is to conduct an industrial pilot to verify its technical viability. Tyssedal’s…

As part of the contract, pHYnix has entrusted Tresca Ingeniera with developing engineering plans and overseeing the plant’s start-up. Additionally, Tessa reveals that a pilot project for the injection of hydrogen into the natural gas network will be developed in accordance with the percentages currently permitted. For the plant’s construction, engineering encompasses everything from designing processes to selecting an electrolyzer, designing auxiliary systems, and constructing civil infrastructures. The Vitale site has important attributes for this project’s development. It’s 150 kilometers from Madrid in the heart of Castilla La Mancha, where there are good road and train connections for green hydrogen…