Author: Anela Dokso

The European Commission has included P2X Solutions’ plan to build a green hydrogen and synthetic methane production facility on its list of Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI). P2X Solutions is a frontrunner in Finland’s clean energy market. P2X Solutions plans to build a facility to generate renewable synthetic methane and a green hydrogen production capacity of 70 MW as part of its proposal. There is greater leeway in how European states fund IPCEI initiatives. Projects funded by IPCEI work to have the greatest possible impact on the European hydrogen value chain, scientific community, and everyday life. P2X Solutions’…

Using their innovative processing technology, a Chinese research team has successfully converted saltwater into a renewable hydrogen fuel source. Since it is renewable, has an abundance of usable components, is inexpensive, and can be used to generate high-quality hydrogen, seawater is an excellent choice for use as a hydrogen fuel source. However, seawater presents considerable challenges since it contains components, like as chlorine, that hinder the efficiency of the conversion method. To get around this drawback, researchers came up with a new processing platform that retains all the advantages of seawater while eliminating its drawbacks, such as chlorine. By passing…

Cummins unveiled its fourth-generation hydrogen fuel cell engine at the IAA Transportation Show. The fuel cell technology comes in single 135 kW modules and dual 270 kW modules that are tailored to the duty-cycle, performance, and packaging needs of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles and buses. Two major truck manufacturers, Scania of Europe and Daimler Trucks of North America, have already established partnerships with Cummins to build and install these next-generation fuel cell engines in prototype vehicles. Integrating the systems into automobiles is simplified by the use of fourth-generation variable pressure technology, which also increases power density, power nodes, and operating…

AeroDelft is a student-run group at TU Delft working to create the first airplane in the world to be propelled by liquid hydrogen. AeroDelft believes that liquid hydrogen is the key to a future of environmentally responsible flying. Project Phoenix entails the development, production, and testing of a 1:3 size prototype and a full-scale, hydrogen-powered aircraft. Their tail-mounted electric motor allows the prototype to fly for seven hours on a single kilogram of liquid hydrogen and travel more than 500 kilometers. Cadence Fidelity Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is used by the team to investigate how redesigning the plane would affect…

The cryogas cryo-compressed hydrogen (CcH2) pressure vessels developed by hydrogen mobility company Cryomotive have hit a significant milestone in their development. Transporting CcH2 with a density of 72 g/l or higher, these boats will let long-haul trucks and buses to travel more than 1,000 km on a single tank of fuel. In 2024, the company plans to introduce its technology to the market for small-series applications. Cryomotive’s first full-size liners for heavy-duty truck tanks are ready to be reinforced with a patented carbon fiber-reinforced composite, and the company has just received and commissioned a new, automated winding machine from Mikrosam…

As part of the IPCEI Hy2Use project, NextChem was awarded a grant of €194 million to fund the construction of a waste-to-hydrogen facility. At full capacity, the waste-to-hydrogen facility that this project seeks to create might generate as much as 20,000 metric tons of hydrogen per year from a feedstock of 200,000 metric tons of non-recyclable solid trash. The grant money will be distributed as the facility is being built. The next actions will involve beginning project activities and acquiring the required permits to ensure the plant starts up in the first half of 2027 as per the funding. Hydrogen…

H2SEA is the result of the collaboration between Enersea, an offshore engineering expert, and HSM Offshore Energy, a significant Dutch construction yard. H2SEA has created a variety of green hydrogen production platforms ranging in size from 50 MW to 400 MW in response to the large-scale growth of offshore wind generation that the Dutch government has planned. By 2040, the Dutch government hopes to produce about 50 gigawatts of wind energy, and by 2050, it wants to produce about 70 gigawatts. The government intends to produce substantial amounts of hydrogen in the North Sea in addition to electricity. From 2030,…

The HYBRIT prototype facility in Lulea, Sweden, for the storage of fossil-free hydrogen gas is already operational. It was built by SSAB, LKAB, and Vattenfall. The facility for storing fossil-free hydrogen gas in rock caverns is the first of its kind in the entire globe. Now that it has begun, the two-year test period will go until 2024. The trial facility is 100 cubic meters in capacity, and a full-scale storage facility for 100,000 to 120,000 cubic meters of pressurized hydrogen gas may eventually be required. This indicates that it has a hydrogen gas storage capacity of up to 100…

A collaboration agreement for the delivery of green hydrogen was signed by the Chilean Ministry of Energy, the City-State of Hamburg’s Ministry of Economy and Innovation, and the Port Authority of the city. To implement its green hydrogen plan and decarbonization path, Germany will import a significant portion of this energy. Green hydrogen has been offered as a way to wean the world off the fossil fuels that contribute to climate change. Chile is a key ally of Germany because of its pioneering work in this field. Green hydrogen is recognized by both nations as a viable option for decarbonizing…

The European Commission has designated the Repsol-backed hydrogen project in Spain’s Escombreras Valley, which involves building a massive electrolyser, as “Strategic and of Common Interest in Europe.” The European Union Commission has given its blessing to the mobilization of 5.2 billion euros in public money from thirteen Member States to support renewable hydrogen value chain research, large-scale industrial deployment, and infrastructure building. IPCEI Hy2Use is an initiative with the goal of attracting private investment of further 7 billion Euros. As part of its efforts to encourage the decarbonization of the industries in the Valle de Escombreras, Repsol will push for…