Author: Anela Dokso

Metacon AB signed a non-exclusive distribution agreement in Japan with the company Notes, Nagano for its Combined Heat and Power (CHP) product H2PS-5. The agreement is made through Metacon’s subsidiaries Metacon KK in Japan and Helbio SA in Greece. Notes is a company active in the electronics and energy sector in Japan. Notes brings valuable experience from relevant high-technology areas such as electronics equipment and manufacturing of small-scale solar power generation systems in Japan. Notes will take on a key role for Metacon in both selling and supporting the H2PS-5 products after sales in Japan. The agreement follows a longer…

A new partnership has been established to assist federal and provincial hydrogen policies to promote the clean and green fuel, as well as Canada’s decarbonization targets and aspirations to establish a hydrogen economy. The Canada Hydrogen Alliance (CH2A), led by Hybrixcel and seeded by GERB Scientific, will do just that by promoting supply chain innovation, production, and the commercialization of hydrogen-focused technology and hydrogen-powered projects. Furthermore, the alliance will seek to identify concrete measures that Canada can take to grow the whole supply chain for clean hydrogen production, transportation, storage, and usage, as well as the technology development and infrastructure…

The Xiong’an New Area building project in Hebei Province, China, has received a fleet of 100 hydrogen-powered trucks. FTXT Energy Technology, a subsidiary of Great Wall Motor (GWM), and partners Dayun, Dongfeng, and Foton handed over the fleet to assist establish a green hydrogen transportation network countrywide. Each of the trucks is outfitted with 111kW hydrogen fuel cell engines, hydrogen stacks, and hydrogen storage, as announced at the Great Wall Technology Centre. Once operational, the vehicles will be refueled at 10 pre-existing service stations equipped with hydrogen stations. Not only are the vehicles environmentally friendly, but they are also believed…

Verdagy, a Khosla Ventures backed green hydrogen technology company based in Moss Landing, California, has appointed Dr. Saroj K. Sahu as chief technology officer. Dr. Sahu’s key focus areas will be leading the commercial scale-up of the Verdagy Water Electrolysis (VWE) technology. Verdagy’s technology combines industry-leading very large active area cells, operating at high current densities nearly ten times higher than those of traditional alkaline water electrolysis. The cell architecture and selected membranes allow a large dynamic operating range enabling both load shedding and load gaining capabilities reducing overall system energy costs. Taken together, this allows Verdagy to achieve both…

Monash University in Australia completed a lifecycle analysis and net energy analysis (LCA/NEA) of a potential large-scale solar-electrolysis facility for green hydrogen production. The study’s open-access publication has been published in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science. They computed hydrogen generation by dividing annual solar farm power output (without transmission losses and balance-of-plant loads) by electrolyzer efficiency. The average global horizontal irradiance (GHI) for Learmonth, Western Australia was 2,200 kWh m-2 yr-1, which was used to calculate solar farm energy generation. They assumed an electrolyzer efficiency of 55 kWh kg-1 H2, as well as sensitivity values of 50 and…

Hyundai has added five zero-emissions NEXO hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicles to the Queensland government fleet, marking the company’s continued commitment to hydrogen as an environmentally beneficial transportation solution. The NEXO fleet was unveiled on Saturday at the GABBA in Brisbane, with Minister for Energy, Renewables, and Hydrogen, Mick de Brenni, and the Hyundai-sponsored Brisbane Lions in attendance to promote the QLD hydrogen revolution before of the final-round AFL match. The NEXO fleet is intended to raise awareness and is decked out in an eye-catching Indigenous-inspired livery depicting a hydrogen nucleus and the Brisbane River (Maiwar), developed by Brisbane-based Indigenous-owned creative…

For the fourth year in a row, the Net Zero Technology Centre is offering up to £100,000 in funding to renewable energy start-ups, including those creating green and blue hydrogen technologies, through its TechX Accelerator program. TechX Accelerator applications opened with 12 selected start-ups poised to benefit from both cash and expert support. The Net Zero Technology Centre expects that this may hasten the transition to net zero. Renewable energy technologies, such as green and blue hydrogen and other clean fuels, carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS), digitalization, and technologies that cut greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas…

The Port of Tallinn is investigating the best methods for converting ferries to hydrogen fuel and providing cruise ships with hydrogen refueling capability in the Old Harbour.

The first step in establishing statewide hydrogen hubs will be the creation of a collaborative platform that connects potential hydrogen producers and users throughout NSW. The only approach to make green hydrogen commercially feasible in Australia and NSW, according to NSW energy minister Matt Kean, is to get to scale as soon as possible. This new platform, as well as the following rollout of hydrogen hubs, will contribute in that effort, he claims. The minister stated that the NSW government recognized the importance of green hydrogen in the state’s future economic development and decarbonization. The federal government has already committed…

Chinese investors see opportunities for greater profits in companies that manufacture or use green hydrogen, a clean energy source that most governments believe will help them fulfill mid-century climate targets. So far, the sector has provided a safe haven from government crackdowns on technology and education firms, which Beijing accuses of aggravating inequality and raising financial risk. As China tightens controls, industries that drive growth through innovation and technology are expected to earn support. The sector is gaining as local governments, including as Beijing and Inner Mongolia, implement programs to cultivate green hydrogen enterprises in order to meet net-zero ambitions.…