Author: Anela Dokso

A new consortium has been awarded £2.94 million in funding with the goal of incorporating hydrogen into whiskey production. The UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy will provide the funds to enable the consortium to scale up the hydrogen-based technology and conduct hydrogen trials at Beam Suntory’s Glen Garioch distillery in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Over the course of the 21-month project, Supercritical will advance its technology and complete an industrial hydrogen trial at Beam Suntory’s Glen Garioch distillery, producing approximately 57,000 bottles of hydrogen-distilled whisky. These bottles will be the first hydrogen-fired bottles of whisky produced on a large…

Scatec and its partners, OCI NV, Fertiglobe, The Sovereign Fund of Egypt, and Orascom Construction, have chosen Plug Power as the electrolyser technology provider for the 100 MW green hydrogen facility to be built in Egypt.

Plug Power, a leading provider of turnkey hydrogen solutions for the global green hydrogen economy, completed the acquisition of Applied Cryo Technologies, a leading provider of technology, equipment, and services for the transportation, storage, and distribution of liquefied hydrogen and other cryogenic gases. The acquisition of Applied Cryo Technologies provides Plug Power with significant capabilities, expertise, and technologies, including a liquid hydrogen delivery network and fleet, liquid hydrogen storage, and hydrogen mobility fueling, allowing the company to expand its green hydrogen ecosystem and lower the cost of hydrogen infrastructure and logistics networks. Plug Power welcomes over 200 new employees based…

As part of the Australian Government’s expanded $464 million regional program, the Tasmanian Liberal Government is moving forward with its plan to maximize the opportunity for Bell Bay to be a national renewable hydrogen hub. The Tasmanian Government will submit an official funding request to the Australian Government to begin the Tasmanian Green Hydrogen Hub Project at Bell Bay, confirming it as one of Australia’s strategically important locations for the development of the emerging green hydrogen industry. Bell Bay, with its advanced manufacturing zone, renewable energy availability, appropriate infrastructure, water availability, and port access, is an ideal location for a…

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has commissioned a consortium led by Energy & Utility Skills and the Institution of Gas Engineers & Managers (IGEM) to develop domestic and non-domestic hydrogen gas installation standards, competence frameworks, and training specifications. The work will be aided by the British Standards Institution’s (BSI) Publicly Available Specification (PAS) standards, which are being developed to codify guidance and specifications for ancillary hydrogen gas devices and components. These standards will allow for occupied 100% hydrogen heating trials, such as the neighbourhood and village trials outlined in the Prime Minister’s Ten Point Plan. The…

Global Technologies has provided an update on Tersus Power’s hydrogen production and dispensing station. As Tersus Power looks to roll out its first of its kind 1250Kg per day Hydrogen Production & Dispensing Station, what makes it stand above all the other hydrogen generation technologies? 1) Tersus is lowering the barrier to entry into the market by reducing the initial capital investment required to deploy a hydrogen fueling station. 2) Tersus is reducing the operational cost through intelligent engineering and design by reducing the total maintenance and feedstock requirements while greatly extending the operational life span of its modular system…

Alstom and Hynamics, the EDF Group’s hydrogen subsidiary, signed a partnership agreement to optimize hydrogen refueling of passenger trains. This collaboration will hasten the development of hydrogen trains while also shortening the time required to refuel them. Already, the Alstom and Hynamics teams are working together on modeling, calculation, and simulation. This work, which notably mobilizes the skills and resources of “EDF Lab,” will then be tested beginning in 2022 on the electrolyser test platform at ‘EDF Lab Les Renardières,’ one of three Électricité de France R&D centers located in Écuelles (Seine-et-Marne). A hydrogen production station, a 450 bar compressor,…

According to Australian National University researchers, new technologies that allow hydrogen to be produced directly from solar energy without the use of expensive electrolyzers could pave the way to low-cost renewable hydrogen supplies. The ANU research team developed new “photoelectrode” designs in new research published in the journal Advanced Energy Materials, which could be a critical step toward high efficiency and low-cost renewable hydrogen production. Conventional solar cells convert sunlight into electric current by using semiconductor materials. Solar cell design advancements over the last few decades have established solar technologies as one of the cheapest sources of electricity generation with…

Schlumberger New Energy, the CEA, and their partners announced the signing of pilot project agreements between Genvia and critical-industry leaders on the path to net zero in the cement and steel industries. Through these agreements, Genvia will scale up the next generation of electrolyzer technology developed by the CEA over two decades of R&D to produce clean hydrogen without CO2, accelerating the decarbonization of multiple industrial sectors. During an official visit to the Schlumberger and Genvia facility, French President Emmanuel Macron praised the joint public-private partnership and reaffirmed his commitment to the hydrogen economy. These new agreements will lay the…

A framework agreement has been signed between Neles and thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers for the delivery of valve solutions for green hydrogen applications. Neles will deliver Neles segment valves to be used in electrolysis plant modules supplied by thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers as part of the agreement. Green hydrogen, or hydrogen produced by extracting hydrogen from water using renewable energy, has been identified as a key component in the clean energy transition. Hydrogen has enormous potential for renewable energy storage, transportation, and increasing renewable energy use in some carbon-intensive industrial processes. More than 30 countries have already announced plans to…