Author: Arnes Biogradlija

Elogen reports that the European Commission has picked its “gigafactory” and R&D strengthening project as part of the Hydrogen IPCEI (Important Project of Common European Interest). The European Commission approved the 15 Member States involved in the “Hy2Tech” IPCEI to provide up to 5,4 billion euros in public funding on July 15, 2022. Elogen is one of the 41 concepts selected for the “Hydrogen production technology” category of the Hy2Tech IPCEI. Elogen’s project involves, on the one hand, increasing the intensity of its research and development in order to develop innovative stacks of electrolysers with proton exchange membranes, and, on…

Desert Mountain Energy and Beam Earth Ltd. have entered into an agreement to determine the economic viability of the company’s sulphur-free hydrogen discovery. Beam Earth Ltd. possesses expertise in creative and cost-effective techniques for producing hydrogen-related products, which complement the company’s revolutionary helium processing facilities. This agreement embraces not only Desert Mountain Energy’s current properties in Arizona, but also other jurisdictions. “We look forward to working with a like-minded company that, by design, is also seeking to follow innovative design and ESG policies,” says Robert Rohlfing, CEO of Desert Mountain Energy Corp. “Beam Earth Ltd. has extensive expertise in the…

EPRO Advance Technology (EAT) – has revealed a breakthrough in green hydrogen energy generation and energy storage, unveiling what is thought to be the world’s simplest and least expensive method for delivering hydrogen. This breakthrough method has the potential to accelerate the hydrogen economy by decades, turning hydrogen from the fuel of the future into the fuel of the present. Si+ is an innovative porous silicon material created by EAT that can manufacture ultra-pure hydrogen on demand from a water source. Si+ can also function as a solid-state hydrogen generator that is compact, durable, and transportable. It has the ability…

Johnson Matthey (JM), a global leader in sustainable technologies, has announced plans to construct an £80 million gigafactory at its existing facility in Royston, United Kingdom, to increase production of hydrogen fuel cell components. JM announced a revised strategy earlier this year, aiming to be the “global leader in performance components for fuel cells and electrolysers” by 2024/25, with Hydrogen Technologies revenues exceeding £200 million. The gigafactory will initially be capable of producing 3GW of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell components annually for hydrogen vehicles. The UK government’s Automotive Transformation Fund will assist the project (ATF). The APC predicts…

The introduction of a joint New South Wales and Victoria grant funding round has set off plans to build Australia’s first “renewable hydrogen highway” and green up one of the country’s busiest freight corridors along the east coast. Grant applications opened on Monday, with $20 million set aside to assist the design and construction of at least four sustainable hydrogen refueling stations along the route, as well as around 25 hydrogen-powered trucks. Successful candidates must enter into a cooperative funding agreement with both governments, who have each contributed $10 million to the Hume Hydrogen Highway. The Hume Hydrogen Highway is…

First Hydrogen Corp. is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, First Hydrogen Limited, has appointed Afkenel Schipstra as Chief Operational Officer to expand its energy business. Ms. Schipstra joins First Hydrogen from multinational utility ENGIE, where she served as Senior Vice President of Hydrogen Business Development. She was responsible for major hydrogen projects in the Netherlands, including HyNetherlands, a 1.85 GW green hydrogen value chain that includes the production, transport and use of green hydrogen. She is also a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of HydrogenOne Capital Growth plc, the first hydrogen fund listed on…

The supervisory board (SB) of German steelmaker Salzgitter has approved a €723 million investment in making steel production more sustainable. Salzgitter is working on hydrogen-based steel production. The SB’s approval is not yet an investment decision for the sustainability effort. Salzgitter is still waiting for the allocation of requested subsidies, the size of which I will have to withhold from you. In the Salcos project, Salzgitter has been working for years on a Direct Reduction Iron Ore Plant (DRI) on hydrogen and an electric arc furnace to convert a traditional blast furnace on (metallurgical) coal. The group now single-handedly accounts…

Green hydrogen is soon to be produced in Lusatia. Half a billion euros is planned for the project. Construction is scheduled to start in 2024. Jänschwalde in southern Brandenburg is to become a site for the production of green hydrogen and sustainable jet fuel. A total of 500 million euros is planned for the project, the Wiesbaden-based company Hy2gen AG announced Thursday. The plant is to be built by 2027 at the so-called Green Areal Lausitz on a former airfield. Construction is reportedly scheduled to begin in 2024.Hy2gen specializes in the planning, construction and operation of plants for the production…

Repsol and Navantia Seanergies, Navantia’s green energy division, have signed a collaboration agreement for the production of renewable hydrogen. The signing took place at Navantia’s Turbine Factory in Ferrol, a center that will play a key role in this agreement. The two companies have agreed to combine knowledge and efforts for the industrial development of renewable hydrogen. This agreement is in addition to other collaborations between Navantia and Repsol in the field of decarbonization and green energies. On the one hand, Navantia Seanergies has announced the start-up of a production line of electrolyzers within this Ferrol factory. On the other…

Galp Gás Natural Distribuição (GGND), which is the largest gas distributor in Portugal, already has 70 requests to inject renewable gases into the networks, essentially green hydrogen. Three are more advanced and should start injecting within a year. “We have received more than 70 requests from hydrogen and biomethane producers to inject into our networks. Within these 70, we have three to four that are biomethane, but the vast majority are hydrogen projects,” indicated the CEO of GGND, Gabriel Sousa, in a meeting with journalists. Among the dozens of hydrogen projects, “we have three projects that are already at cruising…