Author: Arnes Biogradlija

In many cases, the conversion of industry to hydrogen is apparently less sustainable than previously assumed. This is the conclusion of a study by the Forschungsstelle für Energiewirtschaft (FfE) commissioned by the nature conservation organization Nabu and reported by the “Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland”. In it, the potentials of a hydrogen economy were examined with regard to its climate balance and environmental protection. “Hydrogen is necessary to achieve climate targets and deep decarbonization,” the study states, but at the same time the authors also write that hydrogen is not low in emissions per se, since sustainability depends strongly on the origin and…

Werner Enterprises and Cummins Inc. signed a letter of intent to purchase 500 15-liter hydrogen internal combustion engines from Cummins once they become available. Werner Enterprises wants to test and integrate Cummins’ 15-liter natural gas and X15H hydrogen engines, both part of Cummins’ fuel-agnostic platform, into their fleet, the firms announced earlier this year. “At Werner, we’re committed to a 55 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2035 because we recognize the important role our sustainability efforts play,” said Werner’s Chairman, President and CEO, Derek Leathers. “Our customers are showing increased interest in more sustainable choices in the marketplace,…

UCF and Mitsubishi Power will co-host a hydrogen symposium on September 8 to discuss the role of hydrogen in the nation’s efforts to attain carbon neutrality. The presidents of the University of Central Florida and Mitsubishi Power will meet on UCF’s main campus in Orlando on September 8, along with representatives from government, industry, and academia, to discuss the role of hydrogen in the nation’s effort to achieve net-zero carbon emissions and to strengthen their longstanding partnership. Hydrogen: The Time is Now is a discussion where UCF President Alexander N. Cartwright and Mitsubishi Power Americas President and CEO Bill Newsom…

The Port of Vigo will have in the first quarter of 2024 one of the first points in Spain of generation and distribution of green hydrogen for industrial use and for land and maritime mobility, under the ‘Jules Verne’ project, a public-private initiative presented at the port terminal olivica. Julio Verne’ is an initiative involving a dozen Galician SMEs, as well as organizations (CTAG, Aclunaga or Anfaco) and researchers, which aims to generate and distribute hydrogen from renewable energy sources. The spokesman for the project, Julio Hidalgo, director of the Hydrogen Division of Univergy Solar, explained that this is a…

HydraB and Armstrong Capital Management have formed HyGen Energy Holdings Limited as a joint venture. The new corporation will construct, own, and operate hydrogen production facilities on a commercial scale throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. As part of the joint venture agreement, Renewable Connections Developments, one of the leading renewable energy developers in the United Kingdom, will provide all planning and development services. It is predicted that the first hydrogen production facilities will be operational over the next couple of years, realizing HyGen’s goal of becoming one of the United Kingdom’s major suppliers of low-carbon hydrogen. Jo Bamford, owner…

The California Energy Commission voted to award approximately $4,000,000 to Sierra Northern Railway and GTI for the design, integration, and demonstration of a hydrogen fuel cell switching locomotive at the Port of West Sacramento. The locomotive will demonstrate the potential of hydrogen fuel-cell technology to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transportation. The funding will be utilized to retire a Tier 0 diesel locomotive and replace it with a zero-emission, hydrogen-powered switching locomotive. The project comprises the combination of modern hydrogen fuel cell, hydrogen storage, advanced battery, and systems control technologies in order to give an alternative…

Saxony will pay around six million euros in subsidies to Leipzig-based Ontras Gastransport GmbH so that the Free State can be connected to the European Hydrogen Backbone. Pipelines to H2 import ports on Baltic Sea and in Netherlands The cabinet and the budget committee of the state parliament have already approved the special grants for this “Important Project of Common European Interest” (Ipcei) in the hydrogen economy, according to the announcement. Minister of Economics Martin Dulig (SPD) now wants to sign administrative agreements with the Federal Ministry of Economics for two Ontras Ipcei projects. On the one hand, this involves…

The first machine in the Dutch construction sector with a hydrogen combustion engine.

This MoU expands upon the preceding MoU for the H2biscus project that was inked earlier this year by Samsung Engineering, LOTTE CHEMICAL, and POSCO Holdings.

As part of their collaboration, the parties will think about carrying out the project together, including setting up a low-carbon hydrogen export from Sakhalin to China as early as 2025.