Author: Arnes Biogradlija

Nxtra Data Limited, a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel, announced a partnership with Bloom Energy to deploy fuel cells with minimal environmental impact at its Karnataka data center. This action will help the corporation reduce carbon emissions by providing a cleaner, hydrogen-ready fuel source. Nxtra will be the first data center company in a developing nation to deploy fuel cell technology to minimize carbon emissions and earn cost and sustainability benefits. Nxtra plans to start the unit on non-combusted natural gas and shift to 50% hydrogen with minimal investment in the future. The natural gas-powered cells will be used for primary…

French independent power producer HDF Energy anticipates its green hydrogen power plant in Namibia, the continent’s first, to begin producing electricity by 2024, according to a company executive. Once completed, the N$3.1 billion (R3.1 billion) Swakopmund project will provide clean energy power 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, improving electricity supplies in the Southern African nation that imports almost 40% of its power from South Africa. Namibia, one of the sunniest and least densely populated countries in the world, aspires to utilize its tremendous potential for solar and wind energy to manufacture green hydrogen and establish itself as…

A hydrogen pilot will soon be launched in Lochem, Gelderland. This is the first time that hydrogen has been brought into existing, occupied homes via the natural gas network. This is one of the reasons why the grid manager Liander is training technicians to work with hydrogen in a safe and professional manner. Last month, the first gas engineers from the network operator Liander passed their exams to be able to work with hydrogen. This is an important step towards a pilot that will soon be launched in Lochem. There, starting in October, some of the homes in the Berkeloord…

VINCI Airports, Galp, CaetanoBus and Mitsui announced Monday that they will analyze the feasibility of reducing airport CO2 emissions by replacing traditional buses and combustion engine operation vehicles with a green hydrogen fleet powered by electric fuel cells. “The initial study will assess the most appropriate location and various aspects of airport operation, including the type and number of vehicles to be considered, the hydrogen production and distribution strategy, equipment suppliers, the speed of fleet replacement, and regulatory requirements, as well as the most viable business model,” the companies explain in a statement. Each one will be responsible for studying…

Spain does not seem willing to give its arm to twist in the construction of the MidCat pipeline. After the refusal of the French president, Emmanuel Macron, insisted on keeping the debate open within the Twenty-seven, and the first point seems in favor of the Spanish government: European ministers agreed on Friday that a technical group on interconnections assess what infrastructure should be strengthened to arrive on time for the winter 2023-2024, as told at the exit the vice president herself and Minister for Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera. Just what she had been asking for weeks. The Spanish objective is…

Woking-based Linde has developed the first hydrogen refueling system for passenger trains in the world. Linde constructed, owns, and manages the new infrastructure that will refuel 14 hydrogen-powered passenger trains in Bremervorde, Germany. Each refueling will allow the train to go 1,000 kilometers without emitting carbon dioxide. Its overall capacity of around 1,600kg of hydrogen per day places it among the largest hydrogen refueling systems ever constructed. The location has also been engineered to accommodate future green hydrogen generation on-site. Linde’s President of Region Europe West, Veerle Slenders, stated, “Linde is dedicated to making a substantial contribution to decarbonizing transport…

Both the Invesco Wind Energy UCITS ETF (WNDE) and the Invesco Hydrogen Economy UCITS ETF (HYDE) are traded on the London Stock Exchange, Deutsche Boerse, Borsa Italiana, and Six Swiss Exchange with total expense ratios (TERs) of 0.60 percent. WNDE duplicates the WilderHill Wind Energy index, whilst HYDE replicates the WilderHill Hydrogen Economy index. Both indices have 50 constituents that are weighted equally. WNDE will invest in worldwide firms with a focus on upgrading wind turbines, supplying materials for wind energy, and modernizing the system, as well as offshore and onshore wind energy enterprises. HYDE provides exposure to enterprises engaged…

San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) submitted a proposal to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on September 8 for a demonstration project on the campus of the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) to study how blending hydrogen with natural gas in the existing gas system could assist Californians in achieving a successful energy transition. The project is part of SDG&E’s multi-pronged sustainability strategy to investigate the viability of emerging technologies to rapidly decarbonize multiple economic sectors – ranging from buildings and transportation to industrial and manufacturing processes – in order to assist California in reaching…

The Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul has inked a three-year memorandum of understanding with Neoenergia, a subsidiary of the Spanish energy giant Iberdrola, for the development of offshore wind energy and the manufacture of green hydrogen. The MOU seeks for cooperation in other energy-related or electrification-related initiatives relevant to the green hydrogen pilot project. At addition, it stipulates the evaluations required for the development of the chain value, supply chain, and port infrastructure in the port of Rio Grande for the guas Claras offshore wind power production project. According to Neoenergia, the guas Claras project consists of four…

Ammonia and hydrogen onboard fuel technologies will be accessible in three to eight years, the research claims.