Author: Arnes Biogradlija

Chinese sources report that in the south of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in Kuqa County (Kucha), the world’s largest green hydrogen production site is being completed. The facility, with an annual capacity of 20,000 tons of hydrogen, will be served by a solar farm of 630 hectares, equivalent to the area of 900 football fields. According to calculations, the enterprise will reduce greenhouse gas emissions in China by 500 thousand tons annually. The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, like northwest China as a whole, is rich in sunny days. At the same time the energy-intensive industry is concentrated in the…

In order for Spain to create a new gas link with France through Catalonia as an alternative to Russian fuel, there is one criterion – the most important – that must be met: hydrogen must be allowed to go through the pipeline. According to Enagas’ estimations, the infrastructure for natural gas alone would cost 225 million against 370 million to adapt it to hydrogen. Why, given Spain hardly generates it (let alone green hydrogen that is produced without emissions, which is still a rarity)? The solution rests in renewable energy sources and the future. By parts: Spain now has a…

Bloom Energy Corporation revealed the preliminary results of its ongoing demonstration with Idaho National Laboratory (INL), the nation’s foremost nuclear energy research facility. Bloom’s high-temperature electrolyzer produces hydrogen more effectively than other commercially available electrolyzers, including PEM and alkaline, after approximately 500 hours of full-load laboratory operation. Bloom Energy’s solid oxide electrolyzer has been undergoing a variety of tests at INL’s Dynamic Energy Testing and Integration Laboratory, including steam and load simulations that replicate nuclear power station conditions. This is an important step in validating the electrolyzer’s full compatibility with a nuclear facility. Pilot results indicate that the Bloom Electrolyzer…

The Project Accelerator Unit of the Ministry of Industry and Energy will handle the processing of the initiative, according to the Autonomous Administration.

Customers that want to decarbonize their production chains, such as the steel sector, oil refining, and e-fuels, will be able to purchase the items.

Juha Kankkunen, four-time World Rally Champion, will drive a hydrogen-powered Toyota GR Yaris on certain stages of the Ypres Rally. This will be the debut of the new GR Yaris H2, an experimental concept that use hydrogen to power a combustion engine based on the same turbo block as the production vehicle. The Finn, who won with Peugeot and Lancia in 1986, 1987, and 1991 and with Toyota in 1993, announced a few weeks ago that he want to test the most recent version of the GR Yaris, which is presently winning the championship with Kalle Rovanpera. At the ninth…

Hydrogen is thought to be the future energy carrier. For industrially robust Rhineland-Palatinate, supply becomes a key location factor, as explained by the entrepreneur Heger. According to the entrepreneur president of Rhineland-Palatinate, Johannes Heger, a link to a “decent hydrogen pipeline infrastructure” is urgently required. For a federal state like Rhineland-Palatinate, which has a disproportionate number of industry in chemical and mechanical engineering, hydrogen site circumstances must be addressed, according to the head of the state organization of businesses (LVU). According to him, this begins with a huge hydrogen pipeline, which may then branch into smaller units in the following…

The European aircraft company Airbus has renewed its commitment to advancing hydrogen propulsion. Dominik Asam, chief financial officer, said to FAZ: “We want to lead the way in development, to be the pioneers of this market” (Saturday edition). Asam stated that a “not insignificant three-digit million euro portion” of Airbus’ anticipated 2.9 billion euro development budget for this year is already going towards hydrogen technology. The CFO of Airbus confessed to the FAZ, however, that “a great deal of imagination” is still required to create a hydrogen airplane with 150 or more seats. Hydrogen would initially be a problem for…

Researchers from University College London claim in a recent study that putting hydrogen into gas networks creates hazards and necessitates a reassessment of conventional blending strategies. The researchers wrote in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, “The significantly inhomogeneous distribution of hydrogen inside the pipe flow and on the pipe walls might suggest the site of probable pipe material deterioration, including embrittlement impacts of gas pipelines.” They concentrated on the conventional technique of mixing, which involves injecting hydrogen through a side branch into the main gas header pipe (T-junction). The scientists said, “The low molecular mass of hydrogen lowers the…

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