Author: Arnes Biogradlija

The port administrations of Duisburg and Rotterdam have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to renew and enhance existing 2020-dated cooperation agreements. In addition to existing agreements concerning the efficiency of logistical linkages, the cooperation will be broadened to encompass efforts in the fields of digitalization and energy transition. Markus Bangen, CEO of duisport, and Allard Castelein, CEO of Port of Rotterdam, inked the deal. duisport and the Port of Rotterdam have been longtime commercial partners. More than one million TEU of containers are traded annually between the two logistics centers, for instance. Nearly one-third of them are already transported…

The new federal infrastructure law has allocated $10 billion for the deployment of hydrogen as a cleaner substitute fuel for natural gas and diesel in difficult-to-decarbonize industrial and transportation sectors, including $8 billion to build at least four “hydrogen hubs” in the United States. The U.S. Energy Dept. is moving swiftly to unveil the program’s “roadmap” this summer and demonstration projects shortly thereafter, as states, utilities, lawmakers, businesses, and others vie for federal funding for ongoing or planned local projects. Regional hubs are envisioned as a network of producers of clean hydrogen, with customers and infrastructure linking them. The objective…

On the border of Trafford and Salford, proposals have been submitted for a new green hydrogen manufacturing facility and a warehousing and storage unit. In addition to the green hydrogen production facility in the quarry to the north, Peel NRE Limited may construct a 19,000sqm industrial warehouse and storage facility on land west of Manchester Road if planning permission was obtained. Trafford Green Hydrogen Ltd.’s application for the largest hydrogen production facility in the United Kingdom would use renewable energy to manufacture green hydrogen fuel for transportation and heating. It is hoped that this facility would assist the government in…

In its search for new energy suppliers, Bavaria is also looking to cooperate with South Africa. Bavaria’s Minister of State for European Affairs and International Affairs, Melanie Huml (CSU), therefore wants to travel to the province of Western Cape there, the State Chancellery announced in Munich on Wednesday. Western Cape is one of six Bavarian partner regions. Huml: “We are connected by a long friendly partnership at eye level. Above all, we want to start our cooperation in the use of green hydrogen.” In the course of the energy turnaround, the state government is currently working on a portfolio of…

The world’s largest platinum quarry, Mogalakwena, in northeastern South Africa, has started operating the planet’s largest hydrogen fuel cell truck. It was originally a Komatsu 930E dump truck, with a 16-cylinder diesel engine that functioned as a generator, generating power for the motor wheels. However, it was replaced with eight 100 kW Ballard fuel cell modules. And the fuel tank was replaced with 1MW lithium-ion batteries from Williams Advanced Engineering. As a result, the mine truck reaches 2 MW (2,682 hp), which is enough to transport 315 tons of ore. And the gross weight of the machine exceeds 500 tons.…

Unveiled last September, the mobile hydrogen refill station developed by the Savoy-based company Atawey is now available on the market. With a distribution capacity of up to 150 kg of hydrogen, it integrates an internal compression unit and can be put into service in only half a day. Announced in September 2021, Atawey’s first mobile station will have taken only eight months to come out of the production workshops of the company, an expert in green hydrogen refueling stations in France, based in Savoie Technolac, in Le Bourget-du-Lac. Atawey’s 15 R&D engineers and 10 production technicians succeeded in meeting the…

The Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans spoke at the World Hydrogen Summit to reaffirm the EU strategy. And to announce the new ambitions of the port of Rotterdam from which 40% of imported green hydrogen will transit. The European Union intends to accelerate clean hydrogen. And that’s why it is laying out a dedicated plan for the carrier to be included in the long-awaited RepowerEU package. The goal? To increase the availability of hydrogen in the Old Continent, either through domestic production or imports from abroad. European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans explained this yesterday to the audience…

Hydrogen fuel cells use hydrogen to generate electricity, with water vapor being the only by-product generated in the process, making them an attractive clean alternative to batteries and other conventional portable power sources, especially for vehicles. However, their widespread use has been hampered in large part by the cost of one of the main components: to facilitate the reaction that produces electricity, fuel cells rely on a platinum catalyst, a scarce and expensive chemical element. Scientists have now created a hydrogen fuel cell that uses the much cheaper iron instead of expensive platinum. This innovation opens a new path toward…

Greenland is now entering the global battle to find alternatives to fossil fuels in earnest, courting interested companies and investors around the world. This is being done by offering the large potential hydropower reserves located in the areas between Nuuk and Kangerlussuaq. This was announced this morning by Kalistat Lund, Naalakkersuisoq for Agriculture, Self-Sufficiency, Energy and Environment, at the World Hydrogen 2022 Summit in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The conference, which has 3000 participants, is the world’s largest in the field of hydrogen energy. Kalistat Lund was the keynote speaker at the conference, where he explained that Inatsisartut decided last autumn…

In the next weeks, Liberty Energy Capital and CAC-H2 seek to launch a new low-carbon hydrogen business with global projects and a listing on either the NASDAQ or the London Stock Exchange. The company is finalizing long-term hydrogen offtake agreements for commercial-scale, low-carbon hydrogen production for mobility and has a series of agreements to create significant hydrogen infrastructure throughout Asia and the Pacific. These projects and transactions will shortly announce lucrative investment opportunities. The objective of the new company will be to supply carbon-reducing hydrogen solutions to businesses throughout the world that are attempting to address energy difficulties. The team…