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Japanese automaker Toyota has used its hydrogen tank tech in a new module to expand hydrogen storage to railways, shipping facilities, cargo ports, and fuel cell generators. Its 70MPa tank has a storage capacity of 2.7 kg to 18.7 kg and a tank mass ranging from 43.0 kg to 243.8 kg, depending on the size.
Plans are gathering momentum to transform the way Worcestershire is powered.
For Luiz Augusto Barroso, conflict in Eastern Europe should accelerate the development of technologies to replace the use of natural gas.
The Netherlands is making the transition to a more environmentally friendly energy supply.
The goal of the coalition of 40 partners is to take advantage of an $8 billion funding program from the United States Department of Energy.
Cummins Inc. will establish a new Powertrain Test Facility on its Darlington, United Kingdom, location to help expedite the transition to cleaner, next-generation power technologies focused on greenhouse gas reduction and air quality improvement. The new facility’s ground preparation work has begun, with the first phase of the £14 million investment set to begin operations in May 2023. The facility is fuel-independent and will enable Cummins to develop and test a broader choice of power technologies, including the latest universal engine platforms with green hydrogen, renewable natural gas, or sustainable diesel variations. Additionally, the capability for installation and testing will…
British consultancy Cornwall Insight published an index ranking the countries with the greatest market potential for both blue hydrogen from natural gas and green hydrogen from renewable electricity. The firm analyzed government funding for hydrogen in 15 countries that have committed to becoming hydrogen market leaders. Its rankings put Germany at the top, followed by South Korea, Spain, Japan and the United Kingdom. The ranking is not strictly based on countries’ existing and planned hydrogen production capacity. While Germany has 124 hydrogen production sites in various stages of completion, Spain has 73, South Korea has 17, Japan has 19 and…
The Port of Suape, Companhia de Gás de Pernambuco (Copergás) and Qair Brasil are studying a partnership between the companies in a pilot project for the production of green hydrogen in Pernambuco. The product would be destined, through Copergás’ distribution network, to the company’s industrial clients in the region of Ipojuca, one of the eight municipalities located around the port complex. The companies intend to draw up a tripartite memorandum of understanding, with the intention of analyzing the feasibility of the initiative, using the gas company’s distribution network In a meeting between the Director of Environment and Sustainability of the…
The state government of Rio Grande do Sul (RS) and the company Enerfín do Brasil, from the Spanish group Elecnor/Enerfín, signed, this Thursday, at the Piratini Palace, a memorandum of understanding for the development of a potential green hydrogen project. It is the second memorandum with this purpose – in December last year, the state closed a partnership with the company White Martins. “It is a great opportunity for the state. We are mobilizing all the government’s forces to lead and build conditions for RS to have this vocation leveraged. We seek the companies to present the reasons why we…
The U.S. and the European Union are close to a deal aimed at reducing Europe’s dependence on Russian energy sources in an effort to further isolate Russia in retribution for its invasion of Ukraine. The deal, which could be made official this Friday, would aim to secure U.S. natural gas and hydrogen supplies to the Old Continent, Bloomberg reports, citing an official familiar with the plans. “One of the top priorities of both the president and his European allies is to reduce Europe’s dependence on Russian gas,” as well as “the practical roadmap for doing so: what steps need to…
