Author: Arnes Biogradlija

A hydrogen railcar will go into operation on the Augsburg-Füssen line next year. The aim is to test an alternative to diesel. The use of a hydrogen-powered train in the Augsburg region is drawing closer: A two-car railcar from Siemens is to be unveiled in the spring, and the train is scheduled to go into test operation on the line operated by Bayerische Regiobahn between Augsburg and Füssen from mid-2023. Passengers will probably be able to ride the train from January 2024. Siemens and BRB have now signed a leasing agreement to this effect. The plans became known last summer.…

While more and more consumers are moving from internal combustion engines to electric cars, there is another side of the story that remains unknown to the general public. These are hydrogen cars, which reported modest but quite interesting figures last year. Data compiled by JATO Dynamics shows that global sales of hydrogen-powered cars total 15,500 units worldwide in 2021. This result is very small compared to registrations of vehicles with other fuel types, but demand has increased significantly – by as much as 84% compared to 2020, when total sales were 8,400. Even more impressive is the growth from pre-pandemic…

Toyota Motor Corporation has developed a hydrogen storage module for automobiles that includes multiple resin high-pressure hydrogen tanks operating at 70 MPa, as well as safety features such as a hydrogen detector and an automatic shut-off switch, as demonstrated in the “Mirai” fuel cell vehicle (FCEV). From March 16 to 18, Toyota will display a conceptual model of this module at the FC Expo (International Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Expo) in Tokyo Big Sight (Koto-ku, Tokyo). Toyota will continue to verify transportation safety and hydrogen storage quantity using the agile development site of a race, etc. in conjunction with this…

The Sultanate of Oman and bp recently inked a deal to collect data to analyze renewable resource potential, emphasizing the relevance of location in green hydrogen project economics.

Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, all in the United States, have formed bipartisan three-state cooperation to research, produce, and use clean hydrogen as a fuel and manufacturing feedstock.

The BNP Paribas Easy ECPI Global ESG Hydrogen Economy UCITS ETF tracks the ECPI Global ESG Hydrogen Economy Index, which comprises developed market equities with market capitalizations above €500 million and average daily trading volumes over €5 million. Companies with business operations linked to tobacco, controversial weapons, conventional weapons, oil & gas, thermal coal, and coal-based electricity generation are first removed from the methodology, as are companies with very low ESG ratings and companies with business operations linked to tobacco, controversial weapons, conventional weapons, oil & gas, thermal coal, and coal-based electricity generation. The index then looks for businesses that…

Germany’s Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has committed to expanding the country’s gas and coal storage facilities in order to mitigate any Russian supply interruptions.

According to a study released Wednesday by the Cabinet’s Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC), Egypt has led a list of Arab nations in initiatives declared to create hydrogen, with nine projects.

2 Director, Dr Helmut Mayer, speaks with Oriel Morrison about his journey to building Australia’s first hydrogen-powered plane.

The purchase orders are worth around EUR 2 million, and the equipment is slated to arrive in late 2022 or early 2023.