Author: Arnes Biogradlija

Guangdong Province in southern China has attracted more than 300 hydrogen energy firms, with the industry’s total value exceeding 10 billion yuan (approximately 1.57 billion US dollars), local authorities announced Wednesday. According to data revealed Wednesday during the UNDP Hydrogen Industry Conference 2021 in Guangdong’s Foshan City, the province is leading China’s booming fuel cell-powered car industrial and has developed the country’s largest fuel cell vehicle industry cluster. The province is a key automobile manufacturing center in China and has made strenuous efforts over the years to build an eco-friendly fuel cell vehicle industry. Guangdong now has 39 hydrogenation stations…

Trafigura intends to make a final investment decision by the end of the year, with building set to begin in 2023. An engineering study for the project will be jointly funded by Trafigura and the SA state government.

Hydrogen Optimized, a subsidiary of Key DH Technologies Inc., has demonstrated the ability of their patent-pending RuggedCellTM high-current unipolar electrolysis device to ramp from 0 to 50,000 amperes in less than 10 seconds, a world-first for alkaline water electrolyzers.

Air Liquide, a French multinational, will begin supplying carbon-free hydrogen to a barge owned by transporter Future Proof Shipping (FPS), which moves containers between Rotterdam and Antwerp, starting next year. The barge, dubbed Maas, would no longer spew dangerous compounds as a result of this invention. This equates to a CO2 reduction of around 2,000 tons per year. The vessel is propelled by an all-electric system comprised of a fuel cell, hydrogen storage, and batteries. “This project represents a watershed moment in the effort to decarbonize inland waterways,” Air Liquide and FPS stated in a joint press release. “It enables…

The complimentary pilot initiatives will begin concurrently in the first quarter of 2022, with the first phase lasting several months, and will represent important breakthroughs in the use of a natural gas and hydrogen combination.

Investors have committed about $2.85 million to ADX’s intentions to further its Austrian green hydrogen project, geothermal pilot, and conventional oil drilling. Sophisticated, institutional, and professional investors purchased 284.7 million shares priced at 1 cent each, a 9 percent discount to the stock’s previous closing price of 1.1 cents. This comprised the issuance of one 1.5c placement option for every two shares subscribed on or before 30 June 2022. ADX Energy intends to use the revenues to advance ongoing feasibility studies for the Vienna Basin green hydrogen production and storage project, as well as the geothermal pilot project, which are…

Germany’s natural gas lobby sought 800 million euros ($902.56 million) in sponsorship to build plants that convert natural gas to hydrogen and separate out the harmful carbon, putting the new government’s climate goals to the test. The newly sworn-in government unveiled bold intentions to ramp up climate protection measures, raising worries about their feasibility in practice. The government’s energy goals require alternatives to fossil fuels and keep the door open for innovative technologies that avoid carbon emissions, such as a technology for producing “turquoise” hydrogen. Turquoise hydrogen is produced through methane pyrolysis, a technology that is still in its infancy…

While the hydrogen industry is booming, not all hydrogen is made equal. A spectrum of hydrogen colors is at play – but the true game changer will occur when the cost of low-carbon green hydrogen becomes competitive in large markets. In Hydrogen costs 2021: scaling up, we examined the economics of green, grey, brown, and blue hydrogen. Complete the form to receive a sample excerpt and continue reading for an introduction. Green hydrogen — hydrogen produced by the electrolysis of water using renewable energy – currently accounts for a negligible portion of the global energy market. It remains mostly uncompetitive…

Hyzon Motors Inc. announced the delivery of 29 fuel cell electric vehicles to Shanghai Hydrogen HongYun Automotive Co. (“HongYun”). The trucks will be employed by a major steel group in China. The 49-ton trucks, arrived in November, are equipped with a 170-kilowatt fuel cell stack and are anticipated to begin hauling steel coils for the conglomerate’s fleet in the coming months. HongYun intends to offer operating, leasing, and maintenance services to industrial and municipal customers in certain places throughout China, which is predicted to be a large market for fuel cell technologies in the future years. Hongyun has finalized additional…

Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) and AGL Energy (AGL) have agreed to conduct a feasibility study to repurpose the Liddell and Bayswater coal-fired power stations in the Hunter Valley to manufacture green hydrogen from water using renewable energy. The news reaffirms Australia’s potential to become a worldwide green hydrogen superpower, generating thousands of direct and indirect jobs locally and bolstering regional economies. According to 2019 National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting figures, the Liddell and Bayswater power stations currently account for more over 40% of New South Wales’ carbon dioxide emissions. Successful repurposing of these sites will boost NSW’s efforts to fulfill…