Author: Arnes Biogradlija

Hydrofuel Canada Inc. has agreed to purchase 100% of Kontak Hydrogen Storage, LLC (Kontak) in an all-stock transaction. Kontak is situated in Issaquah, Washington, USA. Kontak’s method is capable of efficiently releasing hydrogen from a dozen known carrier molecules. Anhydrous ammonia has the highest storage capacity of the carriers, with 17.3 percent hydrogen by weight held in liquid form, similar to propane. Ammonia (NH3) molecules are composed of one nitrogen atom and three hydrogen atoms. NH3 is a very promising and environmentally acceptable fuel source because it contains no carbon, 1.5 times the amount of hydrogen found in liquid hydrogen…

Baker Hughes, a technology business focused on energy, announced an investment in Ekona Power Inc., a growth stage company developing a new turquoise hydrogen generation technology. Baker Hughes will leverage the investment to expand its hydrogen and natural gas decarbonization solutions portfolio, thereby contributing to the energy transition. Turquoise hydrogen is produced by pyrolysis, also known as splitting or cracking, of methane. Ekona’s methane pyrolysis solution utilizes combustion and high-speed gas dynamics in a reactor to separate feedstock methane into hydrogen and solid carbon, significantly lowering carbon dioxide emissions in comparison to the more conventional steam methane reforming process. The…

Sinopec, China’s largest oil refiner, is on track to open a hydrogen production facility for hydrogen fuel cells in Qingdao, Shandong province, in late December. Sinopec began construction of the facility, which will have a capacity of 2,250 tonnes per year, in July and completed it this month. Additionally, it intends to construct a second phase of this project, increasing total capacity to 4,500 t/yr by the end of 2023. It will be Shandong province’s largest hydrogen production facility. Sinopec intends to establish itself as China’s “number one” hydrogen company by constructing 1,000 hydrogen refueling stations during the country’s 14th…

Daimler’s efforts to decarbonize road freight in Europe result in another collaboration between its Truck AG subsidiary and TotalEnergies, a French energy company. Both parties intend to contribute their expertise toward the common goal of easing the transition to clean hydrogen-powered heavy-duty trucks. While Daimler Truck has committed to supplying hydrogen-powered fuel cell trucks to its customers in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg by 2025, its partner has committed to operating up to 150 hydrogen refueling stations across Europe by 2030, including in Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, and Germany. According to Karin Rdström, CEO of Mercedes-Benz Trucks, the initiative…

8 Rivers is the creator of 8RH2, the best-in-class clean hydrogen and ammonia technology, as well as a suite of industrial decarbonization technologies such as the TarT sour-gas treatment system and net-zero steel production, direct air capture, and point-source carbon capture.

By focusing on low-to-negative carbon intensity hydrogen from renewable natural gas, biogas, and other sustainable sources, the hydrogen production facilities will be used to satisfy hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle demand.

The acquisition of VoltH2 Holdings AG (“VoltH2”) by Vision Hydrogen Corporation has been completed. VoltH2 is one of Western Europe’s leading developers of hydrogen production facilities and infrastructure. VoltH2 was founded in June 2020 and is based in Europe. The company develops clean hydrogen production facilities for the supply of commercial offtake volumes of clean hydrogen to manufacturers, gas and power traders, industrial consumers, and both heavy and marine transportation sectors that have shifted away from carbon-emitting energy sources and fuels. VoltH2 has a track record of advancing development sites to permit stage, having won approvals to build a 25MW…

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the beefed up Future Fuels Fund provides “an Australian way” to lower transport emissions, reiterating a slogan he introduced recently to describe the country’s middle ground on climate change policy.

Decentralized green hydrogen may be created from biogas using the “Chemical-Looping Hydrogen-Method,” a sustainable approach for decentralized hydrogen generation.

Players from politics, the energy sector, industry, and transportation assembled in Biesheim, Alsace, not far from the border in Breisach, for a so-called hydrogen summit. Their objective is to identify cross-border solutions for the area to manufacture hydrogen together.