Author: Arnes Biogradlija

The world’s first clean-hydrogen investment fund “may face a significant challenge” after raising less than half of the capital it sought in its initial public offering (IPO). HydrogenOne Capital Growth sought to raise £250 million ($348 million) from investors, but only raised £107.35 million, just above the minimum need of £100 million. The business is set to begin trading on the London Stock Exchange on 30 July, with net proceeds of around £105.2 million from the offering. “The funding gap highlights the difficulty providers are having launching investment trusts in certain areas, even those as hot as clean energy, because…

JERA has invested in the operating business that operates the Linden Gas-fired Power Generation Project in the United States through its subsidiary JERA Americas Inc. The operating firm has entered into an arrangement with Phillips 66, a large oil refiner in the United States, to purchase hydrogen-containing fuel gas produced at refineries. The operating company will adapt the existing gas turbine at Linden Gas Thermal Power Station Unit 6 to enable co-firing of hydrogen-containing refinery fuel gas provided by Phillips 66’s Bayway Oil Refinery adjacent to the power station. After completion of this modification in 2022, Linden Gas Thermal Power…

Eni has entered into agreements with KazMunaiGas to develop renewable energy, hydrogen, and biofuel projects in the country. Claudio Descalzi, CEO of Eni, met with Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and Askar Mamin, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan. Eni and KazMunaiGas inked cooperation agreements at the conference to develop renewable energy, hydrogen, and biofeedstock projects in Kazakhstan, thereby expanding and broadening their historic partnership’s scope to include the energy transition. Eni takes another practical step forward today with these agreements, demonstrating the company’s commitment to a just energy transition and decarbonization, while also contributing to the country’s carbon…

Advent Technologies Holdings, Inc., a pioneer in fuel cell and hydrogen technology innovation, announced the debut of the M-ZERØ product family. Advent M-ZERØ devices, which are built specifically for distant power generation, will enable methane emissions to be effectively zero in areas where they replace methane-polluting pneumatic injection technology. Overall, wellhead methane emissions reach 40 million tons of carbon dioxide per year, which is equivalent to the carbon footprint of more than eight million passenger cars. M-ZERØ will first be deployed mostly in Canada and the United States, with the goal of remotely powering up to 185,000 oil and gas…

Johnson Matthey, a global pioneer in sustainable solutions, has acquired the assets and intellectual property of Oxis Energy Limited, headquartered in Oxford, United Kingdom. Oxis Energy was a developer of lithium-sulfur batteries with assets that might be used to manufacture components for green hydrogen production. On 19 May 2021, the company entered administration. This deal, together with modest further investment in modifications, will greatly accelerate JM’s developing Green Hydrogen business. The facility will significantly strengthen JM’s capability to design, test, and manufacture catalyst-coated membranes and innovative materials for electrolysers, as this market continues to grow at a breakneck pace and…

H2scan, a pioneer in the development of proven, proprietary hydrogen sensors and technology for the hydrogen economy, announced that it has begun distributing prototypes of its new HY-OPTIMA 5000 Series for process industries. The HY-OPTIMA 5000 Series analyzer is the most accurate, tolerant, and cost-effective tool for measuring hydrogen process gases in industrial applications. It is optimized for cost-sensitive emerging applications such as power-to-gas (hydrogen blending into natural gas pipelines), electrolyzers, and other process applications such as laboratories, alternative energy, hydrogen-cooled generators, and turbines. The HY-OPTIMA 5000 sensors utilize the same unique autocalibration technology as the highly successful GRIDSCAN 5000…

Birmingham City Council launched the first of 20 new hydrogen buses that will enter service later this year. The new buses are part of the Council’s Clean Air Hydrogen Bus Pilot, which aims to ‘kick-start’ the hydrogen market as a viable zero-emission fuel source. Hailed as another way to address the city’s poor air quality and a critical step toward the council’s net zero carbon goal. Birmingham City Council’s Cabinet Member for Transport and Environment, Councillor Waseem Zaffar said: “Fuel cell buses offer a practical solution for cities to decarbonise public transport and immediately improve air quality. “The delivery of the…

Ballard Power Systems has received a purchase order for one of its 200-kilowatt (kW) FCwave fuel cell modules from Fusion-Fuel, a Portuguese-based innovator of green hydrogen solutions. The module will be integrated into Fusion-H2Evora Fuel’s project in Portugal’s Évora region. The H2Evora project will utilize Fusion-revolutionary Fuel’s HEVO electrolyzer design to generate green hydrogen for use in the FCwaveTM module’s zero-emission electricity generation. Ballard anticipates delivering the FCwaveTM module to Fusion-Fuel by the end of the year. Fusion-HEVO Fuel’s electrolyzer is compact, lightweight, and mass-producible. It can be used in conjunction with a high-efficiency solar cell attached to a specially…

Johnson Matthey (JM), as a member of the leading European consortium GAIA, has contributed to the achievement of a 1.8 W/cm2 @ 0.6V fuel cell power density. This is a 20% boost over current technology. This market-leading performance represents a significant advancement for fuel cell technology and JM’s goal of net zero emissions. JM has been instrumental in achieving this step-change, supplying critical components within the fuel cell stack – the membrane electrode assemblies – in collaboration with BMW, Freudenberg, and 3M, among others (MEAs). This achievement demonstrates how JM is leveraging its expertise in fuel cell technology to help…

The Health and Safety Executive has approved the next phase of a ground-breaking green energy trial that could help Britain significantly reduce its carbon emissions and pave the way for a low-carbon hydrogen economy (HSE). The HyDeploy project will combine hydrogen and natural gas over a Northern Gas Networks-operated public gas network in Winlaton, Gateshead. Heating accounts for a third of carbon emissions in the UK at the moment. Due to the fact that hydrogen emits no carbon at the time of use, it is a feasible alternative for heating homes and businesses in order to meet the Government’s Net…