Author: Arnes Biogradlija

Triton Knoll has started the export of power to the UK National Grid. First generation is being followed by a period of rigorous testing and commissioning, while the project continues to install the remainder of its 90 Vestas V164-9.5 MW turbines. All turbines are being handled at Able Seaton Port in Teesside where RWE, through Triton Knoll, has invested in establishing new turbine handling capabilities at the port for the first time in its history. Further investments in the region also include the creation of a new, multi-million pound operations base in Grimsby, which will generate up to 70 new,…

NewHydrogen is expanding the existing sponsored research agreement with the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) to develop technology to reduce the cost of green hydrogen production. The new agreement is 10 times the previous budget and significantly expands the scope of the research program. The initial sponsored research program at UCLA was focused on replacing the oxygen catalyst, iridium, a precious metal found only in asteroids, with low cost materials that meet or exceed the performance characteristics of iridium. The expanded research will focus on significantly reducing or replacing the hydrogen catalyst, platinum. Platinum is so rare that…

Hyzon Motors (Hyzon) plans to build the largest fuel cell membrane electrode assembly (MEA) production line for commercial vehicles in the United States at its new Hyzon Innovation Center located in Bolingbrook, Illinois. Hyzon plans to go public through a merger with Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation (DCRB, DCRBW, DCRBU), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The combination is expected to close in the second quarter of 2021. The MEA is the critical component of a fuel cell and accounts for about 70% of the cost of a fuel cell stack. MEAs are currently produced in Canada, Europe, Japan, Korea…

Mitsubishi Power has started development of a 40-megawatt (MW) class gas turbine that is fueled by 100% ammonia (NH3). The project was started in response to the increasing global focus on decarbonization. As firing of ammonia produces no carbon dioxide (CO2), carbon-free power generation is achieved. Going forward, after combustion and other testing, Mitsubishi Power is targeting commercialization in or around 2025. When achieved, it will mark the world’s first commercialized gas turbine to make exclusive use of ammonia as fuel in a system of this scale, and will aid in the promotion of decarbonization of small to medium-scale power…

The committee calls for a “great transformation” of the entire finance sector that includes public and private actors and lays the financial groundwork for achieving a climate-neutral economy.

Battery storage, green hydrogen and flexible coal-fired power plants can help India integrate renewable energy into the grid

Air Liquide and Itochu Corporation (Itochu) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together on the growth of hydrogen mobility markets in Japan. Air Liquide Japan and Itochu will initially concentrate on the growth of Japan’s hydrogen retail system, both for passenger cars and modern fleets of commercial vehicles (trucks, busses). The goal is to extend this retail infrastructure and to establish a competitive supply of hydrogen for both passengers and commercial end-users, in cooperation with public authorities, to enable a rapid increase in hydrogen mobility in Japan. In favor of the Japan Government Hydrogen Roadmap, the two firms…

Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) has built a model that bundles a fuel cell (FC) system into a compact module and plans to start marketing it in the spring of 2021 or later. The new module can be conveniently used by industries designing and producing FC goods for a wide range of applications, including mobility such as trucks, buses, trains and ships, as well as stationary generators. In addition to its attempts to popularize FCEVs, Toyota will continue to enhance its programs as a provider of the FC system to encourage the use of hydrogen through the popularization of FC products…

AFC Energy has opened its dedicated Anion Exchange Membrane (AEM) Fuel Cell test facility in Surrey, United Kingdom. AFC Energy continued to take positive measures along its path to unleash the pre-commercial version of its new high-powered HydroX-Cell(S)TM fuel cell system. After the June 2020 update, the Company has built and is opening its latest HydroX-Cell(S)TM Fuel Cell Research Facility to facilitate the accelerated work planned to fulfill their growth plans. The original design work on the ‘S’ AEM fuel cell series stack design was concluded on the basis of their scaled-up MEA. The final installation of this unit will be…

Plug Power is widening its green hydrogen footprint in New York with the construction of a new green hydrogen processing plant and an electric substation in New York Science, Technology and Advanced Manufacturing Park (STAMP). As the largest green hydrogen production facility in North America, the plant will manufacture 45 metric tons of green liquid hydrogen per day in the Northeast area. The plant will use 120 MW of Plug’s PEM electrolyzers to generate hydrogen using renewable NY hydropower. The New York plant joins our current Tennessee plant in a network that intends to deliver 500 tons of green hydrogen per…