Chinese railway equipment manufacturer CRRC has made a historic move with the unveiling of the world’s first hydrogen-powered metro train. The train, which was unveiled at an event in Shanghai on Chinese Brands Day, has a speed of up to 160 km/h and can travel up to 600 km on a single charge.
The Sultanate of Oman and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg recently held bilateral talks on investment opportunities in the green hydrogen sector. The session was chaired by H.E. Engineer Salim bin Nasser Al Aufi, Minister of Energy and Minerals, and H.E. Claude Turmes, Minister of Energy and Spatial Planning, respectively.
Fisher German, a leading infrastructure consultancy, has won a contract to provide land services and initial consultation for the East Coast Hydrogen Pipeline (ECHP), a major hydrogen cluster scheme that will help the UK achieve its net-zero targets.
Clean hydrogen has been hailed as a critical fuel for the transition to a low-carbon economy, and Modern Hydrogen, a California-based startup, is one of the companies at the forefront of developing and commercializing this technology. The company recently raised $32.8 million in a Series B-2 financing round to accelerate the distributed decarbonization of gas into clean hydrogen.
Ciudad Real, a city in the south-central region of Spain, is gearing up to become a hydrogen hub with the launch of the Erasmopower2X project. This ambitious initiative aims to promote the production, storage, and use of green hydrogen to decarbonize the local industry and transport sectors, thereby reducing the city’s carbon footprint.
German energy company RWE is set to expand its presence in the country’s hydrogen market by investing in its filling station business. The move is part of the company’s broader strategy to support the transition to sustainable mobility
thyssenkrupp nucera, one of the leading suppliers of water electrolysis technology in the gigawatt power range, announced the brand name for its 20MW green hydrogen electrolyser, Scalum. The announcement was made at the World Hydrogen Summit 2023 in Rotterdam. Scalum, derived from ‘scale,’ pays tribute to the module’s scalability, allowing for the interconnection of multiple modules to produce high plant capacities.
“The holy grail” of the energy future – hydrogen may soon have a very serious problem, which, if not solved quickly, will bring the whole “hydrogen revolution” to a halt for us. This is caused by the already absolute certainty that hydrogen in the Earth’s atmosphere reacts with tropospheric hydroxyl (OH) radicals. Therefore, its uncontrolled emission into the atmosphere disturbs the distribution and holds dangerously the decomposition of methane, ozone or water vapour, which can lead us, in the short term, to a possible climate cataclysm.
Germany has long been known for its ambitious plans to transition away from fossil fuels, and green hydrogen has been a critical element in this strategy. However, the country can only meet 30% of its own needs for this clean fuel, according to German Economy Minister Robert Habeck. This shortfall has led the country to search for trade partners to deliver the remaining 70% of its green hydrogen needs.
