Switching to alternative drives is not cheap, despite government subsidies. But we have good news: Something is happening in the used car market! Slowly, models suitable for everyday use are becoming affordable. And by that, we don’t just mean small electric cars, but full-fledged models like the noble exotic Toyota Mirai of the first generation (until 2020).
Companies in northwest Germany are planning to link up their hydrogen projects to transport hydrogen to industrial consumption centres in North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony.
HDF Energy has teamed up with DIGAS, a locomotive retrofit expert, to accelerate the design and development of diesel locomotive retrofit projects involving hydrogen power. As part of the partnership, HDF has also acquired a minority stake in DIGAS’ capital.
Dow has chosen Linde as its industrial gas partner for the supply of clean hydrogen and nitrogen to support its proposed net-zero carbon emissions integrated ethylene cracker and derivatives site in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada.
Swedish investment firm, FAM AB, has acquired 25% of Qarlbo Energy, a subsidiary of Qarlbo AB, in a move that could position the latter to take a leading role in hydrogen-based fossil-free technology.
Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) has announced a partnership with GTI Energy to research the use of hydrogen and hydrogen blending for decarbonizing hard-to-decarbonize commercial and industrial processes.
Recent surveys have revealed that supply-side interest in low-carbon hydrogen fuels is increasing in the US following the bipartisan infrastructure law and the Inflation Reduction Act.
Dariusz Pachniewski is a recognized authority in hydrogen technologies and has been working in the energy sector for over 30 years. He has been involved in various projects related to the development of hydrogen technology in Poland, including the first project that closed the hydrogen value chain by connecting two electrolyzers to a biomass unit and two mobile hydrogen dispensing stations.
