According to a recent study, under some conditions, hydrogen might actually destroy the climate. Under no circumstances can the gas be allowed to escape into the atmosphere. If not, it might harm more than CO2 does.
In order to support the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub, Gov. Andy Beshear stated he is collaborating with the governors of West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. By doing so, he hopes to attract investments and jobs in the hydrogen industry to Kentucky (ARCH2).
The SoHyCal hydrogen production facility in Fresno owned by Spanish hydrogen manufacturer H2B2 Electrolysis Technologies is expected to start operating in the first quarter of 2023.
Puerto Rico wants to stop using fossil fuels. New wind and solar projects are being developed, and the power system is moving forward with a hydrogen roadmap and plans to replace 70% of the generation that consists of facilities that use petroleum derivatives.
In order to install and run a utility-scale battery plus green hydrogen long-duration energy storage system (BH-ESS) with a minimum of 293 megawatt-hours (MWh) of dispatchable carbon-free energy, Energy Vault Holdings and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) have partnered.
JCB showed its hydrogen Fastrac refuller tractor and Loadall. The Power Systems plant in Derbyshire, UK, has produced over 50 hydrogen engines since 2020.
In addition to building a low-carbon hydrogen and renewable hydrogen production facility in Norway that will export hydrogen through a pipeline to Germany, the partners want to replace coal-fired power plants in Germany with gas-fired power plants that are hydrogen-ready.
From June to October 2022, “Batch Zero” of the new H2 StartUp Accelerator featured live participation from startups and scale-ups in the hydrogen industry.
