More than 60% of Sweden’s energy needs are met by renewable sources, primarily hydroelectricity (but also wind). It can also produce for a very low cost due to the year-round, vast availability of moving water. And that is the essential component for manufacturing affordable green hydrogen.
Chinese automaker Great Wall Motors (GWM) has signed an agreement with the Sao Paulo state government in Brazil to produce small hydrogen-powered cargo vehicles in the country.
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.
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.
Hyundai Motor Company has announced plans to produce clean hydrogen using biogas from sewage treatment plant waste, in an effort to reduce carbon and promote the hydrogen ecosystem.
