Hydrogen

SK E&S has completed the world’s largest liquefied hydrogen production plant in Incheon, Korea. The plant will produce enough liquefied hydrogen for 5,000 hydrogen buses to use for a year, signaling the start of the hydrogen mobility era.

Sichuan province is going all out to support the hydrogen energy industry's development. This follows a conference held in late April on further promoting the application of the hydrogen industry chain. The Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang Uygur autonomous regions also have abundant traditional and new energy resources.

Hysata has the potential to transform sectors such as steel, chemicals, high-grade heat and heavy transport with its green hydrogen tech.

What Bertrand Piccard’s new hydrogen-focused Climate Impulse circumnavigating enterprise could mean for Airbus’ ZEROe project.

Large stores of natural hydrogen have turned up in Albania, France and Mali

The German government is investing around $10 million in work led by H2Fly and Diehl to develop hydrogen-electric powertrains for 40- to 80-seat aircraft.

• Hydrogen is the most promising solution for tackling several hard-to-decarbonize sectors like steel production and heavy-duty transportation.
• But we must act to bring down costs across hydrogen's value chain to ensure that it's on a path to being cost-competitive.
• By targeting the 85% of 'hidden' and often-overlooked costs of hydrogen, we can enable it to achieve economic parity with diesel.

A significant amount of solar energy that reaches Earth remains unutilized owing to the scarcity of photosensitive materials capable of responding to light in the near infrared (NIR) region. However, this challenge has been addressed by a recent breakthrough from researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology and National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University. They have developed an innovative Au@Cu7S4 yolk@shell photocatalyst, which is responsive to both visible and NIR wavelengths. This photocatalyst has demonstrated remarkable efficiency in solar hydrogen production, achieving an excellent quantum yield under illumination by both visible and NIR light.

Hyzon (NASDAQ: HYZN), a U.S.-based, leading hydrogen fuel cell technology developer and global supplier of zero-emission powertrains and New Way Trucks, a privately held industry-leading refuse truck body manufacturer, are showcasing North America’s first hydrogen fuel cell-powered electric refuse truck at Waste Expo, May 7-9 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Toulouse-based H3 Dynamics has been contracted by Airbus UpNext to supply a 0.5MW hydrogen fuel cell system for the latter's HyPower demonstrator project.

Kolya-PNE develops a project to produce 1,000 MW of green hydrogen in Albacete.

It will create around a thousand jobs during construction and more than a hundred highly specialized jobs once completed.

The US Department of Energy says it is aiming for “clean” hydrogen production costs of $2/kg by 2026 and $1/kg by 2031.

INEOS Inovyn is working with Daimler Truck AG as they run their first customer trial fleet of Mercedes-Benz Gen GenH2 trucks in Germany. Along with Amazon, Air Products, Holcim and Wiedmann & Winz, INEOS will test a new hydrogen-powered truck with its customers.

Feadship, a renowned Dutch shipyard known for its luxury yachts, has achieved a groundbreaking milestone by introducing the world's first hydrogen-powered superyacht.

Equipped with cutting-edge hydrogen fuel cell technology, the Project 821 superyacht is paving the way for a new era of emission-free cruising and silent operation. The hydrogen fuel cells onboard can sustain a whole week of silent operation while anchored, demonstrating the potential for extended periods of eco-friendly yacht usage.

On the road towards a sustainable future, one element is emerging as a possible game-changer: hydrogen. On the latest episode of Driving Ahead, the NADA podcast, we delve into the world of hydrogen and its remarkable potential with automotive and mining expert Andrew Hinkly, managing partner at AP Ventures.

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. plans to introduce a next-generation model of the hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) NEXO crossover

Cleanergy has announced it will launch the “first” hydrogen-powered ship in Africa, in collaboration with the Port of Antwerp-Bruges and Namport.

Electric cars were developed to solve one thing – emission. Manufacturers admitted (in a way) that their combustion engines are producing harmful emissions that have adverse effects on nature and humans. After that subtle admission, they sought for an alternative power source that will be cleaner. The electric car existed as far back as the […]

Countries worldwide are competing to become leaders in green hydrogen production, with China, Saudi Arabia, and the EU leading the pack.

US turnkey hydrogen solutions provider Plug Power Inc (NASDAQ:PLUG) announced a pact to supply up to 3 GW of its PEM electrolysers for a commercial-scale hydrogen-to-ammonia project in the Northern Territory of Australia developed by Allied Green Ammonia Pty Ltd (AGA).

Alternative power for cars typically means running on battery power, but Toyota's fanning out its alt-fuel development and sticking with hydrogen fuel cells as one option.

MUSCAT: Last week’s award of two new green hydrogen blocks in Dhofar Governorate, to a pair of international consortiums, has firmed up a leading role for the Port of Salalah as an important gateway for green molecule exports from the Sultanate of Oman.

The winning consortiums were: (a) EDF Group, J-POWER and Yamna, and (b) Actis and Fortescue. Both have committed to producing an aggregate of 378,000 tonnes of renewable hydrogen per annum by 2030, with part of the output targeted for export to international markets via the Port of Salalah.

Diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating is a surface coating technology with excellent hydrogen permeation resistance and wear resistance. However, it is difficult to completely prevent hydrogen permeation, and when hydrogen penetrates into the coating layer, the DLC coating is adversely affected. Therefore, we investigated the effect of hydrogen embrittlement on the adhesion strength and wear resistance of the DLC coating layer. As the results of the research, the surface roughness of the DLC coating was increased by a maximum of 3.8 times with hydrogen charging, and the delamination ratio of the DLC coating reached about 58%. In addition, the Lc3, which refers to the adhesion strength corresponding to the complete delamination of the DLC coating, was decreased by a maximum of 2.0 N due to hydrogen permeation. In addition, the wear resistance decreased due to hydrogen permeation, and the exposed width of the substrate due to wear increased by more than 4 times. It was also determined that hydrogen blistering or hydrogen-induced cracking occurred at the interface between the DLC coating and the chromium buffer layer due to hydrogen permeation, which decreased the durability of the DLC coating.

LONG BEACH, Calif. (May 2, 2024) – FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq: FCEL) and Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Toyota) are celebrating the grand opening of the first-of-its-kind “Tri-gen” system at the Port of Long Beach, California, today. Tri-gen uses biogas to produce renewable electricity, renewable hydrogen, and usable water, and was built to support the vehicle processing and distribution center for Toyota Logistics Services (TLS) at Long Beach, Toyota’s largest North American vehicle processing facility that receives approximately 200,000 new Toyota and Lexus vehicles annually.

Hydrogen fuel cells are a fantastic way to generate electricity from energy dense hydrogen, that can be produces using renewable energy. This means they are a great option for low carbon transportation, especially as the distances get longer! However, aviation has always been a challenge. Thankfully, ZeroAvia have been working on an amazing new technology: turbo charged air cooled high-temperature pem fuel cells. These have much higher power densities and therefore enable long distance hydrogen electric flight. I went to their labs to check it out!