And two important emerging elements of clean energy progress – hydrogen electrolysers and lithium-ion batteries – are on the verge of becoming the decade’s breakout technologies. These technologies should play a key role in bolstering Europe’s transport and industry as the continent emerges from the crisis and looks to develop new advanced manufacturing for export.
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The EU package contemplates the adoption of a contract for difference (CFD) system for carbon for green hydrogen projects, effectively acting as a hedge against carbon prices. Such a system would see green hydrogen users bid the level at which they can offset a ton of carbon with their project and still make a return. If the carbon price moves…
According to the minister, "the creation of new business models and the relaunch of the economy opens up new opportunities for economic and industrial development," in addition to creating more jobs in the country.
Air Liquide adds high capacity hydrogen station with dual filling positions for vehicles in the U.S.
The high capacity station by Air Liquide has the capability of performing simultaneous fills through two fully equipped fueling positions at 700 bar, as well as dispensing up to 1,000 kg/day, to fill around 250 vehicles per day, greatly increasing current market capacities. To successfully optimize space, Air Liquide’s new generation station has a compact design (typically 24.6m2), reducing the…