“The trajectory of the green hydrogen market will be determined by the amount of policy support its early years and the amount of corporate commitments that are made to invest in this technology. And both of those things are moving much faster than expected,” Gallagher said.
WoodMac on Green Hydrogen: It’s Going To Happen Faster Than Anyone Expects; Public and private commitments are catalyzing green hydrogen through its early development.
Publish Date: 2/5/2021
World’s first ‘hydrogen law’ takes effect. What's in it?
Publish Date: 2/8/2021
Second, the government can request that the operators of 21 kinds of facilities -- such as industrial complexes, logistics centers and highway rest stops -- build hydrogen charging stations. An additional 12 kinds of facilities can be asked to install fuel cells. The operators must comply unless they have a good reason not to.
AEIC Develops New Energy Policy Recommendations to Lead America’s Decarbonization Efforts
Publish Date: 12/17/2020
The recommendations include:
Tripling federal funding for clean energy innovation over the next five years
Fund the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy at $1 billion per year
Establish a “New Energy Challenge Program” to build large-scale pilot projects
Create an independent national “Energy Strategy Board”
Expand centers of excellence with strong domestic expertise
SoCalGas to Provide Over $1 Million to Fund Research & Development of Hydrogen to Fuel Commercial Transportation
Publish Date: 2/8/2021
Florida Power and Light: Florida deserves an energy future we can depend on
Publish Date: 2/9/2021
We're on a journey to a cleaner energy future with more American-made natural gas, solar and green hydrogen — a new kind of zero-carbon-emissions energy made from solar and water.
Air Liquide and Siemens Energy to Develop a Large Scale Electrolyzer Partnership for Sustainable Hydrogen Production
Publish Date: 2/8/2021
Large hydrogen projects identified to lay the ground for industrial scale electrolyzer systems, one of these opportunities is the Air Liquide-H2V Normandy project in France with a capacity of 200MW
Hydrogen Forward coalition formed to advance hydrogen in the U.S.; Initiative will highlight the environmental and economic benefits of accelerated adoption
Publish Date: 2/2/2021
However, lack of systemic policy support for hydrogen risks to derail these efforts. While Europe and East Asia have committed to investing hundreds of billions of dollars into hydrogen solutions, the U.S. is the only major market without a national hydrogen strategy. A comprehensive approach is critical because it provides a much-needed framework to enable fast, large-scale adoption.
Gas Pipeline Owners Eye Hydrogen Potential
Publish Date: 1/30/2021
“We must investigate this for every single pipe we put hydrogen into,” said Jack Brouwer, director of the advanced power and energy program at the University of California, Irvine, “but it’s a phenomenon we can manage because it’s slow.” Problem pipes and compressors could be replaced over the course of years, he said. Or pipes could be protected with coatings applied from the inside by robotic devices called pigs that are currently used for pipeline inspection and maintenance. “Just put some spray-painting equipment on that same device, and there you go, right down the whole pipeline,” he said.
With Natural Gas in Peril, Pipeline Owners Look to Hydrogen
Publish Date: 1/29/2021
S&P podcast: Hydrogen's time is coming but 'won't be turnkey' or next year
Publish Date: 1/26/2021
While hydrogen has received its fair share of hype in the past, this time may be different as the growth of sustainability-driven investments, rising pressure to act on climate change and shifting economics are increasingly favoring hydrogen technologies. Still, Julio Friedmann, a senior research scholar at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy, said it might be better to think in terms of being at the beginning of the decade of hydrogen rather than the year of hydrogen going into 2021.
HyBlend Project To Accelerate Potential for Blending Hydrogen in Natural Gas Pipelines; NREL Will Lead Multi-Lab, Multi-Industry R&D Effort To Overcome Technical Challenges
Publish Date: 11/18/2020
Air Liquide inaugurates the world's largest low-carbon hydrogen membrane-based production unit in Canada
Publish Date: 1/26/2021
The new 20 MW PEM electrolyser, equipped with Cummins technology, is the largest operating unit of its kind in the world and will help meet the growing demand for low-carbon hydrogen in North America. Bécancour's proximity to the main industrial markets in Canada and the United States will help ensure their supply of low-carbon hydrogen for industrial use and mobility. The commissioning of this electrolysis unit increases by 50% the capacity of Air Liquide's Bécancour hydrogen production complex.
Retired German Coal Plant to Get New Life as a Hydrogen Hub
Publish Date: 1/22/2021
Nel CMD 2021: Launches 1.5 USD/kg target for green renewable hydrogen to outcompete fossil alternatives
Publish Date: 1/22/2021
Nel’s Capital Markets Day 2021 (CMD) outlines the strategy and ambitions towards 2025, addressing the current hydrogen market of 70 million tons, which, by the Hydrogen Council, is expected to grow by 8-times by 2050, largely based on green hydrogen.
Air Liquide makes a strategic investment to support large scale renewable hydrogen production in France
Publish Date: 1/20/2021
Air Liquide announces a 40% stake acquisition in the capital of the French company H2V Normandy, a subsidiary of H2V Product, which aims to build a large-scale electrolyzer complex of up to 200 MW for the production of renewable and low-carbon hydrogen in France. This strategic investment demonstrates Air Liquide’s long-term commitment to hydrogen energy and its ambition to be a major player in the supply of renewable and low-carbon hydrogen, in order to contribute to the decarbonization of the industry and mobility markets.
Hydrogen Council: Clean hydrogen scale up is feasible and can greatly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
Publish Date: 1/19/2021
A new report on hydrogen decarbonization pathways published today by the Hydrogen Council shows that low-carbon hydrogen supply at scale is economically and environmentally feasible and will have significant societal benefits if the right localised approach and best-practices for production are used. The report also demonstrates that there is not one single hydrogen production pathway to achieve low lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but rather the need for a fact-based approach that leverages regional resources and includes a combination of different production pathways. This will achieve both emission and cost reductions, ultimately helping to decarbonize the energy system and limit global warming.
Siemens Energy to drive the development of green hydrogen economy in the Middle East
Publish Date: 1/18/2021
Renewable hydrogen could play a key role in Washington’s clean-energy future
Publish Date: 1/18/2021
Using surplus electricity to produce hydrogen is an exciting opportunity because it can be environmentally friendly and economically beneficial.
WA State Senator Brad Hawkins: Renewable hydrogen demonstrates region’s clean energy leadership
Publish Date: 1/18/2021
Given recent expansion of wind and solar generation across many western states, the Pacific Northwest’s electric grid experiences periods of surplus power generation in the spring. During periods of springtime snow melt, hydropower generation is abundant because of high flows in the Columbia River. Wind and solar generation are often strong in the spring as well. Not generating power by spilling excess water through our dams can adversely impact fish but securing buyers for our hydropower when supply exceeds demand can be both financially ineffective and challenging. Using surplus electricity to produce hydrogen is an exciting opportunity because it can be both environmentally and economically beneficial. As owners of the PUDs, anything that benefits a PUD will ultimately help its customers.
thyssenkrupp to install 88 megawatt water electrolysis plant for Hydro-Québec in Canada
Publish Date: 1/18/2021
The water electrolysis plant will be built in Varennes, Quebec, and is to produce 11,100 metric tons of green hydrogen annually. Both the hydrogen and the oxygen, a by-product of the electrolysis process, will be used in a biofuel plant to produce biofuels from residual waste for the transportation sector.
With a capacity of 88 MW, this plant will be one of the world's first and biggest production facilities for green hydrogen. Commissioning is scheduled for late 2023.
HY-5 on way to becoming Europe's leading hydrogen region: Five north German states join forces to establish green hydrogen sector by 2035;
Publish Date: 1/15/2021
The new initiative aims to turn northern Germany into the strongest emerging region for green hydrogen in the heart of Europe and to complete the value chain for environment-friendly hydrogen.
Chile identifies $12 billion in green hydrogen projects
Publish Date: 1/15/2021
A spokeswoman for CORFO told Platts that eleven of the eighteen projects were related to the production of green hydrogen or the use of hydrogen as a fuel or to generate heat.
CORFO said that many of the projects are located in northern Chile, home to the Atacama, the world's driest and sunniest desert. The government is setting aside around 12,000 hectares of state lands for hydrogen projects.
Hydrogen Safety: Let's Clear the Air
Publish Date: 1/15/2021
Green hydrogen is safer than conventional fuels
To evaluate hydrogen’s safety, it must be compared to that of other conventional fuels like gasoline, propane, and diesel. While no fuel is 100 percent safe, green hydrogen has been shown to be safer than conventional fuels in a multitude of aspects.
Japan and EU race to develop 'green hydrogen'; Perennial next-generation energy source must leap production cost hurdles
Publish Date: 1/11/2021
Government strategies will be key.
Why green hydrogen is the renewable energy source to watch in 2021;The price tag and energy needed to make it will be worth it, experts say
Publish Date: 12/13/2020
Now, President-elect Joe Biden is promising that the U.S. will be able to access green hydrogen at the same cost as conventional hydrogen within a decade as part of his clean energy plan. Several countries around the world already invest heavily into it, including Chile, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Germany and Australia.