"Ports are ideal spaces to invest in hydrogen and ammonia infrastructure since investments there will make fuel available for marine, rail, and truck applications," said Chris Connor, AAPA President, and CEO. "The Hydrogen for Ports Act will make innovative energy projects around the country possible, mitigating emissions and opening up new opportunities for jobs and economic growth.
AAPA endorses the bipartisan Hydrogen for Ports Act
Publish Date: 3/4/2023
The outlook for U.S. hydrogen hubs: Who’s applying and what they could achieve
Publish Date: 3/29/2023
Hydrogen Plays a Key Role in Decarbonization: CHBC Executive Director Katrina Fritz shares why hydrogen is crucial.
Publish Date: 3/28/2023
With California’s current grid reliability challenges and need for more power generation capacity – coupled with the state’s continuing “overdemand” – all energy and mobility solutions must be brought to bear. National Lab studies have demonstrated the grid infrastructure required to charge battery electric vehicles of all sizes. The use of fuel cell electric vehicles, fueled by hydrogen, avoid further compounding grid reliability challenges.
Quantron names its management team for US business
Publish Date: 3/28/2023
Europe: Agreement reached on AFIR
Publish Date: 3/30/2023
Article 6 of the regulation will mandate the construction of one gaseous hydrogen refuelling station (HRS) every 200 km on the TEN-T core network by the end of 2030, as well as one HRS in every urban node. The stations will have a daily supply capacity of one ton of hydrogen for all modes of road transport. Member States must prepare an HRS deployment plan by 2027 that will satisfy the needs of hydrogen powered road mobility.
Clallam Transit considers hydrogen: Zero-emission vehicles would replace diesel
Publish Date: 3/21/2023
Experts consider Tesla model of charger deployment with hydrogen trucks
Publish Date: 3/27/2023
“They’re not bound by their history. A startup like Nikola can be anything they want to be, so it's probably easier for them as opposed to a [legacy truck manufacturer] or anybody who's been around for a hundred years to say, ‘I'm going to provide the fuel too.’ It’s creating a whole new widget – and challenge and business – that's quite likely needed. And at the same time, do we want to get into it?”
Elrick said that legacy companies have had longstanding partnerships with large fuel companies that could prove advantageous when it comes to pairing up fuel cell deployments with hydrogen station rollouts.
“[Legacy OEMs] are so well connected,” Elrick said. “Why would they go compete against somebody who's been a partner over the decades?”
WA: State House Unanimously Passes Abbarno-Backed Hydrogen Bill
Publish Date: 3/17/2023
"This bill would greatly enhance the opportunity for Washington to become a hydrogen hub," Abbarno said. "Communities in Southwest Washington and beyond are competing on the national and international stage to become part of a hydrogen hub and this legislation will help keep us competitive."
DOE maps plan to supercharge hydrogen, nuclear, storage
Publish Date: 3/23/2023
RECAP: Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis and GO-Biz Director Dee Dee Myers Lead California Trade Delegation to Japan
Publish Date: 3/22/2023
WA: Transportation electrification projects awarded nearly $1 million in Clean Energy Fund grants; Hydrogen energy system study, groundbreaking Tribal-county collaborations among five innovative projects selected for funding across Washington state
Publish Date: 3/16/2023
Commerce initially received 23 applications in a two-phase review process that resulted in the selection of these projects for funding:
Nisqually Indian Tribe and the Port of Olympia partnership, Thurston County – $89,000 for the Joint Nisqually Indian Tribe-Port of Olympia Hydrogen for the Transportation and Energy Reserve Power Project. Conversion studies will be conducted for the Tribe’s 160-vehicle fleet and the Port’s vehicle and industrial equipment. The study will assess emergency resiliency and scaled deployment of a modular on-site H2 electrolytic energy system with public access through the Tribe’s fueling and convenience stores.
Meyer Werft, Royal Caribbean working on new fuel cell system for ships
Publish Date: 3/20/2023
German battery technology company Freudenberg e-Power Systems, shipbuilder Meyer Werft and cruise line Royal Caribbean Group have joined forces to develop a completely new fuel cell system tailored to the maritime sector.
Ports of Los Angeles, Gothenburg strengthen ties on digitalization and decarbonization
Publish Date: 3/7/2023
The two ports will also collaborate on alternative fuels, as well as on strategies to incorporate new and emerging green technologies to minimize the impact of port operations on local communities and the overall environment.
Ports of L.A., Long Beach Join Bid to Be Hydrogen Fuel Hub; Twin Ports of San Pedro Bay Advocating for Grant to Test Hydrogen Effectiveness
Publish Date: 3/17/2023
The hub projects are expected to showcase an entire hydrogen supply chain, including production, storage and distribution as a way forward on decarbonization in various sectors.
With specific terminals signing on to take part, the ports’ portion of the California hub could include on-road trucks, fueling stations, yard tractors, top handler equipment and tugboats.
New Toyota CEO Koji Sato will prioritize hydrogen, even as company steps up EVs
Publish Date: 3/18/2023
Under his watch, new Toyota CEO Koji Sato says a top focus through the end of the decade will be expanding the hydrogen infrastructure and the array of industries using the futuristic fuel.
Regional network advances to full proposal for developing Southwest hydrogen hub
Publish Date: 3/15/2023
Nevada and Arizona have a unique energy ecosystem, with geological resources and transportation routes that support favorable conditions for a clean hydrogen market. These include strategic access to critical transportation routes for energy delivery; the geological resources to support storage of large volumes of salt deposits at low cost; and pre-existing infrastructure and pipelines for integration with other renewables.
These attributes provide the region with an opportunity to meet energy demand and export to larger markets via major interstates, rail and pipelines.
North America’s First Hydrogen-Powered Train Will Debut This Summer: While traveling a 90-minute route, the Train de Charlevoix will emit only water vapor
Publish Date: 3/16/2023
The project is a triumph for North America, though European countries beat Canada to the punch: Germany started testing the world’s first hydrogen-powered passenger trains in 2018, going on to roll out a fleet in 2022. The German Coradia iLint trains, also made by Alstom, can reach speeds of 140 miles per hour. A single tank of hydrogen can last for more that 600 miles.
According to a statement from Alstom, since 2018 its hydrogen-powered trains have traveled more than 100,000 miles across eight European countries. Now, the company is positioned to expand across the Atlantic.
Wolftank Group establishes subsidiary in the USA
Publish Date: 3/16/2023
The new Wolftank USA Inc. will supply the American market with the Group's innovative hydrogen solutions and will initially focus on mobile hydrogen filling stations.
DOE offers $750M to help drive clean hydrogen production costs down 60% by 2026: The funding aims to cut the cost of hydrogen produced with emissions-free electricity to $2 per kilogram by 2026 from around $5/kg today
Publish Date: 3/16/2023
Chart Industries and ZEV Station Execute MoU for Hydrogen Equipment for Novel Multimodal Stations
Publish Date: 3/15/2023
Working together, the companies’ goal is development of fast-fuel multiple modes for heavy-duty transportation at the same station, uniting different standards of gaseous and liquid hydrogen vehicle fueling using high flow and efficiency liquid pumping.
California and Japan to Collaborate on Clean Ports and Shipping
Publish Date: 3/15/2023
Three potential benefits of hydrogen trucking, and what it will take to tap into them
Publish Date: 3/14/2023
In the case of long-haul trucking, however, a new, first-of-its-kind CATF report comparing the operational performance of hydrogen and battery electric powered trucks and identified several advantages to hydrogen fuel cell trucks and fueling infrastructure that could help to quickly and efficiently decarbonize that sector.
FirstElement Fuel partners with Hyundai Motor on hydrogen refueling of class 8 fuel cell electric trucks, driving over 25K miles with zero emissions
Publish Date: 3/14/2023
Through this partnership, FirstElement Fuel is leveraging its True Zero network of hydrogen refueling stations to fuel three XCIENT Fuel Cell prototypes at full 700 bar pressure. In addition, FirstElement Fuel is deploying its first-of-its-kind high capacity mobile refueler, which was developed in a collaboration between FirstElement Fuel, Taylor-Wharton, and Nikkiso. The mobile refueler, which is capable of high-capacity fueling at 125 kilograms per hour, is being used to support pilot programs for several other Heavy Duty FCEV OEMs as well.
Later this year, FirstElement Fuel and Hyundai Motor will launch the world's largest commercial deployment of Class 8 hydrogen-powered fuel cell trucks in Oakland, California The project, titled NorCAL ZERO was jointly funded by the California Energy Commission (CEC) and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and is being managed by the Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE). The hydrogen refueling partnership between FirstElement Fuel and Hyundai Motor is providing valuable data and learnings which are helping inform design considerations for the NorCal ZERO project. FirstElement Fuel considers the fueling partnership with Hyundai Motor a very successful step towards the overall goal to advance hydrogen as a replacement for fossil fuels.
The H2Accelerate collaboration announces acquisition of funding to enable deployment of 150 hydrogen trucks and 8 heavy-duty hydrogen refuelling stations
Publish Date: 3/14/2023
Three potential benefits of hydrogen trucking, and what it will take to tap into them
Publish Date: 3/14/2023
In the U.S., long-haul heavy-duty trucking accounts for nearly half of the nation’s on-road, carbon-emitting diesel fuel consumption and roughly 13% of U.S. transportation greenhouse gas emissions. Unfortunately, this type of trucking—like marine shipping and aviation—is an end-use case where vehicle weight and energy needs can make it hard to decarbonize with on-board batteries alone.
Zero-carbon fuels like low-emissions hydrogen, which contains no carbon and produces no carbon dioxide when combusted or used in a fuel cell, can play a valuable role in the decarbonization of hard-to-electrify systems, provided the hydrogen is produced in ways that minimize greenhouse gas emissions.