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In addition, the mismatch between currently planned projects and the demand for green hydrogen output remains a key uncertainty for future electrolyser expansion. Government policies are currently more focused on decarbonising hydrogen production than developing demand for new applications, and current country ambitions to stimulate hydrogen use in new applications are not sufficient to meet their net zero pledges (IEA, 2021a).
Cummins Accelerates Hydrogen Innovation for California and Beyond with New West Sacramento Center
Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) has opened its Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powertrain Integration Center in West Sacramento, California, signaling its commitment to scaling the green hydrogen economy in the United States. As the newest tenant in the California Fuel Cell Partnership building, Cummins will continue its work to make zero-emissions fleets a reality for customers with its PEM fuel cell technology.
“Our presence in West Sacramento is important to advancing hydrogen technologies while being a central part of the decarbonization conversation in the United States,” said Amy Davis, Vice President and President of New Power at Cummins. “With the most advanced hydrogen infrastructure system in the country, California provides a great ecosystem for advancing alternative power technologies. Ultimately, our goal is to accelerate change in transportation, innovate for our customers and put more zero-emissions vehicles on the road. This facility will help us do exactly that.”
Germany’s Offshore Wind Industrial Strategy
One area in which Germany is increasing its monetary support is the development of hydrogen from renewable energy, including offshore wind. In an update to the country’s National Hydrogen Strategy, detailed in another commentary in this series, Germany is planning to develop 10 GW of green hydrogen production capacity by 2030. As part of this, the government plans to invest €50 million ($58 million) in pilot projects to produce green hydrogen from offshore wind. In addition, an effort from German manufacturing giant Siemens to build an offshore wind turbine with a built-in electrolyzer will see €100 million ($117 million) from the government’s science ministry.
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US Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered Ferry Completes First Fueling
Switch Maritime, which built the vessel as the first in a series it plans to develop with hydrogen propulsion, reported that the Sea Change completed its first hydrogen fueling. At All American Marine shipyard in Bellingham, Washington, the Sea Change received hydrogen into its 242 kg tanks on the upper deck. The fueling during sea trials is being handled by West Coast Clean Fuels, which Switch retained to develop and permit the end-to-end fuel supply chains that will deliver hydrogen to the Sea Change, as well as BayoTech, for high-pressure gaseous hydrogen delivery using transport trailer-to-ship transfer to Sea Change during sea trials in Washington.
The Sea Change uses a first-of-its-kind maritime hydrogen and fuel cell system designed and developed by Zero Emission Industries. The company also developed the system demonstrated during the fueling on November 18 that allows the vessel to receive gaseous hydrogen directly from a hydrogen truck. The fuel loaded in the vessel’s tanks included green hydrogen, produced in California by an electrolyzer powered with renewable solar power.
Having successfully performed the first hydrogen fueling, the Sea Change is now performing final operational sea trials before delivery from the shipyard and before starting operations in the California Bay Area in Q1 2022.
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EU reaches for hydrogen stars as economics shift
The cost of producing green hydrogen with renewable energy is set to fall and the capacity to produce it in Europe and nearby countries will likely surpass current targets by 2030, European Union officials said on Monday.
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Hydrogen is misinterpreted because you value hydrogen not as a fuel but as a means to secure an uninterruptible supply. So you don’t compare hydrogen with natural gas plus carbon credit. You compare hydrogen within a battery of literally indefinite capacity. That’s a very realistic business case. And we’re going to witness this happening much earlier than anticipated. We don’t have the time [to wait] for new technologies.
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Greener, Faster, Cheaper: A Combination of Battery and Fuel Cell Electric Technology is Key to Successfully Decarbonising Global Transport
Both fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are needed to achieve the most significant transition in the automotive industry’s history – decarbonisation. According to the Roadmap towards zero emissions: the complementary role of BEVs and FCEVs study published by the Hydrogen Council with analytical support from McKinsey & Company, a “combined world”, leveraging the respective strengths of both FCEVs and BEVs, will enable greener transportation faster and cheaper compared to relying on a single technology.
While BEVs are vital for fast decarbonisation and will be a mainstream solution for many use cases, FCEVs similarly have their particular use case strengths, in much the same way that gasoline and diesel play complementary roles today. FCEVs will provide the best option for regions with constrained renewables or limited grid capacity in the mid-to-long term, high power and energy demand vehicle segments, and customer segments with a preference for long range and fast refuelling. The “combined world” will provide superior system efficiency, lifecycle carbon intensity and reduced resource demand.
Building the hydrogen refuelling network alongside battery charging infrastructure will be more cost effective than building a charging infrastructure powerful enough to cover all use cases, including those with high power demands and little charging capacity. To convert all vehicles to BEVs would require costly grid investments in hard-to-serve and high demand areas, such as inner city public fast chargers. Savings, resulting from just 10% of the fleet converting to FCEVs instead, would more than compensate for the cost of a hydrogen refuelling infrastructure in a fully decarbonised scenario. Further, hydrogen can be produced from renewable electricity at peak production, preventing curtailment and grid overload, which will produce a higher systemic efficiency than a single-technology world.
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Policy Priorities to Spur the Green Hydrogen Economy
With the appropriate incentives and policies deployed now, green hydrogen will be cost competitive in the next decade and can be widely deployed to reduce emissions in the most challenging sectors. Policymakers must make concerted efforts to address the immediate green price gap, develop new end uses, and deploy supporting infrastructure for green hydrogen. The speed and scale of need is immense but this is what must be done for hydrogen to play its crucial part in preserving a future for coming generations.
Green Hydrogen Could Compete With Gray in a Decade, Engie Says
Green hydrogen, a clean energy source made from water and renewable power, could become competitive in a decade, according to French utility Engie SA.
That relies on Europe setting up the necessary regulatory framework to drive up demand and slash costs, Sebastien Arbola, the company’s head of thermal generation, hydrogen and energy supply, said Tuesday in Paris. The “tipping point” for renewable hydrogen to compete with gray hydrogen -- which is made from methane and emits carbon -- could be in 2030-2035, he said.
Union labor can enable hydrogen's carbon-cutting potential
Hydrogen provides a meaningful solution that addresses the need to lower our carbon footprint while preserving the most innovative workforce in the world. A cleaner, more resilient energy future is within reach, and union labor will build it.
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In addition to the three diesel trainsets, SBCTA has ordered a hydrogen fuel-cell-powered FLIRT H2 trainset. That train, which will be the first hydrogen-powered passenger train in the U.S., is current under development at Stadler headquarters in Switzerland and is expected to be introduced in 2024.
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In short, instead of forcing everything to electrify or everything to use your fuel of choice, let’s develop the necessary technology and infrastructure then use it for the appropriate application – including taking advantage of the merits of hydrogen for long haul heavy trucking operation. In so doing, we can accelerate the proliferation of clean energy in the transportation sector, helping to achieve our climate goals and secure our future.
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“We’re splitting water with a combination of electricity and this high temperature steam,” Gross says. “And that’s what leads to a breakthrough in efficiency, and that leads to an eventual breakthrough in price.” Because the technology uses steam, it can use less electricity, making it as much as 45% more efficient. Since it also can run throughout the night, “we can amortize the cost of the electrolyzer over 24 hours, instead of over 6 hours a day,” he says. “And that four-to-one better amortization leads to lower cost hydrogen.”