New Economy-Wide Decarbonization Analysis Details Key Role of Clean Fuels Network in Achieving California's 2045 Climate Goals
California OKs $1.4 bln plan for car chargers, hydrogen refueling
U.S. unveils roadmap for net-zero aviation emissions by 2050
Can Hydrogen Save Aviation’s Fuel Challenges? It’s Got a Way to Go. Small, experimental hydrogen-powered planes are paving the way for net-zero carbon aviation by 2050. But the route is rocky.
More recently, ZeroAvia experienced a bad news/good news scenario when its hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered Piper Malibu Mirage M350 crash landed last April. The good news was that no one was hurt, despite the plane losing a wing. Better still, with no fuel to leak and no hot engine to ignite it, there was no Hindenburg-like conflagration.
“The hydrogen system itself all held up perfectly,” Mr. Miftakhov said. “The emergency crew said if it were a fossil-fuel plane it would have been a major fire.”
Shell and Norsk Hydro team up for green hydrogen
Could hydrogen be the newest green power source for Mass.?
But greening Massachusetts’ electric grid through offshore wind and other renewable sources will take years, if not decades, said Bob Rio, a senior vice president at AIM. Right now, he said, the majority of New England’s electricity still comes from natural gas-fueled power plants, so it’s important to look at alternatives that could reduce carbon emissions, such as hydrogen. Meanwhile, he said, state officials should focus on harnessing “green hydrogen” — that is, hydrogen made with electricity generated by wind or solar turbines.
Rolls-Royce and cellcentric seal breakthrough of fuel cells in emissions-free power generation
South Korea: Central city to operate 100 hydrogen fuel cell city buses by 2025
On the road toward renewable energy, Japan is betting on hydrogen
FirstElement Fuel, the largest hydrogen fueling network in the world, closes Series D round of $105 Million
The capital comes in from Air Water, MUFG Bank, Ltd. (MUFG), Nikkiso, and Japan Infrastructure Initiate (JII) as FirstElement Fuel is actively executing on its plan to build out its California Hydrogen Network from 31 True Zero Stations to 80 stations by 2024.
At least 12 of the 80 stations will be capable of refueling heavy-duty trucks in addition to light-duty cars.
You can now disconnect the mains using hydrogen: Producing and storing its own renewable energy is a dream for many European small communities. At Byneset in Trondheim, we find the world's first pilot plant that demonstrates such a solution based on H2
The way we combine wind, solar, hydrogen production and storage, batteries and fuel cells in this pilot is unique. This is the world's first microgrid with self-sufficient hydrogen as energy storage, says research leader at SINTEF, Kyrre Sundseth who works with sustainable energy technology .
Port of Seattle and Seattle City Light to study use of hydrogen fuel
Industrial companies boost target for green hydrogen in climate fight
The Green Hydrogen Catapult (GHC) set a goal of 45 gigawatts (GW) of electrolyzers, powered with green electricity, to be developed with secured financing by 2026, with targeted commissioning in 2027. The electrolyzers could produce enough hydrogen to power about 45 average-size steel mills, while cutting greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the need for fossil fuels, the group said.
First US fuel cell ferry to operate from early 2022 in San Francisco
Phillips 66, Plug Power Sign Agreement to Advance Green Hydrogen
As part of this agreement, the companies will explore ways to deploy Plug Power’s technology within Phillips 66’s operations, leveraging Plug Power’s experience as a full value chain provider within the hydrogen economy. Plug Power will benefit from Phillips 66’s capabilities as a developer of large-scale energy infrastructure, operator of industrial-scale hydrogen production facilities, and presence in the fuels marketing segment in the U.S. and Europe.
Russia’s Hydrogen Energy Strategy
Japan’s Hydrogen Industrial Strategy
Consensus over hydrogen at COP26 can dramatically speed up the energy transition
Green investment should be funneled to those countries with more space, sunlight, or wind. These are often developing countries, so at the same time, this would allow developed nations to make good on their promise to mobilize $100 billion a year in climate finance.
Where does hydrogen fit into Alberta's energy future?
Hydrogen Key to Meeting Collective US Decarbonization Goals
Hydrogen is uniquely capable of enabling the energy transition as the only zero-emission technology able to produce the intense heat necessary for the industrial production of cement, steel, glass and other materials. And as a versatile energy carrier, hydrogen is also complementary to other low- and zero-carbon fuels -- allowing utilities across the nation to harness energy from wind, solar, and other renewables and incorporate it into the grid system at scale.
Germany’s Hydrogen Industrial Strategy
Germany has an advanced hydrogen strategy and the country is working hard on its implementation. Probably more than a quarter of state funding committed by all 17 countries with hydrogen strategies to date is provided by the German government.
Germany considers only hydrogen produced from renewable electricity to be sustainable in the long term and thus favors green hydrogen. Nevertheless, the precision of the role of already less expensive low-carbon hydrogen (blue and turquoise) as a bridging technology is pending.
As a country with an advanced hydrogen research landscape, Germany seeks to become a leader and exporter of green hydrogen technologies.
Germany expects to stay an energy importer and is building international partnerships to secure its future hydrogen supply.
Developing the Hydrogen Economy In New York
A “hydrogen hub” — a cluster of local hydrogen production, storage and demand — can be a great first step in developing the hydrogen economy. Long Island is well-positioned to become a hydrogen hub, given the high energy demand in the New York City metro area, limited transmission connections, and large offshore wind potential, which could be used to produce green hydrogen. National Grid envisions an integrated net zero energy system with clean electricity and clean fuels like hydrogen meeting demand for power, heat and transport.
DOE Announces Nearly $200 Million to Reduce Emissions From Cars and Trucks
PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, WA) will develop eighteen Class-8 battery electric and fuel cell vehicles with advanced batteries and a megawatt charging station will also be developed and demonstrated. (Award amount: $32,971,041)
Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (Portland, OR) will develop and demonstrate two 2 Class-8 fuel cell trucks with 600-mile range, 25,000-hour durability, equivalent payload capacity and range to diesel. (Award amount: $25,791,669)
Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, MI) will develop and demonstrate five hydrogen fuel cell electric Class-6 Super Duty trucks targeting cost, payload, towing, and refueling times that are equivalent to conventional gasoline trucks. (Award amount: $24,952,314)
General Motors, LLC (Pontiac, MI) will develop and demonstrate four hydrogen fuel cell and four battery electric Class 4-6 trucks. The project will also focus on development of clean hydrogen via electrolysis and clean power for fast charging. (Award amount: $26,061,726)
Belgium: Federal hydrogen vision and strategy; On the proposal of Energy Minister Tinne Van der Straeten, the Council of Ministers approves the federal hydrogen vision and strategy.
The federal hydrogen strategy aims to prepare Belgium as well as possible for the climate challenges, in addition to the technological and economic challenges of the coming decades. This strategy is part of the European Hydrogen Strategy and is based on four pillars:
positioning itself as an import and transit hub of renewable molecules in Europe
consolidate our leadership in hydrogen technologies
organising a robust hydrogen market
focus on collaboration
We need “blue” hydrogen. And we need to get it right.
Hydrogen is essential to decarbonizing key parts of the economy. While “green” hydrogen could dominate in the long term, “blue” hydrogen can reduce emissions quickly in the near-term – if policy-makers reward appropriate performance.
Estimates of the greenhouse gas impact of “blue” hydrogen span a wide spectrum, primarily driven by assumptions about methane leak rates in the upstream natural gas supply chain and the efficiency of reformers in the production process (particularly the carbon capture portion of those processes). While some recent estimates of these impacts have been quite high, a much lower greenhouse gas footprint for “blue” hydrogen is feasible. We know this because measurements indicate that some gas fields in the U.S. have leak rates as low as 0.3%-0.4% – far lower than the current leak rate (probably in excess of 2%). And we know how strong regulations, based upon established state precedents, can drive much of the needed reductions. Reducing emissions from the natural gas value chain is not just feasible, it’s also politically popular.