After a year and a half in dialogue with state-owned Enova, Nel still lacks support for a pilot project at the upcoming factory on Herøya. This may mean that future Nel expansion in Norway will not materialize.
The hydrogen company Nel threatens to drop further expansion in Norway
Publish Date: 8/26/2020
Norway: The government recently opened the Southern North Sea to floating offshore wind. Greenstat and the University of Bergen believe that energy can be used in liquid form.
Publish Date: 8/23/2020
NextEra Energy to Build Its First Green Hydrogen Plant in Florida
Publish Date: 8/23/2020
Largest U.S. renewables generator “really excited” about green hydrogen, reveals plans for $65 million pilot plant for Florida Power & Light.
Propelling the transition: Green hydrogen could be the final piece in a zero-emissions future. For the many things renewables and batteries don’t do, green hydrogen can be the zero-GHG alternative.
Publish Date: 8/23/2020
European utilities'As important as oil was in the past': Hydrogen rises up the agenda in Q2
Publish Date: 8/23/2020
hydrogen and solar powers the autonomous nemesis one hydrofoil catamaran
Publish Date: 8/22/2020
Europe’s largest hybrid fuel cell bus fleet and first hydrogen infrastructure for public transport have been unveiled
Publish Date: 8/21/2020
As China moves to dominate the EV industry, Britain frets about energy security
Publish Date: 8/21/2020
Hydrogen energy may be on the cusp. And Texas has potential to lead
Publish Date: 8/20/2020
“In the last couple of years, and particularly last year, I’ve seen the greatest interest I’ve seen in hydrogen for two decades,” said Alan Lloyd, a senior research fellow at the Energy Institute at the University of Texas at Austin. “Why is that? I think the major reason is the recognition from major companies now that if they’re going to do something about looking at a sustainable energy transition, if they are going to take climate change for real, they’ve got to look at de-carbonization.”
Cummins Makes Gains On The Tracks
Publish Date: 8/13/2020
“By 2022, there will be 41 of these types of trains powered by Cummins fuel cells running in Europe, making Cummins the leading provider of fuel cells for trains globally,” Linebarger said. “We are in active conversations with OEMs and end users about how to utilize, both our PEM and solid oxide fuel cells in a variety applications, including trains, ships, data centers and on highway vehicles. We have fuel cell powered trucks running to date in both Europe and North America.
This hydrogen-powered supercar can drive 1,000 miles on a single tank
Publish Date: 8/12/2020
Lancaster Mayor Parris Meets Japan Officials to Effect Global Hydrogen Societ
Publish Date: 8/11/2020
US Department of Energy announces funding for several hydrogen projects
Publish Date: 8/11/2020
$3 million to Cummins for PEM fuel cell systems for heavy-duty applications;
$3 million to Plug Power for domestically manufactured fuel cells for heavy-duty applications;
$4 million to the University of California, Irvine, for solid oxide electrolysis cells integrated with direct reduced iron plants for the production of green steel;
$8 million to Hornblower Yachts for a marine hydrogen demonstration in San Francisco;
$6 million to Caterpillar for a system demonstration for supplying clean, reliable and affordable electric power to data centers using hydrogen fuel;
$1 million to Nikola for advanced membranes for heavy duty fuel cell trucks;
‘You can’t just fill a battery’: Proponents say hydrogen power is trucking’s best path forward, critics argue otherwise
Publish Date: 8/11/2020
“I think the most important thing is that we need to begin to build regional scale centers where we can begin to deploy these technologies in a serious way,” [Cummins CEO] Linebarger said. “Deployment for storage, renewable storage, deployment for transportation and deployment for industry. I think Southern California is a good example but we need more of those places in more parts of the world. We don’t want just spot solutions. We need regional areas where all the technologies are deployed, we can all come down to scale, investors can make money and then we can go to the next spot. And I think whoever does it, the next one will do it and we all benefit.”
EPRI and GTI Launch Initiative to Accelerate Low-Carbon Energy Technologies
Publish Date: 8/10/2020
American Electric Power, Con Edison, Dominion Energy, Duke Energy, Exelon Corporation, Lincoln Electric System, Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, Missouri River Energy Services, Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Americas, National Fuel, New York Power Authority, Portland General Electric, PPL Corporation, Salt River Project, SoCalGas, Southern California Edison, Southern Company, and the Tennessee Valley Authority
Who Will Own the Hydrogen Future: Oil Companies or Utilities? Utilities NextEra, Iberdrola and Uniper have all launched recent forays into green hydrogen, challenging a sector dominated by oil companies.
Publish Date: 8/8/2020
The Future Lies In : EV? or FCEV?
Publish Date: 8/8/2020
World’s first hydrogen-powered double decker buses to be launched in Scotland
Publish Date: 8/7/2020
“Green” Hydrogen: Critical to Powering a Carbon-Free Future
Publish Date: 8/7/2020
This decade will be crucial to scale up the industry and show the long-term policy support that is necessary to stimulate investor appetite and make it a big job creator for Americans. Some important policies include:
Passing a national, economywide net-zero greenhouse gas emissions target by 2050
Accelerating the transition to zero-emission trucks and buses through emission standards, including the Advanced Clean Trucks rule, as well as multi-state collaborations like the medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicle memorandum of understanding recently signed by 15 states and the District of Columbia.
Establishing a procurement mandate for gas utilities to blend a minimum and safe level of green hydrogen in delivered gas to buildings
Including incentives for green hydrogen deployment in near-term stimulus packages. Incentives could be targeted toward 1) green hydrogen demonstration projects in steel manufacturing and high-heat industries; and 2) helping refineries and fertilizer producers transition to green hydrogen.
Establishing procurement standards for “green” steel in public infrastructure projects and “green” fertilizer in public agricultural projects
Caltech: Analysis of Renewable Energy Points Policy Makers to Path Toward More Affordable and Reliable Carbon-Free Electricity
Publish Date: 8/6/2020
"Long-duration storage helps avoid the need to overbuild power generation infrastructure and provides electricity when people need it rather than only when nature provides it. At current technology costs, storage in underground caverns of green hydrogen generated by water electrolysis would provide a cost-effective approach for long-duration grid storage."
Britain lacks a clear hydrogen strategy
Publish Date: 8/6/2020
Last month, the EAC held an evidence session on hydrogen as part of their inquiry into technological innovation and climate change.
Based on this evidence, Philipp Dunne, MP and chairman of the committee has written to Business Secretary Alok Sharma, stating that although the UK has the expertise to scale up low-carbon hydrogen, it lags behind other nations such as Australia, Canada and Japan who have all launched ambitious strategies.
‘The Committee heard time and again during evidence that the UK’s lack of a Hydrogen Strategy by Government is holding back efforts to make scaling up hydrogen production a reality.
China Hydrogen Alliance and the Hydrogen Council co-release report
Publish Date: 8/6/2020
The China Hydrogen Alliance and the Hydrogen Council have co-released the Chinese version of a report titled ‘Path to Hydrogen Competitiveness – A Cost Perspective”.
Plug Power planning new 'gigafactory,' although location undecided
Publish Date: 8/6/2020
Europe is going all in on hydrogen power. Why isn’t the US?
Publish Date: 8/6/2020
The result, according to Bhavnagri, will be a world that increasingly looks to Europe for hydrogen manufacturing systems — leaving the United States in the dust. For green hydrogen, he warned, “you will go to the European players.”
Cummins adds to its fuel cell leadership, receives two US Department of Energy awards for hydrogen fuel cell powertrains
Publish Date: 8/5/2020