Carbon, Concept, Conversion and Hydrogen

Rolls-Royce and EasyJet mark first run of modern aero engine on hydrogen

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NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Rolls-Royce and easyJet report the world’s first run of a modern aero engine on hydrogen. The ground test was conducted on an early concept demonstrator using green hydrogen created by wind and tidal power. The success of this hydrogen test is an exciting milestone. Aviation H2.

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Hydrogen Engine Concept Mariner

Aviation H2 selects liquid ammonia as carbon-free fuel of choice

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APRIL 28, 2022

Their research shows that converting a Falcon 50 to Liquid Ammonia Turbofan Combustion is the most efficient and commercially viable avenue to building a hydrogen-powered plane. The company’s team of engineers say they now have a clear pathway to having Australia’s first hydrogen-fuelled aircraft in the skies by the middle of 2023.

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Carbon Fuel Hydrogen Store

Researchers use chemical looping process to produce hydrogen from hydrogen sulfide gas

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Researchers at The Ohio State University have used a chemical looping process to produce hydrogen from hydrogen sulfide gas—commonly called “sewer gas”. Hydrogen sulfide is emitted from manure piles and sewer pipes and is a key byproduct of industrial activities including refining oil and gas, producing paper and mining.

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Hydrogen Gas Ohio Gas-Electric

European HYFLEXPOWER project to demo first integrated power-to-X-to-power hydrogen gas turbine

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JUNE 1, 2020

The implementation of this project, the first industrial-scale power-to-X-to-power demonstrator with an advanced hydrogen turbine, will be launched at Smurfit Kappa PRF’s site—a company specialized in manufacturing recycled paper—in Saillat-sur-Vienne, France. In this case, the “X” will be hydrogen.

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Hydrogen Power Powered Gas

Project Fresson to develop hydrogen fuel cell retrofit for 9-passenger aircraft

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MARCH 30, 2021

Cranfield Aerospace Solutions (CAeS)—the UK SME leading the Project Fresson consortium—will exploit recent advances in hydrogen fuel cell technology to develop a commercially viable, retrofit powertrain solution for the nine-passenger Britten-Norman Islander aircraft.

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Hydrogen Fuel Mariner Industrial

Rice team awarded $3.3M ARPA-E OPEN+ grant to convert methane into carbon nanotubes and hydrogen

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JANUARY 29, 2019

million Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) OPEEN+ grant to develop a method to convert natural gas into carbon nanotubes for materials that can replace metals in large-scale applications. The process would also produce valuable hydrogen as a side product. Rice University researchers have won a $3.3-million

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Convert Carbon Grant Hydrogen

New process uses localized surface plasmons for room-temperature conversion of CO2 to CO

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have demonstrated a room-temperature method that could significantly reduce carbon dioxide levels in fossil-fuel power plant exhaust, one of the main sources of carbon emissions in the atmosphere.

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Conversion CO2 Carbon Exhaust

Airbus and Linde to cooperate on hydrogen infrastructure for airports

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JUNE 27, 2022

Airbus and Linde, a leading global industrial gases and engineering company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work on the development of hydrogen infrastructure at airports worldwide. Building the infrastructure is just as crucial. —Sabine Klauke, Chief Technical Officer, Airbus.

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Photocatalytic optical fibers convert water into hydrogen

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APRIL 6, 2020

Researchers at the University of Southampton have transformed optical fibers into photocatalytic microreactors that convert water into hydrogen fuel using solar energy. The microstructured optical fiber canes (MOFCs) with photocatalyst generate hydrogen that could power a wide range of sustainable applications. Oakley, Richard P.

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Water Convert Hydrogen Solar

Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group formed

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MAY 26, 2022

Several organizations, encompassing companies, research labs, and academia, have formed the Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group. The Working Group consists of members undertaking research and development in the field of hydrogen combustion in an opposed-piston engine. If hydrogen combustion is sufficiently lean—i.e.,

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Hydrogen Engine Saudi Arabia Universal

MAN methanol-ready four-stroke 32/44CR wins RINA approval

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MARCH 14, 2023

The AiP covers an upgrade concept for the four-stroke engine for conversion to dual-fuel running on methanol to provide greater flexibility to shipowners. Methanol is a fuel with a lot of potential as clean, carbon-neutral fuel and the industry is already showing concrete appreciation of it.

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Mariner Grant Conversion Fuel

Researchers develop Na-ion direct formate fuel cell for co-production of electricity and hydrogen

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MAY 3, 2021

Researchers at Xi’an Jiaotong University in China have developed a Na-ion direct formate fuel cell to co-produce electricity and hydrogen (e-h 2 Na-DFFC). 2 , with the hydrogen production rate reaching 2.9 Faradic efficiency suggest the great potential of this electricity-hydrogen co-production device. 2 at 380 mA cm ?2

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Hydrogen Li-ion Fuel Production

What ‘real world’ hydrogen pickup looks like and why it should end the conversation

Baua Electric

MARCH 13, 2024

This hydrogen-powered GM commercial truck offers 300 miles of range and “generates enough electricity to power 250 typical American homes” (for a few minutes?). To achieve a 300 mile range, we had to investigate new packaging initiatives for the tanks to hold 40kg of hydrogen,” is another quote attributed to the GM/HYDROTEC team.

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Hydrogen Conversion Silverado F-150

Osaka team demonstrates H2 purification using LOHCs

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

Researchers from Osaka University have demonstrated a proof-of-concept for a novel molecular hydrogen production method that bypasses the need for expensive purification steps. They developed a system where hydrogen is separated and stored in liquid organic hydrogen carriers by catalysis of triaryl boranes in one seamless process.

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Hydrogen Store Concept Gas

MAHLE Powertrain leading consortium to develop sustainable propulsion solutions for retrofit to high-performance marine vessels; MJI for hydrogen

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JANUARY 26, 2023

RNLI lifeboat MAHLE’s Jet Ignition (MJI) technology ( earlier post ), optimized for hydrogen combustion under the name HyJet, enables the ignition of sustainable fuels in clean combustion engines. The project will aim to deliver retrofit solutions at scale across commercial, professional, and governmental fleets.

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Mariner Hydrogen Clean Cleaning

Fraunhofer researchers developing ammonia-based systems for mobile energy in infrastructure, transportation and industry

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FEBRUARY 24, 2023

An alternative to fossil fuels is power-to-X fuels, which are synthesized from electrolysis-based hydrogen. The most important power-to-X fuel is currently hydrogen itself. Ammonia (NH 3 ) could become an alternative solution to allow the required hydrogen to be stored and transported with ease.

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Researchers propose using AC and ventilation systems for decentralized production of carbon-neutral synthetic fuels

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MAY 5, 2019

The team presents this “crowd oil” concept in Nature Communications. In case of combustion for mobility or power generation, in this scenario the CO 2 emitted is again captured, finally allowing for a closed, net zero carbon cycle, thus, enabling a circular CO 2 economy based on hundreds, thousands, and ultimately millions of modular plants.

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Carbon Fuel Production Kits

Swedish Energy Agency awards climate-neutral methanol project €30M; Project AIR

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JUNE 28, 2021

Project AIR —an industrial concept to produce methanol from a large variety of recovered end-of-life streams and hydrogen from electrolysis—has been awarded approximately €30 million by the Swedish Energy Agency, and is now applying for EU Innovation Fund to realize the project.

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Climate Energy Finland Carbon

DOE reports progress on development of low-carbon and renewable sources of hydrogen production

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NOVEMBER 21, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Fuel Cell Technologies Office’ (FCTO) 2014 Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program Annual Progress Report ( earlier post )—an annual summary of results from projects funded by DOE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program—described progress in the field of hydrogen production. Source: DOE.

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Hydrogen Renewable Carbon Production

WinGD and CMB.TECH co-develop large ammonia-fueled two-stroke engines for bulkers

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

X72DF Under this joint development project, CMB.TECH will support WinGD in establishing its ammonia-fueled engine concept for a large bore engine. CMB.TECH has significant insight into alternative fuels and builds, designs, owns and operates large marine and industrial applications that run on hydrogen and ammonia.

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Engine Fuel Mariner Alternative Fuels

US Navy demos recovery of CO2 and production of H2 from seawater, with conversion to liquid fuel; “Fuel from Seawater”

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APRIL 8, 2014

Researchers at the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Materials Science and Technology Division have demonstrated novel NRL technologies developed for the recovery of CO 2 and hydrogen from seawater and their subsequent conversion to liquid fuels. E-CEM Carbon Capture Skid.

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Conversion Fuel Production CO2

TECO 2030, Shell and partners to receive €5M in Horizon Europe support for 2.4 MW fuel cell system for tanker retrofit

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

TECO 2030 and its partners will receive €5 million in funding from HORIZON EUROPE for the the hydrogen-powered tanker concept, HyEkoTank. MW fuel cell system by TECO 2030 and 4000 kg compressed hydrogen storage for demonstration in 2024. Concept illustration HyEkoTank.

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Europe Fuel Hydrogen Mariner

MAN ES and research partners to develop methanol retrofit solutions for medium-speed marine engines; CliNeR-ECo

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JULY 20, 2023

CliNeR-ECo aims to develop concepts for diverse, medium-speed, marine engines that will enable the retrofitting of entire ship fleets at reasonable economic and technical costs. In addition, the project will evaluate the suitability of the methanol retrofit concept for other fuels (Ammonia-NH 3 , Liquefied Natural Gas-LNG).

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Mariner Engine Climate Concept

United and Oxy collaborate with syn-bio company Cemvita to produce SAF from CO2 using microbes

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APRIL 8, 2022

United Airlines Ventures (UAV) and Oxy Low Carbon Ventures (OLCV) announced a collaboration with Houston-based biotech firm Cemvita Factory to commercialize the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) intended to be developed through a new process using carbon dioxide and synthetic microbes.

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CO2 Houston Companies Climate Change

Liquid Wind selects Worley to design first eMethanol plant

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MAY 16, 2021

Worley is a leading supplier of engineering, procurement and construction services and will support designing a facility concept that can be efficiently replicated to establish 500 eMethanol plants by 2050. Worley brings extensive experience with similar projects, including hydrogen, carbon capture and eFuel.

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Wind Design Sweden Carbon

Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2023

Many countries have met their climate goals and are on track to be completely carbon neutral. They are highly automated production islands that directly convert wind energy to hydrogen, with a few of them processing the gas into fuels and other goods. US $5 PER KILOGRAM Cost of green hydrogen today.

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Wind Hydrogen Grid Gas-Electric

EPFL team develops on-board system to capture CO2 from trucks; reducing emissions by 90%

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

Researchers at EPFL have patented a new concept that could cut trucks’ CO 2 emissions by almost 90%. The patented concept is the subject of an open-access paper published in Frontiers in Energy Research. The EPFL system captures CO 2 directly in the trucks’ exhaust system and liquefies it in a box on the vehicle’s roof. 2019.00143.

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Emissions CO2 Exhaust Carbon

HIF Global, Porsche and Volkswagen Group unveil new direct air capture unit to be installed at eFuels plant in Chile in 2024

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

We have proven carbon-neutral eFuels are a real solution to help decarbonize transportation. —President and CEO of HIF Global, Cesar Norton eFuels are produced by combining green hydrogen and recycled CO 2 , obtaining eMethanol which is then converted into eGasoline, eSAF, or other synthetic fuels. Earlier post.)

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Chile Porsche Global Installation

New efficient biphasic catalytic process for conversion of biomass to dense jet-range fuels

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JUNE 13, 2017

However, high hydrogen gas consumption and severe reaction conditions were needed in this process. two separate and immiscible catalysis phases) is used in many processes with homogenous catalysts in aqueous phase such as olefin oligomerization, hydroformylation, hydrogenation, carbon-carbon cross coupling, etc.

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Conversion Fuel Range Oil

Tesla Model Y converted into green hydrogen car to show “Hyper Hybrid” innovations

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

German Federal Research Minister Anja Karliczek recently unveiled an example of a “hyper hybrid” vehicle powered by synthetic methanol, which is based on “green hydrogen” technologies. “Climate protection can only succeed with green hydrogen. Speaking about the hybrid Model Y project, Prof.

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Convert Hydrogen Green Hybrid

NCSU team develops catalyst for thermal hybrid water-splitting and syngas generation with exceptional conversion; H2 gas and liquid fuels

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JANUARY 19, 2015

In contrast, previously reported ferrite materials typically exhibit 20% or lower steam to hydrogen conversion. Their work indicates that a synergistic effect of reduced LSF and metallic iron phases is attributable to the exceptional steam conversion. Schematic of the hybrid process for liquid fuel and hydrogen generation.

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Conversion Water Gas Hybrid

Berkeley Lab researchers advance hybrid bioinorganic approach to solar-to~chemicals conversion; 50% electrical-to-chemical, 10% solar-to-chemical efficiencies

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AUGUST 25, 2015

A team of researchers at the US Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have hit a new milestone in their development of a hybrid bioinorganic system for solar-to-chemical energy conversion. In the new system, solar energy is used to split the water molecule into molecular oxygen and hydrogen.

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Solar Conversion Hybrid Hydrogen

thyssenkrupp produces ammonia from steel mill gases; Carbon2Chem

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JANUARY 11, 2019

Our Carbon2Chem concept has shown that it is possible to use steel mill gases for the production of various chemicals and thus achieve a circular carbon economy. Steel mill gas comprises 44% nitrogen, 23% carbon monoxide, 21% carbon dioxide, 10% hydrogen and 2% methane.

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Carbon Hydrogen Convert Coal

Hyundai Motor CES exhibits envision transition to hydrogen energy, SDV solutions – ET Auto

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JANUARY 9, 2024

Hyundai Motor committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2045 and continues to make efforts to reduce carbon in all areas of the value chain. It showcases exhibits demonstrating hydrogen and ‘ software-defined vehicle ’ (SDV) and artificial intelligence (AI)-related technologies that aim to realize a safe and free future for society.

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Hyundai Hydrogen Motor Motors

DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced the award of approximately $72 million in federal funding to support the development and advancement of carbon capture technologies under two funding opportunity announcements (FOAs). Enabling Production of Low Carbon Emissions Steel Through CO 2 Capture from Blast Furnace Gases.

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Empa researchers investigating new process for production of synthetic methane

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JUNE 14, 2021

Swiss research intsitute Empa’s future mobility demonstrator, “move”, is investigating three paths for CO 2 reduction in road traffic—electric mobility, hydrogen mobility and synthetic fuels—against the background of a rapidly changing energy system. Both hydrogen production and methanization continuously generate waste heat.

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Production Water Hydrogen Switzerland

Purdue, EPFL team propose Hydricity concept for integrated co-production of H2 and electricity from solar thermal energy

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DECEMBER 16, 2015

Researchers from Purdue University and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland are proposing a new integrated process involving the co-production of hydrogen and electricity from solar thermal energy—a concept they label “hydricity”.

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Solar Production Energy Concept

United announces investment in, commercial agreement with Dimensional Energy; CO2-to-SAF

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JUNE 16, 2022

million award from ARPA-E ( earlier post ), has developed a reactor and catalysts to convert CO 2 and hydrogen from water into syngas for use in the Fischer-Tropsch process. United and United Airlines Ventures (UAV) announced an investment in and commercial agreement with Dimensional Energy. Dimensional Energy, which recently received a $3.1-million

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Commercial Energy Tucson CO2

Three coming DOE funding opportunities for sustainable transportation technologies

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MARCH 11, 2021

The Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) and the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) are interested in partnering to develop and demonstrate R&D concepts to enable higher efficiency, low-emission medium- and heavy-duty trucks and freight systems.

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Sustainable Transportation Transportation Economy Hydrogen

CO2-neutral hydrogen storage with a bicarbonate/formate system

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JUNE 14, 2011

Reversible hydrogen storage cycle based on the redox system bicarbonate/formate. Researchers at the Leibnitz Institute for Catalysis (Rostock, Germany) have introduced a new approach to hydrogen storage that is based on simple salts of formic acid and carbonic acid. Source: Boddien et al. Click to enlarge. wt % (FA) and 2.35

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Hydrogen CO2 Sodium Store

DOE to award up to $4.6M for innovations in fuel cell and hydrogen fuel technologies

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JUNE 6, 2014

million for 12–24 month projects with industry and academia ( DE-FOA-0000966 ) in support of innovations in fuel cell and hydrogen fuel technologies. Cathode PGM-free catalyst approaches should exclude the development of carbon-nitrogen complex based catalysts. Hydrogen infrastructure (TRL 9-10). Earlier post.).

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Hydrogen Fuel Polymer Renewable

DOE to issue a funding opportunity announcement on H2@Scale new markets

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DECEMBER 17, 2019

H2@Scale supports innovations to produce, store, transport, and utilize hydrogen across multiple sectors, covering collaborations between various industry stakeholders and national laboratories. Advanced Carbon Fiber for Compressed Hydrogen and Natural Gas Storage Tanks. Fuel Cell R&D for Heavy-Duty Applications.

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Finnish electrofuels research project gets €3.3M funding boost; VTT, Neste and partners

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FEBRUARY 17, 2021

A two-year Finnish electrofuels (E-fuel) research project aims to integrate hydrogen production through high-temperature electrolysis using a solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) with carbon dioxide sequestration and Fischer-Tropsch fuel synthesis. —Outi Ervasti, Vice President, Renewable Hydrogen and PtX at Neste.

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Finland Carbon Hydrogen Fuel

Blue World Technologies partners with Alfa Laval on methanol fuel-cell system for shipping

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APRIL 20, 2021

Blue World Technologies’ complete system includes a methanol reformer for fuel conversion, DC/DC for power conversion and fuel cell stack for power production. The methanol fuel cell system is based on High-Temperature PEM technology and methanol-to-hydrogen reforming.

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Mariner Fuel DC Denmark

Rolls-Royce and EasyJet mark first run of modern aero engine on hydrogen

Aviation H2 selects liquid ammonia as carbon-free fuel of choice

Researchers use chemical looping process to produce hydrogen from hydrogen sulfide gas

European HYFLEXPOWER project to demo first integrated power-to-X-to-power hydrogen gas turbine

Project Fresson to develop hydrogen fuel cell retrofit for 9-passenger aircraft

Rice team awarded $3.3M ARPA-E OPEN+ grant to convert methane into carbon nanotubes and hydrogen

New process uses localized surface plasmons for room-temperature conversion of CO2 to CO

Airbus and Linde to cooperate on hydrogen infrastructure for airports

Photocatalytic optical fibers convert water into hydrogen

Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group formed

MAN methanol-ready four-stroke 32/44CR wins RINA approval

Researchers develop Na-ion direct formate fuel cell for co-production of electricity and hydrogen

What ‘real world’ hydrogen pickup looks like and why it should end the conversation

Osaka team demonstrates H2 purification using LOHCs

MAHLE Powertrain leading consortium to develop sustainable propulsion solutions for retrofit to high-performance marine vessels; MJI for hydrogen

Fraunhofer researchers developing ammonia-based systems for mobile energy in infrastructure, transportation and industry

Researchers propose using AC and ventilation systems for decentralized production of carbon-neutral synthetic fuels

Swedish Energy Agency awards climate-neutral methanol project €30M; Project AIR

DOE reports progress on development of low-carbon and renewable sources of hydrogen production

WinGD and CMB.TECH co-develop large ammonia-fueled two-stroke engines for bulkers

US Navy demos recovery of CO2 and production of H2 from seawater, with conversion to liquid fuel; “Fuel from Seawater”

TECO 2030, Shell and partners to receive €5M in Horizon Europe support for 2.4 MW fuel cell system for tanker retrofit

MAN ES and research partners to develop methanol retrofit solutions for medium-speed marine engines; CliNeR-ECo

United and Oxy collaborate with syn-bio company Cemvita to produce SAF from CO2 using microbes

Liquid Wind selects Worley to design first eMethanol plant

Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

EPFL team develops on-board system to capture CO2 from trucks; reducing emissions by 90%

HIF Global, Porsche and Volkswagen Group unveil new direct air capture unit to be installed at eFuels plant in Chile in 2024

New efficient biphasic catalytic process for conversion of biomass to dense jet-range fuels

Tesla Model Y converted into green hydrogen car to show “Hyper Hybrid” innovations

NCSU team develops catalyst for thermal hybrid water-splitting and syngas generation with exceptional conversion; H2 gas and liquid fuels

Berkeley Lab researchers advance hybrid bioinorganic approach to solar-to~chemicals conversion; 50% electrical-to-chemical, 10% solar-to-chemical efficiencies

thyssenkrupp produces ammonia from steel mill gases; Carbon2Chem

Hyundai Motor CES exhibits envision transition to hydrogen energy, SDV solutions – ET Auto

DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

Empa researchers investigating new process for production of synthetic methane

Purdue, EPFL team propose Hydricity concept for integrated co-production of H2 and electricity from solar thermal energy

United announces investment in, commercial agreement with Dimensional Energy; CO2-to-SAF

Three coming DOE funding opportunities for sustainable transportation technologies

CO2-neutral hydrogen storage with a bicarbonate/formate system

DOE to award up to $4.6M for innovations in fuel cell and hydrogen fuel technologies

DOE to issue a funding opportunity announcement on H2@Scale new markets

Finnish electrofuels research project gets €3.3M funding boost; VTT, Neste and partners

Blue World Technologies partners with Alfa Laval on methanol fuel-cell system for shipping

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