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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.

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Water Convert Hydrogen Solar

New photocatalytic system converts carbon dioxide to valuable fuel more efficiently than natural photosynthesis

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AUGUST 13, 2023

The new system mimics a natural chloroplast to convert carbon dioxide in water into methane, very efficiently using light. Photosynthesis is the process by which chloroplasts in plants and some organisms use sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to create food or energy.

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Convert Carbon Fuel Water

ULEMCo delivers water tanker converted to use hydrogen dual fuel

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JUNE 10, 2020

UK-based ULEMCo has worked with Yorkshire Water to produce what is believed to be the first water tanker anywhere to operate on hydrogen fuel. tonne bowser has been converted from a standard truck to use hydrogen dual fuel, an approach that allows fleet managers to transition more quickly to low carbon operation.

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Water Hydrogen Convert Fuel

Airbus developing hydrogen fuel cell engine

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

Airbus is developing a hydrogen-powered fuel cell engine. Airbus will start ground and flight testing this fuel cell engine architecture onboard its ZEROe demonstrator aircraft towards the middle of the decade. There are two ways hydrogen can be used as a power source for aircraft propulsion.

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Scottish Enterprise project converting train to hydrogen power

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DECEMBER 31, 2020

Scottish Enterprise, Transport Scotland and the Hydrogen Accelerator, based at the University of St Andrews, have appointed Arcola Energy and a consortium of industry leaders in hydrogen fuel cell integration, rail engineering and functional safety to deliver Scotland’s first hydrogen powered train.

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Convert Hydrogen Power Powered

Oxford team directly converts CO2 to jet fuel using iron-based catalysts

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a method to convert CO 2 directly into aviation fuel using a novel, inexpensive iron-based catalyst. Jet fuel can then be obtained from the products after industrially recognized treatments such as distillation or hydro-isomerization.

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Convert Fuel CO2 Conversion

HyMethShip seeks to fuel ship engines with hydrogen from methanol

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JULY 2, 2022

The EU-funded HyMethShip project developed a system that innovatively combined a membrane reactor, a CO 2 capture system, a storage system for CO 2 and methanol as well as a hydrogen-fueled combustion engine to power ships. The bottom part shows how hydrogen for the engine is obtained from methanol in the reactor (blue arrow).

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New waste-to-hydrogen plant in Tokyo to convert wastewater sludge into H2 for vehicles and power generation

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APRIL 5, 2021

Renewable hydrogen systems manufacturer Ways2H Inc. announced the completion of a facility in Tokyo that will convert sewage sludge into renewable hydrogen fuel for fuel cell mobility and power generation. The waste is heated to a high temperature and converted into a gas, from which pure hydrogen is extracted.

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Waste Convert Hydrogen Japan

DOE awards $22.1M to 10 nuclear technology projects including clean hydrogen production

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MAY 10, 2023

million to 10 industry-led projects to advance nuclear technologies, including two aimed at expanding clean hydrogen production with nuclear energy. A well-established downstream syngas-to-synfuel conversion process, such as Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, converts the syngas to liquid synfuel for a total projected cost of less than $4/gallon.

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Hydrogen Molten Salt Clean Cleaning

Cummins fuel cell technology powers Coradia iLint fleet in Germany

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AUGUST 27, 2022

Cummins is powering the world’s first fleet of hydrogen trains in Bremervörde, Lower Saxony, Germany. The Alstom Coradia iLint trains ( earlier post ) are outfitted with Cummins fuel cell systems and will run on the world’s first 100%-hydrogen train route in passenger operation.

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Germany Fleet Fuel Power

USNC, Hyundai Engineering, SK E&C to partner on nuclear hydrogen production; MMR and SOEC

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APRIL 21, 2023

Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC), a US-based vertical integrator of nuclear technologies and services, Hyundai Engineering and SK E&C are teaming up to conduct research and development for carbon-free hydrogen production. It is also participating in a government-led green hydrogen production demonstration project.

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Hydrogen Hyundai Engine Production

Toyota developing regenerative fuel cell system for Lunar Cruiser with an eye to Earth

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JULY 23, 2023

Toyota is developing a regenerative fuel cell for the manned pressurized rover (nicknamed the “ Lunar Cruiser ”) for the lunar polar exploration mission (LUPEX), part of projects led by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). One of those is the regenerative fuel cell (RFC) system. Earlier post.)

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Study finds direct seawater splitting has substantial drawbacks to conventional water splitting, offers almost no advantage

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JUNE 16, 2021

A study by a team of researchers from Technische Universität Berlin (TUB) and Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft has found that direct seawater splitting for hydrogen production has substantial drawbacks compared to conventional water splitting and offers almost no advantage.

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Water Hydrogen Store Wind

Oxford spin-out OXCCU raises US$22.8M to transform carbon dioxide into sustainable aviation fuel

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JUNE 15, 2023

OXCCU, a company spun-out from the University of Oxford in 2021 that is focused on converting carbon dioxide and hydrogen into industrial and consumer products ( earlier post ), completed an £18-million (US$22.8 million) Series A financing round.

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Carbon Fuel Financing Hydrogen

Siemens Energy, FFI and GeoPura developing prototype ammonia cracker to produce hydrogen

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NOVEMBER 25, 2022

million) ammonia cracker prototype designed to produce green hydrogen at industrial scale. The prototype will use ammonia to deliver 200kg of hydrogen a day—enough to power around 5-10 hydrogen fuel cell-electric buses. Ammonia has a high hydrogen density and is readily transportable in bulk. million (US$4.24

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Researchers devise seawater-resilient bipolar membrane electrolyzer for turning seawater into hydrogen

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APRIL 12, 2023

The design proved successful in generating hydrogen gas without producing large amounts of harmful byproducts. The results of their study, published in Joule , could help advance efforts to produce low-carbon fuels. A representation of the team’s bipolar membrane system that converts seawater into hydrogen gas.

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Hydrogen Mariner Water Sodium

Double-duty catalyst generates hydrogen fuel while cleaning up wastewater

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MARCH 18, 2021

Researchers from Sun-Yat Sen University in China report in an open-access paper in ACS ES&T Engineering the development of a catalyst that destroys medications and other compounds already present in wastewater to generate hydrogen fuel, getting rid of a contaminant while producing something useful. —Wu et al. ACS EST Eng.

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Hydrogen Clean Cleaning Fuel

Cambridge researchers develop standalone device that makes formic acid from sunlight, CO2 and water

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AUGUST 24, 2020

Researchers at the University of Cambridge, with colleagues at the University of Tokyo, have developed a standalone device that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into formic acid, a carbon-neutral fuel, without requiring any additional components or electricity. —senior author Professor Erwin Reisner.

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Water CO2 Solar Convert

thyssenkrupp’s water electrolysis technology qualified as primary control reserve in Germany; hydrogen production for the electricity market

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JULY 6, 2020

thyssenkrupp’s proprietary water electrolysis technology for the production of. green hydrogen meets the requirements for participation in the primary control reserve market. Our plants are thus making a significant contribution to ensuring both a stable power supply and the cost-effectiveness of green hydrogen.

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Water Hydrogen Market Production

Raven SR waste-to-hydrogen plant in California to be powered by INNIO Jenbacher’s Ready-for-H2 engines

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AUGUST 12, 2022

The energy system will power and heat Raven SR’s S-Series hydrogen production facility at a sanitary landfill in Richmond, California. At the site, landfill gas (LFG) will be the primary fuel to provide power for the non-combustion process that converts waste to hydrogen. Earlier post.). Jennbacher Type 4 Ready for H2.

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Waste Hydrogen California Engine

PNNL team develops new low-cost method to convert captured CO2 to methane

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a new method to convert captured CO 2 into methane, the primary component of natural gas. Different methods for converting CO 2 into methane have long been known. Using EEMPA instead reduces the energy needed to fuel such a reaction.

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Low Cost Convert CO2 Conversion

Wärtsilä, Höegh LNG and partners receive funding of €5.9M to develop ammonia as hydrogen carrier

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APRIL 16, 2023

million from the Norwegian Government for the development of ammonia as a hydrogen carrier for the energy market. Hydrogen is emerging as a viable future fuel for addressing the move away from fossil fuels. Hydrogen is emerging as a viable future fuel for addressing the move away from fossil fuels.

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Hydrogen Norway Store Renewable

Raven SR & Hyzon Motors to build up to 100 waste-to-hydrogen hubs

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APRIL 28, 2021

Raven SR , a renewable fuels company, and Hyzon Motors Inc., a global supplier of hydrogen fuel cell-powered commercial vehicles, announced a joint venture to build up to 100 hydrogen hubs across the United States and globally. tons of renewable green hydrogen, enough to power 100 heavy-duty commercial vehicles.

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Waste Hydrogen Building Motors

Toshiba integrated hydrogen energy system starts operation at Toranomon Hills Business Tower in Tokyo

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JUNE 21, 2020

Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Toshiba ESS) announced that its hydrogen-based autonomous energy supply system H2One, which Toshiba ESS delivered and installed on the rooftop of Toranomon Hills Business Tower (Minato-ku, Tokyo), has started full-scale operation with the opening of commercial facilities.

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Hydrogen Energy Solar Power Storage

Graforce plasma electrolysis for efficient generation of hydrogen from industrial waste water; partnering with Audi

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OCTOBER 18, 2018

Berlin-based Graforce Hydro GmbH, the developer of a plasma electrolyzer—the Plasmalyzer —is applying its technology for the highly efficient generation of hydrogen from industrial waste water. The technology we’ve developed is capable of cleaning wastewater and producing a low-cost, low-emission fuel from it.

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Water Waste Audi Hydrogen

Canadian Pacific expands hydrogen locomotive program; additional locomotives, fueling stations; $15M from ERA

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Canadian Pacific will significantly expand the scope of its hydrogen locomotive program ( earlier post ) with a $15-million grant announced by Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA). The grant enables CP to increase the number of hydrogen locomotive conversions in the project from one to three and add hydrogen production and fueling facilities.

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Hydrogen Fuel Grant North America

Energy Vault to provide 1.6 GWh of gravity energy storage to support DG Fuels SAF projects

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OCTOBER 31, 2021

Energy Vault, a company developing grid-scale gravity energy storage solutions, has entered into an energy storage system agreement with DG Fuels, a developer of renewable hydrogen and biogenic-based, synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and diesel fuel. The Louisiana facility is the company’s first major project.

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Energy Storage Energy Fuel Louisiana

ElringKlinger fuel cell stacks exceeded expectations in EU-funded GiantLeap; trailer-attached hydrogen range extender for electric buses

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

and their partners, designed and built a fuel cell range extender system for battery-electric buses. Depending on a power demand sent by the vehicle, the fuel cell system generates the power needed for the propulsion of the vehicle as well as charges the vehicle’s traction battery. The range extender includes a system with two stacks.

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Hydrogen Fuel Range Electrical

Fraunhofer IFF team designing hydrogen factory of the future

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APRIL 11, 2020

Researchers at the Fraunhofer IFF in Germany are designing the distributed and modular production and distribution of green hydrogen for industry, business and transportation throughout the value chain—a hydrogen factory of the future. The hydrogen factory of the future. The outcome is always green hydrogen.

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Hydrogen Future Design Ozone

Canadian Pacific orders 8 more Ballard fuel cell modules for expansion of hydrogen locomotive development program

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JANUARY 22, 2022

Canadian Pacific is expanding its Hydrogen Locomotive Program from one to three locomotives, with expected delivery in 2022, and has ordered eight additional 200 kW fuel cell modules from Ballard to support the expansion. The Calgary fueling facility will include an electrolysis plant to produce hydrogen from water.

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EU project HyFlexFuel converted sewage sludge and other biomasses into kerosene by hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL); SAF

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JUNE 28, 2021

Biocrudes from three representative feedstocks—Spirulina (micro-algae), sewage sludge, and wheat straw—were further upgraded to a mixture of hydrocarbon fuels at Aalborg University (Denmark). Analyses of the kerosene fractions of the upgraded biocrude show promising compositions for a use as aviation fuel.

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US-based Raven SR to build waste-to-hydrogen project in Spain

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MARCH 30, 2022

Raven SR, a US-based renewable fuels company ( earlier post ), plans to build a waste-to-hydrogen production facility in Aragón, Spain, following the opening of its subsidiary Raven SR Iberia in Zaragoza, announced earlier this month. About 15% of feedstock is converted into a solid bio-carbon which can potentially be sold.

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Spain Waste Hydrogen Building

Fraunhofer team developing continuous rapid production line for fuel cell components

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APRIL 2, 2021

A team from Fraunhofer IPT is developing a continuous production line that will be able to process fuel cell components in cycles lasting just seconds. The aim of the three institutes, which specialize in the field of manufacturing, is to accelerate the economic breakthrough of fuel cells and electrolyzers both nationally and internationally.

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WSU, GTI system uses electrochemical reforming of ethanol for compressed hydrogen production; CAPER

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JUNE 12, 2022

A team from Washington State University (WSU) and the Gas Technology Institute have used an ethanol and water mixture and a small amount of electricity in an electrochemical conversion system to produce pure compressed hydrogen. This is a new way of thinking about how to produce hydrogen gas.

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Hydrogen Production Water Gas-Electric

bp plans UK’s largest hydrogen project; 1GW of blue hydrogen

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MARCH 19, 2021

bp is developing plans for the UK’s largest blue hydrogen production facility, targeting 1GW of hydrogen production by 2030. bp’s hydrogen business and make a major contribution to the UK Government’s target of developing 5GW of hydrogen production by 2030.

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Hydrogen Carbon Clean Cleaning

Haldor Topsoe joins ambitious hydrogen and sustainable fuel project in Denmark

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AUGUST 30, 2020

Haldor Topsoe has joined a hydrogen and sustainable fuel project based on electrolysis in the Greater Copenhagen Area. The partnership consists of leading Danish companies covering the whole value chain for the production, distribution, and consumption of renewable hydrogen and sustainable fuels. GW and capture more CO 2.

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Researchers propose testing standards for particulate photocatalysts in solar fuel production

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FEBRUARY 8, 2021

In this regard, photocatalytic water splitting has attracted significant interest as a cost-effective means to convert sustainable solar energy into valuable chemicals. Efficiency accreditation and testing protocols for particulate photocatalysts toward solar fuel production. Credit: DICP. —Wang et al. 2021.01.001.

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Solar Standards Production Fuel

Anaergia to supply RNG to FuelCell Energy to create renewable hydrogen supporting Toyota’s port facility

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MAY 3, 2023

announced that its subsidiary SoCal Biomethane will supply renewable natural gas (RNG) as facilitated by renewable fuels marketer Anew Climate to FuelCell Energy’s Tri-gen system to produce carbon-negative hydrogen and electricity for Toyota Motor North America, Inc.’s The fuel cells will also produce a net 2.3 Anaergia Inc.

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Renewable Hydrogen Supplies North America

GM expanding into new commercial applications for its HYDROTEC fuel cell systems

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JANUARY 20, 2022

GM announced new commercial applications of its HYDROTEC fuel cell technology. These fuel cell generators could ultimately replace gas- and diesel-burning generators with fewer emissions at worksites, buildings, movie sets, data centers, outdoor concerts and festivals. Mobile Power Generator.

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GM Commercial Fuel MPG

New efficient, low-temperature catalyst for converting water and CO to hydrogen and CO2

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JUNE 24, 2017

Scientists in the US and China have developed a new low-temperature catalyst for producing high-purity hydrogen gas while simultaneously using up carbon monoxide (CO) via the water-gas shift (WGS) reaction. Its synergy with adjacent Mo sites in α-MoC can effectively activate water at low temperature. —Yao et al.

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Water Hydrogen Convert CO2

Researchers develop new stable artificial photosynthesis device to produce ethylene and hydrogen from sunlight and CO2

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DECEMBER 25, 2021

A research team has developed a new artificial photosynthesis device component with remarkable stability and longevity as it selectively converts sunlight and carbon dioxide into two promising sources of renewable fuels: ethylene and hydrogen. The Liquid Sunlight Alliance is a DOE Energy Innovation Hub.

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Hydrogen CO2 Li-ion Solar

Raven SR, Chevron and Hyzon Motors collaborate to produce hydrogen from green waste in Northern California

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JANUARY 10, 2023

Raven SR, a renewable fuels company; Chevron New Energies, a division of Chevron USA; and Hyzon Motors are collaborating to commercialize operations of a green waste-to-hydrogen production facility in Richmond intended to supply hydrogen fuel to transportation markets in Northern California.

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Chevron Waste Hydrogen California

Indian Army ties with Indian Oil Corporation to receive hydrogen fuel cell bus – ET Auto

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MAY 27, 2024

A hydrogen fuel cell bus was received by the Indian Army during the event. New Delhi: The Indian army is going to demonstrate trials of hydrogen fuel cell bus technology along with Indian Oil Corporation Limited ( IOCL ) for displaying a firm resolve towards finding green and sustainable transport solutions.

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Corporation Hydrogen Oil Auto

Yara and Linde Engineering to build a 24 MW green hydrogen plant in Norway

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JANUARY 29, 2022

Yara signed a contract with Linde Engineering for the construction and delivery of a green hydrogen demonstration plant at Yara’s ammonia production facility at Herøya Industripark in Porsgrunn, Norway. The plant will have an annual capacity of around 10,000 kg/day of hydrogen. ITM Power electrolyzer stack used at Porsgrunn, Norway.

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Norway Hydrogen Green Engine

Photocatalytic optical fibers convert water into hydrogen

New photocatalytic system converts carbon dioxide to valuable fuel more efficiently than natural photosynthesis

ULEMCo delivers water tanker converted to use hydrogen dual fuel

Airbus developing hydrogen fuel cell engine

Scottish Enterprise project converting train to hydrogen power

Oxford team directly converts CO2 to jet fuel using iron-based catalysts

HyMethShip seeks to fuel ship engines with hydrogen from methanol

New waste-to-hydrogen plant in Tokyo to convert wastewater sludge into H2 for vehicles and power generation

DOE awards $22.1M to 10 nuclear technology projects including clean hydrogen production

Cummins fuel cell technology powers Coradia iLint fleet in Germany

USNC, Hyundai Engineering, SK E&C to partner on nuclear hydrogen production; MMR and SOEC

Toyota developing regenerative fuel cell system for Lunar Cruiser with an eye to Earth

Study finds direct seawater splitting has substantial drawbacks to conventional water splitting, offers almost no advantage

Oxford spin-out OXCCU raises US$22.8M to transform carbon dioxide into sustainable aviation fuel

Siemens Energy, FFI and GeoPura developing prototype ammonia cracker to produce hydrogen

Researchers devise seawater-resilient bipolar membrane electrolyzer for turning seawater into hydrogen

Double-duty catalyst generates hydrogen fuel while cleaning up wastewater

Cambridge researchers develop standalone device that makes formic acid from sunlight, CO2 and water

thyssenkrupp’s water electrolysis technology qualified as primary control reserve in Germany; hydrogen production for the electricity market

Raven SR waste-to-hydrogen plant in California to be powered by INNIO Jenbacher’s Ready-for-H2 engines

PNNL team develops new low-cost method to convert captured CO2 to methane

Wärtsilä, Höegh LNG and partners receive funding of €5.9M to develop ammonia as hydrogen carrier

Raven SR & Hyzon Motors to build up to 100 waste-to-hydrogen hubs

Toshiba integrated hydrogen energy system starts operation at Toranomon Hills Business Tower in Tokyo

Graforce plasma electrolysis for efficient generation of hydrogen from industrial waste water; partnering with Audi

Canadian Pacific expands hydrogen locomotive program; additional locomotives, fueling stations; $15M from ERA

Energy Vault to provide 1.6 GWh of gravity energy storage to support DG Fuels SAF projects

ElringKlinger fuel cell stacks exceeded expectations in EU-funded GiantLeap; trailer-attached hydrogen range extender for electric buses

Fraunhofer IFF team designing hydrogen factory of the future

Canadian Pacific orders 8 more Ballard fuel cell modules for expansion of hydrogen locomotive development program

EU project HyFlexFuel converted sewage sludge and other biomasses into kerosene by hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL); SAF

US-based Raven SR to build waste-to-hydrogen project in Spain

Fraunhofer team developing continuous rapid production line for fuel cell components

WSU, GTI system uses electrochemical reforming of ethanol for compressed hydrogen production; CAPER

bp plans UK’s largest hydrogen project; 1GW of blue hydrogen

Haldor Topsoe joins ambitious hydrogen and sustainable fuel project in Denmark

Researchers propose testing standards for particulate photocatalysts in solar fuel production

Anaergia to supply RNG to FuelCell Energy to create renewable hydrogen supporting Toyota’s port facility

GM expanding into new commercial applications for its HYDROTEC fuel cell systems

New efficient, low-temperature catalyst for converting water and CO to hydrogen and CO2

Researchers develop new stable artificial photosynthesis device to produce ethylene and hydrogen from sunlight and CO2

Raven SR, Chevron and Hyzon Motors collaborate to produce hydrogen from green waste in Northern California

Indian Army ties with Indian Oil Corporation to receive hydrogen fuel cell bus – ET Auto

Yara and Linde Engineering to build a 24 MW green hydrogen plant in Norway

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