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

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A Siemens Energy-led consortium has begun work in Newcastle, UK on a new £3.5 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. million (US$4.24

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Energy storage: the key to a decarbonised future

Setec Powerr

We are transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, and the use of energy storage is becoming more widespread. And with the popularity of electric vehicles, the grid is under more and more pressure, so the demand for energy storage is growing. Battery storage.

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Anglo American, Aurizon to explore feasibility of hydrogen-powered trains for bulk freight

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Aurizon , Australia’s largest rail freight operator, and leading global mining company Anglo American will work together on a feasibility study to assess the introduction of hydrogen-powered trains for bulk freight. Rail freight already produces up to 16 times less carbon pollution per tonne kilometer than road. Earlier post.)

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Hydrogen Can Make Global Heating Worse, CICERO Study Shows

CleanTechnica EVs

Hydrogen is the miracle element. In theory, if humanity used hydrogen to meet all its energy needs, a pollution-free environment would be ours to enjoy forever and a day. It can power fuel cells that make electricity, leaving nothing behind but water and little heat. What a wonderful world that would be.

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Greenland Inaugurates First Hydrogen Plant for Renewable Energy Storage; Future Upgrade May Support Vehicle Fueling

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The first hydrogen plant for renewable energy storage in Greenland has been inaugurated. The plant is a test system which shall help provide suggestions for how hydrogen can be used for future renewable energy storage in the country. Svend Hardenberg, energy director from Nukissiorfiit.

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Monolith receives conditional approval for a $1B loan from DOE

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hydrogen, earlier post ; carbon black, earlier post ), has received conditional approval for a $1.04-billion billion loan from the US Department of Energy (DOE). Monolith cleanly produces essential materials utilized by a wide variety of industries including hydrogen, ammonia and carbon black. provides authority for the D.O.E.

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Gravity Batteries, Green Hydrogen, and a Thorium Reactor for China

Cars That Think

2021 was a big year for energy-related news, what with the ongoing hunt for new forms of energy storage and cleaner if not carbon-free electricity and events and research that spotlighted the weak links in our power grid. Most of the world’s hydrogen comes from deeply polluting methods. Well, let's think.

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