Hydrogen, Store and Switzerland

German power-to-gas facility opens green methanation plant; €28M STORE&GO project

Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2018

million) STORE&GO research project. While the current facility feeds pure hydrogen (“WindGas”) directly into the gas grid, the new methanation plant provides for the generation of “green” methane. This stored energy is then available as backup whenever there is an insufficient supply of solar and wind power.

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Store Gas Green Power

Hyundai Motor accelerates hydrogen technology development through 3 strategic investments

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OCTOBER 30, 2019

Hyundai Motor Company announced key investments into three hydrogen companies—Impact Coatings, H2Pro and GRZ Technologies—to strengthen its leadership position in the global hydrogen fuel cell ecosystem. We hope to accelerate the widespread adoption of hydrogen technology by making FCEVs more accessible for our customers.

Hyundai

Hyundai Hydrogen Motor Motors

Prominent gas station sells thousands of stores to fund EV charging

Teslarati

MARCH 20, 2023

TotalEnergies, a prominent French gas station chain, has announced it plans to sell its gas station locations in Germany and the Netherlands as it pursues EV charging and hydrogen fueling. TotalEnergies will sell its 1,198 stations in Germany and its 392 stations in the Netherlands to Canadian convenience store chain Couche-Tard.

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Store Gas Charging Netherlands

Hyundai bringing XCIENT Fuel Cell trucks to California

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JULY 27, 2021

Hyundai Motor Company will deploy the company’s latest hydrogen fuel cell electric heavy-duty trucks in California in two publicly funded projects to improve the air quality in the region. This will be the largest commercial deployment of Class 8 hydrogen-powered fuel cell trucks in the US.

Hyundai

Hyundai California Fuel Hydrogen

Fuel-cell hybrid buses in regular service in Switzerland

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MAY 25, 2012

PostAuto Schweiz AG has become the first company in Switzerland to deploy fuel-cell technology for public road transport. Over the next five years, PostAuto will test the fuel-cell drive, using clean hydrogen as fuel. A new addition is lithium-ion batteries, which store energy that is recovered during braking.

Switzerland

Switzerland Hybrid Fuel Lithium Ion

Swiss team develops effective and low-cost solar water-splitting device; 14.2% solar-to-hydrogen efficiency

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AUGUST 25, 2016

Recently, c-Si modules have been implemented in solar-hydrogen devices, demonstrating SHE [solar-to-hydrogen efficiency] of 9.7%. Schematic overview of the solar-driven hydrogen generator. The gases can then be collected and stored in their pure form. Schüttauf et al. Schüttauf et al. Click to enlarge.

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Solar Water Low Cost Hydrogen

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

Audi steps up research into carbon-neutral synthetic fuels with new e-diesel pilot plant; power-to-liquids

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Together with the partners Ineratec GmbH ( earlier post ) and Energiedienst Holding AG , the company has plans for a new pilot facility for the production of e-diesel in Laufenburg, in Canton Aargau (Switzerland). This hydrogen, together with carbon dioxide, is converted in a two-step power-to-liquid process.

Audi

Audi Diesel Carbon Power

PSI team demonstrates direct hydrocarbon fuel production from water and CO2 by solar-driven thermochemical cycles

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MAY 26, 2016

Solar-driven thermochemical cycles offer a direct means of storing solar energy in the chemical bonds of energy-rich molecules. By utilizing a redox material such as ceria (CeO 2 ) as a reactive medium, STCs can produce hydrogen and carbon monoxide—i.e., syngas—from water and CO 2. —Lin et al.

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Water Solar Fuel Production

New flexible MOF for enhanced adsorbed natural gas storage on vehicles

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2015

If, however, a responsive adsorbent could be designed to expand to store a high density of CH 4 at 35–65 bar, and to collapse to push out all adsorbed CH 4 at a pressure near 5.8 Last year, however, a study by UC Berkeley’s Berend Smit found that rigid MOFs have a limited capacity to store methane. Mason, Julia Oktawiec, Mercedes K.

Gas

Gas Vehicles Store Hydrogen

2022—The Year the Hydrogen Economy Launched?

Cars That Think

AUGUST 17, 2022

Among the technological visions that seem perpetually futuristic (think commercial nuclear fusion and maglev trains), the hydrogen economy has always been tantalizing. Now, after decades of false starts and overly optimistic projections, several factors are giving an unprecedented lift to clean hydrogen.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Economy Tax Credit Gas-Electric

IEEE Discusses 6 Simple Solutions to Climate Change at COP27

Cars That Think

JANUARY 26, 2023

The solutions Rahman outlined were the use of proven methods that reduce electricity usage, making coal plants more efficient, using hydrogen and other storage solutions, promoting more renewables, installing new types of nuclear reactors, and encouraging cross-border power transfers. Many countries already do so. The whole world is one grid.

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Coal Grid

EV Driven

German power-to-gas facility opens green methanation plant; €28M STORE&GO project

Hyundai Motor accelerates hydrogen technology development through 3 strategic investments

Prominent gas station sells thousands of stores to fund EV charging

Hyundai bringing XCIENT Fuel Cell trucks to California

Fuel-cell hybrid buses in regular service in Switzerland

Swiss team develops effective and low-cost solar water-splitting device; 14.2% solar-to-hydrogen efficiency

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

Audi steps up research into carbon-neutral synthetic fuels with new e-diesel pilot plant; power-to-liquids

PSI team demonstrates direct hydrocarbon fuel production from water and CO2 by solar-driven thermochemical cycles

New flexible MOF for enhanced adsorbed natural gas storage on vehicles

2022—The Year the Hydrogen Economy Launched?

IEEE Discusses 6 Simple Solutions to Climate Change at COP27

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