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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Continuing to speed up the adoption of hydrogen in long-haul transportation, Hydra Energy —the first Hydrogen-as-a-Service provider for commercial fleets—announced a strategic partnership with Chemtrade. Hydra pays for the truck conversion and the on-site fueling infrastructure.

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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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FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The decisive factor for the switch to battery-electric vehicles is the energy cost advantage compared to hydrogen and diesel. Electricity and hydrogen are the two key energy carriers for a low-carbon future, and hydrogen will play a vital role in industry, shipping and synthetic aviation fuels. Plötz (2022).

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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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JANUARY 5, 2018

(SoCalGas) is partnering with a development team to advance a new process that converts natural gas to hydrogen, carbon fiber, and carbon nanotubes. In addition, this technology will virtually eliminate CO 2 emissions from the methane-to-hydrogen process. The CRADA will fund PNNL and WVU to develop the technology.

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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. Additionally, H 2 O is needed for water splitting.

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MARCH 22, 2018

UK-based ULEMCo—a spin-out from Revolve Technologies focused on conversions of diesel vehicles to hydrogen dual fuel operation—has collaborated with Aberdeen City Council (ACC) to deliver the first hydrogen dual fuel road sweeper. The project represents the first such conversion of a DAF vehicle.

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JUNE 6, 2021

There are two challenges that hinder current conversion techniques from wider adoption: low olefin yield and high production costs. Also, recent approaches to conversion require additional hydrogen, another cost burden. We also know that we could easily over-hydrogenate these molecules, which would not be usable.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), with colleagues from Oregon State University, have developed PNNL a durable, inexpensive molybdenum-phosphide catalyst that efficiently converts wastewater and seawater into hydrogen. If you can produce hydrogen from seawater, the resource pool is pretty much unlimited.

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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. Photo: US Naval Research Laboratory) Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 9, 2014

Production costs per barrel of oil equivalent. The cost of electrofuels—fuels produced by catalyst-based systems for light capture, water electrolysis, and catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide and hydrogen to liquid fuels—remains far away from viable, according to a new analysis by Lux Research.

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MARCH 25, 2021

The California Energy Commission has awarded GTI and Sierra Northern Railway nearly $4,000,000 to fund the design, integration, and demonstration of a hydrogen fuel cell switching locomotive to support the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Demonstrations in Rail and Marine Applications at Ports (H2RAM) initiative.

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AUGUST 1, 2011

less expensive—bio-ethanol rather than having to purify it first, potentially keeping costs lower and production times faster. With increased availability and reduced cost of bio-ethanol, conversion of this particular bio-based feedstock to highly valuable fuels and chemicals has been an especially important research goal.

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MAY 24, 2019

Researchers from the Technical University of Denmark and Haldor Topsoe, with colleagues from the Danish Technological Institute and Sintex have developed a “ disruptive approach to a fundamental process ” by integrating an electrically heated catalytic structure directly into a steam-methane–reforming (SMR) reactor for hydrogen production.

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

Researchers from the University of Houston (UH) have developed a cobalt(II) oxide (CoO) nanocrystalline catalyst that can carry out overall water splitting with a solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of around 5%. The generation of hydrogen from water using sunlight could potentially form the basis of a clean and renewable source of energy.

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AUGUST 21, 2022

SK E&S and SK Plug Hyverse—a joint venture (JV) formed in January of this year by SK E&S and Plug Power—will work with Korea Southeast Power Generation (KOEN) to cooperate with green hydrogen and green ammonia projects based on renewable energy resources in Korea and abroad.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Ballard, a global leader in fuel cell technologies, and QUANTRON, a global leader in electric vehicle integration have formed a strategic partnership for the development of hydrogen fuel cell electric trucks. This is another important milestone for QUANTRON's global growth.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Michael Grätzel at EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) in Switzerland has developed a highly efficient and low-cost water-splitting cell combining an advanced perovskite tandem solar cell and a bi-functional Earth-abundant catalyst. conversion efficiency from solar energy to hydrogen, a record with earth-abundant materials.

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JULY 3, 2016

They used currently achievable performance levels for the system components—electrolyzers and the Fischer−Tropsch process—to compute key metrics, including (i) cost of the synthetic fuel; (ii) well-to-gate CO 2 emissions; and (iii) overall energy efficiency. Xuping Li, Paul Anderson, Huei-Ru Molly Jhong, Mark Paster, James F.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2010

A study by a team at the University Putra Malaysia concluded that the gasification of empty fruit bunch (EFB), a waste of the palm oil industry, could, if scaled up, produce hydrogen at a supply cost of $2.11/kg The US Department of Energy (DOE) 2015 cost target for hydrogen is $2.00-$3.00/kg kg EFB ($2.11/kg kg = $0.18/Nm

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APRIL 13, 2023

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC) has released a Request for Information (RFI) ( DE-FOA-0003032 ) to seek public input that will help shape the Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grants for Electrified Vehicles program.

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JANUARY 24, 2023

The new PNNL carbon capture and conversion system brings the cost to capture CO 2 down to about $39 per metric ton. The catalysts commonly used for gas-phase CO 2 hydrogenation (e.g., Methanol produced via CO 2 conversion could qualify for policy and market incentives intended to drive adoption of carbon reduction technologies.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Ballard Power Systems announced a fuel cell module order from Medha Servo Drives , a leading rail system integrator, which has been contracted by Indian Railways to develop India’s first hydrogen powered trains.

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OCTOBER 13, 2014

Hydrogenics Corporation has introduced a new fuel cell system purposely developed for medium- and heavy-duty buses and trucks. The Celerity system is intended to reducing the time and cost needed to integrate fuel cells into a vehicle’s drivetrain. —Joe Cargnelli, CTO of Hydrogenics.

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MAY 17, 2010

The new catalyst is applied in a hybrid photocatalytic-electrolysis system that uses the photocatalytic reaction converting solar energy to lower the electrolysis voltage required for the hydrogen production by water electrolysis. Potential diagram of various reaction mechanisms for hydrogen production via water decomposition. (a)

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OCTOBER 5, 2022

MAN Energy Solutions and the Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films (IST) have published their analysis of the framework conditions for the future supply of green hydrogen to the Salzgitter steel site near Hannover. While production costs of around €4.00 While production costs of around €4.00

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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. Fuel cell–based electrochemical conversion devices for stationary energy storage (TRL 2- 5). Hydrogen infrastructure (TRL 9-10). including soft costs) are of interest.

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NOVEMBER 17, 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 a number of advances in the field of hydrogen storage.

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JANUARY 29, 2019

The goal is to save energy and stem carbon dioxide emissions from metal manufacturing while concurrently generating clean hydrogen and fixing fossil-sourced carbon in solid materials. The process would also produce valuable hydrogen as a side product. Rice University researchers have won a $3.3-million —Matteo Pasquali.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

By using a water-lean post-combustion capture solvent, (N-(2-ethoxyethyl)-3-morpholinopropan-1-amine) (2-EEMPA), they achieved a greater than 90% conversion of captured CO 2 to hydrocarbons—mostly methane—in the presence of a heterogenous Ru catalyst under relatively mild reaction conditions (170 °C and 2 pressure). Heldebrant, D.,

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Converting CO 2 to usable fuels was the topic of a symposium— CO 2 Conversion: Thermo-, Photo- and Electro-Catalytic —on Sunday at the 246 th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society in Indianapolis, Indiana. Recent studies have centered on CO 2 capture, secure storage, and chemical conversions.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Researchers led by MIT professor Daniel Nocera have produced an “artificial leaf”—a solar water-splitting cell producing hydrogen and oxygen that operates in near-neutral pH conditions, both with and without connecting wires. aligned with the low-cost systems engineering and. Reece et al. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

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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NOVEMBER 4, 2015

The research, supported by DOE’s BioEnergy Technologies Office (BETO), has implications for the energy efficiency and cost of catalytic upgrading technologies proposed for use in bio-refineries. This has renewed interest in the conversion of ethanol to hydrocarbon blend-stock and other industrial chemicals. market penetration is low.

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OCTOBER 4, 2021

ABB and PERIC, China’s leading manufacturer of hydrogen electrolyzers, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to accelerate the widespread adoption of hydrogen as an energy source. PERIC Hydrogen Technologies Co., PERIC Hydrogen Technologies Co., It is critical for hydrogen to be generated as efficiently as possible.

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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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MAY 11, 2020

Generation 2 moves the Haber-Bosch process to renewable sources of hydrogen. Generation 3 avoids the need for the Haber-Bosch process entirely by direct electrochemical conversion of N 2 to NH 3. C and pressures above 200 bar to be facile, and therefore the capital cost of plant and equipment is substantial. Generation 2.

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