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€24M EU project HyInHeat researching use of hydrogen in aluminum and steel industry

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JANUARY 31, 2023

The EU project HyInHeat is researching the use of hydrogen in the aluminum and steel industry. The main objective of HyInHeat is the integration of hydrogen as fuel for high-temperature heating processes in the energy-intensive industries. The EU is contributing €17.7 million in funding to the €24-million project.

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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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HaaS company Hydra Energy delivers first converted hydrogen-diesel co-combustion heavy-duty truck; up to 40% hydrogen

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OCTOBER 21, 2021

Hydra Energy, the Hydrogen-as-a-Service (HaaS) provider for commercial fleets looking to reduce emissions and costs with limited risk and no up-front investment ( earlier post ), has delivered its first hydrogen-converted, heavy-duty truck to paying fleet customer Lodgewood Enterprises. —Lodgewood President Arlene Gagne.

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Transform Materials plasma process converts abundant natural gas into high-value hydrogen and acetylene

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Transform Materials has developed a novel and sustainable microwave plasma reactor process to convert natural gas into high-value hydrogen and acetylene, thereby opening up a new pathway for green chemical manufacturing. Acetylene can be then converted into many derivative chemicals, all possessing high value.

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EU Innovation Fund grants €108M to RWE’s waste-to-hydrogen project FUREC

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JANUARY 21, 2023

RWE's FUREC project, which aims to produce circular and green hydrogen from non-recyclable municipal solid waste in Limburg, the Netherlands, received a €108-million grant from the EU’s Innovation Fund. The plant is expected to produce 54,000 tonnes of hydrogen per year. A final investment decision is to be made in 2024.

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Next Hydrogen, Black & Veatch sign MoU to develop large-scale integrated green hydrogen solutions

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APRIL 11, 2022

Next Hydrogen Solutions Inc., a designer and manufacturer of electrolyzers, recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Black & Veatch, a global engineering, procurement, consulting and construction company, to offer a complete and integrated solution for producing large-scale green hydrogen for industrial customers.

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ANGI Energy Systems dispatches first hydrogen dispensers for Chart Industries’ transportable refuelers

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

ANGI Energy Systems, a Vontier business, has dispatched the first two of six hydrogen dispensers from its headquarters in Janesville, Wisconsin to Chart Industries. By partnering with companies like ANGI, who have decades of experience in compressed gas, we can deploy vital solutions sooner and meet the needs of fleets today.

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BASF and RWE proposing 2GW offshore wind farm for green electricity and hydrogen for chemical industry

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MAY 23, 2021

Markus Krebber (RWE), accompanied by Chairman of the Mining, Chemical and Energy Industries Union (IG BCE) Michael Vassiliadis, presented a project idea that envisions a new 2 GW offshore wind farm in the German North Sea to provide the Ludwigshafen chemical site with green electricity and enable CO 2 -free production of hydrogen.

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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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Raven SR and Chart Industries to collaborate on hydrogen and carbon capture

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DECEMBER 23, 2022

Raven SR, a renewable fuels company, and Chart Industries will collaborate globally on the liquefaction, storage, and transportation of hydrogen as well as pure carbon dioxide produced from Raven SR’s non-combustion Steam/CO 2 Reformation process of converting waste to renewable fuel. —Matt Murdock, CEO of Raven SR.

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Jemena and Coregas partner on green hydrogen for New South Wales transport industry

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AUGUST 9, 2021

Australian energy infrastructure company Jemena and gas supply company Coregas are partnering to advance the use of green hydrogen for the transport industry in New South Wales. This is the first time the New South Wales transport industry will have access to green hydrogen. The JGN supplies more than 1.4

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Qatar researchers review hydrogen production from on-board ammonia decomposition

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JUNE 25, 2023

A team from Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar has comprehensively reviewed various ammonia decomposition techniques to produce clean hydrogen by recovering the boil-off ammonia while integrating solar energy infrastructures onboard a ship for electricity and heat requirements. The review paper is published in the journal Fuel.

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MAN Energy Solutions and Fraunhofer IST analyze options for cost-efficient hydrogen supply to Salzgitter industrial cluster

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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. Of course, we will still need imported hydrogen, and in large quantities, for two reasons.

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Researchers use efficient microbial electrosynthesis cells to convert CO2 to butyric acid; upgrade to butanol

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AUGUST 21, 2023

Researchers from University of Girona (Spain) successfully used electrically efficient microbial electrosynthesis cells (MES) to convert CO 2 to butyric acid. mΩ m 2 ) cells in a batch-fed mode, alternating high CO 2 and hydrogen (H 2 ) availability to promote the production of acetic acid and ethanol. At an applied current of 1.0

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Fraunhofer working on optimized methanol reformers to deliver hydrogen

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MARCH 12, 2022

Methanol reformers convert easy-to-transport methanol into hydrogen. Transporting hydrogen can be a complex process. Transporting hydrogen can be a complex process. This paves the way for the production of green hydrogen in sunny regions and its conversion into methanol and its simplified transport.

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Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction partners with RevoTech on production of hydrogen from waste plastic

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MAY 13, 2021

Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has embarked on the development of technology for producing hydrogen using waste plastic and vinyl. Doosan is working on developing a hydrogen reformer that has the capacity to produce 0.3 —Doosan Heavy CSO Yongjin Song.

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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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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. Westinghouse Electric Company, Front-End Engineering Designs and Investigative Studies for Integrating Commercial Electrolysis Hydrogen Production with Selected Light-Water Reactors.

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Idemitsu launches feasibility study in Japan into clean hydrogen production from waste

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APRIL 16, 2023

Idemitsu Kosan, one of Japan’s leading producers and suppliers of energy, has launched a feasibility study of clean hydrogen production in Japan generated from waste, including municipal waste. The goal is to launch a first hydrogen production facility around 2030 capable of processing 200-300 tons of waste per day.

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Startup licenses ORNL technology for converting organic waste to hydrogen

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AUGUST 17, 2019

The technologies work as a system that converts organic waste into renewable hydrogen gas for use as a biofuel. The system combines biology and electrochemistry to degrade organic waste—such as plant biomass or food waste—to produce hydrogen. —Alex Lewis, CEO.

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Toyota’s liquid hydrogen GR Corolla will race in Fuji 24 Hours in May

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APRIL 27, 2023

In March, Toyota’s GR Corolla H2 Concept (liquid hydrogen-powered Corolla) suffered a fire during a tet run and withdrew from the opening of the ENEOS Super Taikyu Series 2023 Powered by Hankook Round 1 Suzuka. Toyota says that the fire was caused by a loosened joint in the hydrogen supply piping. Earlier post.)

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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. These are important raw materials for the petrochemical industry and are presently also only obtained from fossil crude oil. The final product is usually a crystallized material.

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Universal Hydrogen completes first taxi tests; granted experimental airworthiness certificate by FAA; Air New Zealand agreement

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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Universal Hydrogen was granted a special airworthiness certificate in the experimental category by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to proceed with the first flight of its hydrogen-powered regional aircraft. The Dash 8-300 flying testbed has a megawatt-class hydrogen fuel cell powertrain installed in one of its nacelles.

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CNRS researchers use boron radicals to convert nitrogen to ammonia in solution; mild ammonia synthesis

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

Ammonia is obtained industrially using the Haber–Bosch process, which requires a lot of energy and hydrogen gas. The boron compounds can efficiently target atmospheric nitrogen and convert it to ammonium chloride after the addition of an acid. An open-acess paper on their work is published in the journal Angewandte Chemie.

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Bakken Energy, Cummins and Schneider partner on design of the Heartland Hydrogen Hub for long-haul trucking

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OCTOBER 25, 2022

Bakken Energy, a developer of affordable clean hydrogen supply, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with each of Cummins Inc. to work together on the design of the Heartland Hydrogen Hub to serve the needs of long-haul trucking. The industry-led Hub will include Bakken Energy’s large scale affordable clean hydrogen production.

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Vopak and Hydrogenious to form JV for hydrogen storage, transport and supply using liquid organic hydrogen carrier

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JANUARY 5, 2023

Vopak and Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies will incorporate an equal shared joint venture, named LOHC Logistix, for hydrogen storage, transport and supply based on Hydrogenious’ Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC) technology. The hydrogen molecules are chemically bound to the LOHC via a catalytic reaction in a continuous process.

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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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Uniper receives €2.375M funding notification for Krummhoern hydrogen storage pilot

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JULY 26, 2022

Lower Saxony's Environment Minister Olaf Lies presented the funding notification of €2.375 million for Uniper’s planned hydrogen pilot project at the Krummhoern natural gas storage site. Hydrogen will be a central element for the success of the energy transition. The advantage of hydrogen is that it can be stored.

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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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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.). Olaf Berlien, President and CEO of INNIO.

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Get H2 partners propose green hydrogen pipeline in Europe

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MARCH 13, 2021

Seven companies from the GET H2 initiative in Europe want to build a cross-border pipeline for green hydrogen. By using green hydrogen in refineries, in steel production and for other industrial uses, the overall project should be able to avoid CO 2 emissions of up to 16 million tonnes by 2030.

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Anglo American unveils prototype 2MW hydrogen-battery hybrid mine haul truck

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MAY 7, 2022

Anglo American plc unveiled a prototype of the world’s largest hydrogen-powered mine haul truck designed to operate in everyday mining conditions at its Mogalakwena PGMs (platinum group metals) mine in South Africa. nuGen is a tangible demonstration of our FutureSmart Mining program changing the future of our industry.

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BNEF: steel industry set to pivot to hydrogen in green push; additional $278B for clean capacity and retrofits

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DECEMBER 1, 2021

Hydrogen and recycling are likely to play a central role in reducing emissions from steel production. Steel is responsible for around 7% of man-made greenhouse gas emissions every year and is one of the world’s most polluting industries. The steel industry cannot afford to wait for the 2040s to start its transition.

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Mitsubishi Heavy invests in Monolith Materials to support clean hydrogen production

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

has received an investment from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc. to support its commercial-scale, emissions-free hydrogen manufacturing technology. Monolith Materials is the first US manufacturer to produce “turquoise hydrogen” on a commercial scale. Monolith’s hydrogen is classified as “turquoise hydrogen”.

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

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FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Microengineering and Microsystems IMM are developing ammonia-based systems for a mobile, decentralized energy supply in the infrastructure, transportation and industry sectors. An alternative to fossil fuels is power-to-X fuels, which are synthesized from electrolysis-based hydrogen.

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Proton Motor Fuel Cell and Aumann AG expand partnership to series production of hydrogen fuel cells

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AUGUST 24, 2021

Since 2017, Proton Motor Fuel Cell GmbH has been working with Aumann AG as part of the larger EU program “ Fit-4-AMandA ” (Fit for Automatic Manufacturing and Assembly) on hydrogen fuel cell stack production with financing from the agency FCH JU (Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking). —Aumann CEO Sebastian Roll.

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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. —Heldebrant et al.

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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.

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Bosch highlights hydrogen engine work at bauma; involved in more than 100 technical trials with customers worldwide

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OCTOBER 25, 2022

At bauma—the world’s leading construction machinery trade fair—in Munich, Bosch placed particular emphasis on the potential for hydrogen engines and electrification to make the sector significantly more sustainable. When driven by green hydrogen, these powertrains are virtually climate-neutral.

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GlobalData: China advancing hydrogen engines to meet sustainability goals

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OCTOBER 26, 2022

As much as skeptics insist that the internal combustion engine (ICE) is dead and hydrogen is a non-starter, it appears that significant research and development is being conducted into the technology across geographies. GAC Motor (GAC) tested a hydrogen combustion engine that has a high thermal efficiency of 44%. China Yuchai.

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Dutch report suggests hydrogen exchange could catalyze hydrogen market

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

A hydrogen exchange, similar to electricity and gas exchanges, could act as a catalyst for a market for climate-neutral hydrogen, according to an exploratory study, “A Hydrogen Exchange for the Climate”, presented to Eric Wiebes, the Netherlands Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy.

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Port of Corpus Christi, Howard announce to convert Javelina refinery services facility to blue hydrogen production

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AUGUST 14, 2021

The Port of Corpus Christi Authority (Port of Corpus Christi) and Howard Midstream Energy Partners, LLC (Howard/HEP) have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) stating their intention to convert Howard’s Javelina refinery services facility into the region’s first blue hydrogen production facility.

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MAN Engines puts first dual-fuel hydrogen-powered engines for workboats into operation

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JUNE 17, 2022

MAN Engines recently put its first two dual-fuel hydrogen-powered engines for work boats into serial operation. For dual fuel operation with hydrogen and/or diesel fuel, MAN Engines has converted a conventional diesel engine of type MAN D2862 LE428 into the D2862 LE448. —Werner Kübler, Head of Development at MAN Engines.

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Universal Hydrogen, magniX, Plug Power, and AeroTEC set up hydrogen aviation center at Moses Lake, Washington

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AUGUST 5, 2021

Universal Hydrogen, magniX, Plug Power and AeroTEC have established a Hydrogen Aviation Test and Service Center at Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Washington. Earlier post.).

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€24M EU project HyInHeat researching use of hydrogen in aluminum and steel industry

Scottish Enterprise project converting train to hydrogen power

HaaS company Hydra Energy delivers first converted hydrogen-diesel co-combustion heavy-duty truck; up to 40% hydrogen

Transform Materials plasma process converts abundant natural gas into high-value hydrogen and acetylene

EU Innovation Fund grants €108M to RWE’s waste-to-hydrogen project FUREC

Next Hydrogen, Black & Veatch sign MoU to develop large-scale integrated green hydrogen solutions

ANGI Energy Systems dispatches first hydrogen dispensers for Chart Industries’ transportable refuelers

BASF and RWE proposing 2GW offshore wind farm for green electricity and hydrogen for chemical industry

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

Raven SR and Chart Industries to collaborate on hydrogen and carbon capture

Jemena and Coregas partner on green hydrogen for New South Wales transport industry

Qatar researchers review hydrogen production from on-board ammonia decomposition

MAN Energy Solutions and Fraunhofer IST analyze options for cost-efficient hydrogen supply to Salzgitter industrial cluster

Researchers use efficient microbial electrosynthesis cells to convert CO2 to butyric acid; upgrade to butanol

Fraunhofer working on optimized methanol reformers to deliver hydrogen

Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction partners with RevoTech on production of hydrogen from waste plastic

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

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

Idemitsu launches feasibility study in Japan into clean hydrogen production from waste

Startup licenses ORNL technology for converting organic waste to hydrogen

Toyota’s liquid hydrogen GR Corolla will race in Fuji 24 Hours in May

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

Universal Hydrogen completes first taxi tests; granted experimental airworthiness certificate by FAA; Air New Zealand agreement

CNRS researchers use boron radicals to convert nitrogen to ammonia in solution; mild ammonia synthesis

Bakken Energy, Cummins and Schneider partner on design of the Heartland Hydrogen Hub for long-haul trucking

Vopak and Hydrogenious to form JV for hydrogen storage, transport and supply using liquid organic hydrogen carrier

Fraunhofer IFF team designing hydrogen factory of the future

Uniper receives €2.375M funding notification for Krummhoern hydrogen storage pilot

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

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

Get H2 partners propose green hydrogen pipeline in Europe

Anglo American unveils prototype 2MW hydrogen-battery hybrid mine haul truck

BNEF: steel industry set to pivot to hydrogen in green push; additional $278B for clean capacity and retrofits

Mitsubishi Heavy invests in Monolith Materials to support clean hydrogen production

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

Proton Motor Fuel Cell and Aumann AG expand partnership to series production of hydrogen fuel cells

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

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

Bosch highlights hydrogen engine work at bauma; involved in more than 100 technical trials with customers worldwide

GlobalData: China advancing hydrogen engines to meet sustainability goals

Dutch report suggests hydrogen exchange could catalyze hydrogen market

Port of Corpus Christi, Howard announce to convert Javelina refinery services facility to blue hydrogen production

MAN Engines puts first dual-fuel hydrogen-powered engines for workboats into operation

Universal Hydrogen, magniX, Plug Power, and AeroTEC set up hydrogen aviation center at Moses Lake, Washington

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