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Cohort of new stakeholders joins Open Hydrogen Initiative

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Initial OHI industry stakeholders now include EQT, National Grid, Shell, ExxonMobil, Dominion Energy, LanzaTech, Equinor, BlackHills Corporation, Nicor Gas, NYSEG, Oklahoma Natural Gas, Duke Energy, DTE, and Southwest Gas Corporation.

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DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

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Illinois Basin (Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Tennessee): Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois aims to lead a project to evaluate the domestic occurrence of strategic elements in coal, coal-based resources and waste streams from coal use. DOE Funding: $1,499,999. DOE Funding: $1,483,787. DOE Funding: $1,500,000.

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Hertz introduces CNG vehicle rentals in US; Civics and Yukons

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The Hertz Corporation is introducing compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles to its fleet in the US. Hertz will begin renting eight CNG Honda Civics and two CNG GMC Yukons at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City early next month. Oklahoma City is serving as a pilot program for Hertz’s CNG airport rentals program.

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DOE to award up to $13M to four advanced biofuels projects

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The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Georgia Institute of Technology, Pall Corporation, OmniTech International, and FuelCellsEtc will also participate in this project. University of Oklahoma (up to $4 million).

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

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Academics from the University of Texas at Austin have mapped the geology of the Texas Gulf Coast and have determined this region is suited for injection and storage of pressurized CO 2. The company has corporate offices in San Antonio, Houston and Monterrey, Mexico.

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FTA awarding $130M in Low-No grants for zero-emission and low-emission transit buses and facilities

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Alabama A&M University. Alabama A&M University will receive funds to purchase zero-emission electric buses, which will replace diesel buses that have reached the end of their useful life. New Jersey Transit Corporation. Central Oklahoma Transportation Parking Authority. New Mexico Department of Transportation.

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DOE to fund 14 research projects on deepwater and Arctic methane hydrates; potential future energy supply

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University of California at San Diego. Researchers at the University of California at San Diego will design, build, and test an electromagnetic (EM) system designed for very shallow water use and will apply the system to determine the extent of offshore permafrost on the US Beaufort inner shelf. University of Mississippi.

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