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The FCH2Rail consortium is developing a Fuel Cell Hybrid Power Pack and integrating it into a demonstration bi-modal train. Toyota has built, tested and delivered 6 fuel cell modules for the next phase in the project. The FCH2Rail project is funded by the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCHJU). Earlier post.).
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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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CE P) hydrogen mobility demonstration project in Germany. The company will provide hydrogenfueling stations with an electrolysis system based on PEM (proton exchange membrane) technology. of the hydrogen stations to be built as part of the German Federal Government’s 50 Filling Stations program.
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(MHI), have been contracted by Japan’s Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, part of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), to conduct a Hydrogen Production Demonstration Project Utilizing Very High Temperature, and from this fiscal year initiated a program to produce hydrogen using a High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR).
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Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc. ( million) hydrogen energy technology demonstration project at Montreal’s Pierre Elliot Trudeau International Airport. The airport project is focused on testing and demonstrating hydrogen technologies and fueling infrastructures. HEC ) ( earlier post ) will participate in a C$11 million (US$9.2
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