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JANUARY 17, 2023

Rolls-Royce has conducted successful tests of a 12-cylinder gas variant of the mtu Series 4000 L64 engine running on 100% hydrogen fuel. For several months, the mtu gas engine has been undergoing bench testing and continuous improvement in terms of efficiency, performance, emissions and combustion using 100% hydrogen as fuel.

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MAY 17, 2022

At the recent ACT Expo in Long Beach, California, Cummins debuted its 15-liter hydrogen engine. This engine is built on Cummins’ new fuel-agnostic platform, where below the head gasket each fuel type’s engine has largely similar components, and above the head gasket, each has different components for different fuel types.

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MARCH 24, 2023

The technology group Wärtsilä and WEC Energy Group have successfully tested the capabilities of a Wärtsilä engine running on 25 vol% hydrogen-blended fuel. The tests, which were completed in October 2022, were conducted at WEC Energy Group’s 55 MW A.J. Mihm power plant in Michigan using an unmodified Wärtsilä 18V50SG engine.

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JANUARY 2, 2022

The YCK05 engine is the first operating hydrogen engine for China’s commercial vehicle market, the world’s largest commercial vehicle market. The YCK05 engine is the first operating hydrogen engine for China’s commercial vehicle market, the world’s largest commercial vehicle market.

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APRIL 18, 2020

MAN Energy Solutions has won the order to supply six MAN B&W 9S50ME-C9.6 Tier II-compliant main engines for three 238-meter hybrid RoRo vessels intended for operation in the Baltic Sea. Optimised energy efficiency is ensured with the hull lines and propellers including the most advanced integrated propeller-rudder system.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The joint research team of KIMM and HMC injected hydrogen directly into the combustion chamber of the engine of an existing HMC hybrid vehicle, with a pressure of more than 30 bar. 2022.04.274

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JUNE 1, 2023

Honda celebrated production of the 30-millionth engine built at the company’s Anna Engine Plant in Ohio with the production of the newly refined 2.0-liter liter Atkinson-cycle four-cylinder engine, which is part of the two-motor hybrid-electric system that powers Honda Accord and CR-V hybrid-electric models. million engines.

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Honda Engine Ohio Acura 305

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MAY 14, 2023

Dow and X-Energy Reactor Company, a developer of advanced nuclear reactors and fuel technology for clean energy generation, announced that Dow has selected its UCC Seadrift Operations manufacturing site in Texas for its proposed advanced small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear project. Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) approved the funding application for the consortium research project HyCET (Hydrogen Combustion Engine Trucks) led by the BMW Group. The research project aims to demonstrate the sustainability potential of trucks with hydrogen combustion engines for transport logistics.

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Hydrogen BMW Engine Volvo 493

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

Airbus is developing a hydrogen-powered fuel cell engine. Airbus will start ground and flight testing this fuel cell engine architecture onboard its ZEROe demonstrator aircraft towards the middle of the decade. There are two ways hydrogen can be used as a power source for aircraft propulsion. Earlier post.).

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Hydrogen Engine Fuel Concept 433

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APRIL 26, 2023

MAN Energy Solutions’ MAN 175D engine is formally approved for operation on biofuels, effective immediately. The engine itself does not require any technical adjustments, following the announcement. MAN Energy Solutions prepares its engines for operation on future and sustainable fuels and the MAN 175D is no exception.

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MAY 26, 2022

Several organizations, encompassing companies, research labs, and academia, have formed the Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group. The Working Group consists of members undertaking research and development in the field of hydrogen combustion in an opposed-piston engine. The only criteria emission of concern is NO x.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Rolls-Royce and easyJet report the world’s first run of a modern aero engine on hydrogen. Both companies have set out to prove that hydrogen can safely and efficiently deliver power for civil aero engines and are already planning a second set of tests, with a longer-term ambition to carry out flight tests. Aviation H2.

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APRIL 25, 2023

At a ceremony in South Korea in March, HHI-EMD—a MAN Energy Solutions two-stroke licensee— marked the manufacture of the world’s largest methanol-powered two-stroke engine, a MAN B&W G95ME-LGIM type. With its 95 cm cylinder bore-size, this is the world’s largest methanol engine. LGIM variants.

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JULY 2, 2022

The EU-funded HyMethShip project developed a system that innovatively combined a membrane reactor, a CO 2 capture system, a storage system for CO 2 and methanol as well as a hydrogen-fueled combustion engine to power ships. The bottom part shows how hydrogen for the engine is obtained from methanol in the reactor (blue arrow).

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APRIL 21, 2023

Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC), a US-based vertical integrator of nuclear technologies and services, Hyundai Engineering and SK E&C are teaming up to conduct research and development for carbon-free hydrogen production. It is also participating in a government-led green hydrogen production demonstration project.

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MAY 6, 2020

The technology group Wärtsilä is developing the combustion process in its gas engines to enable them to burn 100% hydrogen fuel. Wärtsilä has researched hydrogen as a fuel for 20 years, and has tested its engines with blends of up to 60% hydrogen and 40% natural gas. —Marco Wiren, President, Wärtsilä Energy Business.

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AUGUST 18, 2023

Koppö Energia has commissioned MAN Energy Solutions to deliver the front-end engineering design (FEED) for the methanation reactor of an industrial-scale power-to-X plant. MAN Energy Solutions Deggendorf is responsible for the FEED of the methanation reactor, which will eventually produce 55,000 tonnes of SNG annually.

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JULY 18, 2022

Rolls-Royce is planning a comprehensive series of rig and engine tests to prove hydrogen can safely and efficiently deliver power for small-mid size aircraft from the mid-2030s onwards. Two ground tests are planned: on a Rolls-Royce AE 2100 engine in the UK this year and a Rolls-Royce Pearl 15 jet engine at a future date.

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Hydrogen Engine Hybrid Mississippi 500

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AUGUST 11, 2022

MAN Energy Solutions has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Stena Teknik—Stena’s inhouse R&D division—and Proman—the world’s second largest methanol producer—regarding cooperation on a project to retrofit MAN 48/60 engines to make them capable of dual-fuel diesel and methanol operation. 13.7 – 14.7

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FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University are investigating ammonia-fueled HCCI combustion in a free piston engine. However, practical challenges still exist when applying ammonia in traditional internal combustion engines (ICEs) due to its high ignition energy, slow flame propagation and significant NO x emissions.

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APRIL 16, 2024

Recently, Panasonic Energy unveiled its Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center with partner Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC). “Since 2017, Panasonic Energy has worked with TMCC to provide educational opportunities to communities in northern Nevada and invest in talent development in the region.

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JULY 17, 2023

MAN Energy Solutions announced that the first ME-GA engine has completed gas trials aboard an LNG carrier built by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) for Norwegian shipping company, Knutsen OAS Shipping. The new engine is an Otto-cycle variant of the company’s successful ME-GI engine. —Thomas S.

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APRIL 23, 2021

Toyota Motor Corporation is developing a hydrogen combustion engine in an effort to move toward a carbon-neutral mobility society. It has installed the engine—a 1.6L It has installed the engine—a 1.6L Toyota has long engaged in the innovation of engine technology.

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Hydrogen Toyota Engine Gasoline-Electric 448

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OCTOBER 14, 2021

will bring to market a 15-liter natural gas engine for heavy-duty trucks. The 15-liter natural gas engine is an important part of Cummins strategy for its path to zero emissions. —Srikanth Padmanabhan, President, Engine Business, Cummins. Cummins Inc. gCO 2 e/MJ.

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

LGIM dual-fuel main engines in connection with the construction of 6 × 17,000 teu container vessels for A.P. Hyundai’s engine machinery division (HHI-EMD) will build the engines in Korea, which will be capable of running on green methanol. Hansen, Head of Promotion and Customer Support, MAN Energy Solutions.

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Engine Fuel Mariner Green 284

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FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Nidec Leroy-Somer has signed an agreement with Airbus to develop an electric motor for Airbus’ hydrogen-powered fuel cell engine prototype, as part of Airbus’ ambition to bring the first zero-emission commercial aircraft to market by 2035. Earlier post.)

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MAY 6, 2023

Rimac Technology is entering the stationary Energy Storage Systems (ESS) market with the launch of Rimac Energy. Rimac Energy will produce its pilot systems for selected customers this year with commissioning in 2024. Insights into the technology will be revealed later this year.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Stellantis has concluded that 24 engine families in European vehicles sold since 2014, representing 28 million vehicles on the road, are ready to use advanced drop-in eFuel without any powertrain modification, following months of testing at its technical centers across Europe.

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MAY 28, 2019

Raising the penetration of renewable —an intermittent—sources of energy into the grid will require large scale electrical energy storage and retrieval. We think biology plays a significant role in creating a sustainable energy infrastructure. The study supplies information to determine the best design based on needs.

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Energy Storage Engine Energy Polymer 274

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OCTOBER 29, 2021

ClearFlame Engine Technologies , a startup developing net-zero engine technology ( earlier post ), has secured $17 million in Series A financing, which will enable commercialization of the company’s innovative engine technology for the long-haul trucking, agriculture and power generation sectors.

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AUGUST 12, 2022

Raven SR plans to use INNIO’s Jenbacher engines [60 Hz] with a “Ready for H2” option to produce renewable energy. The energy system will power and heat Raven SR’s S-Series hydrogen production facility at a sanitary landfill in Richmond, California. The type 4 engines are already available today to run on 100% hydrogen.

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Waste Hydrogen California Engine 361

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MAY 4, 2021

Argonne National Laboratory is helping Caterpillar improve efficiency and reduce emissions in their heavy-duty diesel engines. Heavy-duty diesel engines still power most large vehicles used in the construction, mining and transportation industries in the United States.

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Design Engine Diesel Fuel 459

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MARCH 10, 2023

eFuels company HIF Global ( earlier post ) and Siemens Energy reached an agreement under which Siemens Energy will supply electrolyzers to the HIF Matagorda eFuels Facility. HIF and Siemens Energy are engaged in front end engineering and design for 1.8

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OCTOBER 31, 2021

Energy Vault, a company developing grid-scale gravity energy storage solutions, has entered into an energy storage system agreement with DG Fuels, a developer of renewable hydrogen and biogenic-based, synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and diesel fuel. Under the terms of the agreement, Energy Vault agreed to provide 1.6

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JUNE 1, 2023

China Merchants Heavy Industry has ordered 2 × MAN B&W 7S60ME-LGIM (Liquid Gas Injection Methanol) engines in connection with the construction of 2 × 9,300 ceu (car equivalent units) Pure Car and Truck Carriers (PCTCs) for China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES). Hansen, Head of Promotion and Customer Support, MAN Energy Solutions

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

MAN Energy Solutions has launched its MAN 49/60DF engine type at the SMM trade fair in Hamburg. The latest addition to its four-stroke engine portfolio, the dual-fuel engine is capable of running on LNG, diesel and HFO as well as a number of more sustainable fuels including biofuel blends and synthetic natural gas.

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