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Air France KLM signs 210M gallon SAF offtake agreement with DG Fuels

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DG Fuels (DGF), a provider of cellulosic drop-in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), signed a multi-year SAF offtake agreement with Air France KLM for up to 60,408 metric tons (21 million gallons) per year from DGF’s initial plant to be located in Louisiana. DGF’s cellulosic feedstock does not impair food supply and is essentially water neutral.

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NREL sets new world efficiency record for solar hydrogen production: 16.2%

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Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recaptured the record for highest efficiency in solar hydrogen production via a photoelectrochemical (PEC) water-splitting process. A paper in Nature Energy outlines how NREL’s new record was achieved.

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Bloom Energy announces hydrogen-powered energy servers to make always-on renewable electricity a reality

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Bloom Energy, a developer of solid oxide fuel cell power generators, announced the ability of its Energy Servers to operate on renewable hydrogen. In areas with large amounts of wind and solar power, excess renewables can be used to produce hydrogen from water via electrolysis.

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IEA: Decisive action by governments is critical to unlock growth for low-carbon hydrogen

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Governments need to move faster and more decisively on a wide range of policy measures to enable low-carbon hydrogen to fulfil its potential to help the world reach net zero emissions while supporting energy security, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says in a new report. —Fatih Birol, the IEA Executive Director.

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Australia Goes All-in on Green Hydrogen

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For several months now, 20 teams of Australian high-school students have been designing fuel-cell cars to compete in the country’s inaugural Hydrogen Grand Prix. The task: make the most of a 30-watt fuel cell and 14 grams of hydrogen gas. Welcome to Australia, where a green-hydrogen boom is in full swing.

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Air Liquide launches second Scientific Challenge on essential small molecules; hydrogen in two out of three topics

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All are invited to submit, from 25 June to 20 September, innovative scientific research projects using Essential Small Molecules on these topics: Topic #01 on hydrogen production: “Lower-CO 2 H 2 ”. How to produce cost competitive hydrogen while reducing greenhouse gas emissions?

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Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

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Wind and solar parks produce a large portion of their energy. They are highly automated production islands that directly convert wind energy to hydrogen, with a few of them processing the gas into fuels and other goods. US $5 PER KILOGRAM Cost of green hydrogen today. Conventional, or gray, hydrogen: $1.50

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