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Germany and Namibia form partnership for green hydrogen

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Kandjoze of Namibia’s National Planning Commission agreed to establish a hydrogen partnership between Germany and Namibia and signed a Joint Communiqué of Intent (JCoI). The global race for the best hydrogen technologies and the best sites for hydrogen production is already on. It has a lot of vast unused space.

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LSE report calls for global investment of an additional $3T each year to drive economic recovery and transformation

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trillion more each year should be invested globally in low-carbon energy, including renewables, and the electrification of economies over the coming decade, while annual expenditure on fossil fuel energy should decrease by $350-600 billion. The report says that $1.5-1.7 It suggests that $1.4

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EPFL/Technion team develops “champion” nanostructures for efficient solar water-splitting to produce hydrogen

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Hydrogen bubbles as they appear in a photoelectrochemical cell. global sunlight. Its efficiency was such that gas bubbles emerged as soon as it was under a light stimulus. The long-term goal is to produce hydrogen in an environmentally friendly and especially competitive way. Hydrogen Production Nanotech Solar'

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Germany Launches H2 Mobility Initiative to Expand Infrastructure for Refueling Hydrogen Vehicles

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Daimler AG and leading energy companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Berlin, with the participation of the German Minister of Transport, Wolfgang Tiefensee, to evaluate and expand the setup of a hydrogen infrastructure in Germany to support the series production of fuel cell electric vehicles. Earlier post.).

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Major study concludes achieving EU 2050 transport decarbonization goals will require portfolio of advanced powertrains; fuel cells, battery-electric and plug-in hybrids

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Electrolyzer companies: ELT Elektrolyse Technik, Hydrogenics, Hydrogen Technologies, Proton Energy Systems. Governmental organizations: European Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking, NOW GmbH. The cost of hydrogen also reduces by 70% by 2025 due to higher utilization of the refuelling infrastructure and economies of scale.

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50,000 Fleet Vehicles Ordered

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He also makes the point, that plug ins will provide more energy security and less global warming. clip) Another advantage is that plug-ins fit easily into the existing infrastructure, unlike cars fueled by hydrogen. That is because electric fuel can be provided by renewable energy such as the wind. This can be done right now.

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Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

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the only companyselling hydrogen-powered cars to U.S. Honda, which began leasing hydrogen fuel cell FCX Claritysedans in Los Angeles last year, still sees hydrogen as the bestlong-term alternative to gasoline as a fuel that can cut carbonexhaust tied to global warming, President Takeo Fukui said in aninterview.

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