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Researchers from Japan’s NIMS (National Institute for Materials Science), the University of Tokyo and Hiroshima University have jointly conducted a techno-economic analysis for hydrogen production from photovoltaic power generation (PV) utilizing a battery-assisted electrolyzer. This approximately converts to US$1.92 to US$3.00/kg
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AW-Energy Oy is entering the commercial hydrogen market by introducing a combined WaveRoller and HydrogenHub process for the production of green hydrogen. In AW-Energy’s concept, wave energy complements solar power production to enable large-scale green hydrogen. —Christopher Ridgewell, CEO of AW-Energy Oy.
The project is supported by DOE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The project partners will generate zero-carbon hydrogen onsite via electrolysis with solar and wind power and reformation of renewable natural gas from a Texas landfill.
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Hyundai Motor Group opened Hyundai Hydrogen World—an exhibition hall dedicated to the fuel-cell electric vehicle, related technologies and energy—at the center of the Century Square in Shanghai. The zone with an open FCEV shows its internal structure, parts and mechanism, including the hydrogen tank and fuel-cell system.
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million to projects to develop hydrogen refueling infrastructure in California ( PON-13-607 ). All projects funded under this solicitation must support the future deployment of FCVs and hydrogeninternal combustion engine vehicles (HICEVs). 100% Renewable Hydrogen Refueling Station Competition. Fueling protocols.
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Phil Ansell, an aerospace engineer at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, modeled the life cycle carbon dioxide equivalent emissions of liquid hydrogen production required to meet the fuel needs of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (ORD) with today’s electric grid mix.
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The team of the University of Maryland is the winner of the 2012 Hydrogen Student Design Contest, announced on Sunday by the US Department of Energy at the Young Scientist Symposium of the World Hydrogen Energy Conference 2012 in Toronto, Canada. At the awards ceremony, the theme for the next Contest was announced as well.
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A team from the University of Oxford (UK) and CNRS (France) has developed an optimized system for the photocatalytic production of hydrogen using an hydrogenase and photosensitizer co-attached to a TiO 2 nanoparticle. Tags: Bio-hydrogen Biotech Hydrogen Production. Source: Reisner et al./ Click to enlarge. —Reisner et al.
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