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Stellantis, one of the world’s five largest automakers and a proponent of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles for light commercial vehicles, has now formally signaled a retreat from its hydrogen ambitions.
continued] The post Another Day, Another HydrogenTransportation Failure Hyzon Edition appeared first on CleanTechnica. I’d joined the fun last year for the first time after starting up the Redefining EnergyTech sub-channel, judging their predictions from the previous year and adding predictions of my own.
The promise of a hydrogen-fueled future has turned into a nightmare for hundreds of car owners in California. Drivers who purchased Toyota’s flagship fuel cell vehicle, the Mirai, are now suing the automaker and other key players, alleging they were misled about the viability of the hydrogen fueling network. This is bad.
Hype, once celebrated as a poster child for hydrogen mobility in Europe, has abandoned hydrogen as its primary fuel source, and has pivoted to solely electric vehicles for taxis. This pivot should not surprise anyone who has been closely tracking the consistent and inevitable collapse of hydrogen-poweredtransportation ventures around.
For nearly a decade, thats exactly what happened with green hydrogen as an energy carrier. continued] The post Green Hydrogen For Energy Was A Story We Told Ourselves appeared first on CleanTechnica. It succeeds because enough people act like it does. The story was so compelling, the coalition so wide, the urgency so real, that for a.
Hydrogen has often been hailed as a fuel of the future, promising a clean and versatile energy source capable of decarbonizing multiple sectors. However, a closer look at the technical, economic, and infrastructure challenges associated with hydrogen reveals that these claims may be overstated. While hydrogen can indeed be used.
First Hydrogen Corp, a Canadian firm with more ambition than balance sheet, has now turned its sights on Germany — arguably the worst possible place to mix hydrogen hype with small modular nuclear reactors. The company, known mostly for a hydrogen van prototype and a team structure with more CEOs.
On March 3, 2025, all 25 hydrogen-powered Solaris Urbino 12 Hydrogen buses operated by MPK Pozna were abruptly withdrawn from service. The affected buses had been refueled at a public hydrogen station in Pozna, supplied by.
Researchers who are developing electrolyzers for hydrogen production are increasingly turning to a membrane platform originally used in fuel cells to scale up their technology. Anion exchange membrane (AEM) technology enables the selective transport of negatively charged ions between cathode and anode.
Ontarios love affair with hydrogen was always going to be an expensive fling. The province is doubling the Hydrogen Innovation Fund to $30 million, a tidy sum that. continued] The post Ontario Doubles Down On Hydrogen For Energy As Countries Leave Table appeared first on CleanTechnica.
The companys electric-powered step van is designed for last mile deliveries with an all-electric driving range of 130 miles. Its propane-powered vehicles are designed for medium to long-range deliveries. At ACT Expo 2025 they showcased zero and ultra-low emission commercial vehicle platforms using either electricity or propane.
Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down again with Dr. Joseph Romm to discuss his then about to be released book, The Hype About Hydrogen, available now on Amazon. continued] The post Beyond the Hydrogen Mirage: A Candid Conversation with Joe Romm appeared first on CleanTechnica.
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On October 27th of 2020, the China Society of Automotive Engineers laid out a roadmap for how the country was going to achieve 50% of all cars sold in 2035 being fully electric, plug-in hybrid, or hydrogen, with 95% of them of course being fully electric.
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At that time, the ZEV mandate required 80% of carmaker fleets must be either a BEV or hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle. At the last budget, we announced a 200 million investment to continue powering the charge point rollout, unlocking 6 billion of private investment in the process, stated Lillian Greenwood, future of roads minister.
The 1998 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century allows states to permit carpool lane access for vehicles with only one occupant as long as they are “certified as an inherently low-emission vehicle.” 30, according to the report.
Andrew Forrest has scoffed at net zero and challenged the mining industry and maritime shipping to go for real zero. To this end, he has purchased battery electric mining equipment we wrote about it here. Now, the big news is that he is expanding his renewable energy resources to.
HTEC just opened another hydrogen fueling station in British Columbia. It sits gleaming and underused in the Lower Mainland, one more high-cost monument to a transportation future that never arrived. Its an infrastructure project aimed at a market that doesnt exist, serving vehicles that arent being driven, with fuel no.
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Hydrogen for energy has been the subject of extravagant claims for decades, and they keep being repeated. When you run into a hydrogen for energy enthusiast and they start saying things that make it seem as if hydrogen for energy is a slam dunk, have a look through this.
C-Job Naval Architects has designed a new class of liquid hydrogen tanker in partnership with LH2 Europe. LH2 Europe will use the abundant renewable electricity in Scotland to produce green hydrogen and market it at a competitive price with diesel. Hydrogen will be essential to the future of energy. Installed power.
Researchers at the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft have developed a membrane technology for the energy-efficient and economic separation of hydrogen from natural gas. This marks a major step forward in the transportation and distribution of hydrogen as an energy source. The two substances can be transported together in one line.
Universal Hydrogen ( earlier post ) has signed LOIs with Icelandair Group (Iceland), Air Nostrum (Spain), and Ravn Air (Alaska) for aftermarket conversion of aircraft to hydrogen propulsion and for the supply of green hydrogen fuel using Universal Hydrogen’s modular capsules. Icelandair. Icelandair.
Scottish Enterprise, Transport Scotland and the Hydrogen Accelerator, based at the University of St Andrews, have appointed Arcola Energy and a consortium of industry leaders in hydrogen fuel cell integration, rail engineering and functional safety to deliver Scotland’s first hydrogenpowered train.
Canadian Pacific plans to develop North America’s first hydrogen-powered line-haul locomotive. CP’s Hydrogen Locomotive Program will retrofit a line-haul locomotive with hydrogen fuel cells and battery technology to drive the locomotive’s electric traction motors.
The stark reality is that green hydrogen is burdened by inefficiency, exorbitant costs, and logistical nightmares that make widespread adoption a distant dream. continued] The post Debunking The Myth: Hydrogen Is Not The Future Of Energy appeared first on CleanTechnica. But, sadly, no.
Toyota Motor Corporation is entering a vehicle equipped with a developmental hydrogen-powered engine ( earlier post ) at the five-hour-long Super Taikyu Series 2021 Powered by Hankook Round 5 Suzuka S-tai, which takes place this weekend. Transportinghydrogen from overseas.
Recently I published a simple debunker for many of the hydrogen for energy claims that perpetuate the hype, Cranky Stepdad vs Hydrogen for Energy: How to Respond to Enthusiasts. continued] The post Companion to Cranky Stepdad vs Hydrogen for Energy appeared first on CleanTechnica.
The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) signed five agreements with leading French companies, including an agreement to explore a hydrogen-powered vehicle business with Gaussin , a pioneer in clean and intelligent transport solutions. Gaussin hydrogen-powered Dakar racer. Additional MoUs.
Norwegian state-owned energy company Equinor and Germany-based energy company RWE have agreed to work together to develop large-scale value chains for low carbon hydrogen. The cooperation has these main building blocks: Construction of new gas power plants (CCGTs), contributing to Germany’s phase-out roadmap for coal.
In a move that surprised absolutely no one, the Trump/Wright Department of Energy began swinging the axe at clean energy programsbut here’s the twist: this time, they might accidentally be getting a few things right. Not because they’ve suddenly developed a coherent decarbonization strategy or found religion on climate policy.
Ricardo has received UK Government funding to create a retrofit hydrogen fuel cell bus demonstrator for the UK’s first hydrogentransport hub in the north-east of England. Ricardo submitted a bid with Stagecoach, one of the UK’s main public transport operators, to demonstrate a retrofit hydrogen fuel cell bus.
Spain-based global energy company Repsol and Talgo, a manufacturer of intercity, standard, and high speed passenger trains, will promote a renewable-hydrogen-powered train, fostering emission-free rail transport in the Iberian Peninsula. To do so, it will have an installed capacity of 400 MW by 2025 and will exceed 1.2
Stadler Rail AG, a leading manufacturer of rolling stock, has ordered six 100 kW FCmove-HD+ fuel cell engines from Ballard Power Systems to power the first hydrogen train in the United States. The train is expected to be in service in 2024 and will seat more than 100 passengers. Stadler sold the FLIRT H2 to the SBCTA in 2019.
The first China-developed hydrogen fuel cell hybrid locomotive—from core power to main components—has started trial runs on a 627 km railway line for coal transport in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. and the Hydrogen Energy Co., and the Hydrogen Energy Co., Source: Xinhua.
HydroWing, in partnership with Tocardo, introduced the THyPSO (Tidal Hydrogen production, Storage and Offtake), a concept that creates green hydrogen from the sea, contributing to the wider global decarbonization of energy systems. THyPSO has capacity to hold up to two weeks’ worth of hydrogen production in pressurized storage tanks.
Norwegian wholesaler Asko is among the first to operate a goods vehicle that runs on hydrogen, thanks to a collaborative effort by research scientists and industry. The on-board charger is 22 kW AC with CCS charging interface, and hydrogen storage is 33 kg @350 bar. The aim here is not to use hydrogen for all goods transport.
The idea was seductive: turn Punes mountains of garbage into clean hydrogen fuel. The citys waste problem would be solved, and India would get a head start in the global hydrogen economy. That was the pitch when Pune Municipal Corporation and The Green Billions Limited announced Indias first waste-to-hydrogen project.
A coalition of major oil & gas, power, automotive, fuel cell, and hydrogen companies have developed and released the full new report, a “ Road Map to a US Hydrogen Economy. ” Road Map to a US Hydrogen Economy ”. —Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy Association (FCHEA) President Morry Markowitz.
The company In-der-City-Bus, which is in charge of public transport in Frankfurt, Germany, has awarded a tender for 13 hydrogen buses to Solaris. The Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen buses are to be deployed on target routes in 2022. The Urbino hydrogen buses are powered by a 70 kW fuel cell stack.
The partners will collaborate in the development of ecosystems for heavy-duty trucks running on hydrogen, with the intent to demonstrate the attractiveness and effectiveness of trucking powered by clean hydrogen and the ambition to play a lead role in kickstarting the rollout of hydrogen infrastructure for transportation.
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Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ Suiso Frontier , the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier, has left Japan to pick up its first hydrogen cargo in Australia. The vessel can carry 75 tonnes of liquefied hydrogen in one trip. J-POWER) to form the CO 2 -free Hydrogen Energy Supply-chain Technology Research Association (HySTRA).
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