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Shell, ITM Power to install 10MW electrolyzer for refinery hydrogen

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Shell, together with ITM Power, plans to install a 10MW electrolyzer to produce hydrogen at the Wesseling refinery site within the Rheinland Refinery Complex. This would be the largest unit of its kind in Germany and the world’s largest PEM (Polymer Electrolyte Membrane) electrolyzer.

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UK supports Gigastack feasibility study with ITM Power, Ørsted, Element Energy; gigawatt-scale PEM electrolysis

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Gigastack, funded by the BEIS Hydrogen Supply Competition, will demonstrate the delivery of bulk, low-cost and zero-carbon hydrogen through gigawatt-scale polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolysis, manufactured in the UK.

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UK Carbon Trust to invest 1M in ACAL Energy as part of Polymer Fuel Cell Challenge; longer-term focus on automotive applications

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The UK’s Carbon Trust has selected ACAL Energy, the developer of FlowCath low-platinum liquid cathode technology ( earlier post ), for a £1-million (US$1.6-million) million) investment as part of its Polymer Fuel Cell Challenge. Cha, CEO of ACAL Energy.

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ARPA-E launches $45M funding for advanced batteries for electric vehicles; EVs4ALL

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No/low cobalt and no/low nickel-content cathodes [e.g., sulfur-based, highly abundant/low-cost transition metal oxides, halides, sulfides, phosphates, and new organic/inorganic hosts]. liquid, solid-state, polymer or hybrid (combinations of liquids and/or polymers and/or solid- state components)].

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DOE seeking feedback on findings of hydrogen production and delivery workshops

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The purpose of the workshop was to share information and identify the RD&D needs to enable low-cost, effective delivery of hydrogen from centralized production facilities to the point of use (e.g., The dominant technologies in commercial installations are alkaline and PEM, with the others in pre-commercial development in laboratories.

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KIT team designs low-cost photoreactor for efficient solar-driven synthesis

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Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and their Canadian partners have designed a low-cost photoreactor design for solar-driven synthesis. The photoreactors have a low level of complexity, are readily manufacturable via mass fabrication techniques in polymers, and are easy to adapt to diverse photocatalysts.

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Stanford team develops new ultrahigh surface area 3D porous graphitic carbon material for improved energy storage

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While some specially designed 3D porous graphene networks show good pore connectivity and conductivity, large-scale and low-cost fabrication of such graphene networks remains a challenge. The process begins with conducting hydrogel, a water-based polymer with a spongy texture similar to soft contact lenses.