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Shell Gamechanger Accelerator Powered by NREL selects two green hydrogen startups for fourth cohort

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.) – Developing ion-exchange membranes (IEM) and polymers used for electrochemical applications in order to reduce the use of cost-prohibitive and toxic materials. Ionomr Innovation recently announced that it completed the installation and commissioning of a new in-house pilot coating line.

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TANAKA establishes production system in China for fuel cell electrode catalysts

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Electrode catalysts for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEFCs) As part of the agreement, production equipment will be installed at the plant of Ya’an Guangming Paite Precious Metal Co., TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo aims to use this agreement to meet the growing domestic demand for fuel cell electrode catalysts in China.

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NSF announces $55M toward national research priorities; intersection of food, energy and water systems

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has made 11 awards totaling $55 million aimed at building research capacity to develop new innovations at the intersection of food, energy and water systems and to address fundamental questions about the brain. Research at the nexus of food, energy and water. Lead organization. Description.

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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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Advent Technologies, Laskaridis Shipping sign MoU on methanol fuel cells for maritime

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Under the terms of the MoU, Laskaridis and Advent will jointly conduct a pilot program, under which Advent will supply Laskaridis Shipping with its Serene High Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (HT-PEM) methanol-powered fuel cells.

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Sunfire, Fraunhofer, partners launch project to scale alkaline AEM electrolysis

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Technologies such as pressurized alkaline or high-temperature electrolysis are already being installed in industrial environments. AEM electrolysis combines the respective technical advantages of polymer exchange membrane electrolysis (PEM) and alkaline electrolysis (AEL).

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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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million) investment as part of its Polymer Fuel Cell Challenge. In the regenerator, the “catholyte” comes into contact with air and the electron, proton and oxygen from air react to form water, which exits the regenerator as vapor. However unlike conventional technology, the. The catholyte then flows back to the cell.

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