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Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field (FH2R) completed in Japan; aiming for low-cost green hydrogen production; P2G

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MARCH 8, 2020

and Iwatani Corporation announced that Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field (FH2R), which had been under construction in Namie town, Fukushima Prefecture since 2018, has been constructed with a solar-energy-powered 10MW-class hydrogen production unit, the largest in the world, at the end of February.

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Gevo develops process for low-cost renewable isoprene; building block for rubber and rubber products

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FEBRUARY 3, 2019

has developed a proprietary catalytic process that transforms low-cost commercially available, or even waste by-product, renewable alcohols into renewable isoprene that would be expected to compete head-to-head on price with natural and petroleum-based chemical equivalents while reducing CO 2 emissions.

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Heliogen and Bloom Energy demonstrate production of low-cost green hydrogen; concentrated solar and high-temp electrolysis

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NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Heliogen and Bloom Energy have successfully demonstrated the production of green hydrogen by integrating the companies’ technologies: Heliogen’s concentrated solar energy system and the Bloom Electrolyzer. Electricity accounts for nearly 80% of the cost of hydrogen from electrolysis. Source: Heliogen. Source: Heliogen.

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IRENA sees renewable hydrogen at least cost-possible within decade

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

Hydrogen produced with renewable electricity could compete on costs with fossil fuel alternatives by 2030, according to a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). For that, today’s manufacturing capacity of less than 1 GW would have to massively grow beyond 100 GW in the next 10 to 15 years.

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Argonne-led team develops new low-cost cobalt-based catalyst for PEM electrolysis

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MAY 31, 2023

A multi-institutional team led by the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) has developed a low-cost cobalt-based catalyst for the production of hydrogen in a proton exchange membrane water electrolyzer (PEMWE). volts (Nafion 212 membrane) and low degradation in an accelerated stress test.

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SOFC-maker Bloom Energy announces initial strategy for hydrogen market entry; partnership with SK

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JULY 20, 2020

Solid-oxide-fuel-cell manufacturer Bloom Energy is entering the commercial hydrogen market by introducing hydrogen-powered fuel cells and electrolyzers that produce renewable hydrogen. The Bloom Energy Servers are a proven market leader in clean, reliable, and resilient on-site power.

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Gigastack renewable hydrogen from offshore wind project advances to next phase; 100MW electrolyzer system

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

million for the next phase of Gigastack, a new renewable hydrogen project, as part of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Hydrogen Supply Competition. Producing hydrogen has traditionally been associated with high carbon emissions, but by using renewable electricity—e.g., The UK has awarded £7.5

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DOE awards $22.1M to 10 nuclear technology projects including clean hydrogen production

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MAY 10, 2023

million to 10 industry-led projects to advance nuclear technologies, including two aimed at expanding clean hydrogen production with nuclear energy. The 50 kW demonstration will prove that high-efficiency syngas production can be achieved at low capital-cost using GRC’s unique thermal-spray-based SOCC technology.

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Amyris achieves record low cost farnesene production; sales growth in performance polymers and industrial solvents markets

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OCTOBER 12, 2015

Amyris, Inc., , a company which converts plant-sourced sugars into renewable hydrocarbons, reports achieving a record low manufacturing cost of $1.75 Amyris’ farnesene is a renewable hydrocarbon molecule addressing growing demand in a broad range of applications, from diesel and jet fuel to high-performance materials.

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Hyzon Motors and TC Energy to collaborate on modular hydrogen production hubs; 20 tonnes per hub per day

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NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Hyzon Motors, a supplier of hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric vehicles,and TC Energy Corporation will collaborate on development, construction, operation, and ownership of hydrogen production facilities (hubs) across North America. This also complements TC Energy’s strong renewable natural gas interconnections and pipeline network.

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Westinghouse, Bloom Energy to accelerate large-scale hydrogen production in nuclear industry; high-temperature integrated electrolysis

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JUNE 7, 2022

Westinghouse Electric Company and Bloom Energy Corporation have entered into a Letter of Intent to pursue clean hydrogen production in the commercial nuclear power market. Solid oxide technology is well suited for nuclear applications, efficiently harnessing steam to further improve the economics of hydrogen production.

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Topsoe to build world’s largest SOEC electrolyzer production facility; 500 MW scalable to 5 GW; focusing on Power-to-X

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MAY 24, 2022

Topsoe intends to construct the world’s largest and most advanced industrial-scale electrolyzer production plant. The Topsoe SOEC electrolyzer is a compact stack built primarily from abundant, low-cost ceramic materials enclosed within a metal housing. —Roeland Baan, CEO at Topsoe.

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DOE issues RFI on renewable fuel scale-up and demonstration

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DECEMBER 24, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released a new Request for Information (RFI) on the scale-up and demonstration of renewable fuels. The RFI also seeks information on how DOE can best assist biofuels production stakeholders in their research and development and scaling up of their technologies through demonstration scale.

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Tech: Renewable Diesel: A Sustainable Substitute

Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 17, 2024

A Fuel Switch for Today Continues To Evolve In the past, renewable diesel was considered a niche product that failed to attract mainstream investor interest. Today, it is a cost-neutral way for fleet owners to achieve their goals by allowing them to convert an entire diesel-powered fleet to alternative fuel overnight.

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DOE launches Clean Fuels & Products Shot

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MAY 25, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) launched the Clean Fuels & Products Shot , a new initiative that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) from carbon-based fuels and products significantly. Biomass and waste conversion technologies designed to use green electricity and hydrogen to maximize carbon retention in products.

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FREYR and 24M sign licensing and services agreement for mass production of Li-ion battery cells; Glencore for raw materials

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DECEMBER 25, 2020

FREYR is targeting the development of more than 40 GWh of scalable, modular battery cell production capacity via a phased development approach utilizing deep partnership-based strategies, including in-licensing of next generation technologies. —Tom Jensen, the CEO of FREYR. FREYR will pay both upfront and running fees to 24M.

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6K Energy to implement Forge Nano ALD equipment for commercial production of NMC 811 materials

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AUGUST 29, 2023

a provider of precision nano-coating technology, and 6K Energy, a developer of critical materials for lithium-ion batteries, signed an agreement to implement commercial-scale production of 6K Energy’s US-made battery materials with Forge Nano’s proprietary Atomic Armor surface technology platform (commercial-scale Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD)).

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SK E&S, SK Plug Hyverse partner with Korea South-East Power for green hydrogen & green ammonia production

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AUGUST 21, 2022

SK E&S and SK Plug Hyverse—a joint venture (JV) formed in January of this year by SK E&S and Plug Power—will work with Korea Southeast Power Generation (KOEN) to cooperate with green hydrogen and green ammonia projects based on renewable energy resources in Korea and abroad.

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UK awards £28M for 5 demonstration-phase low-carbon hydrogen production projects

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

million) to five demonstration phase projects for low-carbon hydrogen production. The project concerns the production of hydrogen at scale from offshore floating wind in deep water locations. HyNet – low carbon hydrogen plant. The project aims to reduce the cost of electrolytic hydrogen significantly.

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SK invests in Fulcrum BioEnergy to accelerate production of low-carbon fuel from waste

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DECEMBER 17, 2021

aims to make an inroad into the Korean bioenergy market with SK Ecoplant, another SK group company, as a potential partner. Fulcrum’s process combines gasification technology with a Fischer-Tropsch (FT) fuel process for the efficient, low-cost production of renewable transportation fuels.

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Waste Carbon Fuel Production

Adamas: LFP market share drops to 6% in global passenger EV batteries in 2019; potential comeback in 2020 with cell-to-pack

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MARCH 6, 2020

In 2019, the market share of lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) cathode chemistry fell to 6% in global passenger EV batteries by watt-hours deployed (i.e. Overall, the combined global market share of ternary cathodes (including NCM and nickel-cobalt-aluminum (NCA) varieties) in passenger EV batteries reached 90% in 2019, up from 83% in 2018.

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Hydrogen Optimized to supply more than 40 MW of large-scale hydrogen production capacity

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JANUARY 11, 2022

has entered into a confidential Letter of Intent (LOI) with a large industrial company to provide more than 40 MW of RuggedCell water electrolyzer capacity for hydrogen production. RuggedCell water electrolysis technology was designed from the start to offer important capabilities which were missing in the market.

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Renmatix and Gevo to evaluate feasibility of cellulosic hydrocarbons for renewable jet and gasoline

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DECEMBER 7, 2018

and Renmatix, the leader in affordable cellulosic sugars, announced a joint development agreement to evaluate the commercial feasibility of creating renewable jet fuel by integrating Renmatix’s Plantrose Process ( earlier post ) with Gevo’s GIFT technology and alcohol to jet process ( earlier post ).

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Thai researchers find waste chicken fat a good low-cost feedstock for renewable diesel

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JANUARY 19, 2015

In a study investigating the effect of the water and free fatty acid (FFA) content in waste chicken fat from poultry processing plants on the production of renewable diesel (not biodiesel), researchers in Thailand have found that both higher FFA and water content improved the biohydrogenated diesel (BHD) yield. —Kaewmeesri et al.

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DOE announces up to $64M to advance H2@Scale in new markets

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JANUARY 24, 2020

The US Department of Energy announced up to $64 million in funding ( DE-FOA-0002229 ) to advance innovations that will build new markets for the H2@Scale initiative ( earlier post ). Hydrogen and fuel cells represent an industry with the potential to enable resiliency, energy security, emission reductions, and economic growth across sectors.

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DOE to issue a funding opportunity announcement on H2@Scale new markets

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DECEMBER 17, 2019

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced a Notice of Intent ( NOI ) to issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to advance innovations that will build new markets for H2@Scale. H2@Scale New Markets R&D—HySteel. H2@Scale New Markets Demonstrations. Earlier post.)

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DOE to award $118M to 17 projects to accelerate domestic biofuel production

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JANUARY 27, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award some $118 million in funding for 17 projects to accelerate the production of sustainable biofuels. Topic Area 1: Pre-Pilot Scale-Up of Integrated Biorefineries Algenesis Corporation, “Pre-Pilot Scale Production of Algae-based Jet Fuel and Polyurethane Monomers”, $4,987,974.

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Nikola and TC Energy to co-develop large-scale clean hydrogen hubs

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OCTOBER 8, 2021

Nikola Corporation and TC Energy Corporation, a leading North American energy infrastructure company, have agreed to collaborate on co-developing, constructing, operating and owning large-scale hydrogen production facilities (hubs) in the United States and Canada.

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Hydrogen Energy Clean Cleaning

Renewable oils company Solazyme enters oil & gas drilling market with Encapso lubricant

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MARCH 25, 2014

a renewable oil and bioproducts company, is entering into the oil and gas drilling fluids additive market. Encapso’s unique targeted lubricant delivery system helps reduce the costs for the oil and gas exploration and production industry and provides improved drilling performance. No other product on the market does that.

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GEV and Pacific Hydro sign MoU to explore export of green hydrogen using new compressed H2 ship

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JANUARY 23, 2021

Australia-based Global Energy Ventures (GEV) and Pacific Hydro Australia Developments Pty Ltd (Pacific Hydro) have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore opportunities regarding the production, storage, loading, ground and marine transportation of green hydrogen produced by Pacific Hydro’s Ord Hydrogen Project.

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NREL releases comprehensive vision for deep decarbonization of transportation

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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released a comprehensive vision for deeply decarbonizing transportation. Optimally integrating transportation with buildings, the grid, and renewables to realize system-wide benefits. —Chris Gearhart, director of NREL’s Center for Integrated Mobility Sciences.

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Solazyme announces successful commissioning of integrated renewable oil production biorefinery in Peoria, Illinois

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JUNE 29, 2012

With the successful production of algal oil from the integrated facility this month, Solazyme has met its start-up goals for the facility on schedule. The company has seen linear productivity in its scale-up efforts, including multiple toll manufacturing facilities and multiple successful 128,000-liter scale fermentations at Peoria.

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Eneos opens demo plant in Australia to produce MCH liquid organic hydrogen carrier

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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

ENEOS Corporation has constructed a demonstration plant in Brisbane, Australia, to produce methylcyclohexane (MCH), a liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC), using its proprietary low-cost electrochemical synthesis of organic hydride method Direct MCH. Earlier post.) The plant will begin operation this month.

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British Columbia is first Canadian province to release its own hydrogen strategy

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JULY 10, 2021

British Columbia (BC) has the resources to produce both green and blue hydrogen with low carbon intensity. More than 98% of BC’s electricity is renewable, enabling the production of green hydrogen via electrolysis. BC has already implemented policies to encourage hydrogen use in the transportation sector.

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New long-duration, extended capacity Na-Al battery design for grid storage

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MARCH 2, 2023

The new battery design could help ease integration of renewable energy into the electrical grid at lower cost, using Earth-abundant metals, according to a study just published in Energy Storage Materials. h is achieved with an estimated raw active materials cost of $7.02 mAh cm −2 , a discharge duration of 28.2 Weller et al.

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Harvard team demonstrates new metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery; potential breakthrough for low-cost grid-scale storage

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JANUARY 11, 2014

The technology could fundamentally transform the way electricity is stored on the grid, making power from renewable energy sources such as wind and sun far more economical and reliable. Consequently they maintain peak discharge power for less than an hour before they are drained, and are therefore ill-suited to store intermittent renewables.

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DOE to award $33M to advance hydrogen and fuel cell R&D and the H2@Scale vision

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $33 million in funding to support innovative hydrogen and fuel cell research & development (R&D), infrastructure supply chain development and validation, and cost analysis activities. ( Efficient and innovative hydrogen production. This would be coordinated with the H2NEW consortium.

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Energy Vault to provide 1.6 GWh of gravity energy storage to support DG Fuels SAF projects

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OCTOBER 31, 2021

Energy Vault, a company developing grid-scale gravity energy storage solutions, has entered into an energy storage system agreement with DG Fuels, a developer of renewable hydrogen and biogenic-based, synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and diesel fuel. Under the terms of the agreement, Energy Vault agreed to provide 1.6

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Zeon Corporation invests in Mitra Chem; LFP cathode materials

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AUGUST 24, 2023

Mitra Chem is one of the select few companies in the United States aiming for the large-scale commercial production of LFP batteries, which it seeks to achieve using its proprietary machine learning platform to develop cathode materials for these batteries.

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DOE closes on $504M loan guarantee for world’s largest clean hydrogen and energy storage project

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JUNE 11, 2022

The loan guarantee will help finance construction of the largest clean hydrogen storage facility in the world, capable of providing long-term low-cost, seasonal energy storage, furthering grid stability. ACES Delta is a joint venture between Mitsubishi Power Americas and Magnum Development.

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BC to open office to accelerate hydrogen deployment

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APRIL 14, 2022

Many are small or medium-sized projects to provide local hydrogen supply or solutions, but some are major investments, including some of the largest proposed green hydrogen-production projects in the world. Developing a domestic market and retail delivery infrastructure will encourage hydrogen deployment in BC, the government said.

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USDA awards $3M biorefinery grant to support conversion of lignin into renewable alternative for ABS Resin

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JANUARY 15, 2018

Lignocellulose, or lignin, is ubiquitous in biomass, and yet it is highly-resistant to the chemical, biological, and other processes historically used for the conversion and refining of biomass into renewable products.

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New Road Map to a US Hydrogen Economy

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MARCH 22, 2020

The Road Map stresses the versatility of hydrogen as an enabler of the renewable energy system; an energy vector that can be transported and stored; and a fuel for the transportation sector, heating of buildings and providing heat and feedstock to industry. Create public incentives to bridge barriers to the initial market launch.

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

In any case, when we switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy, we reduce but do not eliminate environmental damage. Current versions of renewable energy such as solar cells and windmills do far less damage to the environment than oil rigs, fracking, and strip mining, but they do damage the environment.

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Renewable Energy Fuel New York City

Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field (FH2R) completed in Japan; aiming for low-cost green hydrogen production; P2G

Gevo develops process for low-cost renewable isoprene; building block for rubber and rubber products

Heliogen and Bloom Energy demonstrate production of low-cost green hydrogen; concentrated solar and high-temp electrolysis

IRENA sees renewable hydrogen at least cost-possible within decade

Argonne-led team develops new low-cost cobalt-based catalyst for PEM electrolysis

SOFC-maker Bloom Energy announces initial strategy for hydrogen market entry; partnership with SK

Gigastack renewable hydrogen from offshore wind project advances to next phase; 100MW electrolyzer system

DOE awards $22.1M to 10 nuclear technology projects including clean hydrogen production

Amyris achieves record low cost farnesene production; sales growth in performance polymers and industrial solvents markets

Hyzon Motors and TC Energy to collaborate on modular hydrogen production hubs; 20 tonnes per hub per day

Westinghouse, Bloom Energy to accelerate large-scale hydrogen production in nuclear industry; high-temperature integrated electrolysis

Topsoe to build world’s largest SOEC electrolyzer production facility; 500 MW scalable to 5 GW; focusing on Power-to-X

DOE issues RFI on renewable fuel scale-up and demonstration

Tech: Renewable Diesel: A Sustainable Substitute

DOE launches Clean Fuels & Products Shot

FREYR and 24M sign licensing and services agreement for mass production of Li-ion battery cells; Glencore for raw materials

6K Energy to implement Forge Nano ALD equipment for commercial production of NMC 811 materials

SK E&S, SK Plug Hyverse partner with Korea South-East Power for green hydrogen & green ammonia production

UK awards £28M for 5 demonstration-phase low-carbon hydrogen production projects

SK invests in Fulcrum BioEnergy to accelerate production of low-carbon fuel from waste

Adamas: LFP market share drops to 6% in global passenger EV batteries in 2019; potential comeback in 2020 with cell-to-pack

Hydrogen Optimized to supply more than 40 MW of large-scale hydrogen production capacity

Renmatix and Gevo to evaluate feasibility of cellulosic hydrocarbons for renewable jet and gasoline

Thai researchers find waste chicken fat a good low-cost feedstock for renewable diesel

DOE announces up to $64M to advance H2@Scale in new markets

DOE to issue a funding opportunity announcement on H2@Scale new markets

DOE to award $118M to 17 projects to accelerate domestic biofuel production

Nikola and TC Energy to co-develop large-scale clean hydrogen hubs

Renewable oils company Solazyme enters oil & gas drilling market with Encapso lubricant

GEV and Pacific Hydro sign MoU to explore export of green hydrogen using new compressed H2 ship

NREL releases comprehensive vision for deep decarbonization of transportation

Solazyme announces successful commissioning of integrated renewable oil production biorefinery in Peoria, Illinois

Eneos opens demo plant in Australia to produce MCH liquid organic hydrogen carrier

British Columbia is first Canadian province to release its own hydrogen strategy

New long-duration, extended capacity Na-Al battery design for grid storage

Harvard team demonstrates new metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery; potential breakthrough for low-cost grid-scale storage

DOE to award $33M to advance hydrogen and fuel cell R&D and the H2@Scale vision

Energy Vault to provide 1.6 GWh of gravity energy storage to support DG Fuels SAF projects

Zeon Corporation invests in Mitra Chem; LFP cathode materials

DOE closes on $504M loan guarantee for world’s largest clean hydrogen and energy storage project

BC to open office to accelerate hydrogen deployment

USDA awards $3M biorefinery grant to support conversion of lignin into renewable alternative for ABS Resin

New Road Map to a US Hydrogen Economy

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