There are two places in the world we thought there would long have been a hydrogen project built or announced. One, at the Port of Amsterdam in The Netherlands, and one at the Prairie View Industrial Center complex near Ames, Iowa. The absence of projects reminds us that it is not always about the project […]
From the UK, news is arriving out of research circles about a project called HyPER project (Bulk Hydrogen Production by Sorbent Enhanced Steam Reforming), that will construct a state-of-the-art 1.5 MWth pilot plant at Cranfield University to test an innovative hydrogen production technology that substantially reduces greenhouse gas emissions. The project has received £7.5M ($10M) […]
In perhaps the boldest move on urban development and future mobility since Walt Disney announced his EPCOT project in 1966, Toyota revealed plans to build a prototype “city” of the future on a 175-acre site at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan. Called the Woven City, it will be a fully connected ecosystem powered […]
The U.S. Department of Energy announced up to $64 million in funding to advance innovations that will build new markets for the [email protected] initiative. This investment will support transformational research and development, innovative hydrogen concepts that will encourage market expansion and increase the scale of hydrogen production, storage, transport, and use. The DOE stated: Hydrogen […]
From Planet Houston we’ve heard that ENGlobal inked a $20 million to supply process modules that will be used to construct a complete hydrogen production facility. The plant will be a major component of an otherwise unidentified renewable diesel facility with an expected maximum production of 10,000 barrels of renewable diesel per day. ENGlobal — […]
From Israel, word comes from researchers at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and the University of Porto in Portugal who have developed a prototype system for efficient and safe production of hydrogen using only solar energy. The details are here in Joule. The technology breakthrough The system contains a tandem cell solar device, […]
A recent Boston Consulting Group and MIT report found that, based on nearly 2,500 executives, 9 out of 10 of the respondents agreed that AI represents a business opportunity, but what exactly is AI? And what makes it something capable of conferring advantage so many industries? When Hugh Bradlow, Chief Scientist from Telstra gave a […]
From Finland we have news that VTT has combined devices that produce hydrogen from water and electricity from hydrogen into a single movable system that produces hydrogen with an efficiency as high as 80–90%. The problem Weak efficiency has hindered the production of emission-free hydrogen and thus also the proliferation of hydrogen technology. Commercial electrolyser […]
As the International Renewable Energy Agency observed of the next decades, “transport and industry will still require combustible fuels for many purposes,” and those “needs could be met with hydrogen, which itself can be produced using renewable power.” The opportunity is threefold, IRENA predicts: Industry, where it could replace fossil-based feedstocks, including natural gas, in […]
Last week, we profiled news from Royal Caribbean that their newest cruise liner, Icon of the Seas, would be powered via fuels cell technology as of the expected launch date in 2022. That was then, this is now. Now, Carnival’s German subsidiary AIDA Cruises said it pilot the world’s first fuel cell system designed to […]
