In 2022, Royal Caribbean Cruise line is going to launch their massive Icon of the Seas cruise liner — first of their Icon class of ships — and the 200,000 ton behemoth, one of the largest ships afloat for any purpose, will feature fuel cell technology, powered by natural gas, in order to conserve energy […]
News arrived from Down Under that Australian Renewable Energy Agency provided $1.9 million in funding to Queensland Nitrates to assess the feasibility of the construction and operation of a renewable ammonia plant at its existing facility near Moura in Central Queensland. The consortium, led by QNP and partners Neoen and Worley, proposes to produce 20,000 […]
There’s been a debate in recent years over methanol vs hydrogen as the fuel of choice for fuel cells. Now, both are energy carriers rather than energy sources — and ultimately, they have some of the same drawbacks and advantages — some of which go back to handling and safety concerns when used at scale […]
In Missouri, cold beer is being transported in hydrogen-powered zero-emission semi-trucks as Anheuser-Busch moves to more sustainable shipping. The company plans to buy up to 800 of Nikola Motor’s semi-trucks to meet its objectives of reducing CO2 emissions by 25% across its entire supply chain by 2025. Why important? Deploying hydrogen, the powerful initial drivers […]
Today’s let us have some driving fun — and visit the Hyundai Nexo, billed as the “world’s first dedicated hydrogen-powered SUV” which was unveiled last year at last year’s Consumer Electronics Show. With a range of 380 miles, and comes with a pretty good if not overwhelming 0-60 time of 8.4 seconds, according to Car […]
The International Energy Agency observed in its Future of Hydrogen report (here), that “ the technologies are available to avoid the emissions from fossil fuel use [in industrial sectors] by producing and supplying low-carbon hydrogen.” Yes, hydrogen is used in vast quantities in oil refining,. chemical production and iron and steel production, with ammonia and […]
In Washington, the U.S. Department of Energy announced approximately $40 million in FY 2019 funding for 29 projects to advance the [email protected] concept. The United States produces over 10 million tonnes of hydrogen, nearly one-seventh of the global supply, primarily for oil refining and fertilizer production. Hydrogen infrastructure includes over 1,600 miles of hydrogen pipeline, […]
From Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee comes news that Electro-Active Technologies has exclusively licensed two biorefinery technologies to convert organic waste into renewable hydrogen gas for use as a biofuel. The Technology The system combines biology and electrochemistry to degrade organic waste—such as plant biomass or food waste—to produce hydrogen. During the microbial electrolysis […]
Biomass-based energy took a huge step forward this month with news that Sierra Energy closed a $33M Series A investment round led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures and joined by Cox Investment Holdings, Inc., BNP Paribas SA, Twynam Investments Pty Ltd, Formica Ventures AB, and The March Fund I LP. The Hydrogen angle In 2015, we […]
The pursuit of hydrogen applications is a story of vehicles, plants, and refineries where hydrogen will be used, and the trucks and pipelines via which it might be supplied to those end users. It all starts — and, failing some innovation, might find itself stillborn — at the point of production. Creating another fossil economy, […]
