GM announces plans to make mobile power generators using hydrogen fuel cells The aim is to replace polluting gas- and diesel-powered generators with zero-emission hydrogen-powered ones General Motors announced plans to manufacture mobile power generators using its Hydrotec-branded hydrogen fuel cells. The aim is to replace polluting gas- and diesel-powered Read more…
Could a critical raw materials shortage derail forecast massive green hydrogen growth? Limited global supply of rare metals could drive up costs of PEM and SOE electrolysers, says Irena study — and there might not be enough iridium to meet demand “Platinum and iridium, used in polymer-electrolyte membrane electrolysers [as Read more…
Green hydrogen could disrupt global trade, bilateral energy relations While there are still many uncertainties as to the way in which hydrogen trade might evolve and change economic ties and political dynamics between countries, experts agree that green hydrogen can bring winds of change to the global energy arena. According Read more…
Rapid growth of hydrogen economy hints at new power dynamics: IRENA WAM– Rapid growth of the global hydrogen economy can bring significant geoeconomic and geopolitical shifts giving rise to a wave of new interdependencies, according to new analysis by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). The ‘Geopolitics of the Energy Read more…
Gaussin’s Hydrogen And Electric Transport For Cargo At Ports, Logistics Centers And Airports Mobile hydrogen technology is gradually stepping on the heels of not only internal combustion engines but also its electric battery counterparts. One of the more amazing achievements in heavy-duty hydrogen transport is happening right now in the Dakar Rally. Read more…
US-based Cummins to build 1GW hydrogen electrolyser factory in China with state-owned oil giant Sinopec The new plant, due to begin operation next year with 500MW of capacity, will be the first in the country to use Western electrolyser technology The $47m plant in Foshan, Guangdong province, will initially have Read more…
Maersk could soon become one of the world’s largest consumers of green H2 after ordering 12 methanol-fuelled container vessels from Hyundai Heavy Industries. It has largely gone under the radar in the hydrogen sector, but shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk could soon become one of the world’s largest consumers of green Read more…
The world cannot afford to wait for the expected government support to drive down costs, but there is another way, says the European Green Hydrogen Accelerator Centre’s Carina Krastel Given all the recent media coverage and hype around the use of hydrogen as a decarbonisation tool, the casual reader would Read more…
Workers at a BASF plant in Germany. Chemicals producers are set to provide much of the early demand for hydrogen.Source: BASF SE Companies in Europe’s emerging hydrogen economy received long-awaited regulatory clarity from the EU as 2021 came to a close, with proposals around a market framework laying the foundations Read more…