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Under the agreement, Orlen will supply 360kg of hydrogen per day to fuel 18 Solaris buses, with the option to expand to 27 vehicles. Deliveries are expected to begin next year when the buses are rolled out. Up to 400,000kg of hydrogen will be delivered over the PLN 24.1m ($6.7m) contract, but that could increase to 550,000kg if the option for extra vehicles is actioned. A hydrogen refuelling station on Łukasiewicza Street will provide the fuel for KM Płock buses and individual vehicles. The transport authority has previously deployed 12 and 18-metre hydrogen buses in the Polish city and tested [...]

The memorandum of understanding (MOU) will see Kyocera International explore producing Utility’s ceramic-metal electrochemical cell technology within in global manufacturing footprint in a bid to speed up time-to-market. The partnership aims to establish “high-volume” production lines, with initial plans of bringing capacity online in 2026 at Kyocera’s Fine Ceramics manufacturing facility in North Carolina, US. Additional sites could be expanded globally if demand for the technology grows. Utility’s H2Gen tech can take low-pressure steam and pre-treated industrial off-gases to produce hydrogen at 95% purity, alongside high-purity CO2. It uses thousands of cermet tubes coated with functional layers, which hold steam [...]

Germany’s 2030 green hydrogen in transport quotas could require 1.1GW–4.2GW of electrolyser installations, according to US PEM player Electric Hydrogen. Earlier this week, Berlin approved its GHG-Quota, which would force fuel suppliers to reduce emissions by almost 60% in 2040, while implementing key parts of the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive III. This is a paid article, to read the article in full you can sign in if you are subscribed or subscribe today.

The Norwegian OEM has taken a final investment decision (FID) to build 1GW of production capacity at its Herøya facility. Representing an investment of NOK 300m ($29m), Nel will receive up to €135m ($158m) from the EU Innovation Fund, covering up to 60% of the industrialisation costs. Nel says its pressurised alkaline system costs less to build, uses less electricity, and can therefore produce hydrogen for less. The next-generation, pressurised technology also reduces downstream costs and is fully modular and skid-based. Nel aims for a commercial launch in 2026, with deliveries starting in 2027. “A significantly improved levelised cost of [...]

Under a Memorandum of Understanding, Hazer’s methane pyrolysis technology could produce hydrogen in Whyalla to replace natural gas in iron reduction and synthetic graphite for use in electric arc furnaces. M Resources argues it will be able to produce steel with much lower emissions and at a lower cost than using green hydrogen alone. However, Hazer’s selection as the preferred technology option will only apply if M Resources successfully purchases the steelworks. One Steel Manufacturing’s (OSM) facility is currently being offered for sale by its administrator, KordaMentha, through a process managed by 333 Capital. If the bid is approved, Hazer [...]

The UK electrolyser maker said the two projects had a combined capacity of 70MW. In Australia, ITM was handed a basic design engineering package contract by an “industrial customer”, while in Canada, it secured a front-end engineering design deal for a mobility-focused project. While details on the projects remain slim, it marks some of the first larger-scale projects outside of Europe and Asia in which the firm is involved. Last year, ITM secured compliance for its core stack technology in Australia. Throughout the past two years, the OEM has been racking up increased orders from European projects, along with some [...]

The German gas operator said it completed the initial filling of the section of pipeline that forms the “north-south axis” of the joint Flow project. H2 View understands this runs from Lubmin to Bobbau in Saxony-Anhalt. Rostock has been tipped as a potential key hydrogen import location for Germany, while Lubmin is set to host large-scale electrolyser installations. In its entirety, the Flow project will be made up of 1,630km of pipeline, connecting Rostock, Lubmin, Schwedt, Berlin, Leipzig, Leuna, Erfurt, Ludwigshafen, Karlsruhe, and Stuttgart. Work on sections connecting Germany’s east with the south west is expected to be completed by [...]

Marking the company’s first dedicated hydrogen ICE centre, it expands JM’s ability to test full hydrogen engines up to 600kW for trucks and buses. The engines run on hydrogen instead of diesel, but use familiar technology, making them a potential low-carbon alternative. The new JM facility allows them to evaluate how catalysts and after-treatment systems perform in real conditions. The Gothenburg factory also features on-site hydrogen supply and storage, high-pressure delivery systems, exhaust measurement equipment, and all required safety systems. JM said the site was completed on time and on budget, and represents a £2.5m ($3.3m) investment over three years. [...]

Having partnered with Sc.wén̓wen Economic Development and Kruger Kamloops Pulp, ECF intends to install an electrolyser at the site of Kruger’s Kamloops pulp mill. The up to four tonnes per day of hydrogen generated by the facility would replace around 16% of the mill’s natural gas use, which could cut carbon dioxide emissions by around 7,000 tonnes per year. Additionally, the 32 tonnes of oxygen produced through electrolysis daily would be reused in the mill’s operations to improve pulp processing and whitening, while reducing the use of “harsher chemicals”. Kruger acquired the Kamloops mill from Domtar in 2022. The facility [...]

The Letter of Intent was signed by Hynfra CEO Tomoho Umeda and Promet-Plast founder Andrzej Jeżewski to support projects in Egypt, Oman, Jordan and Mauritania. The partnership will apply Promet-Plast’s renewable, storage and hydrogen integration technologies across Hynfra’s 1.1 million tonne-per-year green ammonia developments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Promet-Plast has already demonstrated its approach at the Oława ECO Energy Cluster in Poland, one of the country’s most advanced integrated renewable–energy, storage, and hydrogen systems, and the testbed for its proprietary Agro-Hydro-Energy (AHE) platform. Designed for arid environments, the AHE system addresses the water scarcity and resource-management [...]