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Rheinmetall’s Giga PtX concept envisions a network of several hundred modular plants across Europe capable of producing between 5,000 and 7,000 tonnes of CO2-neutral fuels annually. The facilities are expected to generate diesel, marine diesel, or kerosene, produced by combining green hydrogen with captured CO2. Sunfire’s pressurised alkaline electrolysers will be the basis for hydrogen production for the facilities. Further ahead, its solid oxide electrolysis (SOEC) technology could further boost efficiency by utilising waste heat from the process. Partner companies Greenlyte Carbon Technologies and Ineratec will contribute direct air capture and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis technologies, respectively, completing the e-fuel production chain. [...]

The university’s Integrated Cracking Burner (ICB) system converts a portion of ammonia into hydrogen using waste heat from combustion, feeding it back into the flame to enhance efficiency and stability without separate hydrogen storage or supply. The project was designed with future support for off-grid industrial sites in mind, which together burn about 4.5 million tonnes of oil per year in the UK – equivalent to 14 million tonnes of CO2 emissions. Cardiff University’s £3.4m ($4.4m) Amburn project, led by the School of Engineering and Net Zero Innovation Institute, is funded by the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and [...]

The funding will come from the Innovation Fund, using up to €40bn in revenues from the EU Emissions Trading System. The selected projects, drawn from 359 applications, span 19 industrial sectors and focus on energy-intensive industries, renewable energy and energy storage, net zero mobility and buildings, cleantech manufacturing and industrial carbon management. They include Luxia, Spain (green hydrogen for ammonia and methanol); Endor, Arcadia e-Fuels, Denmark (PtL for eSAF and eNAP using biogenic CO2 and hydrogen); H2CWay, Czech Republic – developing two IVECO FCEV buses; P2XH, Estonia – e-methanol production using green hydrogen for shipping and h2 for mobility; H2EAT, Italy [...]

Under a strategic collaboration, the two companies plan to deploy thermal plasma electrolysis (TPE) units at Agile’s Thainstone facility in Inverurie, which will process up to 200,000 tonnes of industrial and municipal waste per year. Agile is a UK-based developer of low-carbon energy parks – sites that combine waste processing, energy generation, and clean technology. The Thainstone Integrated Resource Facility (IRF) is currently under construction. The partners aim to integrate hydrogen production on-site and explore combining captured CO2 from the waste facility with HiiRoc’s hydrogen to produce low-carbon e-methanol. HiiRoc’s technology produces hydrogen from natural gas or biomethane using electric plasma, rather than water electrolysis. The British firm [...]

Fleet operators in Seoul and Vienna will use TAM’s new 700-bar hydrogen fuel low-entry city bus for public transport services. The bus model integrates a fuel cell system from Hyundai, hydrogen storage tanks, and a power control system. H2 View understands that TAM Europe currently has an annual production capacity of 500 electric commercial vehicles. Over the next three years, it plans to produce around 100 hydrogen-powered vehicles per year. Before the company went bankrupt in 2011, the Maribor-based manufacturer was one of the country’s largest vehicle producers. It was revived in 2013 after being acquired by China Hi-Tech Group [...]

Announced today (3 November) by Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen, the programme establishes a certification system to underpin Australia’s clean energy industries. The framework could extend to green metals and low-carbon fuels. The GO scheme is expected to give investors, exporters, and consumers “confidence in the carbon credentials” of Australian-made products. Aligned with global standards, Dr. Fiona Simon, CEO of the Australian Hydrogen Council (AHC), said the scheme signals that the nation is “open for business with a robust methodology.” Administered by the Clean Energy Regulator, two types of certificates can be awarded: Product GO (PGO), which records [...]

Aimed at promoting projects to strengthen the province’s economy and energy security, the government said hydrogen could help better manage peak energy demand through long-duration energy storage, as well as cutting emissions from heavy industries. The previous round awarded funding to 10 projects covering electrolysis, hubs, power plants, refuelling, storage, and blending. However, the new fund, split into two streams, will support the integration of low-carbon hydrogen into Ontario’s electricity grid and hydrogen use in transportation, manufacturing, and heavy industries through hubs. The fund will be administered by Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator, with applications due to close on 11 [...]

Policy-supported hydrogen project build-out will deliver more cost benefits in the long-term than incremental equipment price reductions. That was one of the messages from Siemens Energy’s Vice-President of Global Sales for Sustainable Energy Solutions, Manuel Kuehn, in a H2 View webinar, where he said demand creation should be the focus for policymakers. This is a paid article, to read the article in full you can sign in if you are subscribed or subscribe today.

Linde CEO Sanjiv Lamba warned the economic challenges facing green hydrogen go far beyond electrolyser costs, even as Chinese manufacturers drive down prices. Speaking during the industrial gas major’s Q3 results, Lamba said China’s alkaline electrolyser cost curve has been declining for “some time,” and expects the systems to be a “very good option” for green hydrogen projects. This is a paid article, to read the article in full you can sign in if you are subscribed or subscribe today.

The Estonian OEM first agreed to supply its Gateway200 module last year. Located near the Loviisa nuclear power plant, the electrolyser will use electricity from the main grid and household water sources to produce green hydrogen. With commissioning set to begin, the project is expected to be operational for around two years. “Our Gateway 1MW system is designed to meet the demands of industrial-scale green hydrogen production and will enable Fortum to harvest the potential of hydrogen,” explained Marko Virkebau, Stargate’s CEO. While the project will be used to gather data on hydrogen production, some of the green hydrogen produced [...]