Hexagon Composites has been selected to receive a development award for compressed hydrogen cylinders for new fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) models. The value of the development contract is greater than USD 10 million (approximately NOK 80 million) and is targeted to run until 2020. "We are excited to be selected for these projects with [...]
Honda has been working with Wenger Engineering (a german company working in electromobility) for a long time to make hydrogen refueling faster and more efficient. The approach is called "MC Method” or “MC Formula". Honda, the inventor, has decided to publish a software that would help station designers and engineers apply it correctly. This software [...]
The California Fuel Cell Partnership announces the opening of California’s 29th retail hydrogen station in San Ramon. Built by The Linde Group, this new station is their third retail hydrogen station in the Golden state. Linde developed California’s first retail station in West Sacramento and also operates one in San Juan Capistrano. California is working [...]
Researchers from RMIT University in Australia have developed a solar paint that can absorb water vapour and split it to generate hydrogen – the cleanest source of energy. The paint contains a newly developed compound that acts like silica gel, which is used in sachets to absorb moisture and keep food, medicines and electronics fresh [...]
In the quest for greater mileage per charge, electric car batteries are getting much bigger. But since battery production is energy consuming and to some extent cancels out climate benefit, it is vital that production becomes more energy efficient and that the use of fossil electricity is minimized, reveals a report that IVL Swedish Environmental [...]
The joint venture H2 Mobility Deutschland and its partners Air Liquide, Daimler, Linde and Shell officially opened two new hydrogen refuelling stations today in Frankfurt and Wiesbaden. The new sites are both conveniently located directly on the A661 and A66 motorways at key points of intersection for people driving from north to south through Germany. [...]
Ricardo Strategic Consulting is collaborating with the California Fuel Cell Partnership to provide economic modelling tools that will enable the assessment of total cost of ownership of future fuel cell trucks, and hydrogen stations necessary to support commercial operation. Founded in 1999, the California Fuel Cell Partnership (CaFCP) is an industry-government collaboration that aims to [...]
A new joint procurement activity has just been launched in Germany thanks to FCH JU funded project JIVE. Wuppertal based WSW mobil GmbH has tendered the procurement of 63 fuel cell buses for operation in public transport. WSW is coordinating the joint procurement for its partners Verkehrs‐Verbund Mainz‐ Wiesbaden GmbH, traffiQ Frankfurt, Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH [...]
The energy storage and clean fuel company is rapidly developing market for refuelling fuel cell electric buses (FCEBs). ITM Power has £23.02m of projects under contract and a further £4.16m of contracts in the final stages of negotiation constituting a total pipeline of £27.18m. In an update, the company announces to have secured £5.5m for its [...]
Even if electrification and various hybrid and alternative fuel solutions are already attracting a lot of attention, the swedish truck manufacturer believes it's time to think about hydrogen fuel-cell technology. The company is in partnership with Norwegian goods wholesaler Asko to test hydrogen gas propulsion in trucks. In that configuration, the trucks are fitted with [...]