Horiba: a mobile test centre in container form
Horiba: a mobile test centre in container form The Japanese company, Horiba, is introducing the HyBOPS system (Fuel cell system testing controller), which is a container that can incorporate all…
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EODev generators back at the Australian F1 Grand Prix
EODev generators back at the Australian F1 Grand Prix Through its customer Blue Diamond Machinery, the French manufacturer will once again power the fan zone with zero emissions. Last year,…
Nissan to power its facilities with the SOFC technology
Nissan to power its facilities with the SOFC technology The Japanese carmaker is currently testing the SOFC technology powered by bioethanol for stationary use. Large-scale deployment is scheduled for 2030.…
Ballard: a 15 MW order for stationary use
Ballard: an order of 15 MW of fuel cells for stationary use The Canadian company Ballard, has received a purchase order of 150 fuel cells from an English company specialised…
HDF Energy progresses on its power plant projects
HDF Energy progresses on its power plant projects As the company prepares to move into new facilities and open its gigafactory in Blanquefort in southwestern France, HDF Energy is announcing…
Spain: green hydrogen to heat a hospital and generate oxygen
Spain: green hydrogen to heat a hospital and generate oxygen The BDR Thermea group, which specialises in commercial water and space heating systems, has deployed a boiler in Spain that runs on 100% green…
EODev raises 46 million euros
A new fundraising for EODev EODev, the spin-off company from Energy Observer, has announced a major fundraising. It welcomes new shareholders to support its development plan. Headed by Jérémie Lagarrigue,…
Address by French astronaut Michel Tognini
Michel Tognini (a French astronaut), the third key speaker at event Le Mans Hydrogène, spoke, on September 27 in Le Mans, live from the International Space Station… or quite. After…
H2SYS in search of €800,000
The generators manufacturer has launched a crowdfunding campaign on the Wiseed platform. It wants to raise €800,000 by May (about $860,000). The objective of the fundraising on Wiseed is to…
Bulane burns with enthusiasm following a €14 million new financing
Bulane burns with enthusiasm following a €14 million new financing The Hérault-based company Bulane has just raised €14 million (about $15.2 million) with which it will be able to develop…
BMW also uses hydrogen in factories
BMW also uses hydrogen in factories The German manufacturer BMW, which is launching a small series of fuel cell-powered iX5 this year, has found other virtues in hydrogen. It has…
Honda is over the moon
As part of an agreement with JAXA, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, Honda will study a hydrogen-based renewable energy production method to power a base and rovers on the moon.…
Borne: France means to be a hydrogen leader
While paying a visit to Plastic Omnium in Oise, the Prime Minister spoke about the H2 plan. Elisabeth Borne visited Plastic Omnium's Alphatech site in Compiègne (Oise) on Wednesday 28th September. Ministers Bruno…
Lhyfe places a major order with Plug Power
Lhyfe has placed an order with Plug Power for ten PEM-type electrolyser systems of 5 megawatts each. This is the largest order of this kind ever made by a French…
EODev’s H2 generator delivered in the US
H2 generator of EODev delivered in the US The Energy Observer subsidiary has signed an agreement with Generac Power Systems, a company that provides backup power and energy storage solutions in…
EODev partner of SailGP in France
EODev partner of SailGP in France The subsidiary of Energy Observer had deployed two hydrogen generators in Saint Tropez to supply energy to part of the reception areas until September…
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Launching of the world’s largest fund for low-carbon hydrogen infrastructures
fonds-invest Air Liquide, TotalEnergies and VINCI have decided to join forces alongside other major international industrial players to create the world's largest fund for the development of low-carbon hydrogen infrastructures.…
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First feedback on GRTGaz and Terega H2 review
GRTGaz and Terega have received more than 130 responses following a nationwide review of low-carbon and renewable hydrogen market players which was launched last June. In addition, the players requested…
62 projects in Germany for the IPCEI
According to “Les Echos” (a French national newspaper), 62 projects have been selected by the German government as part of the Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI/PIEC) for a…
McPhy has found a new CEO specialised in scaling up
McPhy has announced the appointment of Jean-Baptiste Lucas as the company's new CEO. He will take office on October 18. The former Péchiney employee has held positions related to innovation,…
France 2030 Plan : Key figures
The France 2030 Plan, recently unveiled by the Head of State, presents a comprehensive and forward-thinking strategy aimed at shaping the nation's future. With a substantial allocation of €30 billion…
France wants to be the leader in green hydrogen by 2030
Emmanuel Macron took the floor this morning to present France 2030: an investment plan that amounts to 30 billion euros over 5 years. It aims to develop industrial competitiveness and…
IEA calls for faster and stronger action on decarbonised hydrogen
Rapport-AIE-2021 The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released its report on hydrogen as it does every year. "Governments need to act faster and more decisively", it says. While in 2019,…
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TotalEnergies and Air Liquide to produce low-carbon hydrogen
TotalEnergies and Air Liquide to produce low-carbon hydrogen The decarbonisation of the industrial area is underway in Normandy. Air Liquide will take over and operate a TotalEnergies platform as part…
French national hydrogen strategy: new objectives for 2030
French national hydrogen strategy: new objectives for 2030 On the occasion of the Hydrogen Days in the Territories in Dunkirk, “France Hydrogène” presented the results of a study* called "Trajectory…
Greenmot presents H2 retrofit at the Dunkirk days
The Villefranche sur Saône SME, which attended with a stand the “Journées Hydrogène dans les Territoires” (Hydrogen days in the territories) in Dunkirk, has been mobilising since the beginning…
Lhyfe has started producing green hydrogen in the Vendée
Lhyfe has started producing green hydrogen in the Vendée According to Ouest France the French start-up based in Nantes, Lhyfe has started producing green hydrogen from electricity "generated by windmills…
Caterpillar gets into hydrogen generator set
The American corporation has announced the arrival of generator sets running 100% on hydrogen (including renewable energy) by the end of the year. These systems will be made on demand.…
Launching of a H2 cluster in the Côtes d’Armor
On 31 August, 270 decision-makers from the French department attended the birth of the Côtes d'Armor H2 cluster, supported by the CCI, the SDE22, the St Brieuc Agglomeration, the Brittany…
A 4 billion pounds plan for hydrogen in UK
The UK’s first-ever Hydrogen Strategy drives forward the commitments laid out in the Prime Minister’s ambitious 10 Point Plan for a green industrial revolution. The country has an ambition for…
A fruitless controversy around blue hydrogen
Those opposing to hydrogen can be delighted: an American study concludes that blue hydrogen is not green hydrogen. What a discovery! It all started with a study led by two…
Everfuel on the verge to launch Europe’s largest electrolyser
Everfuel on the verge to launch Europe’s largest electrolyser Everfuel, the Danish start-up which is very active in Northern Europe in the construction of stations, has announced the imminent construction…
Chile: a future leader of green hydrogen?
The newspaper “Le Monde” dedicated an article to this country, one of Latin America’s most righteous regarding renewable energies. The daily newspaper reminds that in November 2020 the Chilean…
Air Liquide to install a 30 MW electrolyser in Germany
Air Liquide to install a 30 MW electrolyser in Germany The French group is stepping up its involvement in green hydrogen. It plans to build a unit in Oberhausen, Germany,…
Hyzon Motors and Raven SR to Build Waste-to-Hydrogen Hubs
Hyzon Motors and Raven SR to Build Waste-to-Hydrogen Hubs Hyzon and Raven SR agree to work together and building up to 100 hydrogen hubs across the US and globally. The…
Plug Power to build the largest green hydrogen facility in the US
Plug Power to build the largest green hydrogen facility in the US The company announces the construction of a new state-of-the-art green hydrogen production facility and electric substation in the…
120 tons of green hydrogen produced by HyBalance in Denmark
Power-to-Hydrogen becomes a reality. HyBalance, one of Europe’s first facilities for the production of hydrogen by PEM water electrolysis on an industrial scale, has achieved a number of important results.…
France: More than 150 Parliamentarians are Calling for “a Massive Hydrogen Plan”
Dear Hydrogen Today readers, As you are all aware of, H2 is really becoming now a strategic part of the energy transition in the world, and notably in Europe since…
New ambitions for IEA’s Hydrogen TCP
IEA’s Hydrogen TCP* undergoes a major renovation to reinforce the global implementation of hydrogen and international collaboration. This renovation is based on the following three pillars: - The new Strategic…
Hydrogen Europe CEOs ready to support Clean Hydrogen Alliance
Hydrogen Europe members share the common vision to promote hydrogen as an enabler of the post-corona economy and a zero-emission society and are willing to swiftly engage with the European…
Hydrogen cost to decrease by 50 % by 2030
As Hydrogen Council gathers in Versailles, for a meeting, and welcomes 22 new members, a new study has been relesed. This report (Path to Hydrogen Competitiveness: A Cost Perspective) shows…
Ballard receives an order from Weichai in China
Ballard Power Systems announced receipt of a purchase order from Weichai Ballard Hy-Energy Technologies Co., Ltd*, a company based in China. The order is for Membrane Electrode Assemblies (MEAs) valued…
The Hydrogen Council and EIB team up to finance H2 projects
The Hydrogen Council, a global initiative of CEOs representing energy, transport, and industry organisations advocating for the accelerated deployment of hydrogen solutions, and the European Investment Bank (EIB), one of…
Powercell to release a new fuel cell system for applications on land and at sea
The swedish company has developed a new and improved version of its MS-100 fuel cell system which will be presented at the Fuel Cell Seminar & Energy Exposition in California…
Sunfire partners with Total to produce green methanol and hydrogen
Sunfire, a leading global cleantech company*, has signed a cooperation agreement with the French major energy company Total SA. The german company will provide a megawatt-scale high temperature electrolyser (HyLink…
Carole Delga, President of Occitanie Region
Occitanie Region, France, makes the hydrogen case with a 150 million euros plan
It’s been a long way until now to make the case for hydrogen, and still, a long way to go remains. But hydrogen energy cannot be hidden under the carpet…
Davos : Hyundai Executive Vice Chairman calls for Int’l Cooperation in hydrogen
Hyundai Motor Group’s Executive Vice Chairman Euisun Chung calls for increased international cooperation to help tackle global climate challenges, as he is appointed co-chair of the Hydrogen Council, a global…
New members join the Hydrogen Council
The Hydrogen Council, a global CEO coalition for hydrogen technologies, has just gained an additional 14 members, a second major wave of growth this year. Eight companies join the group…
Chinese companies invest in Ballard Power systems
Chinese companies invest in Ballard Power systems Ballard Power Systems has announced today that it has entered into a strategic collaboration with Weichai Power. This includes a substantial equity investment…
Toyota backs Low-carbon Hydrogen plan in Aichi (Japan)
Have you ever heard about Aichi Low-carbon Hydrogen Supply Chain 2030 Vision ? This project involves in Japan the Aichi prefectural government, companies operating within the prefecture, municipal authorities, and…
Toyota supports innovative hydrogen energy solutions
The Toyota Mobility Foundation (TMF) has selected ten researchers to receive grants from the research program to support innovative hydrogen energy solutions launched last year. The Hydrogen Research Initiative started…
New members for the Hydrogen Council
New members for the Hydrogen Council Launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos in early 2017, the Hydrogen Council welcomes 11 new members from Asia, North America and Europe.…
310 hydrogen refuelling stations in korea by 2022
In early february, executives from leading international oil & gas, energy, science & technology and automotive companies gathered in Seoul for a first-of-its-kind strategic dialogue with the Korean government on…
18 CEOs meet at COP 23 to present first-of-its-kind global roadmap for hydrogen
Publically presented today in Bonn, Germany, the joint study by the Hydrogen Council will articulate how hydrogen technologies have an important role in achieving global commitments set forth in the…
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Daimler finds a new use case for automotive fuel cell technology
Daimler with its 100% owned subsidiary NuCellSys and together with Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America (MBRDNA) and Daimler Innovations Lab1886 is now expanding the use case of the innovative…
Researchers look inside fuel cells to prevent oxidation
One issue that impacts the lifetime of the fuel cell is the oxidation, or breakdown, of its central electrolyte membrane. The process leads to formation of holes in the membrane…
Ballard Invited to Join World Hydrogen Council
Ballard Power Systems announced that it has been invited to join the internationally-recognized World Hydrogen Council as a supporting member. The Hydrogen Council is a global CEO-level advisory body providing…
Hydrogen: AREVA H2Gen is heading to China
French manufacturer of Electrolysers, AREVA H2Gen, will be participating in China’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Exhibition (CHFCE), the largest International exhibition in this country regarding hydrogen and this promising energy…
Hexagon gets a 10 M$ deal for fuel cell vehicles
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…
Hydrogen produced from water vapour thanks to a solair paint
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…
Canada is preparing a zero emission strategy including hydrogen
Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport and Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, announced that the Government of Canada is moving forward with provincial and territorial partners, industry…
Hannover Fair : AREVA H2Gen discloses the concept of a high-capacity hydrogen production plant
At the Hannover Fair, AREVA H2Gen reveals, on its booth, its innovating concept for a large capacity electrolysis plant (60 MW). The company will also present a 1 MW "stack",…
Amazon invests in a hydrogen company
Plug Power announced that it has reached an agreement with Amazon to utilize Plug Power fuel cells and hydrogen technology in its fulfillment network, instead of lead acid batteries to power…
GM and Honda name execs for their joint venture on hydrogen
The two car makers announced the executive structure for their recently established joint venture company, Fuel Cell System Manufacturing (FCSM). Suheb Haq of GM will serve as the first president of…
Toyota Commences the Use of Fuel Cell Forklifts
The Japanese group announces today that it has started using two fuel cell forklifts, which have been manufactured by Toyota Industries Corporation, at its Motomachi Plant located in Toyota City, Aichi…
Hydrogen Gas Cartridge Filter Using Graphene Film
Thomas Institute for Technology Research is announcing a unique, innovative, proprietary solution to filtering and separating hydrogen gas from all other gases using graphene selective absorption method. The TITR device is…
Hydrogen City : a vision for 2040
According to Andy Marsh, CEO of Plug Power, 2040 will be the year that hydrogen fuel cells are the power source of choice for all kinds of devices. However, even if hydrogen…
Batteries or hydrogen?
The improvement in battery technologies will not solve the electric mobility issue
Battery-based solutions are useful for electric mobility. But when you expect too much from the technology, you tend to forget that physics is what it is, i.e. harsh and inescapable,…
Hydrogen soon produced from algae ?
Tel Aviv University’s researchers discovered how to produce hydrogen from this kind of microscopic. The research was conducted by the School of Plant Sciences and Food Security at the TAU’s Faculty…
Tokyo opens Hydrogen Museum
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) and the Tokyo Environmental Public Service Corporation (TEPSC) are pleased to announce the opening of the Hydrogen Museum (Tokyo Suiso-miru). Since July 27th, this center welcomes visitors to promote…
Hydrogen gas oceans under seas ?
Rocks formed beneath the ocean floor by fast-spreading tectonic plates may be a large and previously overlooked source of free hydrogen gas (H2), a new Duke University study suggests. The…
Leeds : a future hydrogen city ?
Leeds should be the first city in the UK to convert its gas grid to hydrogen to help meet carbon reduction targets, BBC News reports. Northern Gas Networks (NGN) claims…
Intelligent Energy saved by a £30m loan ?
According to the Telegraph, the British company that aims to revolutionise smartphones by replacing batteries with hydrogen fuel cells seems to have been saved, thanks to a £30m loan from…
Perovskites crystals : a revolution for the fuel cells ?
According to IEEE Spectrum, crystals known as perovskites could improve fuel cells, as they already did for solar cells. By exposing a perovskite to hydrogen fuel, the scientists found that…
Power to Hydrogen: the ultimate e-fuel ?
The EHA (European Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association) thinks that the EU is going soon to consider hydrogen as an e-fuel. It refers to a statement, made by Marie Donnelly,…
ITM Power to deploy an electrolyzer in Scotland
The energy storage and clean fuel company has received a €5m EU grant for the BIG HIT (Building Innovative Green Hydrogen systems in an Isolated Territory) project funded by the Fuel…
Japan even more ambitious on hydrogen
Japan has revised its Strategic Roadmap for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells with more ambitious targets. If today 500 fuel cell vehicles are on the roads, the country plans to have…
H2 MOBILITY appoints Nikolas Iwan as new Managing Director
H2 MOBILITY Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG has entered into the next project phase for the establishment of a hydrogen refuelling station network in Germany. A three-year phase commences in…
Fuel cell powered smartphones coming soon ?
Intelligent Energy, the fuel cell technology company, is delighted to announce that it has signed a Joint Development Agreement with an emerging smartphone OEM with the goal to develop embedded…
Japan’s strong ambitions for hydrogen in 2020
According to Bloomberg, Japan is aiming to have 40,000 hydrogen-powered cars on its roads by 2020, with plans for a 20-fold expansion to 800,000 by 2030. These figures come from…
Honda Clarity Fuel Cell hits Japan roads
Honda Motor Co. began sales in Japan of its all-new fuel cell vehicle (FCV), the Clarity Fuel Cell. It is the world’s first five-passenger sedan type FCV, realized by making…
Hybalance : a project for clean mobility in Denmark
Air Liquide is the coordinator of a new power to hydrogen project (PTH) to accelerate the development of a clean transportation network in Denmark. It is called HyBalance. This €15 m project* focuses…
Hydrogen coming soon in Toyota factories ?
According to the Asia Nikkei Review, Toyota Motor will begin tests of hydrogen as a power source at production facilities as early as this year. The aim is to tame…
Germany produces its first hydrogen plasma
This week, the Wendelstein 7-X - the world's largest stellarator-type fusion device at Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Greifswald - produced its first hydrogen plasma. At the push of…
Hydrogen Europe appoints first permanent Secretary General
Hydrogen Europe (formerly known as NEW-IG) has appointed its first permanent Secretary General, Mr. Jorgo Chatzimarkakis. This appointment marks another milestone in the association’s recent growth and reflects the tangible momentum in the sector.…
A new campaign to promote hydrogen in Germany
Thirteen partners from the worlds of politics, business and science came together to start the Wasserstoff Brennstoffzelle Deutschland (Hydrogen Fuel Cell Germany) initiative in 2015. Their goal was to get…
Fuel cell powered laptops, smartphones and drones at CES
Intelligent Energy is showcasing at CES 2016 a number of consumer electronic prototypes powered by an embedded hydrogen fuel cell. The prototypes will be on display throughout the week at…
JAQ coming soon to recharge smarphones with a fuel cell
The swedish company myFC is about to launch JAQ, the World´s smallest pocket sized fuel cell charger. Compatible with Android, iOS, Windows smartphones and tablets, this device provides green electricity…
Panasonic moving towards a hydrogen society
Panasonic showcased its innovative eco-conscious products and technologies under the theme, "A Better Life, A Better World" at Eco-Products 2015. This event was held at the Tokyo Big Sight from…
A new way to produce cleaner and cheaper hydrogen with Silicon Solar Cells
Scientists from Jülich research center in Luxembourg found a way to produce hydrogen, in an environmentally friendly manner. They have developed a multijunction solar cell made of silicon which can be manufactured…
Berkeley Lab awarded for fuel cells and hydrogen research
Berkeley Lab has been awarded $8 million for two new DOE research efforts, one to find new materials for hydrogen storage and another for optimizing fuel-cell performance and durability. In…
Low carbon automotive innovations could create millions of jobs by 2030 and help revitalize Europe’s growth
Europe could improve its growth prospects and create 500,000 to 1.1 million net additional jobs in 2030 through auto sector innovation. Increased technology to cut fuel consumption would allow the…
HyER leaves EHA to open its own office in Brussels
Since November 1, HyER (Hydrogen, fuel cells and electromobility in European Regions) is being operated as an independent office in Brussels. It's a new start for the organisation, that has been hosted…
First Danish customer receives his Toyota Mirai
First customers are being served in Europe by Toyota. On 22nd of October, the first Danish Mirai-customer – a family dad from Holstebro, in West Denmark – received the…
Germany on the way to having the world’s first inter-regional H2 supply network
Six industrial companies - Air Liquide, Daimler, Linde, OMV, Shell and Total - have formed a cross-sector joint venture, H2 MOBILITY Deutschland. KG. The creation of the limited partnership paves…
The Toyota Mirai victim of its success in the US ?
Toyota has announced that demand for the Mirai has exceeded production allocations for the 2016 model year on the US market. The company has received 1,900 order requests since the…
First public hydrogen station in Belgium
The construction just started for the very first public hydrogen station in Belgium. This hydrogen station will be open to the public by mid-2016, and will be built, maintained and operated…
Toyota Mirai : the innovation of the decade ?
According to Germany‘s Center of Automotive Management’s (CAM), the Toyota Mirai is the number one of the world’s 100 most significant automotive engineering innovations. To make their ranking, the CAM…
Angela Merkel welcomes Toyota Mirai at IAA
Angela Merkel welcomes Toyota Mirai at IAA Frankfurt Motor Show 2015 has been marked by a special visit to the Toyota stand: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has come today to…
Japan to test renewable CO2-free Hydrogen Supply Chain
Once more Japan is leading the way. Public and private sectors have decided to work together to trial a full-fledged carbon-neutral hydrogen supply chain powered by renewable wind energy. The trials…
