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US: Farewell to a Hydrogen Pioneer, Pushed Out by Musk-Era Cuts The hydrogen community was saddened by the announcement of Sunita Satyapal’s departure from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE),…
BOxHy Project: Lhyfe Moves Towards Practical Ocean Reoxygenation Flexens, Lhyfe, and the University of Stockholm have unveiled the findings of the BOxHy * project. This initiative evaluates the feasibility of…
New Cosmos Electric: The safe handling of hydrogen in the mobility of tomorrow Hydrogen, is one of the most promising clean energy sources driving the shift towards carbon neutrality. However,…
French-Moroccan agreement on carbon-free hydrogen research An agreement was signed on 4 July in Rabat between IRESEN (French for Research Institute for Solar Energy and New Energies), SATT Paris-Saclay and…
A hydrogen cooperation in sight between France and Morocco A week ago, the French Minister of Economy travelled to Rabat for a Morocco-France business forum. The event provided an opportunity…
Toyota sets up a hydrogen research centre in the United States In a symbolic move, Toyota has decided to locate a dedicated hydrogen research centre in California. The centre will…
Symbio: a new research centre in Switzerland? According to Swiss newspaper La Liberté, The Swiss subsidiary of Symbio is planning to set up a research centre in Corminboeuf, near Fribourg in…
AVL and Red Bull are to develop a high-performance fuel cell Both involved in motor racing, AVL and Red Bull have announced the development of an ultra-efficient and more compact…
Hopium: major breakthrough for its fuel cell The French start-up has announced the launch of prototypes production. This is the commercial version of its fuel cell, available in two versions:…
Innoplate starts production of its bipolar plates The joint venture between Symbio and Schaeffler began operations in the first quarter of this year at its plant in Haguenau, eastern France.…
Intelligent Energy unveils a new fuel cell for the automotive industry Smaller and more powerful, the Intelligent Energy fuel cell could be a game-changer. The British manufacturer describes it as…
Opposed piston hydrogen engine: a solution for heavy mobility? The Argonne National Laboratory (Illinois) and Achates Power have proven that it is possible to run an opposed piston engine on…
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…
Lhyfe warns of the risks of oxygen depletion in the oceans Lhyfe is involved in the production of green hydrogen from offshore wind farms, and hopes to use the oxygen…
Caffeine to boost fuel cells? Researchers at the University of Chiba in Japan have discovered that the use of caffeine in electrodes improves oxygen reduction, thereby increasing fuel cell efficiency…
Agfa picks-up the pace in alkaline electrolyser membranes The Belgian group, Agfa, has received a European subsidy to increase production of its alkaline electrolyser membranes. At the same time, it…
EPFL: A catalyst to turn ammonia into hydrogen The EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) has announced that one of its researchers has developed a catalyst that enables ammonia to…
Japanese researchers explore an ammonia-powered combustion engine While the combustion engine is staying strong, with the possibility of extending it with e-fuels or hydrogen, Sophia University in Tokyo prefers to…
H2Marine: a project to test high-power fuel cells PowerCell and EHGroup will be able to test high-power fuel cells (250-300 kW) as part of a project involving Europe and Switzerland…
A hydrogen-powered motorbike is on the drawing board in Europe A German-Czech consortium of manufacturers and research bodies is developing a hydrogen motorbike with a fuel cell. The project is…
Solhyd: A solar panel that produces hydrogen from air and light Developed by researchers at the University of Leuven in Belgium, the technology is now being run by a start-up…
The IMT Nord Europe receives a €10 M grant to run the project ECOHYDRO Based in Douai (northern France), the engineering school has obtained a grant from the European Commission…
Hyundai and Kia develop the PEM membrane of their fuel cell While Hyundai is due to speak today in Las Vegas, on the eve of the *CES, about its vision…
A fuel cell with a doubled power density in China Although it went unnoticed, this announcement from Tianjin University on 28 December 2023 could reshuffle the deck. Professor Jiao Kui's…
Boxhy project: Lhyfe wants to reoxygenate the Baltic Sea Alongside its developments in offshore wind power, the green hydrogen producer wants to help reoxygenate the oceans. There's news from Flexens…
The United States releases $59 million for low-carbon hydrogen In a press release, the United States' Department of Energy announced a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) for up to 59 million…
Vallourec launches massive hydrogen storage in tubes Under the name Delphy, Vallourec is proposing to facilitate large-scale storage of gaseous hydrogen using tubes. As a matter of fact, columns of…
The French Army is turning to hydrogen On 16 November, the departmental military delegation of Morbihan (Brittany) organised a conference under the patronage of the Morbihan prefect, Pascal Bolot, at…
"Understanding why existing hydrogen fuel cell prototypes degrade can pave the way for more durable fuel cells." This is the premise of this new study coming from Australia. Towards more durable,…
Quantum simulation to revolutionise fuel cells? Airbus, BMW and Quantinuum have decided to join forces to better understand the chemical reactions of catalysts in fuel cells. The three partners plan…
Ballard, the fuel cell manufacturer, is implementing a plan to reduce the cost of new-generation bipolar plates, while increasing production capacities. Mass production is to start by the end of…
Solid storage of hydrogen in the final of the Inventor Award Launched in 2006 by the European Patent Office (EPO), the European Inventor Award acts as an incentive among researchers.…
The Biden administration has made a significant stride towards a cleaner energy future with its latest initiative, injecting $750 million into the clean hydrogen program. This substantial funding, allocated through…
Hydrogen engines will be very well represented at ConExpo Several manufacturers will present their hydrogen-powered engines at ConExpo, North America’s largest construction trade show, to be held in mid-March in…
E-lobio : a European project to produce hydrogen from biomass A European scientific consortium has launched the e-lobio research project whose aim is to simultaneous produce green hydrogen and synthetic molecules…
A team of researchers* from UNSW Australia developed an algorithm to improve the understanding of what is happening inside a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC). This new process, detailed…
Using unpretreated seawater to produce green hydrogen A team of researchers from the University of Adelaide have successfully obtained hydrogen from seawater, without desalinating it, and using a cheap catalyst.…
Europe is the world leader in hydrogen patents According to a joint study by the European Patent Office (EPO) and the International Energy Agency (IEA), Europe has filed 28% of…
Scholars from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) have discovered that sound waves can produce 14 times more hydrogen during electrolysis, while preventing bubbles from forming on the electrodes.…
The Hyflexpower* consortium is delighted with the success of an industrial-scale Power-to-H2-to-Power demonstrator in the French department of Vienne. This programme, which is located at the Smurfit Kappa paper mill…
A tribune to stand up for green hydrogen They are 7 entrepreneurs having signed this text in La Tribune (a French weekly financial newspaper). It is an appeal to the…
Hyliko H2 trucks will be equipped with French batteries The hydrogen mobility operator, Hyliko, has chosen Forsee Power's batteries to equip its first H2 trucks. Forsee Power has positioned itself…
Orange hydrogen? We already knew about grey, blue and green hydrogen. Here is the orange version, named after a process developed by the CNRS (the French National Centre for Scientific…
French hydrogen technocampus in Francazal is moving forward The projet for a technocampus dedicated to green hydrogen -due in 2024 on the former French military airport of Francazal- has taken…
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…
Hydrogen Gas Cartridge Filter Using Graphene Film Thomas Institute for Technology Research located in the United States of America is announcing a unique, innovative, proprietary solution to filtering and separating…
Underwater background 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…
South Korea wants to boost fuel cell technology According to the Korea Herad, the governement in Seoul wants to boost demand for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and…
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 smartphones…
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 with…
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…
