Volgren signs landmark hydrogen partnership with Wrightbus

Australia’s largest bus body builder Volgren has partnered with leading European hydrogen bus manufacturer, Wrightbus to make fuel cell electric buses for the Australian market. Volgren, headquartered in Dandenong, Victoria, expects to deliver the first hydrogen fuel cell bus in the first quarter of 2023. The partnership follows on the heels of Volgren’s successful grant

Hydrogen project in central Utah will be largest in world

What is touted to be the world’s largest industrial green hydrogen production and storage facility received a conditional commitment of more than $504 million in federal funding, a big development for the Advanced Clean Energy Storage project. And it will be near Delta in Millard County in central Utah, which is already home to Enel

Dastur Energy to partner with Coal India in setting up blue hydrogen plant

Dastur Energy, a division of consultancy major M N Dastur, has given a presentation to the ministry of coal for setting up a blue hydrogen plant with Coal India (CIL). Sources said that the plan is to set up a commercial scale demonstration plant in the east. According to the coal ministry, the presentation was

Banning Russian LNG tough without supply alternatives

Japan’s trade minister said it would be difficult for the Group of Seven nations to ban Russian liquefied natural gas imports unless alternative suppliers can be found. The G-7 nations including Japan have decided to ban or phase out coal and oil imports from Russia as part of sanctions imposed in response to its invasion

Niedersachsen Ports’ contract for construction of first LNG terminal in Germany

The first pile driving was set in Wilhelmshaven to build Germany’s first LNG terminal. In view of the need to reorganize the energy supply, the project is being advanced under enormous time constraints. The necessary steps must be taken to prevent the occurrence of a gas shortage and to achieve independence from Russian gas supplies.

CMA CGM joins in exploring green hydrogen from renewable power

CMA CGM is joining an innovative demonstrator project underway in Europe exploring the production of green hydrogen from renewable power, e-methane, and the reuse of captured CO2 to produce new synthetic fuels. Known as the Jupiter 1000 project being piloted by GRTgaz, the operator of France’s gas transmission network, the goal is to convert renewable

LNG for PGNiG to Klaipeda terminal delivered

The delivery of almost 65 000 t of LNG from the US is a step towards further integration of gas markets in this part of Europe and strengthening of their energy security. The gas came from a liquefaction plant in Freeport, Texas. Iwona Waksmundzka-Olejniczak, President of the PGNiG S.A. Management Board, said: “The first delivery

Australian R&D puts low-cost hydrogen within reach

Local researchers have unlocked a way to produce low-cost hydrogen from renewable electricity, which is now on the road to commercialisation. Australian hydrogen technology developer Hysata says its breakthrough puts within reach the cost of producing hydrogen at a cost competitive with gas – $2 per kilogram. Hard-to-abate sectors including steel manufacturing, heavy transport and

First hydrogen’s LCVs operational testing to begin soon

First Hydrogen Corp. has announced that its two MAN-based fuel cell-powered light commercial demonstrator vehicles (LCV), equipped with Ballard Power Systems’ (Ballard) fuel cells and currently being built by AVL Powertrain UK, are on schedule to commence operational testing next month. These two vehicles are expected to be road legal by September 2022 allowing for

NREL looks to perovskites for enhanced hydrogen production

Perovskite materials may hold the potential to play an important role in a process to produce hydrogen in a renewable manner, according to analysis from scientists at the US-based National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The NREL team analysed an emerging water-splitting technology called solar thermochemical hydrogen (STCH) production. The technique potentially can be more energy