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February 22, 2021 | 3 min read February 22, 2021 | 3 min readHere are the news items that you may have missed for February 20 & 21, 2021
HPS Home Power Solutions Receives 2021 Handelsblatt Energy Award for its Hydrogen Power Storage System
February 21, 2021 | 3 min read February 21, 2021 | 3 min readBerlin–Berlin-based HPS Home Power Solutions is pleased to announce it has received the 2021 Handelsblatt Energy Award in the category of “Smart City” for its picea system, the first marketable independent, solar-hydrogen powered CO2 free home energy system worldwide. The award was given by a top-class jury.
First Hydrogen Bus in Münster – “Hydrogen Moves Me”
February 21, 2021 | 3 min read February 21, 2021 | 3 min readFor the electrification of the bus fleet, Stadtwerke Münster is relying on a mixture of electric buses and those with hydrogen tanks and fuel cells.
Brazil: State Government Formalizes Partnership With Ufc and Private Sector to Install Green Hydrogen Hub in Pecém
February 21, 2021 | 5 min read February 21, 2021 | 5 min readThe Government of the State of Ceará, the Federal University of Ceará (UFC) and the private sector took the first step in the program to install a green hydrogen hub (distribution pole) at the Pecém Industrial and Port Complex (CIPP), located 60 km from Fortaleza.
Danieli, Leonardo and Saipem Working Together for the Green Conversion of Steel
February 21, 2021 | 2 min read February 21, 2021 | 2 min read- Cooperation for more sustainable, hi-tech and competitive production
Danieli, Leonardo and Saipem have signed a framework agreement to work together on projects both in Italy – particularly in the South – and abroad, for the sustainable conversion of energy-intensive primary plants in the steel sector by driving and integrating an Italian technological and production chain that constitutes a world-class excellence.
Japan: Consortium Releases Update Activities Report of Hydrogen Utilization Study Group in Chubu
February 20, 2021 | 3 min read February 20, 2021 | 3 min readThe Hydrogen Utilization Study Group in Chubu, of which Toyota is a member, has conducted concrete studies with the aim of creating a large-scale demand for hydrogen and building a supply chain for stable hydrogen utilization in the Chubu region, since its launch in March 2020.
GREENSTAT AS: Enters Into a Strategic Cooperation with Aker Clean Hydrogen
February 20, 2021 | 2 min read February 20, 2021 | 2 min readBergen–GREENSTAT AS (GREENSTAT) announced today that it has entered into a strategic cooperation with Aker Clean Hydrogen (ACH) with the aim of developing, designing, building, owning, and operating green hydrogen facilities and related initiatives.
Hydrogen is traded as a beacon of hope for environmentally friendly transport. In many energy-hungry industrial sectors, volatile gas is even seen as the ideal route to greater climate friendliness without any alternative. Steel manufacturers, chemical companies and refineries want to use hydrogen from green electricity to produce greener in the future.
imec, VITO Working on Improving Electrolyzers to Make Hydrogen More Competitive
February 20, 2021 | 5 min read February 20, 2021 | 5 min readTogether with imec, VITO will be working in the coming years to develop a demonstration version of an electrolysis platform that is capable of producing green hydrogen cheaply and efficiently. Ideally, this hydrogen will soon be produced en masse in wind farms and solar farms outside Europe.
Ceramic Fuel Cell with Improved Stability by Reducing Nickel: Performance is Also Increased by 1.5 times
February 20, 2021 | 4 min read February 20, 2021 | 4 min read- Nano-structured nickel catalyst with thin film deposition technology and succeeded in reducing the content by 1/20
- Suppressing oxidation-reduction destruction of nickel, securing both stability and high performance of ceramic fuel cells
A domestic research team developed a ceramic fuel cell that secured both stability and high performance while reducing the amount of catalyst to 1/20.
