Throwback Thursday

• The board of FNM, Lombardy’s leading public transport group, approves major investment in green railway transportation  

Alstom will supply six hydrogen fuel cell trains, with the option for eight more, to FNM (Ferrovie Nord Milano), the main transport and mobility group in the Italian region of Lombardy, for a total amount of approximately €160 million. The first train delivery is expected within 36 months of the date of the order.

• Hyundai and INEOS signed a memorandum of understanding to explore together new opportunities in the hydrogen economy
• Opportunities include production and supply of hydrogen as well as new hydrogen applications, technologies, and business models
• The two companies will also work together to explore the use of the Hyundai fuel cell system in the INEOS Grenadier vehicle

SEOUL / LONDON – Hyundai Motor Company and INEOS announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding to explore new opportunities to accelerate the global hydrogen economy.

Bosbüll – The first hydrogen production facilities for the eFarm project have been successfully handed over to the customer: A milestone for the hydrogen infrastructure in North Fresia and for Germany as a technology center.

Tokyo— Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced today the installation of a liquefied hydrogen storage tank for marine transport applications on the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier SUISO FRONTIER. Installation was carried out at Harima Works on March 7.

Düsseldorf —ABC-Logistik will carry out the second demonstration of the fuel cell truck running on hydrogen in the H2-Share project.

The vessel will be equipped with a 130 kW fuel cell system for a zero emission navigation

Trieste– The keel-laying ceremony of ZEUS – Zero Emission Ultimate Ship, an experimental fuel cell-powered marine vessel, was held at Fincantieri shipyard in Castellammare di Stabia. The vessel, first of its kind in the world, is to be delivered in 2021.

• Story from October 2020 as Storengy and GazelEnergie Join Forces to Develop the Hydrogen Sector in the Moselle Department

Storengy, ENGIE’s subsidiary specialising in gas storage and the development of renewable gases, and GazelEnergie, electricity producer and natural gas and power supplier, have signed a partnership agreement to develop a hydrogen territory in the Saint-Avold Agglomeration Community, based on the site of the Emile Huchet coal-power station which is to be restructured after the State decision to shut down all coal-fired power stations in France.

Since the European Union launched the “European Clean Hydrogen Alliance” last July, the hydrogen internal combustion engine has been increasingly in the spotlight in the mobility industry debate on zero-emission drive solutions.