USA

Houston, TX — Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc. (Southern Star), a U.S.-based interstate natural gas pipeline company and Cooper Machinery Services (Cooper), a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management, announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to launch a joint hydrogen research project aimed at converting Southern Star’s fleet of gas fired reciprocating integral engines to combination gas-hydrogen fired units.

• DOE Announces Nearly $200 Million to Reduce Emissions From Cars and Trucks

25 Research, Development, and Demonstration Projects Will Advance Electrification of Freight Trucks, Reduce Vehicle Emissions and Improve Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure

• Submission Period Open for Next Funding Round of Fast Charging and Hydrogen Fueling Grant Program 

Governor Tom Wolf today awarded $9.5 million to reduce diesel emissions, improve air quality, and promote clean transportation technologies.

• Joint Development Agreement extended through April 2022 to further develop carbonate fuel cell technology for large-scale carbon capture
• Advanced scope and timing discussions for pilot test at ExxonMobil location in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, leveraging the Porthos North Sea project
• FuelCell Energy’s proprietary technology is the only CO₂ capture technology capable of simultaneously capturing carbon dioxide and producing power, which is anticipated to deliver cost and scale advantages

• Jointly developed chemical looping process is used in B&W’s BrightLoop decarbonization and hydrogen production technology
• Can produce hydrogen, steam or syngas from variety of fuels

U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the Hydrogen Infrastructure Initiative, which is composed of three bills to support the deployment of hydrogen technologies and the buildout of the requisite infrastructure needed to transport, store, and deliver hydrogen. The bipartisan legislative package is cosponsored by U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM).