So much for “H2 ready“! As the first utility in Germany, the local utility of the City of Augsburg informed their customers that they will phase out their entire Gas network by 2040 and customers should plan ahead how to make the switch in the coming years. In my opinion: An important step in the decarbonization of our building stock!
Post-it this: 3M invests in H2 EVOLOH startup:
-Makes low-corrosion, liquid alkaline electrolyzers without rare earth or precious materials
-3M invested in oversubscribed $20 million series A with Engine Ventures & NextEra
Interview with the trucker who bought the first production Nikola fuel cell truck:
-When asked to rank the truck, the owner gave it a 99% score
-Owner of Nikola TRE number 11, the first 10 were prototypes
Cranfield University scores its largest grant because of hydrogen
-£69 million investment ($83 M), £23 from gov, £46 from industries and academia
-Leads research on H2 as aviation fuel
"#Texas has emerged as a leader in producing #hydrogen the cheaper way using abundant supplies of natural gas without capturing the carbon dioxide.
Little hydrogen is made from gas with #CarbonCapture or from water in the state — or the rest of the country.
Environmental groups worry the federal funding will prop up oil and gas companies, when the emphasis should be on making hydrogen from water or creating clean power another way."
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Swiss train manufacturer Stadler enters Guinness World Records with longest travel by hydrogen train:
-Flir train made 2,803 Km on one tank on 46 hours trip
VIP makes revolution in liquid hydrogen transport:
-VIP are Vacuum Insulated Panels
-VIP as tank walls allows LH2 transport in box shape containers
-Which would double ship's capacity for LH2 and cut costs by 80%
Aluminum production with hydrogen:
-Constellium goes ahead with industrial test for Aluminum production with H2
-Lab tests in 2022 found no ill effects on energy efficiency, oxidation rate & quality
-Results available on 3Q 2024
-Al emits 3% of global emissions
Das #Wasserstoff-Kernnetz kann Deutschland zum Vorreiter in Europa machen und der Wirtschaft neuen Schwung verleihen. Allerdings nur, wenn die Finanzierung gesichert ist.