Danish greentech company GreenGo Energy has announced plans to develop, in cooperation with the Ringkøbing-Skjern municipality, a green energy park based on 4 GW of hybrid solar and wind energy, which is to be fed directly to the energy park, at the core of which will be a 2 GW green hydrogen production plant.
Element Resources has announced its plans to build and operate a major renewable hydrogen production facility in the City of Lancaster in California, less than 100 miles from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Element Resources will produce 20,000 tons of renewable hydrogen annually through its first phase.
On 20 January, the foundation stone of P2X Solutions’ green hydrogen and synthetic methane production plant in Harjavalta was laid. Scheduled to be completed in 2024, the facility is Finland’s first industrial-scale green hydrogen production plant that is progressing to the construction stage.
Ionomr Innovations’ Pemion® has achieved performance and durability testing results that surpass internationally recognized standards from the US Department of Energy and Hydrogen Europe, confirming the company’s hydrocarbon-based PEM and polymer is ready for widespread fuel cell applications.
Electrolysers range from small, appliance-size products to large, multi-megawatt-scale production facilities. In all cases quality and safety must be ensured. One of the major concerns when designing, building, operating or even talking about a hydrogen system is safety. Known for its high flammability range and small molecular size, hydrogen can easily leak, forming an explosive mixture if adequate measures are not taken. Taking adequate measures, however, can be a straightforward process if attention is paid to safety from the design on.
Proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysers and PEM fuel cells rely on platinum group metal (PGM) catalysts, notably platinum and iridium. Many see this as a challenge, given the rarity and value of the PGMs. In fact, if used efficiently, these metals will actually facilitate the development of a resilient supply chain. To understand why this is, let’s look at the PGM landscape and the implications for PEM technologies in more detail.
Among the recent entrants to the rapidly expanding universe of electrolyser manufacturers, Hystar is shining particularly brightly. Combining knowledge from the fuel cell industry with electrolyser technology, the Norwegian company claims to have developed the world’s most efficient PEM electrolyser. With market-ready solutions, Hystar is now gearing up to fully automate its production process and ramp up production capacity to gigawatt scale.
Hydrogen is a key element for the decarbonisation of industry, if low-emission production and logistics follow. However, so far there has been a deplorable lack of binding EU-wide sustainability criteria that cover the entire value chain. A certification assists companies to establish a position in the emerging market for hydrogen from renewables and to prepare for future requirements.
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