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Air Products and Mabanaft have announced their intention to build Germany’s first large-scale, green energy import terminal in the Port of Hamburg. Targeted to provide hydrogen to Germany in 2026, the planned import terminal is to be located at Mabanaft’s existing tank terminal in the Port.
Butt-weld fittings specialist Erne Fittings is set to present in-house developed and manufactured high-tech components for hydrogen transport. Recently, the company has been awarded certification from TÜV SÜD for its quality management system for the production of fittings for hydrogen pipelines.
Chemours has announced a planned USD 200 million investment to increase capacity and advance technology for its Nafion™ ion exchange materials. The investment will support growing demand for green hydrogen production, energy storage, and hydrogen conversion to power fuel cells.
Following the June inauguration of HYBRIT’s pilot rock cavern hydrogen storage facility, initial pressure tests with water confirmed the facility’s mechanical stability, tightness and pressure capacity. The facility was then filled with hydrogen gas and even reached the maximum operating pressure of 250 bar.
UK gas distribution company SGN, in collaboration with other UK gas networks, has engaged DNV to demonstrate the safe use and conversion of the local transmission systems (LTS) high pressure pipelines for transporting 100% hydrogen gas. SGN manages around 3,100 km of LTS pipelines in the UK.
Fraunhofer LBF has announced a project whose aim is to understand the interaction mechanisms of hydrogen with elastomer materials and to take appropriate measures to make the materials more robust to permeation, adsorption and swelling.
A demonstration project to study the feasibility of injecting up to 20% of hydrogen into plastic natural gas pipe has been proposed by San Diego Gas & Electric Company. If materialized, the project would help inform the development of a renewable hydrogen blending standard for California.
Savannah River National Laboratory has been awarded USD 3 million by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Basic Energy Science Program to further fundamental research capable of enabling new pathways for hydrogen storage and production technologies.
The German Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) is developing an innovative method of testing for materials and components used in hydrogen transport and storage infrastructure, with the aim of significantly accelerating the market ramp-up of hydrogen.
Metal hydrides are seen as a potential solution for hydrogen storage. However, the mining and production of high-purity materials emit large amounts of CO2. Researchers from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon have now demonstrated that such materials can be produced from recycled industrial waste.
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