Hydrogen

NASA is funding a project to develop a new approach for a fully electric aircraft platform that uses cryogenic liquid hydrogen as an energy storage method.

Las Catalinas, a beach town in Costa Rica, has introduced the 2019 Toyota Mirai, an electric vehicle that can travel up to 300 miles on a single tank of hydrogen.

Ballard Power Systems is collaborating with ABB and other consortium partners to develop and launch a hydrogen fuel cell-powered river push boat in France.

Alstom has won a €500m ($557.3m) contract to supply the “world’s largest fleet of fuel cell trains” to the Fahma rolling stock subsidiary of Rhine-Main transport authority RMV.

HyperSolar, Inc., a developer of renewable hydrogen technology using sunlight and any source of water, has announced that the stability test of its fully integrated hydrogen production device has surpassed 1000 hours.

UK-based AFC Energy today announced the first successful integration of alkaline fuel cells with an ammonia cracker for hydrogen production.

Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation (TNSC) has signed a strategic partnership with Chinese hydrogen gas generator manufacturer Ally Hi-Tech Co. (ALLY).

Europe is again looking at options to replace its diesel-powered train fleet against the backdrop of climate change and the need for fast and consistent decarbonisation of the entire energy and transport system.

Two UK projects using hydrogen fuel cell technology are set to benefit from a share of £25m ($32m) government funding.

Iceland’s first station that combines biomethane and hydrogen under the same canopy opened yesterday in Reykjavík.