WEEKLY NEWS ROUND UP
Welcome to our Weekly News Round Up of interesting articles in the hydrogen space.?
Here are our top 5 news pieces for this week with key takeaways:
1. Solaris buses to drive Düsseldorf towards climate neutrality by 2035
- Solaris Bus & Coach has announced German operator
Rheinbahn AG
Düsseldorf has ordered 10 Urbino 12 hydrogen-powered buses ??
- The #vehicles will be delivered to Düsseldorf in 2025 to support the German city’s goal of becoming #climateneutral by 2035 ???
- The 12-metre buses are fitted with a 70kW
Ballard Power Systems
hydrogen #fuelcell and supported by Solaris high power #batteries, and they will ensure the city’s strategy of adding both electric and hydrogen-powered units to its fleet is fulfilled ??
- Across Germany, Solaris has received new #orders from Hamburg, Frankfurt, Cologne, Duisburg, and Gross Gerau to name a few. Its total number of Solaris hydrogen-powered #buses, supplied or ordered so far, stands at more than 700 units ??
2. Green light for ‘UK’s largest’ hydrogen hub
-
Cheshire West and Chester Council
has approved plans by EET Hydrogen, advancing the establishment of the UK’s largest #lowcarbon hydrogen production hub ??
- The project, located at the Stanlow Manufacturing Complex in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, includes two #plants, HPP1 and HPP2, intended to facilitate the transition of local industrial and #powergeneration businesses to low carbon #energy sources ?
- The #hydrogen hub’s primary objective is to contribute to a substantial reduction in the North West’s #carbondioxide emissions, estimated at 2.5 million tonnes annually ??
- The hydrogen produced at the facility will be utilised by major regional manufacturers, including Essar refinery,
Tata Chemicals
,
Encirc
and
Pilkington United Kingdom Limited
, for the creation of low carbon #refining operations, #glass, and #chemicals manufacturing ??
3. AI helps whittle down candidates for hydrogen carriers in liquid form from billions to about 40
- In a computational study leveraging #artificialintelligence (AI), scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE)
Argonne National Laboratory
assessed 160 billion #molecules, a number exceeding the people born in the entire span of human history. Their goal was to screen the molecules for suitability as liquid carriers of #hydrogen ??
- Rajeev Surendran Assary, a #chemist and Argonne group leader in the Materials Science division, said “The liquid compound form would essentially eliminate certain problems with pure hydrogen gas, especially given that there is a well-established #infrastructure in place for storing and transporting gasoline and other liquid chemicals safely.” ??
- Logan Ward, computational scientist in the Data Science and Learning division, said “Assisted by AI, we are searching for organic liquid molecules that, through a low-cost chemical reaction with a #catalyst, one could alternately add or release hydrogen for use as a #fuel” ?
- By their unique approach, the team whittled down the candidates from over 160 billion to a mere 41. Now, the task passes into the hands of experimentalists to test the promising ones. The team’s computational approach paves the way for a new era of #innovation in #sustainableenergy solutions ??
4. 'Formula 1 engineering' | Swiss start-up unveils futuristic hydrogen-powered passenger aircraft
- A futuristic liquid-hydrogen-powered passenger #aircraft that has been designed in collaboration with
宝马
and a major
Formula 1
#engineering firm, has been unveiled by Swiss start-up Sirius Aviation, which promises a flying range close to 2,000km without refuelling ??
- Sirius has designed two versions of the electric vertical take-off and landing (e-VTOL) aircraft, the three-seater “Business Jet” and the five-seater “Millennium Jet” have an advertised #range of 1,850km and 1,046km respectively ??
- First #flights have been promised in 2025 — the same year several #aviation firms have pledged to begin #commercial hydrogen-powered flights on regional aircraft able to carry around 15-20 passengers — and the start-up plans to begin commercial operations in the EU and/or Americas from 2030 ??
5. Hyundai unveils new hydrogen and software-driven strategy for future applications
-
Hyundai Motor Company (?????)
has presented its vision for a hydrogen-powered, software-driven transformation going beyond #mobility applications. Showcased during CES 2024 in Las Vegas, the US, under the theme ‘ease every way’, Hyundai held its media day at the Mandalay Bay Convention Centre to highlight its blueprint for a #hydrogen energy #ecosystem and a vision for software and AI ??
- Hyundai has previously announced a commitment to achieve #carbonneutrality by 2050, supported by a clear RE100 roadmap to sue 100% #renewable energy in its overseas factories by 2045 and in every group entity by 2050, with hydrogen playing a key role in achieving this ??
- Currently undergoing a software-driven transformation throughout the whole Hyundai group, Hyundai’s new ‘software-defined everything’ (SDx) strategy aims to transform all moving devices, fleets and ecosystems into valuable assets through advanced software and #AI ???
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1 年When can we expect a "round up" on atomes projects given that investor's where repeatedly told to expect a final investment decision in Q4 2023.?