The World of Green Hydrogen

The Amazing World of Green Hydrogen

By Patrick Le Fèvre

For over 100 years, hydrogen?(H2)?has been considered a potential source of clean energy and,?as presented in?the?July PEN eBook?article?“European Green Deal: Green Hydrogen Becomes a Reality,”?it’s getting a serious boost from international initiatives to reduce carbon emissions and the European Union goal to produce 100% carbon-free energy by 2050.?

We should keep in mind that as of today,?less than 2% of the global production is coming from?electrolyzers, and a small portion?comes?from recycling energy. At a time when?a number of?new applications?—?other than the industrial and chemical industries?—?are expected to use hydrogen as a propellant or alternative energy storage solution, it is perhaps pertinent to take an overview?of?the situation and what to expect in the coming years.

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TDK Invests in Green Hydrogen

By Maurizio Di Paolo Emilio

TDK Ventures is investing in green hydrogen electrolysis startup Verdagy with the goal of accelerating energy and environmental transformation through high-throughput, low-cost decarbonization. Where electrification is not viable, hydrogen produced from renewable sources can help accelerate the energy transition. Moss Landing, California-based startup Verdagy intends to innovate in a market that is estimated to reach $53 billion by 2030. Electrification is playing an increasingly important role in the effort to combat climate change. But it is important to evaluate the industrial processes that require other forms of energy. In industries such as chemicals, cement, aviation, and shipping, green hydrogen is proving to be a valuable ally. According to the “Hydrogen Roadmap Europe” report, green hydrogen may cover up to 24% of final energy consumption and provide 5.4 million jobs by 2050 while also contributing to a total CO2?reduction of 560 million tons.

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Can Hydrogen Store Aeolus’s Power?

By Patrick Le Fèvre

In the race to?reduce carbon emissions?and substitute fossil fuels using net-zero technologies, over the last 20 years, many initiatives have taken place all over the world to deploy greener solutions. Though impressive, the acceleration of renewable energy is insufficient to compensate fully for the levels required by our growing society. Energy transition is very complex, and the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) highlighted the difficulties in combining countries’ developments, the reduction of carbon emissions, and exposed “political decisions” as not always taking into consideration the overall picture — not to mention the?post-Covid increase in energy demand?and the increased price of oil and gas forcing the reactivation of coal-powered centrals to meet the demand. Many power designers have high hopes for promising nuclear fusion technology, but until that technology delivers on promises, then conventional renewable energies — mainly solar and wind — will continue to expand, implying the need for and the development of long-duration energy storage (LDES) in order to optimize energy generated at any time to supply the grid in a balanced manner.

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News From the World

Leveraging more than 90 years of combined?hydrogen?experience and collaborating under the heavy-duty hydrogen fuel system joint development MOU announced February 10, 2021, Ballard Power Systems and Chart Industries, Inc. have successfully tested a fuel cell powered by liquid hydrogen. For the test, a Ballard FCmove?-HD fuel cell was paired with a Chart liquid onboard hydrogen (“HLH2”)?vehicle fuel system?(functionally identical to the one displayed at ACT Expo on September 1, 2021); this testing was conducted at Chart’s hydrogen test facility in Minnesota, USA.

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Electrolysis companies need to rapidly expand their manufacturing capacities to meet the fast-growing demand for?green hydrogen?production. To prepare the serial, automated production of Sunfire’s alkaline and SOEC electrolyzers, the company and its affiliated partners from industry and research are receiving grant funding from the Federal Government. Due to its enormous potential for decarbonizing energy-intensive industries, green hydrogen has evolved from a contentious “new hope” to a fixed building block of the energy transition. It is no surprise that demand is rocketing for electrolyzers, which split water into hydrogen using renewable electricity. According to the plans, installed capacity in the EU alone is set to rise from the current 0.2 GW to 40 GW by 2030.

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