Trial at a commercial steel mill in Sweden shows that clean-burning H2 can replace the fossil fuels currently used to produce high-temperature heat.
Read MoreThe U.K. is funding what could become the world’s largest electrolyzer—and one that would be linked to an offshore wind farm.
Source: https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/orsted-among-the-winners-as-uk-backs-hydrogen-demos
Read MoreThe world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier made its official debut at a shipyard in Japan, a small step toward tapping the carbon-free energy potential of the lightest element.
Read MoreA report from the Australian national science agency CSIRO has mapped the critical research steps Australia must take to realize a potential 7,600 jobs and $11 billion a year by 2050 from the burgeoning hydrogen industry.
Source: https://www.greencarcongress.com/2019/12/20191202-csiroh2.html
Read MoreSwiss manufacturer Stadler has signed a contract to supply the first ever hydrogen-powered train to run in the US, with an option to supply four more of the vehicles in the future.
Source: https://www.h2-view.com/story/contract-signed-for-first-ever-hydrogen-powered-train-in-the-us/
Toyota Motor Corp. is expanding its U.S. hydrogen fuel cell heavy-duty truck program, unveiling a utility tractor rig designed to pull cargo containers at ports.
The automaker showed the truck at the Fuel Cell Seminar and Energy Exposition in Long Beach on Wednesday.
Source: https://www.trucks.com/2019/11/07/toyota-unveils-hydrogen-utility-truck/?utm_source=Trucks&utm_campaign=f2b2178713-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_11_07_09_37&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d046a13d70-f2b2178713-72778123
A coalition of major oil & gas, power, automotive, fuel cell, and hydrogen companies have come together to develop a Road Map to a US Hydrogen Economy. This comprehensive Road Map details how the U.S. can expand its global energy leadership, by scaling up activity in the rapidly emerging and evolving hydrogen economy, as policy makers and industry work together and take the right steps.
Source: http://www.fchea.org/us-hydrogen-study
South Korea has launched a drive aimed at realizing a "hydrogen-powered society" with a series of public-private partnerships.
Source: https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Business-trends/South-Korea-targets-hydrogen-economy-from-cars-to-cities
Navigant’s “Pathways to Net Zero“, commissioned by Energy Networks Association and independently reviewed by Imperial College, sets out a detailed plan to deliver a zero carbon gas grid, with clear technical, operational and regulatory actions that need to take place to achieve it.
Source: https://www.powerengineeringint.com/2019/11/01/plan-announced-to-decarbonise-uks-gas-network/
Japan might be endowed with many beautiful things but reliable and cheap sources of energy are not among them.
Home to 125 million people and one of the world's worst nuclear meltdowns, the allure of hydrogen energy has driven Japan's ambition to become a leading adopter of the energy source.
Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-31/hydrogen-strategy-fossil-fuels-versus-renewables/11653336