Hydro Intl Share Discussion Threads

[skinny] 04/6/2020 12:32

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[zingaro] 04/6/2020 08:10

“We’re very excited to have reached this landmark milestone with Nikola. Since our partnership began in 2017, we have been working together to develop a massive large-scale hydrogen fueling station. It’s been amazing to see the significant progress made by the Nikola team specific to vehicle development and the station design, and now we are ready to start building,” says Jon André Løkke, chief executive officer of Nel.

“We are building the largest hydrogen network in the world and I couldn’t be prouder to have Nel part of it,” said Trevor Milton, Nikola Corporation’s founder and executive chairman. “These electrolysers will support five heavy-duty hydrogen stations which will cover multiple states and trucking routes in the USA. The future of clean transportation is here, and fleets are lining up to be part of the transition with Nikola.”
The purchase order has a value in excess of USD $30 million, and the electrolysers will primarily be delivered from the new electrolyser mega-factory currently under development in Norway. This purchase order will support Nikola’s five initial stations with 8 ton per day hydrogen production capacity. The remaining equipment will be covered by a separate purchase order that is expected to be finalized within the coming months.
“The framework agreement was one of the key triggers for deciding to develop our alkaline electrolyser mega-factory in Norway, and has enabled Nikola to reserve capacity in the new plant,” Løkke concludes.

[zingaro] 04/6/2020 08:04

(Oslo, 3 June, 2020) Nel Hydrogen Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nel ASA (Nel, OSE:NEL), has received a purchase order from Nikola Corporation (Nikola), a global leader in zero-emissions transportation and infrastructure solutions, for 85 megawatt alkaline electrolysers related to the deployment of the world’s first 8 ton/day hydrogen fueling stations.

[skinny] 03/6/2020 11:26

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[skinny] 03/6/2020 08:29

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[skinny] 02/6/2020 16:13

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"Swiss green hydrogen producer and supplier Hydrospider has delivered the first container of green hydrogen to St Gallen.

A joint venture between H2 Energy, Alpiq and Linde Gas, Hydrospider recently commissioned the largest electrolysis plant in Switzerland for producing green, climate-friendly hydrogen at the Alpiq Gösgen hydropower plant".

[nimrod22] 02/6/2020 13:04

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[skinny] 02/6/2020 10:52

It looks like it - Its also the name of an excellent restaurant on Skiathos.

[nimrod22] 02/6/2020 10:43

I take it that Infinite Blue is a private company??

[ggibbs9880] 02/6/2020 09:06

Morning AllI have positions in ITM & CWR and looking to expand further into other hydrogen companies... What are people's thoughts on PHE, PPS & AFC ?

[zeppo] 02/6/2020 08:55

The latest post on the Ballard Blog written by Nicolas Pocard.

Read: Fuel-Cell Electric Buses: The Proven Solution for Canada’s Climate and Economy

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected nearly all aspects of our day-to-day lives, and many industries are struggling to stay afloat amidst the economic crisis.

Public transit is an area that now needs urgent support from federal and provincial governments in order to sustain operations in the short term.
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[skinny] 01/6/2020 16:03

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Hydrogen mentioned 21 times.

[waldron] 31/5/2020 10:22

Green hydrogen project launched in May 2020

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Munich, Germany – WEBWIRE – Friday, May 29, 2020
The purpose of HYFLEXPOWER is to prove that hydrogen can be produced and stored from renewable electricity and then added with up to 100 percent to the natural gas currently used with combined heat and power plants.
The purpose of HYFLEXPOWER is to prove that hydrogen can be produced and stored from renewable electricity and then added with up to 100 percent to the natural gas currently used with combined heat and power plants.

With the HYFLEXPOWER project, a consortium made up of Engie Solutions, Siemens Gas and Power, Centrax, Arttic, German Aerospace Center (DLR) and four European universities are implementing a project funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Framework Program for Research and Innovation (Grant Agreement 884229). The implementation of this project, the world’s very first industrial-scale power-to-X-to-power1 demonstrator with an advanced hydrogen turbine, will be launched at Smurfit Kappa PRF’s site - a company specialized in manufacturing recycled paper - in Saillat-sur-Vienne, France. The purpose of this project is to prove that hydrogen can be produced and stored from renewable electricity and then added with up to 100 percent to the natural gas currently used with combined heat and power plants. For this an existing Siemens SGT-400 industrial gas turbine will be upgraded to convert stored hydrogen into electricity and thermal energy.

A world’s first: Industrial-scale power-to-X-to-power demonstrator

Through its Horizon 2020 framework program the European Commission supports highly innovative research and demonstration projects aiming at developing and creating innovative products and services and thus stimulating growth in Europe. For this, the European Commission is awarding grants in a competitive procedure in which HYFLEXPOWER was able to assert itself against a large number of competitors.

With this particular project, HYFLEXPOWER will demonstrate that renewable hydrogen can serve as a flexible means of storing energy which can then be used to power a high-power industrial turbine.

Storing fluctuating renewable energy is one of the major challenges of the energy transition. In this context, the stakeholders involved in the HYFLEXPOWER project are developing new technologies which can be used across the whole power-to-X-to-power1 cycle. The installed demonstrator will be used to store excess renewable electricity in the form of green hydrogen. During periods of high demand this stored green hydrogen will then be used to generate electrical energy to be fed into the grid.

Engie Solutions has been entrusted with producing energy at the Smurfit Kappa site in Saillat-sur-Vienne, France. At the site, Engie Solutions operates a 12 MWe combined heat and power facility which produces steam for the manufacturing company’s requirements. The conversion of an existing infrastructure has the advantage of significantly lower costs and minimized lead time compared to a greenfield site. The project will develop and demonstrate an advanced plant concept that will contribute to modernizing and improving the factory’s existing power plant.

During two demonstration campaigns, the facility will be powered by a mix of natural gas and hydrogen, ultimately aiming for up to 100 percent hydrogen operation. In this regard, the overall goal of the HYFLEXPOWER project is to test an entirely green hydrogen-based power supply for a completely carbon-free energy mix. This would save up to 65,000 tons of CO2 per year for a SGT-400 at baseload operation.

An exclusively European technology

The consortium selected following the call for proposals is made up exclusively of European companies and bodies. Each stakeholder’s role is defined as follows:

Engie Solutions will build the hydrogen production and storage facility, including the natural gas/hydrogen mixing station prior to the turbine

Siemens Gas and Power will supply the electrolyser for hydrogen production and develop the hydrogen gas turbine

Centrax will upgrade the package for hydrogen operation and install the new turbine

German Aerospace Center (DLR) together with the University College London, University of Duisburg-Essen and Lund University will support the hydrogen turbine technology development

National Technical University of Athens will perform economic, environmental and social assessments of the concept

Arttic will support the operational project management and the project’s communication activities.

The project’s total budget is close to €15.2 million, of which €10.5 million will be contributed entirely by the European Union under the Horizon 2020 program.Officially launched on 1 May 2020, the project will last 4 years and will be split into several phases:

May 2020: Contract finalization and start of engineering development.