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[tenapen] 28/6/2020 18:53

If it's in 'the Guardian' .... :-)



Renewable energy
Hydrogen fuel bubbles up the agenda as investments rocket
Governments and carmakers press on with hydrogen fuel cells to power cars, buses, trains and even aircraft

Jasper Jolly
Sun 28 Jun 2020

[skinny] 28/6/2020 12:06

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[zeppo] 27/6/2020 09:55

hxxps://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/uk-governments-advisors-urge-it-to-back-hydrogen-economy-in-stimulus-plans

[skinny] 26/6/2020 11:46

Link copied from the PPS thread :-

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[skinny] 26/6/2020 11:32

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"This bold and timely move sets a clean-truck standard for the nation and the world, requiring manufacturers to produce zero emission trucks beginning in 2024 and increasing production targets through 2035. This means by 2045, every new truck sold in California will be zero emission".

[zeppo] 25/6/2020 21:34

Is this a threat to CWR and AFC?


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Engineers develop borohydride fuel cells with twice hydrogen’s operating voltage
June 22, 2020 0 By John Max
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This new renewable energy source could offer substantial potential to the transportation sector.
Engineers have developed a new form of direct borohydride fuel cells with high power and operation at twice the voltage of conventional HFCs.
This new technology presents a potentially promising opportunity for electrifying the transportation sector.
Transportation vehicle electrification requires high power. Providing that opportunity through renewable energy is vital to the future of the environment and the energy sector for that matter. Electrifying the transportation sector has been looking to electric batteries, hydrogen fuel cells or combinations of both. However, those technologies have their limitations. Engineers may now have an opportunity to overcome some of those barriers through direct borohydride fuel cells (DBFC).
These liquid fueled cells have greater appeal than traditional hydrogen in certain ways. For one thing, they eliminate the requirement for the transportation and storage of hydrogen. Moreover, they can provide a lower cost power source for underwater vehicles, drones and possibly electric aircraft one day. Moreover, they could also be combined with battery electric vehicles in order to extend their range.
The new direct borohydride fuel cells are based on a newly pioneered reactant.
The McKelvey School of Engineering engineers from Washington University in St. Louis came up with the high-power DBFCs. Their research was published in the Cell Reports Physical Science journal’s June 17 edition. The team pioneered a reactant, identified the optimal range for the flow field architecture, flow rates and residence times to make high power operation possible.
By using their strategy, it addresses some of the primary barriers to DBFCs, such as proper oxidant and fuel distribution as well as parasitic reaction mitigation.
The team was also able to demonstrate a 1.4 or higher single-cell operating voltage. That means that DBFCs can achieve operating voltage twice that of HFC, which have peak levels nearing 1 watt/cm2.
The doubled voltage through direct borohydride fuel cells would make it possible for more efficient, smaller and lighter designs. This, in turn, would widen the number of possibilities that could be powered through DBFCs when compared to HFCs. It would also provide substantial advantages volumetrically and gravimetrically when assembling stacks of multiple cells for commercial use.

[skinny] 25/6/2020 13:54

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[nimrod22] 24/6/2020 20:35

PLUG (Nasdaq) up 19% today

[zingaro] 23/6/2020 16:13

hxxp://www.nasdaqomxnordic.com/aktier/microsite?Instrument=SSE105121&name=PowerCell%20Sweden&;ISIN=SE0006425815


PowerCell receives order for PowerCell S3 from Bosch at a total value of MSEK 26
PowerCell Sweden AB has received an order for PowerCell S3 fuel cell stacks from
Bosch at a total value of approximately MSEK 26 (2,470,100 Euro). The order will
be delivered continuously during 2020.

The order comprises several PowerCell S3 fuel cell stacks to be delivered to
Bosch within the framework of the joint development and licensing agreement. In
April 2019 Robert Bosch GmbH and PowerCell Sweden signed an agreement regarding
the development, production and sale of the PowerCell S3 fuel cell stack for the
automotive segment. The agreement includes a joint development of the S3 and a
license whereby Bosch gets the exclusive right to produce and sell the new and
improved version of PowerCell S3 for automotive applications such as cars,
trucks and buses. Bosch has previously communicated the ambition to start their
own production of PowerCell S3 in 2022 at the latest.

For further information, please contact:

[skinny] 23/6/2020 10:17

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[skinny] 22/6/2020 13:21

From that article :-

"There is also now an opportunity for Scotland to lever some of its natural advantages: the almost limitless quantities of renewable energy potential from wind, wave and tidal power can be used to generate electricity surpluses to export to the rest of the UK and elsewhere and to generate ‘green’ hydrogen to use in the heat and transport sectors; the geology of the North Sea in combination with the pre-existing pipeline infrastructure leaves Scotland almost uniquely placed to become a centre for the transport and storage of carbon captured from combustion processes; and the prioritisation of nature-based solutions can build on the natural environment as a key part of Scotland’s brand and comparative advantage to the benefit of tourism and other sectors"