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Commented May 5, 2022 on PG&E launches comprehensive study on hydrogen’s feasibility within gas pipelines; H2∞ at Green Car Congress
PG&E launches comprehensive study on hydrogen’s feasibility within gas pipelines; H2∞
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is launching the US’ most comprehensive end-to-end hydrogen study and demonstration facility, which will examine the future potential of the zero-carbon fuel hydrogen as a renewable energy source for not only PG&E customers but the entire global natural g...
Would not it be cheaper to transport electricity from Scotland to Germany
Commented May 5, 2022 on New liquid hydrogen carrier would transport green H2 from Scotland to Germany at Green Car Congress
New liquid hydrogen carrier would transport green H2 from Scotland to Germany
C-Job Naval Architects has designed a new class of liquid hydrogen tanker in partnership with LH2 Europe. LH2 Europe will use the abundant renewable electricity in Scotland to produce green hydrogen and market it at a competitive price with diesel. The new tanker will transport the liquid hydro...
@Lad Because it would require several orders of magnitude more money to electrify tracks
Commented Apr 8, 2022 on Argonne researcher using hydrous ethanol as a dual fuel to lighten the carbon footprint of locomotives at Green Car Congress
Argonne researcher using hydrous ethanol as a dual fuel to lighten the carbon footprint of locomotives
Essam El-Hannouny, a principal mechanical engineer at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, won a Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF) Award from DOE to expand his research on how a renewable alcohol-based biofuel can serve as a dual fuel to help decarbonize locomotive...
Direct air capture is a huge waste of electricity
Commented Apr 5, 2022 on Surrey team developing direct-air-capture CO2 to methanol process at Green Car Congress
Surrey team developing direct-air-capture CO2 to methanol process
Researchers at the University of Surrey (UK) are developing a process to capture carbon dioxide directly from the air and then use dynamic catalysis to create methanol—a valuable chemical that, made this way, could be carbon-negative. Its value could offset the cost of direct air capture. The ...
Is the remaining 25,775 tons carbon?
Commented Mar 31, 2022 on US-based Raven SR to build waste-to-hydrogen project in Spain at Green Car Congress
US-based Raven SR to build waste-to-hydrogen project in Spain
Raven SR, a US-based renewable fuels company (earlier post), plans to build a waste-to-hydrogen production facility in Aragón, Spain, following the opening of its subsidiary Raven SR Iberia in Zaragoza, announced earlier this month. The Raven SR project in Aragón will produce 1,600 metric tons p...
What is the feedstock?
Commented Mar 31, 2022 on Synhelion and INERATEC partner to produce solar fuels at Green Car Congress
Synhelion and INERATEC partner to produce solar fuels
Synhelion, a developer of solar fuels, and INERATEC, a manufacturer of chemical reactor technologies, are partnering to to scale up the production of solar fuels as replacement for fossil fuels for transportation. While electrification is a viable option for many sectors, fuel-intensive indust...
Is the hydrogen hoax coming to a end?
Commented Mar 31, 2022 on European Energy and Port of Aalborg join forces on large-scale Power-to-X e-methanol plant at Green Car Congress
European Energy and Port of Aalborg join forces on large-scale Power-to-X e-methanol plant
The Danish developer of renewable energy European Energy and Denmark’s largest inland port, Port of Aalborg, signed a letter of intent that secures European Energy an option for a 25-hectare area at the Eastern Port in Aalborg, which is planned to be the location for a new electrolysis plant wi...
Why didn't methanol get any traction in the US?
Commented Mar 31, 2022 on Geely supporting Danish initiative on e-methanol with vehicle trials in Aalborg at Green Car Congress
Geely supporting Danish initiative on e-methanol with vehicle trials in Aalborg
In support of the Danish initiative to promote the production and development of green e-methanol (earlier post), Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely Holding) is partnering with Circle K Denmark, Aalborg University, and Fonden Green Hub Denmark to collaborate on a 15-month test and demonstratio...
Give it up. The ICE train had left the station
Commented Mar 31, 2022 on Hyundai Motor Group, Aramco and KAUST collaborate on new e-fuel for novel combustion system at Green Car Congress
Hyundai Motor Group, Aramco and KAUST collaborate on new e-fuel for novel combustion system
Hyundai Motor Group will collaborate with the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) jointly to research and develop an advanced fuel for an ultra lean-burn, spark-ignition engine that aims to lower the overall carbon dioxide emissions o...
Lame Greenwashing
Commented Mar 22, 2022 on Toyota entering three differently fueled vehicles in ENEOS Super Taikyu Series 2022 at Green Car Congress
Toyota entering three differently fueled vehicles in ENEOS Super Taikyu Series 2022
Toyota Motor is entering three differently fueled vehicles in the ENEOS Super Taikyu Series 2022 Powered by Hankook Round 1 Suzuka 5-Hour Endurance Race (Suzuka 5-Hour Race), which takes place from 19 to 20 March 2022: a hydrogen engine-equipped Corolla, a new GR86-based vehicle that uses a biom...
Tixhonjm@ LOL, that site is "Astro turf" run by a bunch of financial guys
Commented Feb 8, 2022 on Fraunhofer analysis finds battery-electric trucks have energy cost advantage over hydrogen trucks at Green Car Congress
Fraunhofer analysis finds battery-electric trucks have energy cost advantage over hydrogen trucks
In a recent analysis, Fraunhofer ISI concludes that battery-electric drives will become established in heavy-duty applications in the commercial vehicle sector and that fuel cells will remain a niche application. The decisive factor for the switch to battery-electric vehicles is the energy cost ...
How much energy does take to make a kg of liquid hydrogen? And how much does this add to the price?
Commented Feb 5, 2022 on Ballard and Chart successfully test a fuel cell powered by liquid hydrogen at Green Car Congress
Ballard and Chart successfully test a fuel cell powered by liquid hydrogen
Leveraging more than 90 years of combined hydrogen experience and collaborating under the heavy-duty hydrogen fuel system joint development MOU announced in February 2021, Ballard Power Systems and Chart Industries have successfully tested a fuel cell powered by liquid hydrogen. For the test, a...
Oh my God, what an ugly beast
Commented Jan 18, 2022 on Lexus to debut the NX PHEV OFFROAD Concept and hydrogen-engined ROV Concept at Tokyo Auto Salon at Green Car Congress
Lexus to debut the NX PHEV OFFROAD Concept and hydrogen-engined ROV Concept at Tokyo Auto Salon
Lexus will debut the NX PHEV OFFROAD Concept and hydrogen-engined ROV (Recreational Off highway Vehicle) Concept at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2022 held at Makuhari Messe (Chiba City) this weekend. The NX PHEV OFFROAD Concept is based on Lexus’ first PHEV model that went on sale in November 2021, the ...
Ammonia is a lot better than LH2
Commented Jan 4, 2022 on Sumitomo to develop ammonia-fueled bulker with Oshima, explore ammonia fuel business with Keppel at Green Car Congress
Sumitomo to develop ammonia-fueled bulker with Oshima, explore ammonia fuel business with Keppel
Sumitomo Corporation will launch a full-scale project to design and develop an ammonia-fueled dry bulk carrier jointly with Oshima Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. The ship is expected to be 229m in length, with a beam of 32m and deadweight of 80,0000-81,000MT. Speed is to be 14.3 knots. A dry bulk car...
Does high-temperature PEM mean without platinum?
Commented Dec 28, 2021 on Vaekstfonden and DEUTZ AG invest €15M in methanol fuel cell company Blue World Technologies at Green Car Congress
Vaekstfonden and DEUTZ AG invest €15M in methanol fuel cell company Blue World Technologies
Vaekstfonden, the Danish Growth Fund, and the German engine manufacturer DEUTZ AG, are investing €15 million in methanol fuel cell company Blue World Technologies. The aim is to bring the company’s green fuel cell products and solutions to the global market. The Blue World Technologies fuel ce...
LOL! The lamest Greenwashing.
Commented Dec 28, 2021 on Kawasaki’s liquefied hydrogen carrier departs to pick up first cargo at Green Car Congress
Kawasaki’s liquefied hydrogen carrier departs to pick up first cargo
Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ Suiso Frontier, the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier, has left Japan to pick up its first hydrogen cargo in Australia. A return to Japan is expected around late February. This vessel was developed to provide a means of transporting liquefied hydrogen at 1...
No mention of Levelized Cost of Energy
Commented Dec 8, 2021 on OPG, GE Hitachi to deploy small modular reactor at Darlington station in Canada at Green Car Congress
OPG, GE Hitachi to deploy small modular reactor at Darlington station in Canada
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) will work together with GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) to deploy a Small Modular Reactor (SMR)—the BWRX-300—at the Darlington new nuclear site, the only site in Canada currently licensed for a new nuclear build. OPG and GE Hitachi will collaborate on the SMR engi...
This is like the chemistry version of money laundering
Commented Oct 27, 2021 on UBC thermal methane cracking technology deployed to Alberta in $7M test at Green Car Congress
UBC thermal methane cracking technology deployed to Alberta in $7M test
New hydrogen production technology developed at the University of British Columbia (UBC) will be tested in a $7-million project between UBC, the government of Alberta and Alberta utility company ATCO. The technology developed by the UBC researchers—thermal methane cracking (TMC)—can produce u...
BS from Toyota because they're last in BEV
Commented Oct 21, 2021 on Snam, Toyota and CaetanoBus collaborate to accelerate the development of hydrogen mobility at Green Car Congress
Snam, Toyota and CaetanoBus collaborate to accelerate the development of hydrogen mobility
Snam, Toyota and CaetanoBus have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), with the aim of starting a wide-ranging collaboration to promote and accelerate the introduction of hydrogen-based mobility. United by the belief that hydrogen plays a fundamental role in the decarbonization of transpo...
BlueWashing is the new GreenWashing
Commented Oct 16, 2021 on Louisiana Governor and Air Products announce US$4.5B blue hydrogen clean energy complex in Eastern Louisiana at Green Car Congress
Louisiana Governor and Air Products announce US$4.5B blue hydrogen clean energy complex in Eastern Louisiana
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards and Air Products Chairman, President, and CEO Seifi Ghasemi announced a $4.5-billion clean energy complex to be built in Louisiana that will make the state a leader in the US clean energy transition. Air Products is a world-leading industrial gas company that...
@Dave C You're making too much sense!
Commented Oct 14, 2021 on Zemo hydrogen well-to-wheel study highlights need for inclusion of life cycle energy & GHGs in net-zero plans at Green Car Congress
Zemo hydrogen well-to-wheel study highlights need for inclusion of life cycle energy & GHGs in net-zero plans
A new study by the UK-based Zemo Partnership recommends that UK Government policy should increase its focus on the well-to-wheel (WTW) greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and overall energy efficiency performance of new fuels for transport. While hydrogen, electric and renewable fuels (produced from...
Direct air capture of CO2 is a ridiculous waste of electricity
Commented Oct 12, 2021 on Monash/Hokkaido team produces diesel blend fuel via CO2 hydrogenation in methanol over new catalyst at Green Car Congress
Monash/Hokkaido team produces diesel blend fuel via CO2 hydrogenation in methanol over new catalyst
Researchers from Monash University and Hokkaido University have developed a method to produce dimethoxymethane (DMM)—a diesel blend fuel currently of great research interest—via CO2 hydrogenation in methanol over a novel ruthenium-based catalyst. DMM thus produced could be used as a fuel in a c...
We're gone from Greenwashing to Bluewashing, that's progress
Commented Sep 29, 2021 on INEOS investing additional $1.4B in Grangemouth complex in next phase of GHG reductions; blue hydrogen at Green Car Congress
INEOS investing additional $1.4B in Grangemouth complex in next phase of GHG reductions; blue hydrogen
INEOS will invest an additional £1 billion (US$1.4 billion) in Grangemouth, its integrated refinery and petrochemicals complex in Scotland, in the next phase of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2045. Grangemouth Grangemouth, one of Scotland’s largest manufacturing sites, is o...
Wouldn't LPG be a lot better. There's already a LPG infrastructure in India
Commented Sep 20, 2021 on Irizar manufactures LNG long-distance coach with range of more than 1000km at Green Car Congress
Irizar manufactures LNG long-distance coach with range of more than 1000km
Irizar has manufactured a liquid natural gas (LNG) i4 model coach with a range of more than 1000 kilometers (621 miles) for intercity or short distance routes. This option is an addition to the range of technologies and sustainable fuels that Irizar is currently offering, including electric bus...
@Lad Because Toyota is lagging in BEV development.
There's a certain irony in this. I remember when Toyota introduced the Prius, GM was pissing all over it. They claimed their Hydrogen Cars was "just around the corner" and would blow away hybrids.
https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/featured/Fuel_Cell_Vehicles.html
Commented Sep 20, 2021 on Toyota enters hydrogen engine Corolla in another race, with focus on transporting imported hydrogen at Green Car Congress
Toyota enters hydrogen engine Corolla in another race, with focus on transporting imported hydrogen
Toyota Motor Corporation is entering a vehicle equipped with a developmental hydrogen-powered engine (earlier post) at the five-hour-long Super Taikyu Series 2021 Powered by Hankook Round 5 Suzuka S-tai, which takes place this weekend. Just as in Round 3 and Round 4, the vehicle will be entered ...
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