Japanese private equity fund Advantage Partners (AP) is in talks with Tree Energy Solutions (TES) to explore potential investments into the European firm’s green hydrogen-based electric natural gas (e-NG) efforts.
With 85 Net Zero projects selected in total, the package is supporting six clean hydrogen production projects and eight electrolyser manufacturing firms.
Achieving a €6/kg total cost of ownership (TCO) for hydrogen fuel cell trucks by 2030 will make hydrogen transportation competitive with diesel, according to cellcentric’s Head of Sales, Marketing, and Communication.
The German hydrogen industry must navigate funding, infrastructure and offtake challenges to achieve the scale-up of hydrogen production and distribution.
Collaboration between policymakers and industry developers is essential for building a global hydrogen trade, but funding alone won’t be enough to achieve it, attendees at the Hydrogen Technology Expo in Hamburg, Germany, have heard.
Luxfer Gas Cylinders and Hypermotive have announced that they will offer an automated hydrogen, storage and filling solution, aimed at lowering the barrier to entry for hydrogen supply.
Blastr Green Steel is exploring the potential to supply 100,000 tonnes of hydrogen-based steel per year to Central Europe with metals processing firm Knauf Interfer.
Promised to be a “fundamental redesign” of its previous pressurised alkaline system, Nel says the next generation will have higher efficiency to reduce OPEX and shorter response times for pairing with renewables.
“The first hydrogen pipelines of the core network will go into operation as early as next year, and will then be built up gradually until the target year of 2032.”
“Without cohesive coordination, efforts to integrate hydrogen into the wider transport sector, including the aviation sector, remain fragmented and less effective,” the report said.
