Industrial applications is a topic we simply cannot ignore. From the steel in our buildings or the fertilisers aiding our crops, the industrial production of various products is extensively woven into the fabric of our lives. But those industries are also a major threat to our climate. In 2022 the industrial sector was directly responsible for a quarter of global energy system carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
Australia’s Hazer Group is looking to supply technology to a 2,500 tonne per year commercial hydrogen production facility in Canada after successfully completing 100 hours of operation with its methane pyrolysis technology.
Electrolyser manufacturers are too focused on hydrogen production efficiency, when they should be looking to make systems more flexible, Battolyser Systems’ CEO has said.
French industrial group Fives has launched the €7.5m ($8.m) HyGen project in collaboration with the CEA and Ècole des Mines de Saint-Etienne.
Biga Hydrogen has secured the use of Stargate Hydrogen’s electrolyser stack technology after a collaboration agreement was signed.
Asahi Kasei has begun operation of a multi-module hydrogen pilot plant in Japan ahead of commercialisation of a 100MW alkaline electrolysis system in 2025.
H2 Green Steel is currently working on four other green hydrogen-based steel production projects in the Americas and Europe, a company executive has told the World Hydrogen Summit.
Project 821 is set to be the “world’s first” superyacht utilising hydrogen fuel cells, created in the Netherlands by Feadship and designed by RWD.
Cepsa has selected Siemens Energy’s PEM electrolysis technology to make up the first 25% of its green hydrogen project in Huelva, southern Spain.
Industrial customers are finding it difficult to commit to using hydrogen due to its high prices, according to a report from the Hydrogen Council and McKinsey & Company.
“We could have taken FID this year (2024), but we deferred it and returned the Innovation Fund grant that was already awarded to the project,” the Uniper Hydrogen Executive told the World Hydrogen Summit.
