A new start-up with roots in the University of Kansas School of Engineering and Centre for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis has received new capital that will accelerate its mission to produce cheap hydrogen.

One hundred hydrogen fuel cell electric buses will be deployed in cities across Australia as part of a major new project announced today by Australian transport firm Transit Systems.

Phillips 66, Uniper and VPI Immingham have unveiled plans to build a hybrid carbon capture and storage (CCS) and hydrogen production facility in the UK.

Green start-up companies across the UK will be supported by a new £40m venture capital fund to “supercharge” the development of next generation clean, low-carbon technologies.

Improvements in air quality and a reduction in pollution as a result of lockdowns imposed to combat Covid-19 have seen AFC Energy receive an influx of enquiries for its H-Power system.

Hydrogen technology provider Beijing Hyper Energy Technology has said it will adopt Honeywell UOP’s technologies to supply high-purity hydrogen for fuel cells.

Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed platinum-free fuel cell catalysts that can be used for cheaper hydrogen fuel cell production.

A world first project in Victoria, Australia that will convert brown coal to hydrogen for export to Japan is being supported by the only Australian-owned industrial gas company, Coregas.

The Tasmanian Government has called for expressions of interest (EOIs) in its Tasmanian Renewable Hydrogen Industry Development Funding Programme.

“Australia can be a world leader in hydrogen and we look forward to working with governments to progressing ‘H2 under 2’.”