H2-international Blog

Panorama_Ewald-web

Local Design to Enhance Regenerative Energy Use

The biggest challenge of the energy sector transformation will be the spatial and temporal separation of production and consumption. Such a global issue may seem to require global or at least national solutions. The Energiepark Ewald study for the Hydrogen City Herten in Germany shows ...
Read more …
/ Climate, DWV, Energiepark, Ewald, Germany, h2herten, Herten, Hydrogen City, PV, study, Wind
Fuel-Cell iPhone Nothing but Hot Air

Fuel-Cell iPhone Nothing but Hot Air

H2-international has long since refrained from spreading any rumors or participating in any speculation about fuel cells for mobile devices, even if it was about an iPhone which allegedly could be powered by Intelligent Energy modules. It is precisely for this reason that we will do no more than quote roby111, who posted a pretty ...
Read more …
/ IBM, Intelligent Energy, iPhone, news, notebooks, Thinkpad, Toshiba, worldwide
Methanos_web

Power-to-Gas – Microbes to Cut Costs

Micro-organisms provide more flexibility than common catalysts, and the methane produced by them is relatively pure. Additionally, the investment costs for Power-to-Gas systems can be lowered by using transformers and power as well as gas network connections of already existing biogas and wastewater treatment plants. This field of study, however, still requires more research to ...
Read more …
/ Biogas, CNG, costs, EEG, electrolysis, Germany, Micro-organisms, Microbenergy, Microbes, Power-to-Gas, Schmack, Viessmann, wastewater
ZBT_N2teligence

ZBT Uses New PAFC to Create Air Low on O2

Since the end of last May, the Center for Fuel Cell Technology (ZBT) in Duisburg has had a phosphoric acid fuel cell (PAFC) in operation, which supplies the research institute with power and heat. The 100-kW unit even took on three additional tasks: It reduces energy costs, it serves as the basis for scientific studies ...
Read more …
/ CHP, Fuji, Germany, N2telligence, O2, oxygen, PAFC, QuattroGeneration, WHEC, ZBT
Greenpeace-wind-gas

Power-to-Gas for Cheaper Electricity

Greenpeace Energy presented a new study in August of 2015 according to which “wind gas” (gas produced with the help of excess power from renewable energy – hydrogen or methane) could contribute to strengthening the transformation of the energy sector. The 97-page comparison of future power supply with and without ...
Read more …
/ Biogas, electricity, Germany, government, Greenpeace Energy, methane, Michael Sterner, Power-to-Gas, renewable energy, wind gas
cryo-hydrogen-BMW

BMW Presents New 5 Series Boasting Fuel-Cell Engine

This summer car manufacturer BMW presented a new vehicle driven by a fuel cell. In Miramar in the south of France, the Bavarian company revealed their new BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo (GT) on the first of July 2015. The car is a showcase vehicle, which was developed in cooperation with Toyota and is planned ...
Read more …
/ 5 Series, BMW, cryo, cryogenic, Europe, France, i8, Le Mans, Munich, pressure, storage
P200i-Protonex

Ballard: Big vision for China

Second quarter figures certainly fell short of expectations. All segments reported decreasing revenues. Still: The second half of 2015 should bring forth many positive developments in several areas, according to Ballard’s CEO, Randall MacEwen. FuelCell Energy would be “extremely busy.” This means: I assume that the takeover of Protonex will soon become reality, as over ...
Read more …
/ Ballard, BMW, China, CNR, CRRC, CSR, FuelCell Energy, Germany, Plug Power, Protonex, Randall MacEwen, rating, VW
gge-59-mw-fuel-cell-park-no-3

DOE Chooses FuelCell Energy for New Project

FuelCell Energy specializes in large-scale projects using fuel-cell technology to generate clean energy (electricity and heat). It is also leading in technologies such as CO2 capture and storage. The company recently secured a contract award by the American Department of Energy for a scalable CO2 capturing project (e.g., for coal-fired power plants) potentially worth around ...
Read more …
/ DFC3000, DOE, FuelCell Energy, Nasdaq, North America, potential, shareholder, South Korea, stock split
N2telligence_fuelcell_web

South Africa Promotes H2 and Fuel-Cell Technologies

South Africa is the biggest economy on the African continent, and since the end of apartheid more than 20 years ago, the country has been viewed as a role model by many of its neighbors. Because of its very healthy economic development, the nation at the Cape of Good Hope has become part of the ...
Read more …
/ Anglo American Platinum, BRICS, Fuji Electronics, Germany, HySA, Impala, Johannesburg, mining, PAFC, platinum, South Africa
M-Seehuber

Michael Seehuber Heads H-Tec Systems

Since August 1, there has been a new CEO at the helm of H-Tec’s electrolysis division: Michael Seehuber, who is now managing H-Tec Systems. Seehuber will take over the responsibilities previously held by Uwe Küter, who founded H-Tec in 1997 together with Stefan Höller and left the company in 2014. The company’s former Head of ...
Read more …
/ Bavaria, Buttenwiesen, Germany, GP Joule, H-Tec, Husum, Lübeck, Michael Seehuber, R&D, Systems
Fraunhofer-ISE-Einweihung

Fraunhofer ISE Inaugurates New Testing Site

The energy transformation needs efficient storage solutions and technologies for heat conversion. One of the institutions playing an important role in advancing the transformation of the energy sector is the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, ISE, in Freiburg. Increasing interest in energy storage technologies as well as efficient heating and cooling processes has led ...
Read more …
/ Center Storage, CH3OH, CH4, conversion, Fraunhofer, Freiburg, Germany, heat, methanol, Power-to-X
H2M_H2U

H2 Info Truck Tours Europe

The Hydrogen Information Truck H2M, a tractor-trailer, began its road tour through Europe in Italy in spring 2015. The tour’s starting location on April 20 was the Italian parliament; the final destination was Paris at the end of 2015.There, the truck advertises for sustainable environmental policies during the UN Climate Conference (COP 21) ...
Read more …
/ Berlin, Climate, COP 21, diesel, Europe, H2M, H2U, Information, Truck, University
August
Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen

THE E-JOURNAL ON

hydrogen and fuel cells

H2-international is the English-language e-journal of choice for everyone who wants to stay at the forefront of news about hydrogen and fuel cells. In-depth articles about science, technology and the latest developments keep readers up to date on advances in the hydrogen and fuel cell sector as well as the electric vehicle and the energy storage market. The focus is on detailed yet clearly written news stories by industry journalists and R&D experts.

In-depth news articles on hydrogen, fuel cells, energy storage and electric transportation.

The e-journal is intended for readers who are looking for in-depth news articles on hydrogen, fuel cells, energy storage and electric transportation. The main audience consists of professionals and executives working in all parts of the energy market.. This group comprises decision makers at production and trading companies, representatives for associations, government agencies as well as universities, and staff members at gas companies, carmakers and their suppliers.

The publisher Sven Geitmann, owner and founder of the Hydrogeit publishing house, had taken an intense interest in hydrogen and fuel cells as early as 1997 and became a contributor to energieportal24 and H2Report in 2000. After he wrote a number of technical books, he founded his own publishing company in the northwest of Berlin. In 2005, he took on responsibility for the former “H2Tec” magazine, which he renamed “HZwei”. This trade publication soon boasted a revamped design and more issues per year and grew into the quarterly must-read for everyone following the hydrogen and fuel cell market.

In 2015, Hydrogeit Verlag created the global English-language edition H2-international. Since then, it has kept readers in all corners of the world up to date on what’s happening in the sector.