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The Most Sought-After Electric Vehicle Option

The Most Sought-After Electric Vehicle Option

by | Nov 1, 2018 | Asia, Germany

nexo

Some components of the Nexo will soon find their way into a VW vehicle, © Hyundai

The Hyundai Motor Group, based in South Korea, is one of few automakers that offer fuel cell vehicles on the market. In mid-June, it announced that it would support Audi’s work in the field and both corporations have since signed an agreement about cross-licensing patents. The contract expressly mentions the group companies that are part of the endeavor. (more…)

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H2Congress Shows China Widens Gap

H2Congress Shows China Widens Gap

by | Nov 1, 2018 | Asia, Germany

Stijn

A visibly relaxed Stijn van Els giving one last presentation shortly before his retirement.

Every two years, the H2Congress takes place in North Rhine-Westphalia’s state office in Berlin. And if there is one technology that has grown in popularity throughout past conferences, it was hydrogen. So it seems only fitting that this year’s event, held June 6 and 7, placed the emphasis on electrolysis and power-to-gas, that is, the economic implications of hydrogen use in transportation and energy markets. (more…)

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Things Move Forward in China

Things Move Forward in China

by | Oct 1, 2018 | Asia

Chen Wei

Sven Jösting (left) and Chen Wei of the China International Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Conference Committee (middle)

Enthusiasm was on display at the International Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Conference and Exhibition, which was held July 26 through 28 in Beijing. It showed the incredible speed at which China as well as Japan have grown in importance in the global hydrogen and fuel cell market. The People’s Republic knows how to benefit from the potential offered by both technologies. (more…)

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Electrolyzer from Japan runs at h2herten

Electrolyzer from Japan runs at h2herten

by | Aug 6, 2018 | Asia, Germany

AsahiKasei

© Asahi Kasei

In late April, Asahi Kasei Europe started up one of its alkaline electrolyzers (see image) at the German h2herten Hydrogen Center of Excellence in Herten. The recently established business is part of the Asahi Kasei Group, a Japanese chemical company that employs 30,000 and has intimate knowledge of chloralkaline electrolysis. The electrolyzer in Herten was designed specifically to produce hydrogen from intermittent renewable sources. (more…)

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Hyundai’s new charm offensive in Germany

Hyundai’s new charm offensive in Germany

by | May 4, 2018 | Asia, Germany

Nexo

Nexo – the next milestone in the company’s strategic evolution

The second stop for the successor to Hyundai’s ix35 Fuel Cell was neither Detroit nor Tokyo but Offenbach, home to the automaker’s German and European headquarters. In mid-January, seven weeks prior to its official European premiere in Geneva, the Nexo was shown to a select group of journalists in this city by the river Main in the German state of Hesse. (more…)

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Japan, the rising star

Japan, the rising star

by | May 4, 2018 | Asia

FC-Expo

Big crowd at the German Pavilion, © Peter Sauber Agentur Messen und Kongresse

The 14th International Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Expo took place Feb. 28 through March 2 in Tokyo, Japan. According to the organizers, it is the largest hydrogen and fuel cell show in the world. One regular exhibitor over the past several years has been H2BZ-Initiative Hessen, the hydrogen and fuel cell initiative from the German state of Hesse. (more…)

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