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H2-Innovations-Campus in Görlitz

H2-Innovations-Campus in Görlitz

by | Nov 17, 2019 | Europe, Germany

Joe Kaeser
Joe Kaeser, © Siemens

Hydrogen technology and steam turbines – this is the motto in Görlitz from now on. After the planned closure of the Siemens plant on the Polish border, announced two years ago, had caused a great deal of displeasure, the major corporation gave in and signed a declaration of intent in mid-July 2019 together with the Free State of Saxony and the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in order to strengthen the location in the long term and support structural change in Lausitz.

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BDR wants to install 400 H2 boilers

BDR wants to install 400 H2 boilers

by | Nov 17, 2019 | Europe

H2 boiler without CO2 from Remeha.
H2 boiler, © BDR Thermea

The BDR Thermea Group commissioned a hydrogen-powered boiler at the end of June 2019. The pilot plant, which was developed at the BDR-Thermea competence centre for research and development in Italy, is located in Rozenburg, the Netherlands, and is supplied with sustainably produced hydrogen by the regional gas network operator Stedin, who also initiated the project.

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Fire at an H2 station in Norway

Fire at an H2 station in Norway

by | Oct 13, 2019 | Europe

On 10 June 2019, a hydrogen filling station in Norway caught fire. While several media talked about an explosion, the electrolyzer manufacturer involved, Nel, stated that leaked hydrogen gas caught fire in the open air, causing a shock wave.

Seconds after ignition, it can be seen how pure hydrogen burns with only a weakly visible flame, © VG

On 10 June 2019, a hydrogen filling station in Norway caught fire. While several media talked about an explosion, the electrolyzer manufacturer involved, Nel, stated that leaked hydrogen gas caught fire in the open air, causing a shock wave. According to police reports, two people were slightly injured in this incident in Sandvika, west of Oslo, when the airbags of their cars deployed. After initial tests, it was said a few days later that hydrogen had escaped through a leak in the high-pressure storage system and had ignited. However, no tank had burst.

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f-cell with 24-hour rally

f-cell with 24-hour rally

by | Oct 13, 2019 | Europe

During this year's f-cell, which took place on 10 and 11 September 2019 in Stuttgart, a look into the future was taken and the question of how hydrogen can make the transport sector more climate-friendly was answered.

During this year’s f-cell, which took place on 10 and 11 September 2019 in Stuttgart, a look into the future was taken and the question of how hydrogen can make the transport sector more climate-friendly was answered.

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Austria as hydrogen nation No. 1

Austria as hydrogen nation No. 1

by | Oct 13, 2019 | Europe

On 2 July 2019, Sebastian Kurz, chairman of the new Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), and his party colleague Elisabeth Köstinger jointly presented their climate protection package.

On 2 July 2019, Sebastian Kurz, chairman of the new Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP), and his party colleague Elisabeth Köstinger jointly presented their climate protection package. The goal formulated therein is to make the Alpine republic CO2-neutral by 2045. According to Kurz, hydrogen should play a key role in this process: “This is not only a clean alternative hope for the future in the field of mobility, but also a great opportunity for Austria to become the world’s number one hydrogen nation.

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Battery instead of fuel cell trains for the North

Battery instead of fuel cell trains for the North

by | Oct 7, 2019 | Europe, Germany

The entry of the Coradia iLint could be delayed.
The entry of the Coradia iLint could be delayed.

The success story of fuel cell trains to date is currently undergoing a severe setback: As the Kieler Nachrichten (news) recently reported, electric trains could roll through Schleswig-Holstein from 2022, but they are likely to be equipped with accumulators for energy storage and not with hydrogen.

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