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Shell Study: Fuel Cells for Car Use

Shell Study: Fuel Cells for Car Use

by | Jun 6, 2017 | Asia, Germany, North America, worldwide

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Stijn van Els

This March, Shell presented a new study carried out in collaboration with the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy. Focusing on transportation, the authors compared several different production pathways for hydrogen and took a closer look at the three regions spearheading global development: Germany, Japan and the United States. Jörg Adolf, who headed the project at Shell, said that hydrogen technology had made big advances over the past years, “not just in car use.” (more…)

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Ballard: Japan’s 2020 Hydrogen Society

Ballard: Japan’s 2020 Hydrogen Society

by | Feb 6, 2017 | Asia, North America

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Fuel cell bus production at Foshan Feichi, China, © Ballard

A new megatrend needs time to develop. The last 15 years established the foundation for the coming breakthrough of fuel cells and a steadily growing interest in their use. Here’s why: Historically, technological revolutions often needed 15 years before a breakthrough was achieved. But once you’re past that point, everything goes very quickly, since no market actor wants to remain on the sidelines. This is exactly what’s happening to the fuel cell across all markets and applications. (more…)

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Financial Support for Efficient Heating Systems

Financial Support for Efficient Heating Systems

by | Oct 28, 2016 | Europe, Germany

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Heating costs per year, © ASUE

Around 40% of the final energy in Germany is consumed by the building sector. About 85% of it is used for heating and hot water preparation. However, many heating boilers both in the private and public sector are outdated. Installing an efficient fuel cell heating system could save a great deal of energy and reduce CO2 emissions. (more…)

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Japan’s 2016 Fuel Cell Budget

Japan’s 2016 Fuel Cell Budget

by | Mar 3, 2016 | Asia

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Support Program to Stimulate Demand for FCVs, © HySUT

Japan’s federal R,D&D budget for the 2016 fiscal year, which starts April 1, 2016, is 37.1 billion yen (285 million Euro), according to a recent report from Technova, a Japanese advanced technology consultancy. The total includes continuing support for the successful Ene-Farm residential fuel cell program, which will support an estimated 50,000 residential installations this year. (more…)

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From SolviCore to Greenerity

by | Mar 3, 2016 | worldwide

Umicore and Solvay, the former mother companies of SolviCore, sold their joint venture in July 2015 to Toray Industries, a chemical company based in Japan. On Jan. 1, 2016, business management was handed over to Greenerity, a 100% subsidiary of Toray. SolviCore was founded in 2006 as a specialist for membrane-electrode assemblies (MEA). The headquarters in Hanau-Wolfgang is said to be kept, as is the entire staff.