Hydrogen

Natural gas liquefaction technology made by Chart Industries Inc. can be modified relatively easily to also liquefy hydrogen for export, the CEO said Thursday. Ball Ground, GA-based Chart provides liquid gas technologies and equipment for the energy, water and space industries, among others. It has in the last few years become more focused on the…

A project to transform a public sector coal-fired power plant in Delta, UT, into a combination hydrogen-natural gas generation facility that would move power to Los Angeles is being heralded as a breakthrough. Utah’s Intermountain Power Agency (IPA), which serves 21 municipal power utilities, contracted Mitsubishi-Hitachi Power Systems to build a gas turbine system to…

A project to transform a public sector coal-fired power plant in Delta, UT, into a combination hydrogen-natural gas generation facility that would move power to Los Angeles is being heralded as a breakthrough. Utah’s Intermountain Power Agency (IPA), which serves 21 municipal power utilities, contracted Mitsubishi-Hitachi Power Systems to build a gas turbine system to…

Lake, FL-based Mitsubishi Power Americas Inc. has launched the world’s first standard packages for green hydrogen integration, another step toward its long-term strategy of  emissions-free generation.   The hydrogen storage integrator model allows other energy storage technologies to integrate, including including with natural gas turbines and renewable energy. “We previously announced two green hydrogen projects in…

A bipartisan group of California legislators are urging the state direct more funding to build hydrogen fueling stations. The legislators want the California Energy Commission (CEC) to allocate $20 million to build a network of hydrogen fueling outlets under the state’s Clean Transportation Plan. State Rep. Jim Frazier, chair of the Assembly Transportation Committee and…

In another sign of the surging global interest in using hydrogen to reduce carbon emissions, the European Commission (EC) recently published what it called a “roadmap” for the European Union (EU) to install at least 6 GW of renewable hydrogen electrolyser capacity by 2024 and 40 GW by 2030. European hydrogen electrolyser capacity currently totals…

Global natural gas use is poised to decline this year as Covid-19 has cut into demand, but a quick recovery could be likely, driven by favorable economics, increasing access to the fuel and longer-term emissions reduction targets, according to the International Gas Union (IGU).  According to IGU’s latest Global Gas Report, developed with Bloomberg New…

With phase one of the Cameron, LA, liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project now complete, top executives at San Diego-based Sempra Energy on Tuesday talked bullishly about natural gas, as well as the future prospects for hydrogen. CEO Jeff Martin said during a quarterly conference call the Cameron export facility was “substantially completed,” with commercial…

In a post-coal, carbon-neutral world, hydrogen and renewable energy resources can lead the way in the transition from fossil fuels, a panel of experts said recently in a webinar hosted by the California Hydrogen Business Council. Supporting the vision of a “fiscally sustainable” future for hydrogen, executives during the webinar offered insights from the perspective…