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As low-carbon hydrogen fuel generation becomes increasingly important to the global efforts to decarbonize, a new method of production using aluminum and water has been developed. The new hydrogen fuel generation using aluminum and water could be quite promising. The reason is that aluminum will react with water at room …

A global chip shortage is continuing to wreak havoc up and down supply chains in a diverse array of industries across the world. As unprecedented amounts of work, life, shopping, and socializing went digital as the spread of the novel coronavirus drove everyone inside, the demand for electronics, and the …

Europe’s largest port is involved in a study that looks at shipping hydrogen using existing infrastructure. Port of Rotterdam Authority, Koole Terminals, Chiyoda Corporation and Mitsubishi Corporation have signed an agreement on a joint study on the feasibility of a commercial-scale import of hydrogen from overseas sources to one of …

Siemens Mobility and Continental Engineering Services (CES) have partnered on the development and manufacture of pantographs for trucks, with the eHighway technology from Siemens Mobility supplying trucks with electricity via an overhead line. The cooperation aims to electrify key stretches of highway-networks in Germany’s autobahn network with overhead contact lines …

The UAE plans to build a series of waste incinerators that will eventually burn up to two thirds of the country’s trash to deal with a growing refuse problem. Dubai is constructing a $1.1 billion waste-to-energy facility, one of the largest in the world, while a smaller plant in being …

Norwegian ferry operator Norled has taken delivery of “the world’s first liquid hydrogen-powered ferry”, MF Hydra. The vessel was designed by compatriot ship design and engineering company LMG Marin and constructed at Westcon shipyard. The ferry is 82.4 meters long with a capacity of up to 300 passengers and 80 …

The world’s first commercial modular small reactor on land, the Linglong 1, has officially entered into the construction phase for a demonstration project in Changjiang Nuclear Power Plant in South China’s Hainan Province on Tuesday, sending a renewed signal to the world regarding China’s leading position in modular small reactor …

It’s not just BP Plc and Royal Dutch Shell Plc that are having to prepare for a world that’s less hungry for oil and gas. The world’s biggest independent oil storage company Royal Vopak NV is partnering with battery startup Elestor BV to develop a battery that they think could …

Russia is advancing projects to have waste-to-energy plants produce electricity, Sergei Ivanov, Special Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology, and Transport said at an economic forum in Russia. “Garbage will never end. It is just like the forest, the wind and the sun. I hope the sun will not go …

Germany to provide € 8 billion worth of funding to hydrogen projects across the country, with a focus on the Northern parts. EPA-EFE/FELIPE TRUEBA Germany said on Friday (28 May) it would invest €8 billion in 62 large-scale hydrogen projects, including electrolysers and pipeline infrastructure, as part of the country’s …