Hydrogen

International steel company, NLMK Group, has commenced commercial operations of a new steam methane reformer (SMR) at its VIZ-Steel site in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

Industrial fuel cell power company, AFC Energy PLC, has signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) with Italian corporation, De Nora S.p.A, to further accelerate AFC Energy’s technology platform.

The UK Government has awarded £30m ($39m) in funding for cleaner, ‘greener’ bus journeys around the country.

Plug Power Inc. has secured yet another contract to deploy its GenDrive fuel cell units – its third this month alone.

Unitel Technologies, Inc., a US-based process technology innovator, has been contracted to supply its technology and engineering expertise for the construction and operation of an on-site methanol reformer in Southeast Asia.

Hydrogenics Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of hydrogen (H2) generation machinery, and its electrolysis technology has been awarded a role in Southeast Asia’s first renewable H2-based energy storage and power plant project.

Carburos Metálicos, the Spanish subsidiary of Air Products, has renewed its agreement to supply integrated global energy company Repsol with hydrogen (H2) and steam for the next decade.

French supermarket chain, The Carrefour Group, has become the latest customer of fuel cell specialist Plug Power, investing in more than 150 GenDrive fuel cell units for its forklifts.

The network of H2 refuelling stations across Germany has taken another stride forward after The Linde Group, Daimler AG and Total officially inaugurated the first station in the German city of Ulm.

Ambitious plans to convert significant parts of the UK gas grid into 100% H2 were outlined by industry leaders last week – but does the theory actually have legs?