Hydrogen and fuel cells are becoming ever more popular in the maritime industry. After many years spent on research and development, it seems as if both technologies could enter the market soon. Launched in 2009, the e4ships flagship
project had been a way to explore a variety of options for fuel cell use in the
shipping market. Seven years later, the venture and all of its subprojects came
to an end.
Plasma physics plays only a minor role in
research in Germany. There are some niche market applications for it, such as
coating plastic bags or cutting electrically conductive material. But the daily
work of most German engineers and technicians doesn’t involve the fourth state
of matter. Now that Graforce unveiled a new unit called plasmalyzer at a press
conference on Oct. 17, 2018, in Berlin, interest in this field of physics may
be on the rise again. The system, which uses wastewater as a reagent, produces
hydrogen with the help of ionized gas, with the product reportedly being
capable of driving LNG vehicles. So, how does it work?
Since the government passed the Clean
Growth Strategy at the end of 2017, the UK’s hydrogen and fuel cell sector has
been picking up speed. Despite Brexit headaches, politicians, business executives
and researchers see the technologies as a great chance to set up key value
chains across the country and turn it into a leading market for hydrogen-based
heat. The UK’s BEIS department, which is in charge of implementing the
strategy, has likewise been promoting the use of hydrogen to generate heat and
power means of transportation.
The German state of Saxony is slowly
turning into a hub for hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. On Nov. 29, 2018,
around 160 people headed to Fraunhofer IWU in Chemnitz to attend the HZwo
Technology Forum, at which Martin Dulig, Saxony’s economy and transportation
minister, started up a new system manufactured by Fuel Cell Powertrain.
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