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Hydrogenics – Cummins Engine acquires the company

Hydrogenics – Cummins Engine acquires the company

by | Oct 13, 2019 | worldwide

The topic of hydrogen and fuel cells is also becoming increasingly hotly debated on the stock exchange.

The topic of hydrogen and fuel cells is also becoming increasingly hotly debated on the stock exchange. The takeover of Hydrogenics, the Canadian frontrunner in fuel cell systems for trucks and rail vehicles as well as for electrolysers, by the US company Cummins Engine, should make people sit up and even trigger a wave of further takeovers or participations of listed companies in the industry.

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Hyundai Exec Co-Chairs Hydrogen Council

Hyundai Exec Co-Chairs Hydrogen Council

by | Apr 1, 2019 | worldwide

Eui-sun Chung, Hyundai
Eui-sun Chung, © Hyundai

In January, Eui-sun Chung, the executive vice chairman of Hyundai Motor Company, was named co-chair of the Hydrogen Council. He now heads the organization together with Benoît Potier, Air Liquide’s chief executive and chairman of the council since its founding in 2017. Both stressed the import of creating a zero-carbon hydrogen society.

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Hydrogen Council: H2 investments to pay off

Hydrogen Council: H2 investments to pay off

by | Jan 12, 2018 | Germany

scaling-upThe Hydrogen Council used the COP23 climate change conference to present a new report titled “Hydrogen, Scaling up.” Featuring contributions by consulting firm McKinsey, it describes a roadmap for advancing the large-scale introduction of hydrogen and assessing its impact on transforming the energy sector. According to the study, the gas could help cut carbon dioxide emissions by nearly 20 percent of the 2050 targets, or around 6 gigatons. (more…)

Growing H2 Infrastructure But Not All Stations Operational

Growing H2 Infrastructure But Not All Stations Operational

by | Feb 6, 2017 | Germany

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H2 station in Offenbach, © Air Liquide

After one hydrogen filling station had each been installed in Wuppertal and Ulm in summer 2016, another three went into operation last fall. As reported previously (see Three New Hydrogen Filling Stations), the H2 pump at the Metzingen gas station south of Stuttgart came online on Sept. 23. Five days later, however, it had to be shut down again when a truck hit it. Its trailer had been caught in the pump, resulting in at least EUR 60,000 in damage. (more…)

La Grande Nation Hangs On To Nuclear Power

La Grande Nation Hangs On To Nuclear Power

by | Jul 4, 2016 | Europe

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Meziane Boudellal

In the 1960s and 1970s, France’s industry and research departments used to be very proactive in fuel cell development. Then, 1974 came to pass and with it the slogan of “all-electric, all-nuclear” (tout-éléctrique, tout-nucléaire). The number of fuel cell projects fell drastically and remained at its low level until about the end of the 1990s. In the meantime, a great many subsidies have gone into nuclear industry developments: Billions were and are being spent through CEA (Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique) in this field. (more…)