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HyGlass – process heat for industrial applications

HyGlass – process heat for industrial applications

by | Dec 15, 2021 | Germany

glass production process, © GWI

© GWI

Hydrogen is currently being discussed as a decarbonisation option for many sectors, some of them very different, from the transport sector to process heat in industry. The publicly funded research project HyGlass is investigating how hydrogen and natural gas-hydrogen mixtures can be used to decarbonise the energy-intensive high-temperature processes in the glass industry. (more…)

Balancing act between commercialisation and project business

Balancing act between commercialisation and project business

by | Jan 16, 2020 | Germany

E4tech

The new Fuel Cell Industry Review 2019 withmarket data and analyses was published in January 2020. Since 2014, E4tech’s team has been contacting fuel cell companies worldwide to build it, aggregating their supply figures and creating an independent annual reference point on the current state of the fuel cell industry. Some excerpts are presented below.

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Johannes Schiel Chooses Wind Power

Johannes Schiel Chooses Wind Power

by | Aug 1, 2017 | Germany

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Schiel (right) presented Krieger with a fuel cell stack

Johannes Schiel, formerly managing director of VDMA’s Fuel Cells working group, left the German association of machinery and equipment suppliers at the end of April. His successor, Gerd Krieger, used to be his mentor and had been deputy director of VDMA’s Power Systems department. Krieger has worked for the association for 25 years. (more…)

Global Fuel Cell Market Review

Global Fuel Cell Market Review

by | Jan 3, 2017 | worldwide

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Fuel cells shipped globally, broken down by capacity and region between 2013 and 2016 (forecast)

Despite the fuel cell industry’s recent growth spurt, the market still looks like a pyramid. At the top, you will find the stack and system manufacturers which offer commercial products and have a clear understanding of the costs involved and the wishes customers may have. These businesses are either driven by policy, as in Japan, or the forces of a free market, like FuelCell Energy. But of the worldwide more than 200 stack and system providers, fewer than 30 have made it this far. (more…)

Technology Rollout Program Not Before Mid-2016

Technology Rollout Program Not Before Mid-2016

by | Mar 3, 2016 | Germany

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Thorsten Herdan, © BMWi

Most of his working life, Thorsten Herdan held jobs in the industry developing combustion technology. After having been elected secretary-general of the International Council on Combustion Engines, the mechanical engineer also served as chair of the Research Association for Combustion Engines for fourteen years. Since 1999, he has headed Power Systems, a sector group of the German Engineering Federation – from 2000 on, he has been responsible for Energy Policy there as well. (more…)