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Breakthroughs in bipolar plate development

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Large, thin injection-molded bipolar plates
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Bipolar plates, or BPPs, are one of the most common components in fuel cell stacks. So, which BPP is put in a stack has a huge impact on functionality and costs. Three research projects, InProPlate, PreCoil and BePPel, funded by the German hydrogen and fuel cell program NIP II, have come up with new techniques that, above all, promise a significant reduction in manufacturing and measurement costs.

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EEG to “jump-start a green hydrogen economy”

EEG to “jump-start a green hydrogen economy”

Amendments cut clean energy surcharges on hydrogen

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Experts agree, German parliament has scored an important hydrogen economy victory. EEG,amendments exempt hydrogen from a good portion of clean energy surcharges. What we need now is a renewable capacity to match.

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