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TECHNOLOGY SPOTLIGHT
GREEN H2
Offshore green H2
jack-up rig
concept planned for North Sea
Verdagy for the development of a novel
electrochemical cell to produce green
H2
. The agreement will accelerate the
commercialization of the electrochemical
cell that is the foundation for the Verdagy
Water Electrolysis (VWE) process.
Verdagy and Permascand will
collaborate on the development and
commercialization of a novel largeaspect-ratio
electrolysis cell capable of
managing the heat and stress created
by operating at much higher current
densities than presently available with
water electrolysis technology. The nearly
3-m2
Aquaterra Energy has signed a
partnership with Lhyfe and Borr Drilling
to develop an innovative concept for
offshore green H2
production concept,
production in the North
Sea. The organizations behind Project
Haldane will develop an industrial-scale,
offshore green H2
through the deployment of an electrolyzer
system on a converted jack-up rig.
Reliable winds far out in the North Sea
are an exceptional renewable resource, yet
remote locations create challenges around
grid connectivity and intermittency of
supply. This unique, flexible solution
will solve this issue by providing an
offtake for the electricity produced in
the immediate vicinity of the windfarm
and aims to use existing platforms,
pipelines, terminal infrastructure and
offshore equipment leveraging the
existing infrastructure to reduce costs.
Lhyfe is already producing renewable
H2 in industrial quantities onshore, with
a direct connection to renewable energy,
pumping sea water and purifying it
to feed the electrolysis process. The
production process, therefore, already
considers offshore harsh conditions.
Over the last few years, Lhyfe has also
worked on different projects to deploy
its production process offshore.
According to Lhyfe, offshore
wind offers the greatest potential for
sustainable H2
production because
of the cost-effectiveness that can
be achieved through scalability
and technological innovation.
Permascand, Verdagy
to develop electrochemical cell
for green H2
production
Permascand Top Holding AB has
signed a collaboration agreement with
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and Permascand will be able to
bring this technology to the broader
market with the unprecedented speed
necessary to accomplish net-zero goals.
Furthermore, Verdagy is modifying its
pilot plant facilities in Moss Landing,
California to operate 200-kW cells at
current densities two to four greater
than its nearest competitor.
Cummins to scale up
green H2
production
cell and membrane architecture are
key to dramatically lowering the upfront
capital costs of a cell and system. Taken
together, very large cells operating at high
current densities are more productive,
thereby lowering H2
production costs.
By partnering together, Verdagy
with SOEC automation
Cummins Inc. has been awarded
$5 MM from the U.S. Department
of Energy's Hydrogen and Fuel Cell
Technologies Office for the automation of
solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) and
stack assembly, reducing capital costs and
facilitating the scaleup of the H2
economy.
GREEN H2
Hydrogen Optimized gets grant to advance green H2
technology
Hydrogen Optimized will receive $300,000 in funding from NGIF
Industry Grants, a division of NGIF Capital Corp., to optimize the operation
of its RuggedCell water electrolyzers, using an unstable electrical supply.
The funding will be applied to a $900,000 project to demonstrate the
company's large-scale green H2
production technology under solar panel,
simulated wind turbine and intermittent electrical grid conditions.
The funding will help Hydrogen Optimized obtain critical data on the
performance of RuggedCell electrolyzers in conjunction with unstable
renewable electricity sources and, ultimately, to achieve the company's
goal of driving down the cost of producing green H2
, when reacted with CO2
at scale. It will also
support the work of Canada's natural gas industry to reduce the carbon
emissions intensity of natural gas. Green H2
, can
produce renewable natural gas (RNG) through the methanation process.
Hydrogen Optimized's RuggedCell water electrolyzers have a unipolar
design that overcomes the historic difficulties of bipolar electrolyzers in
effectively using all the available energy from intermittent electricity sources.
This functionality makes the RuggedCell a solution for industrial end users
to significantly reduce emissions from their processes using green H2
.
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