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Did you know that Tokyo 2020 will feed the Olympic torch with hydrogen to minimize carbon emissions?

martes, 28 enero 2020

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Hydrogen will be used for the first time to power the Olympic torch during its trip through Japan, organizers said Monday, as part of Tokyo 2020’s efforts to host environmentally friendly Games. The organizers aim to compensate all carbon emissions generated during the Games and will also take advantage of the Olympic event to raise awareness about environmental problems in Japan.

Did you know that Bosch is committed to the autonomous car and expects its commercial use from 2025?

lunes, 13 enero 2020

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Bosch plans to take off from the decade of the autonomous car, and has announced, within the framework of the CES technology fair, a decision that can facilitate its adoption on a larger scale. The German supplier, which bases 60% of its business in the automobile sector, has announced that it will start producing LiDAR radars, a key sensor for automated vehicles of level four or higher, that is, capable of driving without human intervention.

Did yo know that Biomethane and hydrogen are postulated as a “real solution” for mobility?

martes, 17 diciembre 2019

IE-University-Enagas-Gasnam

Experts see in renewable gases such as biomethane and hydrogen a «real solution» in the medium and long term to decarbonize transport. This was stated during the G-Mobility conference organized by IE University, Enagás and Gasnam, where they agreed that, although natural gas, biomethane and hydrogen are three essential energy vectors to achieve the objectives of sustainable mobility.

Did you know rhat South Korea police will use Hyundai hydrogen battery buses?

martes, 19 noviembre 2019

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This Hyundai hydrogen fuel cell bus has two 95 kilowatt fuel accumulators, such as those used in the aforementioned Hyundai Nexo. The electric motor has a maximum power of 240 kilowatts, equivalent to about 326 hp, and is associated with a 49 kWh battery, which is located in the front. Hydrogen tanks have been installed on its roof and can store up to 1,014 liters of the gas with which to power the electric motor.

Did you know that Energy Transition Day has taken place? Sustainability in the Assembly Hall of CIEMAT organized by APPICE?

jueves, 23 mayo 2019

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The presentation was given by the Director of the Department of Energy of CIEMAT, Mrs. María Luisa Castaño, who was accompanied by Mrs. Loreto Daza, President of APPICE and Head of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Group of the Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry (CSIC), and by Mr. Tomás González Ayuso, Head of the Fuel Cells and System Integration Unit of CIEMAT.

Did you know that Swedish researchers develop the fastest hydrogen sensor in the world?

martes, 23 abril 2019

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Hydrogen is a carrier of clean energy with multiple possible applications. However, this gas is highly flammable when mixed with air, so very efficient and fast sensors are needed to immediately detect a leak. Researchers from the Technological University of Chalmers (Sweden) have managed to develop a sensor that detects leaks in just one second, opening the way to the massive use of hydrogen-powered vehicles and other applications.

Did you know that they have created a new way to drive electric cars with hydrogen?

domingo, 31 marzo 2019

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The professor of chemistry of the University of Massachusetts, Lowell David Ryan, has created a new way of driving electric vehicles by means of hydrogen that achieves that the autonomy of these is much greater, besides being a system that gains in security.

The idea is to create a more efficient way to make electric vehicles move, something for which Mr. Ryan uses water, carbon dioxide and metallic cobalt. Thanks to these three elements it manages to produce hydrogen gas on demand at a relatively low temperature and pressure.

Did you know that Air Liquide, Idex, STEP and Toyota create HysetCo to promote mobility based on hydrogen?

martes, 12 marzo 2019

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Toyota joins Air Liquide, Idex and Société du Taxi Électrique Parisien (STEP) with the aim of achieving a clean mobility that allows to improve air quality.

Air Liquide, Idex, Société du Taxi Électrique Parisien (STEP) and Toyota have joined forces to promote the development of hydrogen-based mobility with a joint venture called HysetCo. It is the first in history dedicated to the development of mobility based on hydrogen in the Île-de-France region, in Paris.

This collaboration represents an unprecedented milestone in the promotion of a hydrogen-based society in France and in the development of Hype, the world’s first hydrogen-based, emission-free fleet. It is a project launched in 2015, during COP21 and that has fuel cell cabs in circulation in Paris and throughout the Île-de-France region.

HysetCo will facilitate the deployment of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and their charging infrastructure in the Île-de-France region to reach the goal of 600 taxis by the end of 2020. Toyota will supply another 500 Mirai before the end of 2020, to Complete the existing fleet of 100 Hype vehicles.

This joint venture covers two activities: the distribution of hydrogen and the development of applications related to mobility. Within that ecosystem, each collaborator contributes his own knowledge. The entity’s mission is to promote the transition of the sector towards the elimination of emissions, with the aim of having ‘Taxis / VTC without emissions for the Olympic Games of Paris 2024’.

Did you know that more flexible nanomaterials can boost fuel cells for cheaper hydrogen cars?

lunes, 25 febrero 2019

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Transportation is one of the most important human needs. Nowadays, in our civilization it is so vital that we depend totally on it, both to move and to transport our resources, be it water, food, or any other basic need.

For this reason, it is logical to think that the automotive industry seeks to develop technologies that allow a better performance. It is expected that in the near future this economic sector will benefit enormously from nanotechnology and nanomaterials.

Global expectations of lower emissions and fuel savings are creating huge demands for lightweight, durable and low-cost materials to replace expensive metals and compounds, and nanotechnology can help meet those demands.

Scientists led by Johns Hopkins University have developed a new method to increase the reactivity of ultra-thin nanosheets, with only a few atoms of thickness, an advance that can make fuel cells for hydrogen cars cheaper in the future.

The research, published in the journal Science, promises faster and cheaper production of electric power using fuel cells, and also chemicals and bulk materials such as hydrogen.

The new method focuses on finding the right amount, to evaluate how much metal would be required for the fuel cell electrodes. The technique uses the forces on the surface of a metal to identify the ideal thickness of the electrode.

«Each material experiences a tension on the surface due to the breakdown of the crystalline symmetry of the material at the atomic level. We discovered a way to make these crystals ultrafine, thus decreasing the distance between the atoms and increasing the reactivity of the material, «says Chao Wang, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Johns Hopkins University and one of the corresponding authors of the study.

Did you know that the port of Valencia will be the first in Europe to incorporate hydrogen energy?

martes, 12 febrero 2019

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The capital of the Turia was the scene on Tuesday of the first working meeting of «H2PORTS – Implementing Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Technologies in Ports», a project aimed at implementing efficient solutions to reduce the environmental impact of operations developed in the port of Valencia. Thanks to this initiative, coordinated by the Valenciaport Foundation, in close collaboration with the Port Authority of Valencia, this enclave will become the first in Europe to incorporate hydrogen energy into its terminals.

H2PORTS, which has a total investment of four million euros and is financed by the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking program (FCH JU), is part of the energy strategy implemented in 2017 by Valenciaport, based on the use of hydrogen and of fuel cells as an alternative energy.

This first meeting, which was attended by the general director of the Valenciaport Foundation, Antonio Torregrosa, and the director of Environment and Security of the APV, Federico Torres, is the starting signal for the implementation of the use of hydrogen through pilot projects that will operate in real conditions in the port of Valencia and that will bridge the gap between prototypes and pre-commercial products. Specifically, three pilots will be tested that will operate in this dock: a container loading / unloading and transport reach stacker, powered by hydrogen; a terminal tractor for ro-ro operations, powered by hydrogen batteries, and a mobile hydrogen supply station that will provide the necessary fuel to guarantee the continuous work cycles of the aforementioned equipment and that in the initial phase of the project will work in the Grimaldi (Valencia Terminal Europa) and MSC terminals in the Port of Valencia.

Did you know that two engineers from Extremadura create a prototype that stores hydrogen to turn it into electricity at a very low cost?

viernes, 01 febrero 2019

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Two engineers from Extremadura have created a hydrogen generator that, through the decomposition of water, will allow low costs to store hydrogen to subsequently create electricity, increasing the clean energy available in homes.

Extremadura engineers Antonio Fioravanti and Jaime Casanova have built H2VIVO, a prototype that extracts hydrogen from water to convert it later into electricity. The prototype, with great efficiency and significantly lower costs than the other hydrogen generators, provides an advantage of energy and lower costs in homes.

The hydrogen generator, created by extrememos with the collaboration of two professors from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, uses the energy of solar panels to decompose water into hydrogen and oxygen. The purpose is to store hydrogen to create «a clean, safe and inexhaustible energy, through its transformation to combustion gas or electricity», according to the researchers told Efe, and release oxygen to counteract greenhouse gases.

Did you know that they have discovered a way to cheapen hydrogen fuel cells?

jueves, 20 diciembre 2018

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There are many who think that the hydrogen car is really the future of the automotive industry, since they do not have the problems of recharging and autonomy of electric cars and, like them, do not emit CO2. But then why is there hardly one for sale in Spain, the Hyundai Nexo? Well, because they are terribly expensive (and there are hardly any hydrogenerators, but that’s another song).

Now a team of scientists at Brown University has developed a new catalyst that could make vehicles powered by hydrogen fuel cells cheaper. Based on nanoparticles made of an alloy of platinum and cobalt, the new catalyst is not only cheaper than pure platinum, but also promises to be more efficient and more durable.

With hydrogen fuel cells and adequate infrastructure, we would have cars as clean as electric cars (in direct emissions) and the freedom of conventional fossil fuels. Let’s try now to explain how functional.

Did you know that plastic waste can be converted into fuel for cars powered by hydrogen?

martes, 11 diciembre 2018

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Scientists at the University of Swansea study the transformation of plastics solar as a means to transform polymer waste into hydrogen. The second life of plastic waste begins on a sunny day.

The plastic waste could, in the not too distant future, fill the tanks of vehicles powered by hydrogen. The technology to make this possible already exists and has been developed by chemists at the University of Swansea in the United Kingdom. Scientists have developed a simple and efficient process to convert three common polymers into pure hydrogen.

The importance of this research -published in August in the journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) – was explained by Dr. Moritz Kuehnel in an interview with the BBC: the team managed to improve the photo-transformation technique of waste plastics It involves adding a solar absorbing material to the polymers, putting it in a solution and exposing it to sunlight to transform those molecules into other molecules. «The process – explains Kuehnel – produces hydrogen gas: it is possible to see the bubbles coming directly from the surface».

Did you know that the new bipolar batteries will give electric cars 1,000 km of autonomy?

lunes, 03 diciembre 2018

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The EMBATT-goes-FAB project, in which Daimler participates, is developing bipolar batteries for electric vehicles based on lithium-ion technology, capable of achieving autonomy of up to a thousand kilometers.

With the aim of achieving batteries for electric vehicles with greater autonomy, the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy has created the EMBATT-goes-FAB project, in which four German companies and institutions participate: Daimler, Thyssenkrupp System Engineering, IAV and the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems. For two years, the four partners will develop bipolar batteries with greater storage capacity than the current ones. According to the developers, these battery cells applied to the electric car would be able to offer up to 1,000 kilometers of autonomy per charge.

Did you know that the world market for batteries and fuel cells already moves 5,500 million euros?

viernes, 16 noviembre 2018

Intersolar

Intersolar and eeS Europe, the largest battery and accumulator energy show in Europe, have just announced that the photovoltaic and accumulator sector will present its production solutions and the latest manufacturing technologies in a specific pavilion in the 2019 edition of These two fairs. The organizers of the largest fair-congress-exhibition of the solar of the Old Continent estimate that «the world market for batteries and fuel cells, which already amounts to 5,500 million euros, will exceed in 2025 the 81,000 million euros».

The analysts of the market – Intersolar informs – predict for 2018 a photovoltaic growth of around 100 gigawatts (GW), while it is expected that by 2025 the world market for batteries and fuel cells will exceed 81,000 million euros. «The important growth The industry association is also generating an increase in production.

Did you know that Latin American scientists managed to produce electricity with coffee waste?

miércoles, 31 octubre 2018

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Behind every steaming cup of coffee there is a great environmental challenge: what to do with millions of tons of polluting waste. An Argentine scientist based in the United Kingdom and his Colombian colleague found a possible answer to the problem: transform coffee waste into electricity. These wastes have already been used to produce biofuels, but it is the first time they have been used to generate electricity.

The research is the product of the collaboration of Claudio Avignone Rossa, a professor at the University of Surrey, in England, with Lina Agudelo, from the University of Antioquia. Both say that using coffee waste to produce electricity could not only reduce the problem of pollution, but help financially to coffee farmers.

Did you know that solar hydrogen can be used to increase the autonomy of drones?

martes, 16 octubre 2018

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On October 1 a meeting of the Drongeno project was held, «Solar Hydrogen for Drones Autonomy», at the Automation and Robotics Center of the Higher Council of Scientific Research, in Arganda del Rey (Madrid). The main objective of the project is the development of a power system for drone energy based on hydrogen that significantly increases its flight autonomy.

The generation of hydrogen will be carried out through the use of photovoltaic electricity generation from assisted electrolysis with organic compounds, thus reducing the contamination of current batteries and batteries due to PEM and alkaline electrolysis. In addition, a new drone will be designed that will incorporate a fuel cell and a lithium battery, combining both energy systems.

The Drongeno consortium is made up of the specialized company Dronak, the Institute of Concentrated Photovoltaic Systems (Isfoc), and the Center for Automation and Robotics of the CSIC, dedicated to R & D in control engineering, artificial vision and robotics. It also has the external collaboration of the consulting company Arosa I + D for the project management tasks.

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Did you know that Toyota and Kenworth are going to manufacture trucks powered by hydrogen?

viernes, 21 septiembre 2018

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Thanks to the ZANZEFF program (Zero-Emission and Near Zero-Emission Freight Facilities) Toyota will be able to take to the streets its project of trucks driven with its hydrogen fuel cell technology. Ten of these trucks will be manufactured for the port of Los Angeles.

In the last two years, the US division of Toyota has introduced two fully functional prototypes of hydrogen-powered heavy-duty trucks. These were models of the American firm Kenworth of Class 8 and had been modified by the Japanese brand with the same Fuel Cell technology used by other vehicles of the brand.

This project is called Project Portal and thanks to the Zero-Emission and Near Zero-Emission Freight Facilities (ZANZEFF) program it will reach the streets, or at least the famous port of Los Angeles, as Toyota and Kenworth will develop a production version of which will be manufactured, at least initially, 10 units.

Did you know that electric cars exceed one million units in the EU?

lunes, 03 septiembre 2018

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Europe is one year behind China in terms of reaching one million electric cars, but is ahead of the US, which currently has a fleet of 750,000 cars powered by batteries and ‘plug-in’.

According to the EV Volumes analyst’s global electric car database, «sales of plug-in vehicles in Europe reached 195,000 units in the first half of 2018, 42% more than in the same period of 2017.» EV Volume counts both electric vehicles with batteries (‘pure electric’) and hybrid vehicles with plug in the categories of cars and light vehicles (ATVs, mopeds and motorcycles). Hybrids that do not have a plug are out of consideration.

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