California gas blending trial could shift a roadblock for hydrogen cars

One of the key issues making hydrogen less attractive than batteries for EV use is distribution. Hydrogen needs to be kept cold and pressurized, and in a renewable energy context it’s generated intermittently, making the logistics of trucking it around… Continue reading California gas blending trial could shift a roadblock for hydrogen cars

Airbus proposes detachable hydrogen propulsion pods for aircraft

With the move towards electric aviation comes new opportunities to explore what a powertrain looks like, and Airbus is experimenting with a new design that builds entire hydrogen propulsion units, tanks and all, into detachable pods along the wings.Con… Continue reading Airbus proposes detachable hydrogen propulsion pods for aircraft

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Saw Through the Stars

We as humans are limited in the ways we can look at things ourselves, and rely on on the different perspectives and insights of others to help make sense of things. All it takes is one person to look at a data set and find something completely different that changes …read more

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Modular nuclear reactors promise cost-competitive hydrogen production

NuScale Power has released the results of a new evaluation that indicates that a single small nuclear NuScale Power Module (NPM) could economically produce almost 50 tonnes of hydrogen fuel per day. The study, originally conducted by the Idaho National… Continue reading Modular nuclear reactors promise cost-competitive hydrogen production

Big energy partners join Shell’s giant NortH2 wind-to-hydrogen project

Oil giant Shell is planning the biggest wind-to-hydrogen project in Europe, a colossal 10-gigawatt offshore wind farm in the North Sea feeding a massive electrolysis plant on dry land that’ll pump out a million tonnes of clean H2 a year by 2040.Continu… Continue reading Big energy partners join Shell’s giant NortH2 wind-to-hydrogen project

Approval granted for project to heat homes using green hydrogen

UK gas distributor SGN has been given approval to supply hydrogen produced using renewables to around 300 Scottish homes. Participating households should be able to start heating their homes and cooking their meals with the gas from the end of 2022.Con… Continue reading Approval granted for project to heat homes using green hydrogen

New electrolyzer could make hydrogen and oxygen out of salty Mars water

Weight is a premium on space launches, so the less we have to take with us, the better. Now, engineers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a new electrolysis device that may be able to convert very salty Martian water into breathable o… Continue reading New electrolyzer could make hydrogen and oxygen out of salty Mars water

Sugary droplets turn algal cells into miniature hydrogen factories

Hydrogen holds great potential as a clean energy source, largely because it produces no CO2 and only emits water vapor when used in a fuel cell. Most production, however, requires the use of fossil fuels, which has motivated much research into cleaner … Continue reading Sugary droplets turn algal cells into miniature hydrogen factories