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What Exactly Is Green Hydrogen? Interest in green hydrogen is skyrocketing among major oil and gas firms. And the term green hydrogen is thrown around a lot these days, but what exactly is green Hydrogen? For a colorless gas, hydrogen gets referred to in very colorful terms. According to the nomenclature used by market research firm Wood Mackenzie, most of the gas that …

Giga scale Green Hydrogen Plant Planned For Sweden A giga scale green hydrogen plant will be built in northern Sweden (Boden-Luleå region) by a startup called H2 Green Steel to produce fossil-free steel with an expected annual production capacity of five million tons of high-quality steel by 2030. This is an example of the industry seeking new ways of curbing …

Power of Hydrogen Hydrogen is the simplest and most abundant element on earth—it consists of only one proton and one electron. Yet it can store and deliver tremendous amount of usable energy. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for example has used hydrogen from rocket fuel, and to fuel cells to power their electrical systems on spacecraft. Hydrogen and …

Siemens Energy and Air Liquide join forces to develop industrial scale electrolyzers Exciting things are happening in the renewable energy industry as large companies are leading the way to a carbon-free future. Germany’s Siemens Energy and French industrial gases supplier Air Liquide SA (EPA:AI) join forces to create a 200-MW Air Liquide-H2V Normandy green hydrogen project in France. The collaboration …

A Brief History of Electrolyzers Today’s post will focus on a brief history of electrolyzers. Jan Rudolph Deiman and Adriaan Paets van Troostwijk used, in 1789, an electrostatic machine to make electricity which was discharged on gold electrodes in a Leyden jar with water. In 1800 Alessandro Volta invented the voltaic pile. A few weeks later, however, English scientists William …

Biggest Hydrogen Plant Opening In 2023 One of the biggest hydrogen plant is opening in 2023. German multinational Thysenkrupp has won the contract to build and operate a huge hydro-electrolysis facility in Quebec, which will use one of the world’s most powerful electrolyzers to produce some 11,100 metric tons of green hydrogen annually. Canada’s mountainous terrain offers exceptional opportunities for …

Why Are Fossil Fuels Harmful In our previous post, we discussed what are fossil fuels. Today we will dive deeper into the topic and understand why are fossil fuels harmful for us and the environment. Fossil fuels are harmful for the environment due to the following reasons. Land Degradation Unearthing, processing, and moving underground oil, gas, and coal deposits take …

What Are Fossil Fuels In today’s post, we will discuss what are fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are concentrated organic compounds found in the Earth’s crust. They are the world’s primary source of energy. Although these fuels occur naturally, they are non-renewable resources because they take millions of years to form and known viable reserves are rapidly depeleting. We can categorize fossil fuels …

Different Types of Electrolyzers In our previous post we discussed how electrolyzers work. Today, we will work on broadening our electrolyzer knowledge and understand the different type of electrolyzers. Generally, there are three different types of electrolyzers, i.e. Polymer Electrolyte Membrane, Alkaline and Solid Oxide Electrolyzer cells. Acidic (PEM: Polymer Electrolyte Membrane) The polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM)-based electrolyzer is very …

How Electrolyzers Work. An Overview This post will give an overview of how electrolyzers work. But before we delve into how electrolyzers work, we need to understand what electrolysis is. Simply, electrolysis is the process of using electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. This reaction takes place in a unit called an Electrolyzer. Electrolyzers can range in size …