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Air Liquide and Houpu to develop hydrogen infrastructure in China
NEWS company is building in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland (around Vancouver) and Victoria (on Vancouver Island). The station, in Burnaby, is the second of three stations that HTEC is developing in partnership with Shell. Canada’s first retail hydrogen refueling station, and the first in HTEC’s planned network, opened in June [FCB, July 2018, p8], and is located at a Shell service station on Granville Street in downtown Vancouver. The Burnaby station – in a new jurisdiction for HTEC – is scheduled to open in early 2019. The HTEC network will enable the deployment of the first 1000 fuel cell electric vehicles in BC. HTEC recently signed a Letter of Intent with Harnois Groupe pétrolier (HGP) to partner on hydrogen refueling activities, in a partnership to develop a retail hydrogen refueling station network in Quebec province and elsewhere in Canada [November 2018, p9]. In other news, HTEC is currently raising money through a direct-equity campaign on crowdfunding platform FrontFundr [October 2018, p5]. This is part of strategic fundraising initiatives under way to support the company’s planned growth and hydrogen infrastructure buildout. HTEC is pitching to the Vancouver Angel Forum, one of the oldest and largest ‘angel investor’ gatherings in Canada, as part of its fundraising efforts. ‘We’ve been really encouraged by the enthusiasm and interest from investors during our fundraising campaign,’ says Colin Armstrong, President and CEO of HTEC. ‘Crowdfunding and pitching to angel investors give us great opportunities to make connections with Canadians who believe in what we’re doing, and want to invest in a profitable, earlystage company operating in BC’s world-leading hydrogen and fuel cell sector.’ Hydrogen Technology & Energy Corporation: www.htec.ca
dedicated to serving light-duty fuel cell electric vehicles. Linde’s innovative Cryo Pump 3.0/90 will be the core component in True Zero’s newest hydrogen stations. The technology provides several benefits over earlier generations of fueling stations, including increased capacity at lower operating cost and a smaller footprint. ‘Linde’s technology provides a significant increase of refueling station capacity, and with that we see a path to retailing hydrogen fuel at cost parity with gasoline,’ says Joel Ewanick, CEO of True Zero. ‘This next-generation True Zero station… will deliver more hydrogen to drivers of zero-emission fuel cell vehicles each day, and it will refuel cars simultaneously to reduce customer wait times.’ True Zero operates about half of all current retail hydrogen stations in California [December 2017, p11], and is in the process of developing 12 more facilities [July 2017, p8]. The company’s network extends from San Diego in the south to Lake Tahoe on the northeastern border with Nevada, with clusters of stations concentrated in the principal early adopter markets of Los Angeles, Orange County, and the San Francisco Bay Area. FirstElement Fuel – the largest hydrogen retailer in the US – is working with Sandia National Laboratories to model and design the next generation of safe, cryogenic liquid hydrogen refueling stations [November 2018, p11]. The Linde Group is a leading player in hydrogen mobility, with more than 150 hydrogen refueling stations engineered worldwide and more than 30 years of R&D in hydrogen fueling technology, industrial gases, and infrastructure engineering [see the Linde feature in FCB, September 2014, and pages 8 and 12 in this issue]. True Zero: www.truezero.com FirstElement Fuel: www.firstelementfuel.com The Linde Group, Hydrogen Energy: https://tinyurl.com/linde-hydrogen-energy
Linde tech will double Air Liquide and Houpu True Zero’s California to develop hydrogen retail hydrogen volume infrastructure in China
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inde is outfitting True Zero’s newest retail hydrogen refueling stations in California with its highly efficient Cryo Pump 3.0/90 technology. The move will help to more than double the capacity of True Zero’s hydrogen network in the state. True Zero, the retail brand of FirstElement Fuel [see also page 10], currently operates 19 fully retail hydrogen stations throughout California,
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rench-based Air Liquide and Sichuan Houpu Excellent Hydrogen Energy Technology Co Ltd in China, a wholly owned affiliate of Chengdu Huaqi Houpu Holding Co Ltd in Sichuan Province, have signed an agreement to cooperate on the development, manufacturing, and commercialisation of hydrogen refueling stations for fuel cell electric vehicles in China.
The partners will jointly develop full value chain projects to foster the buildup of a Chinese hydrogen refueling infrastructure. This collaboration will bring together Air Liquide’s global technology expertise in hydrogen solutions and Houpu’s expertise in station manufacturing and construction, leveraging Houpu’s leadership in CNG/LNG (compressed natural gas/liquid natural gas) stations in the Chinese market. This combination of know-how will allow Air Liquide and Houpu to provide customers with state-of-the-art hydrogen solutions and address the fastgrowing market demand for environmentally friendly solutions in China. Air Liquide [see also pages 2, 4, 8, and 10] recently signed a partnership with Shanghai Sinotran New Energy Automobile Operation Co Ltd (STNE) to accelerate the rollout of hydrogen-powered electric truck fleets in China [FCB, August 2018, p12]. Both of these deals align with the Chinese government’s Thirteenth Five-Year Plan (2016–2020), which includes supporting the development and sale of hydrogen-powered electric vehicles for clean mobility. Air Liquide, Hydrogen Energy: http://tinyurl.com/hydrogen-energy-airliquide Chengdu Huaqi Houpu Holding Co Ltd: http://en.hqhop.com
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UK targets hydrogen to heat homes across northern England
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he UK is showing strong interest in the use of hydrogen added to natural gas networks, in particular for supplying low-carbon heat for homes and businesses. The HyDeploy project will run a trial on a closed network at Keele University, while HyDeploy2 will run two trials on public networks in northern England. And a new report looks at the potential to use 100% hydrogen to meet heating needs in millions of northern homes. The HyDeploy project will inject hydrogen into an existing natural gas network [FCB, March 2018, p11]. The £7 million (US$8.9 million) project – backed by Ofgem’s Network Innovation Competition – is being led by the UK’s largest gas distribution network Cadent, in partnership with Northern Gas Networks, Keele University, ITM Power, and Progressive Energy. It is supported by testing, inspection
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dedicated to serving light-duty fuel cell electric vehicles. Linde’s innovative Cryo Pump 3.0/90 will be the core component in True Zero’s newest hydrogen stations. The technology provides several benefits over earlier generations of fueling stations, including increased capacity at lower operating cost and a smaller footprint. ‘Linde’s technology provides a significant increase of refueling station capacity, and with that we see a path to retailing hydrogen fuel at cost parity with gasoline,’ says Joel Ewanick, CEO of True Zero. ‘This next-generation True Zero station… will deliver more hydrogen to drivers of zero-emission fuel cell vehicles each day, and it will refuel cars simultaneously to reduce customer wait times.’ True Zero operates about half of all current retail hydrogen stations in California [December 2017, p11], and is in the process of developing 12 more facilities [July 2017, p8]. The company’s network extends from San Diego in the south to Lake Tahoe on the northeastern border with Nevada, with clusters of stations concentrated in the principal early adopter markets of Los Angeles, Orange County, and the San Francisco Bay Area. FirstElement Fuel – the largest hydrogen retailer in the US – is working with Sandia National Laboratories to model and design the next generation of safe, cryogenic liquid hydrogen refueling stations [November 2018, p11]. The Linde Group is a leading player in hydrogen mobility, with more than 150 hydrogen refueling stations engineered worldwide and more than 30 years of R&D in hydrogen fueling technology, industrial gases, and infrastructure engineering [see the Linde feature in FCB, September 2014, and pages 8 and 12 in this issue]. True Zero: www.truezero.com FirstElement Fuel: www.firstelementfuel.com The Linde Group, Hydrogen Energy: https://tinyurl.com/linde-hydrogen-energy
Linde tech will double Air Liquide and Houpu True Zero’s California to develop hydrogen retail hydrogen volume infrastructure in China
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inde is outfitting True Zero’s newest retail hydrogen refueling stations in California with its highly efficient Cryo Pump 3.0/90 technology. The move will help to more than double the capacity of True Zero’s hydrogen network in the state. True Zero, the retail brand of FirstElement Fuel [see also page 10], currently operates 19 fully retail hydrogen stations throughout California,
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rench-based Air Liquide and Sichuan Houpu Excellent Hydrogen Energy Technology Co Ltd in China, a wholly owned affiliate of Chengdu Huaqi Houpu Holding Co Ltd in Sichuan Province, have signed an agreement to cooperate on the development, manufacturing, and commercialisation of hydrogen refueling stations for fuel cell electric vehicles in China.
The partners will jointly develop full value chain projects to foster the buildup of a Chinese hydrogen refueling infrastructure. This collaboration will bring together Air Liquide’s global technology expertise in hydrogen solutions and Houpu’s expertise in station manufacturing and construction, leveraging Houpu’s leadership in CNG/LNG (compressed natural gas/liquid natural gas) stations in the Chinese market. This combination of know-how will allow Air Liquide and Houpu to provide customers with state-of-the-art hydrogen solutions and address the fastgrowing market demand for environmentally friendly solutions in China. Air Liquide [see also pages 2, 4, 8, and 10] recently signed a partnership with Shanghai Sinotran New Energy Automobile Operation Co Ltd (STNE) to accelerate the rollout of hydrogen-powered electric truck fleets in China [FCB, August 2018, p12]. Both of these deals align with the Chinese government’s Thirteenth Five-Year Plan (2016–2020), which includes supporting the development and sale of hydrogen-powered electric vehicles for clean mobility. Air Liquide, Hydrogen Energy: http://tinyurl.com/hydrogen-energy-airliquide Chengdu Huaqi Houpu Holding Co Ltd: http://en.hqhop.com
ENERGY STORAGE & P2G
UK targets hydrogen to heat homes across northern England
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he UK is showing strong interest in the use of hydrogen added to natural gas networks, in particular for supplying low-carbon heat for homes and businesses. The HyDeploy project will run a trial on a closed network at Keele University, while HyDeploy2 will run two trials on public networks in northern England. And a new report looks at the potential to use 100% hydrogen to meet heating needs in millions of northern homes. The HyDeploy project will inject hydrogen into an existing natural gas network [FCB, March 2018, p11]. The £7 million (US$8.9 million) project – backed by Ofgem’s Network Innovation Competition – is being led by the UK’s largest gas distribution network Cadent, in partnership with Northern Gas Networks, Keele University, ITM Power, and Progressive Energy. It is supported by testing, inspection
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