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On a little National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day month, Air Liquide seemed to have a nice present for the U.S. The French manufacturing giant revealed intentions to establish renewably manufactured hydrogen fuel at a forthcoming facility near Las Vegas.
The enterprise said the processing potential of its plant would be 30 tons of liquid fuel per day. Air Liquide said much of this would be intended for California, where, by 2025, there are proposals for 200 hydrogen fueling stations.
Australia
Till date, Australia seems to have an almost insignificant position in the global markets for hydrogen. But it is trying to dramatically step up the role as a means to substitute fossil fuel supplies with an option generated by the country’s ample sustainable energy wealth.
For instance, Siemens entered a collaboration this month to build a 5-gigawatt combination wind and solar plan geared at powering the development of renewable hydrogen. The network and infrastructure have seen a strategic shift towards sustainable energy.
Canada
In possible markets for renewable hydrogen, Canada sees promise. This is not only as a gas supplier focused on plentiful sustainable power. But also as a lithium battery maker. In a document this month, Energy Resources Canada, a federal agency, presented the potential.
China
Beijing, alongside electric cars, sees renewable hydrogen as a possible way to decarbonize travel, Gallagher of WoodMac stated. About 5,000 fuel-cell cars before 2020 and 1 million before 2030 are the nation’s goals. The development of ICT has further boosted the efforts of the nation.
France
A year back in France, Renewable Hydrogen was really the rage. In June 2018, Nicolas Hulot, formerly the Director for Ecological and Sustainable Change, promised to make France a global leader with hydrogen. He announced a research investment program of EUR 100 million.
In the meantime, Hydrogène de France (HDF) has encouraged a commitment of EUR 90 million towards French Guiana’s hydrogen plant. Hulot is already out of service now, and the HDF idea has quietly gone. But it doesn’t imply the awareness of green hydrogen has dwindled.
Germany
Martin Hablutzel, Director of Strategy with Siemens in Australia, said that Germany considers hydrogen eventually that is used in “different applications, particularly transportation and the decarbonization of industry.”
The nation, very much a front-runner in the production of hydrogen engineering, aims to lift its performance with proposals for 20 research laboratories. It will be released in the summers with a gross budget of EUR 100 million. The country has the best network and infrastructure for sustainable growth.
Japan
Japan is undoubtedly the world’s most advanced green hydrogen industry, “especially with regard to the import of hydrogen for internal uses such as transportation,” Hablutzel added.
Kudos to the contributions of manufacturers such as Honda and Toyota, the nation leads the way in the production of liquid fuel-cell cars. There has been a surge in Data Center and cloud storage technology to hold all the data generated from e-vehicles.
Norway
Norway has tremendous capacity for hydrogen extraction from hydroelectric power and has been facilitating the use of such fuel cells in ferry services. The nation has had the unfortunate distinction early this year of being the first in the globe to record an explosion at a hydrogen fuel station.
The director of the gas station, Nel Hydrogen, worked swiftly to exchange facts to get to the root cause concerning the event wherein two persons were hospitalized.
South Korea
The Norwegian fuel station crash has not been the only security loss to haunt this year’s burgeoning green fuel sector. A hydrogen container burst in Gangneung, South Korea, at a federal testing facility in May, killing a couple and wounding six. The country has made efforts towards Flash Storage and Cloud as steps towards smart energy solutions.
U.K
Looking deeply disconnected from European trade agreements and fortunate with one of largest offshore wind economies in the country, the U.K. Sustainable energy hydrogen is being pursued now. This is implemented as a way to reduce supplies of gas and further decarbonize the energy market at the current rate.
The U.K., just last month, announced a £12 billion proposal for using 4 gigawatts of wind energy for clean hydrogen generation. The project is scheduled for the early 2030’s.
U.S
Although in terms of sustainable hydrogen manufacturing, the U.S. overall hardly deserves notice. However, one state, California, has been rushing to be a leading industry.
The demand for hydrogen in California is motivated partially by ambitious targets for decarbonization. These include phasing out certain petrol or natural gas-powered vehicles by 2040, and partially by the participation of the most high-profile pioneers of technology in the industry.
