The Hydrogen Stream: More hydrogen for the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp
Australia and Chile are both granting funds to green hydrogen projects and Denmark is exempting pilot power-to-gas projects from complying with its energy legislation. Furthermore, the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP is working to find solutions for private customers to produce hydrogen.French industrial gas company Air Liquide, Belgian compressed natural gas supplier DATS 24 and the Port of Antwerp are working to deploy 300 hydrogen-powered trucks and the related renewable hydrogen production infrastructure in Belgium as part of the HyTrucks initiative. This project aims .
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Royal Marines test jet suit and Starship nails landing: 10 top stories of the week 07 May 2021
Professional Engineering
A jet suit pilot flies from an inflatable boat to a larger ship during a Royal Marines exercise with Gravity Industries (Credit for YouTube screenshot: Gravity Industries)
Starship nails the landing
A prototype of SpaceX’s Starship rocket finally stuck the landing after another high-altitude flight test. The SN15 craft touched down softly following the six-minute flight, which reached 10km altitude and included a number of manoeuvres. Four previous prototypes had exploded following flights.
Royal Marines test Gravity jet suit in boarding exercise
Lightweight wind turbines could bring hydrogen production home 04 May 2021
Professional Engineering
The small and efficient wind turbines in development at Fraunhofer IAP and partners could enable hydrogen production at home (Credit: Fraunhofer IAP) Members of the public could one day produce and use hydrogen at home thanks to lightweight, efficient wind turbines and safe storage tanks.
Both technologies are under development in Germany, at a partnership of lightweight construction experts from the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research (IAP), BTU Cottbus and an industrial partner. The systems could provide hydrogen for heat and power at home, or fuel for cars.
Hydrogen Power Plant For The Garden
The idea is that private customers will, in the future, be able to produce the hydrogen they need using small wind turbines. Lightweight construction ex perts at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP, at BTU Cottbus and an industrial partner are now developing the key technologies re quired: small, efficient rotors and safe tanks.
According to data from the German Environment Agency, private households currently are responsible for about a quarter of Germany s energy consumption in total. A good half of this energy is obtained from natural gas and crude oil. Considering the intensifying climate change, this statistic is a sobering one. “Hydrogen obtained from renewable energies has so much more potential as an energy carrier for the future,” says Prof. Holger Seidlitz, lightweight construction specialist at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg and Head of “Polymer Materials and Composite PYCO” research at the Fraunhofer Institute f