Storage

Type IV H₂ tanks have started rolling out from FORVIA’s groundbreaking mass production plant in Allenjoie, France. This first-of-its-kind facility in Europe and North America aims to produce 100,000 tanks annually.

WSP USA has successfully completed drilling operation and mechanical integrity tests for two new cavern wells for the Advanced Clean Energy Storage (ACES) I project in Utah—part of the first phase for the ACES Delta H₂ hub.

The technical and socio-economic possibilities of massive hydrogen (H₂) storage in porous media were explored at the hystories conference in Paris, France. The HYSTORIES (HYdrogen STORage In European Subsurface) project is funded by the European Union and led by Geostock. The conference displayed the results of 2 1/2 yr of research within the project.

At World Hydrogen North America 2023 in Houston, Texas, Eliecer Viamontes, President and CEO of Entergy Texas, delivered a presentation titled "Debating the use case for hydrogen to decarbonize the power sector." The presentation focused on the challenges of integrating H₂ into power facilities.

Hydrexia entered a MoU with the Green Solutions Group to provide a framework for a comprehensive business partnership between the two companies geared toward promoting H₂ technology user applications in the growing H₂ market in Vietnam.

LIBERTY Pipes Hartlepool has successfully passed trials to become the first UK producer of pipelines for safe transportation and storage of H₂, a major step in LIBERTY’s aim to support the UK’s development of low-carbon H₂ technologies.

Hy Stor Energy has applied for U.S. DOE funding support for the MCHH through the U.S. DOE’s Regional Clean H₂ Hub initiative. MCHH distinctively benefits from existing private investment in Hy Stor Energy that predates recent federal legislation providing for energy infrastructure financial support through loans, grants and tax incentives.

Hyphen Hydrogen Energy has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Koole Terminals. The LoI covers the proposed important of green ammonia into northwestern Europe by Hyphen to supply its customers through the import terminal being developed by Koole Terminals, located in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Decentralized polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyzer technology could address the lack of hydrogen (H₂) refilling stations across Europe ahead of the deadline to end fossil fuel truck sales by 2040.

Hydrexia signed a Memorandum of Understanding with SEDC Energy on H₂ refueling stations and H₂ storage technologies for SEDCE’s Projects in Malaysia.

The KECO Model 205 PermaStream H₂S in Liquids Process Analyzer offers an accurate quantification of hydrogen sulfide in sample streams of crude oil as part of environmental compliance, safety and quality control practices.

H₂ must be stored at more elevated pressures with respect to hydrocarbon gas fuels to achieve similar energy density. This creates higher requirements on pressure vessels and containment structures, both in terms of building materials’ strength and assembly weight. Moreover, H₂ is known to degrade materials’ properties; in particular, in the case of metals, molecular H₂ can dissociate at the metal surface, resulting in atomic H₂ to diffuse into the bulk. This can eventually degrade the material’s properties, especially the ductility and fracture resistance.