MAN Energy Solutions and ANDRITZ Hydro have completed a strategic framework agreement jointly to develop international projects for the production of green hydrogen from hydropower. A pilot project in Europe will mark the start of the collaboration. Subsequently, the companies want to identify jointly further projects and implement them in... Read more →

Exro Technologies Inc., the developer of Coil Driver power electronics technology for electric motors and batteries (earlier post), will locate its US headquarters in Mesa, Arizona. Exro plans to hire 50 employees over the next 18 months, bringing new job opportunities to the region and expanding the local e-mobility ecosystem.... Read more →

Parking services provider Parkopedia announced a new deal with Volkswagen of America (VWoA) to provide parking reservation services to Volkswagen drivers using the Car-Net service and the associated smartphone app in the US. The service is now live for drivers and will cover both legacy and new vehicles produced by... Read more →

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District in California announced the deployment of seven zero-emission tractors at Bay Area farms as part of an approximately $1-million grant through the Funding Agricultural Reduction Measures for Emission Reductions (FARMER) program to demonstrate zero-emission technology in Bay Area agricultural operations. The program is... Read more →

IndianOil (Indian Oil Corporation Limited) will build India’s first ‘Green Hydrogen’ plant at its Mathura refinery. Green hydrogen is derived from water electrolysis using renewable energy such as solar or wind. Biomass-based hydrogen production technologies also qualify under the green category. Brown and grey hydrogen are produced through coal gasification... Read more →

Eastman and Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies, a pioneer in the liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) industry (earlier post), are partnering to make the storage and transportation of sustainable hydrogen more secure, easier and more affordable for the fast-growing clean energy market. Eastman is poised to meet the increasing needs of the... Read more →

Ford has hired corporate M&A veteran Doug Power, 52, in the newly created position of Vice President, Corporate Development. He and his team are charged with developing, sustaining and carrying out a master plan for strategic acquisitions and investments on behalf of Ford’s Industrial, Technology and Software, and New Businesses... Read more →

UCAP Power, Inc., a developer of ultracapacitor-based power solutions, has completed the purchase of Maxwell Technologies Korea, the Korean-based ultracapacitor business, as well as other related assets including the Maxwell brand and system patents and products. UCAP recently introduced the POWERBLoK battery replacement solution. POWERBLoK incorporates integrated charging and control... Read more →

Boeing, SkyNRG and SkyNRG Americas announced a partnership focused on scaling the availability and use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) globally. Boeing will also invest in SkyNRG Americas’ SAF production project, for which Alaska Airlines is a previously announced partner. Boeing, SkyNRG and SkyNRG Americas will work together to accelerate... Read more →

Apex Clean Energy, one of the nation’s largest independent clean energy companies, and Plug Power announced a 345 MW wind power purchase agreement (PPA) and a development services agreement for a green hydrogen production facility. The power purchased through the PPA will directly supply a new hydrogen production plant with... Read more →

REE Automotive announced a strategic collaboration with EAVX, a wholly owned business unit of JB Poindexter & Co (JBPCO). The JB Poindexter business enterprise includes commercial work truck bodies and accessory industry leaders Morgan Olson, Morgan Corporation, Reading, Truck Accessories Group, and Masterack. REE and EAVX will collaborate to develop... Read more →

Skeleton Technologies signed a contract with CAF Power & Automation, the global manufacturer of electric power solutions for the rail industry, to supply ultracapacitors in trams powered by CAF P&A’s OESS-s (On Board Energy Storage Systems). Skeleton’s cells will be included in Greentech OESS portfolio already used by some of... Read more →

Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA), one of the largest listed integrated utilities in the region, and Abu Dhabi Ports, are discussing the development of an industrial-scale green hydrogen to ammonia export project in Abu Dhabi. A partnership on a green hydrogen to ammonia project on this scale between... Read more →

PowerCell Sweden AB has secured an order valued at a total of MSEK 10.9 million (US$1.3 million) from UK company ZeroAvia. The order comprises fuel cell stacks, fuel cell systems and engineering services, and is scheduled for continuous delivery over one year. The order is part of a cooperation agreement... Read more →

EDGE Navigation and Ulstein (earlier post) recently announced their cooperation on an X-BOW container vessel concept design to facilitate green energy power solutions for fossil-free operations. The partners are now in the process of evaluating the use of a modular hydrogen fuel cell solution together with ABB and Ballard Power... Read more →

Ballard Power Systems has received a purchase order for 15 70 kW FCmove-HD fuel cell modules from Tata Motors to power 15 of Tata’s zero-emission Fuel Cell Electric Buses (FCEBs). Ballard plans to complete delivery of all modules by 2022. The buses are planned for deployment in Faridabad, the largest... Read more →

According to a report in Nikkei Asia, Daikin Industries, Japan’s top air conditioner maker, has developed a refrigerant for electric vehicles that can extend their range by up to 50%. The company plans to commercialize the product by 2025, the report said. Daikin’s new refrigerant supposedly has a boiling point... Read more →

Irizar e-mobility together with its partner in Switzerland Jebsen & Jessen Industrial Solutions Schweiz AG, will supply a total of 18 electric buses with operators Bernmobil and BUS Ostschweiz. The Swiss operator Bernmobil (Berne) ordered 14 ie bus zero-emissions buses in the 18-meter articulated version. These buses are planned to... Read more →

Rio Tinto and POSCO, the largest steel producer in South Korea and one of the world’s leading steel producers, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly explore, develop and demonstrate technologies to transition to a low-carbon emission steel value chain. The partnership will explore a range of technologies... Read more →

MZK in Konin will be the first public transport operator in Poland to add a hydrogen bus to its fleet. Secured by Solaris Bus & Coach, the contract stipulates the four-year lease of a Urbino 12 hydrogen bus. The vehicle will be delivered to Konin in 2022. The main advantages... Read more →

Baselland Transport AG (BLT) transport company is putting five Mercedes-Benz eCitaro electric buses into operation. Very soon, eight more eCitaro for BLT will follow. BLT is a Swiss transport company that links the city of Basel to the surrounding region via bus and train. BLT operates in the cantons of... Read more →

Moscow will begin testing hydrogen fuel cell buses by September 2022. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin signed an agreement to that effect with representatives of KAMAZ and RUSNANO at the Moscow Urban Forum. A center for the production of hydrogen buses will be created on the basis of SVARZ plant—site of... Read more →

Maersk and Hyundai Mipo Dockyards have agreed on a contract for Hyundai Mipo to build a feeder vessel with a dual engine technology enabling it to sail on either methanol or conventional very low sulfur fuel. Maersk announced the intention to order the vessel, an industry first, on 17 February... Read more →

Andreas Scheuer, Germany’s Federal Minister for Transport and Digital Infrastructure, signed a memorandum on cooperation with the four German Urban Air Mobility (UAM) model cities and regions of Aachen, Ingolstadt, Hamburg and North Hesse to start a new innovation network for the use of drones in Germnay. Today we are... Read more →

Loop Energy, a developer and manufacturer of hydrogen fuel cell-based solutions, reports that the pilot transit bus fleet of Skywell New Energy Vehicles Group (Skywell) in Nanjing, China has now been fully operational for 45 days and has already accumulated 75,000 kilometers of in-service operations. Loop Energy announced in April... Read more →

Crane Carrier, a Battle Motors truck company, is now a UFC sponsor. The partnership aligns Battle Motors with UFC as the inaugural sponsor in two distinct categories within the US market. Battle Motors will become the “Official Light Duty Truck of UFC,” as well as the first presenting partner of... Read more →

Neste, the world’s leading provider of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), has set up a supply of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel at Cologne Bonn Airport. AFS, the leading provider for aviation fueling services in Germany, supports Neste to serve this market. The first flight fueled with Neste MY SAF was... Read more →

OCI N.V. announced that Fertiglobe has signed an agreement with TA’ZIZ to join a world-scale blue ammonia production project in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi. The agreement further strengthens the UAE’s hydrogen value proposition, building on the deep experience in carbon capture and storage of ADNOC, and the ammonia capabilities of Fertiglobe,... Read more →

The Finnish company UPM-Kymmene has selected Siemens Energy to supply electrification, automation, and digitalization (EAD) packages for a next-generation biorefinery currently under construction in Leuna, Germany. The biorefinery will be the first industrial-scale facility of its type. It will apply novel process innovations to convert sustainable hardwood into bio-based mono-ethylene... Read more →

Electric Last Mile, Inc. (ELMS) will reveal its working prototype of the Urban Utility electric medium-duty cab-forward truck, and begin taking orders, at the Route Consultant Contractor Expo on 30-31 July. Held in Nashville, Tennessee, the annual Expo is the largest independent gathering of FedEx Ground contractors in the country.... Read more →

STMicroelectronics (ST), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, is collaborating with EV company Arrival (earlier post) to provide leading-edge semiconductor technologies and products for Arrival’s vehicles including automotive microcontrollers and power and battery-management devices. Arrival has selected ST’s high-performance, secure automotive microcontrollers for its... Read more →

Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein (VHH) has ordered 20 more fully electric city buses from MAN Truck & Bus: 10 Lion’s City 12 E and 10 articulated Lion’s City 18 E buses. VHH brought MAN Truck & Bus its first sales success for electric buses at the end of 2019. All 17 MAN... Read more →

Crane Carrier Company (CCC), a Battle Motors truck manufacturing company, announced the first delivery of battery-powered, electric refuse trucks to New York City with Liberty Ashes, Inc., a family-operated business providing the New York City metro area with waste removal & recycling for over 50 years. Liberty Ashes, Inc. will... Read more →

bp ventures has invested $7 million in smart electric vehicle (EV) charging firm, IoTecha, leading a $13.2-million investment round. IoTecha’s easy-to-use technology connects EV chargers with the electricity grid using the Internet of Things (IoT), optimizing the charging process by automating payments and delivering cost and potential energy savings to... Read more →

Kia Europe and Uber announced an electric mobility partnership under which Kia will offer its range of battery electric vehicles (BEVs)—including the e-Niro and e-Soul—to Uber drivers with special offers. New mobility partnerships are part of Kia’s Plan S strategy, revealed earlier this year, which will see eco-friendly models take... Read more →

LiquidPiston, Inc., developer of advanced rotary diesel and multi-fuel internal combustion engines, has successfully run its X-Engine next-generation rotary engine on hydrogen gas. This is the sixth fuel variation that has been shown to power the X-Engine along with gasoline, propane, kerosene, diesel, and jet A fuel. To demonstrate the... Read more →

Slovakia-based Mobility & Innovation a.s. (M&I) has ordered Loop Energy’s S300 fuel cell module to fuel the electric powertrain of its new 8-meter transit bus as part of the company’s M&I composite platform. This order is the first under the commercial agreement signed between the parties, which anticipates more than... Read more →

Fenix Marine Services (FMS) has fully transitioned its fleet of more than 300 pieces of container handling equipment from fossil-based diesel fuel to a renewable diesel fuel blend, effective immediately. This transition also covers smaller, support vehicles previously powered by diesel. Fenix Marine Services in the Port of Los Angeles... Read more →

Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has joined a study with Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) to explore the use of ammonia as an alternative marine fuel. The study aims to create a high-level understanding of the ammonia supply chain and bunkering safety. Ammonia is widely viewed as a promising... Read more →

The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) signed a cooperation and development agreement with Toronot-based Greenfield Global, which specializes in the production of biofuels, to identify, conceive and implement innovative green energy solutions, including green hydrogen, ethanol and methanol. A working committee has been set up to oversee the development and implementation... Read more →

Huntsman Corporation announced that its Performance Products division is planning to significantly increase its existing capacity for ULTRAPURE Ethylene Carbonate at its Conroe, Texas facility by mid-2023. In recent years, Huntsman has seen strong growth in ULTRAPURE Ethylene Carbonate tied to the evolution of EVs and the localization of lithium-ion... Read more →

Amogy Inc., a developer of ammonia-based, high energy-density power solutions, announced the close of a major funding round. Led by AP Ventures, an investor in hydrogen technologies, the round included San-Francisco-based funds DCVC and Collaborative Fund, and investor Shaun Arora. Proceeds will be used for the first commercial demonstration of... Read more →

The Tramagal plant in Portugal—Daimler Trucks’ central production location for FUSO in Europe—announced that its truck-manufacturing infrastructure will achieve carbon-neutrality in 2022. In 2019, Daimler Truck AG announced that all European Daimler Trucks & Buses plants aim to be CO₂-neutral by the year 2022. In line with this ambition, the... Read more →

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) and CALSTART announced the reopening of the popular Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP) to new voucher requests. The 2021 reopening will make available $165 million to California-based businesses that want to transform their fleets with new, zero-emission and near-zero-emission... Read more →

Momentum Fuel Technologies is now offering its compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel system in a smaller diameter side-mount 32 and 55 diesel gallon equivalent (DGE) systems. The smaller diameter system is integrated on the frame rail of the truck, so it provides customers with best-in-class ground clearance, beneficial for construction... Read more →

Kia’s 2021 Niro EV is largely a carryover from the 2020 model, but with technology and convenience enhancements. Niro EV continues to deliver an estimated 239 miles of range on a single charge and may be eligible for state and local utility incentives, depending on location of purchase, in addition... Read more →

Russia’s NOVATEK (the largest independent natural gas producer in Russia) and Severstal (a vertically integrated mining and metallurgical company) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the field of alternative and hydrogen energy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The MOU provides for the implementation of a joint pilot... Read more →

School bus manufacturer Blue Bird Corporation has electric-powered school buses delivered or on order. As the only school bus manufacturer that produces and sells all three school-bus body configurations in EV, Blue Bird expects its electric bus sales to accelerate through the rest of 2021. Blue Bird’s electric-powered school buses... Read more →

Hitachi Astemo—a joint venture between Hitachi and Honda Motor—announced that its EV motors and inverters were adopted by Mazda Motor Corporation for its first mass-produced electric vehicle, the MX-30 EV, which was launched in Japan in January 2021 and will be heading to California later this year (earlier post). The... Read more →

Canada-based HPQ Silicon Resources, PyroGenesis Canada and the Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications Centre (ETM) of the Institut National de Recherche Scientifique (INRS) have set up a research project focused on the development of silicon (Si)-based materials as active anode materials for Lithium-ion batteries. With a budget of $500,000, the project is... Read more →