Hydrogen Innovations & Clean Energy Updates | July 2024
1.) Hydrogen aviation start-up ZeroAvia and Dutch airline KLM planning on 2026 hydrogen powered demonstration flight with 80-seater plane using ZeroAvia’s powertrain with 2.4MW fuel cells.
2.) UK gas pipeline operator National Grid Transmission says results of a three-year project testing hydrogen/methane blends in existing gas pipeline system show “no major blockers to repurposing our network to transport hydrogen.”
3.) The US Department of Energy awards $5.4m grant to U.S. Steel, Molten Industries, and CPFD Software for construction of a pilot clean-steel project using H2 produced by pyrolysis in a direct-reduced iron furnace to create low-carbon steel.
4.) U.S. clean energy developer Intersect Power LLC to take delivery of 15.3 GWh of Tesla’s Megapack battery storage units in 2025 and 2026 for projects to be developed through 2030.
5.) SunRun and Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) create a small DOE-supported vehicle to home virtual power plant in BG&E’s service territory using three Ford F-150 Lightings. Sunrun will network and oversee the F-150 Lightning deliveries of energy during weekday dispatch periods from June 1 to September 30, between 5 and 9 p.m. Revenues estimated at $800 per vehicle.
6.) Ford Motor’s electric division posts Q2 loss of $1.1 billion in the face of continued EV pricing pressure on EVs, and despite $400 million in year-over-year cost reductions. Sales were only 26,000 units.