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The pace of platinum group metals- (PGM-) enabled green hydrogen generation and clean PGM-catalysed fuel cell electricity adoption is building up steadily worldwide.
In a global online communication conducted by Mission Hydrogen and covered by Mining Weekly, Japan's Toyota this week strongly re-emphasised the forward momentum of big and small hydrogen fuel cell electric mobility.
Simultaneously, in Europe, a global pioneer in the production of green and renewable hydrogen, Lhyfe, announced the building and operating of a green hydrogen production plant for Deutsche Bahn in Tübingen, while Siemens Mobility is collaborating with Tyczka Hydrogen and Smart Train Lease in the hydrogen railway sector to provide hydrogen fuel cell trains.
Canada has passed a major clean hydrogen investment tax credit, which will provide green hydrogen developers with tax rebates as big as 40% off their project costs when they develop within the country. Others making similar moves have included Australia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, India and the US.
Air Products has announced that it intends building a network of permanent, commercial-scale, multimodal hydrogen refuelling stations stretching from northern to southern California, with the New York Stock Exchange-listed company describing the building of robust hydrogen infrastructure as critical to meeting global climate change goals.
As the world's largest supplier of hydrogen, Air Products has hands-on operating experience with more than 250 hydrogen fuelling station projects in 20 countries; its technologies are used in more than 1.5-million fuelling operations a year.
In South Korea, Hyundai's XCIENT fuel cell electric heavy-duty hydrogen truck has clocked 10-million kilometres of total driving distance in Switzerland in three years and eight months, which is seen as testament to the technology's long-term reliability.
In Germany, Hamburg is positioning itself as an international hub in the European hydrogen network, covering both regional and parts of national and European hydrogen supply.
Norway is funding a new hydrogen cargo ship conversion project that will refit green hydrogen fuel cells into an existing vessel to make it environment friendly.
Steps are being taken to locate a green hydrogen-cleaned stainless steel production facility in Savoie, France, that will also provide green hydrogen to decarbonise mobility in the French Alps region where the 2030 Winter Olympics are to be held. In the process, green hydrogen will be highlighted as the sustainable model of winter tourism.
By deciding to use green hydrogen at its Ugitech plant in Ugine, in the French Alps, Swiss Steel Group evoked this comment from Lhyfe vice-CEO Philippe Desorme: "Green hydrogen can and must be deployed as quickly as possible."
At the Tübingen innovation hub, DB Energie is testing new technologies for sustainable rail energy supply, including in the H2goesRail project. Using the green hydrogen produced, a climate-neutral hydrogen train will be put into operation this year on a test route in Baden-Württemberg, between Tübingen, Horb and Pforzheim.
"This project demonstrates the economic viability of hydrogen solutions in the transport and mobility sector," Lhyfe central and eastern Europe head Luc Graré commented.
Speaking to Australian media at a preview event for its iX5 hydrogen prototype car, the head of BMW's hydrogen programme Jurgen Guldner, who recently also took part in a clean mobility presentation in South Africa, reaffirmed BMW's strong faith in hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) technology. A fleet of BMW iX5 hydrogen cars is already on South Africa's roads, with refuelling taking place in Midrand.
Anglo American Platinum CEO Craig Miller emphasised at Resources for Africa's 2024 London Indaba that platinum-enabled and hydrogen-powered FCEVs are poised to play a key role in zero-emission global transport. "We continue to ...

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