Partnerships, New Developments, and Investments to Scale Up Use of Hydrogen Generators – Pratik Kirve.
As various industries and organizations strive to achieve net zero carbon emission goals, they have been finding different methods to achieve those goals. One of the ways is to deploy hydrogen generators. From tech giants to universities, various strategies have been adopted to utilize hydrogen generators in one way or the other.
For the development of innovative products, market players have partnered with universities and clean energy developers. This will help them in combining expertise to develop better products than before. Moreover, market players have been securing funding to develop the products and speed up the development efforts. These products will offer clean, reliable, and sustainable solutions, and they are scalable.
The demand for innovative hydrogen generators is expected to increase in the coming years. According to the report published by Allied Market Research, the global hydrogen generator market is estimated to reach $2.2 billion by 2030. Below I list some of the activities taking place across the world.
Partnership is one of the major strategies adopted by market players to combine expertise and offer better and advanced products than before. This strategy has become prominent when it comes to development of clean and reliable power from hydrogen generators. Loughborough University joined hands with Bladon for researching and developing hydrogen generators for the company’s micro turbines.
Bladon’s existing micro turbine gensets (MTGs) utilizes kerosene, diesel, paraffin, and the mixture of these components for operation. It will begin to use hydrogen as a fuel, which will generate zero carbon emissions during its operation. Loughborough’s National Centre for Combustion and Aerothermal Technology (NCCAT) will work in collaboration with Bladon to meet net-zero carbon challenges and achieve the goal of manufacturing a micro turbine hydrogen generator by 2022. Both parties will strive to develop an innovative and game-changing hydrogen generator to achieve zero carbon emissions.
Tech giants have their own net zero carbon emission goals and finding different ways to eliminate emissions from their operations. One of the ways to eliminate the emissions is through their huge data centers. Microsoft joined hands with Caterpillar and Ballard Power Systems for testing hydrogen fuel cell generators for its data center in Washington. Large format hydrogen fuel cells will be incorporated in the data center of the tech giant. The US Department of Energy (DOE) will fund the project partially. Moreover, it will be supported by the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL).
Caterpillar will offer system integration, controls, and power electronics, while Ballard will provide hydrogen fuel cell generators. Jason Kaiser, the Vice President of Caterpillar, outlined that this hydrogen generator demonstration project will enable the industry leaders in achieving more sustainable operations. The project will try to achieve uninterruptible power with nearly 99.99% uptime and explore the scalability opportunities. Microsoft is trying to eliminate the dependency on diesel fuels on backup generators by 2030.
Along with partnership strategy, universities and organizations have been pouring efforts in developing innovative hydrogen generators that will be utilized in different applications. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D) developed “Hydrogen-fuelled Spark-Ignition Engine Generator.” This generator offers zero emissions, and is more eco-friendly option as compared to diesel-fuelled generators. The Engines and Unconventional Fuels Laboratory of IIT-Delhi collaborated with Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited (KOEL) and the Indian Oil R&D Centre for development of this innovative generator.
As diesel-fuelled engines cause air pollution with emission of carbon-containing gases, this hydrogen generator provides zero-carbon emissions and improves thermal efficiency. IIT-D mentioned that the hydrogen generator can be utilized for decentralized power generation in buildings, industry, and others. Dr. K A Subramanian, the Principal Investigator of the project and Professor at IIT-D, highlighted that if hydrogen infrastructure is made available in the future, it can replace diesel generators for electrical power generation. Moreover, it will reduce air pollution in urban areas considerably.
The efforts to produce clean energy accelerate and securing investment is one of the major steps in the effort. Kaizen Clean Energy (KCE) secured funding to speed up deployment of hydrogen generators. This funding will be utilized for distributed battery electric vehicle (EV) charging, standby power generation, and hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) fueling in the U.S. KCE is empowered to deliver hydrogen generators to its customers by the second half of 2022.
These hydrogen generators will play a crucial role in achieving net zero carbon emission goals of customers who relied on old electric grids. Moreover, conventional hydrogen solutions will be replaced as they lack reliable supply, are not scalable, and need capital-intensive infrastructure. The innovative hydrogen generator of KCE delivers on-demand ISO Grade Hydrogen by reforming methanol at point of use. This eliminates the cost of transportation and storage of cryogenic hydrogen. Moreover, this solution is scalable and helps clients in meeting zero carbon goals.
Author the author – Pratik Kirve is writer, blogger, and sport enthusiast. He holds a bachelor degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, and is currently working as a Team Lead – Content Writing at Allied Market Research. He has avid interest in writing news articles across different verticals. When he is not following updates and trends, he spends his time reading, writing poetry, and playing football. He can be reached at pratik.kirve@alliedmarketresearch.net
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