DISCOUNT promotion: Your ADVERTISING on the PtX portal + + + Denmark: Everfuel supports tests of Volvo hydrogen trucks + + + Switzerland: Phillips 66 and H2 Energy Europe are building a network of 250 hydrogen filling stations in Europe + + + Canada: Universal Hydrogen and Avmax are converting 20 regional aircraft to hydrogen power + + + USA: Bloom Energy puts new factory into operation + + + France: Total Eren joins H2Global + + + China: 31 gigawatts of PV expansion in the first half of 2022 + + + DISCOUNT promotion: Your ADVERTISING on the PtX portal
A selection of PtX topics summarized at the end of the week
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The Danish one Everfuel A/S will supply green hydrogen for testing Volvo fuel cell trucks. The tests take place in northern Sweden and Spain to expose the vehicles to both extremely cold and warm operating conditions 
to suspend, it is said. During the test period, Everfuel will provide a mobile hydrogen filling station at both locations. The test phase is scheduled to begin in 2023. In May the company had a mobile one hydrogen filling station presented, the pilot operation of which is scheduled to start in 2023. (Photo: Volvo wants to bring fuel cell trucks onto the market. © Volvo Group Trucks Central Europe GmbH)
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The British petrol station operator Phillips 66 Ltd. and the Swiss H2 Energy Europe SA want to build a network of hydrogen filling stations in Germany, Austria and Denmark. The plans were 
already in February announced this year. The companies have now founded the 50:50 joint venture Jet H2 Energy Austria GmbH. The new company will therefore bundle the filling station know-how of Phillips 66 and the hydrogen know-how of H2 Energy, search for and select locations in order to build and operate around 2026 hydrogen filling stations for heavy and light commercial vehicles as well as for cars by 250 and to supply it with green hydrogen. Phillips 66 Limited is a subsidiary of Phillips 66, a US energy generation and logistics company. Phillips 66 has more than 1.000 Jet brand filling stations in Europe and is building hydrogen filling stations in Switzerland as part of a joint venture with Coop Mineraloel AG. H2 Energy Europe SA is a joint venture between the raw materials trading company Trafigura Pte Ltd. and H2 Energy Holding AG, a hydrogen provider in Europe with investments in the production, distribution and use of green hydrogen. (Photo: Jet gas station. © Phillips 66)
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The Canadian one Avmax Aircraft Leasing Inc. has awarded Universal Hydrogen Co. an order to convert 20 regional aircraft to green hydrogen. Accordingly, Avmax can switch between the conversion kits 
for the ATR 72-600 and the Dash 8-300. In addition, Universal Hydrogen will provide hydrogen as fuel for Avmax's leased and owned fleets. “This order is an important step for Canada’s large regional aircraft market with nearly 300 Dash-8s and 50 ATRs,” said Paul Eremenko, co-founder and CEO of Universal Hydrogen. The company says it is working on certifying a powertrain conversion kit that can be used to retrofit existing regional aircraft to run on hydrogen. Avmax is a global company with locations in Australia, Canada, Chad, Kenya, Mexico, Singapore, Great Britain and the USA, which is an engineering service provider and also offers maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) for the aircraft industry. It could also become an MRO partner with Universal Hydrogen because the company has a solid presence in North America, said Scott Greig, head of Avmax Aircraft Leasing Inc. Canada is the "largest regional turboprop market in the world" with more than 120 airports. . (Photo: Universal Hydrogen and Avmax convert 20 regional aircraft to hydrogen engines. © Universal Hydrogen)
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The Bloom Energy Corp. has commissioned its gigawatt manufacturing facility in Fremont, California, USA. According to the information, the investments were 200 million dollars (196 million euros). The expansion follows the expansion of the company headquarters 
in San Jose and the opening of a new research and technical center and global hydrogen development facility in Fremont. Solid oxide fuel cells are produced in the new factory, which are used in a container called an “Energy Server” for self-sufficient and decentralized power supply, but also as an emergency generator. Bloom plans to create more than 400 new jobs by year's end, bringing its California workforce to nearly 2.000; There is currently an acute need for new workers. (Photo: California Governor Gavin Newsom, right, and KR Sridhar, founder, chairman and CEO of Bloom Energy, at the opening of Bloom's new production facility in Fremont. © Bloom Energy)
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The French independent solar and wind power producer Totally Eren SA has joined the German foundation H2 Global. The company is also in 
Green hydrogen is active, for example in the “H2 Magallanes” (Chile) and “HyEnergy” (Australia) projects. The H2Global Foundation was founded in 2020 with the aim of significantly accelerating the market launch of green hydrogen and its derivatives. A market mechanism was developed for this purpose: the green hydrogen is purchased at the lowest possible price and then sold in Europe to the highest bidder. However, it is to be expected that the purchase price is currently higher than the sales price. The negative difference will be compensated for a limited time by grants from the Federal Ministry of Economics. To date, around three dozen international companies from the areas of energy, finance, logistics and heavy industry are involved in the foundation, which is based in Hamburg. (Photo: Total Eren’s 12-megawatt “Ferreira do Alentejo” solar park in Portugal © Total Eren SA)
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From January to June there were... China Photovoltaic power plants with an output of almost 31 gigawatts (GW) were newly installed. This is an increase of 137 percent 
compared to the same period last year, according to the news agency “Reuters”, citing the China Photovoltaic Industry Association. The total output of solar systems in China is now 340 GW, an increase of 25,8 percent compared to the previous year. According to estimates, the total new PV capacity installed this year could reach 75 to 90 GW. Last year, the total expansion was around 55 GW. For comparison: The total installed solar power capacity in Germany was 2021 GW at the end of 59. The European solar industry lobby association Solar Power Europe (SPE) estimates solar expansion for the entire year 2022 in Europe at 39 GW. (Photo: In September 2020, the country's largest solar power plant in Qinghai Province was connected to the grid in China after eleven months of construction. The system has an installed line of 2,2 gigawatts and has a storage facility with a capacity of 203 megawatt hours. © Sungrow Power Supply Co.,Ltd)
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