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The Hydrogen Economy is gaining steam as companies and countries invest billions to produce energy from renewables and use it to extract hydrogen from water. "It will save companies and governments hundreds of billions of dollars and avoid delays of years in getting the Hydrogen Economy up and running by eliminating the need to construct new hydrogen pipelines or retrofitting existing ones for hydrogen. "It will save companies and governments hundreds of billions of dollars and avoid delays of years in getting the Hydrogen Economy up and running by eliminating the need to construct new hydrogen pipelines or retrofitting existing ones for hydrogen.". [Extracted from the article]

The article reports that China's membrane industry has become a supporting industry for the development of industries has played an irreplaceable role in solving the problem of water shortage, air and water pollution, developing new energy industry, and improving the utilization rate of energy and resources. It explores s how to develop China's membrane industry, the opportunities and challenges it encounters rapid development for China's membrane industry.

The article reports that output of China's biaxially oriented films, such as biaxially oriented polyimide (BOPI), biaxially oriented polyethylene (BOPE) and biaxially oriented polylactic acid, driven by domestic economic development. Topics include massive capacity expansions by aluminum-plastic packaging film producers in 2021 brought BOPA film market; and China's biaxially oriented polyester (BOPET) industry grew fast in 2021, with an improvement in both supply-demand and profitability.

The article focus on the chemical storage of hydrogen in the form of ammonia to alleviate hydrogen's storage and safety issues. Topic include Australia has been exporting energy to Japan in the form of liquid hydrogen due to the politically-driven large campaign for hydrogen fuel in Japan, however Australia has recognised liquid ammonia as perhaps a promising alter native in the long-term.

The article focuses on the Mexican Petroleum Institute (IMP) starting work on a 32 million U.S. dollar catalysts plant in Mexico that will serve the country's refinery system, ending a 60-year gap in domestic catalyst production and reducing Pemex's annual spending on catalysts.

The article offers information on fuel cell cars and how to tackle fuel costs and provide durability of these cars. The article also mentions the difficulty in the availability of the vehicles in certain geographic locations. The mechanism of fuel cell and how it functions in vehicles is discussed. The article mentions the use of polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) in automobiles.

The article offers information about the development of China's hydrogen energy industry, along with explores the calls for improving R&D on hydrogen energy technologies to international advanced level by 2025 via kicking off a batch of key projects. It mentions that costs of producing hydrogen with renewable energy resources depend on electricity prices and electrolyzer costs.

The article reports that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) issued Guiding Opinions on Promoting Development of Energy Electronics Industry calling for developing renewable energy for propelling coordinated development of upstream and downstream of energy electronics industrial and supply chains. It mentions that enterprises engaged in hydrogen energy storage/fuel cells should make breakthroughs in key technologies, regarding efficient hydrogen production.

The article discusses the demonstration by researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Technical University of Munich on the potential of ceramic proton-conducting electrolytes to overcome the limitations. Topics include the features of polymer proton-exchange membranes of glucose fuel cells; use of glucose fuel cells to as a way to power miniaturized implantable medical devices, and use of polymer proton-exchange membranes as the electrolyte.

The article discusses the developments in the use of natural gas in the U.S. energy sector. According to the Energy Information Agency (EIA), new generating capacity demand in the U.S. alone stands at 223 gigawatts (GW) in 2010-2035. It presents the several types of commercially available stationary fuel cells, including the polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells, the phosphoric acid fuel cell (PAFC), and the solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC).

The article discusses the development of automobiles with fuel cells instead of internal combustion engine to reduce air pollution. The fuel cell for automobile use is the polymer electrolyte membrane type that use pure hydrogen gas with oxygen and air to produce electric power. The electrochemical reaction does not have any emission, only water and heat. The start of production for the Mercedes-Benz B-class F-Cell automobile, which has a speed of 400 miles per hour and no emission is estimated to start before the end of year 2009.

The article discusses the issues concerning fuel cells' design and construction particularly polymer-electrolyte-membrane (PEM). It cites thatalcohols derived from renewable sourcesa and fuel cells powered by hydrogen might be the way to achieve U.S. President Barack Obama's vision of energy independence to support economic security. It notes that researchers need to probe, understand, and ultimately control the underlying causes of fuel-cell deterioration to design longer lasting fuel cells.

The article reports that researchers from several universities, institutions and corporations in Japan developed a coordination polymer glass with high intrinsic proton conductivity for use in hydrogen-fueled polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells. It mentions that water requirement places limitations on the fuel cell efficiency.

The article focuses on research into electric and hybrid aircraft. It states aerospace company EADS Innovation Works has modified a Cri-Cri single-seat ultralight to run off four electric motors driven by lithium polymer batteries, while aircraft manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. plans to fly an electric-powered S-300C light helicopter by the end of 2010. It talks about hybrid electric systems for airplanes and helicopters and proton-exchange membrane fuel cell research using liquid hydrogen.

The article announces the inauguration of The world's largest dynamic hydrogen electrolysis plant in Germany developed by H&R Ölwerke Schindler.

The article provides information on Connecticut based organization Proton, OnSite, which manufactures hydrogen, nitrogen, and zero air generators, and talks of proton exchange membrane (PEM), environmental science, and pharmaceuticals industry.

The article focuses on the gas grid technology of British energy storage solution company ITM Power that can store significant supplies of renewable energy. Statements from the company's chief executive Graham Cooley are mentioned. Topics include ITM's proton exchange membrane electrolyser, effective energy storage, and power stations.

The article reports on the development of a nickel catalyst that can be an inexpensive alternative to polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells by researchers at the University of Delaware in Newark and the Beijing University of Chemical Technology in China.

The article reports on the power-to-gas energy storage pilot plant being constructed in Germany by the Thü ga Group will use the electrolyser technology built by ITM Power PLC. It states that a proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyser will convert electricity from renewable sources into hydrogen which can be sore into the gas grid. It informs that the expansion of plant will be carried in 2016 in which hydrogen will be converted to methane for being fed into gas distribution network.

The article reports that Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. scientists developed a new type of polymer-electrolyte membranes (PEMs) for fuel cells. It says that the perflouroalkyl sulfonic acid polymers are expensive and do not function well in high temperatures. In search for a less expensive and efficient polymer, Ken Yoshimura and Katsuhiko Iwasaki combined the features of perflouroalkyl and aromatic polymer through copper-coupling reaction to produce a polymer that performs better in fuel cells.