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Next Gen HYDROGEN Electrolyser.
A redox-flow battery, in essence a reversible fuel cell, is typically made up of a positive and negative electrolyte stored in two separate tanks. When the liquids are pumped into the battery cell stack situated between the tanks, a redox reaction occurs, and generates electricity at the battery’s electrodes.
By comparison, the new invention has only one electrolyte, comprised of an iron salt (rather than the more commonly used vanadium) dissolved in acid. When hydrogen ions react with the iron salt (Fe2+), hydrogen gas is produced at the platinum-coated carbon cathode in the battery stack.
“We introduce iron as a middleman, so we can separate electrolysis into two reactions,” says Wang. Doing so allows one to control where and when to reverse the reaction to produce electrical energy to supply to the grid. “The system gives you flexibility... you could do the regeneration during evening time when electricity prices are at a peak,” he says.
Regenerating Fe2+ in the reverse reaction also allows for the continuous production of hydrogen gas, he says. “And because the hydrogen-iron cell uses about half the voltage of a traditional electrolyzer, you can generate hydrogen at a much cheaper cost if you do everything right.”
It also helps that iron is much cheaper and more abundant compared with vanadium.
Qing Wang, a materials scientist at the National University of Singapore, sees another benefit. “If you care more about purity and want to have ultra-pure hydrogen, then maybe it’s a good solution,” he says. Cross-contamination can sometimes occur during electrolysis because the hydrogen and oxygen gases produced are so small that they are able to traverse the membrane separator.
The new redox-flow cell performed well in lab tests, exhibiting a charge capacity of up to one ampere per square centimeter, a ten-fold increase over normal flow batteries. It was also able to withstand “several hundred cycles” of charging, which has never been demonstrated before in hydrogen ion flow batteries, says Wang, who has a number of patents for the invention, with a few more pending.
While the PNNL team experimented on a single cell measuring 10 square centimeters, Ayers and her colleagues at Nel Hydrogen proved that the technology could work even when scaled up to a five-cell stack measuring 100 square centimeters. They plan to spend the next few months fine-tuning the system and eliminating kinks, such as how to minimize damage to the pumps caused by the acidic electrolyte, before commercializing it.
This post was updated on 20 April 2020.
US HYDROGEN TOYOTA IWATANI SHELL.
https://www.petrolplaza.com/news/25972
According to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuels Data Center, there are currently 44 hydrogen fueling stations in the country. Only a few of those stations are currently generating hydrogen with on-site electricity using electrolysis.
NEL's deal to supply 7 initial electrolysers for collaboration with Toyota Iwatani and Shell is a major step in a very pro active California state.
Much more to come from this.
NEL, Inc California is seeking a Project Manager with experiance in hydrogen, oil, or gas! The role focuses on installations and commissionings in Southern California with a focus on Hydrogen Fueling Stations. #renewableenergy #cleanenergy #renewables #hydrogeneconomy #hydrogenenergy #hydrogenfuelcells #hydrogennow
"The technology in the upcoming H2 trucks is an upscaled version of the hydrogen powertrain in Toyota’s Mirai fuel cell passenger car. The electric traction motor used to move the wheels and the onboard battery are both larger (1.6 kWh versus 12 kWh, for the batteries), but the fuel cell stack itself is exactly the same as the one in the Mirai. The only difference there is that the trucks will use two stacks while the Mirai only needs one. The trucks, which are built using a Kenworth T680 body, will also store more hydrogen on board at 700 bar. The truck’s motor produces the equivalent of 670 horsepower and 1,375 foot-pounds of torque. That will give the powertrain enough power to start moving while on a 20-percent grade when fully loaded with 80,000 pounds combined weight, Toyota says.
Beyond the vehicles themselves, two new heavy-duty hydrogen fueling stations will be built as part of the Shore-to Store Project. One will be in Wilmington, California and the other will be in Ontario, California. That will bring to five the number of station heavy-duty hydrogen fueling stations available for H2 trucks in the Los Angeles basin. Fully refueling one of the hydrogen trucks will take between 20 and 25 minutes, but with improved technology that time could drop down to 10 or 15 minutes, Toyota representatives said."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sebastianblanco/2019/04/23/toyota-kenworth-expand-hydrogen-semi-truck-push-at-los-angeles-ports/?sh=6845e6d762c1
THEN ....
"Two new large capacity heavy-duty hydrogen fuel stations – one near the Port of Los Angeles in Wilmington and another in the warehouse centre of Ontario – are in the commissioning phase to complete the heavy-duty hydrogen fuelling network for the region."
https://www.h2-view.com/story/tenaris-partners-with-nel-hydrogen/
Can I please get away with this one ? Pleeeease .......
BOOOOOOOM !!!!!
How many MW will these factories need to make Tenaris , Toyota and Kenworth Truck hydrogen fuel ???
NEL RNS regarding fuelling stations in California for Toyota to be able to roll out the Mirai hydrogen passenger car.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nel-asa-reference-is-made-to-stock-exchange-announcement-regarding-contract-for-multiple-hydrogen-fueling-stations-301171588.html
HYDROGEN PLANT is expected to commence operations in 2021. Once production starts, Fertiberia will be able to use the hydrogen for its ammonia plant in Puertollano, and the resulting oxygen for its nitric acid unit.
In early November, Nel Hydrogen Electrolyser, a division of Norwegian hydrogen specialist Nel ASA (OSE:NEL), was unveiled as the preferred supplier of the electrolyser solution.
Since first announcing the Puertollano project in July this year, Iberdrola and Fertiberia have increased their appetite for green hydrogen and set the goal to install 800 MW of electrolyser capacity by 2027."
Supply order of ekectrolysers coming in the next few months, with the solar / ammonia / hydrogen creation project to be operational within 12 months. MW needed.
https://renewablesnow.com/news/iberdrola-clears-hurdle-for-solar-component-of-green-hydrogen-project-in-spain-725453/
HYDROGEN 20MW now confirmed so just a matter of another 780 MW ??? Wow. One Company !
CONTRACT 20 MW Electrolyser for green fertilizer project in Spain CONFIRMED !
https://nelhydrogen.com/press-release/awarded-iberdrola-contract-for-20-mw-green-fertilizer-project-in-spain/
US LITHIUM Piedmont 1st Jan $27.00 today $40+ and you ain't seen nothing yet.
Posting all my lithium info here on lse under Standard Lithium ongoing. Announced today by surprise 1st production from the mine THIS YEAR ???? WOW.
They haven't even got the mine open properly yet let alone "officially" tested the seams and rns'd the Pre Feasability Study ( usually 18&24 months at least to P F S ) then they have to file a DFS - Definitive Fesability Study which is the crossed t's & dotted i's for full production !!!
Mr Musk wants his rock lithium and this year by the look of things ? Probably worried about Nio, Xpeng and Li Auto taking US market share far too quickly !
See Texas for Teslas new 15 GW planned factory, only noticed it yesterday. 15 GW .... WOW thats f in huge , big factories are up to 2-4GW normally some are pushing 10 GW nowdays. I also note the mine they bought in to on Mondsy in Canada can supply ROCK spodumene processed to carbonate @ 60,000 tons per year down to Piedmont mine and processing plant.
Thats another hint that Tesla will be buying more than just 30% of offtake.
In Ontario Sayong mine is right near 3 10GW battery factories too @@ so Piedmont also get royalties at a % that are sold off , so plenty of demand up there.
Remember the supply v demand thing I posted on ARB last week ? Well ....
As previously said 18-24 months allow for big dilution and just sit tight buying at these levels sub 30 would have been good but its a $1 BILLION Profit mine now that mine is going to get 60,000 EXTRA Tons to process where Piedmont on its own are looking at 20,000 tons as a $1BILLION dollar profit mine. So we are looking at a $ 3 BILLION DOLLAR mine site !!!
Even if it costs $500m to build and an extra 100m shares OR Free carry JV ..... cough cough....this share is going to bo the business. Literally rock solid.
US LITHIUM Piedmont to start production in 2021.
https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/companies/news/938408/piedmont-lithium-enhances-senior-management-team-as-it-drives-integrated-us-lithium-supply-strategy-938408.html
US Standard Lithium to go in to full production in this quarter !
Imagine what that will do in a US that lists Lithium as critical.
In the article CLAYS are mentioned. Do your research on just HOW MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE CLAYS are to get to pure 99.99% lithium carbonate then processed to battery grade Hydroxides. Way more expansive to produce.
Standard Lithiums route to Lithium Carbonate does have costs but to attain the pure lithium carbonate brines only takes 24-36 hours from a well ! No huge trucks blasting rock and infilling , splitting out lithium from the rubbish in the clays at several different plants which all cost extra money and more expensively time ! Raging buy.
https://www.reuters.com/article/albemarle-nevada/update-3-albemarle-to-boost-nevada-lithium-output-as-electric-vehicle-demand-climbs-idUKL4N2JI2KS?edition-redirect=uk
Nope, Standard Lithium are very good value.
Actually to start FULL production of Lithium within weeks.
US Gov will and have declared lithium as critical and Bidens war chest for remewables will not just be hydrogen related.
Tesla buying 30% of Piedmont production when the mine hasn't even opened yet is obviously the main nudge.
The Piedmont deal to buy 50% of Sayong , 60,000 tons of high grade lithium carbonate - rock not clays or bromine / borite contaminated - is another master stroke. 15 GW Tesla factory across in Texas being built and world lithium major Albamerle just around the corner.... Piedmont is rock solid.
Standard Lithium is way ahead in time and will have 2-3 major announcements within 2 months !!!
Plenty of land bought around the current supply ahead of bulk processing proven processing. Cheap tbh.
Nel and Hexagon Composites have a habit of rising together .... Something is happening, can just feel it in the holding sp here after a rapid rise from nk24 to nk34 on not much news. In the back ground something is stirring.
Standard Lithium is the better price and have full production to start within weeks , cvd in mind obviously.
Then the lithium chlorine to Lithium Hydroxide plant in Alberta Canada was due last year to be shipped down to Arkansas for 36 hour turn around from lithium chlorine to high grade better than battery grade lithium hydroxide !!!
Fastest processing of lithium bar non , in the world inc rock.
The advantage here is the big miners or old school so are 90% of the big mining investors. Its a bit like going from a Ford T engine to a Porsche and the oldies saying "the speed limit is only 70 so why do you want to do 200mph".
Why not ? The resource is there, it is proven now as of Nov to work in bulk and they hold plenty of licences which they cleverly bought up in advance.
NOTE Albamerle are opening up pretty much all types of producing lithium even from crap clays and bromine borite rocks with large extra costs.
Better price to buy, but it may take a while for investors believe it is not magic or a unicorn.
I believe and the US cannot produce enough to cover demand ! Its that old supply demand pull.
https://www.lse.co.uk/SharePrice.asp?shareprice=0VIK&share=Standard-Lithiu
There you go. Piedmont 14% up on open 51cents
Sorry everyone for the off topic, but it is very exciting developments across the pond.
Tyson, listen to the interview. PFS completed with outstanding results last May 2020, apologies missed that. However, currently working with Tesla to get their specific battery grade lithium hydroxide at volume.
$75 million already sitting in the bank.
BIG points to take are :-
1 - Current resource test drilling with 5 rigs. This will not be to very deep depths so turn around on results should be quick.
2 - DFS final financial document submitted and signed off June July , this is a real biggie , sign off day and the sp will shoot. I would guess build up pressure to sp will start April as Reserves and new drill results will be out then they are added to DFS.
3 - Strategic partner BY Q3 when they expect to be "shovel ready" quote !
4 - Aim to minimise dilution by seeking value from partnership coming to their table and asset ! Thats the answer to your dilution, you will get one hell of a partner.
5 - Quote "Resource will be fully sold out by Q3". Tesla already signed for 30% offtake.
6 - The byproduct from the mine will be Tin extract.
Look at the price of Lithium then check out how much more Tin costs per ton and the extra they will make with the Tin they don't want @@. Its basically a subsidy towards the cost of the mine.
Now I go back to your dilution worries, if the takeoffs are "soldout by Q3" the contract for tin off take will also be signed, this value in my experience will be used to reduce offset the CAPEX ( build cost , keeping dilution to a minimum ).
7 - ALBAMERLE ARE NEXT DOOR @@. One of THE biggest Lithium and lithium processing companies in the world ???
I would be amazed if they did not want a slice of the action ? Look at where their HQ is and the bromide processing plant is in realtion to Piedmont mine.
https://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/938475/piedmont-lithium-secures-offtake-agreement-and-invests-12m-into-lithium-developer-sayona-mining-938475.html
Piedmont 1st Jan $27.00 today $40+ and you ain't seen nothing yet.
Posting all my lithium info here on lse under Standard Lithium ongoing. Announced today by surprise 1st production from the mine THIS YEAR ???? WOW.
They haven't even got the mine open properly yet let alone "officially" tested the seams and rns'd the Pre Feasability Study ( usually 18&24 months at least to P F S ) then they have to file a DFS - Definitive Fesability Study which is the crossed t's & dotted i's for full production !!!
Mr Musk wants his rock lithium and this year by the look of things ? Probably worried about Nio, Xpeng and Li Auto taking US market share far too quickly !
See Texas for Teslas new 15 GW planned factory, only noticed it yesterday. 15 GW .... WOW thats f in huge , big factories are up to 2-4GW normally some are pushing 10 GW nowdays. I also note the mine they bought in to on Mondsy in Canada can supply ROCK spodumene processed to carbonate @ 60,000 tons per year down to Piedmont mine and processing plant.
Thats another hint that Tesla will be buying more than just 30% of offtake.
In Ontario Sayong mine is right near 3 10GW battery factories too @@ so Piedmont also get royalties at a % that are sold off , so plenty of demand up there.
Remember the supply v demand thing I posted on ARB last week ? Well ....
As previously said 18-24 months allow for big dilution and just sit tight buying at these levels sub 30 would have been good but its a $1 BILLION Profit mine now that mine is going to get 60,000 EXTRA Tons to process where Piedmont on its own are looking at 20,000 tons as a $1BILLION dollar profit mine. So we are looking at a $ 3 BILLION DOLLAR mine site !!!
Even if it costs $500m to build and an extra 100m shares OR Free carry JV ..... cough cough....this share is going to bo the business. Literally rock solid.
Piedmont 1st Jan $27.00 today $40+ and you ain't seen nothing yet.
Posting all my lithium info here on lse under Standard Lithium ongoing. Announced today by surprise 1st production from the mine THIS YEAR ???? WOW.
They haven't even got the mine open properly yet let alone "officially" tested the seams and rns'd the Pre Feasability Study ( usually 18&24 months at least to P F S ) then they have to file a DFS - Definitive Fesability Study which is the crossed t's & dotted i's for full production !!!
Mr Musk wants his rock lithium and this year by the look of things ? Probably worried about Nio, Xpeng and Li Auto taking US market share far too quickly !
See Texas for Teslas new 15 GW planned factory, only noticed it yesterday. 15 GW .... WOW thats f in huge , big factories are up to 2-4GW normally some are pushing 10 GW nowdays. I also note the mine they bought in to on Mondsy in Canada can supply ROCK spodumene processed to carbonate @ 60,000 tons per year down to Piedmont mine and processing plant.
Thats another hint that Tesla will be buying more than just 30% of offtake.
In Ontario Sayong mine is right near 3 10GW battery factories too @@ so Piedmont also get royalties at a % that are sold off , so plenty of demand up there.
Remember the supply v demand thing I posted on ARB last week ? Well ....
As previously said 18-24 months allow for big dilution and just sit tight buying at these levels sub 30 would have been good but its a $1 BILLION Profit mine now that mine is going to get 60,000 EXTRA Tons to process where Piedmont on its own are looking at 20,000 tons as a $1BILLION dollar profit mine. So we are looking at a $ 3 BILLION DOLLAR mine site !!!
Even if it costs $500m to build and an extra 100m shares OR Free carry JV ..... cough cough....this share is going to bo the business. Literally rock solid.