From fertilizer to energy source of the future

Ammonia: Bright Prospects

04-Jul-2025 - Ammonia has been traditionally known for fertilizer production. In the future, it could also play a key role in the Energy Transition as an efficient source of hydrogen and a climate-friendly substitute for fossil fuels since it can be produced from nitrogen and hydrogen with zero carbon ...

When Electrons "Jump" into Water: The Secret Behind High Electrode Capacities

Researchers decode how minimal "electron spillover" increases energy storage capacity tenfold

27-Jun-2025 - In order to develop improved electrolysers for regenerative hydrogen production, the processes on the surfaces of the metal electrodes used must be precisely understood. Researchers from the Theory Department at the Fritz Haber Institute have now been able to show that even the smallest spillover ...

More effective production of “green” hydrogen with new combined material

26-Jun-2025 - The chemical reaction to produce hydrogen from water is several times more effective when using a combination of new materials in three layers, according to researchers at Linköping University in Sweden. Hydrogen produced from water is a promising renewable energy source – especially if the ...

2,890 kilometers on just one liter?

BTU team Lausitz Dynamics is runner-up Europe and Africa 2025 in the Prototype Hydrogen category

24-Jun-2025 - The winners of this year's Shell Eco-marathon energy efficiency competition were announced on June 15, 2025. In the Prototype Hydrogen category, the Thaiger-Racing team won just ahead of the student BTU team Lausitz Dynamics. The latter took 2nd place with a proud performance of 964.3 km/m³. This ...

thyssenkrupp nucera Signs an Agreement to Acquire Key Technology Assets from Green Hydrogen Systems

23-Jun-2025 - thyssenkrupp nucera, a global leader in electrolysis technology, has signed an agreement to acquire key technology assets from Green Hydrogen Systems (GHS), a Danish company specialized in pressurized alkaline electrolysis. The transaction marks an important step in thyssenkrupp nucera’s strategy ...

Small but Mighty: Miniaturized Hydrogen Production

“We asked the biologically somewhat crazy question of whether we can’t just find a shortcut and let ferredoxin produce hydrogen”

19-Jun-2025 - Researchers have created a miniature biocatalyst for hydrogen production. It works efficiently with electrons from photosynthesis. Natural hydrogen-producing enzymes are large and extremely sensitive to oxygen. This makes it difficult to use them for the applied production of green hydrogen. ...

Renewable gas from hydrogen and CO₂

New sorption-enhanced methanation plant at Empa

18-Jun-2025 - On June 16, Empa inaugurated its novel methanation plant. The move-MEGA research project is the first to demonstrate so-called sorption-enhanced methanation at pilot scale – a technology developed at Empa that makes the power-to-gas process more flexible and robust. The produced synthetic methane ...

Green hydrogen from Africa much more costly than previously assumed

Imports without guarantees are not competitive

10-Jun-2025 - To meet Europe’s demand for green hydrogen, governments and the private sector have high hopes for production in Africa. A study led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now shown that the financing costs for production facilities in African countries would be much higher than ...

New Prospects for Green Ammonia

Study provides a blueprint for load-flexible production plant – and lower costs

04-Jun-2025 - Converting ammonia production to a low-emission process is one of the major challenges in the fight against climate change. Ammonia, one of the most widely produced chemicals worldwide, is essential for the fertilizer industry and, in turn, the production of plant-based foods. However, its ...

Green hydrogen: MXene boosts the effectiveness of catalysts

Promising path to a new class of catalysts

02-Jun-2025 - MXenes are adept at hosting catalytically active particles. This property can be exploited to create more potent catalyst materials that significantly accelerate and enhance the oxygen evolution reaction, which is one of the bottlenecks in the production of green hydrogen via electrolysis using ...