{"id":2232,"date":"2021-09-10T14:37:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T14:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gencell.preprodenv.com\/?post_type=ressources&p=2232"},"modified":"2024-01-17T10:37:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T10:37:48","slug":"reuters-hydrogen-may-reduce-emissions-for-remote-telecom","status":"publish","type":"ressources","link":"https:\/\/www.gencellenergy.com\/resources\/news\/reuters-hydrogen-may-reduce-emissions-for-remote-telecom\/","title":{"rendered":"REUTERS: Hydrogen May Reduce Emissions for Remote Telecom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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<\/div> GenCell Team<\/span>\n September 10, 2021<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
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EXCERPTED FROM REUTERS:\u00a0 TOKYO, Sept 8 (Reuters) \u2013 As the world rushes to cut carbon emissions, hydrogen fuel cells may offer global telecoms an environmentally friendly solution to power energy-hungry remote networks, experts say.\"UK<\/p>\n

Hydrogen fuel cells<\/a>\u00a0are gaining traction in Japan, where hydrogen enjoys strong government support, including subsidies for technology and infrastructure. GenCell\u00a0(GNCL.TA)<\/a>, a small Israeli company that went public last year, is working with one of Japan\u2019s major telecoms operators to test its G5 fuel cell unit, said CEO Rami Reshef.\u00a0 Reshef declined to identify the Japanese company.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no doubt fuel cells can work,\u201d said Tomas K\u00e5berger, affiliate professor at Chalmers University of Technology. \u201cBut where does the\u00a0hydrogen<\/a>\u00a0come from? If transported, it would likely increase costs even compared to diesel.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Japan, hydrogen gas is usually produced by refineries and chemical makers as a byproduct or through steam or gas reforming processes and is transported in high-pressure tanks.\u00a0 Hydrogen has an energy density nearly three times that of diesel but costs about 1,100 yen ($10.00) per kilogram in Japan, while the fossil fuel costs an average of 133 yen a litre, or roughly 1 kilogram, for consumers.\u00a0\u00a0To produce the same amount of energy for the same cost, the price of hydrogen would have to fall to roughly twice that of diesel, according to U.S. government data.<\/p>\n

Reshef said\u00a0backup power<\/a>\u00a0from the\u00a0G5<\/a>\u00a0in Japan would cost about $0.83 per kilowatt hour (kWh) compared with $1.22\/kWh for diesel generators, a calculation Benner said \u201cseems reasonable\u201d.<\/p>\n

(The leading Japanese telecom) operators are building nearly 70,000 new base stations to handle the ever higher loads of data on mobile networks. More than 20,000 of those need continuous, reliable backup power, according to GenCell.<\/p>\n

To read the full article by Aaron Sheldrick in Reuters, click\u00a0here<\/a>. Widely distributed, this article also appeared in some 120 news outlets worldwide, including\u00a0Yahoo!<\/a>,\u00a0MSN News<\/a>,\u00a0US News & World Report<\/a>,\u00a0Nippon<\/a>,\u00a0Tokyo Daily News<\/a>,\u00a0Haaretz<\/a>\u00a0and many more.<\/p>\n

In response to the article in Reuters, GenCell CEO Rami Reshef comments, \u201cTo overcome the high costs of hydrogen transport and storage, GenCell is launching its A5\u00a0off-grid<\/a>\u00a0alkaline fuel cell which generates hydrogen-on-demand from economical liquid ammonia. And to enable a total green energy solution from well to wheel,\u00a0GenCell has partnered with Japanese conglomerate and materials science experts TDK<\/a>\u00a0to develop an innovative and low-cost approach to green ammonia synthesis that will provide green hydrogen on-site to power fuel cells wherever and whenever power is needed.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

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