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#HydrogenNews 📢These 13 Wärtsilä gas engines headed to make Australia’s largest-ever reciprocating engine power plant - 300MW - "...can currently operate with up to a 25 vol-% hydrogen fuel blend." #hydrogen #H2 #energy #ICE

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 29/09/2026

#H2News 📢Plug Power & Arcadia eFuels partnership for +1GW of electrolyzers for e-SAF projects in Europe and the Americas. @ArcadiaeFuel starting with 280MW of @PlugPowerInc hydrogen for #eSAF Project ENDOR in Denmark. ENDOR advances toward FID. #hydrogen #H2 #GreenHydrogen

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 28/09/2026

#Hydrogen101 The #H2 ecosystem requires many different hydrogen-specific subsystems: piping, valves, tanks… Burckhardt Compression has more than 60yr of experience with #hydrogen. eg: 3 x 4.8MW (6,400HP) 4.5 pressure ratio, oil-free compressors in continuous operation for 14yrs!

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 24/09/2026

⬇️Jian Wu's China Hydrogen Bulletin appears to have let his AI assistant hallucinate this title. eSAF (electro-based Sustainable Aviation Fuel) only achieves "negative emissions" in a full lifecycle analysis #LCA when paired with additional permanent carbon removal. #SAF #eSAF #energy #NET

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 17/09/2026

Nel agreement with Scotland's Hydrasun to assemble Nel’s MC Series electrolyzers in Aberdeen. £1.9m in UK funding supports new assembly line. #hydrasun will integrate #nelhydrogen US-made PEM electrolyzers into containerized 1.25-2.5MW units. #Hydrogen #H2 #GreenHydrogen #Scotland #UK #energy

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 16/09/2026

Mr. Donald Thomas Scholz, #MIT '69 #MITMechE, SM '70 of the band Boston was first an #MIT_alumni, then worked at Polaroid #Polaroid for 6yrs. Starting in 1976, Boston sold 31 million copies of its six albums. Scholz lives in a Boston suburb. Gifted article: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/16/m...

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 14/09/2026

#Safety101 Unfortunately, @paulbarretthysata.bsky.social Hysata's membrane-free water electrolysis design↙️ ignores ISO 22734-1 & other international hydrogen safety requirements. Just look at CPH2: 28May2026 explosion↘️ destroyed their 1MW membrane-free electrolyzer; they pivoted to an IP strategy.

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 13/09/2026

I am truly unimpressed with this Power to Hydrogen #P2H2 "hybrid AEM electrolysis technology". P2H2 AEM patent US10844497B2 shows electrolyzer data stopping at 100 mA/cm2. Commercial PEM electrolyzers operate up to 3000mA/cm2-30x greater current density #H2 #hydrogen #GreeenHydrogen #electrolysis

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 10/09/2026

Oh, sure, battery electric buses are always perfect, and have 100% of claimed range during hot weather or cold weather. Please show your data for claiming the LCO of hydrogen electric buses is worse than for battery electric buses. ⬇️Albuquerque might be interested in correcting you...

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 10/09/2026

Oh, sure, battery electric buses are always perfect, and have 100% of claimed range during hot weather⬇️ or cold weather.. Please show your data for claiming the LCO of hydrogen electric buses is worse than for battery electric buses.

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 08/09/2026

↙️Natural or geologic hydrogen has been predicted by the #USGS & others to represent a massive zero-carbon energy source. ↘️Max Power & others worldwide are busy drilling exploratory wells. Still waiting for any commercial #WhiteHydrogen production… #hydrogen #H2 #GeologicHydrogen #NaturalHydrogen

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 31/08/2026

#hydrogen101 #H2safety 💥Birthday party balloons filled with hydrogen exploded in a Bali restaurant on Sunday 30Aug2026, sparking an inferno. More dangerous fall-out due to the Strait of Hormuz driving up helium prices! bit.ly/4gC0UiA #hydrogen #H2 #firesafety

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 30/08/2026

#energy101 1) Thane Heins @thaneheins.bsky.social claims to have won a Nobel Prize (He has not.)⏬ 2) Heins claims a perpetual motion machine. (Impossibe)⬇️ 3) His various granted patents are all Expired - Fee Related (ie useless) #energy #perpetualmotion

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 26/08/2026

Batteries cannot solve LD sea/air/HD land transport. Hydrogen can! As @h2bjorn.bsky.social said: "Replacing that energy a Boeing 747-300 needs with a battery would require a battery that is 5.8 million pounds–nearly seven times the weight of a fully-fueled plane." #hydrogen #H2 #GreenHydrogen

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 26/08/2026

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 19/08/2026

#Hydrogen101 Massachusetts' first-ever climatech tax incentives: $27.2MM to 18 companies. (List + awards below) Even have $7.5MM for a hydrogen production company: #ElectricHydrogen , with their MA-based electrolyzer gigafactory! #hydrogen #H2 #electrolyzer

Massachusetts' climatech tax incentives: $27.2MM to 18 companies. (List + awards)

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 19/08/2026

“I just need to make it to Friday.” ---- Nice homage to M.C. Escher! If only Escher had access to LLMs... imagine the trouble he could have caused... HT @drewsmithee.bsky.social

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 18/08/2026

My 2013 organic Rankine cycle turbogenerator product launch⏬ was not the first, just one in a progression of #ORC developments. NOTE: Bronicki (2013)⬇️ mentions the first ORC power system was by Du Trembley in 1853, for ship propulsion. The working fluid was ether.

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 17/08/2026

#NotNews The 3MW #PlugPower hydrogen fuel cell demo with #Microsoft was in 2022. Not sure why this story is getting traction now... #hydroegn #H2 #fuelcell $PLUG $MSFT

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 16/08/2026

Here's a link to the paper if you're interested: Development of a 300 kWe Integrated Axial Turbine and Generator for ORC Applications doi.org/10.13140/RG....

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 16/08/2026

#BeforeItsTime Back in 2013, I was Product Manager launching a new high-efficiency, low-maintenance organic Rankine cycle #ORC turbogenerator. The technology was ready. But-it took the #geothermal heat-to-power market 13 years to catch up—and finally create serious market pull! #energy #geothermal

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 15/08/2026

Sorry for your need to post misinformation, @chadbourn.bsky.social ⬇️The US TADA is only granting $5.7MM for an initial, pre-FEED (front-end engineering design) study, for a potential $4.5B green ammonia plant. NOT the entire $4.5B!!

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 15/08/2026

Sorry for your need to post misinformation, @chadbourn.bsky.social The US TADA is only granting $5.7MM for an initial, pre-FEED (front-end engineering design) study, for a potential $4.5B green ammonia plant.

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 12/08/2026

#Energy101 #AI US Dept of #ENERGY #OSBP webinar 1pm ET Wed 19Aug2026: Access. Match. Pursue. (AMP): Using free and low-cost AI tools to support bizdev. By DOE Office of Small Business Programs. No word if a recording will be available. Registration link: bit.ly/45kYvUn

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 11/08/2026

#hydrogen101 🚨Breaking: yellow excavator hits 406mph ...JK, it's waiting to get stuck in Boston traffic at 4mph. ⏬But its hydrogen-powered sibling, the JCB Hydromax, really did hit 406.320mph at Bonneville Salt Flats Fastest thing on 4 wheels. Zero emissions. Immaculate vibes.

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 08/08/2026

#Climate101 ↙️Important side effect of earth's warming: increased prevalence of many diseases.🦠 ➡️2026 to-date Louisiana has record 5x the average deaths from coastal ocean flesh-eating bacterium Vibrio vulnificus ↘️Florida so far has 2 deaths from the same ocean flesh-eating bacteria #ClimateChange

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 07/08/2026

#Hydrogen101 Saturday 15Aug2026 is the Franklin Institute's "Don't Try This at Home Day". 11am - 3pm in Philly's #TheFranklin ; included with general admission I hope someone films and posts the multi-balloon explosion powered by hydrogen! (Liquid nitrogen ⬇️) #science #STEM #explosions #hydrogen #H2

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 04/08/2026

Among the upcoming @nyserda.bsky.social solicitations is $8MM for product development, pilots and demonstrations for low-carbon hydrogen, ammonia, and other fuels. NYSERDA's wants to reduce emissions or make backup power in NY. #hydrogen #H2 #GreenHydrogen #ammonia #NH3 #GreenAmmonia #fuelcell

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 03/08/2026

1/2 Found this photo of the 2G ICE ammonia reformate genset test at Amogy's #amogyinc labs. 1) Glad to see a safety shower to rinse off any ammonia accidents. 2) Don't see any double-block-and-bleed valve setup (standard with fuel installations).

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 03/08/2026

👍Amogy & 2G demonstrate 360kWe ICE reciprocating engine genset powered by hydrogen-rich reformate from @amogyinc ammonia reformer. 👎No data showing reformer performance, max genset power output, electrical efficiency, NOx emissions… bit.ly/4xlR5w4 #ammonia #NH3 #H2 #H2ICE #energy

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 31/07/2026

↙️This Brunel University of London #Bruneluni & Genuine H2 project appears to be one of the #3rocktheory projects that I warn about↘️: 1) Saltwater→clean water 2) Magic "seawater-compatible" electrolysis 3) Magic "light-activated nano-structured thin film" hydrogen storage Worst of all, no data!

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 30/07/2026

#hydrogen101 ↙️Emission Reduction Alberta #ERA backed CPKC #CPKCrail developing/deploying 2 hydrogen fuel cell locomotives for revenue service—a world first. ↘️Air Products #airproducts subcontracted a liquid-to-gas mobile #H2 refueler for Direct-to-Locomotive #DTL refueling. #hydrogen #fuelcell

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 28/07/2026

Laayoune, Morocco US Trade and Development Agency $5.7MM grant for $4.5B green ammonia plant. #USTDA $ supports the ORNX Morocco hydrogen & ammonia project — 1st U.S. federal financing in Morocco's Sahara. KBR FEED study with Electric Hydrogen, Terabase, GE Vernova. #H2 #GreenHydrogen #GreenAmmonia

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 27/07/2026

Sorry about the paywall, the Globe promised that was a shareable link. The point is that Barnard has upped his output of AI written slop articles that use specious arguments to bash all things hydrogen, while loving EVs & all things batteries. I merely posted some negative news on EVs.

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 27/07/2026

You know Kerr, the UK guy who smashed the mile record, and all the Tour de France cyclists elevation train to improve oxygen uptake? Here's my short term training data: Returned to Boston from a week's vacation in ABQ, Santa Fe, & Taos, & my low (pink) sleeping O2 numbers are now normal (blue)

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 27/07/2026

Here's a link to a UK survey showing that EVs are not cheaper to repair than ICE cars:

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 26/07/2026

Sure, hydrogen is “terrible.” Meantime, you can’t insure an EV in Massachusetts…

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 26/07/2026

Meantime, you can’t insure an EV in Massachusetts…

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 24/07/2026

I received my first LinkedIn block from Roberto Zermeño yesterday. He lists himself as a HySET Erasmus Mundus Scholar, so I expected a fact-based discussion. I corrected multiple errors in his AI-generated hydrogen/ammonia/methanol post; instead of responding, he blocked me.

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 23/07/2026

1st round of support under French Decarbonised Hydrogen Strategy. Max support capped at €4.00/kg #H2. - Hydrozère (Engie Solutions H2): 5MW metallurgical processing - eM-Rhône (Elyse Energy): 61.1MW green methanol - FertHySomme (FertigHy): 95.3MW green nitrogen fertilizer #hydrogen 3GreenHydrogen

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 21/07/2026

Hazer Group #hazergroupltd ASX:HZR 30Jun2026 quarterly report on their natgas → hydrogen + graphite pyrolysis: 3 MOU; only 1 is a "binding" MOU. 1 x "concept engineering study" No Definitive Agreements mentioned. No improved process KPI details. Only 1.22 years of cash on hand. #hydrogen #H2

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 21/07/2026

Here is some gravimetric energy density info from Hypx showing how impossible it would be to try to use batteries to power intercontinental air travel. He is also correct on the hydrogen and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) info.

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 17/07/2026

#Energy101 Heineken adds Rondo 100MWh thermal battery at Portugal brewery; will be largest thermal battery in EU beverage industry. EDPC will own/operate battery, selling Heat-as-a-Service #HaaS to brewery. Renewable electricity will be from 7MW PV solar plant & long-term grid renewables.

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 16/07/2026

#engineering101 MIT JARVIS Challenge student teams designed, built, & tested jet engines with AI copilots, compressing a design-build-test cycle from years to 4 weeks. BTW, I worked at Concepts NREC #ConceptsNREC , whose CAE/CAM design tools were used. #MIT #MITAeroAstro #MITAlumni #HardTech

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 14/07/2026

Much progress since 2024 when I attended a Symposium at MIT on #GeologicHydrogen, including #OrangeHydrogen, where manmade catalysts speed production. Katie @heatmap.news updates us on geologic hydrogen startups Anning and Hydrify, as well as Brint Tech. #WhiteHydrogen #hydrogen #H2

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 08/07/2026

#Hydrogen101 SPAC Aimei Health NASDAQ $AFJK terminates business combination agreement with Chinese United Hydrogen Group Inc. dating to 2024Jun19; triggered by missing the closing date. #UHG transaction was valued at US$1.6B. #hydrogen #H2 #fuelcell #electrolyzer #China

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 07/07/2026

BTW, CPH2 Clean Power Hydrogen stock LON $CPH2 #CPH2 didn't do very well today. Down 88.97%. Not a strong vote of confidence in their pivot to IP licensing...

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 07/07/2026

#H2Safety Clean Power Hydrogen #CPH2 funds pivot from water electrolyzer hardware dev to IP licensing. Too bad their hardware can't be sold in the US or any other country that requires listing or approval (i.e. a membrane separating H2 & O2 per ISO 22734)! #hydrogen #H2 #electrolysis #electrolyzer

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 06/07/2026

Correct. An accurate lifecycle analysis includes upstream and downstream, cradle-to-grave emissions. ⬇️My #jouleunlimited team did one in our EPA Renewable Fuels Standard application, which was approved: 85.1% lower LCA carbon intensity for our 4th-generation algal bioethanol than baseline gasoline

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Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 05/07/2026

Totally different use cases: -Titan’s carbon fiber was a bespoke design, never pressure tested, and never certified by a safety agency. -Type IV CF tanks are mass-produced, with certified, pressure-tested designs. ⬇️Toyota Mirai H2 tanks don’t explode when hit by 50-caliber armor-piercing bullet

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