Month: February 2023

Fuel Cell / Hydrogen

Power-to-Hydrogen-to-Power HYFLEXPOWER Demonstrator Completes Initial Tests Successfully 

February 28, 2023 admin 0

ENGIE Solutions, Siemens Energy, Centrax, Arttic, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and four European universities, together forming the Hyflexpower consortium, have successfully completed the first stage of an innovative research project on renewable energy. Located at the Smurfit Kappa Saillat Paper Mill in Saillat-sur-Vienne in France, the program becomes the first industrial facility in the world to introduce an integrated hydrogen demonstrator. The first testing was completed in February, the next set of trials is set for summer of 2023. […]

Materials/Manufacturing

Niron Magnetics Scales Up with New CEO & Key Managers 

February 27, 2023 admin 0

Niron Magnetics, the company pioneering the development of iron nitride magnets that are high-performance permanent magnets free of rare earths, is scaling up to evolve its company to become a significant player on the magnet market. One of its latest steps has been to appoint Jonathan Rowntree as new CEO. The leadership change and other key appointments represent a planned evolution of the company as it advances from a focus on development towards scaling, commercialization, and productization of its patented Clean Earth Magnet technology.  […]

Materials/Manufacturing

MP Materials & Sumitomo Forge Rare Earth Supply Pact for Japan; MP Continues Dramatic Growth 

February 21, 2023 admin 0

MP Materials and Sumitomo Corporation have forged a rare earths supply agreement which they say will diversify and strengthen rare earth supplies in Japan. Under the agreement, announced February 21, Sumitomo will serve as the exclusive distributor of NdPr oxide produced by MP Materials to Japanese customers. Further, the companies will collaborate on the supply of rare earth metals and other products.  […]