German Businesses To Be Powered By Clean Israeli Energy

Clean energy made by Israel is going to be more easily distributed among European businesses.

GenCell, a company that produces clean hydrogen gas from liquid ammonia, will meet its German customers’ rising demands under a new agreement.

A leading provider of industrial gasses, Air Liquide, will help to efficiently transport the startup’s gas to its customers in the European country. 

GenCell’s fuel cells generate electricity for mobile phone towers, offices and banks, and critical facilities for first-responders and homeland security. 

At room temperature, ammonia, whose molecules contain one nitrogen atom and three hydrogen atoms, naturally forms into gas. GenCell’s technology uses a catalyst to separate the nitrogen from the hydrogen.

While the nitrogen is emitted, the hydrogen comes into contact with an electrolyte containing oxygen. They form water, and electrons are released to create electricity.

Hydrogen fuel is not used widely because the cheapest method of producing it – which involves heating natural gas with steam – creates lots of carbon dioxide. 

There’s also virtually no pure hydrogen on Earth because it’s so reactive – which is another reason fossil fuels are burned in order to create it. 

“As witnessed by the enormous attention devoted at the recent COP27 Climate Conference to the expansion of the hydrogen economy that was demonstrated by global and regional policymakers, industry leaders and technology providers, all of whom reinforce the concerns of the environmental activists devoted to achieving sustainable development goals – SDG 7 focused on affordable, clean energy and SDG 13 on climate action – hydrogen is a key and growing driver for decarbonization and the market is seeking experts to help companies transition to hydrogen power,” said Rami Reshef, CEO of GenCell.

GenCell was founded in 2011, and is based in Petah Tivka, central Israel. It has offices abroad in New York and in Germany.