Hydrogen
280-Mile Hydrogen Pipeline Connecting Spain to France to Cost $2.6 Billion
An underwater pipeline set to carry green hydrogen between Spain and France will cost about 2.5 billion euros ($2.6 billion), Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Friday, adding he hoped the European Union would partly fund the project. The pipeline between Barcelona and Marseille will have a capacity of 2 million tonnes a year and be ready by the end of the decade, Sanchez said at a summit of Mediterranean European Union leaders in the southeastern Spanish port city of Alicante.
RWE and Hyphen explore offtake of green ammonia from Namibia
RWE and Hyphen Hydrogen Energy (Hyphen) have signed a memorandum of understanding that could see RWE offtake up to 300,000 tons of green ammonia* per year from Namibia.
Meridian's Southern Green Hydrogen Project selects Woodside Energy as preferred partner
Meridian, with the support of Ngāi Tahu, have selected Woodside Energy (Woodside) as the preferred partner to move forward to the development stage of the proposed Southern Green Hydrogen (SGH) project in New Zealand. A final investment decision will follow the development stage.
INPEX Takes FID on Kashiwazaki Clean Hydrogen/Ammonia Project in Niigata Prefecture, Japan
INPEX CORPORATION (INPEX) announced it has taken a final investment decision (FID) on drilling operations and the construction of facilities associated with a demonstration Kashiwazaki Clean Hydrogen/Ammonia Project to be implemented at the INPEX-owned Higashi-Kashiwazaki Gas Field in the Hirai area of Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
TES and EWE to build 500-MW electrolyzer at Wilhelmshaven Green Energy Hub
Tree Energy Solutions (TES) and EWE are delighted to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build an electrolyzer in TES’ Green Energy Hub in Wilhelmshaven. The electrolyzer is to be installed and operated starting in 2028. The planned capacity of the electrolyzer is 500 MW and one more unit is planned to reach a total capacity of 1 GW. This MoU is in line with Germany’s strategic energy policy to develop clean energy generated by the North Sea and broaden the possible supply for H2. The signing marks a joint interest in delivering national energy security as Germany continues to diversify its energy supply from renewable energy sources.
Fortescue Future Industries takes major step towards study and development of green hydrogen and renewable energy with Egypt at COP27
Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) and Egypt have signed a major Framework Agreement today at COP27, agreeing to work together to study and develop green hydrogen and renewable energy projects in Egypt.
GLOBELEQ SIGNS GREEN HYDROGEN FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT WITH GOVERNMENT OF EGYPT AT COP27
Globeleq, the leading independent power company in Africa, has signed a Framework Agreement with the General Authority for Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE), the Sovereign Fund of Egypt for Investment and Development (TSFE), the New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA), and the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC), to jointly develop a large-scale green hydrogen facility within the Suez Canal Economic Zone.
Lhyfe and Nantes – Saint Nazaire Port Collaborate to Develop Offshore Renewable Hydrogen
Hydrogen is able to draw on the strong momentum driven by the national strategy for the development of carbon-free hydrogen in France, and as will offshore wind power, this energy source will be called upon to play an increasingly important role in the French and European energy mix.
Egypt’s COP27 unlocks the rise of green hydrogen mega-project development through framework agreement signature between Egyptian Government, EDF Renewables and Zero Waste
The project will generate 80,000 tons per year of green hydrogen and derivative in the Suez Canal Zone Over 2 GW of renewable energies will be deployed to power 700 MW electrolyser and ammonia synthesis plants with clean electricity The first phase is to be operational in 2026 and the ultimate project capacity is to be reached by 2030
NovoHydrogen and TigerGenCo to Collaborate on Green Hydrogen Supply at New Jersey Power Plant
NovoHydrogen and TigerGenCo, LLC (TGC) announced today their intent to advance development of green hydrogen capacity to reduce reliance on natural gas at the Bayonne Energy Center located in New Jersey and serving power to New York City via a sub-Hudson cable. NovoHydrogen, a leader in deploying and commercializing successful innovative energy transition technologies, will develop and operate the hydrogen production facility to reduce Bayonne's carbon emissions while continuing to provide reliable electricity supply to the New York Metro area. Ohmium International, Inc., a green hydrogen company that designs, manufactures, and deploys PEM Electrolyzers, plans to provide the electrolyzers for the project. New technology allows for the combustion of zero-carbon fuels to provide the same controllable power without the associated emissions from fossil natural gas.
pHYnix contracts Cummins for 10MW electrolyzer
It will have a production capacity that will progressively reach 4.3 tons of hydrogen per day. The plant located in Alcázar de San Juan has just laid its first stone and is expected to come into operation at the beginning of 2024. Vitale is one of the first European renewable hydrogen production plants and the first in Spain to have different uses on a commercial scale: direct supply to local industrial customers, transport and mobility through distribution to hydrogen filling stations, known as HRS, and finally, injection into the gas network or blending.
Flexens and KIP to develop Finland’s largest H2 plant planned in Kokkola
Project developer Flexens Oy Ab and KIP Infra Oy, part of Kokkola city council, have signed a letter of intent regarding a land lease agreement for a facility with a H2 production capacity of approximately 300 megawatts (MW) in the Kokkola Industrial Park area. Such a facility would certify a strengthened energy and ammonia self-sufficiency for Finland. Production of mainly green H2 and ammonia is meant to start running at the end of 2027. The Finnish Minister of Economic Affairs, Mika Lintilä, considers this good news for both Central Ostrobothnia and the development of the Finnish H2 economy.
Finland’s largest hydrogen plant planned in Kokkola
Project developer Flexens Oy Ab and KIP Infra Oy, part of Kokkola city council, have signed a letter of intent regarding a land lease agreement for a facility with a hydrogen production capacity of approximately 300 megawatts in the Kokkola Industrial Park area. Such a facility would certify a strengthened energy and ammonia self-sufficiency for Finland.
Northern Gas Networks and partners to work on an ambitious low-carbon H2 production
Gas distributor Northern Gas Networks (NGN) has partnered with clean energy pioneers Hygen Energy Holdings (Hygen) and Ryze Hydrogen to work on an ambitious low carbon H2 production and dispensing facility in the heart of Bradford.
Game changing North Queensland Super Hub to power green hydrogen with wind, solar
North-West Queensland is set to become home to one of the State’s largest ever renewable energy projects, with Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) and Windlab to partner on a Super Hub which could generate more than 10GW of wind and solar power and underpin the industrial-scale production of green hydrogen from purpose-built facilities within Queensland.
MMEX Resources Corp. Announces Chatsworth Securities LLC as Financial Advisor for Green and Blue Hydrogen Projects, the Trans Permian Hydrogen Hub and its Pecos Clean Production Refining
MMEX Resources Corp., announced it has retained Chatsworth Securities LLC as Financial Advisor for three energy transition projects it is developing in Pecos County, Texas and for the Trans Permian H2Hub sponsored by MMEX and filed with the Department of Energy on November 7, 2022. MMEX is an energy infrastructure company developing green and blue hydrogen facilities and the first-ever clean production refinery along with its sponsorship and filing for a Permian Basin hydrogen hub under the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) guidance for funding clean hydrogen infrastructure.
Gen2 Energy awards Wood FEED contract for first large-scale green hydrogen production facility in Mosjøen in Norway
Gen2 Energy has awarded Wood, the global consulting and engineering company, the front-end engineering design (FEED) scope for Gen2 Energy’s green hydrogen production facility, located in Mosjøen in northern Norway.
bp and Mauritania to explore green hydrogen at scale
bp today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Mauritania under which it will deliver an innovative programme exploring the potential for large-scale production of green hydrogen in the country. Building on bp’s existing strong relationships with the country, the agreement could be an important step towards the development of significant green hydrogen production in Mauritania.
Green Hydrogen Pilot Projects in Morocco
Chariot Limited, the Africa focused transitional energy group (Chariot), Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) and Oort Energy (Oort), collectively the “Parties”, are pleased to announce they have agreed to collaborate on green hydrogen pilot projects in Morocco. Utilising a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyser system, patented by Oort, which splits water to produce hydrogen and oxygen using renewable energy, this partnership will run initial proof of concept projects while evaluating the feasibility of the implementation of large scale green hydrogen and ammonia production.
Alaska Gasline Development Corp submits Hydrogen hub plans to US DoE
The Alaska Gasline Development Corp. (AGDC) today announced that it has submitted a concept paper for an Alaska Hydrogen Hub to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Organizations supporting the AGDC-led Alaska Hydrogen Hub include Agrium U.S., Salamatof Native Association, Alaska CCUS Consortium (including ASRC Energy Services, Santos, and Storegga), and the University of Alaska Fairbanks' Alaska Center for Energy and Power.
pHYnix announces its second 70MW renewable hydrogen production project, Barataria
During the laying of the first stone of Vitale, the first commercial-size renewable hydrogen production project in Spain of 10MW of electrolyzer power, pHYnix presents its second project: Barataria. The production of both plants will add almost 12,000 tons of hydrogen per year.
Centrica and Equinor sign co-operation agreement for East Yorkshire hydrogen hub
Centrica and Equinor have signed a co-operation agreement to explore developing a low-carbon hydrogen production hub at Easington in East Yorkshire, further strengthening the region’s growing status as the UK’s foremost hydrogen super place.
Louisiana Economic Development Announces Proposed Ascension Clean Energy Project
Clean Hydrogen Works (CHW) and project shareholders Denbury Carbon Solutions, a subsidiary of Denbury, Inc. and the largest CO pipeline operator in the U.S., and Hafnia, a world leading product tanker company, have come together to pursue the development of a world-scale clean hydrogen-ammonia production and export project, Ascension Clean Energy (ACE). With a projected $7.5 billion investment, this transformational project would provide a cost-effective and scalable pathway to decarbonize the world’s use of energy.
Technip Energies selected as FEED contractor for Uniper’s H2Maasvlakte 100 MW green hydrogen project
Following the announcement by the European Commission that Uniper's H2Maasvlakte project has been selected as an Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI), Uniper took another important step towards the realization of their 100 MW electrolyzer project for green hydrogen at the Maasvlakte power plant site in the port of Rotterdam.
HYRASIA ONE reaches important milestine as it signs Investment Agreement
HYRASIA ONE, a subsidiary of the European cleantech group SVEVIND Energy Group, is planning one of the world’s largest industrial plants for the production of pure green hydrogen in Kazakhstan. The HYRASIA ONE project is thus entering the next, decisive phase. In the presence of Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and Charles Michel, President of the European Council, representatives of HYRASIA ONE and the Kazakh government signed the Investment Agreement for this lighthouse project in Astana.
ACWA Power and Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) set to explore green hydrogen projects in South Africa
ACWA Power, a leading Saudi developer, investor, and operator of power generation, water desalination and green hydrogen plants worldwide, and the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC), a government-owned Development Finance Institution, today signed an extensive memorandum of understanding (MoU) exploring a partnership in the development of green hydrogen and its derivatives in the Republic of South Africa.
Flexens and HydRe collaborate to launch hydrogen transport in Finland: Letter of intent signed with Lempäälän Energia
The Finnish companies Flexens and HydRe are preparing to pilot green hydrogen in Lempäälä, Finland. Flexens plans a small-scale green hydrogen production unit to be attached to Finland’s first hydrogen refuelling station. HydRe will provide the refuelling station.
Air Liquide, Chevron, LyondellBasell, and Uniper to pursue lower carbon hydrogen and ammonia project along the U.S. Gulf Coast
Air Liquide (Paris: Al), Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX), LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB), and Uniper SE (FWB: UN01) have announced their intent to collaborate on a joint study that will evaluate and potentially advance the development of a hydrogen and ammonia production facility along the U.S. Gulf Coast. The facility could support industrial decarbonization and mobility applications in the region and expand clean ammonia exports, helping to increase the supply of lower carbon power internationally.
Chemours and the University of Delaware Unveil the Center for Clean Hydrogen
The Center is part of the Clean Hydrogen Partnership, a public-private partnership between the U.S. Dept. of Defense, the University of Delaware, Chemours, Plug, and NREL The partnership will work to solve the challenges of creating low-cost clean hydrogen and efficient hydrogen energy conversion The Center for Clean Hydrogen is a first-of-its-kind facility that enables real-world testing of new components at scale
Woodside Energy awards contract for H2OK
Woodside Energy has awarded Nel Hydrogen Electrolyser AS, a subsidiary of Nel ASA, a contract for the alkaline electrolyser equipment for H2OK, its proposed hydrogen project in Ardmore, Oklahoma.
