Hydrogen
Stockholm Exergi launches unique negative emissions offering – strong customer interest immediately
Stockholm Exergi recently made it possible for its district heating customers to purchase negative emissions from the company’s future BECCS facility. Alongside their commitments to reduce emissions, more and more companies are seeing a need for negative emissions to reach net-zero targets or to further reduce their carbon footprint. Through their purchases, customers are simultaneously making additional contributions to the financing of Stockholm Exergi’s BECCS plant, which is scheduled to be operational in 2026.
Equinor awards Linde major FEED contract advancing H2H Saltend low carbon hydrogen project
Energy company Equinor has awarded a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract for H2H Saltend to Linde Engineering, and an operation and maintenance service contract to BOC.
Foresight Group continues support of green hydrogen with latest plant in Germany
Foresight’s investment will finance a large green hydrogen production plant to be built in Borna, Germany The plant will have the capacity to produce around 6,000 tonnes (200,000 MWh) of green hydrogen per year during the first 100 MW phase
hydrogen hub proposed for US gulf coast
The U.S. Gulf Coast could one day serve as a major hub for the production and deployment of hydrogen, considered a key fuel in a lower carbon future.
HH2E announces its second major green hydrogen production project in Germany
The HH2E Thierbach project is located in the region of Borna and designed for an initial input capacity of 100 MW by 2025, scalable to over 1 GW by 2030 First phase of project (100 MW) is supported by two substantial institutional investors in green energy and environmental infrastructure, Foresight and HydrogenOne.
HIF Global receives Community Investment Award for its eFuels project in Matagorda, Texas
The facility is expected to begin construction in 2024 and during operations will produce approx. 200 million gallons per year of carbon-neutral gasoline
Masdar, ADNOC, bp, Tadweer and Etihad Airways explore production in the UAE of sustainable aviation fuel from municipal solid waste and renewable hydrogen
Partners to conduct a feasibility study for the region’s first project to produce sustainable aviation fuel using renewable hydrogen and municipal solid waste SAF will be crucial in helping to decarbonize the aviation industry worldwide Joint feasibility study announced at the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week
TOPSOE SIGNS AGREEMENT ON FIRST COMMERCIAL SIZE DYNAMIC GREEN AMMONIA PLANT IN CHINA
Topsoe has been chosen by Mintal Hydrogen Energy Technology (Mintal Hydrogen) as technology provider for a new green ammonia plant in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China The new plant will be the first dynamic green ammonia plant in China. The first phase will have a capacity of 1800 tons per day with expected start of production in 2025 The green ammonia will replace app. 850,000 tons of coal and help reduce more than 2 million tons of CO2 from being emitted to the atmosphere every year.
With a total investment of US$ 1.5 billion, Bahia will have the first industrial-scale green hydrogen project in Brazil
Unigel factory will be a pioneer in the country in the production of the raw material on a large scale. By 2027, the installed capacity will be 100 thousand tons per year of green hydrogen
bp reveals plans to evaluate expansion of Germany’s green energy port with a new hydrogen hub
bp will evaluate the feasibility of building a new hydrogen hub in Germany. The project, which would be located in Wilhelmshaven, is expected to include an industry leading ammonia cracker which could provide up to 130,000 tons of low-carbon hydrogen from green ammonia, per year, from 2028.
Yara Clean Ammonia and JERA announce a MOU for joint project development and sales & purchase of clean ammonia
Yara Clean Ammonia (YCA) signs Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Japanese company JERA Co. Inc. to decarbonize coalfired powerplant and develop blue ammonia production in the US Gulf.
JERA and CF Industries Execute MOU for the Joint Project Development and Sales & Purchase of Clean Ammonia
JERA Co., Inc. (“JERA”) has executed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) for potential collaboration for the joint project development and sales & purchase of clean ammonia with CF Industries.
Flexens spin-off HydRe receives an 800,000 euro investment grant from the Finnish Energy Authority to build Finland’s first hydrogen refuelling station in Lieto
HydRe was founded at the beginning of 2022 as a Flexens spin-off company to develop a network of hydrogen refuelling stations for heavy transport in Northern Europe. In November, the HydRe team applied for a Finnish Energy Authority investment grant.
Nel signs agreement with HH2E for potential 120 MW capacity in Germany
Nel Hydrogen Electrolyser AS, a subsidiary of Nel ASA, has agreed with HH2E for a FEED (Front End Engineering and Design) study and a Letter of Intent for two 60 MW electrolyser plants in Germany. The FEED will commence after a firm purchase order is made, and the parties intend to conclude a contract for electrolyser equipment within the first half of 2023.
Air Products and AES Announce Plans to Invest Approximately $4 Billion to Build First Mega-scale Green Hydrogen Production Facility in Texas
Air Products and The AES Corporation announced plans to invest approximately $4 billion to build, own and operate a green hydrogen production facility in Wilbarger County, Texas. This mega-scale renewable power to hydrogen project includes approximately 1.4 gigawatts (GW) of wind and solar power generation, along with electrolyzer capacity capable of producing over 200 metric tons per day (MT/D) of green hydrogen, making it the largest green hydrogen facility in the United States.
Equinor and RWE have agreed to work together to develop large-scale value chains for low carbon hydrogen.
The partners aim to replace coal fired power plants with hydrogen-ready gas fired power plants in Germany, and to build production of low carbon and renewable hydrogen in Norway that will be exported through pipeline to Germany.
HDF Energy and PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC), PetroVietnam group, to cooperate on green hydrogen projects in Vietnam and the region
Hydrogène de France SA (“HDF Energy”) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC) to jointly develop, finance and build HDF's Renewstable® and HyPower® hydrogen power plants in Vietnam. In addition, both parties will explore the potential of producing green hydrogen in Vietnam for the local market and the Asia Pacific region.
H2Carrier AS and Anori A/S to co-operate in developing a large PtX project in Greenland
H2Carrier AS and the Greenland based company Anori A/S have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with the purpose of developing the first commercial wind farm in Greenland with subsequent production and export of green ammonia. The wind farm is projected to comprise 1.5GW renewable energy which will supply power to H2Carrier’s floating production vessel for hydrogen and green ammonia, the so-called P2XFloater™. Green ammonia will be stored in tanks onboard the vessel, then exported to smaller shipping vessels and carried to the international market for ammonia. This large project will enable Greenland to play a key role within global decarbonisation.
MMEX Resources Corp. and Trans Permian H2Hub, LLC Given Green Light by The US Department of Energy
MMEX Resources Corp., sponsor of the Trans Permian H2Hub is pleased to announce that The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on December 27, 2022 approved its Concept Paper to advance to the final application stage under the guidance for funding clean hydrogen infrastructure.
Woodside Energy awards liquefaction contract for H2OK
Woodside Energy has awarded a major contract to Air Liquide Engineering and Construction (Air Liquide) for the liquefaction equipment at its proposed H2OK hydrogen project in Ardmore, Oklahoma. In accordance with the contract, Air Liquide will provide the engineering and fabrication of two 30 tonne per day liquefaction units which will liquefy hydrogen produced through electrolysis in preparation for storage, loading and transportation to customers.
Iberdrola partners with ABEL Energy on green hydrogen and methanol project in Tasmania
Iberdrola Australia and hydrogen developer ABEL Energy announced that they will be working together to deliver a green hydrogen and green methanol production facility at Bell Bay, in northern Tasmania, backed by new renewable energy generation within the state. The total estimated capital requirement for the methanol and renewable energy project is in the order of A$1.7 billion.
Northern Lights awards ship management contract to “K” LINE
Northern Lights JV DA and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) have signed contracts for “K” LINE to operate the two first 7,500 m3 liquefied CO2 ships. The ships will be delivered in 2024 and will contribute to the world’s first full-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) value chain.
Six partners have signed a cooperation agreement to develop Nordic-Baltic Hydrogen Corridor
The EU member states are currently in the process of dynamic changes related to the energy transformation and the decarbonisation of the European economy. Hydrogen is expected to be one of the key fuels in the EU's energy transformation. Now, the gas transmission systems operators (TSOs) are moving in good collaboration from European Hydrogen Backbone (EHB) vision to action. On December 14, 2022 TSOs from six EU countries signed a cooperation agreement on a cross border project, Nordic-Baltic Hydrogen Corridor.
Topsoe technology chosen for industrial scale low carbon ammonia project in Louisiana
Topsoe has been chosen as technology provider to Ascension Clean Energy (ACE), an industrial scale low carbon hydrogen-ammonia joint venture project by Clean Hydrogen Works (CHW), Denbury Carbon Solutions and Hafnia.
Lhyfe and Schaeffler enter cooperation agreement to build industrial green hydrogen plant in Germany
Green hydrogen producer Lhyfe and Schaeffler, a leading global supplier to the automotive and industrial sectors, have signed an agreement to boost green hydrogen production in Bavaria (Germany). The plan is to build and operate an electrolysis plant on Schaeffler’s factory premises in Herzogenaurach, Franconia with a capacity of up to 15 megawatts. Other regional players will also be supplied with green hydrogen from the plant at Schaeffler.
European Energy takes major step into 3,600 MW Australian Solar Hydrogen Project
European Energy announced today in the offices of Trade Investment Queensland that it has acquired a majority stake in Austrom, a company located in Queensland, with the intention of accelerating the 3,600 MW Pacific Solar Hydrogen Project in the Gladstone region.
Air Products and AES Announce Plans to Invest Approximately $4 Billion to Build First Mega-scale Green Hydrogen Production Facility in Texas
Air Products and The AES Corporation announced plans to invest approximately $4 billion to build, own and operate a green hydrogen production facility in Wilbarger County, Texas. This mega-scale renewable power to hydrogen project includes approximately 1.4 gigawatts (GW) of wind and solar power generation, along with electrolyzer capacity capable of producing over 200 metric tons per day (MT/D) of green hydrogen, making it the largest green hydrogen facility in the United States.
Shell to test carbon capture technology at Technology Centre Mongstad in Norway
Shell Catalysts & Technologies has entered an agreement with Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM) to test a technology for capturing carbon dioxide (CO2). The test will start in January 2023 and will last for five months.
Air New Zealand announces Mission Next Gen Aircraft partners
Air New Zealand has announced four world-leading innovators it will be working with on its mission to have its first zero emissions demonstrator flight.
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.
