Ørsted unveils plan for GW-scale North Sea green hydrogen plant
The green hydrogen plan would use a cross-border pipeline to enable it to serve markets in the Netherlands and Belgium. The SeaH2Land vision includes a renewable hydrogen production facility of 1 GW, to be developed by Ørsted by 2030, read more …
The global race to develop ‘green’ hydrogen
“We are referring to this as the Hydrogen Wars,” said Gero Farruggio, co-founder of Sustainable Energy Research Analytics at Rystad Energy. He said of the 76 gigawatts of production projects they are tracking, 40 were announced in 2020., read more …
Baxi and Worcester Bosch provide hydrogen boilers for public showcase
Both companies are showcasing hydrogen boilers in the UK’s first 100% Hydrogen Home public demonstration. The project will demonstrate the use of hydrogen-fuelled appliances in a real-world setting, and signals a clear step in the progression of clean, sustainable hydrogen technology for heating, hot water and cooking in UK homes, read more …
Energio mini-fuel cell delivers maximum performance
EPFL startup INERGIO has just unveiled a prototype for a lightweight, eco-friendly, high-performance fuel cell that can supply energy in situations where there’s no power grid. Its system can be used to run delivery drones, weather stations, environmental sensors, telecommunication antennae and even campsites, read more …
Offshore wind could power Scottish green hydrogen revolution
Floating offshore windfarms could utilise huge untapped resource and make Scotland a major player in the northern European hydrogen economy. Scotland is ideally placed to supply the expected major demand centres around northern Germany over the coming decades. read more …
Big plans for green hydrogen production plant in Chile
Around 750,000 litres of eFuels will be produced as early as 2022 in the pilot phase, with capacity increased to about 55 million litres of eFuels a year by 2024, and around 550 million litres of eFuels by 2026. The project takes advantage of the excellent wind conditions in southern Chile, read more …
Africa hosts considerable potential for green hydrogen
Africa has the potential to capitalise on opportunities presented by green hydrogen, African Hydrogen Partnership secretary general Vincent Oldenbroek has said. The continent has an abundance of renewable energy resources, minerals, space and and a young population, read more …
Siemens Energy targets $1.50/kg renewable hydrogen cost by 2025
The company is preparing for gigawatt production of its Silyzer 300 PEM electrolyzer arrays, each array comprising 24 modules with a combined 17.5 MW input capacity based on 75% efficiency, read more …
BP plans UK’s largest hydrogen project
Project would be the largest in the UK, producing up to 1GW of ‘blue’ hydrogen by 2030 – 20% of the UK’s hydrogen target – and becoming UK’s first hydrogen transport hub, read more …
Everfuel: plan for Norwegian hydrogen fueling network
Everfuel launches plan for Norwegian hydrogen fueling network. Up to 15 fueling sites for transport of goods and people operational by end of 2023. The plan is part of Everfuel’s Scandinavian green hydrogen strategy for trucks, buses and cars, read more …
Yara is pursuing Europe’s first large-scale green ammonia project in Norway
To be located in Norway at the site of Yara’s current industrial facility, the partners are targeting the opportunities within shipping, agriculture, and industrial applications for green hydrogen and green ammonia, read more …
H2 Green Steel initiative aims to produce 5 million tons of CO2-free steel
H2GS will be a large-scale steel producer based on a fossil-free manufacturing process targeting large European OEMs. H2GS will be located in the Boden-Luleå region in northern Sweden that offers unique conditions for fossil-free steel production, read more …
Ingeteam’s new power station for large-scale solar plants and battery storage systems
Ingeteam has designed its new INGECON SUN FSK power station aimed at large-scale solar plants and battery energy storage systems, since its nominal power allows it to reach 7.2 MW of medium-voltage output power, read more …
Storing green hydrogen in LOHC begins in Germany
The uptake is 57 kg of H2 per cubic meter LOHC. The LOHC remains is a liquid state across a broad temperature range (-39 to +390 ˚C) and ambient pressure. It is thus transportable using convention fuel infrastructure, read more …
H2Gate: towards 1 mil. ton of green H2 transhipment in Amsterdam port
Port of Amsterdam, Evos, Electriq Global, Hydrogenious and Hysilabs have joined forces to investigate the technical and commercial feasibility of importing and storing hydrogen on an industrial scale, read more …
Morocco could produce up to 4% of world’s Green Hydrogen by 2030
As Morocco is set to produce approximately 10,000 tonnes of hydrogen per year starting from 2025, the German government is studying hydrogen for both “market use in Morocco and future export opportunities to Germany, read more …
Bill Gates supports Green Hydrogen Startup with $ 22 million
Current electrolysis methods for making hydrogen lose about 30 percent of the electrical power that goes in. H2Pro believes that its (much different) technology will only lose about five percent at scale, read more …
Linde to supply world’s first H2-powered ferry
Liquid hydrogen will be supplied from a new 24MW electrolyzer at the Leuna Chemical Complex in Germany. Norwegian ferry operator Norled CEO: “We believe that hydrogen will play a significant role in the future of zero-emission ships”, read more …
Israeli startup joins race to make green hydrogen cheaper
By tweaking the current methodology, H2Pro says it will be able to make green hydrogen for $1 per kilogram by the second half of this decade. At the moment a kilo of green hydrogen costs $2.50 to $6.80, read more …
Study says: fossil fuels are wildly more expensive than previously thought
Renewables seem more appealing than ever, read more …
Noé van Hulst (chair IPHE): “Realizing a hydrogen backbone in Europe should be EU top priority“
An existing plan of national operators can be put in action, read more …
Zero-emission fuels need to make up 5% of the fuel mix by 2030
Getting to Zero Coalition: “27% of total energy by 2036, and 93% by 2046”, read more …
SolarPower Europe lanches a new ‘workstream’ on renewable hydrogen
“Green hydrogen is the missing puzzle piece towards climate neutrality in the EU”, read more …
Renewable hydrogen “already cost competitive” in niche applications
Likely to match industrial-scale alternatives in about a decade, read more …
How Saudi Arabia plans to make the kingdom a green hydrogen hub
Saudi Arabia is building a $5 billion plant powered entirely by sun and wind, read more …
New factory could reduce green hydrogen costs by 20%
Haldor Topsoe to deliver electrolysers with a total capacity of 500 MW to 5 GW, read more …
Germany breaks ground on world’s largest green H2 storage facility
Hydrogenious is building an 1,800t/yr plant to store green hydrogen using liquid oils, read more …
“Future of shipping fuel is green hydrogen and ammonia”
Shipping companies say it can be produced in sufficient quantities, read more …
“UK’s hydrogen future could involve both blue and green pathways”
But we must get started, because they result in the same thing – the molecule, read more …
Bill Gates: cheap green H2 would be ‘huge deal’ in helping energy transition
He added that its so-called green premium will factor into its use, read more …
German steel giant wants to set up 500 MW green hydrogen plant
Thyssenkrupp is expected to be powered by a mix of wind and solar power, read more …