Author: Arnes Biogradlija

Arnes Biogradlija is the founder and Editor in Chief of EnergyNews.biz, which he launched in 2021 to separate energy transition realities from fairy tales. He writes data driven analysis on hydrogen, energy storage, small modular reactors, grids and industrial policy, and leads the Energy Talks interview series. EnergyNews.biz reporting has been cited more than 100 times by the International Energy Agency.

The Minister of Mines and Energy, Diego Mesa, accompanied by the President of the Republic, Iván Duque, announced the results of the first hydrogen call, led by FENOGE, which approved the financing of 10 projects for a value of $6,570 million. The objective of this call was to finance pre-investment studies of projects in pre-feasibility or feasibility stages throughout the value chain of green and blue hydrogen in the country. “This has been the Government of the Energy Transition and renewable energies in Colombia. When our Government began, the country had a precarious 28 MWp in installed capacity and today…

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Alcazar de San Juan hosted the signing of the memorandum of understanding between the president of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano Garcia-Page, and the multinational Envision to build a renewable hydrogen production plant in this town, which will involve an investment of 900 million euros. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism, Reyes Maroto, has witnessed the signing of the document. Maroto pointed out that the Envision project will be developed in three autonomous communities, Extremadura, Castilla y León and Castilla-La Mancha, and stressed the privileged position and the future that Alcázar de San Juan will have with the start-up of this…

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GreenZo Energy and API Power, a renewable energy firm located in Nepal, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop 50-MW green hydrogen plants in Nepal over the next three years. The MOU stipulates that API Power will invest Rs 10 billion in 50 MW green hydrogen facilities that can produce 4,000 MT of hydrogen annually. Existing hydro and solar projects, including Bardeghat, Chanauta, Kawasoti, Dhalkebar, Parwanipur, Simara, and Chandranigapur, are recommended for the hydrogen initiative. As agreed upon by both firms, the one megawatt (MW) pilot hydro project will proceed at the Naugarh Gad Hydroelectric Project (8.5 MW).…

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ACWA Power has signed a memorandum of understanding with POSCO Holdings, the holding company of the POSCO Group in South Korea. The deal would involve the joint development of green hydrogen and its derivatives, such as green ammonia, in order to decarbonize POSCO Group’s power generating and steel manufacturing operations, as well as serve POSCO Group’s other Korean customers. “With tangible project commitments in Saudi Arabia and Oman, ACWA Power is at the forefront of scaling up green hydrogen, whose output—ammonia—will lead to the outcome of decarbonising entire industries, including hard to abate industrial activities like steel manufacturing. The partnership…

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