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.

A joint venture between Plug Power, an American provider of turnkey hydrogen fuel cell solutions, and its South Korean partner, SK E&S, will provide polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolysis equipment for a state project to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a green hydrogen and battery storage system. Using electricity, water electrolysis technique decomposes water to make hydrogen. Due to its high production costs, hydrogen firms have been testing numerous approaches to improve water electrolysis technology in order to effectively create hydrogen. SK Plug Hyverse inked a contract with Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) to supply a 1.0-megawatt PEM water electrolysis…

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Kolon Group will invest 4 trillion won over the next five years, focusing on high-tech materials, eco-friendly energy, pharmaceuticals and bio. Major affiliates will also cooperate to establish a hydrogen value chain around Korea. In addition, it plans to expand the number of recruitment for the vulnerable. On the 30th, Kolon Group held the One & Only Committee and announced that it has finalized its investment and recruitment strategy for the next five years. After honorary chairman Lee Woong-yeol retired in late 2018, Kolon Group is making major decisions through the “One & Only Committee,” a management consultative body composed…

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In Assemini, in the metropolitan city of Cagliari, a new electrolysis plant will be built for the production and storage of hydrogen intended both for use as a raw material in the industrial cycle, to develop the volumes of current production, and for sale in the sustainable mobility sector. The project, financed with 1.5 million euros provided by Intesa Sanpaolo and assisted by Sace’s 80% Green Guarantee., was presented by Società Chimica Assemini, which belongs to Gestioni Industriali Group (GIG) and specializes in the production of basic electrolytic chemistry (chlor-alkali). The project idea also envisions that the volumes of oxygen,…

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