Author: Anela Dokso

AM Green, a hydrogen and ammonia producer, has set its sights on a monumental expansion, and it’s attracting significant financial backing. Owned by the founders of India’s renewable energy giant, Greenko Energy Holdings, AM Green is in the midst of raising an impressive $1 billion to fuel its ambitious growth.

Fortum and SSAB have concluded their joint study exploring the production of hydrogen-reduced fossil-free sponge iron in Raahe, Finland.

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), Flexens, and Lhyfe have united their expertise in a groundbreaking partnership. The objective is the creation of an integrated energy island that combines large-scale offshore wind energy generation with green hydrogen production on Åland, a picturesque archipelago nestled in the Baltic Sea.

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) projects that hydrogen and its derivatives could constitute a substantial 14% of the world’s total final energy consumption by 2050. With the urgent need to limit global temperature increases to 1.5 degrees Celsius, green hydrogen is seen as a key player in achieving this ambitious goal.

Alfa Laval is launching a new business unit, aptly named the Business Unit Electrolyzer and Fuel Cell Technologies, with the strategic goal of seizing opportunities in the burgeoning hydrogen sector.

The Malaysian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Mosti) is setting its sights on making hydrogen energy affordable for the local market.

The Bad Lauchstädt Energy Park, a flagship project in the country’s hydrogen endeavors, has announced significant progress in the conversion of a natural gas pipeline for hydrogen transportation. This development marks the advent of Germany’s first hydrogen pipeline, scheduled to commence operations in 2024.

Thyssengas, the transmission system operator, and Currenta, the chemical park operator, have joined forces through a joint letter of intent to establish a hydrogen supply network for the chemical parks of the future. This collaboration is set to kick off in 2030.

Hopium, a French start-up that had set its sights on developing hydrogen fuel cell technology, has recently encountered severe financial turbulence, casting a shadow of uncertainty over its future endeavors.

In a dramatic incident that unfolded in Bursa’s İnegöl district, a potentially catastrophic situation was averted as 25 tons of hydrogen gas leaked from a tanker parked on the roadside. Quick and effective intervention by emergency teams on the scene prevented a disaster that could have had severe consequences.