Author: Anela Dokso

In the UK, a paper titled “Hydrogen Accelerators” was released last week in conjunction with the Conservative Party’s annual conference. It suggests hastening the use of hydrogen by utilities and industry. It was produced by a group named Hydrogen UK, which represents 50 significant enterprises in the sector. Major firms including BP, Shell, Equinor, and Centrica as well as gas network operators, appliance makers, and other businesses operating in the industry make up the organization. The report applauds the British Government for increasing the UK’s 2030 objective for low-carbon hydrogen production capacity from 5GW to 10GW but cautions that further…

Dutch Gasunie is investigating the feasibility of establishing an offshore hydrogen network in the North Sea with partners. The Netherlands has a significant climate target to meet in the area of hydrogen production. The Netherlands has set an ambitious target for hydrogen production: 4 gigatonnes by 2030. Internationally, the bar has been raised even higher. The Netherlands signed the Esbjerg Declaration with Denmark, Germany, and Belgium last summer, agreeing to develop the North Sea as a “green power plant.” They hope to generate 65 gigatonnes of offshore wind power by 2030, 20GW of which will be used to produce green…

The largest power-generating company in India, state-run NTPC, and Siemens have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to investigate the viability of co-firing hydrogen fuel with natural gas at NTPC’s 43 MW power plant in Faridabad, Haryana. This is the second MoU that NTPC has signed in less than a week to test such a procedure and technology with the intention of decarbonizing India’s electricity generation. A similar memorandum of understanding (MoU) was previously signed by NTPC and GE Gas Power to examine the viability of co-firing hydrogen with natural gas in GE’s 9E gas turbines installed at NTPC’s Kawas…

The American Petroleum Institute (API) recently published new research on the advantages of natural gas-derived low-carbon hydrogen. When hydrogen incentives are consistently offered based on a per ton of GHG emissions reduced, the study, which was commissioned by API and carried out by ICF, found that hydrogen produced from natural gas with carbon capture and produced from electricity and other energy sources could eliminate an additional 180 million metric tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on average per year through 2050 and save over $450 billion cumulatively through that time. According to an API review of the study’s findings, achieving…

Tees Valley Lithium (TVL) of Alkemy Capital Investments has entered into a preliminary deal with BP Alternative Energy Investments for the delivery of green hydrogen. The green hydrogen required for TVL’s green-hydrogen electrolytic production facility in Teesside, England, will be provided by BP Alternative Energy. A move from natural gas to green hydrogen would allow TVL to further decarbonize its processes and energy needs, and the company said it will collaborate with BP to assess this possibility.

Iberdrola member AVANGRID and Sempra Infrastructure have signed a heads of agreement (HOA) to discuss the potential combined development of green hydrogen and ammonia projects in the United States that use renewable energy. The HOA gives the businesses a framework for locating, evaluating, and maybe developing large-scale green hydrogen projects that will aid in meeting the energy and decarbonization needs of both domestic and foreign clients. Sempra Infrastructure’s complex project development and commercial capabilities across clean electricity, energy networks, LNG, and net-zero solutions are complemented by AVANGRID’s extensive background in renewable development as the third largest renewables operators in the…

The Hydrogen Business Model (HBM) and Net Zero Hydrogen Fund have received a bid from bp for their proposed large-scale green hydrogen facility, HyGreen Teesside (NZHF). The HMB and NZHF both aim to establish a low-carbon hydrogen economy in the UK and aid in business growth. Four new Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) regarding the usage of green hydrogen in enterprises and communities were also established by the company. HyGreen Teesside, a green hydrogen facility being built by bp, has the potential to be one of the largest in the UK. With an initial planned phase of installed hydrogen production capacity…

A partnership agreement has been reached by Airbus and the student team AeroDelft. In accordance with this arrangement, Airbus will collaborate with AeroDelft on Project Phoenix, assisting the group’s scholarly investigation into hydrogen-powered aviation. More than 50 college students make up the interdisciplinary AeroDelft team, which is situated in Delft, the Netherlands. The team’s goal is to demonstrate and advocate for liquid hydrogen as an aviation fuel substitute for traditional fuels. They began the aforementioned Project Phoenix to carry out this task, building and producing two aircraft fuelled by liquid hydrogen. The Phoenix Prototype, an autonomous drone that is expected…

With its consortium partner Midrex, the SMS group company Paul Wurth has been chosen to provide the first commercial 100% hydrogen Direct Reduction plant in the world to the Swedish company H2 Green Steel. By substituting green hydrogen for coal, the new factory in Boden, northern Sweden, will be the first in the world to make green steel on a large scale. This multibillion-euro project has an ambitious timetable. The goal is to begin steel production in 2025, followed by a ramp-up phase in 2026. More than 2.5 million tons of green steel will be produced annually at first.

Technip Energies has been given the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) study contract by Uniper for the H2Maasvlakte project, which will begin immediately in October 2022. By 2030, H2Maasvlakte plans to gradually grow up to a 500 MW total electrolysis capacity for green hydrogen. In 2025, the first 100 MW is expected to be put into service. The Dutch government’s objective of constructing 500 MW of green hydrogen electrolyzer capacity by 2025 and achieving 3–4 GW by 2030 would be greatly aided by Uniper’s flagship H2Maasvlakte project. The Uniper H2Maasvlakte project was recently nominated by the European Commission for the “IPCEI…