Author: Anela Dokso

Gen2 Energy has appointed Andreas Ekker as Senior Vice President of Global Sales, and Paal André Utvik as Vice President Shipping and Logistics. Andreas Ekker is an energy specialist who has worked with Shell, Hustad & Granaas, and Circle K, where he held international leadership positions in oil refining, B2B sales and pricing, logistics, and project execution. Andreas has a master’s degree in chemical engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, as well as an executive master’s degree in management from BI Norwegian Business School. “I am very pleased to get this opportunity to join the Gen2 Energy…

DRONE VOLT, an expert in on-board artificial intelligence and a producer of professional civilian drones, has signed a non-binding Letter Of Intent with the Estonian business SKYCORP for the implementation of a technology and financial collaboration.

Phoenix Tankers and MOL Group have signed a contract with Namura Shipbuilding for the construction of two VLGCs to transport LPG and ammonia. The vessels that will run on LPG are scheduled to be delivered in succession after 2023 as part of a technical collaboration with Mitsubishi Shipbuilding. In comparison to fuel oil, LPG can cut CO2 emissions by around 20% and SOx, PM, and other pollutants by about 90%. “We’re still on our way to becoming a low-carbon society,” MOL said.

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has chosen to support a collaborative initiative involving Southern Company Gas, Electro-Active Technologies, and T2M Global to create a technology for producing clean hydrogen from waste.

Walter Tosto has joined the “European Clean Hydrogen Alliance,” a project launched by the European Commission to provide the groundwork for the development of hydrogen-production technology derived from renewable or low-carbon sources. The European Union intends to assume global leadership in the sector by bringing together the continent’s most important industrial and financial players around working tables and periodic forums, with the goal of maintaining its commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, as required by the European Green Deal. The EU predicts that an expenditure of roughly €430 billion will be required to pursue concrete targets for the production…

Endress+Hauser has joined the Green Hydrogen Coalition as a sponsor (GHC). The company has made a donation to the organization and has pledged to support the GHC’s objective of using green hydrogen at scale to speed multi-sector decarbonization.

US President Joe Biden and a bipartisan coalition inked a new pact that will spend $550 billion in American infrastructure, including hydrogen. The majority of this amount, $73 billion, will go into clean energy transmission, making it the single greatest investment in American history. A significant portion of the fund will also be used to assist demonstration projects and research hubs for next-generation technologies such as advanced nuclear reactors, carbon capture, and clean hydrogen. The $73 billion investment will also aim to improve the country’s electricity infrastructure, including the construction of thousands of kilometers of new, reliable transmission lines to…

Rio Tinto and Komatsu are collaborating to accelerate the development and deployment of zero-emission mining haulage technologies, such as haul trucks.

The Hungarian government has declared its support for various projects aimed at transforming excess electricity into gas energy. The “Aquamarine” project, which comprises a hydrogen plant in an underground gas storage facility owned by Hungarian Gas Storage, was one of the winning bidders.

Ampcontrol has signed new strategic cooperation and collaboration agreement with LAVO, an emerging hydrogen firm, and Boundary Power, a standalone power system company.