Author: Arnes Biogradlija

Japan’s ambitious Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) project, a $500m, decade-long plan to extract hydrogen from brown coal in Victoria, Australia, is at risk of failure due to demands for extra subsidies and a lack of long-term commitments from Japanese customers.

In the EnergyNews.Biz hydrail interviews series, we talked with Dr Holger Busche, scientific advisor for energy and traffic at the provincial parliament in Northern Germany and the federal Bundestag.

The heads of the Advanced Institute of Technology and Innovation (IATI), Brazil’s only centre specialized in scientific research on green hydrogen, claimed that this renewable energy source will drive an “energy revolution” in the world and that the future of the transition is in Brazil.

The Association of Swiss Electricity Companies (AES) recently conducted a study on hydrogen, examining a scenario in which Switzerland develops renewable energies while staying integrated into the European energy market.

The Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom have agreed to expand their cooperation and exchanges in the fields of clean energy, including offshore wind and hydrogen, as well as nuclear power generation.

The Wyhlen hydropower plant, run by EnBW subsidiary Energiedienst, is currently being constructed and will have the biggest production capacity for green hydrogen in southern Germany.

Statkraft has submitted an Environmental Impact Assessment Scoping Report for a green hydrogen project, to Planning and Environment Wales.

The third edition of the Green Hydrogen Innovation Program, which serves as a national catalyst for the development of green hydrogen technology, has recently begun accepting registrations. The programme intends to promote research into and production of green hydrogen, a source of clean, renewable energy that helps cut carbon emissions.

The Kingdom has the capacity to compete in the market for the production of green hydrogen at the lowest cost, up to $ 2.54 per kilogramme, in the city of Dakhla, according to a scientific study conducted by Moroccan researchers.

The Roman hydrogen valley, which will be constructed inside the Casaccia research facility, has been put out to bid by ENEA.