Author: Arnes Biogradlija

The broad alliance attempting to quicken the port of Rotterdam-based importation of hydrogen from Australia has grown stronger.

The Belgian-German Energy Summit, where Belgium and Germany collaborated to increase their energy independence, was held in Zeebrugge on Valentine’s Day.

A grant of 25 million euros has been given to the North Adriatic Hydrogen Valley project, which was jointly created in Slovenia, Croatia, and the Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia.

Green hydrogen will be produced in a factory in Delfzijl by the Amsterdam-based Torrgas using discarded wood and grass from the side of the road. Torrgas anticipates spending between 80 and 100 million euros on the new facility.

The Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego has ordered a hydrogen-powered research vessel that will be constructed to ABS Class standards.

The Greenko firm, which is constructing the largest pumped hydro storage facility in the world—1,680 MW—near Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, for “upwards of a billion dollars,” aims to construct three other such facilities over the course of the following three years.

A follow-up order was given to Everfuel to expand capacity at the German bus terminal in Wuppertal.

The Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security funds the national project “Ecostore H2,” which aims to develop eco-sustainable ultra-porous polymers and carbons for the storage and transportation of hydrogen.

A German project to increase the use of clean energy for home heating is on track to heat certain homes in the southwest of the nation with 30% “green” energy blended with natural gas in the coming weeks, according to the project’s sponsor.

This proposed project will benefit from ENOC’s market expertise and customer reach as well as DEWA’s current green hydrogen production facility in the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park.