Author: Arnes Biogradlija

As part of Amazon’s ambition to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, Plug Power inked a hydrogen supply agreement with Amazon to offer liquid green hydrogen beginning in 2025. This will help decarbonize Amazon’s operations and fulfill Amazon’s commitment to be carbon neutral by 2040. This agreement with Amazon represents a growth opportunity for Plug and is projected to contribute to the company’s revenue objective of $3 billion by 2025. This transaction validates Plug’s ambition to construct an end-to-end green hydrogen ecosystem and offer comprehensive hydrogen solutions to its global customers. “By building a complete hydrogen ecosystem from molecule to…

The Environment Agency has authorized Octopus Hydrogen to begin producing green hydrogen. The energy company located in the United Kingdom is free to manufacture at the Energy Hub project in MIRA Technology Park. This permit certifies that the location conforms with the environmental agency’s criteria and is suitable for hydrogen production. Octopus anticipates obtaining a gas certification by December 2022 and launching the site in its entirety. After its inauguration, the plant will produce sufficient green hydrogen to supply the MIRA technological park with the equivalent of 10 44-ton heavy goods vehicles every day. This permission is a significant step…

Following the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy’s (BEIS) Phase-2 announcement of the Carbon Capture Usage and Storage Cluster (CCUS) Sequencing Process, the North East of England Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC) praised the North East’s leadership position on hydrogen. Two large-scale blue hydrogen projects headquartered in Tees Valley are among the projects shortlisted for financing from the Government’s £1 billion CCS Infrastructure Fund (CIF). The projects include Kellas Midstream’s H2NorthEast and bp’s H2Teesside, which are both part of The Northern Endurance Partnership’s East Coast Cluster. As the only cluster in the UK to be shortlisted for two major blue…

First in the globe, Lotte Group collaborated with American and Japanese firms to develop ammonia photolysis technology. Lotte Chemical and Lotte Fine Chemical, two subsidiaries of the business, struck an agreement on August 24 with Syzygy Plasmonics of the United States and Sumitomo Corp. of Japan to jointly develop a technology for obtaining hydrogen by decomposing ammonia. The four businesses will validate technology for creating clean hydrogen for mixed or pure hydrogen supply for gas turbine power generation, as well as technology for manufacturing high-purity hydrogen for delivery to hydrogen fuel cells/hydrogen charging stations. Syzygy is an American startup specializing…

Hamburg and Chile have agreed to cooperate on specific projects for hydrogen technology and to move forward together in this area. As a potential hydrogen supplier for Europe, Chile wants to create green export corridors and has now included Hamburg in the network after the Dutch port city of Rotterdam. Chamber of Commerce calls for better framework conditions Hamburg’s business community is keen to participate in such projects. However, the conditions must be right, said Malte Heine of the Chamber of Commerce. Hamburg must create transport possibilities for hydrogen. It is also important that the EU creates a stable political…

The cruise divisions of MSC Group have placed two separate orders for hydrogen fuel cells, and each order marks a unique application of the technology in passenger shipping. In its most recent action, the Swiss shipping behemoth ordered two luxury cruise ships to be outfitted with a hydrogen fuel cell that, according to experts, will allow the ships of the Explora Journeys luxury line to function in port without emitting carbon dioxide. Already in place was a plan to employ a solid-oxide fuel cell that runs not on hydrogen but on LNG, taking advantage of the efficiency of deploying the…

As Europe strives to wean itself off fossil fuels, a task made more urgent by the need to reduce its reliance on Russian energy, questions regarding the practical implementation of hydrogen’s ecological potential assume the front. According to gas distributor SPP-D, a pilot project in the Slovak village of Blatná nad Ostrovom demonstrating the safe and effective distribution of hydrogen in existing pipelines with just modest modifications had positive results. The initiative was initiated by SPP-D in mid-June, and trials will continue through September. If they continue to generate positive results, the distributor expects to blend 5% hydrogen with natural…

Leaders of a South Korean advanced technology company are in the state of West Virginia to meet with economic development officials, university researchers, and state and federal representatives to discuss potential sites for a hydrogen gasification facility that would produce green energy from forest, plant, and plastic waste. John Kyung, founder and chief executive officer of Plagen Co., Ltd. in Seoul, recently met with Mitch Carmichael, secretary of the West Virginia Department of Commerce, staff from U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito, and local economic development officials from Kanawha, Monongahela, and Jefferson counties. There could be as many…

Jurong Port, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Asia Pacific (MHI-AP), a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and JERA Asia, a subsidiary of JERA, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly explore establishing a 100% ammonia direct combustion power plant on Jurong Island, Singapore, which is home to the nation’s chemical and energy industries. Under the terms of the MOU, a collaborative research will be conducted in which a 60MW class gas turbine combined cycle plant fueled by 100% ammonia will be established to generate carbon-neutral power and boost ammonia demand in preparation for future ammonia bunkering. This Memorandum of Understanding is…

Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) and Miawpukek First Nation (MFN) in Newfoundland and Labrador have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), clearing the way for the two to collaborate on a projected hydrogen project on the island section of the Canadian province. In and around Stephenville, St. George’s, and Channel-Port-aux-Basques, FFI’s Project Lynx could produce 700,000 to 900,000 tonnes of green ammonia yearly and generate up to 2,000 employment in the province. The Memorandum of Understanding represents a major step forward for the proposed project. “We are very pleased with FFI’s approach to development in Newfoundland,” said Chief Mi’sel Joe. “We…