Author: Arnes Biogradlija

The recently introduced “Hydrogen Innovation Scheme” will give financing support until 2026, as part of the Scottish government’s commitment to invest £100 million in the developing hydrogen sector. This program is intended to assist and encourage new and established enterprises to enter the hydrogen market, thereby driving the burgeoning green hydrogen sector. Many view hydrogen as the straight substitute for methane, the primary component of natural gas and the fuel we rely on to heat our houses. Combustion of hydrogen produces only water vapor, as opposed to natural gas, which discharges damaging greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Green hydrogen is…

Elon Musk appeared to mock Bill Gates on Thursday on the concept of green hydrogen by tweeting a laughing emoji. The Whole Mars Catalog posted a screenshot of a Bill Gates-promoted tweet declaring that ‘affordable, clean hydrogen would be a significant energy breakthrough,’ accompanied by the phrase ‘Bill Gates supporting hydrogen’ and a facepalm emoji. In response to this tweet, another user remarked, “Cheap, clean hydrogen would be a tremendous breakthrough; there are many applications for it.” If we could also bottle the tooth fairy, clone Santa Claus, and replace public transportation with unicorns, we would be in good shape.’…

Getech, a geoenergy and green hydrogen startup, has landed new contracts worth $2.15 million. These include sales of geoscience data and product renewals and expansions for the Group’s ground-breaking Globe knowledge base, which models the evolution of the earth over the past 400 million years. The agreements include a multi-product sale of $0.9 million to a worldwide critical minerals company. This is the largest deal Getech has ever received in the critical minerals industry. The marketed packages enable access to Getech’s extensive and cutting-edge proprietary geoscience data library. The Globe knowledge base synthesizes this data into a ‘digital twin’ of…

Green hydrogen trade can provide a low-cost alternative that diversifies energy imports and improves energy security, says new IRENA report.

Emerging Energy Corp (EEC), a German energy investment organization, has stated it is looking for a partner to conduct a green hydrogen feasibility study in Niger. The announcement follows the signing of an agreement between the government of Niger and the EEC for a green hydrogen commercial plan in February 2022 – with initial discussions commencing at the African Energy Week (AEW) in 2021 – and is regarded as the next step in developing a competitive hydrogen market in Niger. According to EEC, the firm seeks a skilled partner with experience in planning and technical and economic feasibility studies, who…

Indian power giant NTPC has solicited expressions of interest (EoI) from Indian and international enterprises for the establishment of a pilot project for electrolyzer-based hydrogen production. The deadline to submit Expressions of Interest is August 10, 2022. “NTPC is Inviting Expression of Interest from Indian/Global Company/their Consortium/Affiliates/Representatives for setting up a pilot project for production of part quantity of hydrogen using electrolyser technology, required for demonstrating hydrogen co-firing in one of existing gas plants of NTPC along with requisite storage, fuel cell for standalone microgrid and equipment for blending with cooking natural gas,“ said the notice inviting EoIs. It was…

The Southeast Alberta Hydrogen Task Force (Task Force) announced the publication of its foundational report, Towards Hydrogen: A Hydrogen HUB Feasibility Study for Southeast Alberta (Towards Hydrogen), which outlines the region’s strong potential for significant supply and demand, as well as a road map for implementing hydrogen as a major fuel economy in Southeast Alberta. The Task Force is an independent public-private working body made up of municipalities, economic development agencies, and private businesses. City of Medicine Hat, Brooks Newell Region, APEX Regional Innovation Network (Alberta Innovates, Community Futures – Entre Corp, and the Medicine Hat College), Palliser Economic Partnership,…

Versogen will return to its Newark roots as part of a $4.8 million expansion that will create hundreds of new employment. The company will relocate from its existing facilities at The Innovation Space at DuPont’s Experimental Station near Wilmington to a larger location at FMC Stine Research Center in Newark. Council on Development Finance, the state’s investment body, unanimously authorized a $450,380 lab space grant and a $151,343 job performance grant to generate 49 new engineering, manufacturing, and executive positions over the next three years. Versogen currently has sixteen employees. “Versogen has been strongly supported by the State of Delaware…

The Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy reported on July 6 that the 17 member businesses of the Korea H2 Business Summit plan to invest over 50 trillion won in the hydrogen industry by 2030, an increase of over 7 trillion won. According to the ministry, this is due to the fact that the updated Economic Promotion and Safety Control of Hydrogen Act is slated to go into effect within this year, thereby substantially reducing uncertainty. The member companies promised to invest a total of 43 trillion won by 2030 in their respective hydrogen initiatives. They upped their projected…

Spain is leading the way in the development of green hydrogen because of the country’s expanding wind and solar power industries as well as its ample area for the massive plants required to produce green hydrogen.