Author: Arnes Biogradlija

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Shell, Vattenfall and the municipal company Wärme Hamburg have signed a letter of intent to plan how they will jointly generate wind and solar hydrogen at the Vattenfall Moorburg power plant in Hamburg and use hydrogen in its vicinity. In addition to the installation of a scalable electrolyser with an initial capacity of 100 megawatts, further development of the site into a ‘Green Energy Hub’ is expected. This involves investigating the degree to which the current Moorburg site facilities can be used to produce electricity from renewable sources. Concepts for the required logistic chains and storage…

Sumitomo Corporation and JGC Holdings Corporation and Construction (EPC) business of JGC Group have signed a contract with Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) for a hydrogen based project proposed by Sumitomo Corporation in Gladstone, Australia. This project is part of a larger initiative that aims, in the long term, to create local hydrogen production and consumption in Gladstone by extracting hydrogen from the electrolysis of water using solar PV as the key source of energy. The initial hydrogen production plant plans to manufacture 250-300 tons of hydrogen per year, with plans to expand production. In addition to producing hydrogen…

Woodside Energy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the State of Tasmania detailing the Tasmanian Government’s support for the planned H2TAS project, a renewable hydrogen production facility in Bell Bay that capitalizes on the state’s green energy advantage. In parallel with the MOU, Woodside has developed a non-binding term sheet with Tasmanian natural gas retailer Tas Gas to establish a mechanism for the blending (and future related sale) of green hydrogen into the Tasmanian gas network. The MOU was signed by the Premier of Tasmania the Hon. Peter Gutwein and Woodside CEO Peter Coleman. “Woodside shares the Tasmanian Government’s…

Nel ASA hosted Nel Capital Markets Day 2021, setting out the goal of generating green hydrogen at $1.5 per kilo by 2025 to outcompete fossil alternatives. Cost savings by increasing demand to a multi-GW scale, increasing the organization to incorporate resources and expertise, and investing in near-and long-term technologies are key components in ensuring that Nel continues to be the global leader in the hydrogen industry. “Green renewable hydrogen is set to outcompete fossil alternatives, and Nel is placed in the centre of this transition. We’re today launching our target which should enable our customers in certain markets to produce…

Iberdrola and Danone have joined forces in their sustainability commitments with the signing of a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), which will drive the development of Europe’s biggest photovoltaic plant. The agreement reached will guarantee the long-term green supply of electricity to all Danone’s Spanish production plants and its natural water sources, located in Asturias, Barcelona, Gerona, Guadalajara, Granada, Madrid and Valencia; as well as its logistics centres and offices. Danone España’s suppliers, Graham Packaging and Salvesen Logística, have also joined the alliance. The terms of the agreement reached between the two companies establish that Iberdrola will provide green energy…

Green Hydrogen Systems (GHS) has been selected as electrolysis technology partner in a demonstration project run by Ørsted, and supported by the Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Programme (EUDP) under the Danish Energy Agency. The aim of the project, known as H2RES, is to produce renewable hydrogen fuel for heavy-duty road transport. A 2 MW electrolysis plant will be built around GHS’s modular electrolysers powered by two 3.6 MW offshore wind turbines located at the Avedøre Power Station. The plant is expected to start production in late 2021, and to produce around 1000 kg of green hydrogen per day, which…

Vattenfall and Preem collaboration aimed at producing fossil-free hydrogen for biofuel production, has entered the next phase. A study is now being conducted to examine opportunities for building a large-scale production facility at the refinery in Lysekil in Sweden. Preem’s target of producing 5 million cubic metres of biofuel by 2030 may result in a reduction of transport emissions of up to 12.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide, equivalent to about 20 per cent of Sweden’s total emissions. This shift in production will require a sizable supply of hydrogen. Vattenfall and Preem have decided to look into the possibility of…

The appointment of Miguel Stilwell de Andrade as Chairman of the Board and CEO of EDPR was approved by the EDP Renewables (EDPR) Board of Directors. Rui Teixeira, who has been EDPR’s interim CEO since last July, has been appointed as CFO of the company. Following these appointments, EDPR consolidates a leading management team with excellent expertise in the green energy industry and the requisite capabilities to address a crucial moment in the energy transformation of which, through its dedication to the production of renewable energies, EDPR has shown a deep commitment. Miguel Stilwell and Rui Teixeira will collaborate with…

Portugal is expected, as a signatory to the Paris Agreement, to commit to the total bloc-wide goals of lowering GHG emissions by 40 percent below 2005 levels and rising the share of renewable energy to 32 percent of gross final consumption. The country is expected to install 9.2 GW of new power capacity between 2021 and 2030, in accordance with these goals. According to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics firm, over 80 percent of this capacity is set to come from new solar photovoltaic (PV) installations allocated via the auction process. The National Energy and Climate Plan of Portugal, released…

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has joined the Hydrogen Council as a steering member to foster cross-sector collaboration that will accelerate R&D related to clean hydrogen derived fuels and solutions. MSC work with others to advance the exploration viability of hydrogen and fuels derived from it as potentially viable fuel sources for container shipping. “MSC is actively engaging with a wide range of stakeholders to accelerate the development of clean hydrogen fuels for shipping. The future of shipping and decarbonization will rely on strong partnerships from both the perspective of technology collaboration and procurement. There must be a massive injection of…