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In its review of a hotly contested proposal to switch the Scattergood Generating Station, a power plant in Playa del Rey, to be powered by green hydrogen instead of natural gas, the City Council’s Energy and Environment Committee expressed caution and added a number of specific recommendations.
According to a recent study by TAQA, Europe has long been interested in the idea of importing green hydrogen from Morocco in particular because of its enviable location so near to the old continent and the availability of the necessary infrastructure.
France is leading a push for the European Union to include nuclear power’s low-carbon hydrogen in its renewable energy regulations, but some of its members are opposed out of concern that it will jeopardize efforts to fast build up wind and solar.
The belief was that we had advanced in our own technology, that the intellectual property belonged to us, and that we could complete the task at a large scale, he said.
An Australian Transport Safety Bureau examination has discovered that the failure of an improperly installed electrical solenoid valve caused the brief spread of flame from a liquified hydrogen carrier gas combustion unit’s vent stack.
In a research titled “Hydrogen patents for a clean energy future: A global trend analysis of innovation along hydrogen value chains,” the European Patent Office and the International Energy Agency collaborated.
The first industrial license was granted to NEOM Green Hydrogen Co. at OXAGON by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, according to the Saudi Press Agency.
In order to reduce the electricity costs of hydrogen production by up to 16 percent, according to ABB modeling, Hynamics has inked an agreement to work with ABB and test the ABB Ability OPTIMAX for Green Hydrogen energy management system (EMS) across all of its plants.
The technical and financial suitability of a proposed placement at Engie’s plant at Rodenhuize in Ghent (Belgium) was evaluated by Equinor as part of the feasibility study for the 1 GW H2BE hydrogen project, which has already been completed.
Acwa Power, which is building a $5 billion green hydrogen-based ammonia production plant in Neom, Saudi Arabia, aims to “replicate” the project overseas.
