The two federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland will be national leaders in hydrogen, according to fuel cell and electrolysis expert Gregor Hoogers. According to Professor of the Environmental Campus Birkenfeld of the Trier University of Applied Sciences, “The Saarland is an important transit nation for hydrogen from France.” Both the Saarland and the Palatinate had natural gas pipes that might one day be used to transport hydrogen.
On the strength of a £36 million investment from major players in the sector, a hydrogen pioneer is poised to strengthen green capabilities and expand its business.
Less than a month after its UAE counterpart, Masdar, signed a comparable agreement, Saudi Arabia’s government-affiliated renewables firm Acwa Power has decided to work with the State Oil Corporation of Azerbaijan Republic (Socar) on the creation of green hydrogen.
The second phase of H2Pipe, a joint industry project (JIP) to create a new code for the design, re-qualification, construction, and operation of offshore pipelines to transport hydrogen — either pure or blended with natural gas — is now being launched by DNV, the world’s leading independent energy expert and assurance provider.
A grant of €11.8 million has been given to hydrogen producer HYGRO and TNO (from DEI+ of RVO) to help launch the chain of sustainable hydrogen generation up to and including sales in road transportation.
In an effort to lessen the effects of climate change, the Goa government is looking into cutting-edge energy options like floating solar power plants, hydrogen energy, and a carbon exchange scheme, according to chief minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday.
The green hydrogen project led by former Woodside CEO Peter Coleman has welcomed South Korean firm Samsung C&T as a significant equity partner. This will be both companies’ first attempt to produce carbon-free fuel on Australian soil.
Construction on the largest integrated green hydrogen generation project in the world, which will be used at a neighboring coal chemical plant, began on Thursday, according to the project’s owner China Petrochemical Corp.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has given $7.4 million to seven projects to create infrastructure plans for hydrogen corridors and medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across 23 states.
In the European initiative of eight research institutions for the production of “green” hydrogen, thus decarbonized, from biomass, two CNRS laboratories in Lyon, IrceLyon and LCH, are involved.
