In order to develop, finance, and run a cluster combining green hydrogen production with solar and wind power generation, Paris-based Voltalia, and its Egyptian partner TAQA Arabia, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Egypt.
In order to develop one of India’s largest proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzers at Vijaipur, Madhya Pradesh, GAIL will use technology that will be provided by Cummins in partnership with EPC player Tecnimont (TCMPL), the Indian subsidiary of Maire Tecnimont Group.
This is a component of the government’s strategy for green hydrogen, which aims to supply the market in seven years and make Spain an energy exporter at costs that, by then, it anticipates will be far more affordable than natural gas pricing.
Northeast Brazil’s Pecem Industry and Port Complex (CIPP) has signed a pre-contract with Brazilian developers Casa dos Ventos Energias Renovaveis and Comerc Eficiencia to create a green hydrogen and ammonia plant with up to 2.4 GW of electrolysis capacity.
Chile set itself the objective of becoming one of the world’s top producers of green hydrogen a couple of years ago. However, a number of challenges have developed along the road.
A recently formed coalition, which includes the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Southern Company, Dominion Energy, Duke Energy, Louisville Gas & Electric Company, and Kentucky Utilities Company (LG&E and KU), as well as Battelle and other organizations, announced its intention to seek federal financial support for a Southeast Hydrogen Hub.
In order to achieve sustainable excellence and turn into a company with zero net CO2 emissions, Cemex said that it will adopt hydrogen injection technology in four of its cement facilities in Mexico. This initiative is a component of Cemex’s Future in Action program.
The API applauded the DOE for promoting a clean hydrogen economy in its comments, but also expressed worry that the roadmap fails to appropriately take into account various methods of producing hydrogen and the short-term advantages of cooperating with current hydrogen users, such as refineries.
The European Commission has given Raven SR a grant of €1.7 million (USD$1.75 million) for the construction of a waste-to-hydrogen manufacturing facility in the Spanish area of Aragón.
The Coega Green Ammonia project has received government backing to expedite construction, which represents a significant advancement in the race towards a just energy transformation in South Africa’s hardest-hit region.
