“Spain is the sun, the air, the water, and the capital of renewable energy in the world.” A three-day international conference on renewable energy and how Europe can produce it independently began on Monday in Madrid. The nation is on track to surpass Russia as the continent’s top producer of green hydrogen. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez boasts, “Even from the world.”
At the presentation of the feasibility study for the establishment and expansion of an effective hydrogen transport network in Brandenburg, Brandenburg’s Minister of Economic Affairs Jörg Steinbach stated that the state not only has the potential to expand a green hydrogen infrastructure but that the future of the state’s fundamental industries will also depend on it.
A green hydrogen production facility at GeelongPort will be examined for appropriateness and potential environmental advantages in the feasibility study.
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.
Assuming willingness to finance it if it meets “eligibility criteria,” the European Investment Bank (EIB) is in “exploratory talks” with Portugal, Spain, and France on the future “green” hydrogen-fit maritime pipeline to boost Iberian interconnectivity.
Following the confusion caused by numerous train cancellations along the Taunusbahn route, the Rhein-Main-Verkehrs-Verbund (RMV) pledges that starting on Monday, February 27, traffic will run on schedule. The managing director of the transportation organization, Knut Ringat, stated on Friday that a train should operate at any scheduled time.
The balance of power in the energy markets will also change as a result of future industrial production using less coal, oil, and gas. A study estimated that the investments will cost ten trillion dollars.
Under the patronage of the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MoEI), Brooge Energy, a Cayman Islands-based infrastructure provider, announced a partnership with Siemens Energy, one of the world’s largest energy technology suppliers, to develop a plant in Abu Dhabi that will use solar PV to produce green hydrogen and ammonia. Brooge Energy is currently involved in clean petroleum products, biofuels, and crude oil storage.
The Belgian-German Energy Summit, where Belgium and Germany collaborated to increase their energy independence, was held in Zeebrugge on Valentine’s Day.
A grant of 25 million euros has been given to the North Adriatic Hydrogen Valley project, which was jointly created in Slovenia, Croatia, and the Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia.
