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.
Green hydrogen will be produced in a factory in Delfzijl by the Amsterdam-based Torrgas using discarded wood and grass from the side of the road. Torrgas anticipates spending between 80 and 100 million euros on the new facility.
The Greenko firm, which is constructing the largest pumped hydro storage facility in the world—1,680 MW—near Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, for “upwards of a billion dollars,” aims to construct three other such facilities over the course of the following three years.
The Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security funds the national project “Ecostore H2,” which aims to develop eco-sustainable ultra-porous polymers and carbons for the storage and transportation of hydrogen.
The Renewable Energy Directive calls for the adoption of two Delegated Acts, and the Commission has suggested specific regulations to specify what is meant by “renewable hydrogen” in the EU.
Paris is enraged that Berlin and Madrid have not endorsed its intention to have EU law designate hydrogen produced using nuclear power as “green.”
In order to compete for a portion of $7 billion in federal financing for their regional hydrogen hubs, proposed consortiums supported by states and others were encouraged by the Department of Energy to have their permits, cost estimates, and community engagement strategies in order.
In a new collaboration between oil giant Shell, UK hydrogen aviation pioneer ZeroAvia, and Rotterdam The Hague Airport, commercial hydrogen-powered flights from Rotterdam are planned for 2025.
