From his ministry’s “transformation workshop,” the minister of economic affairs reports. In it, one imagines hydrogen serving as a fuel and develops a “hydrogen network acceleration law” to achieve this. The only aspect of hydrogen generation and heat pumps that are yet unknown is where the electricity will come from.
As part of a significant global drive toward renewable hydrogen, Total Eren, a renewable energy producer partially controlled by the French oil company Total, claims it is considering a huge number of “gigawatt” size renewable projects in Australia.
In an effort to have the Renewables Directive not apply to hydrogen and “low-carbon” fuels, seven EU nations have written to the Commission. Spain, Germany, Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Luxembourg, and Portugal are the countries that have participated.
Uruguay, the country with the second-highest percentage of variable renewable energies (such as solar and wind) in the world’s electricity generation, was one of the special guests at the most recent international conference on renewable energies, which was held in Madrid at the end of February.
In order to jointly market and distribute small-scale hydrogen liquefaction technology globally, GenH2 and Chart Industries have formed a strategic alliance.
After 11 businesses expressed interest in using such infrastructure, French gas transmission company GRTgaz will carry out a feasibility study on delivering low-carbon hydrogen fuel to the industrial and port area of Dunkirk.
The renewable hydrogen manufacturer, Phynix, has chosen Duro Felguera Green Tech for the turnkey contract (EPC) for the construction of a production plant, with 10 megawatts (MW) of electrolytic power, in Alcázar de San Juan (Ciudad Real).
According to a statement from the Egyptian government, China Energy would invest $5.1 billion in a green hydrogen project in Egypt.
According to consulting company Velerity, Puerto Rico has a 3.5Mt/year technical capacity for producing green hydrogen.
As it investigates the use of hydrogen at its Yarwun alumina refinery in Gladstone, Sumitomo Corporation has finished its Front End Engineering Design (FEED) studies for a green hydrogen production plant located at Gladstone, Queensland, with Rio Tinto as a key prospective offtake partner.
