Browsing: Hydrogen

The proposed Tiwi Hydrogen Project—once a high-profile 2.4 GW green hydrogen export initiative off Australia’s Northern Territory coast—has been formally withdrawn from federal environmental review, marking the end of a venture that once held “major project” status in Australia’s energy transition strategy.

Lhyfe, a France-based green hydrogen producer, has successfully conducted combustion tests using 100% renewable hydrogen in the ceramics sector of Spain’s Valencia region—signaling a potentially scalable pathway to decarbonize one of the country’s most energy-intensive industries.

Hynamics UK, a subsidiary of France’s EDF Group, has partnered with hydrogen investment firm Hy24 to develop a £300 million green hydrogen production facility at ExxonMobil’s Fawley refinery and petrochemical complex in Hampshire.

Brazil’s ambition to become a global green hydrogen exporter has hit a critical regulatory roadblock. On July 3, the Federal Public Ministry (MPF) filed a civil action seeking the immediate suspension of all activities at a hydrogen production facility under construction in the Export Processing Zone (ZPE) of Parnaíba, Piauí.

Hyundai Motor India’s decision to anchor a ₹100 crore hydrogen R&D facility within IIT Madras’ Discovery Campus signals more than corporate social responsibility—it positions the company at the intersection of industrial decarbonization, domestic innovation policy, and India’s long-range energy independence goals.

As European power markets deepen their reliance on renewables, a new structural imbalance is emerging. While solar and wind capacity continues to surge, weakened demand and limited system flexibility are compressing capture rates and undermining standalone renewables’ profitability.

In 2023, global investment in hydrogen technologies surpassed $200 billion, yet the gap between academic research and scalable solutions remains…

Germany’s hydrogen rollout faced another major setback this month, with E.ON announcing the cancellation of its 20MW HydroHarbourEssen project and a broader withdrawal from international hydrogen production and infrastructure development.

Spain’s ambition to become a green hydrogen hub has suffered a setback, as Repsol confirmed it will not move forward with the 130MW Hydric project in Puertollano, declaring it “technically and economically unfeasible.”

Germany has launched its second €2.5 billion H2Global auction, aimed at securing long-term imports of green hydrogen and its derivatives—ammonia and methanol—from outside the EU.