Browsing: Hydrogen

The old coal mine that supplied the As Pontes thermal plant, the crown jewel of the Galician electricity system for nearly 50 years, will serve as the community’s birthplace for the first sizable green hydrogen plant.

To achieve a decarbonized society, the Japanese government announced that it will aim to increase the nation’s yearly hydrogen supply from 2 million tonnes to 12 million tonnes in 2040.

According to Electricity and Renewable Energy Minister R K Singh, India opposes expanding the concept of “green hydrogen” to include fuel derived from low-carbon energy sources as several Western nations have suggested during G20 meetings.

Cummins Inc. will invest more than $1 billion to upgrade engine factories in three states and purchase equipment for producing hydrogen in Minnesota.

The European Commission has given approval for a €450 million Italian scheme to support the production of renewable hydrogen. The aim of the scheme is to promote the transition towards a net-zero economy in accordance with the Green Deal Industrial Plan.

Alparslan Bayraktar, the Turkish Deputy Energy Minister, recently attended the ninth Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue, where he announced Turkey’s detailed plan to reduce its CO2 emissions by 2053.

The Taunus network’s shift to hydrogen trains continues to experience setbacks, causing reliability issues. To ensure passenger safety and convenience, the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) will offer bus replacement services for the regional train line RB1 beyond April 15 as a “fallback level.”

The project for testing hydrogen-powered regional rail transportation has received approval from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport. It includes money from the PNRR totalling 37.4 million euros for this hydrail project.

To build a green hydrogen power plant in Pudimadaka near Visakhapatnam, the NTPC Simhadri has signed an MoU. The industrial and hydrogen areas would be the two key domains of the project.

The country is set to become the first in Europe to extract natural hydrogen, an element that accumulates in the depths of the Earth, which could position Spain as a major European supplier of sustainable hydrogen.