The Eastern, Northern, and Western Cape provinces of South Africa have joined forces to propel the nation into the global spotlight as a major producer of green hydrogen and its derivative products.
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The cost of producing green hydrogen is a significant barrier, with a price tag of up to $8 per kilogram, roughly six times the cost of liquefied natural gas in Asia. To make green hydrogen more accessible, there’s a need to reduce production costs significantly.
Repsol inaugurated its 2.5 megawatt (MW) renewable hydrogen electrolyzer at the Petronor refinery in Muskiz, Spain. The electrolyzer is the first commercial-scale renewable hydrogen production facility in Spain and will play a key role in the development of the Basque Hydrogen Corridor.
Saudi Arabia has achieved a new milestone in sustainable transportation as its national railway company has entered into an agreement with its French partner to commence testing for its ambitious hydrogen train project.
Japan will subsidize hydrogen fuel cell systems and other equipment to the tune of 30.6 billion yen ($205 million) in support of the development of components for electric aircraft with reduced carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
French company RH2 is developing hydrogen retrofit kits for heavy goods vehicles and construction machinery. The kits are designed to convert existing diesel engines to run on hydrogen, at a fraction of the cost of replacing the vehicles outright.
Everfuel and Hy24 have announced the formation of a joint venture to develop hydrogen infrastructure in the Nordic region. The joint venture has secured €200 million in funding to finance the development of electrolyzer capacity in the Nordics, with a particular focus on serving the EU market.
A recent workshop between the United States and Oman explored the potential for producing hydrogen from Oman’s unique geology. The workshop brought together government, industry, and academic experts to share information and ideas about geologic hydrogen, and to explore new partnerships between the two countries.
Four leading Finnish companies, Helen Ltd, Neste Corporation, Gasgrid Finland Ltd, and Vantaa Energy Ltd, have started preliminary studies on the development of an industrial hydrogen valley in the Uusimaa region, Finland.
A significant disruption in the availability of gaseous hydrogen has rendered many Southern California hydrogen stations temporarily unavailable. While some stations with alternate supply chains remain operational, they are experiencing unusually high demand.
