The world’s first manufacturing facility for Electriq Powder, a solid hydrogen carrier, will be built at the Port of Amsterdam thanks to a partnership between Electriq, a provider of end-to-end safe hydrogen solutions, and Zenith Energy Terminals.
As a part of the Kashiwazaki Clean Hydrogen/Ammonia Project, INPEX Corporation, one of the most significant exploration and production firms in Japan, will deploy the HiPACT regenerative high-pressure CO2 capture technology jointly developed by BASF and its engineering partner JGC Corporation.
A joint venture between Everfuel and Hy24 has been established to fund the rapid expansion of electrolyzer capacity in the Nordic region. 51% of the JV will be owned by Everfuel, and 49% by the Clean H2 Infra Fund, which is managed by Hy24.
A grant of €3.3 million has been given to Fusion Fuel Spain for capital expenditure in a 2.4 Megawatt green hydrogen project intended to accelerate Spain’s industrial decarbonization.
The European Parliament’s Energy Committee has come out in favor of distinguishing between transmission and distribution system operators and against separating ownership of the hydrogen and gas network at the distribution network level. The Federal Government is urged by a coalition of organizations to take steps to guarantee that the Council adopts the European Parliament’s viewpoint.
Despite bold intentions, implementing a hydrogen economy could be extremely expensive and time-consuming, endangering the continent’s economic expansion and potentially impeding decarbonization efforts.
The global portfolio of projects for the production of “low-carbon” hydrogen, which are in various phases, was 71.4 million tons per year at the end of last year, according to the research firm Wood Mackenzie. This is comparable to the current global yearly hydrogen consumption.
The bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act designated a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstration encouraged a Texas consortium leading the creation of a regional clean hydrogen hub on the American Gulf Coast to submit a full application in response.
