Under the patronage of the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MoEI), Brooge Energy, a Cayman Islands-based infrastructure provider, announced a partnership with Siemens Energy, one of the world’s largest energy technology suppliers, to develop a plant in Abu Dhabi that will use solar PV to produce green hydrogen and ammonia. Brooge Energy is currently involved in clean petroleum products, biofuels, and crude oil storage.
The broad alliance attempting to quicken the port of Rotterdam-based importation of hydrogen from Australia has grown stronger.
The Belgian-German Energy Summit, where Belgium and Germany collaborated to increase their energy independence, was held in Zeebrugge on Valentine’s Day.
A grant of 25 million euros has been given to the North Adriatic Hydrogen Valley project, which was jointly created in Slovenia, Croatia, and the Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia.
The Walloon government has just approved the implementation of two projects of common European interest (IPCEI) on hydrogen, namely the John Cockerill Hydrogen project and the Columbus project, for which Engie and Carmeuse have combined their powers. A budget of over 88 million euros and the hiring of 250 FTEs are projected.
The Greenko firm, which is constructing the largest pumped hydro storage facility in the world—1,680 MW—near Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, for “upwards of a billion dollars,” aims to construct three other such facilities over the course of the following three years.
A German project to increase the use of clean energy for home heating is on track to heat certain homes in the southwest of the nation with 30% “green” energy blended with natural gas in the coming weeks, according to the project’s sponsor.
This proposed project will benefit from ENOC’s market expertise and customer reach as well as DEWA’s current green hydrogen production facility in the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park.
The most environmentally friendly cracker in Europe is now under development, and INEOS Olefins Belgium has just revealed that it has raised €3.5 billion to finance it.
In addition to being crucial for attaining climate targets, a successful and quick ramp-up of hydrogen is also necessary for a stable and diverse energy supply.
