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Energy giants Iberdrola and Masdar have joined forces in a strategic partnership, committing to jointly invest up to €1.5 billion.

United Arab Emirates (UAE) has taken center stage at the COP28 climate summit, grappling with a significant hurdle: the affordability of hydrogen. At a high-level roundtable, the UAE’s Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei, addressed the challenges and strategic initiatives associated with making hydrogen, particularly green hydrogen, economically viable.

Masdar has solidified its collaboration with Indonesia’s state-owned utility company, PLN. The partnership aims to propel the development of Southeast Asia’s largest floating solar power plant and venture into the promising realm of green hydrogen production.

In a bold move to spearhead India’s hydrogen revolution, the Department of Science & Technology (DST) has announced a call for proposals, inviting scientists, engineers, and innovators to upgrade lab-scale technologies and propel them to the prototype and pilot plant stages.

Germany’s pursuit of a sustainable energy transition has placed hydrogen in the spotlight as a potential game-changer. However, the journey from hydrogen production to its consumption in a climate-neutral manner involves overcoming numerous challenges.

SK E&S made waves at COP28 by signing a global memorandum of understanding for the construction of Korea’s largest low-carbon hydrogen plant.

Toyota is set to establish the Hydrogen Factory Europe. This groundbreaking initiative aims to foster a coordinated approach to hydrogen production, supporting the increasing demand for fuel cell systems in the region.

Plagazi, a leader in hydrogen production, has secured an order for a feasibility study from Germany’s Korn Recycling.

In the town of Hemmingstedt in Holstein, the vision of producing green hydrogen on an industrial scale has faced an unexpected setback. The “West Coast 100” project, once hailed as a lighthouse initiative for green energy, has been halted after just three years, leaving questions about the viability of large-scale hydrogen production.

Brazil and the United Kingdom have solidified a bilateral agreement to usher in a new era of clean and renewable energy. The Brazil-United Kingdom Hydrogen Hub, unveiled at COP28 in Dubai, stands as a testament to international collaboration for the development of hydrogen, emphasizing a coordinated and targeted approach.