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Saudi Arabia’s Aramco, the world’s largest oil producer, is investing in a range of decarbonization technologies, including lower-carbon hydrogen, direct air capture, and CO2 sequestration.

The European Union has introduced a new Renewable Energy Directive that includes a mandate for industry to procure 42% of its hydrogen from renewable fuels by 2030, rising to 60% by 2035. This is a significant opportunity for Australian exporters of green hydrogen, which is produced using renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power.

Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania and parent company NiSource are advancing one of the country’s first controlled-setting hydrogen blending projects in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The project is testing the viability of hydrogen-natural gas blends at various levels to study potential consumer benefits and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

Queensland Parliament has passed legislation that will fast-track the development of the state’s hydrogen industry, creating an estimated 10,000 jobs…

RINA, a multinational engineering consultancy, inspection, and certification company, has announced the commencement of the six-year research Hydra project to build a 100% hydrogen-fuelled pilot plant capable of producing up to seven tonnes of different grades of steel per hour.

Hungary and Oman have signed an agreement on joint research and production of green hydrogen. The agreement was signed by the two countries’ foreign ministers, Szijjarto Peter of Hungary and Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi of Oman.

Hive Energy Limited, a leading renewable energy developer, has engaged thyssenkrupp Uhde to deliver a pre-FEED (pre-front end engineering design) to support the development of Hive’s first green hydrogen/ammonia production plant in Spain.

NEOM, the $500 billion mega-city project in Saudi Arabia, is taking a proactive role in reducing the carbon footprint of the energy-intensive desalination process.

Norwegian clean energy firm Gen2 Energy AS has signed a term sheet to supply green hydrogen from its planned 100-MW production plant in Norway to German state-owned SEFE Securing Energy for Europe (SEFE).

In a bid to develop an ecosystem that can help commercialize green hydrogen, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has unveiled a ₹4 billion (~$48.12 million) Research and Development (R&D) Roadmap for the National Green Hydrogen Mission.