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The Court of Appeal in Wellington will hear an appeal lodged by Greenpeace on May 23rd regarding the granting of resource consent for a $70 million green hydrogen project in South Taranaki, New Zealand.

Germany, like many other countries, is looking to transition to renewable energy sources to reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change. One of the energy carriers that has been gaining momentum in recent years is green hydrogen.

Hydrogène de France (HDF), a French company, has announced plans to construct a renewable-energy power plant in Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines. The plant, called “Hydrogen Renewstable,” will be the country’s first-ever hydrogen power plant, generating electricity from water.

Marubeni Europower has submitted a planning application for a green hydrogen production and refuelling facility, as part of the HyBont project, at Brynmenyn Industrial Estate in Bridgend.

Hanyang Co., Ltd., a leading South Korean company, has announced its entry into the hydrogen business by partnering with Linde, the world’s largest industrial gas production company based in Germany.

Fusion Fuel, a green hydrogen technology company, has entered into a €2.46 million equipment supply contract with Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) for a 550 kW solar-to-green hydrogen project in Zaragoza, Spain.

H2 Brazil, a project established through a partnership between the Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), has identified at least 42 green hydrogen production projects in Brazil of varying sizes and stages of development.

Nuclear power can play a crucial role in the production of zero-carbon hydrogen due to its competitive pricing, relatively small geographic footprint, and high capacity, say analysts and industry heads.

Renewable energy development company CWP Global and German hydrogen carrier pioneer Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore the feasibility of a 500 tons per day hydrogen transport chain from Morocco to Europe.

RenewableUK, a clean energy trade body, has issued a warning that the UK risks losing out on billions of pounds of investment capital and thousands of jobs unless the government takes urgent action to promote the use of green hydrogen.