Wales & West Utilities has embarked on a feasibility study exploring a new technique to produce low-carbon hydrogen from wastewater with funding from Ofgem’s Strategic Innovation Fund.
The UK’s green hydrogen pipeline has significantly grown to 1.8GW across 72 sites, according to Molly McCorkingdale, a market analyst at Solar Media, who spoke at the Green Hydrogen Summit in Lisbon, Portugal.
Germany is moving closer to achieving its target of developing a green hydrogen market by the end of the decade, according to E.ON, one of the country’s largest utilities.
Portuguese oil company Galp is investing in advanced biofuels and green hydrogen as part of its decarbonization efforts. The company has opened two public consultations for the GalpH2Park (green hydrogen) and HVO (biofuels) projects in Sines, with a total investment of 486 million euros. The goal of these projects is to achieve a 50% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from the Sines refinery by 2030.
Panama is making plans to establish an inter-governmental organization that will facilitate the international trade of renewable hydrogen and its derivatives, according to Rosilena Lindo, the country’s undersecretary for energy.
EnBW board member Georg Stamatelopoulos has proposed the use of “blue hydrogen” as a first step towards a quick switch from natural gas to hydrogen in the energy supply.
Hydrogen has been touted as the fuel of the future because it is clean and efficient, with no carbon dioxide or air pollutants emitted during burning, and the only waste produced is water.
