Nikola Corp. and Voltera have announced a partnership to create up to 50 HYLA-branded hydrogen fueling stations across North America over the next five years. This collaboration aims to develop an open network of commercial hydrogen refuelling stations that will support the deployment of zero-emission fuel cell electric trucks.
Black Hills Energy (BHE), a utility company that serves over 1.2 million customers in eight states, has announced that it will be working with Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) on a feasibility study for a proposed project that aims to produce clean hydrogen from coal and capture carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at BHE’s Neil Simpson Power Plant in Gillette, Wyoming. The project will utilize B&W’s BrightLoop™ hydrogen generation technology, a chemical looping technology that can use a variety of fuels to produce clean energy with complete CO2 capture.
Europe’s dominance of the global hydrogen industry appears to be slipping due to the rapid increase in planned hydrogen projects in North America, according to a report by Aurora Energy Research.
The Dutch government has unveiled the Climate Fund project for 2024, which includes €28.1 billion for climate spending in the country by 2030. Of this total, €7.5 billion will be allocated to developing the green hydrogen industry, including €300 million for importing the energy source. This could benefit green hydrogen projects in the Port of Pecém, Ceará, Brazil, where the Dutch port of Rotterdam has a 30% stake.
Atlas Agro Fertilizantes, a Brazilian fertilizer company, announced plans to invest $850 million in the construction of a green hydrogen plant in Uberaba, Brazil. The plant, which will be the first of its kind in the country, will produce 500,000 tons per year of nitrogen fertilizers using green hydrogen.
Entergy has broken ground on the Orange County Advanced Power Station (OCAPS), a 1,215 MW combined cycle plant located near Bridge City, Texas. The plant, which would use natural gas initially and transition to hydrogen in the future, would have the ability to use up to 30% hydrogen by volume, potentially reaching 100%. The $1.2 billion project is expected to create nearly $1.8 billion in total economic activity in Southeast Texas.
The Caribbean Island of Dominica has taken a significant step towards sustainable economic growth with the signing of a Framework Agreement to establish a joint venture company for the development of a large-scale green hydrogen geothermal complex.
Worley, a global professional services company, has been selected alongside its consulting business, Advisian, to conduct a comprehensive assessment of Xcel Energy’s natural gas system in the US.
In a significant move for the clean energy industry, Ohmium, a Silicon Valley company, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $250 million to increase the production of machines that can produce clean hydrogen and displace fossil fuels.
DNV, a global energy expert and assurance provider, has been engaged by Brazilian upstream service provider Ocyan, as an independent third party to qualify the system injecting hydrogen as an additive in the internal combustion engines of drilling rigs.
