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Tata Steel Ltd, an Indian steel maker, has initiated a trial for injecting hydrogen gas into its blast furnace to reduce carbon emissions.

Chile, a resource-rich country with the world’s largest lithium reserves, and South Korea, a global leader in hydrogen technology, have pledged to cooperate on green hydrogen. The two countries will work together to develop new energy industries such as hydrogen and renewable energy.

The National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) in Colombia has recently announced its plans to expand its focus beyond oil and natural gas and explore the potential of non-conventional renewable energy sources. ANH is now preparing to measure the potential of white hydrogen in Colombia, a clean and renewable form of hydrogen produced by electrolysis of water using renewable energy sources.

French Bank Lazard has stated that the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) tax credits could make atom-powered electrolyzers more competitive than green hydrogen production.

KBR has been awarded an engineering and design services contract by The Chemours Company to help expand capacity and advance technology for its Nafion ion exchange materials platform. The contract is part of Chemours’ $200 million investment to expand the Nafion membranes and dispersions technology platform to support the growing hydrogen economy.

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.

Hexagon Purus has opened new engineering and manufacturing facility for battery and hydrogen storage systems in Kelowna, Canada.

Chemical maker Chemours Co is partnering with TC Energy Corp to develop two clean hydrogen production facilities in West Virginia.

Fraunhofer IFAM, Sunfire, and Canadian materials partner Ionomr Innovations have launched the Integrate research project to apply anion exchange membrane (AEM) electrolysis to an industrial scale.

Panama is set to present its national strategy for green hydrogen and its derivatives for public consultation on April 28.