With the implementation of Turkey’s first hydrogen valley project in Balkesir, according to Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank, “we will have developed the hydrogen economy in a different dimension in the Southern Marmara region, which is the leader in renewable energy installed power.”
According to a recent study by TAQA, Europe has long been interested in the idea of importing green hydrogen from Morocco in particular because of its enviable location so near to the old continent and the availability of the necessary infrastructure.
France is leading a push for the European Union to include nuclear power’s low-carbon hydrogen in its renewable energy regulations, but some of its members are opposed out of concern that it will jeopardize efforts to fast build up wind and solar.
The energy firms LEAG and HH2E have affirmed their commitment to collaborate to establish a local and national green hydrogen economy in a memorandum of understanding (MoU).
The Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking, a public-private initiative cofounded by the European Union and a reference for the development of new disruptive aeronautical technologies, has given Aciturri the responsibility of leading the H2ELIOS project, which has a budget of 12.1 million euros, following the proposal evaluation phase.
Nel, along with more than 20 other major companies, submitted a letter to European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, urging the EU to encourage the creation of a fully European renewable hydrogen value chain.
