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Together with the Federal Ministries for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK), KfW presented the first financing platform in the world for specialized financing of green hydrogen infrastructure at the UN climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh and introduced its derivatives.

Germany aims to encourage the growth of the hydrogen economy internationally and has established two new funding pools totaling 550 million euros.

The “Green Pipeline Project,” a pilot project on the injection of green hydrogen into the natural gas network and decarbonization of the energy sector, was approved by the Portuguese government with costs of 867,692 euros till 2024.

Hydrogen is produced in a very environmentally friendly manner in the University of Kassel’s labs by using naturally occurring bacteria.

The Swiss Association of Waste-to-Energy Plant Operators (VBSA) and TES are collaborating to capture and ship CO2 from Switzerland abroad. TES is developing a business model to deliver large amounts of renewable and affordable eNG (green gas) by combining recycled CO2 with hydrogen to create a closed zero-emissions energy loop.

Northern Gas Networks, hydrogen producer Hygen Energy, and hydrogen distributor Ryze Hydrogen all made late announcements about the plan.

The “joint venture” NeoGreen Portugal will invest more than one billion euros in the construction of a green hydrogen Sines plant.

The pipeline is expected to start transporting German hydrogen in 2030.

RWE has won the bid and been granted permission to erect Hollandse Kust West (HKW) VII, a sizable offshore wind farm. Offshore wind power and electrolyzer capacity will be combined in HKW VII to produce green hydrogen.

A gasoline engine may now run on plain water thanks to new technology developed at the Kuzbass State Technical University.