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Hydrogen has a crucial role in decarbonizing the world’s energy system, but uptake will be too slow. Governments need to make urgent, significant policy interventions, according to a new report by DNV. In Hydrogen Forecast to 2050, DNV predicts the amount of hydrogen in the energy mix will be only 0.5% in 2030 and 5%... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Chile state development office Corfo signed agreements with three companies on Thursday to fund industrial green hydrogen production, which it says could double current production worldwide. The move would boost economic development and help with energy transition and meeting the challenge of decarbonization, Corfo's executive vice president Jose Miguel Benavente said in a statement.... Continue Reading →
Offshore Design Engineering Ltd (ODE) has been selected by ERM Dolphyn to provide topside FEED support to the commercial demonstration phase of the ERM Dolphyn (Deepwater Offshore Local HYdrogeN) project in the UK.The ERM Dolphyn project seeks to produce green hydrogen at scale by utilizing moored floating substructures; each moored structure hosts an offshore wind... Continue Reading →
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has proposed to construct an artificial island dedicated to large-scale production of green hydrogen from offshore wind – called "BrintØ" - in the Danish part of the North Sea. According to CIP, one of the world’s largest dedicated fund managers within greenfield renewable energy investments, the Hydrogen Island is expected to be able to... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Shell (SHEL.L) and Brazil's Porto do Açu have agreed to jointly build a green hydrogen plant, executives told Reuters, a deal that could result in the debut of the up-and-coming technology in South America's largest nation. Under the terms of a memorandum of understanding signed on Thursday and first disclosed to the news agency, the... Continue Reading →
Strohm, a manufacturer of fully bonded, thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP), has signed a memorandum of understanding with renewable hydrogen supplier Lhyfe, which is based in Nantes, France. The companies plan to jointly develop systems for hydrogen transport, offshore and onshore, including what they claim will be the first floating wind turbine integrated with a hydrogen... Continue Reading →
The UK Government has awarded Vattenfall £9.3 million pounds ($11.5 million) in innovation funding to develop the world’s first hydrogen-producing offshore wind turbine, with the electrolyzer sited directly onto an existing operational turbine. The pilot project at Vattenfall’s Offshore Wind Farm in Aberdeen Bay will have an output of 8 MW. It will be able... Continue Reading →
Technip Energies and its affiliates Kanfa and Inocean on Wednesday launched a suite of carbon-free solutions for green hydrogen production called of GO.H2TM by T.EN. "Hydrogen is integral to the energy transition, and, building on its long-lasting hydrogen and offshore track record, Technip Energies is bringing expertise into green hydrogen to meet an increasing global... Continue Reading →
Iberdrola has commissioned a solar-powered green hydrogen plant in Puertollano, central Spain, which it says is the largest plant currently operating in the world. The plant was opened on Friday by a delegation including King Felipe VI of Spain, the President of the Regional Government of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page, and Iberdrola chairman Ignacio Galán,... Continue Reading →
Namibia on Thursday launched a sovereign wealth fund, months after oil discoveries by TotalEnergies and Shell off its coast. President Hage Geingob said at the launch the Welwitschia Fund would get an initial injection of 262 million Namibian dollars ($16.15 million) and invest 2.5% of its portfolio locally to bridge the country's infrastructure financing gap.... Continue Reading →
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