In the UK, Fuel Cells Works reported that Sunfire has officially broken ground on a Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell test facility at BASF’s Industrial Park Lausitz, a chemical and industrial hub in Schwarzheide, Brandenburg, Germany. BASF InfraService & Solutions Lausitz said it plans to validate its newest and most powerful SOEC product generation under real […]
In Namibia, APA News reported that Namibia has inaugurated Africa’s first fully integrated green hydrogen facility, combining solar power generation, hydrogen production and energy storage in a single ecosystem. The brainchild of Belgium-registered diversified shipping group CMB.TECH, the plant in Namibia’s Walvis Bay brings together a 5MWp solar park, a Proton Exchange Membrane electrolyzer and […]
In Belgium, Hydrogen Europe reported that German utility Hamburger Energienetze has started construction of the H2-Connector on the former Moorburg power plant site, a key hub for the planned Hamburg Hydrogen Industry Network (HH-WIN). The facility will connect locally produced hydrogen, including output from the Hamburg Green Hydrogen Hub (HGHH) electrolyzer, with the HH-WIN distribution […]
In the UK, Fuel Cells Works reported that Czechia’s first electrolyzer producing green, or zero-emission, hydrogen has been built and will be used in domestic industry and transport. The electrolyzer, which produces hydrogen using energy from the sun and partly from wind, was launched on Monday by Solar Global in Napajedla in the Zlín region, […]
In Japan, International Business Times reported that Kawasaki Heavy Industries said it will begin construction of a hydrogen production facility in the Kawasaki coastal industrial area in Kanagawa Prefecture,in Japan. The plant, to be built in Ogimachi in Kawasaki Ward, will use steam methane reforming, or SMR, to produce 18 tons of hydrogen per day […]
As is my way, while the sensible sunbathers of late August are enjoying the final golden days of summer along the Calabrian coast, I am perched high on a cliff above the Tyrrhenian Sea, squinting out into the blinding western sun and imagining the Battle of Lipari, fought just across these very waters in 260 […]
In Norway, classification society DNV’s newly published Maritime Forecast to 2050 estimates that nearly three quarters of fuel consumption capacity in its high demand 2050 scenario will be aboard ships that have not yet been ordered, leaving their fuel technology undecided. DNV projects low GHG fuel demand for ships above 400 gross tonnage operating internationally […]
In China, Shanghai Electric Group formally launched Phase II of its Taonan project in Jilin Province on August 20, adding planned annual capacity of 200,000 tons of green methanol and 10,000 tons of sustainable aviation fuel. The project will combine wind, solar, energy storage and biomass in an off grid direct connection system. Shanghai Electric […]
In South Korea, Energy Daily reports EcoMethanol, Taebaek City, Hyundai Corporation, Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean and EUKOR Car Carriers signed an agreement on August 26 to develop a supply chain for clean methanol from a planned 15,000 ton per year plant in Taebaek. EcoMethanol plans to invest 120 billion won in the plant at Dongjeom Industrial […]
In Norway, Azane Fuel Solutions and energy company Equinor signed a framework agreement covering ammonia fuel supply and truck to ship bunkering, with first deliveries scheduled for the second half of 2026. The agreement establishes terms for supplying ammonia directly to ships by truck as demand for the fuel develops. Azane is developing ammonia bunkering […]
