In Germany, the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and the state government of Schleswig-Holstein agreed to strengthen cooperation in the hydrogen field. “The north is the region of the future for the production, use and distribution of green hydrogen in Germany,” said Peter Tschentscher, Mayor of Hamburg. The states of Hamburg […]
In Belgium, the European Commission said it has approved funds for a total of $174.7 million to support LOTOS Green H2, a Polish special purpose vehicle ultimately owned by PKN Orlen, in the production of renewable hydrogen to be used in the refinery production processes. Poland had notified to the commission its plan to support […]
In the Netherlands, Sunfire said it has successfully installed what it claims to be the world’s first multi-megawatt high-temperature electrolyzer for the production of green hydrogen at Neste’s renewable products refinery in Rotterdam. Having met the refinery’s highest quality requirements, Sunfire said it has now achieved mechanical completion of the electrolysis system. The system is […]
In China, South China Morning Post reported that China Petrochemical Corp, the country’s largest oil refiner and fuel supplier, unveiled a plan to build a long-distance hydrogen pipeline to accelerate green energy development. The “west-to-east” demonstration pipeline – part of the national fuel transmission network development blueprint – will bolster the country’s energy transition effort, […]
In Australia, Amp Energy has signed an agreement to develop green hydrogen at scale on the Cape Hardy Port Precinct with Iron Road. Amp Energy is currently focusing on the development of 20 GW of electrolyzer capacity across three precincts, equivalent to 19 million tons per annum of green ammonia production. The company said it […]
In Germany, EnBW confirmed it will start marketing green hydrogen from a local facility. From 2025, the new power-to-gas plant at Energiedienst’s Wyhlen hydropower plant will produce up to 720 metric tons of green hydrogen per year, which will be available to supply industrial and other customers in the border region of Germany, Switzerland and […]
In the Netherlands, Onyx Power said it plans to build a plant for the production of low-carbon blue hydrogen at the Port of Rotterdam. With a capacity of 1,200 MW, the plant could produce nearly 300 kilotons of blue hydrogen per year on an industrial scale. To develop this project, Onyx Power announced to the […]
In India, Reuters reported that the Indian government has extended a waiver of transmission fees for renewable power to hydrogen manufacturing plants commissioned before January 2031. The move is expected to cut the cost of green hydrogen by a fifth, according to the report. The initiative will make more green hydrogen manufacturing projects eligible for […]
In France, McPhy Energy said that global steel and mining group ArcelorMittal, together with energy supplier Vulkan Energiewirtschaft Oderbrücke (VEO) – a joint venture between the city of Eisenhüttenstadt and ArcelorMittal – and McPhy Energy, will build a pilot electrolysis plant and a hydrogen filling station at its Eisenhüttenstadt site in Germany. The demonstration project […]
In Japan, Kyodo News reported that Japan plans to increase its supply of hydrogen sixfold from the current level to around 12 million tons by 2040. According to the report, the Japanese government will aim to generate $113 billion in investment from both the public and private sectors over the next 15 years to achieve […]
