Energy Transition News

30th-January-2023

Gujarat aims to become a global centre for green hydrogen in next 12 yrs.

The state plans to create about 8 MTPA green hydrogen production capacity in another 10-12 years, according to state Industries Minister Balwantsinh Rajput. He said that by 2026-27, Gujarat aims to be a $500-billion economy and by 2030-32, a $1-trillion economy. The state will focus on farsighted policies and green production processes for the new generation in alignment with the global agenda.

Brazil's Unigel to invest up to $1.5 billion in green hydrogen production.

Brazilian chemical maker Unigel will invest up to $1.5 billion in its complex in the state of Bahia to produce green hydrogen, the first in the country to do so on an industrial scale. The plant, located in the city of Camacari, will have the first of three phases inaugurated by the end of 2023, expanding capacity until it achieves production of 100,000 tonnes of hydrogen by 2027, or 600,000 tonnes of one of its derivatives, ammonia. The green hydrogen, obtained from the conversion of wind or solar energy, will use electrolysers to be supplied by Thyssenkrupp Nucera.

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $47 Million to Develop Affordable Clean Hydrogen Technologies.

The Biden-Harris Administration, announced up to $47 million in funding to accelerate the research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) of affordable clean hydrogen technologies. Projects funded under this opportunity will reduce costs, enhance hydrogen infrastructure, and improve the performance of hydrogen fuel cells—advancing the Department’s Hydrogen Shot goal of reducing the cost of clean hydrogen to $1 per kilogram within a decade. Achieving these cost reductions will accelerate the use of clean hydrogen across multiple sectors, strengthening our energy security while supporting President Biden’s ambitious goals of a 100% clean electric grid by 2035 and a net-zero emissions economy by 2050.

Malaysian Petronas scouting for 10,000 acres land in Tamil Nadu to set up proposed Green Hydrogen plant.

Petronas, Malaysia’s state-run oil & gas giant, is scouting for land in Tamil Nadu for its proposed green hydrogen and ammonia plants.

Petroleum Nasional Bhd or Petronas, which signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the state government of Tamil Nadu in July 2022, is reportedly seeking a land parcel of as much as 10,000 acres for the development of the plants, which will also require solar plants to operate. Tamil Nadu is reportedly ready to support the Malaysian company through capital or turnover subsidies.

Plans proceed for North Sea green hydrogen pipeline.

Pipeline operators Fluxys and Gascade have applied to the European Commission for Project of Common Interest (PCI) status for the AquaDuctus project, marking a significant step forward in their plans for an offshore pipeline for green hydrogen in the North Sea.

The offshore pipeline, which will be over 400 km long when completed, will become a linchpin of Germany’s and Europe’s future offshore hydrogen infrastructure. The pipeline will collect hydrogen from multiple production sites while offering the potential to link up with other international hydrogen flows through the North Sea.

Mumbai's EV population crosses 20k; at 2L, Maharashtra boasts max e-cars & e-bikes among states.

Mumbai's electric vehicle population has touched 20,000 and crossed the two-lakh mark in the state, latest transport statistics have shown.

Mumbai continues to have the highest number of e-buses in 2023, and there are indications that three-wheelers may soon go electric as will the kaali-peeli taxis and this could encourage private buyers to go for e-vehicles as well.

With the 2023 infrastructure push for EV charging stations, power utility firms have proposed sops in their tariff from April 1 to encourage more EV sales in the city.

Tata Power to build 25,000 new EV charging points as part of new plan.

Tata Power is the most prevalent and visibly growing network of electric vehicle charging points in India.Tata Power has a network of around 3,600 public and semi-public charging points around India, with around 23,500 that are used by private users. According to the K2K (Kashmir to Kanyakumari) plan, in the next five years the aim is to increase the number of public and semi-public charging points to more than 25,000 across more than 450 cities. The plan also includes 450 charging points across major National Highway routes as well as more than 250 bus chargers for electric buses. The plan covers homes, workplaces, fleet stations, public locations, and commercial junctions like e-bus charging depots.

Himachal targets to be first green energy state by 2025: CM Sukhu.

The Himachal Pradesh government intends to make the state as the first Green Energy State by the end of 2025 by harnessing hydro hydrogen and solar energy and switching to green products, Chief Minister Sukhv

The Government has received a dividend of Rs. 2355 crore against the equity contribution of Rs. 1055 crore and 12 percent free power from Nathpa Jhakri and Rampur hydro power projects amounting to around Rs. 7000 crore so far. Emphasizing on the use of emerging technology of power generation, the Chief Minister said that a pilot plant on Green Hydrogen Generation was under way at at NJHPS, Jhakri.

Masdar agrees to explore green hydrogen exports from Abu Dhabi to Europe.

Abu Dhabi-based clean energy company Masdar and four Dutch companies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore the development of a green hydrogen supply chain between Abu Dhabi and Amsterdam.

The MoU was signed to assess green hydrogen exports from UAE to support Dutch and European markets. The parties agreed to join their efforts to develop a green hydrogen supply chain, focusing on production in Abu Dhabi and export to the Netherlands through the port of Amsterdam.

Scaling Green Hydrogen in India: Adopting a three-pronged approach.

As India sets its sight on achieving energy independence by 2047, the role of Green Hydrogen (GH2) will play a critical role. Hydrogen’s value proposition is most compelling when it comes to slashing down the carbon footprint of the energy sector and industries such as cement, ammonia, iron, steel, transportation and refining.

The Government of India has provided the right impetus to the sector by announcing a

Production Linked Incentive (PLI) for Green Hydrogen. As the World’s clean energy game plan intensifies, India’s development of a successful Green Hydrogen ecosystem can be a masterstroke that helps humanity win.

India aiming at capturing 10% of global green hydrogen market: Govt.

The government has put a number to its aim of being a leading exporter of green hydrogen in the world. Setting an ambitious target of capturing about 10 percent of the global green hydrogen market which is expected to touch 100 million metric tonne (MMT) by 2030, senior officials in the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) informed.

India is eyeing the European Union (EU), which has set a target of importing 10 MMTPA of green hydrogen by 2030. To lay the ground for creating an export infrastructure, the government has committed that green ammonia bunker (marine fuel) and refuelling facilities will be present in at least one port by 2025 and that such facilities will be established at all major ports by 2035.

Hydrogen-powered planes take off with startup’s test flight.

In a record trip for low-carbon aviation, a startup has completed a test flight of a 19-seat aircraft powered in part by hydrogen fuel cells. It’s the largest plane that ZeroAvia, a leader in developing hydrogen-electric systems for planes, has tested in the air to date.

The flight took off from Cotswold Airport in the UK and lasted about 10 minutes altogether. During the flight, the plane’s left engines were powered by a combination of hydrogen fuel cells and batteries, while the right side relied on the fossil fuel kerosene.

By combining oxygen in the air with hydrogen, fuel cells generate electricity that can power a plane while releasing only water into the atmosphere.

India sets targets for green hydrogen use by some industries.

India has set green hydrogen consumption targets for some industries, so as to generate demand forcleaner fuel in its quest to reach net zero by 2070, the government said on Friday, as it unveiled itspolicy for green energy. One of the world's biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, India approved a planof incentives worth more than $2 billion last week to develop a green hydrogen production capacity of 5million tonnes a year by 2030.

India’s annual green hydrogen production can go up to 10 MMT: Govt.

The Indian government released the blueprint for its ambitious National Green Hydrogen Mission with ahope that its manufacturing capacity would double to 10 million metric tonnes (MMT) from its initialtarget of 5 MMT per year till 2030.The allocation for incentives is Rs 17,490 crore, about Rs 13,000 crore for production of green hydrogenand Rs 4,490 crore for manufacturing electrolysers. The total initial outlay for the mission is Rs 19,744crore, which also includes Rs 1,466 crore for pilot projects, Rs 400 crore for research and development(R&D) and Rs 388 crore towards other mission components.

7 reasons why Spain and Portugal are about to become a green hydrogen powerhouse.

Hydrogen is a highly flexible fuel. That is why the UN’s climate change body, the UNFCCC, believes hydrogen could meet up to 20% of global energy demand by 2050 . The time has come for Spain and Portugal to step forward: they are uniquely positioned to start producing green hydrogen at scale. Spanish and Portuguese green hydrogen would be less than a quarter of the cost of traditionally-produced “grey hydrogen”, which is made by splitting natural gas molecules and causes CO2 emissions.

L&T Partners With Norway-Based H2Carrier To Develop Floating Green Hydrogen, Green Ammonia Projects.

L&T) signed MoU with the Norway-based H2Carrier (H2C) to develop floating green hydrogen and greenammonia projects. H2C has expertise in developing and integrating Power-to-X (PtX) projects based onaffordable, often stranded, non-commercial renewable power.Under the terms of the MoU, L&T will become a partner for Engineering, Procurement, Construction,Installation and Commissioning (EPCIC) of the topsides for H2C’s floating process plants.

Tata considers India, Europe for EV cell manufacturing plants.

Tata group is considering setting up plants in India and Europe to produce battery cells for electric vehicles (EV). With total sales of 50,000 electric cars to date, India's Tata Motors dominates the country's EV market and has outlined plans to launch 10 electric models by March 2026. The company expects electric models to make up a quarter of its total sales by 2025 from around 8 per cent now.

Toyota exhibits hydrogen fuel cell car, offers up to 640km range.

Toyota presented its hydrogen fuel cell vehicle at the ongoing Auto Expo 2023 event in Greater Noida.

Running on hydrogen, Toyota Mirai can give a range of up to 640 kms in full tank. The company has brought this car to India as a pilot project for hydrogen cars. It is believed that the cost of running a km

from this comes only one rupee

Toyota Mirai is an Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV). A hydrogen tank has been given in it, there is a

reaction between oxygen and hydrogen extracted from the atmosphere, due to which electricity is

generated. This drives the electric motor and then the car. According to the report, it has 3 hydrogen

tanks that can be filled in just 5 minutes. It also has a 1.24kWh battery pack.

Plug Power’s green hydrogen goal to decarbonize transportation sector shows real potential.

Plug Power Inc. (PLUG) believes that green H2 produced from renewable power will help the transportation sector reach carbon neutrality, which it aims to accomplish with its green hydrogen highway project by 2030.

The current challenge faced by renewable hydrogen is that the cost to generate it is too high to make it cost-effective. This is especially true for the trucking industry where the price of H2 must be on par or closer to the cost of diesel for signification adoption to take place.

Plug has been working on not only creating a renewable source of fuel but one that is affordable. It has over 50,000 e-mobility units in operation, mostly forklifts. What’s more, with the help of government support, such as the Inflation Reduction Act, this will only help to drive the cost down more.

NTPC starts India’s first green hydrogen blending project.

NTPC commissioned India's first green hydrogen blending project. The project, which is a joint effort of NTPC and Gujarat Gas Ltd (GGL), has started green hydrogen blending in the piped natural gas (PNG) network of NTPC Kawas township, Surat.

PNGRB has given approval for 5 percent blending of green hydrogen with PNG to start with which would be scaled phase-wise to reach 20 percent. Green hydrogen when blended with natural gas reduces CO2 emissions keeping net heating content the same.

Germany and Norway will build a big hydrogen pipeline.

Germany plans to develop an 1,800km (1,118 miles) hydrogen energy pipeline network by 2027 as a way to pivot towards green energy sources and reduce reliance on Russian natural gas. Norwegian energy company Equinor and RWE will work together to level up Europe’s low carbon hydrogen value chain by exploring several building blocks that will contribute to Germany’s phase-out roadmap for coal and development of new hydrogen infrastructure.

The deal will also see the companies building production facilities in Norway to produce low carbon hydrogen from natural gas with carbon capture and storage (CCS) – so-called blue hydrogen.

Green Hydrogen's breakout year, China thinks bigger, and wind turbines blaze and fall.

The race to produce renewable hydrogen and its derivative green ammonia opened a whole new frontier when plans to link offshore electrolysis to onshore wind in Greenland were revealed.

Chinese OEMs have claimed two wind power milestones in the early days of the year, with ambitious manufacturer MingYang reinforcing its status as a globally significant player by claiming the mantle of world’s largest onshore turbine for its new 8.5MW model.

Why is India facing localisation challenge in EV battery supply chain.

India’s Electric Vehicle (EV) Market is predicted to grow to a $7.09 billion opportunity by 2025. To attain 100% EV mobility by 2030, the Indian government is also revising its policies. In fact, a strong CAGR development of 42.38% is predicted for the Indian EV industry.

A concern is also raised about the difficulties that the grid may encounter as EVs become more common in India. Industry research predicts that by 2030, rising EV use would cause a rise in power consumption up to 100TWh. With the increasing penetration of renewable energy sources into the market, the need of providing quality of power will emerge more than the need of power generation. Due to a scarcity of lithium, India still relies heavily on imports to produce EV batteries

CESL floats tender for 4,675 e-buses worth Rs 5,000 crore.

State-owned Convergence Energy Services Ltd (CESL) said it has floated a tender for 4,675 electric buses worth Rs 5,000 crore. This is the second tender under the National Electric Bus Programme (NEBP). To accelerate EV adoption and cut fuel imports, carbon emissions and air pollution, STUs (state transport utilities) in Delhi, Kerala and Telangana will deploy 4,675 e-buses on the basis of a dry lease.

The deployment of 4,675 e-buses will lead to fuel savings of 15 lakh kilolitre/year and significant reduction in air pollution.

Hydrogen Powered Train Launched In China – Top Speed 160 Kmph.

Germany launched the first Hydrogen powered trains. Now, on 28th December 2022, China’sfirst hydrogen-energy urban train independent intellectual property rights, rolled off productionlines at the Chengdu CRRC production facility in Xinjin, Chengdu.Hydrogen Energy is clean and zero carbon renewable energy and this train, which comprises abuilt in system of hydrogen power will offer a long range of 600 kms. It has a top speed of 160km/h. As per estimates, the train running at this speed over a 500 kms route will be able toreduce carbon dioxide emissions by over 10,000 kgs per year.

India plans $2 billion incentive for green hydrogen industry: sources.

India is planning a $2 billion incentive program for the green hydrogen industry, three sourcestold Reuters, in a bid to cut emissions and become a export player in the field. The 180-billion-rupee ($2.2 billion) incentive aims to reduce the production cost of green hydrogen by a fifthover the next five years. The United States and the European Union have already approvedincentives worth billions of dollars for green hydrogen projects.

Clean energy goals can be the perfect ground for cooperation in a fragmented world at WEF 2023.

Global leaders will soon converge at Davos, the popular Swiss ski resort, to development at theWorld Economic Forum's (WEF) flagship annual event, buffeted by growing climate concerns.Under the theme 'Cooperation in a Fragmented World'. The biggest cooperation will be requiredin the area of climate and clean energy. India, which figured amongst the top 10 high performersin the Climate Change Performance Index in 2020, has taken several initiatives, includingsetting up of the International Solar Alliance (ISA), for raising the domestic renewable energytarget to 450 GW by 2030, putting in place an ambitious National Hydrogen Mission andcontinuing efforts to decouple its emissions from economic growth.

Green hydrogen to be used in fertiliser industry: Nitin Gadkari.

Nitin Gadkari said green hydrogen is a “sustainable alternative” to fossil fuels, as this energysource would be utilised not just in transportation but also in the chemical and fertiliserindustries in the near future. The government has been specifically giving importance toalternative fuels and bio-fuels such as ethanol, methanol, Bio-CNG, LNG, electric and greenhydrogen. Niti Aayog has identified green hydrogen as critical to India’s net-zero ambition. Ithas estimated the cumulative value of the green hydrogen market in the country at $8 billion by2030.

EV Smart Charging: How can it be the promising future of EVs?.

Smart charging makes EV charging as easy and effortless as the conventional vehicle refill. Allyou need to do is to connect to the right vendor and complete the identification at the chargingstation. Once your data is fed to the backend system, you can now proceed to be verified as acertified customer. Now you can access any charging station near to you, charge your EV, andyour transactions will be completed online, hassle-free since everything is fully automated.

Delhi Transport Corporation signs MoU with Tata Motors' arm for operating 1,500 e-Buses.

India's largest commercial vehicle manufacturer Tata Motors said Delhi Transport Corporation(DTC) has signed a definitive agreement with its fully-owned subsidiary -- TML CV MobilitySolutions -- for the operation of 1,500 electric buses in New Delhi.According to the agreement, TML CV Mobility Solutions will supply, operate and maintain 1,500units of 12-metre low-floor air-conditioned electric buses for a period of 12 years.Till date, Tata Motors has supplied more than 730 electric buses across multiple cities in India,which have cumulatively clocked more than 55 million km, with an uptime of over 95 per cent.

India's first Hydrogen fueled train to roll out in Dec 2023: Rail Minister Ashwini.

The Indian Railways is manufacturing Vande Metro train which will replace those designed in 1950s and 60s, Railways and Communication Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said. He also said that the first indigenously designed and built hydrogen train would roll out in December 2023.
These Vande Metro train will be manufactured in such large numbers that across the country, the trains which were of 1950s and 1960s designs will all be replaced

Steel Industry To Decarbonize With Use Of Green Hydrogen.

Steel sector being a founding determinant of Indian economy and having a fundamental role to play in realizing the Atmanirbhar Bharat goals, the Government sought to decarbonize the steel industry by encouraging possible use of green hydrogen as a future fuel, while also aiming at enhanced use of renewable energy sources, application of resource-efficient materials, expansion of scrap usage, strengthening R&D and focusing largely on rural India.

The Government hopes for reduction of carbon emissions in the steel industry by facilitating energy efficiency, while in the medium and long term by 2047, green hydrogen utilization and storage should remain in focus, along with disruptive alternative technological innovations to achieve all targets of the economy including that of the carbon transition mission.

Startup Plans to Make Synthetic Natural Gas With Green Hydrogen.

Hydrogen company Tree Energy Solutions plans to provide low-emission fuels for businesses in Europe as they struggle with energy shortages and higher prices. TES says it can produce synthetic natural gas by combining captured carbon dioxide with green hydrogen, either on-site or in countries where renewable power is abundant, then ship and distribute it to European facilities through existing energy pipelines.

The firm raised 65 million euros, equivalent to $69 million, in its second round of funding this year. It is developing a hydrogen production and trading hub in the German port of Wilhelmshaven and is planning to build a 500-megawatt electrolyzer to make green hydrogen.

India’s L&T bags Saudi NEOM EPC contract for green hydrogen project.

L&T has secured a major engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract from Saudi Arabia’sNEOM to work on the world’s largest green hydrogen project.The contract was signed between NEOM Green Hydrogen Company (NGHC) — an equal joint venturecreated by ACWA Power, Air Products, and NEOM — its EPC contractor and system integrator AirProducts, (and joint venture partner), and sub-EPC construction partner L&T, NGHC announced. As partof the contract, L&T will be responsible for the execution of the power grid and power generationworks. The agreement has been signed as a limited notice to proceed (LNTP) agreement.

Africa’s green hydrogen potential stands at 1-trillion-euros, says new study.

Harnessing Africa’s solar energy to produce 50 million tonnes of green hydrogen a year by 2035 can help secure global energy supply, create jobs, decarbonise heavy industry, enhance global competitiveness and transform access to clean water and sustainable energy, according to a recent report. The study said that one-trillion-euro green hydrogen investment can deliver the equivalent of more than one third of Africa’s current energy consumption,boost GDP, improve clean water supply and empower communities.

The Race To Develop Hydrogen Storage.

Around the globe, energy companies and governments are racing to develop their hydrogen storage capacity in an attempt to boost their energy security and reduce their reliance on natural gas. As investment into the research and development of hydrogen technologies increases, several world powers are developing better storage solutions to support the rollout of hydrogen for a multitude of uses. Boosting storage capacity will allow countries to produce and store hydrogen for use much in the same way as natural gas.

Statiq launches fast EV charging station in Amritsar in partnership with Nexus Malls.

Electric vehicle charging services provider Statiq in association with Nexus Malls on Wednesdaylaunched its first EV charging station in Amritsar at Nexus Amritsar Mall.The charging station is equipped with two fast EV DC Chargers of 60 KW each to charge all kinds ofelectric cars available in the Indian market. The vehicles can be charged up to 80% in about 40 mins.

A $3.5 Billion EV Battery Plant Will Convert Millions of Old Batteries Into New Parts.

The South Carolina plant will be built on 600 acres, cost $3.5 billion, and create about 1,500 jobs. Thecompany says the operation won’t use any fossil fuel, sourcing only clean energy, and its plant designand manufacturing process will yield an 80 percent reduction in the CO2 emissions from producingthese components (as compared to the current Asia-based supply chain).

bp to explore potential for green hydrogen production in Egypt.

bp signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government of Egypt under which it willexplore the potential for establishing a new green hydrogen production facility in the country.The MoU was signed by bp, Egypt’s New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA), the EgyptianElectricity Transmission Company (EETC), the General Authority for Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE)and the Sovereign Fund of Egypt for Investment and Development (TSFE).Under the MoU, bp will carry out several studies to evaluate the technical and commercial feasibility ofdeveloping a multi-phase, large scale green hydrogen (gH2) export hub in Egypt.

CRT, ANIL to develop hydrogen electrolysers.

Cavendish Renewable Technology (CRT) and Adani New Industries are teaming up to develop hydrogenelectrolysers to meet demand in India and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Under theagreement, the companies will develop alkaline electrolysers (AEL), polymer exchange membrane(PEM), anion exchange membrane (AEM) and CRT’s ‘C Cell’ technology for mass-scale production.CRT and ANIL say the deal also guarantees infrastructure cost for further electrolyser technologies.

Hydrogen is key energy source for achieving decarbonization, says V K Saraswat.

Green Hydrogen Policy has given direction for the production, and storage of hydrogen and the countryneeds to undertake carbon storage and sequestration. As the world and India embark ondecarbonization initiatives, the only carbon free fuel which can help achieve net-zero emissionobjectives is Hydrogen, said V.K. Saraswat, Member, NITI Aayog at the second day of ET EnergyWorldAnnual Gas Conclave.

Reliance, Ashok Leyland in talks for development of hydrogen-powered engines: Report.

Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) is in advanced talks with Hinduja-owned truck and busmaker Ashok Leyland for the development and supply chain of hydrogen-powered engines. AshokLeyland will install fuel-cell engines in an existing fleet of 45,000 trucks that RIL has hired to transportrefined products and other marketing goods as a first stage in the strategy, the sources said. This willallow the trucks to run on green hydrogen rather than diesel.Beginning in 2025, Reliance intends to manufacture green hydrogen at its refinery facility in Jamnagar.With the advancement of technology, there are plans to increase the supply of hydrogen to the greaterautomobile market, especially for buses and taxis, the report said.

Why Switzerland wants to ban electric vehicles.

Switzerland is reportedly planning to ban electric vehicles in the country. According to a report in TheTelegraph, officials in the country have drafted a proposal that would restrict power usage to preventblackouts and power cuts. If this happens, Switzerland would become the first country to do so.Switzerland is heavily dependent on hydropower to meet its energy requirements; about 60 percent ofthe country's power comes from hydropower. However,production slows down during the wintermonths.

Electric Vehicle charging stations set at Mumbai airport - details here.

Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) has installed six robust DC fast EVcharging stations at Terminals 1 & 2. With this CSMIA has created an ecosystem to fast-track its journeytowards carbon neutrality.The brand-new fast charging stations are available for service & open asPublic Charging Stations (PCS) for passengers and guests visiting CSMIA. The presence of EV chargingstations will contribute to building an environment that focuses on reducing the carbon footprint

NITI Aayog releases study report on ‘Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS) Policy Framework and its Deployment Mechanism in India’.

CCUS is key to ensuring sustainable development and growth in India, particularly for the production ofclean products and energy, leading to an Atmanirbhar Bharat.The report explores the importance of Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage as an emission reduction strategy to achieve deep decarbonization from the hard-to-abate sectors.The purpose of CCUS policy framework is to develop and implement a practicable framework to accelerate research and development on carbon capture, utilisation and storage in India.India has updated its NDC targets for achieving 50% of its total installed capacity from non-fossil-based energy sources, 45% reduction in emission intensity by 2030 and taking steps towards achieving NetZero by 2070.

Green hydrogen growth to be driven by close proximity of production and consumption points: Hardeep Singh Puri.

The time for green hydrogen in India has come and will be driven by close proxim proximity of manufacturing and consumption points, said Hardeep Singh Puri, minister of petroleum, natural gas, and house and urban affairs at an event. He added that for setting up a green hydrogen industry demand, supply, and capacity to manufacture at scale are key. He added that domestic refineries will play a huge role when it comes to production at a large scale.Read More

Alternative energy: IOC to set up new company for green business.

Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL), is planning to set up a new company to house its alternative energybusinesses, according to sources aware of the development. IOCL is already present and has ambitiousexpansion plans in biofuel, biogas, green hydrogen, EV mobility, and EV batteries, among others.It is venturing into green hydrogen production and is targeting 5 percent of hydrogen produced by it asgreen hydrogen by 2027-28 and 10 percent by 2029-30. “The new company will be formed next year,said an industry official.

1GW green hydrogen project plans revealed for Western Australia.

Energy consultant Xodus has revealed it is designing a new export-scale green hydrogen project in Western Australia which will scale up to 1GW of electrolyzer capacity.The company hopes to leverage on Western Australia’s access to local industries looking to decarbonise,its renewable energy resources, and access to export markets via local ports.

Airbus reveals plans for hydrogen fuel cell aircraft.

Airbus has announced it is developing a hydrogen-powered fuel cell engine -- and that it plans to test iton the largest commercial airplane ever to take to the skies.The French aviation giant revealed at Airbus Summit 2022 on November 30 that it will mount the enginebetween the wings and the tail of a modified A380 superjumbo. Test flights are estimated for 2026, aspart of the Airbus ZEROe initiative to launch a zero-emission aircraft by 2035.The engine uses fuel cells to convert the hydrogen into electricity, which then powers a propeller. "Atscale, and if the technology targets were achieved, fuel cell engines may be able to power a 100-passenger aircraft with a range of approximately 1,000 nautical miles," he said.

EV Battery and Localisation: Is India doing enough to sustain the Indian EV Supply Chain.

To increase EV adoption in India and position the nation as a value chain member, the government of India must boost private investment in addition to providing subsidies. With the FAME (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles) initiative, the nation has already begun to do so. The programme’s objectives were to encourage EV adoption, accelerate local manufacturing and provide manufacturers with incentives to produce EVs in India.In order to promote local innovation, the sector ultimately needs long-term adoption. The government’s admirable and foresighted PLI scheme is a step in the right direction. Since there may be a demand for EVs, but you may not always be able to meet it at the correct price without securing the supply chain.India can overcome significant obstacles to EV battery recycling and take the lead over the next decade with the correct incentives and policy framework.

This ultra-fast compact EV charger has an integrated battery – and it’s coming to the US.

ADS-TEC Energy debuted Charge Post, a compact battery-based EV charging system that enables ultra-fast charging without the need to extend the existing grid. Charge Post is an all-in-one design that integrates the battery, electronics, cooling system, and charger in a compact container that ADS-TEC Energy says requires less than 21.5 square feet (2 sq m) of ground space. Each Charge Post, which is 100% made in Germany, is equipped with two charging points that give drivers up to 300 kW DC power with one charging point and 150 kW with two charging points in use at the same time. It has a configurable 143 or 201 kWh battery capacity. Battery modules can be swapped out as needed, which increases the charger’s longevity. ADS-TEC says it only takes five minutes of charging at Charge Post for more than a 100 km (62-mile) drive.

‘India’s green hydrogen plan will need ₹30 tn funding by 30’.

The country’s green hydrogen plans would play a major role in achieving its goal of net zero emissions and becoming a developed nation by 2047.India has launched green hydrogen project. Now, we are in the progress of finalizing a roadmap for becoming green hydrogen economy which would require ₹15 trillion and another ₹15 trillion is required to meet our middle-term goal by 2030. So in all, these initiatives would require an investment of ₹30trillion by 2030, said Vivek Kumar Dewangan, chairman and managing director, REC.

Kerala Draws Road Map To Become A Green Hydrogen Hub.

The Kerala government constituted a Kerala Hydrogen Economy Mission with a high-level working groupto contribute strategic inputs, facilitate partnerships, collaborations, and assistance to the Mission.The state government is planning to devise a strategic roadmap, policy formulations, andimplementation plans to facilitate investments in the green hydrogen domain and transform the state toa green hydrogen hub. Kerala has 8,600 MW of renewable energy potential of which only about 10 percent is utilised.

Inexpensive Catalyst Could Be Key to Hydrogen Fuels.

Rice University researchers have engineered a key light-activated nanomaterial for the hydrogen economy. Using only inexpensive raw materials, a team from Rice’s Laboratory for Nanophotonics,Syzygy Plasmonics Inc. and Princeton University’s Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment created a scalable catalyst that needs only the power of light to convert ammonia into clean-burning hydrogen fuel. The research follows government and industry investment to create infrastructure and markets for carbon-free liquid ammonia fuel that will not contribute to greenhouse warming.

Linde starts green hydrogen production in Greece.

Linde, the world's largest industrial gases company, said it has started producing green hydrogen at itsfacilities in Greece.The U.S.-German company, which supplies gases such as oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen to factories andhospitals, said it was the first green hydrogen production in Greece.

ACWA Power signs MoU to back Thailand’s decarbonization journey.

Saudi Arabia-based energy company ACWA Power has entered into an agreement to support Thailand’s decarbonization ambitions through a green hydrogen and derivatives development project. As part of the terms of the MoU, ACWA Power, PTT, and EGAT will begin collaborating exclusively on acomprehensive plan to establish large-scale, renewable-powered green hydrogen and derivatives production facilities in Thailand for local energy consumption and global market export purposes. With an estimated investment of $7 billion, the Southeast Asian country is targeting hydrogen production of around 225,000 tons annually which is equivalent to 1.2 million tons of green ammonia yearly.

Anxiety on the range: High-range EVs with long-duration batteries on demand.

According to a recent study by Jato Dynamics, 58% of consumers said the acceptable range was upwards of 400 kms. Most EV customers are using their cars within the city and beyond, and the growing charging infrastructure around them has helped increase the adoption of EVs.

This EV can sprint 0-100kmph in under 2 seconds!.

Luxury Italian carmaker Automobili Pininfarina has announced the Battista hyper GT’s performancecredentials by sharing its record-breaking official acceleration and braking figures for the first time. Asper reports, Pininfarina Batista can sprint 0-60mph in 1.79s, 0-100km/h in 1.86s, and 0-200 km/hobliterated in just 4.79 seconds.The pure-electric Battista claims to be the most powerful Italian car ever made producing 1,900 hp and2,340 Nm of torque. The hyper GT has a top speed of 350 km/h, a WLTP range of up to 476 km and ispriced from €2.2 million plus local taxes. Battista’s performance credentials were recorded and verifiedat Nardò, in Italy

As India's electric vehicles become more popular, batteries are a big business opportunity.

The EV battery space is a big opportunity for manufacturers as it is at the core of the energy ecosystemtransition. The future of electric mobility is bright in India, says a recent report by the India EnergyStorage Alliance (IESA). The country’s EV market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 49 per cent by 2030and may even cross annual sales of 17 million units, it says.A report by the NITI Aayog and Rocky Mountain Institute says India’s EV battery market could surpass$15 billion by 2030, while market research firm IMARC expects the space to grow at a CAGR of 27.12 percent in 2022-2027.There’s Attero Recycling, an electronics waste recycling firm, which plans to build a 15,000-tonne Li-ionbattery recycling plant in Telangana with an investment of Rs 600 crore. Its current capacity is 4,500tonnes.

INDIA HYDROGEN ALLIANCE PLANS $575MN GREEN HYDROGEN HUB IN SOUTH INDIA.

India Hydrogen Alliance (IH2A) and the state government of Kerala have signed an agreement to build a $575mn green hydrogen hub in the southern Indian state.

The proposed Kochi Green Hydrogen (KGH2) hub will have a 60 metric ton/day plant with a 150 MW electrolyser, storage and infrastructure.

ReNew Power to set up green hydrogen plant in Egypt with $8 bn investment.

ReNew Power announced that it has signed a framework agreement with Egypt to set up a green hydrogen plant in the Suez Canal Economic Zone with an investment of USD 8 billion.

This project is scheduled to be implemented in phases, the first of which is a pilot phase to produce 20,000 tonnes of green hydrogen, along with derivatives, annually.

In the next phase (Phase I), the production of 2,00,000 tonnes per year of green hydrogen, along with derivatives, will be achieved thereby bringing the project's total green hydrogen production capacity to 2,20,000 tonnes per year.

‘Indiscriminate use of hydrogen’ could slow the energy transition, report says.

Hydrogen use by the G-7 could jump by four to seven times by the middle of this century compared to 2020 in order to “satisfy the needs of a net-zero emissions system,” according to a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency.

Despite this assertion, IRENA’s analysis during the COP27 climate change summit in Egypt — paints a complex overall picture that will require a delicate balancing act going forward.

Among other things, it noted that “despite hydrogen’s great potential, it must be kept in mind that its production, transport and conversion require energy, as well as significant investment.”

“Indiscriminate use of hydrogen could therefore slow down the energy transition,” it added. “This calls for priority setting in policy making.”

India’s developing green hydrogen ecosystem could help in global decarbonisation.

Green hydrogen as an emerging sector created a buzz at the UN climate summit in Egypt as the energy transition from fossil fuels gathers pace and the search for a viable non-carbon energy source intensifies.

The electricity generation sector has started making strides in transitioning to cleaner sources of energy through solar and wind, with India and China playing leading roles. India has set a target of an annual production capacity of 25 million tonnes by 2047. The number could well be revised upwards as the technology evolves and the demand outlook improves. India’s current output of green hydrogen is low and comes from a just handful of pilot projects.

By the end of this decade, the country wants to produce 5 million tonnes of green hydrogen. By 2030, India also plans to add 175GW capacity of green-hydrogen-based energy.

EValuating the electrification roadmap in India.

India aims to convert 30 percent of all wheels to electric by 2030. However, in a country where coal generated power is still one of the primary sources of energy and EV costs are still on the steeper side, faster adoption of electric vehicles comprises coming together of many factors.

Studies indicate that the global battery recycling market size is expected to be valued at $66.6 billion by 2030. Randheer Singh, Director, of Electric Mobility said that the government is working to bring foreign battery recycling companies to our shores, hinting that details will be “out in few weeks.”

US EV market projected to increase by 20% thanks to recent climate initiatives.

With an expected 1.64 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide (GtCO2) in 2022, North America has the highest emissions from transportation globally, according to a new study from BloombergNEF.

Over the past several years, the United States has been slower than China and Europe when it comes to zero-emission electric vehicle adoption. China was responsible for over half (56%) of global EV sales, while Europe accounted for 28% in the first half of 2022.

Several countries in Europe have experienced explosive growth in EV market share from 1H 2019 to 1H 2022.

The new hydrogen car that travels 2,000 kilometers with a single tank.

Volkswagen is working on a new fuel cell that is much cheaper than the current ones and promises hydrogen cars that can travel 2,000 kilometers on a single tank.

The patent application for this new fuel cell, carried out together with the German company Kraftwerk Tubes, shows that Volkswagen does not want to lose the hydrogen train and works outside the public eye in the development of this technology.

Mauritania and BP to explore green hydrogen projects.

BP (BP.L) has signed an agreement with Mauritania to explore ways to develop low-carbon hydrogen on a large scale in the West African country, the British energy company said.

Under the plan, BP will initially study the feasibility of building onshore wind and solar farms that are required for production of green hydrogen, which is produced by electrolysis using renewable energy.

The potential production capacity targeted by the project could reach up to 30 GW, for the production of 2 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of green hydrogen, if the studies are conclusive, it said.

OPINION: India’s Green Hydrogen opportunity - Harnessing the hype and the hope.

Green Hydrogen is becoming a focus at this year’s COP 27 with the early announcements coming from the European Union, Kazakhstan, Namibia, Egypt, Oman and Kenya.More and more countries have announced roadmaps, strategies, and incentives that have started moving the needle towards a revolution in green hydrogen.Recent project and investment announcements from the private sector confirm the commitment to this transition.

The opportunities around green hydrogen are palpable and real and so are the challenges. Policy push is needed on both the demand and supply side. While the Hydrogen Mission promises to provide the necessary direction, it also needs to be responsive to emerging geoeconomics of energy to enable India to leverage the promises of its green hydrogen opportunity.

Green hydrogen to help power WA town of Denham in Australian renewable energy first.

Hydrogen made from renewable energy will be used to help power an Australian town for the first time as part of a landmark trial along the country's sun-drenched west coast.

Horizon Power, the state-owned regional electricity utility in Western Australia, has unveiled a pilot project that will convert electricity from a solar plant to make so-called green hydrogen in Denham, 820 kilometers north of Perth.

From there, the hydrogen will be used to power a fuel cell capable of generating enough electricity to supply about 100 homes, or a quarter of the town's demand. It could cut the town's use of diesel by 140,000 liters a year.

Power Ministry issues revised EV charging infrastructure guidelines.

The Power Ministry issued an amendment in charging infrastructure guidelines and standards for electric vehicles.The ministry said that the public charging stations would be required to have the prepaid collection of service charges feature that would mention the time of day rate as well as discount for solar hours.

A Central Electricity Authority committee would recommend the ceiling limit of service charges that could be levied to the state government.

Mahindra ties up with three EV infra players for charging solutions.

Mahindra & Mahindra said it has tied up with three electric vehicle infrastructure partners -- Jio-bp, Statiq, and Charge+Zone -- to offer charging solutions for its upcoming range of passenger electric vehicles. With these partnerships, Mahindra EV users will get seamless access to a robust fast charging infrastructure and e-mobility solutions spanning across discovery, availability, navigation and transactions, the Mumbai-based automaker said in a statement.

Mahindra unveiled its first all-electric SUV -- XUV400 -- recently.

The New Hydrogen Car that Travels 2,000 Kilometers with a Single Tank.

Volkswagen is working on a new fuel cell that is much cheaper than the current ones and promises hydrogen cars that can travel 2,000 kilometers on a single tank.Volkswagen has just applied for the registration of a patent for a new hydrogen fuel cell that, in addition to being cheaper than the current ones , will be able, according to its creators, to give cars a range of up to 2,000 kilometers without refueling.

Indian Government identifies 10 states for green hydrogen manufacturing: MNRE officials.

The government has identified 10 potential states that could be the key enablers in manufacturing green hydrogen in the country, said two officials aware of the development. The states - Karnataka, Odisha, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal - are likely to have green hydrogen or ammonia manufacturing zones or clusters, helping India kickstart its National Green Hydrogen Mission in its initial years. Indian Union Power minister RK singh also touched upon the green hydrogen manufacturing capacity and informed that the industry has shown interest in 25 million tonnes of green hydrogen capacity, a number which can easily cross 35-40 million tonnes. India plans to manufacture 5 million tonnes of green hydrogen per annum by 2030.

NEOM green hydrogen facility begins construction.

The first at-scale green hydrogen production facility at NEOM in northern Saudi Arabia has begun construction.The large-scale facility, in which ACWA Power is partnering with Air Products, will despatch 600 tonnes of green hydrogen per day – enough to power 20,000 buses, or abate 5m tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2).The project’s 2.2GW electrolysers will be fed by 4GW of renewable energy, and it aims to produce 1.2 million tonnes of green hydrogen-based ammonia annually.

Teco 2030 and Shell receive €5m for tanker hydrogen-retrofit project.

Norway’s Teco 2030 and partner Shell are to bank €5m ($4.9m) in European Union funding to speed along their tanker hydrogen retrofit project.The cooperation was announced, with the technology company aiming to have a fuel cell system fitted on a product carrier in 2024.The ship will have 4,000 kg of compressed hydrogen storage capacity on board.

ABC Cleantech Signs MOU With Karnataka Government For Setting Up Green Hydrogen Facility With An Investment Of 50,000 Crores.

ABC Cleantech announced that it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Karnataka as a part of ‘INVEST Karnataka 2022’ for setting up a green hydrogen production unit of 0.2 million tons/annum and 1 million tons/annum of Green Ammonia integrated with 5 GW of Renewable Energy Projects with an investment outlay of Rs. 50,000 crores. This manufacturing unit is proposed to generate employment for about 5,000 people over 10 years.

Five ways to prevent Electric Vehicles battery from catching fire!.

The electric vehicle market is booming like never before with almost a new product launching every week. Even though electric vehicles are much safer and more cost-effective than ICE cars, vehicles catching fire are a topic of concern, and need to analyse the root causes for it.Apart from technical faults and manufacturing defects of batteries, most of the cases can be due to personal negligence and not taking proper precautions. Most EV battery fires occur when the battery is damaged or punctured.

The World’s Biggest EV Battery Producer Is About To Get Even Bigger.

EV battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL) is growing its global expansion yet again. The world's largest EV battery producer, which had announced a $233 million factory in Germany back in 2018, has made several moves this year to increase its global footprint. Over the summer, it announced it would be building a $7.2 billion factory in Hungary. Now, plans for a factory in Mexico are also being finalized, according to Caixin.

The report also says that the manufacturer could be looking to expand with plants in the U.S. and Indonesia.

Panasonic breaks ground on $4 billion EV battery plant in Kansas.

Panasonic has broken ground on the $4 billion facility — an important step as the US aims to increase the number of electric vehicle batteries that are assembled domestically. The facility will primarily supply batteries to Tesla, which is the number one seller of EVs in the world and is gearing up to begin production of its Cybertruck at the end of 2023. The factory will focus on rapidly ramping up the manufacture of Tesla’s 2170 cylindrical lithium-ion batteries, which power the company’s Model 3 and Model Y vehicles.

Jakson Green to invest Rs 22,400 cr in green hydrogen project in Rajasthan.

Jakson Green has inked a pact to invest Rs 22,400 crore to set up a green hydrogen and green ammonia project, in phases, in Rajasthan.The company has signed a MOU with the government of Rajasthan to this effect.Jakson Green will set up a 3,65,000 tons per annum Green Hydrogen & Green Ammonia plant along with an integrated hybrid renewable power complex in a phase wise manner, it stated.The project is expected to generate over 32,000 direct and indirect employment opportunities across various phases of the scale-up, planned between 2023 and 2028, it claimed.

India to export green energy to Singapore from 2025, Greenko-Keppel sign Hydrogen MoU.

India will for the first-time export green energy from 2025, with the first shipments going to a Singapore power plant under an MoU signed by an India-based dispatchable renewables company and Singapore's energy business here on Tuesday(25th Oct. 2022).

The MoU to explore opportunities in green hydrogen potential in India will see Greenko group and Singapore's Keppel Infrastructure working towards a 250,000 tonne per annum contract to be supplied to Keppel's new 600Mw power plant in Singapore.

Kazakhstan Signs Deal to Make Hydrogen at a $50 Billion-Plant.

Kazakhstan plans to start producing green hydrogen via a $50 billion project by the end of the decade to help Europe to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. Svevind Energy Group, the company behind Europe’s largest wind farm in Sweden, signed an agreement with Kazakhstan’s government to build a 20 gigawatt green hydrogen plant that is expected to be one of the world’s largest, the company said. The electrolysers will be able to produce up to 2 million tons of green hydrogen per year from 2032, the equivalent to about one-fifth of the EU target for imported green hydrogen in 2030.

Singapore launches National Hydrogen Strategy.

The Government of Singapore has today (October 25) launched its National Hydrogen Strategy, saying low-carbon hydrogen could meet half of the country’s power needs by 2050.According to the Government, low-carbon hydrogen, and its derivative, have emerged as a key potential decarbonisation pathway as the nation strives to meet Net Zero emission by the mid-century.

Indian Hotels Company collaborates with Tata Power to install 224 Electric vehicle charging stations across country.

Taking a step further in enhancing electric vehicle charging stations, Indian Hotels Company collaborates with Tata Power to install 224 electric vehicle charging stations, reports PTI. 18,000 such points will be established by the government during the following three years. The net cost of these EV chargers, after subsidy, is as low as Rs 2,500. The government has completed the installation of 1,000 Electric Vehicles (EV) charging points under the facility in less than a year.

New registrations of electric vehicles in Europe.

The transport sector is among the largest contributors to EU greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, reducing transport emissions is key to meeting the EU’s climate neutrality objectives. 2021 saw a significant increase in the uptake of electric cars and vans in the EU-27. Electric car registrations for the year were close to 1,729,000, up from 1,061,000 in 2020. This represents an increase from 10.7% to 17.8% in the share of total new car registrations in just 1 year. The uptake of electric vans also increased, from 2.1% of total new registrations in 2020 to 3.1% in 2021. The number of battery electric and plug-in hybrid cars are comparable in 2021, while battery electric vehicles accounted for the majority of electric van registrations in 2021.

India, France adopt roadmap for development of green hydrogen.

India and France adopted an ambitious roadmap for the development of green hydrogen as part of the efforts to promote clean energy transitions and meet carbon neutrality targets. The French embassy said the roadmap aims at bringing the French and Indian hydrogen ecosystems together in order to establish a reliable and sustainable value chain for decarbonized hydrogen.

Greenko to supply 1,000-MW green energy to steel maker JSP's Odisha plant.

Jindal Steel and Power (JSP) has signed an agreement with clean energy player Greenko for the supply of 1,000-MW green power. Greenko will supply the clean power for its steel making operations at Angul, Odisha. JSP Managing Director Bimlendra Jha said, "We already have Green Hydrogen ready DRI units present at Angul using syngas. This collaboration with Greenko is aimed at re-affirming our commitment towards our sustainability goals."

Kore Infrastructure Completes 1-Year Demonstration of its Waste to Hydrogen Energy System.

The US-based waste-to-energy company Kore Infrastructure moves forward with the development of its emissions reduction technology. It announces on October 20th that it successfully completed a one-year demonstration of its waste to hydrogen energy system. at its Los Angeles facility.

The hydrogen also made from Kore’s system is called Ultra Green hydrogen™ and can be used to decarbonize a variety of industrial applications like steel manufacturing and ammonia production. It can also be upgraded for fuel-cell electric cars, trucks, buses, and trains.

Russia-Ukraine war drives $73B fresh investment in green hydrogen.

The Russia-Ukraine war has driven 25 countries to commit $73 billion in fresh lower-cost green hydrogen investments as record-breaking gas prices have made fossil-fuel-based hydrogen uneconomic, a new report from the London-based financial think tank, Carbon Tracker.

According to Carbon Tracker's Clean Hydrogen's Place in the Energy Transition report, soaring gas prices have caused a jump in the levelized cost of fossil-produced hydrogen and favored the acceleration of investment plans in more clean hydrogen assets.

The report found that the production of green hydrogen will be dominated by the global south, responsible for 50% of the total world production, or about 68 million tons, with South Africa, Morocco and Chile controlling the majority.

Sustainable Aviation fuels will be 'completely replaced' by Hydrogen.

Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) will be completely replaced by hydrogen planes, both H2 -El and H2-ICE, and will only account for a very small number of supersonic flights, according to a new Rethink Research report.

It outlines three potential scenarios, forecasting the percentage of 2050 remaining emissions relative to 2005 levels. With hydrogen, the paper highlights the proprietary design of Universal Hydrogen, which has been working on tanks that can store hydrogen both in gaseous and liquid forms, and Zero Avia, which is developing H2-EI powertrains.

NASA's Space technology can charge electric vehicles in 5 minutes.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) claims to have developed a new technology that will make the slow electric vehicle charging process much faster. A new technology funded by it for future space missions may charge an electric car in just five minutes on Earth and help e-vehicles get traction in the market, the US space agency said.

It will be necessary for charging systems to deliver current at 1,400 amps to meet the industry target of cutting the charging time for electric vehicles to five minutes. Modern chargers can only deliver currents of up to 520 amperes, while most consumer chargers support currents of little more than 150 amperes.

U.S. EV Market Set to grow by 390% by 2028.

The U.S. EV market has expanded rapidly and is expected to grow from $28.24 billion in 2021 to $137.43 billion in 2028 at a CAGR of 25.4 percent.

The electric vehicle market in the United States is on track to grow by 390% by 2028.

Major automakers like Ford and GM are joining the race, launching their own lines of electric vehicles. The U.S. crossed the tipping point for EV mass adoption earlier this year when 5 percent of all new car sales were fully electric.

Biden awards $2.8 billion for projects to boost electric vehicle battery manufacturing.

The Biden administration said it will award $2.8 billion in grants for projects to expand U.S. manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles and domestic mineral production. The grants will enable manufacturing and processing companies in at least 12 states to extract and process more lithium, graphite, nickel, and other battery materials.

The projects will support developing enough lithium to supply about 2 million EVs per year, developing enough graphite to supply about 1.2 million EVs per year and producing enough nickel to supply about 400,000 EVs per year, according to the Energy Department.

NTPC, Siemens ink MoU for demonstrating hydrogen co-firing in gas turbines.

NTPC and Siemens Ltd signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for feasibility to demonstrate hydrogen co-firing blended with natural gas in Siemens V94.2 gas turbines installed at NTPC Faridabad gas power plant. NTPC said that the total installed capacity of Faridabad gas power plant is 432 megawatt (MW).

Under this significant collaboration, the two companies will jointly explore the pathways to reduce CO2 emissions from Faridabad gas power plant and further implementation at scale across NTPC’s installed units in India, the company said.

Kuwait Lags Behind in hydrogen Projects in the Middle East : MEED

While Egypt ranked first with projects worth $63.8 billion, followed by Oman and Morocco in the second and third places with projects worth $48.9 billion and $16.850 billion. MEED indicated that the data available to it shows that there are approximately 50 known and planned green hydrogen and ammonia projects across the Middle East and North Africa region, which require investments of at least $150 billion.

Surprisingly, Kuwait ranked last on MEED magazine’s list of green hydrogen projects in the Middle East and North Africa, where the value of these projects amounted to only $15 million, of which Qatar also is a part, reports a local Arabic daily.

Renault Group: Paris Motor Show 2022: ''Hydrogen Revolution is on'', HYVIA is on the road, Made in France.

Just one year after its prototype version unveiled in October 2021, HYVIA presents at Paris Motor show 2022 the hydrogen-powered Renault Master Van H2-TECH in its production version, made in France and going on the road in Europe.

Master Van H2-TECH is a hydrogen-powered large van, with a loading volume of 12m3, adapted to the transport of goods and packages, that meets the needs of professionals for their intensive usages. It is equipped with a 30-kW fuel cell, a 33-kWh battery and tanks containing 6,4 kg of hydrogen (4 tanks of 1.6 kg).

Funding to advance hydrogen Electrolyser Manufacturing in Western Australia.

ITM Power (AIM: ITM) announces that the Western Australia (WA) Government is investing around A$225,000 with ITM Power Pty Ltd to understand the feasibility of manufacturing renewable hydrogen electrolysers within the State. Electrolyser manufacturing is a key initiative in implementing the Western Australian Renewable Hydrogen Strategy.

The investment follows a WA Government process that invited a shortlist of electrolyser manufacturers to submit an outline for a business case for electrolyser assembly and manufacture.

Renew Power to invest Rs 30,000 cr to scale up green capacities: chairman Sumant Sinha

Green energy company ReNew Power plans to invest Rs 30,000 crore over the next two years to scale up its solar and wind energy capacities,and also plans to produce green hydrogen in India,its Chairman Sumant Sinha said.

UP Govt's new EV Policy to offer incentives to buyers, manufacturers; aims for 10 lakh new jobs

Yogi Adityanath-led government in Uttar Pradesh has announced the new 'Electric Vehicle Manufacturing and Mobility Policy, 2022' to promote faster adoption of environment-friendly clean mobility solutions in the state. This new policy aims at attracting investment of over Rs 30,000 crore and generating direct and indirect employment for over 10 lakh people.

Under the new policy, the state would provide capital subsidy at the rate of 30 per cent on investment subject to a maximum of Rs 1,000 crores per project to a maximum of first two ultra-mega battery projects, investing Rs 1,500 crore or more each for setting up a battery manufacturing plant in the state of minimum production capacity of 1 GWh.

Fully Electric Vehicles Reached ~6% of Auto Sales in USA in 3rd Quarter.

Fully electric vehicles have grown and grown in recent years. More and more models hit the market each month, and some of them are selling in decent volumes. Meanwhile, Tesla’s strong growth continues and one wonders how high Tesla can go. It’s on the verge of being one of the 10 top selling auto brands in the United States, an achievement that is likely to be reached in the 4th quarter of 2022. 6% of US auto sales is up from EVs’ 2.2% of US auto sales in Q3 2020.

Delhi Government installs 1,000 EV Charing Stations to push Electric Vehicles Usage in Capital.

The Delhi government has installed 1,000 charging stations for electric vehicles under the single window facility in less than a year, as per an official statement. 18,000 such points will be established by the government during the following three years.

Delhi Government will spend Rs 60 lakh as subsidy on these 1,000 charging points. Under the single window process, Delhi Government, via DISCOMS, has empanelled nearly 10 vendors for helping the citizens to choose from various EV chargers.

Rajasthan to be first State to implement Green Hydrogen Policy: Minister

Rajasthan Industries Minister Shakuntala Rawat said that the state would be the first in the country to implement a green hydrogen policy.

Rawat was addressing the 'Future Ready Sector Conclave' as part of the Invest Rajasthan summit.

Anurag Jain, Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Government of India, said that it is a commendable achievement to have MoUs worth Rs 10 lakh crore in Rajasthan. He also called upon the investors to invest in Rajasthan.

NTPC, GE Gas Power ink MoU for hydrogen co-firing in gas turbines

State-run National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) said that it has signed an MoU with GE Gas Power to explore the feasibility of hydrogen (H2) co-firing blended with natural gas in GE’s gas turbines installed at NTPC’s Kawas gas power plant in Gujarat.

“Under this significant collaboration, the two companies will jointly explore the pathways to reduce CO2 emissions from Kawas gas power plant and further implementation at scale across NTPC’s installed units in India,” the country’s largest power generator said in a statement.

UK Government Launches £20m Competition for Tees Valley Hydrogen Transport Hub

The UK Government has launched a £20m ($22.4m) competition for industry to harness the power of hydrogen in new transport project in Tees Valley, UK, with hopes of lowering carbon emissions in a wide range of transport use-cases.

The Tees Valley Hydrogen Transport Hub competition welcomes bidders to push the boundaries of hydrogen to see how it can be used to create a cleaner, more efficient transport sector.

Global EV Production Likely to reach 54 mn Units by 2029: Report

The global electric vehicle production will grow at a compounded average annual growth rate (CAAGR) of 26 per cent, with volumes approaching 54.1 million units by 2029, a report has said.

The EV Powertrain semiconductor market is forecast to grow at a CAAGR of 31 per cent to reach $27.3 billion by 2029, according to the report by market research firm Strategy Analytics.

According to the report, battery electric vehicles will comprise the largest market for semiconductors growing at a CAAGR of 39 per cent and account for 82 per cent of the total electric vehicle powertrain semiconductor market opportunity in 2029.

Column: Europe eats into China's lead as top EV Growth Market

In terms of pure purchasing heft, China's dominance in the electric vehicle (EV) market is unmatched: The country bought one out of every two EVs sold in 2021, and will remain by far the top single country for EV sales for decades more.

But in terms of other key EV market metrics, including share of total car sales, share of existing car inventories, and sales per million people, Europe has stolen a significant lead, and merits close attention by those seeking a full understanding of electric vehicle industry dynamics.

German Sales rose 14% in September, boosted by Demand For EVs

New-car sales rose in Germany 14 percent in September 2022, as delivery backlogs eased and demand for battery-electric cars continued to grow.

Registrations for the month were 224,816, according to data from the KBA motor transport authority published.

Sales of full-electric vehicles increased 32 percent for a 19.7 percent market share. Diesel vehicle sales rose 22 percent but diesel's 17 percent share of the market was below that of pure electric cars.

Faurecia gets 213 mln euros from the EU to develop hydrogen project in France

France's Faurecia said its hydrogen technology project was granted 213 million euros ($208.72 million) of public support from the European Commission as part of the Hydrogen IPCEI programme.

The company aims to create affordable clean mobility solutions by developing and industrialising a new generation of hydrogen tanks, both gaseous and liquid, by the end of 2027, it said in a statement.

Hydrogen Supplies are becoming cleaner.... too Slowly

Hydrogen demand stood at 90 Mt in 2020, practically all for refining and industrial applications and produced almost exclusively from fossil fuels, resulting in close to 900 Mt of CO2 emissions. But there are encouraging signs of progress. Global capacity of electrolysers, which are needed to produce hydrogen from electricity, doubled over the last five years to reach just over 300 MW by mid-2021. Around 350 projects currently under development could bring global capacity up to 54 GW by 2030. Another 40 projects accounting for more than 35 GW of capacity are in early stages of development. If all those projects are realised, global hydrogen supply from electrolysers could reach more than 8 Mt by 2030. While significant, this is still well below the 80 Mt required by that year in the pathway to net zero CO2 emissions by 2050 set out in the IEA Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector.

India's First Green hydrogen Fuelling Station likely to be commissioned in Leh MAY Next Year

India's first green hydrogen fuelling station, being set up at Leh in the Union Territory of Ladakh, is all set to be commissioned before May 2023. The first-of-its-kind project is being set up by state-run NTPC.

The pilot project will produce 80 Kilogram per day of 99.97 percent pure hydrogen that will be compressed, stored and dispensed. NTPC plans to ply five hydrogen fuel cell buses in the region.

Petronas and Japan Bank explore hydrogen, ammonia and CCUS opportunities

Petronas has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Japan Bank for International Cooperation to explore value chain development of hydrogen, ammonia, renewable energy and carbon capture and storage (CCUS).

Plans for large-scale green hydrogen production in Malaysia have had a renewed drive as five companies sign an agreement to secure the supply of hydropower.

Under the MoU, the parties have agreed to conduct joint research for a stable power supply under the H2biscus project, which is anticipated to use a minimum of 900MW of power.

U.S. Department of Energy Announces History $7 Billion Funding Opportunity to Jump-Start America's Clean Hydrogen Economy

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) made $7 billion available to fund regional clean hydrogen hubs (H2Hubs) across the country, which will form a key power source in America's future clean energy economy. The H2Hubs will be one of the largest investments in DOE history.For this initial funding opportunity launch, DOE is aiming to select six to ten hubs for a combined total of up to $7 billion in federal funding.

Surat will soon be known as 'Electric Vehicle City', says PM

Surat, which has multiple identities like 'Sonani Murat', 'Textile city', 'Diamond City', 'Setu City' will soon have another -- Electric Vehicle city, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.

He dedicated 25 public charging stations and laid foundation stones for 24 more and hoped that the number would increase to 500.

Cheap Chinese hydrogen electrolysers 'likely to become popular worldwide during 2025-30': BNEF

Chinese electrolysers that are up to four times cheaper than Western equivalents will become popular around the world in the second half of this decade, according to a new report by analyst BloombergNEF (BNEF).A Chinese alkaline electrolysis system at about $343/kW, compared with $1,200/kW in the West. BNEF says it expects that Chinese electrolysers will represent less than 30% of sales in Europe and the US before 2025.

Webb, Hubble Capture Detailed Views of DART Impact

Two of NASA’s Great Observatories, the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope, have captured views of a unique NASA experiment designed to intentionally smash a spacecraft into a small asteroid in the world’s first-ever in-space test for planetary defense.These observations of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impact mark the first time that Webb and Hubble simultaneously observed the same celestial target.

For China's auto market, electric isn't the future. It's the Present

This year, one-quarter of all new cars purchased in China will be an all-electric vehicle or a plug-in hybrid. There are, by some estimates, more than 300 Chinese companies making EVs, ranging from discount offerings below $5,000 to high-end models that rival Tesla and German automakers. There are roughly 4 million charging units in the country, double the number from a year ago, with more coming.

Tata Motors launches $10,000 EV in india to further its lead

Tata Motors launched India's lowest priced electric car at a little over $10,000 as the country's only electric vehicle (EV) maker looks to draw in more buyers.

Tata's Tiago EV, an electric version of its popular Tiago hatchback, will have a sticker price starting from 849,000 rupees ($10,370). The bulk of cars sold in India, the world's fourth-largest car market, are priced below $15,000.

India's car market is tiny compared to its population, with electric models making up just 1% of total car sales of about 3 million a year, but the government wants to grow this to 30% by 2030.

China seeks new partners for lunar and deep space exploration

China is looking to build partnerships for its upcoming missions to the moon and deep ventures into the solar system, while omitting mention of main partner Russia.

In deep space, China is working on Tianwen-2, a near-Earth asteroid sampling mission which will also visit a main belt comet, launching around 2025.

Behold! Our Closest Behold! Our Closest View of Jupiter's Ocean Moon Europa in 22 Years

NASA's Jupiter-gazing spacecraft just got a rare closeup of an icy world.

The Juno probe made the closest pass in 22 years of Jupiter's icy moon Europa on Thursday (Sept. 29), providing the best view of the ocean world since the NASA's Galileo spacecraft flew by it 2000.

Skimming just 219 miles (352 kilometers) above Europe's surface, the two-hour flyby was among the three closest-ever glimpses of the icy world. The last similar view that we received was on Jan. 3, 2000 with Galileo, officials with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California said in a statement.

Adani to invest USD 100 bn across new energy, data centres

Adani Group will invest USD 100 billion over the next decade, primarily in new energy and digital space that includes data centers, Chairman Gautam Adani said.

The ports-to-energy conglomerate will add 45 gigawatts of hybrid renewable power generation capacity and build 3 Giga factories to manufacture solar panels, wind turbines and hydrogen electrolyzers.

Global Hydrogen Review 2022

The Global Hydrogen Review is an annual publication by the International Energy Agency that tracks hydrogen production and demand worldwide.

Hydrogen demand is growing, with positive signals in key applications Hydrogen demand reached 94 million tonnes (Mt) in 2021, recovering to above pre-pandemic levels (91 Mt in 2019), and containing energy equal to about 2.5% of global final energy consumption.

There are also more than 100 pilot and demonstration projects for using hydrogen and its derivatives in shipping, and major companies are already signing strategic partnerships to secure the supply of these fuels. In the power sector, the use of hydrogen and ammonia is attracting more attention; announced projects stack up to almost 3.5 GW of potential capacity by 2030.

Hydrogen - powered train to be ready in India next year, says Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

Indian Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that India is developing hydrogen-powered trains and they will be ready in 2023.

Speaking at SOA University in Bhubaneswar, the Minister also said that Indian Railways is trying to connect the remote and unconnected areas of the country with the railway network through its Gati Shakti terminals policy and work on the policy is on the fast track.

There is growing momentum for low-emission hydrogen Fuel: IEA

According to the latest analysis, the worldwide demand for hydrogen is expected to exceed 115 million tonnes by 2030.That amount might increase to 130 million tonnes of countries completely adhere to their present climate commitments, with low-emission hydrogen accounting for more than a fifth of that total. Some new applications for hydrogen are showing particular signs of progress today.There are also more than 100 pilot projects for using hydrogen and derivatives in shipping. In the power sector, announced projects using hydrogen and ammonia stack up to almost 3.5 gigawatts of potential capacity by 2030.

Hydrogen - powered train to be ready in India next year, says Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

Indian Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that India is developing hydrogen-powered trains and they will be ready in 2023.

There is growing momentum for low-emission hydrogen Fuel: IEA

Nextchem to develop first waste to hydrogen plant as part of hydrogen IPCEI Projects

NextChem, a subsidiary of an international industrial group Maire Tecnimont S.p.A, has been assigned a €194 million grant for the development of a waste-to-hydrogen plant as part of the IPCEI Hy2Use project.

The project aims to develop a waste-to-hydrogen plant that will produce up to 20,000 tons of hydrogen annually at full capacity, using 200,000 tons per year of non-recyclable solid waste as raw material.

Volvo Car India aims to sell 1,000 EVs in 2023

The local unit of Swedish automaker Volvo Cars is aiming to sell 900-1,000 luxury electric vehicles in 2023, as demand for zero-emission vehicles increases in India.

Volvo Car India MD Jyoti Malhotra said there had been strong traction for EVs in the Indian market. He expects nearly a third of the company's sales in 2023 to come from EVs, with the parent company also increasing the allocation of electric vehicles for the Indian market.

EV Sales see 128 percent growth in Nagpur in 5 months this Fiscal

Data obtained from regional transport offices revealed that sales of electric vehicles (EVs) in the city has increased by over 128 per cent till August this year(2022) compared to last year. Total 3,088 electric vehicles were sold in the city in the 2021-22 financial year, while 3,954 new registrations took place with both city and east RTOs in the first five months of 2022-23.

GM to Sell up to 175,000 Electric Vehicles to Hertz through 2027

General Motors has agreed to sell up to 175,000 electric vehicles to Hertz Global over the next five years, the companies announced. The deal calls for GM to start supplying electric vehicles such as the Chevrolet Bolt EV and Bolt EUV to the rental car giant starting the first quarter of next year. Those vehicles are expected to be followed by newer EV models on the company’s Ultium battery technology, such as the Chevrolet Blazer, Chevrolet Equinox and vehicles from GM’s other brands.

Chinese EV Battery makes are aggressively expanding production in Europe

Sales of electric vehicles in Europe are growing quickly: One in ten new cars sold in the EU now solely runs on batteries, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association. That presents lucrative business opportunities, particularly since Europe—the birthplace of the automobile—aims to phase out all petrol- and diesel-powered cars by 2035.

As a result, Chinese battery firms, eager to dominate the global EV market, are rapidly expanding their production footprint in Europe.In August, Chinese battery giant CATL announced that it would build a second European battery plant in Hungary, in addition to its upcoming manufacturing facility in Thuringia, Germany.

Chinese astronauts go on Spacewalk from New Station

Two Chinese astronauts went on a spacewalk from a new space station that is due to be completed later this year. China is building its own space station after being excluded by the U.S. from the International Space Station because its military runs the country’s space program.

Why a NASA Spacecraft will crash into an asteroid

In the first-of-its-kind, save-the-world experiment, NASA is about to clobber a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away. A spacecraft named Dart will zero in on the asteroid Monday, intent on slamming it head-on at 14,000 mph (22,500 kph). The impact should be just enough to nudge the asteroid into a slightly tighter orbit around its companion space rock — demonstrating that if a killer asteroid ever heads our way, we’d stand a fighting chance of diverting it. Cameras and telescopes will watch the crash, but it will take months to find out if it actually changed the orbit. The $325 million planetary defense test began with Dart’s launch last fall.

ISRO TESTS HYDRID PROPUSION SYSTEM

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said that it has successfully demonstrated a hybrid propulsion system that uses a solid fuel and liquid oxidiser.

The hybrid motor was tested at the ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri. The hybrid system is more efficient, ''greener'' and safer to handle and paves the way for new propulsion technologies for future missions, the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) which tested it with support from the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), said.

"World's Largest" Electrolyser arrives in Norway to scale up green hydrogen projects

The electrolyser, which was manufactured at HydrogenPro’s factory in Tianjin, China, arrived at the Herøya test facility on 10 September.

The electrolyser is expected to have an output of 1100 Nm3/h hydrogen at normal current density. This equals 100 kg of pure hydrogen per hour, which will set a new standard for the industry, the company claims.

Green hydrogen fuel: An opportunity for India to achieve Net Zero

India emitted ~2.88 Billion Metric Tonnes of CO2 in 2021 and has committed to to cut total projected carbon emissions by 1 billion tonnes by 2030 and reducing carbon intensity of the nation's economy to less than 45 per cent by 2030 from 2005 levels. Apart from that, India also committed to net carbon zero by 2070. In order to achieve this reduction in carbon intensity, there will be increased emphasis on green hydrogen.

Samsung advances green hydrogen project in malaysia

South Korea’s Samsung Engineering is joining the group of players aiming to study the potential of supplying at least 900 megawatts of hydro-based renewable power for the H2biscus green hydrogen/ammonia project in Sarawak, Malaysia.

Samsung and South Korean compatriots Posco and Lotte Chemical are teaming up on the study with Sarawak Energy and the Sarawak Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) for the study.

Samsung Engineering, Lotte Chemical and Posco plan to take the lead in introducing clean hydrogen in South Korea by developing overseas clean hydrogen projects in co-operation with major overseas clients.

Harvard-backed Start-up develops game-changing EV battery that charges in 3 minutes, lasts 20 years

A Harvard-backed startup, Adden Energy, has developed a battery for electric cars that is capable of fully charging in three minutes and lasting more than twice that of current EV batteries or 20 years.

The startup has received $5.15 million in funding to commercialise the game-changing battery. The technology has received an exclusive license from Harvard’s Office of Technology Development, and the funding was led by Primavera Capital Group, with participation by Rhapsody Venture Partners and MassVentures.

Karnataka aims to convert 35,000 buses into electric by 2030

Karnataka Transport Minister B Sriramulu said the state government aims to convert all 35,000 buses into electric vehicles by 2030.

"There are about 35,000 buses, there is a demand to make all buses electric by 2030., keeping in mind environment and pollution related concerns. With diesel prices increasing, we are incurring losses. We want all our buses to become electric and we start making profits.. discussions are on in this regard," Sriramulu said

Govt to soon introduce subsidy to set up EV Charging infrastructure: power secretary

The Indian government will provide subsidies to the developers that will look to set up charging infrastructure in India, which will then be given to the state electricity distribution companies, Union Power Secretary Alok Kumar said on September 15.

He added that to set up a 200-KW charging infrastructure for electric vehicles, a subsidy of around Rs 4-5 lakh will be provided.

Philippines on watch for rocket debris after Chinese Space Launch

The Philippines remains on alert for reports of fallen rocket debris following China’s launch of a powerful space rocket that authorities in Manila had warned could potentially endanger aircraft and ships.

China launched the Long March 7A rocket from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on Hainan island, which carried a satellite into orbit, China’s state-run Global Times reported.

Debris has not been sighted so far and there have been no reports of injuries or damage to date, Philippine Space Agency spokesperson Tricia Zafra said.

James Webb, telescope captures 'Breathtaking' images of Orion Nebula. Here's Why it is Significant

James Webb Space Telescope has released a stunning photo of another spectacle of the universe. Astronomers are awestruck after seeing the first images of the Orion Nebula that were released by an international research team on Monday (September 12).

The Orion Nebula is approximately 1,344 light years away from earth. It is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion. It is one of the brightest nebulae and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky.

'We can find life outside the solar system in 25 years, 'Researcher Says

Sasha Quanz, an astrophysicist at Switzerland's federal technology institute ETH Zurich, made those remarks at a recent opening of the university's new Center for the Origin and Prevalence of Life.

Speaking at a press briefing, Quanz detailed the technology projects that are now in the works that may enable researchers to finally answer the question whether we are alone in the universe.

Quantz added that while ambitious, the 25 year timeframe he set himself for finding life outside the solar system is not "unrealistic."

"There's no guarantee for success. But we're going to learn other things on the way," he said.

Govt to invite bids for battery storage, green hydrogen, ammonia projects: RK Singh

The Indian government will invite bids for battery storage projects from players looking to invest in the renewable energy sector, Union Minister RK Singh said . Bids will also be invited for green hydrogen and green ammonia projects, the power, new and renewable energy minister said at 'India Ideas organised by the US-India Business Council (USIBC).

Adani to build 3 giga factories as part of $70 billion green investment

Gautam Adani said his ports-to-power conglomerate will build three giga factories for manufacturing solar modules, wind turbines, and hydrogen electrolyzers as part of a $70 billion investment in clean energy by 2030.

The Adani group will generate an additional 45 GW of renewable energy to add to Adani group's existing 20 GW capacity, as well as 3 million tons of hydrogen by 2030.

Climate Change: Sinopec sets green hydrogen goals to help china reach carbon neutrality by 2060

China’s largest refiner aims to have an installed capacity to produce 120,000 tonnes of green hydrogen a year by the end of 2025. With an annual output capacity of 20,000 tonnes, Sinopec will be able to help cut 485,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year when the plant is completed next June.China is already the world’s largest hydrogen producer with an annual output of 33 million tonnes. Under the plan, China will have at least 50,000 hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicles on the road and produce 100,000 to 200,000 tonnes of green hydrogen a year by 2025.

UK and Ireland hydrogen production facility plans from new joint venture

The UK and Ireland look set to gain further hydrogen production capacity as HydraB Power and Armstrong Capital Management announce the companies have entered into a joint venture, HyGen Energy Holdings Limited.

HydraB and Armstrong have said the new company will build, own, and operate commercial-scale hydrogen production facilities across the UK and Ireland, with ambitions of becoming one of the UK’s leading providers of low-carbon hydrogen.

China's BYD signs Deal to Build First EV plant in Thailand

Chinese electric-car maker BYD Co. signed a land purchase deal with WHA Corp., Thailand’s largest industrial-estates developer, to build its first electric vehicle production plant in Southeast Asia.

The plant is expected to start operation in 2024 and have annual capacity of 150,000 vehicles, mostly for export to Southeast Asia and Europe, the companies said in a joint statement.

Thailand aims to ramp up local EV output to reach at least 30% of total car production by 2030.

Odisha govt to hire electric Vehicle for official use

In a move to protect the environment from air pollution, the Odisha government has initiated steps to hire electric vehicles for its use in different government offices, state transport minister Tukuni Sahu said.

The state has distributed nearly Rs 2.96 crore to eligible 4488 EV buyers in the state. Of the 16,759 electric vehicles sold in the state following implementation of the policy, 5466 vehicles have applied for subsidy. Of which, 4488 vehicle owners have received the subsidy amount.

TI clean mobility unveils montra electric 3W Auto at Rs 3.02 lakh

TI Clean Mobility, part of the diversified conglomerate Murugappa Group unveiled Montra Electric 3W Auto marking its foray into the electric vehicle three-wheeler segment, according to a top company official. TI Clean Mobility, is a subsidiary of Tube Investments of India (TII) had earmarked Rs 200 crore for the new venture.

The three-wheelers would be manufactured at the company's manufacturing plant in Ambattur. The Montra Electric 3W range has been priced at Rs 3.02 lakh and would be made available in 100 plus dealership networks across the country.

NASA to repair SLS liquid hydrogen leak on the pad

NASA will attempt to fix on the pad a liquid hydrogen seal that caused a Space Launch System scrub, keeping open the option to proceed with a new launch attempt later this month.

NASA said that technicians will proceed with plans to replace the seal for the interface called the quick disconnect between a liquid hydrogen feed line and the core stage of the SLS. That work will be done on the pad rather than rolling the vehicle back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the Kennedy Space Center.

China launches mysterious new spy satellite

China launched a mysterious spy satellite that will "monitor land, crop yield and natural disasters" but could also gather military intelligence, analysts think.

Western space analysts suggest that Yaogan series satellites serve both civil and military users in China. Last month China launched new batches of Yaogan 35 satellites, which could be used for Earth observation tasks or signals intelligence gathering.

Webb Captures cosmic tarantula giving birth to thousand of new stars

The James Webb Telescope has captured a stunning nursery of never-before-seen young stars as it looks at the Tarantula Nebula in what is being called a cosmic web. The new image released by the Webb telescope goes beyond what the Hubble telescope saw in the region as it clears the dusty filaments that covered previous observations.

Apart from seeing the young stars, the telescope also picked up distant background galaxies, as well as the detailed structure and composition of the nebula’s gas and dust.

India to design build reusable rocket for global market: ISRO

India has plans to design and build a new reusable rocket for the global market that would significantly cut the cost of launching satellites, a top government official said.

Secretary in the Department of Space and Chairman of ISRO S Somanath said, ISRO has been working on various technologies, including the one demonstrated with Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (IAD). “We will have to have a retro-propulsion to land it (rocket back on earth)”.

Combining these technologies, ISRO would like to design and build a new rocket which will be reusable, in partnership with industry, startups and its commercial arm NewSpace India Limited (NSIL).

The Hydrogen stream: Globeleq to build solar-powered 3.6 GW green hydrogen plant in egypt

Globeleq will develop, finance, build, own and operate the green hydrogen project. The three-phase, $11 billion development will total 3.6 GW of electrolyzers and around 9 GW of solar and wind generation. The first phase will involve a pilot project with a 100 MW electrolyzer, initially focusing on green ammonia fertilizer.Globeleq aims to competitively produce hydrogen for exports and the local market. The company is 70% owned by British International Investment and 30% by Norfund.

POSCO and Greenko partner for green H2 production

Korean steel maker Posco Holdings has partnered with Greenko ZeroC (GZC), a subsidiary of Greenko Group and John Cockerill, for supply of green hydrogen/ammonia to Posco Holdings and joint production and export of green hydrogen/ammonia in export oriented special economic zones.

The partnership will also explore opportunities in production of renewable energy in India and use of steel materials from Posco in the development of infrastructure for potential projects, the companies said in a press statement.

Tata Steel to invest over 65 million euros for hydrogen-based steel manufacturing in Netherlands

Tata Steel has inked pacts with three firms -- McDermott, Danieli and Hatch -- for the further technical preparations for hydrogen-based steel manufacturing in the Dutch city of Ijmuiden.

The cost for this first development step is in excess of 65 million euros and will result in an engineering package that forms the basis for a final permitting and project planning.The overall project is led by the Tata Steel internal project and sustainability team, with close support from the main delivery partners

MNRE targeting green hydrogen, battery storage, offshore wind

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is targeting green hydrogen, battery storage, and offshore wind energy projects as key areas for India’s energy transition. The ministry is also looking at distributed renewable energy focused on citizen centric energy transition for farmers and rooftop consumers, and resilient supply chains in both wind and solar sectors.

SAR Group to invest up to Rs 1,500 Crore in E-bike Foray

The SAR Group, which is behind consumer goods brands such as Livpure and Livguard, is now entering the electric two-wheeler market with its Lectrix brand with an investment outlay of ₹1,400-1,500 crore.

The company sells electric scooters for the delivery segment and recently launched its first scooter for consumers. The company has invested around ₹300 crore so far in developing these models and setting up a manufacturing unit at Manesar in Haryana, according to Rakesh Malhotra, the founder of the SAR Group.

Hero Electric Sells Record over 10k EV 2-Wheelers in a month, Ola Electric Falters

Hero Electric once again led the Indian electric vehicle (EV) two-wheeler segment in August, selling a record and highest-ever 10,476 vehicles in onemonth followed by Okinawa Autotech at 8,554 vehicles, the latest government VAHAN data has revealed.Hero Electric had sold 8,954 EV two-wheelers in July while Okinawa Autotech had sold 8,096 two-wheelers.

China's BYD Auto Pips Tesla to become top-selling EV brand globally

Global passenger electric vehicle (EV) sales grew 61 per cent (on-year) to reach 2.18 million units in the second quarter this year, a new report said on Monday, as for the first time, Chinas BYD Auto became the top-selling EV brand, dethroning Elon Musk-run Tesla. During Q2, BYD Auto shipped more than 354,000 EV units, an increase of 266 per cent YoY. Tesla's global sales grew 27 per cent YoY to over 254,000 units, falling short of expectations.

NASA aims to launch new Artemis Moon rocket on Saturday

NASA ground teams at a space centre in Florida have begun final preparations to launch the next-generation Moon rocket on its debut test flight, five days after technical problems foiled an initial try.The new Moon rocket is set to launch on Saturday. If the first two Artemis missions succeed, NASA is aiming to land astronauts back on the Moon, including the first woman to set foot on the lunar surface, as early as 2025, though many experts believe that the time frame is likely to slip by a few years.

Striking photos of Phantom Galaxy unveiled by NASA

NASA has unveiled striking images of the Phantom Galaxy M74, situated 32 million light years away from Earth. The galaxy, also known as the grand design spiral, is a favourite among astronomers studying the origins of galactic spirals.

The photos are the outcome of a collaborative effort comprising NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and the NASA/ESA (European Space Agency) Hubble Space Telescope.

The Pentagon is worried about space weapons from Russia and China. Here's why.

Pentagon leadership will meet next week to discuss the growing threat from new types of space weapons being developed by Russia and China.

The meeting comes as both Russia and China continue to develop and test new space-based technologies that may have the ability to outpace the United States' ability to identify, track or defend against them.

Avaada to invest $5 billion in green hydrogen, ammonia plant in India

Avaada Group will invest around $5 billion to build an integrated green hydrogen and ammonia plant with captive renewable energy capacity in the Indian state of Rajasthan.

The company recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the state government on the proposed investment. The company will set up around 6 GW of renewable energy capacity for captive consumption by its green hydrogen and ammonia site.

Fortescue Future Industries Signs MOU with Miawpukek First Nation for Proposed Hydrogen Project on Southwest Coast

An Australian company Fortescue Future has signed an MOU with the Miawpukek First Nation for a proposed hydrogen project on the southwest coast.

Project Lynx by Fortescue Future Industries will be developed in and around the Port aux Basques, St. George’s and Stephenville areas, producing a possible 700,000 to 900,000 tonnes of green ammonia annually.

L&T to invest up to $2.5 billion in green energy

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) announced they are planning to invest up to $2.5 billion in green energy over the next three to four years.

The company will be investing in producing green hydrogen fuel, manufacturing critical components such as electrolysers and advanced cell batteries and undertaking engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) projects in the space.

Germany inaugurates world’s first hydrogen-powered train fleet

A fleet of 14 trains provided by French industrial giant Alstom to the German state of Lower Saxony has replaced diesel locomotives on the 100km (60 miles) of track connecting the cities of Cuxhaven, Bremerhaven, Bremervoerde and Buxtehude near Hamburg.

Regional rail operator LNVG said the fleet, which cost 93 million euros ($93m), would prevent 4,400 tonnes of CO2 being released into the atmosphere each year.

Mercedes set to lead India's luxury EV market as Tesla stays out

In India, Mercedes-Benz will launch three new electric cars this year, be the first company to assemble a luxury EV, and will set up a fast-charging network nationwide, Martin Schwenk said in an interview. The company might also manufacture batteries domestically in the future.

Indian EV market to hit annual sales of 17 mn units by 2030: Report

India's electric vehicle market is expected to expand at a compounded annual growth rate of 49 per cent between 2021-2030, with the segment's volumes set to cross annual sales of 17 million by 2030,a new report said.

Electric two-wheeler segment accounted for 50 per cent of the total over 4.67 lakh EV sales in the domestic market followed by the low-speed e-three-wheelers in 2021.

Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland battle it out, this time in electric bus space

Tata Motors has deployed the second-largest fleet of electric buses in the country (with about 715 buses, trailing 850 e-buses of Olectra Greentech)

Ashok Leyland has an order book of 5,600 e-buses, of which 5,000 are under a partnership with transport technology startup Chalo. The rest comprises orders from Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC), Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST), and some private orders.

Never seen Jupiter like this’: James Webb telescope shows incredible view of planet

The world’s newest and biggest space telescope is showing Jupiter as never before, auroras and all.The James Webb space telescope took the photos in July, capturing unprecedented views of Jupiter’s northern and southern lights, and swirling polar haze.

The infrared images were artificially colored in blue, white, green, yellow and orange, according to the US-French research team, to make the features stand out.

NASA’s James Webb telescope detects carbon dioxide in exoplanet atmosphere

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first clear evidence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of an exoplanet, 700 light years away from the Earth. The finding was on WASP-39b, a gas planet discovered in 2011.

In the case of WASP-39b, a small hill between 4.1 and 4.6 micrometres presented the first clear, evidence for the presence of carbon dioxide ever detected in a planet outside our solar system.

China Could Overtake US in Space Without ‘Urgent Action,’ Warns New Pentagon Report

The United States could be eclipsed by China in orbit unless it unites around a common goal for space, as it did during the race to the Moon a half-century ago.

China is working to become the world’s dominant space power “economically, diplomatically, and militarily” by 2045, according to the State of the Space Industrial Base report for 2022.

Energy Conservation Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha

The Indian government introduced the Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022 in the Lok Sabha. The Bill has provisions for mandatory minimum use of non-fossil sources, including green hydrogen and green ammonia for feedstock, setting up carbon trading markets and bringing large residential buildings under the ambit of energy conservation. This is likely to save ₹120,000 crore worth of electricity by 2030 by avoiding generation of 300 billion units.

Indonesia's Pertamina unit plans hydrogen production trial in 2023

A unit of Indonesian state oil and gas company PT Pertamina is currently preparing its geothermal plant in Ulubelu on Sumatra island to produce 100 kilogrammes of hydrogen per day for the trial, Fuadi Nasution, a vice president at Pertamina’s renewable energy unit said in an industry webinar.

Doral Energy and H2Pro agree on green hydrogen projects

Israeli renewable energy company Doral Group and H2Pro announce the signing of a strategic purchase agreement, in which H2Pro will supply Doral with a total of 200 MW of H2Pro’s E-TAC electrolyzers until 2030. Green Hydrogen will be produced by H2Pro’s E-TAC technology. Doral develops a photovoltaic plant which will produce electricity for the project. The hydrogen will be blended with natural gas for use in the nearby Yotvata dairy factory.

Oracle Power’s green hydrogen project in Pakistan progresses

Oracle Power PLC announced that the company has received a Letter of Intent (LoI) from the Directorate of Alternative Energy of the Government of Sindh, confirming that it will issue LOI to Oracle regarding the hydrogen project in Pakistan.

The LOI is expected to provide that the project’s developer can produce green hydrogen from a 400 MW capacity electrolyser and renewable power. The plant would produce up to 55,000/year tonnes of green hydrogen at full capacity

Shell and Chevron invest in Aurora Hydrogen clean H2 tech

Aurora Hydrogen is developing a clean hydrogen production technology that uses microwave energy without generating any CO2 emissions or consuming water. Hydrogen production using Aurora’s technology has the potential to reduce global CO2 emissions by over 900 million tonnes per year.

The company has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Energy Innovation Capital. Participating investors include Williams, Shell Ventures, Chevron Technology Ventures, and the George Kaiser Family Foundation.

Hyundai to deliver 27 hydrogen-powered trucks to Germany

Hyundai Motor Company announced that it is set to export the 27 hydrogen-powered trucks to Germany. A Government funded programme, will see seven German companies across logistics, manufacturing and retail receive 27 Hyundai XCIENT Fuel Cell trucks to be put into fleet services.

Singapore and Rotterdam to set up world’s longest Green Corridor

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish the world’s longest Green and Digital Corridor. The two ports agreed to create a broad coalition of shippers, fuel suppliers, and other companies to work on potential solutions for alternative fuels such as synthetic methane, hydrogen, and hydrogen-based fuels including ammonia and methanol.

Microsoft Announces Success of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Trial At New York Datacenter

Microsoft has announced that it has found a cleaner alternative to the diesel-powered backup backup generators for its data centers: hydrogen fuel cells. Microsoft had installed a proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell technology at the site that produces electricity when hydrogen reacts with oxygen creating no carbon emissions.. The software giant wants to become a zero-emission entity by 2030.

Singapore and Rotterdam to set up world’s longest Green Corridor

Microsoft Announces Success of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Trial At New York Datacenter

Singapore and Rotterdam to set up world’s longest Green Corridor

Microsoft Announces Success of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Trial At New York Datacenter

Australia’s Liberty Hydrogen launches with plans to produce 100,000 tonnes of green ammonia

Liberty Hydrogen’s planned facility looks to use large volumes of wood waste to convert pure hydrogen into green ammonia in Western Australia with a starting capacity goal of 100,000 tonnes. The company intends to see its low carbon ammonia used domestically or sold internationally.

ONGC, Greenko plan to export green ammonia produced under MoU

Under the MoU both the companies will jointly work towards opportunities in renewables, green hydrogen, green ammonia and other derivatives of green hydrogen and their production, storage and marketing. The green ammonia plant will have a capacity of 1-MMTPA. The total project cost is estimated to be about $6 billion

Unigel announces $120m plans for Brazil’s ‘first’ green hydrogen plant

American company Unigel, announced plans to build the first green hydrogen plant in Brazil. With an initial investment of $120m, The plant is expected to be operational by the end of 2023, initially acquiring three electrolysers from the German firm, thyssenkrupp nucera, with a combined capacity of 60 MW.

The first phase is planned to have an initial production capacity of 10,000 tonnes of green hydrogen and 60,000 tonnes of green ammonia annually.

ONGC, partners to splash $ 6.2 billion on green energy projects

India's top oil explorer ONGC and its partners will invest USD 6.2 billion (Rs 50,000 crore) in green energy projects to produce carbon-free hydrogen and green ammonia as part of an ambitious decarbonization drive.

ONGC has signed a pact with Greenko to form a 50:50 joint venture for green energy projects. ONGC is looking to set up the hydrogen and ammonia plants, which are likely to start production in 2026, on the west coast, preferably near Mangalore, where it has an oil refinery.

Unigel announces $120m plans for Brazil’s ‘first’ green hydrogen plant

The first phase is planned to have an initial production capacity of 10,000 tonnes of green hydrogen and 60,000 tonnes of green ammonia annually.

Iberdrola and BP partner up on green hydrogen production

Spanish clean energy company Iberdrola and UK-based oil and gas major BP plan to form a joint venture for large-scale green hydrogen production in Spain, Portugal, and the UK as well as production of green ammonia, and methanol.

The companies aim to jointly develop advantaged hydrogen production hubs in Spain, Portugal, and the UK, with a total capacity of up to 600 kilo tons per year (ktpa), integrated with new renewable power. The parties aim to finalize the joint venture agreement by the end of 2022

Unigel announces $120m plans for Brazil’s ‘first’ green hydrogen plant

The first phase is planned to have an initial production capacity of 10,000 tonnes of green hydrogen and 60,000 tonnes of green ammonia annually.

Iberdrola and BP partner up on green hydrogen production

World’s First Hydrogen Trains Begins Regular passenger service in Germany

The world’s first hydrogen-powered train had its preliminary operation on July 25(2022)on the rail line from Cuxhaven to Buxtehude through Bremervörde. The trains cost $86 million (including a 30-year maintenance contract), part of which has been funded by the German federal government. These trains are currently powered by hydrogen from the chemical industry. However, plans are in place to switch to green hydrogen by 2024. Power generated from the sun and wind will produce green hydrogen through water electrolysis.

India will require $20 trillion capex to achieve Net Zero by 2070: Report

India will need capital expenditure to the tune of a whopping $20 trillion in order to achieve its ambitious target to achieve Net Zero by 2070, according to a new report.

India’s 265GW/1000GW of renewables installations and 600/7400GWh of battery additions by 2030/40E could support domestic manufacturers, as we expect Indian utilities and OEMs to invest $2 trillion by 2040.

'Largest ever order' | Nel to supply 200MW of hydrogen electrolysers to mystery US buyer in €45m deal

Norwegian company, Nel has netted its largest ever electrolyser order, to supply 200MW of stacks for an industrial project belonging to a US-based developer. Worth more than €45m ($46m), the order could be expanded to include balance-of-plant equipment for the project, pending an ongoing engineering study.

Production on the stacks will begin in February 2023 at Nel’s 500MW electrolyser factory in Herøya, Norway, continuing until mid-2024.

Renewable energy firm GreenZo Energy to develop 50-MW hydrogen capacity in Nepal

GreenZo Energy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nepal's API Power to develop 50-MW green hydrogen plants that can generate 4,000-MT hydrogen annually, within a span of three years, in Nepal. API Power will invest Rs 1,000 crore in the project. The project is expected to be completed by 2025.

PTC India inks pacts with 5 technology companies

PTC India Limited has signed agreements with five technology companies.The MoUs have been executed with Ircon International Limited, Greenstat, AutoGrid, Hexagon and Chemtrols. Norwegian company Greenstat and PTC are working towards development of green hydrogen projects in India as well as identifying opportunities for development of a 'centre of excellence' for facilitation of green hydrogen.

UK to gain two permanent hydrogen refuelling stations under new partnership

Element 2 has announced a partnership with Exelby Services to establish the UK’s ‘first’ public hydrogen refuelling stations for heavy goods vehicle (HGV) fleets.Planned to be developed at Exelby Services’ Coneygarth and Golden Fleece service locations, along the A1(M) and M6 motorways respectively, it is hoped to offer a low-carbon fuelling option to serve the north of England.

BILITI Electric Adds The “FastMile” Hydrogen Fuel Cell Tuk-Tuk To Its Range Of Products

US-based BILITI Electric recently announced plans to set up the world’s largest electric 3-wheeler manufacturing facility in India’s Telangana state. The plant will have a production capacity of 240,000 electric vehicles per year. The new plant is estimated to drive private investment of $150 million and expected to create over 3,000 jobs in the state.

Green Hydrogen Is Cheaper Than LNG in Europe

Green hydrogen now costs less than natural gas in eight European countries. High LNG prices mean green hydrogen—produced by a renewable-powered electrolyzer splitting water—is cheaper to burn than natural gas in France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and the U.K.

The current price situation won’t last. New LNG facilities coming online from 2024 should ease today’s tight market, reversing the cost gap as green-hydrogen production scales up.

Crucial breakthrough in hydrogen energy generation, storage and transportation

Renewable energy company EPRO Advance Technology (EAT) has announced a crucial breakthrough process in green hydrogen energy that generates large amounts of ultra-pure hydrogen on demand, while also solving the long-standing challenges of the mass storage, transportation and safe handling of hydrogen.

The company developed a ground-breaking porous silicon material – called Si+ – which can generate, on demand, ultra-pure hydrogen from a water source. Si+ can also act as a solid-state hydrogen generating material which is compact, robust and easily transportable.

UK hydrogen pipeline project receives Government funding

A hydrogen pipeline demonstrator is set to be developed in the UK after Sustainable Pipeline Systems Ltd (SPS) secured £297,000 ($354,660) in funding from the UK Government’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy’s (BEIS) Industrial Fuel Switching competition.

The project aims to show the feasibility of automated mobile pipeline construction with reduced carbon footprint and advanced digital integrity monitory, with the firm’s MASiP system, developed especially for the hydrogen era

Green hydrogen demand in steel, mobility, natural gas sectors to require $78-bn funding

These sectors can create an additional green hydrogen demand of 3.5 MTPA,which will need the deployment of another 70 GW of renewable energy, 28 GW of electrolyser capacity and an investment of $78 billion.

The target of producing 5 MTPA green hydrogen by 2030 will need a renewable energy capacity of at least 100 GW, electrolyser deployment of 40 GW, and an investment of about $100 billion.

SUNFIRE SECURES INVESTMENT FROM AMAZON

The German developer and manufacturer of electrolyzers is the first EU-based green hydrogen company to receive an investment from Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund. With its dedicated investment program, Amazon supports visionary companies that will accelerate its path to net-zero carbon.

India needs USD 15 bn funding to set up 15 GW hydrogen capacity by 2030:V K Saraswat

India will need a funding of USD 15 billion in public and private to set up 15 GW of green hydrogen by 2030, NITI Aayog Member V K Saraswat said while speaking at a conference 'India@2030: A Roadmap for Aatmanirbhar Bharat in Renewable Energy'

HyCC Launches 500-MW Hydrogen Project in the Port of Amsterdam

GlobalData has predicted that the global electrolyzer market will hit 8.52 GW by 2026. It noted that electrolyzer capacity has doubled over the past five years, to around 0.3 GW by the middle of 2021. BP and Thyssenkrupp have agreed to cooperate on the use of hydrogen in the steel sector, while electrolyzer supplier Nel Hydrogen has secured orders in Australia and Denmark.

Hydrogen company HyCC has launched Project H2era to construct a 500-megawatt green hydrogen plant in the Amsterdam port area. The company intends to start operations of the new plant in the Amsterdam port area in 2027. The project, launched in cooperation with the Port of Amsterdam, is a major step forward in the development of the regional hydrogen economy to help decarbonize industry and mobility.

Alicia Eastman: Green hydrogen will be price-competitive by 2030

Inter Continental Energy, one of the largest developers and earliest investors in carbon-free “green hydrogen” projects, is forecasting that the cost of the fuel will be competitive by the end of the decade.The company is looking to make hydrogen in the form of easily exportable ammonia, which can act as a solid-state carrier for the fuel.

The Hydrogen Stream: Global electrolyzer market to reach 8.5 GW by 2026

Hynion to build two new hydrogen stations in Sweden

The Swedish Energy Agency is providing SEK61.4m ($5.8m) as a grant to Hynion for the stations in the hubs of Västerås and Jönköping., which will have a capacity of 1,500kg of hydrogen per day and will be built to facilitate the hydrogen-fuelled trucks that will now be phased in.

NHPC signs MoU to develop pilot green hydrogen projects

NHPC, the state-owned hydropower giant, said it has signed two memorandum of understanding (MoUs) for the development of pilot green hydrogen technologies to reduce the carbon footprint in the power sector in Leh and Kargil districts of UT of Ladakh.

IISc researchers develop technology to make green hydrogen from biomass

A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru (IISc) has developed a new technology to produce green hydrogen from biomass. Researchers said that the production of green hydrogen using this process is environmentally-friendly since it is carbon negative.

EU launches 5.4-bln-euro hydrogen project with Alstom, Daimler, others

The European Commission approved a 5.4-billion-euro ($5.4 billion) hydrogen project jointly funded by 15 EU countries and 35 companies including Alstom ALSO.PA and Daimler DAIGn.DE to boost the bloc's competitiveness and economy. The project hopes to attract another 8.8 billion euros in private investments.

The project will cover the generation of hydrogen, fuel cells, storage, transportation and distribution of hydrogen and end-users applications, in particular in the mobility sector.

Amazon backs German electrolyser manufacturer’s scale-up plans

The German developer and manufacturer of electrolyser, Sunfire announced it had become the ‘first’ green hydrogen company based in the European Union to receive an investment from Amazon’s $2bn Climate Pledge Fund. The company prepares to increase its production capacity from megawatt to gigawatt-scale to meet the surging demand for its hydrogen production technology.

Amazon has set out goals to hit Net Zero carbon emission across its operations by 2040, and by funding firms such as Sunfire it hopes to facilitate the transition to a Net Zero carbon economy.

ACME announces Rs 52k-crore green hydrogen, ammonia project in Tamil Nadu

ACME Group has signed an initial agreement with the Telangana state government to set up a green hydrogen and green ammonia plant which would entail an investment of Rs 52,474 crore.The project will consist of 5,000 megawatt of solar plant, 1.5 gigawatt of the electrolyzer capacity and 1.1 million tonnes of ammonia synthesis loop

EU plans hydrogen deal with Namibia as it pulls away from Russian energy

The European Union is planning a deal with Namibia to support the country's nascent green hydrogen sector and boost its own imports of the fuel, as the bloc works to reduce its dependence on Russian energy.

Under the plan, the EU would sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Namibia on hydrogen and minerals at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Egypt.

Petronas Hydrogen and Continental Automotive to invest Rs 32,000 crore in Karnataka

The Karnataka Government signed MoUs with the Malaysian-based Petronas Hydrogen, and Continental Automotive Components (India) for a total investment of Rs 32,000 crore in the presence of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.

Petronas has committed to invest Rs 31,200 crore to set up a renewable energy plant in Mangaluru. It will add about 3000 jobs.

Partnership revealed for UK’s ‘first’ waste-to-hydrogen plant

EQTEC has selected Wood as its technology partner for design, and deployment of a clean, waste-to-hydrogen solution during phase two of development for the waste-to-energy project at Southport Hybrid Energy Park, Merseyside, UK.In line with a strategic collaboration agreement (SCA) between EQTEC and Wood, the companies have agreed to co-develop a refuse-derived fuel to clean hydrogen solution, which they say could be the first waste-to-hydrogen plant in the UK.

NTPC arm to develop 10GW renewable energy park Rajasthan

NTPC's arm, NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd (NREL), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Rajasthan government to develop 10 GW ultra mega renewable energy power parks (UMREPP) in the state. NTPC Group has set a target of 60 GW renewable energy capacity by 2032.

Metal-hydrogen battery going into high-volume production with 5GWh of customer orders

Startup Enervenue has already got 5GWh of customer orders for its metal-hydrogen battery for stationary storage, with a 25GWh opportunity pipeline in North America alone. Batteries are based on a technology used in space applications like on the International Space Station and the Hubble telescope.

Green hydrogen storage system project launched on NREL Colorado campus

Hydrogen storage company GKN Hydrogen, gas utility SoCalGas and the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory are collaborating on a new green hydrogen storage solution.

The three will work together to deploy two of GKN’s ‘HY2MEGA’ green hydrogen storage subsystems on NREL’s Flatirons Campus in Colorado, US.

They will connect to an existing electrolyser and fuel cell at the ARIES (Advanced Research on Integrated Energy Systems) facility at Flatirons. The three-year project is set to launch by the end of 2022.

Hydrogen to power luxury cruise ships

Fincantieri, one of the world’s largest shipbuilding groups has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Explora Journeys, the luxury travel brand of MSC Group’s Cruise Division, for the construction of two hydrogen-powered luxury cruise ships. Hydrogen looks set to get on board luxury cruises with an agreement to construct two hydrogen-powered cruise ships.

NTPC REL joins hands with GACL to set up India's first commercial-scale green ammonia project

NTPC's arm, NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd ( NREL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL) to collaborate in setting up India's first commercial-scale Green Ammonia and Green Methanol projects.

The MoU envisages collaborating in the field of Renewable Energy, Green Methanol & Green Ammonia and mutually exploring the opportunities for the supply of 100 MW power.

Hydrogen heated water set to be trialed in Australia

Rinnai Japan developed a continuous flow hot water system for the domestic market, using 100% hydrogen combustion technology, offering zero carbon emissions.Now Domestic water heating with hydrogen is set to become a reality with the announcement of a demonstration project in Australia.

Hydrogen compressor to be used in Indian refinery expansion

Howden revealed that it had signed a contract to supply its hydrogen reciprocatingcompressors for MSB Unit at the Numaligarh Refinery Expansion Project (NREP) in India.

The Netherlands releases plans for national hydrogen network

The Dutch Government has announced its plans to construct a national transport network for hydrogen. Reuters has reported the plans announced by Rob Jetten, Dutch Minister for Climate and Energy, will see a €750m ($786m) investment in the development, with the Dutch gasnetwork operator, Gasunie managing and operating the network.

India needs 115 GW RE generation capacity, 50 bn litre demineralised water to meet greenhydrogen target: Report

India will need 115 GW of renewable power generation capacity and 50 billion litres ofdemineralised water supply to achieve the goal of five million tonnes of green hydrogen by2030, as per the EY India-SED Fund report.

Niti Aayog bats for setting up of green hydrogen corridors

Government think-tank Niti Aayog has proposed setting up green hydrogen corridors andproviding grants and support to entrepreneurs to promote its production, storage and export.In a report titled 'Harnessing Green Hydrogen - Opportunities for Deep Decarbonisation inIndia', Niti Aayog also said there is a need to facilitate investment through demand aggregationand dollar-based bidding for green hydrogen.

Trains Fueled by Hydrogen will Operate in Germany

Hydrogen-based technology is being used in rail transport. The latest example is Germany’s Siemens Mobility, which is building several trains fueled by hydrogen for the transport networking the Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan area.

Siemens Mobility stated that Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn has ordered seven of its Mireo Plus Htrains from the company. The two-carriage vehicles will run on fuel cells and lithium-ionbatteries. These are expected to be delivered in the fall of 2024.

Exxon Mobil to study hydrogen production at Slagen terminal in Norway

Exxon Mobil has signed a memorandum of understanding with three other companies to study the potential to produce and distribute green hydrogen and ammonia for marine fuels at the Slagen terminal in Norway.

Marine innovation company Grieg Edge and fellow Norwegian companies North Ammonia and Green H are teaming up with the US super major to evaluate potentially producing up to 20,000 tonnes of green hydrogen and 100,000 tonnes of green ammonia per annum.

MHI invests in EH2 startup for clean hydrogen production

Japanese company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has invested in Electric Hydrogen (EH2), aclean hydrogen startup from the U.S, to support its efforts in developing clean hydrogen.Through this investment, MHI said it wants to strengthen and diversify its hydrogen value chain,advance its energy transition business, and act on its commitment to global carbon neutralitygoals.

UK manufacturer launches its first hydrogen electric truck

A UK-based clean truck manufacturer Tevva Motors launched its first hydrogen fuel cell-supported heavy goods vehicle (HGV), which it has said will be the first of its kind to bedesigned, manufactured, and produced en masses in the UK. It has unveiled its new 7.5 ton hydrogen electric truck later today, which the firm has said has a range of 310 miles (499km),with a refueling time of 5-10 minutes.

Southern California Gas, GKN Hydrogen to launch hydrogen storage project

Sempra subsidiary Southern California Gas Co. and GKN Hydrogen will collaborate with the U.S.Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory on a $2.1 million hydrogen storage project.

The project will connect two of GKN's HY2MEGA storage subsystems to an electrolyzer and afuel cell at the Flatirons Campus of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory near Boulder,Colo.

Airbus and Linde to Develop Hydrogen Infrastructure for Airports

Under the agreement, the two companies will aim to develop a global supply chain that spans from hydrogen production to airport storage, including the integration of hydrogen refuelling into standard ground handling operations.

Bill Gates-Led Fund Backs Startup With Cheaper Way to Move Hydrogen

Enter H2SITE, a Spanish startup, has secured 12.5 million euros ($13.23 million) in investmentsfrom Bill Gates-led Breakthrough Energy Ventures, French utility Engie SA and Norwegian oilgiant Equinor ASA. They are working on developing technological solutions for safe hydrogenstorage and transportation.

Bharat Petroleum Invitations Bids to Set Up a 5 MW Inexperienced Hydrogen Manufacturing Facility

Bharat Petroleum Company (BPCL) has invited bids to arrange a 5 MW electrolyzer and related system for producing inexperienced hydrogen and hydrogen mixing with pure fuel within the metropolis fuel distribution community. The final date to submit the bids is July 6, 2022.

Infinite Green to produce green H2 with up to 235 MW of wind, solar in Australia

Under the Arrowsmith scheme, Infinite Green plans to build a solar photovoltaic (PV) plant of between 65 MW and 85 MW in size, as well as a wind farm consisting of up to 25 turbines of 6 MW each. The capacity will be used to power a facility that will be capable of producing between 23 tonnes and 42 tonnes of green hydrogen per day. The project also comes with plans for 20 MW of battery storage capacity.

Reliance seeks new technologies to make cheaper green hydrogen

Reliance Industries Ltd is assessing new technologies for making electrolyzers in its efforts to produce low cost green hydrogen.

Ambani and Adani have pledged more than $140 billion in green investments, as their fossil fuel-driven empires pivot away from oil and coal. Green hydrogen is central to this shift.

H2FA, Clara to build $414m green hydrogen distribution network in Australia

The two Australia firms have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for expediting the joint development of up to five hydrogen refuelling stations located between Melbourne and Sydney.

Hydrogen Fuels Australia (H2FA) and Clara Energy are joining forces to create a A$600m ($414.1m) green hydrogen distribution network along the Hume Highway corridor in Australia.

On-road hydrogen vehicles to cross 1 mn globally by 2027

The number of hydrogen vehicles in service globally is likely to exceed 1million in 2027, from just over 60,000 in 2022 -- a substantial growth of over 1,500 percent.

Siemens Energy, Air Liquide eye joint 3-GW electrolysers production by 2025

Germany’s Siemens Energy and French industrial gases supplier Air Liquide are setting up a joint venture (JV) to produce industrial-scale renewable hydrogen electrolysers, with production expected to ramp up to an annual capacity of 3 GW by 2025.

The JV will benefit from the combined pipeline of hydrogen projects of its partners. One of the first projects is a 200-MW scheme of Air Liquide in Normandy, France

Volvo Unveils 1,000 Km Range Hydrogen-Powered Fuel Cell Electric Trucks, Can Be Refuelled In Less Than 15 Minutes!

The fuel cell electric trucks will have an operational range comparable to many diesel trucks – up to 1000 km – and a refueling time of less than 15 minutes," the statement said.

Finland to establish national hydrogen network

The Finnish Government said a national hydrogen network will be established in the country, in an effort to meet climate goals and phase out Russian fossil fuels.

Gasgrid Finland Oy, a state-owned gas company are set to develop hydrogen transmission infrastructure, as well as establish a hydrogen market in Finland.

Norwegian hydrogen hub plans receive NOK 148m grant

Danish Everfuel and Norwegian Greenstat Energy are planning to build the Hydrogen Hub Agder in Kristiansand, Norway, in collaboration with industrial companies Elkem and Glencore Nikkelverk. A Scandinavian joint venture has received NOK 148m ($14.8m) from Enova, to establish a hydrogen hub in Norway.

The construction consisting of two phases, will see an initial 20MW electrolyser capacity to produce eights tonnes of hydrogen per day. In its second phase, set to be commissioned in 2027, capacity is planned to be boosted to 60MW.

Greenstat Hydrogen and PTC India sign MoU to develop Green Hydrogen Solutions

India's largest power trader PTC India and Greenstat Hydrogen India announced they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for developing green hydrogen solutions jointly for the Indian power market.

NTPC awards Amara Raja Group India's first green hydrogen fueling station project

National Thermal Power Corporation Limited has awarded Amara Raja Power Systems a project to set up India's first green hydrogen fueling station in Leh, Ladakh. The project aims to bring in emission-free transport in and around Leh with a plan to ply five hydrogen fuel cell buses in the region.

Partnership to build one million tonnes of green hydrogen capacity in India with $50bn investment

Indian, Adani and TotalEnergies of France, announced that they have entered a partnership to create the ‘world’s largest’ green hydrogen ecosystem, to deliver green hydrogen at the ‘lowest cost’ to consumers.

Adani New Industries Ltd (ANIL) aims to invest more than $50bn over the next 10 years in green hydrogen and an associated ecosystem, with initial plans to see ANIL develop a green hydrogen production capacity of one million tonnes per year by 2030.

BP Bets Big on Giant ‘Green Hydrogen’ Project in Australia

The British oil giant said it is taking a 40.5% stake in the project, known as the Asian Renewable Energy Hub, and will become its operator. One of the largest such “green hydrogen” projects proposed to date, it is expected to encompass a 2,500-square-mile area greater than the size of Delaware.

BP is taking the lead on a more-than-$30 billion project to produce massive amounts of hydrogen from renewable energy in Australia’s Outback, a major bet on a promising alternative fuel that is in growing demand but remains expensive.

Govt discusses future export of hydrogen with Japan, Germany

Indian minister for renewable energy R K Singh, informed that India is aiming to produce 20 million tonnes (MT) of green hydrogen by 2030. With Germany, India has also signed a joint declaration of intent on Indo- German hydrogen task force.

The Indian government has held discussions with a number of countries, including Japan and Germany, for future exports of hydrogen from India.

Germany’s HH2E makes €1bn hydrogen bet as war redraws energy market

The energy company HH2E plans to invest €1bn in a plant to produce green hydrogen in northern Germany, one of the biggest bets so far on an innovative technology that is a critical part of Berlin’s efforts to go carbon neutral by 2045 and wean itself off Russian gas.

The project is centered on an electrolyzer, which will split water into hydrogen and oxygen. It will be powered by electricity from offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea as well as from onshore wind turbines and local solar parks.

Construction will start next year (2023), with the first green hydrogen to flow by 2025. The initial €200m phase of the project will have the capacity to produce 6,000 tonnes of green hydrogen a year.

Hydrogen will give U.S. natgas pipes new life in the carbon-free world

Natural gas companies plan to use hydrogen and renewable natural gas (RNG) made from landfills or agricultural waste to extend the life of existing pipelines in a future carbon-free world, energy executives said at the Reuters Global Energy Transition conference.

SoCalGas, a unit of California energy company Sempra Energy (SRE.N), wants to turn some of that wasted renewable power into hydrogen that can be transported through its gas pipes.

Venice opens its first hydrogen refueling station

The ‘first’ hydrogen refueling station has been opened in Mestre, Venice, Italy. With a capacity of over 100kg of hydrogen per day, the San Giuliano Enistation is equipped with two dispensing points, which are said to refuel vehicles in approximately five minutes, including buses.

Hydrogen to power tanker ships with the new retrofitting concept

A hydrogen-powered tanker ship concept has been launched by TECO 2030 and its partners, Ektank AB, Shell Shipping and Maritime, and DNV, furthering efforts to clean up the maritime sector.

Dubbed the Hy-Ekotank, it is set to facilitate a 100% reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions during voyages by retrofitting fuel cells with compressed or liquid hydrogen storage on existing Ektank ships.

Arbor Renewable Gas Reveals Plan for $800 Million Renewable Gasoline and Green Hydrogen Facility in Port Allen

Arbor Renewable Gas LLC, a Houston-based company formed in 2019 that produces renewable gasoline and green hydrogen from wood waste and forest residue, is evaluating West Baton Rouge Parish for a planned $800 million manufacturing and distribution facility employing carbon capture and sequestration emissions-reduction technology.

Operating as Magnolia Renewable Fuels LLC, the new facility would produce renewable gasoline from wood waste biomass sourced from Louisiana and Mississippi timber operations.

OIL signs pact with homiHydrogen for green hydrogen

Oil India Ltd has signed an initial agreement with homiHydrogen to work together in the green hydrogen value chain. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with homiHydrogen Pvt Ltd is "to boost India's efforts towards energy transition for achieving net-zero by 2070 and support development of indigenous technology and manufacturing under Atmanirbhar Bharat in the field of hydrogen and green energy technology," a company statement said.

Ukraine set to receive green hydrogen from Canada

The National Joint Stock Company, Naftogaz of Ukraine, entered an agreement with Canadian Symbio Infrastructure to purchase green liquid hydrogen and low-carbon liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Quebec, Canada.

Symbio is set to supply the fuels with intention of helping Europe address the ongoing energy crisis, with operations set to commence in 2027.

Large-scale green hydrogen and ammonia progress in Paraguay

ATOME Energy has announced progress on its green hydrogen and ammonia project in Villeta, Paraguay. The company has revealed that a final investment decision (FID) for the project is expected later in 2022, with large-scale green hydrogen production by 2025.

Pact signed to establish hydrogen ammonia plant in city

The Karnataka Government on Monday (on 6th June) signed a pact with Gurugram-based ACME Cleantech Solutions Pvt. Ltd. that plans to invest ₹52,000 crore in Mangalore to set up a hydrogen ammonia unit with a captive solar energy plant.

Masdar to develop 4,000-megawatt renewable and green hydrogen projects in Azerbaijan

Abu Dhabi's Masdar signed two agreements to develop 4,000-megawatts renewable energy and green hydrogen projects in Azerbaijan, with options for developing projects with 6,000 magawatts capacity in the second phase.

The first agreement covers the development of onshore wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) projects with 1,000 megawatts of capacity each. The second agreement involves offshore wind and green hydrogen projects with a capacity of 2,000 megawatts.

First hydrogen-powered buses planned to hit Melbourne streets

The west of Melbourne, Australia is set to become home to the state of Victoria’s first hydrogen-powered buses from March next year (2023).

The news comes as part of an expansion from the Victorian Government’s A$20m ($14.4m) Zero Emission Bus Trial, which will see two hydrogen fuel cell buses hit the streets of the state capital city.

Hydrogen fuel cell power plant planned in South Korea

Air Liquide, Lotte Chemical, and SK Gas will build a hydrogen fuel cell power plant in Ulsan, South Korea, as part of newly unveiled joint venture plans.

The trio announced plans for the 500,000MWh/y plant, that marks just one of many South Korean-based hydrogen projects that are set to be carried out by the venture.

Korean firms to build $1bln green hydrogen plant in Kizad

South Korean utility giant Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco) has partnered with its plant subsidiary Korea Western Power and construction major Samsung C&T Corporation - to build a green hydrogen and ammonia production plant at an investment of $1 billion in Abu Dhabi.

The plant is being set up in co-ordination with Petrolyn Chemie, a joint venture between the UAE energy companies Petrolyn and Chemie-Tech, within Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad).

German Government supports waste-to-hydrogen to supply the nation

The German Government has agreed to facilitate the purchase of green hydrogen produced from organic waste in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, it was announced on Thursday (June 9).

H2-Industries projects planned in the MENA region hope to produce up to two million tonnes of green hydrogen annually by 2030 to provide Germany with a steady supply of green hydrogen.

100MW green hydrogen plant planned at Port of Antwerp-Bruges

Plug Power has signed a 30-year concession agreement to build a 100MW green hydrogen plant, which it claims to be the second-largest of its kind in Europe, using its own electrolyzer technology.

Plans have been announced to build a hydrogen generation plant to produce 35 tonnes of green hydrogen per day at Port of Antwerp-Bruges, Belgium.

Haddington Ventures Announces $650 Million Equity Syndication Program to Finance the World’s Largest Green Hydrogen Platform

Haddington Ventures, LLC has formed Haddington ESP I, LP to provide construction equity for projects developed by the Advanced Clean Energy Storage Joint Venture (ACES Delta, LLC), which will be the largest green hydrogen platform in the world upon completion. With this equity funding, construction can begin in June 2022, and hydrogen hub operations are scheduled to commence in 2025.

DOE closes on $504M loan guarantee for Utah hydrogen storage project with 150 GWh seasonal capacity

The U.S. Department of Energy said it has closed on a $504.4 million loan guarantee for a “green” hydrogen storage project in Utah that will initially be able to store up to 150 GWh worth of hydrogen, providing “seasonal” energy storage in the West.

The loan guarantee with ACES Delta, a joint venture between Mitsubishi Power Americas and Magnum Development, marks the first clean energy loan guarantee issued by DOE since 2011 and the first for a hydrogen project.

Welspun Corp & Tata Steel enter Green Energy Strategic Partnership for Hydrogen transportation

Welspun Corp Ltd. (WCL) and Tata Steel Ltd. have signed an MoU to work together towards developing the framework for and manufacturing Green Pipes for the transportation of pure hydrogen, and hydrogen blended with natural gas.

Delhi-based GreenZo Energy to set up 250 MW green hydrogen electrolyzer factory

GreenZo Energy, a Delhi-based renewable energy consultancy, plans to set up a 250-megawatt (MW) green hydrogen electrolyzer factory with an investment of Rs 300 crore to Rs 400 crore by the end of 2025. The company has also announced an investment of over Rs 7 crore in the research and development department for the 250 MW proton exchange membrane technology production of the green hydrogen electrolyzer in 2022-23.

Hydrogen-based aviation fuels in Canada get a kickstart under a new partnership

Hy2gen Canada and SAF+ Consortium will partner to contribute to the development of the hydrogen sector, including green aviation fuels, starting in Québec, Canada. The partnership between the two companies will see the construction of numerous installations to produce synthetic, green hydrogen-based fuels for land, sea, aviation, and industry, using €200m ($215m) of capital raised by Hy2gen AG earlier this year (2022).

Chile solar region eyeing green hydrogen

Chile’s sundrenched Tarapacá region – which has succeeded in generating 100% of power from renewables – wants to build a local green hydrogen industry.

Tarapacá, where solar plants account for 440MW of total installed capacity of 524MW, has some of the best solar resources in the world.

India's L&T ahead for NEOM $6.4-bn hydrogen renewables facilities: MEED

Saudi Arabia's NEOM Green Hydrogen Co. is understood to have selected India's Larsen & Toubro to build solar and wind plants for supplying electricity to the city’s $6.4-billion green hydrogen-based ammonia plant, MEED reported.

The contract covers the construction of 2,930 MW solar power generation plant, a 1,370 MW wind power farm and a 400 MW battery energy storage system, according to a source familiar with the plan

South Korean companies to build $1 bln green hydrogen plant in UAE

Korea Electric Power Corporation, Samsung C&T Corporation and Korea Western Power, alongside the UAE's Petrolyn Chemie, will build a plant that can produce up to 200,000 tonnes of green ammonia a year. The plant will be built in two phases in the KIZAD Industrial Area near the capital Abu Dhabi, with the first phase producing 35,000 tonnes before the second phase takes the project to full scale.

Toyota and Woven Planet Have Developed a New Portable Hydrogen Cartridge Prototype

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (“Toyota”) and its subsidiary, Woven Planet Holdings, Inc. (“Woven Planet”), have developed a working prototype of its portable hydrogen cartridge. This cartridge design will facilitate the everyday transport and supply of hydrogen energy to power a broad range of daily life applications in and outside of the home.

ReNew Power moots Rs 50,000 crore investment in renewables, battery, green hydrogen units in Karnataka

Delhi-based ReNew Power chairman Sumant Sinha on Tuesday (24th May 2022) signed an agreement with Karnataka’s Additional Chief Secretary (Industries) EV Ramana Reddy proposing to invest Rs 50,000 crore in solar, wind and hybrid projects, battery storage and green hydrogen plant over a seven year period.

Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC and Masdar to join bp’s UK hydrogen projects

ADNOC will take a 25% stake in the design stage of bp’s blue hydrogen project, H2 Teesside. bp and ADNOC will now advance the project, initially to the next stage of design, the pre-FEED stage. H2 Teesside is expected to kickstart the UK’s hydrogen economy at scale with the development of two 500MW hydrogen production units by 2030. The project is targeting the start of operations in 2027. Masdar has also signed a MoU to acquire a stake in bp’s proposed green hydrogen project, HyGreen Teesside. This project is planned to produce 60MWe (megawatt electrical input) of hydrogen at start-up in 2025, increasing to up to 500MWe by 2030. Together, these two projects could deliver 15% of the UK Government’s recently expanded 10GW target for hydrogen production in 2030.

Mauritania’s large green hydrogen project in new milestones

The government of Mauritania and Chariot, the Africa-focused transitional energy group, say that the pre-feasibility study (PFS) for the large green hydrogen project Project Nour in Mauritania has been completed and a framework agreement has been signed.

In September 2021, Chariot and the government of Mauritania signed an MoU to progress the project of potential green hydrogen development of up to ten gigawatts.

Project Nour is to spread over an onshore and offshore area of about 14,400 square kilometers producing power from solar and wind resources for electrolysis to produce green hydrogen.

India to launch National Green Hydrogen mission in 2 months

The Indian government plans to launch a comprehensive green hydrogen mission in two months to take forward the green hydrogen policy announced in February 2022. The mission is expected to announce a green hydrogen purchase obligation in fertilizer production and petroleum refining, akin to renewable purchase obligations (RPO). India has set a target to produce 5 million tonnes (mt) of green hydrogen by 2030. Over the next decade, the government plans to add 175 GW of green hydrogen-based energy.

Emerson Provides Advanced Automation Technology for Toyota Australia’s Hydrogen Production and Refuelling Plant

Global software and technology leader Emerson and Toyota Australia have collaborated to transform part of Toyota Australia’s operations into a commercial-grade hydrogen production, storage and refueling plant. The project, supported by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), adopts Emerson’s automation expertise to provide the control system that helps Toyota Australia demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of manufacturing hydrogen fuels, including the use of renewable solar energy.

Medha to create train powered by hydrogen fuel

In an effort to reduce its carbon footprint to zero, Indian Railways has awarded a contract to Hyderabad-based Medha Servo Drives for the retrofitting of one Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU) rake on the Sonipat-Jind line.

The contract to develop hydrogen fuel cell-based technology that can be utilized to modify current diesel-powered trains has been awarded to Medha at an anticipated cost of approximately Rs 70 crore.

The Railways assert that their Rs 70 crore investment in the hydrogen fuel cell project will be returned in less than two years

France’s Total Energies to buy stake in Adani’s hydrogen business

Total Energies, the French oil and gas major, is likely to pick up a minority stake of 10 percent or more in Adani group’s hydrogen business under the newly formed company Adani New Industries Ltd (ANIL).

Total and Adani agreed the acquisition of a 50 percent stake in a 2.35 GWac portfolio of operating solar assets owned by Adani Gas and a 20 percent stake in Adani Green Energy for a global investment of $2.5 billion.

Brookfield-backed PIL, GAIL sign initial pact for hydrogen collaboration

PIL and GAIL will explore various options for transportation, using the existing natural gas pipeline and the end-use of hydrogen. The MoU aims at collectively exploring the feasibility, desirability and viability of hydrogen as a source of energy and thus build a partnership between the companies, official sources said.

Dastur Energy to set up blue hydrogen unit with Coal India

M N Dastur has an agreement with the Gas Technology Institute (GTR) of the US, which has the coal-to-hydrogen technology called blue hydrogen. Dastur is also in talks with JSPL and Dalmia Cement Bharat for coal gasification, methanol derivatives and carbon dioxide to methanol projects.

Vertex Hydrogen, a joint venture between ESSAR and Progressive Energy together to build UK’s largest hydrogen hub at the Stanlow Manufacturing Complex.

The UK’s first low carbon hydrogen facility at Essar Stanlow will sit at the heart of the HyNet low carbon cluster, to produce a total of 1GW per year of hydrogen, across two units, from 2026.

EU plans 'massive' roll-out of Carbon Contracts for Difference subsidies for green hydrogen

The European Commission is to propose subsidies for green hydrogen known as Carbon Contracts for Difference as part of its REPowerEU scheme, which is due to be unveiled soon. There will be strict rules put in place to ensure that the 10 million tonnes of green hydrogen production planned within the EU by 2030 do not use renewable energy that could otherwise be used on the electricity grid. Projects would only qualify if they return as much renewable electricity to the grid as they use.

LONGi to provide alkaline electrolyzers to ‘world’s largest green hydrogen project’

LONGi Hydrogen has won the Sinopec Green Hydrogen Demonstration Project, to supply ‘world leading large scale’ alkaline water electrolyzer equipment, which LONGi claims can achieve 4000Nm3/h of hydrogen production.

The project will see a new photovoltaic power station with a capacity of 300MW and annual power generation of 618 million kilowatt-hours, to power an electrolyzed water hydrogen plant with capacity of 20,000 tonnes of hydrogen per year.

Spanish green hydrogen plant begins processing

The first large green hydrogen (H2) plant in Galicia, Spain, began its administrative and environmental processing this month. It is an electrolysis production facility that uses water from the lake of As Pontes (A Coruña) and new sources of clean energy. It is promoted by Reganosa jointly with EDP Renováveis (EDPR).

The first large renewable hydrogen plant in Galicia is part of a larger and comprehensive action that EDPR and Reganosa are promoting with the aim of turning Ferrolterra, Spain into the capital of green energy.

This hydrogen production terminal has been conceived for its connection in cumulative phases of 20, 30, and 50 MW of power, to reach a total of 100 MW after completion of its development.

South Africa launches world’s biggest hydrogen-fuelled truck

Mining giant Anglo American has unveiled the world’s largest hydrogen-powered truck, a monster weighing 220 tonnes, at a platinum mine in northern South Africa. The vehicle uses 2 megawatts hydrogen fuel cells to haul up to 290 tonnes of ore.

South Africa launches world’s biggest hydrogen-fuelled truck

BP bids offshore to produce 50,000 tonnes of green hydrogen per year in the Netherlands

BP announced it has submitted bids for two offshore wind farm leases in the Netherlands, which could see close to 50,000 tonnes of green hydrogen produced per year.

The bid, anticipated to see investments of up to €2bn ($2.08bn), has been tendered for the rights to develop the Hollandse Kust (west) Wind Farm Zone (HKW) sites VI and VII, with the potential of generating capacity of 1.4GW.

The integration BP proposes includes 500MW of electrolysis capacity, which could produce approximately 50,000 tonnes of green hydrogen, which would support 10,000 barrels a day production of sustainable aviation fuel.

FFI seek to convert coal to green hydrogen production facility in Washington, US

Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) announced that it will evaluate the feasibility of converting a former coal mine into a green hydrogen production facility in Lewis County, Washington, US.

The proposed green hydrogen project would enable the decarbonization of hard-to-abate sectors in North America.

30th-January-2023

Gujarat aims to become a global centre for green hydrogen in next 12 yrs.

Gujarat aims to become a global centre for green hydrogen in next 12 yrs.

Brazil's Unigel to invest up to $1.5 billion in green hydrogen production.

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $47 Million to Develop Affordable Clean Hydrogen Technologies.

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $47 Million to Develop Affordable Clean Hydrogen Technologies.

Malaysian Petronas scouting for 10,000 acres land in Tamil Nadu to set up proposed Green Hydrogen plant.

Plans proceed for North Sea green hydrogen pipeline.

Plans proceed for North Sea green hydrogen pipeline.

Mumbai's EV population crosses 20k; at 2L, Maharashtra boasts max e-cars & e-bikes among states.

23rd-January-2023

Tata Power to build 25,000 new EV charging points as part of new plan.

Tata Power to build 25,000 new EV charging points as part of new plan.

Himachal targets to be first green energy state by 2025: CM Sukhu.

Masdar agrees to explore green hydrogen exports from Abu Dhabi to Europe.

Masdar agrees to explore green hydrogen exports from Abu Dhabi to Europe.

Scaling Green Hydrogen in India: Adopting a three-pronged approach.

India aiming at capturing 10% of global green hydrogen market: Govt.

India aiming at capturing 10% of global green hydrogen market: Govt.

Hydrogen-powered planes take off with startup’s test flight.

16th-January-2023

India sets targets for green hydrogen use by some industries.

India sets targets for green hydrogen use by some industries.

India’s annual green hydrogen production can go up to 10 MMT: Govt.

7 reasons why Spain and Portugal are about to become a green hydrogen powerhouse.

7 reasons why Spain and Portugal are about to become a green hydrogen powerhouse.

L&T Partners With Norway-Based H2Carrier To Develop Floating Green Hydrogen, Green Ammonia Projects.

Tata considers India, Europe for EV cell manufacturing plants.

Tata considers India, Europe for EV cell manufacturing plants.

Toyota exhibits hydrogen fuel cell car, offers up to 640km range.

09th-January-2023

Plug Power’s green hydrogen goal to decarbonize transportation sector shows real potential.

Plug Power’s green hydrogen goal to decarbonize transportation sector shows real potential.

NTPC starts India’s first green hydrogen blending project.

Germany and Norway will build a big hydrogen pipeline.

Germany and Norway will build a big hydrogen pipeline.

Green Hydrogen's breakout year, China thinks bigger, and wind turbines blaze and fall.

Why is India facing localisation challenge in EV battery supply chain.

Why is India facing localisation challenge in EV battery supply chain.

CESL floats tender for 4,675 e-buses worth Rs 5,000 crore.

02nd-January-2023

Hydrogen Powered Train Launched In China – Top Speed 160 Kmph.

Hydrogen Powered Train Launched In China – Top Speed 160 Kmph.

India plans $2 billion incentive for green hydrogen industry: sources.

Clean energy goals can be the perfect ground for cooperation in a fragmented world at WEF 2023.

Clean energy goals can be the perfect ground for cooperation in a fragmented world at WEF 2023.

Green hydrogen to be used in fertiliser industry: Nitin Gadkari.

EV Smart Charging: How can it be the promising future of EVs?.

EV Smart Charging: How can it be the promising future of EVs?.

Delhi Transport Corporation signs MoU with Tata Motors' arm for operating 1,500 e-Buses.

26th-December-2022

India's first Hydrogen fueled train to roll out in Dec 2023: Rail Minister Ashwini.

India's first Hydrogen fueled train to roll out in Dec 2023: Rail Minister Ashwini.

Steel Industry To Decarbonize With Use Of Green Hydrogen.

Startup Plans to Make Synthetic Natural Gas With Green Hydrogen.

Startup Plans to Make Synthetic Natural Gas With Green Hydrogen.

India’s L&T bags Saudi NEOM EPC contract for green hydrogen project.

Africa’s green hydrogen potential stands at 1-trillion-euros, says new study.

Africa’s green hydrogen potential stands at 1-trillion-euros, says new study.

The Race To Develop Hydrogen Storage.

Statiq launches fast EV charging station in Amritsar in partnership with Nexus Malls.

Statiq launches fast EV charging station in Amritsar in partnership with Nexus Malls.

A $3.5 Billion EV Battery Plant Will Convert Millions of Old Batteries Into New Parts.

12th-December-2022

bp to explore potential for green hydrogen production in Egypt.

bp to explore potential for green hydrogen production in Egypt.

CRT, ANIL to develop hydrogen electrolysers.

Hydrogen is key energy source for achieving decarbonization, says V K Saraswat.

Hydrogen is key energy source for achieving decarbonization, says V K Saraswat.

Reliance, Ashok Leyland in talks for development of hydrogen-powered engines: Report.

Why Switzerland wants to ban electric vehicles.

Why Switzerland wants to ban electric vehicles.

Electric Vehicle charging stations set at Mumbai airport - details here.

5th-December-2022

NITI Aayog releases study report on ‘Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS) Policy Framework and its Deployment Mechanism in India’.

NITI Aayog releases study report on ‘Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS) Policy Framework and its Deployment Mechanism in India’.

Green hydrogen growth to be driven by close proximity of production and consumption points: Hardeep Singh Puri.

Alternative energy: IOC to set up new company for green business.

Alternative energy: IOC to set up new company for green business.

1GW green hydrogen project plans revealed for Western Australia.