The proposed subsidies could be allocated over a two-decade period. Credit: DifferR/Shutterstock.com. Germany’s Ministry for Economic Affairs...
Colombia is in an impressive leadership position: the country generates as much as 75 percent of its electricity from renewable energy – more than twice the global average and significantly more than the 60 percent across Latin America and the Caribbean. This week, the World Bank and the Asociación Hidrógeno Colombia held the 3rd Hydrogen for Development Partners Meeting in Bogotá to help...
Summary Neat sustainable aviation fuel is certified, but hydrogen power still developing and needs infrastructure. Project Acorn trial successful, proving hydrogen use for ground equipment at live airports. Safety case for hydrogen in aviation is being built, with challenges still needing to be addressed. SIMPLEFLYING VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Most of...
Green Hydrogen – European energy company Alpiq acquires majority share of Enersense’s associated company P2X Solutions. Enersense’s associated company P2X Solutions (P2X), a Finnish forerunner of green hydrogen, and Alpiq, a leading Swiss energy services provider and European electricity producer, have agreed on a financing arrangement according to which Alpiq will invest...
Texas is the uncontested leader in wind power, with its turbines generating a remarkable 119,836 GWh of electricity in 2023 — more than the next three states (Iowa, Oklahoma and Kansas) combined. While Texas also led in absolute growth, adding 1,309 MW of new wind capacity, Arizona and New York saw the biggest relative increases at 39% and 25%, respectively. Overall, U.S. wind power generation has...
A European Commission agency has awarded about €115m ($123m) of grant funding for the roll-out of 43 new hydrogen refuelling stations (HRSs) across seven EU countries, as part of a total handout of more than €424m for zero-emission mobility. Poland will be the biggest recipient with €77.2m awarded to two developers building a total of 21 new HRSs — a major move in a country that has no hydrogen...
In January 2024, the Japanese government released its "Interim Summary Report" in relation to its hydrogen strategies. The Report summarizes Japan's latest plans on hydrogen, including updates on the proposed "contract-for-difference" type of government support program. Background On 29 January 2024, the Japanese government released its "Interim Summary Report" (chukan torimatome)1 (the "Report")...
Austria plans to support domestic renewable hydrogen producers with a €400m ($432m) subsidy package backed by the European Hydrogen Bank (EHB).The Ministry of Climate Protection (BMK) and Ministry of Finance (BMF) intend to launch a renewable hydrogen auction round under the EHB’s Auction-as-as-Service (AaaS) scheme, to provide a fixed premium per kilogramme of hydrogen to subsidise production.A...
MAN Energy Solutions – Shipbuilding Projects with Ammonia Engines Firm Up. Imabari Shipbuilding will install an MAN B&W 7S60ME-Ammonia engine with SCR in connection with the construction of a 200,000 dwt class bulk carrier for a joint venture between K Line, NS United and Itochu Corporation. The business represents one of the first projects for MAN Energy Solutions’...
RWE and Haltermann Carless develop green hydrogen project in Harwich. RWE, the UK’s leading electricity generator and one of the country’s leading renewable energy companies, and Haltermann Carless, a leading supplier of hydrocarbon-based products and solvents, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together to develop a green hydrogen plant in Harwich, in...