What’s stopping Europe from reaching its clean hydrogen goals?

Green hydrogen is predicted to be a leading renewable energy source in the future, but production in Europe must ramp up massively to hit targets. In this episode of Business Planet, Euronews reporter Andrea Bolitho travels to Spain to see how a global leader in the renewable energy sector is maximising green hydrogen's potential.The EU's regulatory advisor for renewable energy giant,...

Engie confirms termination of H2Sines.Rdam project – pv magazine International

Engie has told pv magazine that the developers of the H2Sines.Rdam installation have decided to terminate the project to produce hydrogen in Portugal and send it to the Netherlands, while Fortescue said it has opened an electrolyzer production facility in Australia. April 12, 2024 Sergio MatalucciH2Sines.Rdam, a planned 400 MW green hydrogen project in Portugal designed to ship liquid hydrogen to the...

Europe’s Green Hydrogen Future, Part 2: Charting the Path

Despite an uncertain outlook amid structural limitations and recent economic headwinds, green hydrogen may help accelerate the European Union's decarbonization and strengthen its energy security while bringing profound global economic and geopolitical implications. In recent years, a global energy crisis, supply chain disruptions, high inflation and rising borrowing costs have driven up costs for new...

Gas Turbine and Hydrogen Technologies Grow Together

The future of gas turbines and hydrogen are intricately intertwined. Gas turbine manufacturers know that they need their equipment to be ready to operate on higher levels of hydrogen as electrolysis technology advances, production projects come online, and clean hydrogen becomes more readily available to help end-users decarbonize their power systems. In May 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection...

Major funding announced to ensure Europe’s transition to alternative infrastructure | Policy

The EU Commission has selected 42 new infrastructure projects to receive more than €424m ($450m) in EU funds, including 48 hydrogen refuelling stations (HRS).Under the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility (AFIF) funding, part of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), 48 HRS and 4,200 electric charging points on the European TEN-T road network will receive backing.21 European airports will benefit...

India considers Contract for Difference subsidy for green hydrogen power plants

India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is considering a subsidy scheme to support the use of green hydrogen to generate power as a way to provide “round the clock” renewable electricity, as well as peaking power to the grid. One of the mechanisms that has been tabled is a Contract for Difference. In this type of subsidy, if the market power price is lower than a “strike price” agreed...

Grant agreements for European Hydrogen Bank projects to be signed by November | Policy

Grant agreements for successful projects under the €800m pilot European Hydrogen Bank auction round will be signed by November 2024 at the latest.Having received 132 bids from 17 European countries totalling 8.5GW of production capacity, the total support requested “far exceeds” the available €800m budget.Now, the European Executive Agency for Climate, Infrastructure and Environment (CINEA) is...

Clean hydrogen investment stalls on offtake uncertainty, gasworld summit hears | Finance

Investors are looking at hydrogen projects the same way they look at oil and gas projects and offtake remains key, H2 View’s Make Hydrogen Happen Panel at gasworld’s North American Hydrogen Summit has heard.Aline Ingram, Senior Consultant – Hydrogen and Clean Fuels, Poten & Partners, told the event in New Jersey, US, that hydrogen and derivative offtake is the main challenge facing...

Ankur Kumar to lead Essar Power’s renewables division, targets green energy expansion, ET EnergyWorld

New Delhi: Essar Power Limited, India’s first private sector independent power producer, has appointed Ankur Kumar as the Chief Executive Officer of its Renewables Business Division, in a move to bolster its commitment to green energy.Ankur Kumar, previously the CEO at ACME Solar Holdings Pvt. Ltd., brings over two decades of experience in renewable...

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