The European Commission has approved a €900m ($974m) scheme by France’s government to support the production of renewable hydrogen- and biomass-based fuels for industry and transport. The French government plans to allocate direct grants to cover a portion of investment costs associated with producing these fuels by the end of 2025. However, it is unclear whether this €900m of state aid...

Dogger Bank D is a 50-50 joint venture between SSE Renewables and Equinor Dogger Bank D is a 50-50 joint venture between SSE Renewables and Equinor The option to direct wind energy produced by Dogger Bank D towards hydrogen production has been dropped.The move follows confirmation of an onshore grid connection in the East Riding of Yorkshire.Dogger Bank D – the fourth phase of the Dogger Bank Wind...

Japan has announced that it aims to develop a clean-sheet hydrogen-powered airliner.  The investment was confirmed by Kazuchika Iwata, Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan on March 27, 2024, who said the Japanese government is supporting the project, which will require an investment of at least 5 trillion yen (approximately US$33 billion).  It is expected that the funds will...

Green North Energy, a green energy project development company launched in 2021, has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with Finnish cities Pori and Kemi to conduct a feasibility study for establishing green hydrogen and ammonia plants as part of BalticSeaH2 project, a large-scale cross-border hydrogen valley gathering 40 partners from nine Baltic Sea region countries.Green North Energy Green North...

French cruise ship operator PONANT and compatriot startup FARWIND Energy are collaborating on innovative ship refuelling solutions with renewable hydrogen. Courtesy of FARWIND Energy Specifically, the companies have defined a road map to develop the production and use of renewable marine hydrogen, FARWIND said, noting that the plan is to share progress on the management of hydrogen on board and...

Electrolyser manufacturers have invested too quickly into new factories, with “severe overcapacity” compared to actual demand from green hydrogen project developers in the coming year, warns research firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). In their analysis, entitled Electrolyser Manufacturing 2024: Too Many Fish in a Tiny Pond, BNEF noted that factories around the world could produce up to 31.7GW...

Volklingen Ironworks in Saar, Germany Volklingen Ironworks in Saar, Germany Stahl-Holding-Saar (SHS) has officially launched a tender to procure up to 50,000 tonnes of green hydrogen to power its companies’ green steel projects.The holding and management company for the Saarland steel industry – with Saarstahl, Dillinger and ROGESA in its portfolio – needs the hydrogen to implement its...

The state aid covers investments in green hydrogen, biogas and biomethane The state aid covers investments in green hydrogen, biogas and biomethane The European Commission (EC) has approved a €900 million French scheme to support companies investing in the use of biomass and renewable hydrogen in energy and fuel production.The scheme was approved under the State aid Temporary Crisis and Transition...

3M invests in hydrogen electrolyzer manufacturer EVOLOH. 3M (NYSE: MMM) has invested in EVOLOH, a cleantech company that’s working to scale up manufacturing of its electrolyzers to make green hydrogen affordable and efficient. Electrolyzers work by using electricity to separate the atoms in water. The result is hydrogen that can be used as clean fuel or chemical reactant...

Bloom Energy congratulates Governor Gavin Newsom and the State of California for securing up to $1.2 billion in awards by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to build and expand on clean hydrogen projects across the Golden State. “It is a historic milestone for the hydrogen industry in the United States that the DOE has selected centerpiece hydrogen hubs for development,” said...