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...

1. Rise of the RFNBOsDirect use of electricity from renewable or other zero carbon sources may be the ideal way to decarbonise, but if you turn zero-carbon electricity into a liquid or gaseous energy source, you can decarbonise some hard-to-abate applications faster, particularly in the transport and heavy industry sectors. This is one of the attractions of making hydrogen with renewable electricity,...

ENGIE has taken final investment decision (FID) on its section of a €110m ($118m) Franco-German hydrogen pipeline, despite its German development partner’s FID depending on state funding.Planned to transport up to 20,000m3/h of hydrogen, the 95km Mosel Saar Hydrogen Conversion (mosaHYc) pipeline, is set to connect hydrogen producers and users throughout Völklingen (Germany), Carling (France)...

The EU has approved a plan by the German government to grant steel giant ArcelorMittal €1.3bn ($1.4bn) to partially decarbonise two of its steel mills with equipment designed to use green hydrogen — despite the company saying last week that such technology is too expensive to operate with renewable H2 in Europe. The Luxembourg-headquartered company will receive the direct grant from Berlin to...

The European Commission (EC) published proposals for its Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) on 16th March 2023. It sets out measures to ready the EU’s regulatory framework for an increase in net-zero technology projects and forms part of a broader goal, set out in the European Green Deal1, of being the “first climate-neutral continent by 2050”.  To accompany the NZIA, the EC also...