In this week’s Caixin energy wrap, we analyze China’s biggest climate and energy news on policy, industry, projects and more: • Bright future seen for “green hydrogen” machines • Shipbuilding giant inks landmark Qatar deal • Chinese turbine makers lead global wind sector • Price war puts solar juggernaut in the red • Energy security under pressure this summer In focus:...
Green Hydrogen
A file photo of KOC Partners with KBR Consulting for Renewable Energy and Green Hydrogen Feasibility Study Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) has embarked on a strategic partnership with KBR Consulting Company to conduct a comprehensive feasibility study on renewable energy and green hydrogen initiatives. This groundbreaking agreement underscores KOC’s commitment to advancing...
High costs and uncertainty over offtake agreements are delaying project investment decisions, according to Aurora Energy Research The installed capacity of electrolysers in Europe is set to undershoot the EU’s 2030 targets by as much as 76% because of high costs and slow progress in securing offtake agreements, according...
Global law firm Clifford Chance has advised long-standing client Actis, a leading global investor in sustainable infrastructure, on a joint venture with Fortescue, a global integrated green energy, metals and technology company, in connection with the bid and subsequent award for the rights to develop, build, own and operate a large green hydrogen project in Oman. The Actis-Fortescue consortium has been...
Christoph Noeres, head of green hydrogen at ThyssenKrupp Nucera, which makes electrolyzers, at the company’s headquarters in Dortmund, Germany, March 20, 2024. Nucera, a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp, Germany’s venerable steel producer, is landing major deals for electrolyzers, which produce clean-burning hydrogen from water. (Felix Schmitt/The New York Times)...
Muscat – Hydrom, the sultanate’s green hydrogen orchestrator, announced signing two new green hydrogen projects in Dhofar worth RO4.2bn (US$11bn) on Monday. The signings follow the successful completion of Hydrom’s second round of auctions taking the total hydrogen production in Oman to 1.38mn tonnes per annum (mtpa) by 2030. The first agreement was signed with a consortium consisting of...
Green hydrogen power is inching forward with more trial projects and research on the boil Photo: Crown research institute GNS Science is about to officially open its new green hydrogen lab in Lower Hutt. One day it could contribute to making sure that small rural communities cut off by disaster can still power through, with stored green hydrogen used to establish a kind of...
Axpo and Rhiienergie open largest green hydrogen production plant in Switzerland. Axpo and electric utility Rhiienergie opened the first green hydrogen production plant in Switzerland’s Graubünden canton, it was announced today. The facility, the country’s largest, is located next to the Reichenau hydropower plant in Domat/Ems and can produce up to 350 tonnes of green...
Kent part of international partnership to advance green hydrogen production. Kent, through the Centre for Logistics and Sustainability Analytics (CeLSA), has joined a consortium led by Ikigai Group and Nelson Mandela University that has won a UK Government grant to explore the viability of green hydrogen production and export infrastructure from South Africa’s Eastern...