Industry News
Korea Gas Signs MoU to Support Development of the Hydrogen Economy in South Korea
Matrix Service Company announced on August 8 that it has signed an MoU with Korea Gas Corporation (“KOGAS”) to support South Korea’s development of a hydrogen economy as it transforms itself from a natural gas supplier to a hydrogen platform operator. The signing...
Bloom Energy and Idaho National Lab Produce Hydrogen at Record-Setting Efficiencies
Bloom Energy Corporation announced on August 9 the initial results of its ongoing demonstration with Idaho National Laboratory (INL), the nation’s premier center for nuclear energy research and development. With nearly 500 hours of full load operation completed at the...
ScottishPower to Build Green Hydrogen Plant at Suffolk Port in the UK
ScottishPower is planning to build a £150m green hydrogen plant at the UK’s busisest container port the Port of Felixstowe in Suffolk. The energy firm is aiming to develop a 100-megawatt plant to power trains, trucks and ships. The plant is due to provide enough fuel...
US Senate Passes Act Offering Tax Credits for Clean Hydrogen
The US Senate on August 7 passed the Inflation Reduction Act which holds a landmark Tax and Climate Bill, offering $3/ kg in tax credits for low carbon hydrogen production which could make clean hydrogen cheaper to produce than grey hydrogen. The Bill sets a...
Clean Logistics to Supply Thousands of Hydrogen Trucks to GP Joule
Clean Logistics will supply GP Joule with 5,000 hydrogen-electric trucks under a framework agreement (announced August 9). The sales volume is in the low single-digit billion euro range for Clean Logistics. The hydrogen-powered trucks are due to be delivered between...
Semcon and Hystar Partner to Develop Electrolyser Tech
Swedish tech firm Semcon and Norwegian-based hydrogen company will work together to boost electrolysis efficiency, increasing yields by 150%. Under the agreement the Scandanavian companies aim to develop electrolysers with novel design and components. The companies...
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore and Port of Rotterdam to Establish World’s Longest Green and Digital Corridor for Efficient and Sustainable Shipping
Signed by Ms. Quah Ley Hoon, Chief Executive of MPA, and Mr Allard Castelein, CEO of the Port of Rotterdam Authority at the Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre on the sidelines of the biennial World Cities Summit, the MoU will bring together stakeholders across the...
Shell and Chevron Invest in Canadian Clean H2 Tech
Shell Ventures and Chevron Tech ventures participated in Canadian clean hydrogen Canadian company Aurora Hydrogen’s $10 million funding round. Hydrogen production from the Aurora technology has the potential to significantly reduce global CO2 emissions by over...
EU High Representative Josep Borrell Says Clean Hydrogen Top Priority in EU-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Strategy
Clean hydrogen is one of the priorities in the EU's strategy on GCC cooperation, according to EU High Representative Josep Borrell. “Clean hydrogen has great potential to become a major new source of energy and some of the existing infrastructure including pipelines...
HyExpert Hydrogen Project ‘H2VL’ Launched in Germany
What is the hydrogen potential in the district of Havelland and how can various players there connect with each other? To answer these questions, the district has tasked the Reiner Lemoine Institute (RLI), the IAV Ingenieurgesellschaft Auto und Verkehr,...
Hyundai to Export 27 Hydrogen Trucks to Germany
Hyundai Motors announced on August 2 that it will ship 27 hydrogen-powered trucks to Germany in its second European export deal for the hydrogen fuelled vehicle. The 27 Xcient hydrogen fuel-cell trucks will go to seven German companies. The German firms will...
Iberdrola and bp Join Efforts to Accelerate Green Hydrogen Production
Iberdrola and bp announced on July 28 plans to form a joint venture for large-scale integrated green hydrogen production in Spain, Portugal and the UK, including the production of derivatives such as green ammonia and methanol that can potentially be exported into...