AFC Energy, a UK-based provider of hydrogen fuel cell technology to generate clean off-grid energy, has started its new ammonia cracker technology platform, an innovative solution that the company said will revolutionise ammonia crackers by enabling them to produce green hydrogen at scale. According
The governments of the UK and France have signed a new agreement committing to greater cooperation on energy resilience and low-carbon technologies, which could potentially support a rise in electricity interconnection by two thirds. The Statement of Cooperation on Energy was signed on 10 March by t
French industrial gases supplier Air Liquide has revealed plans to build an industrial-scale ammonia cracking pilot plant in the port of Antwerp, Belgium. The company announced the construction of the plant on 23 March, stating that it will use innovative technology to enable the conversion of ammon
Norway’s cleantech company TECO 2030 has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an undisclosed party for cooperation on several fuel cell projects which in total could represent 50 MW of fuel cell output. The MoU outlines a 3-year cooperation commitment to successfully execute the project o
South Korea-based companies Doosan Fuel Cell and Kolon Global have signed a ‘Basic Agreement for Mid- to Long-term Business and Expansion of Cooperation Areas’ to cooperate step by step to develop an eco-friendly hydrogen fuel cell business model using biogas. Under the agreement, Doosan Fuel Cell w
Technip Energies, an engineering and technology company, has been selected by Texas Green Fuels (TGF) to commence a pre-FEED (Front End Engineering and Design) for the TGF Galveston Bay clean fuels export project. According to Technip Energies, TGF’s export complex will produce industrial-scale, cos
Shell has revealed two energy security scenarios, exploring how the world could evolve and looking into the possible energy and climate outcomes that could come to pass in a world that has security in all its shapes and forms as a prevailing concern.
As it is estimated that investments amounting to a whopping $10 trillion are needed for the U.S. to reach its net-zero by 2050 goal, Wood Mackenzie, an energy intelligence group, looks into four technology pillars that would enable the U.S. to reap the benefits of the provisions within the Inflation
French hydrogen producer Lhyfe has acquired a 49% stake in the Finnish company Flexens, a developer of renewable and green hydrogen and Power-to-X projects. Lhyfe said the move will accelerate the commercial deployment and Finland-based projects of both entities. According to Lhyfe, the companies fi
Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), India’s top shipbuilder, has won a contract from Dutch logistics company Samskip for the design and construction of two zero-emission feeder container vessels. The project, which includes an option for two more vessels, represents one of the world’s first zero-emission
The Dutch government has designated an area for what will become the world’s largest offshore hydrogen production project. That area is Ten noorden van de Waddeneilanden (the North of the Wadden Islands), identified earlier for offshore wind development and deemed most suitable for providing 500 MW
Norwegian HydrogenPro, a technology company and an OEM for high-pressure alkaline electrolysers, has announced it will take its first major step into the US market with the establishment of a 500 MW manufacturing facility in Texas, US, with an estimated total investment cost of $30-50 million. Accor
Hydrogen Europe, Hydrogen Europe Research, and EURAMET (the European Association of National Metrology Institutes) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to foster cooperation for the mutual benefit of the associations, in support of hydrogen research and technology requiring metrological k
An investigation carried out by the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has found that hydrogen embrittlement was the cause of a flowline jumper failure in the Gulf of Mexico in 2020 that resulted in a subsea leak. The incident that occurred in July 2020 saw approximately 479
