DNV has secured a contract to provide the evidence required to demonstrate the safe use and conversion of the local transmission systems (LTS) high-pressure pipelines for transporting 100% hydrogen in the UK. The gas distribution company SGN manages around 3,100 kilometres of the LTS pipelines in th
UK government plans to accelerate various energy projects, including five oil and gas as well as several CCS, hydrogen, and offshore wind projects.
Oil and gas major Shell has selected Japanese electrical engineering and software company Yokogawa Electric Corporation as the main automation contractor for the construction of its Holland Hydrogen I plant in the Dutch port of Rotterdam. The plant will produce renewable hydrogen by using electricit
Aquaterra Energy and Seawind Ocean Technology have signed an agreement for the development of what the companies say will be the world’s largest floating offshore wind and green hydrogen production project in Italy. The project, named HyMed, is currently in its first phase of permitting, with the gr
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has opened applications for the $7 billion program to create regional clean hydrogen hubs (H2Hubs) across the country, as part of a larger $8 billion hydrogen hub program funded through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The H2Hubs program is launche
The global energy sector’s transition from fossil-based systems of energy production to renewable energy sources is proving to be an increasingly challenging goal to attain, especially in the context of current energy security and supply setbacks. However, offshore renewable energies – mainly offsho
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has confirmed to our sibling news site offshoreWIND.biz that it had submitted an application for a gigawatt-scale floating wind farm near the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. The project, which could also include Power-to-X (green hydrogen) capabilities,
Simply Blue Group and Irving Oil have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore opportunities related to the development of an integrated renewable energy hub at the Irving Oil Whitegate Refinery in Ireland. The Whitegate Refinery is the country’s only refinery and a critical part of the
A case study, conducted by Ocean Harvesting Technologies and Lundin Energy Norway, has shown that wave power could provide significantly more stable power production than offshore wind for the electrification of oil and gas platforms.
French waters offshore Saint-Nazaire are buzzing with inaugural activity today (22 September) as the country’s first offshore wind farm was officially put into operation and, in a separate event, the world’s first offshore green hydrogen production platform was launched. As reported by our sibling n
A pilot facility for the storage of fossil-free hydrogen gas, described as the first of its kind in the world, is now in operation in Luleå, Sweden. The HYBRIT pilot facility is owned by a Swedish trio comprising of state-owned power company Vattenfall, iron ore producer LKAB and steel company SSAB.
French green hydrogen technology developer Lhyfe, together with its partners, has inaugurated the world’s first offshore renewable hydrogen platform in France.
Texas-based engineering services company Jacobs has secured a contract with South Korean offshore wind farm project developer Elenergy to conduct a feasibility study for a new green hydrogen production and import facility in South Korea. The facility will provide locally produced and imported green
NextChem, a subsidiary of an international industrial group Maire Tecnimont S.p.A, has been assigned a €194 million grant for the development of a waste-to-hydrogen plant as part of the IPCEI Hy2Use project. As explained, the project sets up what is said to be the first industrial-scale technologica
