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The company reserved 87MW of power from the Vesfn municipality’s existing hydropowered grid to support the project’s first 30 tonnes per day phase, as it looks toward final investment decision (FID). Planned to be built in Nesbruket, Mosjøen, which sits at the end of a 48km fjord, the plant is expected to supply maritime applications in the region. “The capacity reservation provides the predictability we need to move the project towards [an FID] and construction start,” said Len Halvari, Gen2 CEO. Halvari also emphasised the project’s importance in reducing emissions in the maritime sector and creating new jobs and industrial [...]

The vessel will be built at Kawasaki’s Sakaide Works in Kagawa Prefecture and is anticipated to begin operating in the early 2030s, aligning with Japan’s plans to scale up imported hydrogen supply. Designed by KHI, the vessel will be based on the Suiso Frontier, which completed the world’s first liquid hydrogen export from Australia to Japan in 2022, but at a scale more than 30 times smaller. KHI said the vessel will use an insulation system to reduce boil-off, which occurs when liquid hydrogen warms above -253ºC and reverts to gas. Additionally, it will be equipped with an electric propulsion [...]

The Dublin-based firm said BrightHy would receive the funds from an unnamed “green energy technologies provider” after signing a non-binding term sheet in 2025. The deal sees Bright Hydrogen Holdings established, with the unnamed partner as a majority shareholder, which will serve as a standalone investment vehicle for future projects. Under the deal, BrightHy remains a wholly-owned Fusion Fuel subsidiary, but will act as the exclusive developer and manager of projects being undertaken by the investment vehicle. Project funding and ownership will sit with Bright Hydrogen Holdings, with individual project companies financed and approved at the holding company level. The [...]

The EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), designed to limit overseas carbon leakage, has been expanded to cover hydrogen and various products that could use the energy carrier. As of 1 January, hydrogen, electricity, fertilisers, aluminium, iron and steel, and cement are subject to CBAM fees as the bloc looks to cut its supply chain emissions, despite protests from China, the US, and others. CBAM is the EU’s tool to price the embedded emissions of carbon-intensive goods produced outside of the EU. It is hoped to encourage non-EU countries to decarbonise industries, while also generating revenues for clean technology projects. [...]

The Beaumont New Ammonia plant will be able to produce up to 1.1 million tonnes of blue ammonia per year in its first phase, targeting European and Asian offtakers in agriculture, power generation, and marine fuel sectors. The facility, built by OCI and Linde, uses autothermal reforming technology to split natural gas into carbon dioxide and hydrogen for synthesis with nitrogen. Currently, its production is unabated. However, OCI and Linde target bringing CCS technology online in the second half of 2026 to reduce the plant’s emissions by up to 95%. Capture CO2 will be fed into ExxonMobil’s CCS network. OCI [...]

Under a joint development agreement, the pair intend to convert existing natural gas pipelines to carry hydrogen between the Netherlands and Germany at Oude Statenzijl in Groningen and Vlieghuis in Drenthe. The pipelines could connect Dutch industrial areas, import terminals, storage, and production facilities with German industrial clusters in the Ruhr region and chemical facilities in Rhineland. However, the pace and scale of utilisation will depend on whether sufficient long-term offtake commitments emerge from energy-intensive industries, many of which are still assessing hydrogen costs and supply security. Thyssengas has already begun converting its natural gas pipeline between Vlieghuis and Ochtrup, [...]

The Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (MITECO) approved the second call under its Renoval scheme, which will draw on the country’s post-Covid recovery funds. Under the scheme, hydrogen technologies like electrolysers and fuel cells will be able to claim up to 15% of eligible costs, up to €150m ($175m) per project aimed at converting existing manufacturing lines. Spread into two incentive programmes, aimed at supporting small businesses and larger firms, projects will be able to stack the incentives with other EU programmes provided those schemes do no cover the same costs. Projects will also need to add social [...]

The AquaVentus industry group wants Germany’s flagship offshore wind law to allow green hydrogen production to take place at sea, instead of having to send electricity back to land. The association said if Germany’s Wind Energy at Sea Act (WindSeeG) remains focused on electricity-only connections, future offshore wind sites may be planned in ways that block or complicate hydrogen projects. Its comments come in response to a consultation by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) on amendments to the WindSeeG, which came into force in 2017 to support expanding offshore wind energy to 70GW by 2045. [...]

A statement issued on 1 January asks investors to file “if you believe you have incurred losses”. No lawsuit has yet been filed. The firm said after the industrial gas major announced it was in advanced negotiations with Yara International in relation to its flagship clean ammonia projects, its share price fell by almost 10%. “On this news, Air Products’ stock price fell $24.64 per share, or 9.45%, to close at $236.05 per share on 8 December,” the statement said. Pomerantz said its investigation concerns whether Air Products and “certain of its officers and/or directors” had “engaged in securities fraud [...]

The companies said METI granted the certification under the “Support Focusing on the Price Gap” scheme of Japan’s Hydrogen Society Promotion Act, which aims to accelerate the supply and use of clean hydrogen and its derivatives. The scheme offers financial support over a 15-year period to close the price gap between fossil fuels and clean hydrogen. Jera and Mitsui are partners, alongside CF Industries, in the 1.4 million tonne-per-year Blue Point blue ammonia project in Louisiana, which is expected to begin production in 2029. The project, which reached final investment decision last year will use an autothermal reforming plant equipped [...]