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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 [...]

Despite solar PV spearheading decarbonisation in the city state, its National Hydrogen Strategy positions hydrogen as a longer-term decarbonisation option, with hydrogen-compatible gas plants and pilot projects designed to preserve optionality beyond 2035. Mohammed Ziauddin, Power Analyst at GlobalData, said Singapore’s clean energy strategy reflects the constraints of a dense, import-dependent system. “Solar PV is being scaled within physical limits through targeted policy mechanisms and urban deployment models, while parallel investment in storage, gas modernisation, and regional interconnections support reliability and system balance,” he said. Singapore’s power system is shaped by long-standing structural constraints related to land availability, limited domestic [...]

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 [...]

RCT Hydrogen, 51% owned by Germany’s RCT Group and 49% owned by Guofuhee, said it would begin preparing a 250MW electrolyser plant in eastern Germany, with plans to deliver its first 2.5MW system in Q1 2026. The electrolyser facility will manufacture pressurised alkaline stacks based on Guofuhee technology, while the company also intends to establish a hydrogen producing and selling service. Under RCT Hydrogen’s “hydrogen-as-a-service” offering, Vice-President Sales and Products Dr Eric Rüland said the company could provide hydrogen gas to industrial customers at “fixed prices”. “Various partners in Europe have also been found for this model, with whom further [...]

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Up to 20 hydrogen-powered buses were previously planned to operate in the UK city. However, the authority concluded that global hydrogen supply constraints and high costs made them less practical. Instead, the LCRCA will convert the fleet to battery-electric buses, adding to the electric vehicles already on order as part of its wider bus network overhaul. “The move to further expand the fully-electric bus fleet strengthens the Liverpool City Region’s position as a leader in sustainable transport and accelerates its journey towards becoming Net Zero,” it said in a statement. Backed by the £1.6bn Transport for City Region settlement, the [...]