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The loan will help Wabash Valley Resources finance its $2.6bn project in West Terre Haute, reviving a coal gasification facility idled since 2016 to produce 500,000 tonnes of anhydrous ammonia per year through a process equipped with carbon capture technology. Wabash plans to use coal from a nearby mine and petcoke as a feedstock, which will be reacted with oxygen and steam at high temperatures to produce syngas – a combination of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. This will be put through a water-gas shift reaction to increase hydrogen yield while generating carbon dioxide. While the hydrogen will be combined with [...]

Hydrogen, carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS), and bioenergy are set to play only a residual part in cleaning up global emissions, according to research firm Rystad Energy. In a global energy scenario report, it found decarbonising and growing the power sector with nuclear and renewables will account for 52% of reductions and electrification of “almost everything” will provide another 43%. This is a paid article, to read the article in full you can sign in if you are subscribed or subscribe today.

ProtonH2’s ISHG process stimulates natural hydrogen generation in depleted oil reservoirs. The firm has said this unlocks trapped hydrogen and converts mineral reactions underground into a steady supply of fuel. It involves injecting dioxygen (O2) into oil wells which reacts with hydrocarbons to generate high-concentration hydrogen syngas. Syngas can either be sold or separated into hydrogen for sale. However, the process does produce carbon dioxide (CO2). The company says ISHG “naturally sequesters” 15-20% of the CO2. The firm has been developing Project Apollo, which aims to produce up to 500 tonnes per day of hydrogen from disused oil wells. Frankfurt-based [...]

The SASHA Coalition and ten industry signatories warned that the STIP, part of the EU’s Clean Industrial Deal (CID), must not focus solely on transitional fuels such as sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and LNG, but also support zero-emission technologies through dedicated hydrogen funding, e-fuel incentives, and stronger refuelling infrastructure. Addressed to the European Commission, the letter states that hydrogen and battery technologies “offer the most sustainable paths for decarbonising short and medium-haul flight and maritime transport.” It added, “Yet these solutions have not received due regulatory support from the Commission as other technologies have. This policy gap has slowed the [...]

The 23,000 square metre facility in Herning, which has been under development since 2022, was originally due to come online in 2024 after securing a €94m ($108.7m) grant from the EU Innovation Fund. Equipped with automation production lines, the facility could eventually have a nameplate capacity of 5GW once fully loaded. The Danish technology firm has already secured SOEC orders from First Ammonia for its green ammonia project in Texas and Forestal for its Spanish e-methanol plant. Topsoe claims SOEC technology can be up to 20% more efficient than alkaline or PEM electrolysers, and go 30% more with steam integration [...]

Industrial gas major BP is seeking a Development Consent Order (DCO) from the government after the Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council approved landowner South Tees Group’s (STF) plan to build a data centre. However, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has delayed the decision from today (30 October) until 4 December to allow time for further consideration. DESNZ said the final decision will be made in “the national interest.” If approved, BP would gain compulsory purchase powers at the Teesworks site – essentially a legal right to force the sale of the land it needs, even if [...]

The agreement announced today (30 October) formalises Plug’s electrolyser selection earlier this year and supports the development of a large-scale sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), eSAF, and green diesel project backed by the Uzbek government. The US clean energy company will supply its GenEco PEM electrolyser modules, ranging in capacity from 100MW to 875MW. H2 View understands that the planned facility will have an annual output of around 350,000 tonnes of SAF, and 35,000 tonnes of diesel, using 4GW of renewable energy and 6,000 tonnes per day of biomass. ABF plans to reach a final investment decision (FID) on the project [...]

Industrial gas major Air Liquide has weighed in on recent US legislation as it relates to blue hydrogen production. On an earnings call this week, Air Liquide North America CEO Adam Peters said the passage into law of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on 4 July this year was significant for Air Liquide and other developers in the blue hydrogen space. This is a paid article, to read the article in full you can sign in if you are subscribed or subscribe today.

Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Development Organisation (NEDO) has approved the initiative, which is expected to run through to 2027. MHI will handle the front-end engineering and design (FEED) and technical design for the demonstration plant, which will convert ammonia back into hydrogen near end-use sites. Plant rendering © MHI Meanwhile, Nippon Shokubai will lead catalyst R&D, developing and supplying a low-temperature, non-noble-metal catalyst designed to enhance efficiency and durability in ammonia cracking. Alongside NEDO, Hokkaido Electric Power (Hepco) is also set to support the project, potentially as a future user of the technology in its regional decarbonisation strategy. The Japanese electric [...]

Under the preliminary deal, the partners plan to validate the technology ahead of full-scale commercialisation. Posco’s HyRex plant uses fluidised bed reactors (FBR) and electric smelting furnaces (ESF) in its DRI process. Unlike conventional DRI methods that require pelletised ore, H2 View understands that HyRex can process fine iron ore directly, which could reduce energy consumption and costs. The demonstration is also expected to support the development of a scaled-up 300,000 tonne per year demonstration plant in Pohang, South Korea, scheduled to start commissioning in early 2028. “Building on over 20 years of operational experience with the Finex process, Posco [...]