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Operations had already been reduced by around 20% earlier in the week due to the regional situation. It’s not just oil which makes Ruwais strategically important. The expanding industrial area aims to open a blue ammonia facility next year and Ruwais LNG, positioned as the MENA region’s first LNG export hub, is scheduled to open in the second half of 2028. The industrial area produces around 300,000 metric tonnes of hydrogen a year, which is primarily used for refining and petrochemical operations. The upcoming blue ammonia facility, targeting one million tonnes per annum (mtpa), is a joint venture involving TA’ZIZ [...]

Publish an updated hydrogen strategy, progress funding schemes, and stick to timelines, or risk squandering the UK’s hydrogen opportunity. That was the message from Clare Jackson, CEO of Hydrogen UK, in a keynote address at the trade group’s annual conference. This is a paid article, to read the article in full you can sign in if you are subscribed or subscribe today.

Located at a former refinery, the 20MW plant is due online in 2028 and is expected to produce around 2,000 tonnes of green hydrogen per year, supplying industrial customers across Milford Haven and Port Talbot. The FID was confirmed by UK electrolyser ITM Power, which received a notice to proceed with supplying its PEM technology in February. ITM has also signed a ten-year long-term service agreement with MorGen to provide maintenance and support for the plant’s operations. The West Wales project is among the first developments under the government’s Hydrogen Allocation Round 1 (HAR1) scheme to reach FID, and will [...]

It was the trade body’s third annual awards, where the winners were announced in a ceremony in Birmingham, recognising work across finance and investment, community engagement, industrial applications, transport and more. In an opening speech, Hydrogen UK Vice-President and Honeywell Director and Head of Government Relations, Willie Coetzee, said the sector was broadly on the right track, compared with other energy scale-ups. “If we apply ourselves, if we work together and work towards that common goal, we can stay the course and enable some of these barrier-breaking opportunities to get us there faster,” he said. Full list of winners: Hydrogen [...]

Its Sitra refinery produces hydrogen primarily through a high-capacity hydrogen production unit. Recently it added a clean hydrogen project using electrolysis powered by renewable energy, which supplies 20% of the refinery’s total hydrogen, as part of a $6bn modernisation programme. The hydrogen is primarily used for hydrocracking and hydride sulfurisation to produce cleaner fuels. The refinery also produces various petroleum products, including diesel, jet fuel, and naphtha for export. When force majeure is announced, the party unable to perform its contractual duties due to unforeseen, uncontrollable circumstances (such as natural disasters, wars, or pandemics) is generally excused from liability for non-performance or delay. This [...]

Direct, large-scale pink hydrogen production in Europe is currently very limited, as the industry is still in its pilot and policy-alignment phase. Over 95% of European hydrogen is still produced from fossil fuels, primarily through steam methane reforming. Speaking at the Nuclear Energy Summit, President Ursula von der Leyen pledged €200m to support private investment in nuclear technologies and unveiled a new European strategy for small modular reactors with the aim that they are operational by the early 2030s. Funding will come from the Emissions Trading System. “After years of declining investment, we need more to turn the tide,” she [...]

The engineering major will reveal the system, available in three different power variants, at an event in Berlin. According to Bosch, the systems will be suitable for buses between 12 and 18 metres long with the 100kW and 190kW iterations suited to intercity buses and coaches and the 300kW module appropriate for heavy-duty transport. The 190kW variant is set for testing in the first half of 2026. Jan-Oliver Röhrl, Chairman of Bosch’s global commercial vehicle activities, said the new propulsion system could work in conjunction with battery electric buses to help decarbonise transport. This comes as EU green hydrogen usage [...]

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The Criggion trial came under the UK government’s Industrial Hydrogen Accelerator programme and received part-funding from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). Hydrogen was used to replace liquid fossil fuels to produce more than 1,300 tonnes of asphalt, without any impact on the quality or performance of the material. The project demonstrated hydrogen as a viable alternative to fossil fuels in asphalt production, achieving a 76% reduction in Scope 1 (direct) emissions, equating to a 23% reduction in the overall carbon footprint of the asphalt produced. The source and volume of hydrogen used in the trial were [...]

Proposed by the European Commission in 2021, the ReFuelEU Aviation framework is part of the EU’s “Fit for 55” climate package, which aims to cut EU greenhouse-gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030. The regulation is designed to support the scale-up of low-carbon aviation fuels, including eSAF produced using renewable hydrogen. In an announcement, the EU’s transport arm reaffirmed the penalties and obligations outlined in the ReFuelEU Aviation initiative after reports they may be scrapped. The post follows policy discussions around the need for clear penalties for missing fuel quotas under the mandates, which dictate that at least 10% [...]