Spanish oil and gas firm Cepsa has said it could slow its €3bn ($3.2bn) green hydrogen investments planned in its home nation if temporary windfall taxes on energy companies become permanent. With plans to develop a 2GW green hydrogen hub in the Andalusia region of Spain, Cepsa had earmarked €3bn to step up three hydrogen [...]

Seeing support from Grupo ASV, Napil and Zubi, the capital will be used for the opening of the firm’s catalyst and electrode factory in Valencia, which it says will produce the equivalent of 1GW of electrodes per year. With a 10,000m2 facility in Paterna, Valencia, the firm expects to open its doors imminently. Designed for [...]

State-owned NTPC has partnered with the Indian army to build a solar-hydrogen microgrid in Chushul, Ladakh. Designed to operate independently of the grid, solar energy will produce hydrogen, which will be used as an energy storage medium. When combined with batteries, it will supply 200kW of power “round-the-clock” throughout the year. Set to replace existing [...]

Blue hydrogen will still account for 12% of the total hydrogen demand by 2050, a panel at the Hydrogen Technology Expo in Hamburg, Germany, has heard. Magnus Killingland, Global Segment Lead Hydrogen at DNV, explained that there are around 400 hydrogen plants in Europe and a third of these are based around refining. This is [...]

The industry must clearly communicate the benefits of hydrogen pipelines and the safety measures in place to reassure the public, according to Wood’s Global Technical Director. Colin McKinnon claimed that while hydrogen will be a big part of the energy solution, figureheads in the industry must explain to the public the need for hydrogen transportation, [...]

The plant in Newark, supported by $39.6m of US Department of Energy (DOE) funding, will manufacture the start-up’s 20MW eDynamic alkaline electrolyser modules, based on a single-cell architecture. Planned to boast up to “several gigawatts” of manufacturing capacity, the company partnered with metal coil provider ATI to optimise “everything” in the factory, according to Verdagy [...]

The global logistics firm will use the Class 8 hydrogen fuel cell trucks to deliver Diago North America goods from Diago’s Plainfield campus in Illinois, using a Nikola HYLA modular refueller at the site. Although few details have been revealed on the routes the hydrogen trucks might take, the companies believe the introduction of the [...]

Germany will need to build over 9GW of clean hydrogen production capacity in little over five years to meet its 2030 targets, the Hydrogen Technology Expo Europe in Hamburg has heard. The German Energy Agency’s (DENA) Laura Droste, told the event that despite recent momentum in the country, Germany currently holds just 0.3GW of hydrogen [...]

Finnish biofuel maker Neste is scrapping plans for a 120MW green hydrogen project, claiming national rules prevent the clean energy carrier’s use in its refinery. In a statement released today (October 24), the company said it had decided to withdraw from investing in a 120MW electrolyser project at its Porvoo refinery in Finland. Having already [...]

The fund plans to provide capital investments to TES for its e-NG projects using AP Funds, while also working with TES to “advocate for increased awareness and investment in e-NG among AP Funds’ investor base.” e-NG, or synthetic methane, is chemically identical to natural gas. Produced by combining green hydrogen with captured carbon dioxide (CO2), [...]