A recent EU report has revealed that Europe is facing a significant shortfall in achieving its 2030 hydrogen production and electrolyser capacity targets, with a gap of up to 12.8 million tonnes.
Despite the collapse of the German three-party coalition government, the potential of the nation’s hydrogen industry remains robust according to Charles River Associates’ (CRA) Dieter Keller-Giessbach.
UK Oil & Gas (UKOG) has raised £500,000 ($632,000) from investors to purchase land in East Yorkshire for a salt cavern hydrogen storage site.
Finland’s Gasgrid has selected StreamTec Solutions (STS) as its Owners Engineering partner to support the development of hydrogen transmission infrastructure projects in the Baltic Sea.
Energy consultancy Penspen has been awarded a contract to explore blending hydrogen into a Latvian natural gas grid.
Japanese transportation firm Mitsui O.S.K. Line (MOL) and nuclear power company Kansai Electric Power Co. (KEPCO) plan to jointly study liquid hydrogen carrier vessels.
“Evaluating commercial use cases will be key to identifying deployment strategies as the hydrogen economy continues to scale up and production costs continue to fall.”
Around 25% of the Normand’Hy project’s hydrogen output will be dedicated to meeting refuelling demand.
Sembcorp has set its eyes on constructing a hydrogen pipeline between Indonesia and Singapore, inking a joint development framework agreement (JDFA) with local gas transporters.
The French government has provided funding to develop hydrogen production and import facilities at the port of Le Havre, reportedly representing around €1.6bn ($1.69bn) of investment.
