Japan’s MOL and KEPCO partner to explore liquid hydrogen carriers
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.
Across the news pages of this November issue of H2 View, sat amongst the new projects, partnerships and products, you’ll find stories of shelved projects, major cost reductions at companies, and downrated hydrogen usage estimates. While this might be becoming the new normal for the hydrogen industry as it enters its maturing stage, it continues to make for uncomfortable reading.
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.
Norwegian PEM electrolyser firm has launched its 1.5MW HyPilot green hydrogen field project at the Kårstø Gas Processing Plant in Rogaland.
Spain, Lithuania and Austria will launch national renewable hydrogen auctions under a European Commission initiative, earmarking a combined up to €836m ($883m).
Calling for stakeholders globally to scale up hydrogen by offering demand creation, standards and certification, finance, capacity building, trade, R&D and sustainability, the declaration launched ahead of COP is not part of official negotiations.
Selected as the project’s “exclusive electrolysis partner,” EH2’s unit will be built on the site of Uniper’s former coal-fired power plant.
Abraxas Power Corp. (Abraxas) and EDF Group have unveiled plans to develop a 3GW Power-to-X (P2X) project capable of producing 200,000 tonnes of green hydrogen annually in Newfoundland, Canada.
Mining major Rio Tinto will supply iron ore pellets from Canada to a hydrogen-based ironmaking project in France.
Italian electrochemical major De Nora is planning to build a 50-tonne-per-year green hydrogen plant in Sardinia to power a local raw materials firm’s industrial plant.
“e-NG produced in Azerbaijan could be delivered to Europe via the existing gas network infrastructure, such as the Southern Gas Corridor,” a joint statement said.
“There are too many coal fire power plants running in Europe. Our hydrogen-fired gas turbine combined cycle (GTCC) power plants could be the crown jewel of the market because there is skyrocketing demand for clean...
