Masdar, the UAE-based developer and operator of utility-scale renewable energy projects, has signed landmark agreements which aim to develop 4GW green hydrogen facilities in Egypt by 2030, according to a statement.  The plants are projected to produce as much as 480,000 tons of green hydrogen per year.  The plants will be located in the Suez Canal […]

At the first-ever conference devoted exclusively to carbon-free hydrogen in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), participants looked in depth at the technical and financial complexities of getting major projects off the ground. They covered projects announced by various consortiums worldwide, all in early-stage development. An exception appeared in Saudi Arabia’s $5bn hydrogen-based ammonia […]

China has announced its first medium- to long-term plan to develop its hydrogen industry, including targets of up to 200,000 tons of green hydrogen a year by 2025, the country’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said in March. The plan was unveiled by China’s NDRC, the top economic regulator, in association with the National […]

Leading Australian energy producer Woodside has entered front-end engineering design (FEED) on a hydrogen project for the first time, awarding a contract in late December for FEED engineering services to Kellogg, Brown & Root LLC (KBR) for its proposed H2OK project in Oklahoma. H2OK is a liquid hydrogen production facility proposed for the Westport Industrial […]

Leading Australian energy producer Woodside has announced plans to expand its portfolio of hydrogen production opportunities to the US, securing land in Oklahoma for future development of a modular hydrogen facility and entering a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Hyzon Motors. Woodside has secured a lease and option to purchase 94 acres (38 hectares) of […]

Baker Hughes an energy technology company, has announced an investment in Ekona Power Inc., a growth stage company developing novel turquoise hydrogen production technology. Through its investment, Baker Hughes will enhance its broader hydrogen and natural gas decarbonization solutions portfolio, further contributing to the energy transition. Turquoise hydrogen is made from methane using pyrolysis, also known […]

Gabon wants to draw inspiration from the models of hydroelectric infrastructure set up in Legnano, a town in Milan, Italy and plan to improve its electricity supply. For this, a Gabonese delegation accompanied by teachers from the Polytechnic School who collaborated with the architect and engineer on the hydraulic design of the hydroelectric plant  “made in […]

The Namibian government has announced Hyphen Hydrogen Energy as the preferred bidder to develop the country’s first large-scale green hydrogen production project. The company will invest up to $9.4 billion over the next nine years. Namibia will be home to one of the largest green hydrogen projects on the African continent. In a competitive bidding […]

QatarEnergy, formerly Qatar Petroleum and Shell have agreed to pursue joint investments in blue and green hydrogen projects in the UK to help decarbonise industrial clusters and transport sectors, with a focus on the London metropolitan area. This is the first agreement on hydrogen between both companies. The deal was signed on the sidelines of […]

ENEOS Corporation, Chiyoda, and Queensland University of Technology have announced that they had succeeded in expanding the scale of their technological verifications of CO2- free hydrogen to a practical level for the first time in the world. We commenced technical verifications of the production, transportation, and dehydrogenation of CO2-free hydrogen in 2018. In order to […]