ABB and Hydrogen Optimized to collaborate on green hydrogen 

ABB has signed an agreement with Canadian technology innovator Hydrogen Optimized Inc. (HOI), a company that is engaged in unlocking green hydrogen production at scale, aimed at expanding the partnership and including an investment in HOI’s parent company Key DH Technologies Inc. (KEY). The partners are seeking to accelerate the fast-emerging green hydrogen production segment

Tata Motors to develop solar project at Jamshedpur facility

Tata Motors has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Tata Power to develop a 7.25 Mwp onsite solar project at its commercial vehicle manufacturing facility. The project will be a significant move to increase the renewable energy portfolio at its manufacturing facility. With this project, the onsite solar plant capacity of Tata Motors’ Jamshedpur

Crude oil production in India declines in July

India’s crude oil production during July 2022 was 2453.19 thousand metric tonnes (TMT), which is 5.57% lower than target for the month and 3.76% lower than the production of July 2021. Cumulative crude oil production during April-July, 2022 was 9912.42 TMT, which is 2.17% lower than target for the period and 0.50% lower than production

IREDA to offer loans to MAHAPREIT on green energy projects  

The Mahatma Phule Renewable Energy and Infrastructure Technology Ltd. (MAHAPREIT), a fully owned subsidiary of MPBCDC, and the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA) signed a memorandum of understanding. According to the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding, IREDA will provide MAHAPREIT with financing options for the renewable energy projects that will be developed

World’s first hydrogen-powered train fleet launched in Germany

A fleet of 14 trains powered entirely by hydrogen is launched in Germany’s Lower Saxony state. Germany has inaugurated a railway line powered entirely by hydrogen, a “world premiere” and a significant step forward for green train transport despite nagging supply challenges. A fleet of 14 trains provided by French industrial giant Alstom to the

Liquid hydrogen storage tank from India begins journey from Kandla to Korea

INOXCVA, an Indian multinational, among the world’s leading manufacturers of cryogenic equipment and solutions, flagged-off the largest bulk Liquid Hydrogen Storage Tank ever made in India. Built with a massive storage capacity of 238 m3, the Tank embarked on its journey from INOXCVA’s Kandla facility to its destination for a clean energy demonstration project in

Energy Transfer agreed to supply LNG to Shell

US. pipeline operator Energy Transfer LP said it agreed to supply 2.1 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year to Shell Plc for 20 years. The deal for supplies from its proposed Lake Charles, Louisiana, facility comes as demand and prices for LNG are soaring over Russia’s February invasion of Ukraine. LNG prices

Green hydrogen and methanol from forest, and plastic waste

Leaders of a South Korean advanced technology company are in the Mountain State meeting with economic development officials, university researchers, and state and federal representatives to explore potential sites for a hydrogen gasification facility that would create green energy from forest, plant, and plastic waste products. Plagen Co., Ltd., technology produces hydrogen from various wastes

Efforts to convert carbon dioxide into bulk chemicals and liquid fuels

A team led by Prof. Yuhan Sun and Gao Peng from Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Sciences reported recent efforts by their group aimed at developing high-performance heterogeneous catalysts for the conversion of CO2 and H2 in producing bulk chemicals (methanol, lower olefins, aromatics) and specific-range hydrocarbons (gasoline and jet fuel) with

HPCL begins conversion of cow dung to biofuel

The Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited commenced its first cow dung-to-compressed biogas project in Sanchore, Rajasthan. The plant, which is slated to be commissioned in a year, will utilise 100 tonne cow dung per day to produce biogas, and the same can then be utilised as automative fuel. The ground breaking ceremony of the project took