Why almost nobody is buying green hydrogen?

Hydrogen’s potential as a carbon-free fuel has provoked no end of excitement. From the deserts of Australia and Namibia to the wind-blasted straits of Patagonia, companies and governments worldwide plan to build almost 1,600 plants to make it. The gas can be produced cleanly by using wind- or solar-powered electricity in a process that splits

Alma Clean Power successfully tests 100 kW direct ammonia fuel cell system

Alma Clean Power, a provider of clean power systems for ocean industries, is proud to announce the successful initial testing of its groundbreaking fuel cell system powered directly by ammonia. One year ago, Alma Clean Power announced the successful testing of the world’s first 6 kW direct ammonia fuel cell system. The system has been

Tata Steel, Welspun manufacture pipes for pure hydrogen transportation

Tata Steel, a leading global steel company, and Welspun Corp, one of the largest manufacturers of line pipes globally, achieved the significant milestone of developing Hydrogen compliant API X65 grade pipes which successfully surpassed all necessary critical sour service and fracture qualification tests for transportation of 100% pure gaseous Hydrogen under high pressure (100 bar)

CIL and GAIL to set up synthetic natural gas plant

Coal India Limited (CIL) and GAIL (India) Limited form a joint venture for setting up a Coal to Synthetic Natural Gas (SNG) plant using surface coal gasification (SCG) technology. The plant to come up in Raniganjarea of Eastern Coalfields Limited, West Bengal is planned to produce 80000 Nm3 per hour of Synthetic Natural Gas (SNG).

IITM Research Park unveils new battery storage system

The IIT Madras (IITM) Research Park has launched a large-scale 1 MWh lithium-ion battery storage system This ready-to-deploy and modular battery storage system is charged with wind and solar energy and raises the campus’s renewable energy share to 90%. The technology, indigenously designed and developed by the Center for Excellence in Energy & Telecommunications (CEET),

HPCL explores LNG import deals

India’s Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd is scouting for liquefied natural gas (LNG) import deals as it expects to start its 5 million ton per year (tpy) LNG terminal in western India by end of this year. The company’s previous attempt to commission the Chhara LNG terminal in April failed due to the bad weather, he

Over 400 hydrogen carriers will be needed by 2050: ICS

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has launched a new report identifying global hydrogen demand to 2050, with South Korea, Japan and Europe being the first markets for hydrogen. The report highlights that to meet just 30m tonnes of annual global green hydrogen demand, the world would require up to 411 new hydrogen vessels –

Canada invests $300 mn to boost clean hydrogen trade with Germany

Canada’s Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson announced a commitment of up to CA$300 million (US$216.89 million) to support clean hydrogen trade with Germany, one of Canada’s closest allies. The hydrogen truck manufacturer Nikola has recently opened the first commercial hydrogen refueling station in Ontario, Canada. The station was opened together with IT industries, Nikola‘s first dealer

Edison completes LNG bunkering in Adriatic Sea

Edison announced that it has completed the liquefied natural gas (LNG) refuelling in the port of Trieste. The ship-to-ship bunkering operation is the first to take place in the Adriatic Sea and the first to be carried out by Edison through the use of the LNG carrier Ravenna Knutsen, which has been supplying the Ravenna

Spacenet Enterprises forms JV with Modern Fuel Technologies for LNG projects

Hyderabad-based Spacenet Enterprises India Ltd and Russia’s Modern Fuel Technologies will form a joint venture aimed at executing Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) projects across India with a focus on retail. In this JV, Spacenet will be holding a 15-25 per cent stake which adds value to the company, the company said in a statement. The