Avaada raises funding for green hydrogen projects

Avaada Group has raised $1.07 billion from Brookfield Renewable to support its green hydrogen and green ammonia projects in India. The funding is part of the company’s ongoing plan to raise $1.3 billion. The funding will be made from the Brookfield Global Transition Fund (BGTF). To support its growth and release debt obligations, Avaada will

TotalEnergies and MSC Group complete first LNG bunkering operation

TotalEnergies Marine Fuels and the Cruise Division of MSC Group have successfully completed the first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) bunkering operation at the Port of Marseille Fos, Southern France, for MSC Cruises’ MSC World Europa. MSC World Europa, which was delivered in October 2022 by Chantiers de l’Atlantique at the Saint Nazaire shipyard in France,

Onyx to build blue hydrogen plant

Onyx Power wants to make a significant contribution to emission reduction in the Netherlands. In order to reach this goal Onyx Power plans to build a hydrogen production plant at its existing site in the port of Rotterdam to produce low carbon blue hydrogen. With a capacity of 1,200 MW the plant could produce some

Tata Steel begins hydrogen gas injection trial

Tata Steel commenced the trial injection at the plant in Jamshedpur, using 40% of the injection systems. The move to use hydrogen comes as India has set green hydrogen consumption targets for some industries like steel, in order to generate demand for cleaner fuel. The trial, expected to continue for four to five days on

RIL to begin gas output from MJ fields

Reliance Industries (RIL) is set to commission the MJ deepwater gas fields in the Krishna-Godavari (KG)-D6 basin during the April-June 2024 quarter, with production from the field aimed at 12mn m³/d during the April 2023-March 2024 fiscal year. With the commissioning of the MJ fields, gas output from RIL-BP’s KG-D6 block will rise to 30mn

HMM signs MOU with LOTTE for ammonia transportation

HMM is looking to enter the ammonia trades. The company has signed a memorandum of understanding(MoU) with compatriot. LOTTE Fine Chemical for the marine transportation of ammonia. The MoU also covers the bunkering of ammonia and methanol fuel. In 2021, HMM launched a consortium with five Korean partners to seek feasible solutions to form the

First certified low-carbon ammonia shipped to Japan

A first shipment of independently-certified low-carbon ammonia has arrived in Japan for use as fuel in power generation. The shipment is the result of a successful multiparty collaboration across the low-carbon ammonia value chain. The ammonia was produced by SABIC Agri-Nutrients with feedstock from Aramco, and sold by Aramco Trading Company to the Fuji Oil

Bear Head receives environmental approval for hydrogen production

Bear Head Energy Inc. has received environmental assessment approval to move forward with a green hydrogen and ammonia production, storage and loading facility in Point Tupper, Nova Scotia, formerly an LNG export facility. The project was given the green light by provincial Minister Timothy Halman of the Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change. The Canada

India aims to increase gas share in energy mix to 15%

The government has set a target to increase the share of natural gas in the country’s energy mix to up to 15 percent by the year 2030, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri said. According to Puri, energy security will remain vulnerable until alternative fuels are not developed indigenously, based on

EOIs invited for HVICs in India

The Ministry of Science and Technology in India has invited expressions of interest (EOIs) for Hydrogen Valley Innovation Clusters (HVIC) in the country as part of The National Green Hydrogen Mission approved by the country’s Union Cabinet in January 2023. A Hydrogen Valley is a defined geographical area where hydrogen serves more than one end