Making hydrogen straight from seawater

The new method from RMIT University researchers splits the seawater directly into hydrogen and oxygen – skipping the need for desalination and its associated cost, energy consumption and carbon emissions. Hydrogen has long been touted as a clean future fuel and a potential solution to critical energy challenges, especially for industries that are harder to

First waste-to-hydrogen plant to come up in Pune

The first solid waste-to-hydrogen plant in India will be set up in Pune at a cost of over Rs 430 crore. The plant will be set up by sustainability solutions provider TheGreenBillions Ltd (TGBL), who has entered into a 30-year-long agreement with Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC). It will treat 350 tonnes of solid garbage every

Greenko to invest $6 bn into hydrogen storage

The Greenko group is building the world’s largest pumped hydro storage facility with a capacity of 1,680 MW near Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. The company plans three more such facilities in the next three years. Two of these will be roughly of the same size and the third one-and-half times as big. Together, these will have

Indian refiners to set up green hydrogen facilities by 2030

The Indian public sector oil refineries have together planned to set up 137 kilo tonnes per annum (ktpa) of green hydrogen facilities by 2030. This was revealed by Dr S S V Ramakumar, Director – R&D, Indian Oil Corporation, at the India Energy Week, held recently in Bengaluru. Participating in a panel discussion on green

Airbus partners with hydrogen consortium for aviation decarbonisation

Airbus has proven to be one of the leaders when it comes to decarbonizing aviation, and its efforts are now reaching New Zealand. A new consortium established in the country is planning to transform Kiwi flights by focusing on green hydrogen. Air New Zealand unveiled multiple collaborations with the same goal. It wants to sport

ReNew to explore investment opportunities in hydrogen

ReNew will explore investment opportunities in the green hydrogen space as the clean energy firm is expanding its business portfolio. ReNew will explore investment opportunities in the green hydrogen space as the clean energy firm is expanding its business portfolio, its chairman Sumant Sinha said. Sinha made the remarks on the sidelines of an event

Seaside expands US LNG bunker fleet

Seaside LNG continues its expansion into the US LNG bunkering sector with the acquisition of TOTE Maritime’s bunker barge Clean Jacksonville. The company, backed by the Houston-based investment manager Arroyo, has, via its maritime transportation unit Polaris New Energy, struck a deal to continue fueling TOTE’s LNG-powered containerships and with TOTE Services to continue serving

EverWind Fuels receives nod for first industrial-scale green fuels

EverWind Fuels Company has received environmental approval from the Government of Nova Scotia for the initial phase of its C$6b, 1m-tonnes-per-annum green hydrogen and green ammonia project located in Point Tupper, Nova Scotia. EverWind remains on track to deliver green ammonia to German off-takers E.ON and Uniper by 2025, achieving the goals outlined in the

Research finds hydrogen viable alternative to fossil fuels

Hydrogen fuel could be a more viable alternative to traditional fossil fuels according to University of Surrey researchers who have found that a type of metal-free catalysts could contribute to the development of cost-effective and sustainable hydrogen production technologies. The study has shown promising results for the use of edge-decorated nano carbons as metal-free catalysts

NFE to use Honeywell technologies for LNG projects

New Fortress Energy (NFE) will use a series of technologies from technology company Honeywell UOP to remove various contaminants from natural gas prior to liquefaction at its fast LNG (liquefied natural gas) projects. According to Honeywell, it will provide engineering services and process technology which will pretreat feed gas at NFE’s facilities. To note, NFE’s