BP to supply hydrogen to Australian industry from 2025

The Australian hydrogen mega project proposed by a BP-led consortium will probably supply local industrial buyers from the mid-2020s, with the main export ambition realised from 2030, BP chief financial officer Murray Auchincloss. The first phase, to supply “nearby mining and other industries,” was relatively simple and could happen from the middle of the decade

CoolCo announces plans to add four LNG vessels to its fleet

LNG carrier owner Cool Company (CoolCo) has revealed plans to buy four vessels from Quantum Crude Tankers, an affiliate of Idan Ofer’s Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) and its largest shareholder. A spinoff of Tor Olav Trøim’s Golar LNG said it would pay around $660m for two modern two-stroke 174,000 cu m vessels Kool Firn and

Researchers produce biodiesel from leftover coffee grounds

Two Aston University researchers have produced high-quality biodiesel after ‘feeding’ and growing microalgae on leftover coffee grounds. Dr. Vesna Najdanovic senior lecturer in chemical engineering and Dr .Jiawei Wang were part of a team that grew algae which was then processed into fuel. In just the UK, approximately 98 million cups of coffee are drunk

KAUST scientists exploring to develop hydrogen fuel from seawater

KAUST scientists are exploring ways to produce hydrogen fuel from seawater, which is much more abundant than precious fresh water. Seawater, which comprises more than 95% of the Earth’s water, could become a key resource in the sustainable production of clean hydrogen fuel with use of water-splitting catalysts developed by a KAUST-led team. Water splitting

UW-Oshkosh, Agra Energy partner to turn dairy waste into renewable energy

Wisconsin’s first commercial facility to convert dairy farm waste into renewable biofuel for vehicles broke ground. Thanks to a partnership between the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and the California-based Agra Energy. The $20 million facility is located at the Dairyland Farm in New Franken. It will use new technology to convert manure into an estimated 750,000

ADNOC, GAIL agree to explore decarbonization opportunities

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and GAIL (India) Ltd. signed a memorandum of understanding to explore collaboration opportunities in LNG supply and decarbonization, including short- and long-term LNG sales agreements. The agreement also includes potential optimization of LNG trading activities, the review of joint equity investments in renewables and the monitoring of greenhouse gasses

India’s first green hydrogen cluster to come up in Karnataka

The upcoming Global Investors’ Meet (GIM) 2022 will see Karnataka emerging as the lead state in manufacturing green hydrogen in India. Seven companies ACME Solar, ABC Cleantech, ReNew Power, Avaada, JSW Green Hydrogen, PETRONAS Hydrogen and O2 Power have evinced interest to invest in Karnataka for green hydrogen manufacturing. Four of them have been cleared

Yara collaborating with Engie to build a green ammonia plant in Australia

Yara operates the world’s largest global ammonia network, including a world scale ammonia production facility in the Pilbara, Western Australia. In an effort to meet the growing market for green, zero carbon ammonia, Yara is collaborating with Engie to build a green ammonia plant adjacent to its existing fertiliser plant in the Pilbara. Stage 1

India approves soft funding for ethanol facilities

According to news reports the Indian the government has approved soft loans for another 61 ethanol facilities to help it achieve its 20% ethanol blending mandate by 2025. The new facilities will produce 2.57 billion liters of ethanol production capacity, of which 1.86 billion liters will use grain as feedstock. All of the approved projects

Pacific Basin sees methanol as best option

Pacific Basin Shipping, a Hong-Kong-headquartered dry bulk shipowner, said it sees methanol as its best option as it pursues commercially viable zero-emissions vessels. In May 2022, the company entered into a memorandum of understanding with Nihon Shipyard Co., Ltd and Mitsui & Co., Ltd to cooperate on the development of zero-emission vessels and potential investment