Wintershall Dea teams up with HES Wilhelmshaven for CO2 hub scheme

European oil and gas firm Wintershall Dea has teamed up with HES Wilhelmshaven Tank Terminal to jointly develop a CO2 hub at Germany’s largest independent liquid bulk terminal in the Port of Wilhelmshaven. The project envisions capturing CO2 from German industrial sites and transporting the gas to the planned hub, dubbed CO2nnectNow, from which it

Neste partners with EDi to supply renewable diesel

Neste is partnering with EDi Energie-Direkt Hohenlohe GmbH and TOOL-FUEL Services GmbH to jointly enable the supply of Neste MY Renewable Diesel in Germany and contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emission in the transport sector. The two companies will distribute and sell Neste MY Renewable Diesel in Germany, while Neste will ensure sufficient volumes of

First Hydrogen forays into Europe

First Hydrogen announced it is advancing its European Union strategy with expansion in key European countries. This strategy is supported by the European Parliament’s decision to commit to ambitious binding renewable targets and simplify the regulatory framework, with green hydrogen at the center of this commitment. First Hydrogen currently has key personnel in Germany, Austria,

IEA recommends countries to work together on hydrogen

The IEA’s new Breakthrough Agenda Report contains four key priority areas for hydrogen and projects annual value chain investment could top as much as $130bn through to 2030. Demand creation, standards and certification, research and innovation and financial and technical assistance are the ‘big four’ that stand out in the report as immediate priorities for

Germany to sign LNG contracts in UAE

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was expected to sign contracts for liquefied natural gas (LNG) during his visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Economic Affairs and Climate Action Minister Robert Habeck said. Habeck was touring Lubmin, where the construction of one of Germany’s new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals was set to start. The construction

India to roll out Hydrogen powered train on next I-Day

India will roll out its first hydrogen-powered train, designed, developed and manufactured indigenously, on the next Independence Day, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said. The world’s first hydrogen-powered train was rolled out in Germany last month. This gas is an environment-friendly fuel. At the programme, the minister said that a train, built at the Integral

Germany flags off world’s first hydrogen-powered passenger train

Coradia iLint with fleet of 14 trains, manufactured by French company Alstom, were flagged off in the German province of Lower Saxony in Germany. They will operate between the northern towns of Cuxhaven, Bremerhaven, Bremervoerde and Buxtehude. The hydrogen-powered trains have a “range of 1,000 kilometres”, can clock a top speed of “140 kph” and

BPA and Wilhelmshaven ports to support clean energy partnership

The Belledune Port Authority (BPA), which manages the infrastructure and assets of the Port of Belledune in northern New Brunswick, Canada, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Niedersachsen Ports in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, to collaborate on the movement of dry and liquid bulk commodities, as well as manufactured products, between Canada and Germany, with a

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

Germany locks LNG supplies for two FRSUs

Germany has signed a memorandum of understanding with its top utilities to ensure the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for the two floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs). Under the deal with Uniper, RWE and EnBW subsidiary VNG, the country’s first two FSRU-based LNG import terminals in Wilhelmshaven and Brunsbuettel will be fully supplied