India to invite bids for green hydrogen plants in May

India will by May invite bids for subsidies for setting up green-hydrogen manufacturing and utilisation hubs, fertiliser and steel plants based on the fuel, and factories for making electrolysers. The bidding process is part of a first phase of a $2 billion incentive plan announced last week to boost use of green hydrogen to cut

Targets for green hydrogen consumption set in India

India has set green hydrogen consumption targets for some industries, so as to generate demand for cleaner fuel in its quest to reach netzero by 2070. One of the world’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, India approved a plan of incentives worth more than $2 billion last week to develop a green hydrogen production capacity

Study finds record efficiency in using artificial photosynthesis to make hydrogen

A study published has reported a way to achieve a relatively high efficiency in an artificial photosynthesis reaction in which water is split into oxygen and hydrogen using sunlight and a catalyst. The technique is called photocatalysis. Were this to work to plan, it could help lower the cost of green hydrogen. India’s Union Cabinet

IOC to monetise hydrogen units

Country’s largest public-sector refiner Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) plans to hive off hydrogen producing units and sulphur recovery facilities at its refineries to a separate entity and then sell stakes in it to the private sector to raise close to Rs 10,000 crore. The plan is in line with the government’s asset monetisation programme where

South Korea to import hydrogen

The South Korean government announced that hydrogen produced in Malaysia and the UAE would be imported in 2027 and later for the purpose of power generation and export after conversion into ammonia. The hydroelectric power generation-based hydrogen in Malaysia is scheduled to be supplied by Samsung Engineering and Lotte Chemical. In the UAE, Korea Electric

Megaprojects for hydrogen production initiated by WA Government

The Western Australian (WA) government announced it had earmarked land for seven projects collectively valued at $70 billion at two heavy industrial estates near the Pilbara coastal towns of Port Hedland and Onslow. WA state development minister Roger Cook said providing the land for projects including hydrogen, ammonia and green iron ore would help transform

MOL to start building Wind-Hunter

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) plans to launch the construction of Wind Hunter, a hydrogen-producing vessel outfitted with multiple rigid sails, in 2024. The construction forms part of the company’s Wind Hunter project, which seeks new applications for hydrogen fuel and wind power. The project intends to use MOL’s rigid, collapsible sail technology developed under the

RWE and Equinor agree for development of hydrogen projects

German power producer RWE (RWEOY) and Norwegian state-owned energy firm Equinor on announced plans to build hydrogen-fueled power plants in Germany over the next few years, as well as a major pipeline between the two countries to feed them. The agreement — which is not yet legally binding — is part of Germany’s efforts to

Hydrogen fuel cell electric aircraft can soon be a reality

The US firm ZeroAvia is one step closer to bringing its zero emission electric aircraft to market, powered by hydrogen fuel cells. The jet-tracking social media account ElonJet has drawn renewed attention to the role of private and corporate aircraft in blurting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The issue can be an embarrassing one for

Hydrogen lorries to hit roads in Germany in 2023

GP Joule in Reußenköge in Schleswig-Holstein is aiming to put the first of 5,000 hydrogen-powered lorries on roads across Germany by mid-2023. Hydrogen can prove a viable alternative to costly batteries for heavy-duty lorries as the fuel can be filled quickly into high-pressure tanks and converted into electric power. This comes as subsidies of up