Celanese Corporation commences CCU project

Celanese Corporation, a global specialty materials and chemical company, announced it has begun running a carbon capture and utilization (CCU) project at its Clear Lake, Texas, site as part of its Fairway Methanol joint venture with Mitsui & Co., Ltd. The project is expected to capture 180,000 metric tons of CO2 industrial emissions and produce

ACWA Power to develop $4 bn green hydrogen project

The project will have a capacity of 600,000 tonnes per year of green ammonia, with an investment of more than $4 billion. AWCA investor and operator of power generation, water desalination and green hydrogen plants worldwide, The agreement was signed between ACWA Power and The Sovereign Fund of Egypt (TSFE), the Suez Canal Economic Zone

India building largest RE project in salt deserts

Rising from the bare expanse of the large salt desert that separates India from Pakistan is what will likely be the world’s largest renewable energy project when completed three years from now. The solar and wind energy project will be so big that it will be visible from space, according to developers of what is

Sprintex  supplies critical component to $15 bn Hydrogen-Powered Shipping Project

Australian technology will play a major role in a European Union (EU) project designed to halve emissions in the maritime industry by 2050. Australian company Sprintex has supplied a critical component to the US$15 billion EU Sustainable Hydrogen-Powered Shipping Project (sHYpS), involving 13 partner companies in six countries, which will convert six cruise ships to

DFC approves $425 mn for Tata Power project

The US International Development Finance Corporation has approved a financial aid of up to $425 million (Rs 3,521 crore) to Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd for setting up a 4.3 GW solar cell in Tamil Nadu by its subsidiary. The plant’s first module production is expected by year-end and the first cell production is expected

Bioenergy research project likely to enter demonstration phase

Bioenergy research project likely to enter demonstration phase

Egypt and Norway agree for green methanol project

Egypt signed a joint development agreement with Norway’s Scatec to establish the country’s first green methanol production project in Damietta Port with investments worth around $450 million. The project is the “first of its kind” in Egypt and the Middle East and will “contribute to placing Egypt on the global map of nations that produce

FID is less than 10% for hydrogen project proposals

As many as 680 large-scale hydrogen project proposals have been proposed globally, with an estimated $240 billion in direct investment through 2030. However, only about 10% of those projects, or $22 billion, have reached a final investment decision. According to Daria Nochevnik, director for policy and partnerships with Hydrogen Council, a global, CEO-led hydrogen initiative,

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

Dynapower selected to provide rectifiers to hydrogen storage project

Dynapower announced that it has been selected to provide 220 megawatts of IGBT chopper rectifiers to the Advanced Clean Energy Storage hub—powering the production of green hydrogen to accelerate the decarbonization of the Western United States. Located in Delta, Utah, the Advanced Clean Energy Storage hub will be the world’s largest renewable energy storage facility.