Happy New Year and welcome to the first edition of our Weekly News Round Up for 2??0??2??3??????! ?
Here are our top 5 news pieces for this week with key takeaways:
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HH2E
AG has agreed to buy 120MW of #hydrogen capacity from Norway’s
Nel Hydrogen
ASA, in the form of two 60 MW #electrolyser plants to be built in Germany, a contract which is reported to be worth over €30mln (￡26.5mln) ??
- The German #greenenergy company said the two plants using Nel electrolysers and experience will be “among the largest green hydrogen production plants in Europe announced to date” ??
- The hydrogen will be used for #industrial applications, #transportation and heat, HH2E said, as it aims to produce 4GW of the fuel by 2030 ??
- “These projects are important for the #energytransition in Germany and Europe, and we are excited to support HH2E in their efforts to create a greener society," said
H?kon Volldal
, chief executive of Nel ??
- ?A new study by
Bosch
has found that 41% of people surveyed globally believe #hydrogen and #fuelcells have the greatest potential to drive #sustainability in the future, putting it in joint first with #climate engineering. The Bosch Tech Compass 2023 surveyed people around the world to take the temperature on feelings and public perception towards technology ??
- A headline figure of the report was that 83% of respondents think that future #technology will play a key role in combating #climatechange, up from 76% from the 2022 survey ??
- 33% of people globally believe hydrogen/fuel cells will make a ‘particularly positive’ contribution to society, beaten only by biotechnology and climate engineering with 37% and 36% respectively ??
- German respondents ranked hydrogen and fuel cells as their #toptechnologies that they believe will make a positive contribution to society, with 45% of respondents backing it ??
- UK respondents also backed hydrogen and fuel cells strongly, coming as their second most favoured technology with 44% believing it would make a #positive impact, behind climate engineering at 51% ??
- Norway’s
Equinor
and Germany’s
RWE
are to build several new #gas power plants that will eventually be run on #hydrogen as part of plans by the two countries for an extensive partnership in greener energy ??
- The facilities will run first on gas, then on hydrogen produced from gas with carbon capture and storage, and finally on hydrogen made using #renewableenergy ?
- “The #energycrisis has highlighted Norway’s importance as a reliable supplier of gas to Europe but it has also underscored the need to accelerate the transition to renewable energy,” said Jonas Gahr St?re, Norway’s prime minister ?
-
Anders Opedal
, Equinor’s chief executive, said: “The collaboration has the potential to develop Norway into a key supplier of hydrogen to Germany and Europe. This is a unique opportunity to build a #hydrogenindustry in Norway where hydrogen also can be used as feedstock to domestic industries.” ??
- The agreement involves establishing production for #lowcarbon hydrogen in Norway and exporting hydrogen via a potential pipeline between the countries ??
- Norwegian company
Blastr Green Steel
(Blastr) is planning to establish a #greensteel plant with an integrated hydrogen production facility ??
- Blastr has entered into a Letter of Intent with Nordic energy company
Fortum
that provides Blastr exclusive rights to use an existing industrial site located in Inkoo ??
- The €4bn #investment is expected to create up to 1,200 direct #jobs in the operations phase, with production planned to start by end of 2026 ??
- The green steel plant together with the integrated #hydrogen facility will be among the largest industrial investments planned in Finland to date. The plant aims to produce 2.5m tonnes of hot and cold-rolled green steel annually ?
-
Hans Fredrik Wittusen
, CEO of Blastr Green Steel, said, “Finland is an ideal location for our project. It has an ambitious low-carbon target, supportive and predictable operating conditions for the green industry, #fossilfree energy, and a highly qualified workforce. Inkoo was selected as our location due to its high-quality infrastructure and access to #cleanpower . In addition, the ice-free deep-sea harbour enables efficient, low-carbon logistics all year round and close access to the European market.” ??
- The prototype
Royal Terberg Group
tug unit - which doesn't produce any #exhaustemissions - is being used to move containers arriving on vessels at Immingham, which is the UK’s largest port by tonnage ??
- Maritime Minister Baroness
Charlotte Vere
said the initiative showed the UK was "serious about cleaning up the sector" and that "Decarbonising the maritime sector goes beyond #cuttingemissions at sea, and this trial demonstrates that hydrogen will play a significant part in UK's port operations and shed their dependence on #fossilfuels " ??
- Next week, a public consultation will be launched regarding the first #largescale, green hydrogen production facility being sited at the port in a partnership by
空气化工产品公司
and ABP ??
- A new #jetty will be built as part of the facility to receive #ammonia imports which will be stored and processed to produce #greenhydrogen , to fuel vehicles like buses and HGVs ??
