Weekly News Round Up 21/04

WEEKLY NEWS ROUND UP

Welcome to our Weekly News Round Up.

?Here are our top 5 news pieces for this week with key takeaways:

1. Spanish industry kicks off EU green hydrogen race -?Spanish industry kicks off EU green hydrogen race (yahoo.com)

? Key takeaways:

• As the global price of #solarpower continues to fall, Spain is betting that it can rapidly build a new supply chain for sectors of the economy that require #hydrogen for industrial processes, and which have been harder to wean off fossil fuels ??
• The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimated in December that Spain would account for half of Europe’s growth in dedicated #renewable capacity for hydrogen production ??
• The potential for green hydrogen can be seen in Puertollano, a former mining town now home to a large industrial park where Spanish energy company Iberdrola and fertilizer manufacturer Grupo Fertiberia have partnered to create the first #zerocarbon plant nutrients in the world. The #fertilizer will one day be scattered onto malt barley, which will then be used to make 喜力 's first “green malt” beverage ??
• Iberdrola owns the 100 megawatts' worth of solar panels that power #electrolyzers to separate water from hydrogen. Huge hydrogen storage tanks then feed pipes that take the #gas direct to Fertiberia, where it is used to make #ammonia, the foundational chemical in nitrogen fertilizers ?
• “We have green hydrogen for these difficult-to-abate sectors, so that we can achieve the goal of a totally decarbonized economy,” said Javier Plaza de Agustín , who manages Iberdrola’s #greenhydrogen arm ??
• The plant has the capacity to reduce Fertiberia’s #emissions by 10%, but most of the fertilizer firm’s hydrogen is still drawn from natural gas, creating so-called “gray” hydrogen. The company plans to be 100% carbon neutral by 2035 ??

2. Factbox: Key excerpts from G7 statement on energy and climate change - Factbox: Key excerpts from G7 statement on energy and climate change | Reuters

? Key takeaways:

• “Recognising the primary need to accelerate the #cleanenergy transition through energy savings and gas demand reduction, investment in the gas sector can be appropriate to help address potential market shortfalls provoked by the crisis, subject to clearly defined national circumstances, and if implemented in a manner consistent with our #climateobjectives and without creating lock-in effects, for example by ensuring that projects are integrated into national strategies for the development of #lowcarbon and renewable hydrogen” ??
• "We recognise low-carbon and renewable hydrogen and its derivatives such as ammonia should be developed and used where they are impactful as effective #emissionreduction tools to advance #decarbonisation across sectors and industries, notably in hard-to-abate sectors in industry and transportation” ??
• "We also note that some countries are exploring the use of low-carbon and renewable #hydrogen and its derivatives in the power sector to work towards zero-emission thermal #power generation if this can be aligned with a 1.5°C pathway and our collective goal for a fully or predominantly decarbonised power sector by 2035." ??
• "We underline our commitment, in the context of a global effort, to accelerate the phase-out of unabated #fossilfuels so as to achieve net zero in energy systems by 2050 at the latest” ??
• "We recognise the range of pathways that G7- and beyond-G7 members are adopting to approach this goal. We are committed to the goal of achieving net-zero #emissions in the road sector by 2050, and underline that a transition over the coming decade to #infrastructure and a vehicle fleet that supports zero emissions transport is critical." ??

3. Rolls-Royce reveals green hydrogen production and fuel cell plans - Rolls-Royce reveals green hydrogen production and fuel cell plans (h2-view.com)

? Key takeaways:

• Rolls-Royce plans to produce green hydrogen at is Friedrichshafen headquarters and test its mtu hydrogen engines and #fuelcell systems ??
• They have also announced that they have successfully tested a 250kw fuel cell demonstrator, which proved that the system could provide uninterruptible #power in a blackout situation ?
• Norbert Markert, head of H2Infrastructure project at Rolls-Royce Power Systems, said, “Our new facilities will cover a large part of the hydrogen value chain – from infrastructure to production, distribution and use.” ??
• Dr. Daniel Chatterjee , Director Sustainability, Technology Strategy & Regulatory Affairs at Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG , added, “The common goal of Rolls-Royce and Hoeller Electrolyzer GmbH is to develop a solution to produce hydrogen with #greenenergy at low cost and on a large scale.” ??
• Rolls-Royce revealed its mtu fuel cell system will be used in the port of Duisport as part of the publicly funded enerPort II project, one of the ‘world’s largest’ island ports. It will commission a new terminal with a hydrogen-based supply network during 2024. ??

4. Lhyfe’s to start construction on 5MW green hydrogen production site - Lhyfe’s to start construction on 5MW green hydrogen production site (h2bulletin.com)

? Key takeaways:

• The plant, which should be operational by the end of 2023, is one of the levers of the Occitanie Region for achieving the goals of its Occitanie H2 Corridor project aimed at #decarbonising goods and passenger transport ??
• The Lhyfe Occitanie site will have the capacity to produce two tonnes of green and #renewable hydrogen a day (equivalent to a generating capacity of 5 MW), with the possibility to ramp up #production to meet growth in hydrogen uses and needs in the region ??
• The aim of the Region for the Occitanie H2 Corridor is to have two #renewable hydrogen production facilities by the end of 2024, representing a total of six tonnes of output a day to start, seven #hydrogenfuel stations (delivering 600 to 1 200 kg a day), 40 hydrogen-powered trucks, 62 refrigerated trailers/units and 15 regional #interurban buses retrofit to run on hydrogen ?

5. UK gas networks ‘ready to deliver hydrogen infrastructure’ - UK gas networks ‘ready to deliver hydrogen infrastructure’ (h2-view.com)

? Key takeaways:

• Gas networks are ready to invest ￡6.8bn in hydrogen-focused innovation projects by 2031/32, the report states, but to deliver, the #industry sets out a 10-point plan ??
• It wants the #government to ensure that the current high levels of political commitment to hydrogen production development are matched for hydrogen network infrastructure development; a clear roadmap to be produced for the development of a new hydrogen #regulatory and market framework; and publish a strategic policy statement for Ofgem by this summer ??
• The report features fully updated and detailed maps of what the rollout of the UK’s hydrogen #infrastructure could look like in the next 30 years (click the link to view 2030) ??
• The maps describe how hydrogen infrastructure could expand from initial clusters centred on particular industries and pilot sites, to an integrated network serving industry, homes, businesses, #powergeneration and some transport applications by 2050 ??
• As the UK makes its #netzerotransition, hydrogen could provide between 20-35% of its energy demand by 2050, supporting the delivery of climate and security goals ??

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