WEEKLY NEWS ROUND UP
Welcome to our Weekly News Round Up of interesting articles in the sustainability space!
Here are our top 5 news pieces for this week with key takeaways:
1. thyssenkrupp Uhde selected by Fertiberia to help decarbonise ammonia plant
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Grupo Fertiberia
has selected
thyssenkrupp Uhde
to help reduce the #carbonfootprint of its existing #ammonia plant in Puertollano, Spain. The original plant was licensed and built by thyssenkrupp Uhde in 1969 with a nameplate capacity of 600 tpd ??
- In 2022, with its ‘Net Zero By 2035’ strategy, Fertiberia started the production of #greenhydrogen (20 MW water electrolysis unit) and green ammonia at its Puertollano site, becoming a leader in the #energytransition of the #fertilizer sector. Today, thyssenkrupp Uhde is providing its expertise to further enhance the feedstock switch and partially convert production from grey to #greenammonia by injecting green hydrogen ??
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Nadja H?kansson
, CEO thyssenkrupp Uhde: “We are very proud to have been selected once again by our long-standing customer Fertiberia to further #decarbonise its production. By gradually replacing fossil-based ammonia production with green ammonia production, we have a huge lever for the green transformation of #agriculture and entire industry sectors.”
- The necessary green hydrogen will come from a 50 MW water electrolysis unit which runs on #renewable energies. With this modification, up to 40% of the site production will be decarbonised ?
2. Tunisia's new national green hydrogen strategy sets out plans for first H2 exports to Europe by 2030
- Tunisia’s government has signed a preliminary deal with a
TotalEnergies
-backed JV and
VERBUND Green Hydrogen GmbH
for a gigawatt-scale project geared toward supplying Central Europe ??
- Tunisia’s newly published national #greenhydrogen strategy has set a target of 8.3 million tonnes of annual production by 2050 — of which 6.3 million tonnes will be exported, primarily to Europe ??
- The North African country aims to start supplying these volumes to the EU from the start of the next decade via the planned SoutH2 pipeline corridor, which would link up Tunisia and Algeria to Italy, Austria and Germany ??
- SoutH2 is expected to be commissioned in 2030 with more than four million tonnes of #capacity, of which Tunisia aims to initially supply 300,000 tonnes of green hydrogen per year ??
- Tunisia’s national strategy, which was drawn up in collaboration with German development agency GIZ, also notes that green hydrogen could be used domestically to produce ammonia for its #fertiliser industry, which currently depends on imported NH3 ??
- Government-owned fertiliser producer GCT plans to install a #pilot green hydrogen-to-ammonia project in the coastal city of Gabès this decade. This facility would produce 220 tonnes of H2, 70% of which will go towards NH3 production and 30% of which will be used for on-site power generation ?
3. Portugal opens tender for hydrogen blending in gas network
- The Portuguese Government has opened its first tender for hydrogen and biomethane blending into the nation’s public #gasnetwork ??
- Offering top prices of €127/MWh of #renewable hydrogen and €62/MWh of biomethane, the “descending clock” auction price will decrease until bidders are unwilling to sell the gases at certain prices ??
- Bidders will face three phases of qualification, bidding and awarding. Up to 150GWh/year of biomethane and 120GWh/year of hydrogen will be up for tender, with any organisation meeting specified requirements able to participate ?
- Slated by the Portuguese Government as the answer to the country’s #climatetarget, the framework is hoped to ensure the competitive and transparent acquisition of the gases to reinforce its #energyinfrastructure ??
- The opening of the Portuguese tender comes just weeks after the European Council signed off the gas and hydrogen market package, to see the low-carbon gas rules become law ??
3. Dutch company unveils liquid hydrogen aircraft plans
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Fokker Next Gen
will develop an #aircraft designed to run on both liquid hydrogen combustion (LH2) and #sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), featuring a dual fuel design ?
- The airplane is expected to enter into service in 2035 and will be capable of running traditional jet fuel too, if the alternative fuel types are not available ??
- Boasting a capacity of 120 to 150 passengers, the #aircraft will have a flight range of 2,590kms. A statement released by Fokker Next Gen said it will “seamlessly fit into current airline operations against comparable cost (CASK).” ??
5. Indian Army to utilise hydrogen-powered bus
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Indian Oil Corp Limited
has supplied a hydrogen-powered #fuelcell bus to the Indian Army after a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between the two organisations. The vehicle was handed over during a ceremony held at the National War Memorial, India Gate, New Delhi ??
- Under the MOU, the #performance of fuel cell electric buses for public transit will be assessed in the Delhi-NCR region ??
- The Indian Army and IndianOil will analyse the impact of local fuel and air quality on the performance of the fuel cell system and #vehicles, along with the effectiveness, longevity and operational reliability of fuel cell buses for public use ??
- Capable of holding 37 #passengers, H2 View understands the bus boasts a range of 250-300km on a 30kg tank of hydrogen ??
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Shrikant M Vaidya
, IndianOil’s Chairman, added, “This collaboration with the Indian Army is a landmark step towards a greener and more sustainable future. IndianOil is currently operating 15 fuel cell buses in the Delhi-NCR region accumulating a total mileage of 300,000km.” ??
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