The Society for the Administration of Energy Shares – SAPE SA obtained funding from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) for one of its most important projects, the one regarding energy storage using green hydrogen. Thus, according to a press release sent on Wednesday, AGERPRES, for the “Green hydrogen production unit by electrolysis – […]
The Hungarian company MOL has started production in the largest green hydrogen plant in Central and Eastern Europe, which has a capacity of 10 megawatts. The facility is located inside the Dunărea Refinery in Százhalombatta, The plant will produce 1,600 tons of green, carbon-neutral hydrogen annually, which will be used for fuel production. Thus, the […]
Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson, is in Namibia this week and will then travel to South Africa next Monday, 9 September, to enhance the EU’s energy relations with these countries. The visit to Namibia follows the endorsement of a roadmap for the EU–Namibia strategic partnership on sustainable raw materials value chains and renewable hydrogen by […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is helping to decarbonise fertiliser production and power generation in Uzbekistan by financing a pilot renewable hydrogen facility. It will consist of a 20 MW electrolyser and a greenfield 52 MW wind power plant. The EBRD is offering a financial package of US$ 65 million (€ 58 […]
Rompetrol Rafinare, member company of the KMG International Group (Rompetrol), has renewed the Hydrogen Power Plant (HPP) in the Petromidia refinery, through an investment of almost 10 million dollars. The project aimed at replacing all the subassemblies that make up the reformer furnace, the most important and most complex part consisting in changing the 114 […]
Rolls-Royce has started, with a consortium of five companies and research institutes, to develop the necessary technologies for a highly efficient first-of-a-kind hydrogen combustion engine to drive combined heat and power (CHP) systems. Under the Phoenix (Performance Hydrogen Engine for Industrial and X) project, funded by the German Government, the consortium aims to generate the […]
Norwegian state-owned Enova has awarded NOK 300 million in innovation funding to Maris Fiducia Norway AS, with HAV Hydrogen and Norwegian Hydrogen as subcontractors, to develop, build and operate five hydrogen-powered dry-bulk vessels. The NOK 300 million grant is awarded under Enova’s “hydrogen in vessels”-programme, which aims to contribute to market change by supporting companies […]
Lhyfe, a global pioneer in the production of green and renewable hydrogen, has built and will operate a green hydrogen production plant for Deutsche Bahn in Tübingen. The electrolysis plant in the innovation hub of DB Energie, a Group subsidiary, has an annual production capacity of up to 30 tons (installed electrolysis capacity of 1 […]
The intention of establishing a European Network of Network Operators of Hydrogen (ENNOH) in the course of 2025 has moved closer today, following agreement among future Hydrogen Transmission Network Operators (HTNOs) on draft rules required in order to establish this new network. Addressing today’s meeting, EU Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson took the opportunity to underline […]
Today, at a stakeholder workshop on the European Hydrogen Bank organised by the European Commission’s DG CLIMA, it was announced that the budget for the second auction later this year would amount to €1.2 billion. This represents 25% of the Innovation Fund’s 2024 budget, with the remainder going to batteries (€1bn) and conventional grants (€2.6bn) […]
OMV Petrom, the largest integrated energy producer in Southeast Europe, will invest approximately EUR 750 mn at Petrobrazi to transform the refinery into the first major producer of sustainable fuels in the region. The company has made the final investment decision to build a SAF/HVO facility along with two facilities for green hydrogen which will […]
On 14 May 2024, national hydrogen associations from across Europe gathered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, to strengthen their cooperation in the deployment of hydrogen technologies. The outcome of the meeting was the signature of a Cooperation Charter for European Associations Advancing Clean Hydrogen, which will guide the joint efforts to establish favourable conditions for European […]
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a fourth Important Project of Common European Interest (‘IPCEI’) to support research, innovation and the first industrial deployment in the hydrogen value chain. The project contributes to the EU’s target of 90% reduction of emissions from the mobility and transport sectors, in order for the […]
Rompetrol Rafinare Constanța, the company part of the KMG International group (Rompetrol), which manages the Petromidia refinery, is looking for a partner for the construction of a green hydrogen plant, on the premises or near the refinery, the company says in an announcement posted on its website. “From gray to green, the energy transition We […]