News EU approves €1bn Dutch plan to subsidise hydrogen plants A Dutch government plan to subsidise new green hydrogen plants with €1bn in grants will go ahead after passing EU scrutiny on competition and state-aid. Tenders will now go out…
News Making sense of sustainable plant: Latest 21CC podcast Construction firms looking to cut their operational CO2 emissions shouldn’t wait for widespread plant electrification or the advent of green hydrogen because there are many ways to improve plant productivity…
News California’s $12.6bn plan to become first US ‘hydrogen hub’ The US is planning to invest as much as $12.6bn in a programme of works that will turn the state of California into a hydrogen hub. The project will receive…
News Vinci lands role on Germany’s first hydrogen-powered steel factory Vinci subsidiary Cobra IS has won a €74m contract for piping and mechanical works on a major hydrogen-powered steel plant Thyssenkrupp is building in Duisburg, Germany. Cobra IS was picked…
News New York offshore wind could give hydrogen below $2/kg, say researchers Wind farms off the coast of New York could power green hydrogen production at below $2 a kilogram by 2030, say researchers at the US state-funded National Renewable Energy Laboratory…
News Vast solar-powered hydrogen plant planned for Mexico Singaporean renewable energy company Aslan Energy Capital plans to build a massive green hydrogen scheme in the northeast Mexican state of Sonora. According to website Mexico Business, the company, which…
News Helsinki’s first green hydrogen plant to fuel trucks and heat homes Finnish energy company Helen has picked Sweco as engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) partner to build Helsinki’s first green hydrogen plant, called the 3H2 Helsinki Hydrogen Hub. Helen aims…
News EU approves Germany’s €3bn hydrogen network plan The European Commission has approved German plans to invest €3bn in a national hydrogen distribution system. The Hydrogen Core Network (HCN) will supply Germany and connect with a European market.…
News Mott MacDonald to study North Sea hydrogen network to ‘decarbonise Europe’ Engineering consultancy Mott MacDonald has won a contract from Gasunie to assess the feasibility of an offshore hydrogen network in the Dutch North Sea. Gasunie is a gas network operator…
News France offers €149m to green hydrogen scheme France will offer a €149m grant to green hydrogen company Lhyfe to build an electrolysis plant in the Channel port of Le Havre. The Nante-based company is planning to install…
News Chinese firm to build $2.4bn green hydrogen plant in Vietnam Chinese energy company Huadian has proposed the construction of a $2.4bn green hydrogen plant in central Vietnam, local media report. The state-owned company is looking to carry out the project…
Markets Vietnam sets out 20-million-tonne-a-year hydrogen strategy Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade aims to produce up to 20 million tonnes of hydrogen a year by 2050. According to Vietnam Plus, the plan emerged after a 22…
News Developer plans $2.5bn green hydrogen project in Chile’s Atacama desert A green hydrogen project worth $2.5bn has been submitted for environmental review in Chile. Mejillones Ammonia Energy (MAE) aims to develop the Volta production plant in the Atacama Desert, which…
News Fluor wins role on Sweden’s hydrogen powered steel mill Texas engineer Fluor has been selected to fill engineering, procurement and construction management roles at a hydrogen-powered steelworks in northern Sweden. Work on the H2 Green Steel site in Boden…
News Seven EU states to invest €6.9bn in hydrogen infrastructure The European Commission has approved a plan put forward by seven member states to spend €6.9bn on infrastructure for hydrogen energy. The countries are France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland,…
News Zaha Hadid Architects designs hydrogen fuel network for yachts Italian green energy company NatPower is planning to invest €100m in setting up green hydrogen stations for recreation boats in 25 Italian ports and marinas. A template for the stations…
News Small Finnish municipality plans to make its own hydrogen The small municipality of Utajärvi in central Finland has teamed up with the University of Oulu to work out how to make its own hydrogen to fuel vehicles and industry.…
News OX2 and Ikea owner to develop giant Swedish wind farm for hydrogen Swedish renewable energy developer OX2 has teamed up with Ingka Investments, the owner of the Ikea furniture chain, to develop the Neptunus wind and hydrogen hub off Sweden’s southeast coast.…