Liz Truss wins Tory leadership contest to become prime minister
Liz Truss will be the UK’s new prime minister after beating Rishi Sunak to take over the Conservative party.
Hydrogen
JERA, Uniper target LNG supplies, then ammonia
Japan’s JERA and Germany’s Uniper have teamed up to back an ammonia project in the US Gulf Coast, with a focus on exports to Germany. In the near term, it should also secure new LNG supplies.
Outgoing NSTA chief Andy Samuel reflects on UK’s Great Energy Transition
More than five years ago and always over coffee, (outgoing) CEO of the former Oil & Gas Authority (now North Sea Transition Authority), Andy Samuel and I enjoyed a number of informal exchanges about the future potential role of the UK Continental Shelf in the Great Energy Transition.
German-Canada hydrogen plans set the marker for progress
Germany has been on the hunt for new LNG supplies in order to stave off the near term crisis of stuttering Russian gas supplies. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s visit to Canada did not come through on the LNG front, but he did seal an ambitious deal on hydrogen.
QE launches world’s biggest blue ammonia plan
QatarEnergy (QE) has launched plans for a world-scale blue ammonia project, with capacity of 1.2 million tonnes per year.
The astonishing implications of Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act
While Europe has been grappling with the impacts of the war in Ukraine and the huge price rises in oil and gas that it has brought, in the US, the energy landscape looks very different.
CIP reaches close on €3bn clean hydrogen fund
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has reached final close on the world’s largest clean hydrogen fund.
Japan signals African energy support at Tunis meeting
Japanese corporates have signed around 90 agreements with African investors at the recently concluded 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Tunisia.
Globeleq signs up to green hydrogen plan in Egypt
Globeleq has expressed its interest in producing green hydrogen in the Suez Canal Economic Zone.
Aberdeen’s Wood hails $230m business on other side of the North Sea
Aberdeen-headquartered Wood has hailed its $230 million business on the other side of the North Sea.
‘We need more oil and gas’ billionaire Elon Musk tells ONS
Billionaire Elon Musk has told the ONS conference in Stavanger that “more oil and gas” is needed, at least in the near-term, for a sustainable future.
Namibia picks hydrogen plans, as Hyphen eyes FEED move
Namibia has chosen a number of hydrogen projects to move ahead in the Erongo Valley while Hyphen Hydrogen Energy has flagged up its progress on a $10 billion project.
Toyota Tsusho moves into detailed blue ammonia Egypt plan
Japan’s Toyota Tsusho has returned to Egypt to share initial results of a blue ammonia study, holding talks with the government on future production.
UK Government hands Aberdeen Uni £220k to aid hydrogen research
Aberdeen University has bagged £220,000 to boost a project aimed at creating a process for obtaining hydrogen from organic waste.
H2scan appoints Aberdeen businessman to drive European expansion
US Hydrogen scanning solutions provider H2scan has appointed an Aberdeen-based businessman to head up its European expansion.
ScottishPower plans 100MW green hydrogen plant at Felixstowe
ScottishPower has applied for government backing to support plans for a 100 megawatt (MW) green hydrogen plant at the Port of Felixstowe on the Suffolk coast.
Collaboration and innovation to fast track low-carbon hydrogen
Bruno Roche, Global Head of Energy Transition, ABB Process Automation, Energy Industries, outlines how collaboration can make a world of difference in accelerating innovation in low carbon hydrogen production, making it an affordable, accessible and clean energy source.
Equinor’s Trollvind project was born out of power necessity
Oil and gas accounts for 25% of CO2 emissions from Norway. Quite simply, if the industry doesn’t step up then the country cannot meet its climate targets.
India’s ONGC teams up with Greenko for $6.2bn green hydrogen and renewable energy projects
India’s state-backed Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and joint venture partner Greenko could invest up to $6.2 billion on Indian renewable energy and green hydrogen projects under the terms of an agreement signed this week, Press Trust of India (PTI) reported.
Iberdrola, BP plan green hydrogen and EV charging ventures
Iberdrola (IBE.MC) and BP (LON:BP) plan to form new ventures aimed at rolling out EV charging and green hydrogen infrastructure across Spain, Portugal and the UK.
Atome awards FEED work on Paraguay hydrogen project
Atome Energy has awarded a first front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for its planned facility in Paraguay.
Acorn developers ‘nervous’ over further delays to Track 2 timeline
The developers of the Acorn project say they hope the scheme can be online by 2027 but are wary of further delays to government support packages, as ministers met this week to discuss decarbonisation efforts.
UK Govt announces Johnson Matthey exec Jane Toogood as hydrogen champion
The UK Government has announced Johnson Matthey (LON: JMAT) exec Jane Toogood as the country's first ever "Hydrogen Champion".
UK Government moves to boost green hydrogen amid soaring gas prices
The UK Government is moving forward with policies to ramp up its nascent green hydrogen industry that uses renewable energy as it seeks ways to reduce dependence on imports of natural gas.
Is there a role for blue hydrogen in a green energy transition?
With its potential as an energy carrier that supports an increasingly renewable electricity grid, hydrogen can complement and accelerate other technologies required to deliver net-zero by 2050.