Oil giant BP has pledged to spend double what it earns in the UK in the coming years - but huge profits in its 2021 results and pressure on consumers have strengthened calls for a North Sea windfall tax
With the UK Government setting ambitious industrial decarbonisation targets, Will Leonard, Innovation and Technology Manager, ABB Energy Industries UK, argues that the substantial opportunities presented by a fully integrated and digitalised hydrogen infrastructure must be embraced. A reliable and stable hydrogen economy in the UK will require robust digital systems to support the complex and interdependent systems needed for hydrogen production, distribution and utilisation.
Chinese chemical producer Baofeng has started production from the world’s largest green hydrogen plant in the Chinese region of Ningxia raising global installed electrolyzer capacity by 50%. The news highlights how China is beating the world on climate technologies.
Shell has (LSE:RDSA) started up its first commercial hydrogen electrolyser in China with 20 MW production capacity just in time to supply the Winter Olympic Games.
With around 200 carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) projects now in the pipeline, the fledgling sector is set for significant growth in 2022 – but cost controls, operational success and political support will be essential to maintain pace, says Wood Mackenzie.
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani is making an ambitious effort to pivot his conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd. toward green energy which could transform India into a clean hydrogen juggernaut.
Reaction to news that the leading trade body for the North Sea, Oil and Gas UK (OGUK), is rebranding has varied from claims of it being a “PR stunt” to praise for a move that’s “not before time”.
Oil and Gas UK (OGUK) is dropping “oil and gas” from its name in a rebrand which will see its focus and remit broaden to new energy sources.
BP has made a number of senior appointments as it works to deliver its target of 20 gigawatts (GW) of developed renewables by 2025.
Shell has identified 4 billion euros ($4.5 billion) of potential investments in France in a bid to support the country’s efforts to develop sustainable sources of energy, Le Figaro reported on Saturday, citing an interview with Chief Executive Officer Ben van Beurden.
Equinor has formally entered its flagship hydrogen project into the second phase of a key UK Government funding competition.
The Netherlands is throwing a hydrogen life preserver to pipelines that are on the brink of becoming stranded assets.
Australian energy producer Woodside (ASX:WPL) has started front-end engineering design (FEED) work on a hydrogen project for the first time after awarding a deal to Kellogg, Brown & Root (KBR) for its proposed H2OK project in Oklahoma in the US.
A pioneering clean hydrogen investment fund has paid out around £50 million since starting up.
The hydrogen BECCS innovation programme will support the development of innovative new technologies aimed at generating hydrogen from biomass and waste.
Low-carbon hydrogen is an essential part of the UK’s strategy to achieve net zero by 2050. There are high hopes that hydrogen will eventually provide a clean source of fuel for homes, transport and industry, especially in sectors that are hard to decarbonise.
CCS and CCS-enabled hydrogen will speed transition towards decarbonised energy security, writes James Richardson, Director, UK Industrial Decarbonisation at energy technology company Baker Hughes.
As the US Congress has spent the last year debating a slate of proposals to accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy, clean hydrogen has come to the forefront as an energy source that offers a politically and economically feasible path towards decarbonisation.
There are “sizeable barriers” between making the hopper of “proposed” hydrogen projects in the UK and Europe an economic reality, according to new research.
As we close out a year of climate crisis summits, talks and debates, two words stick in my mind: innovation and collaboration.
“Energy transition is at the forefront of our strategy”, explains Dan Carter, global director of decarbonisation and new energies at Wood.
How close are Scotland’s ferries to running off hydrogen? Peter Ranscombe sets sail to find out.
As 2021 draws to a close and the energy world starts to look ahead to 2022, there seems little doubt that the role of hydrogen will loom ever larger over government energy policy, both here in the UK and globally. So what specifically should we expect?
Offshore wind developer Enterprize Energy and the Vietnamese Institute of Energy have teamed for a study assessing “green hydrogen’s potential to supercharge Vietnam’s energy capabilities.”
Australia’s Woodside (ASX:WPL) is studying the technical and commercial feasibility of a liquid hydrogen supply chain from Western Australia to Singapore and potentially Japan.