During the fourth quarter of 2020, SSAB announced that it was in discussions with Tata Steel. The companies considered an acquisition of the IJmuiden steel mill and related downstream assets. After deeper analysis and discussions, it became clear that there were limited possibilities to integrate IJmuiden into the SSAB strategic framework. Discussions with Tata Steel […]
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Shell, Mitsubishi, Vattenfall and Wärme Hamburg are planning how they can jointly produce renewable hydrogen at the Hamburg-Moorburg power plant site. To this end, the four companies have now signed a letter of intent to build a scalable one hundred megawatt elektrolyser. The companies are planning the construction of a scalable electrolyser with an initial […]
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An analysis performed by Dutch bank ABN AMRO concludes that green hydrogen is not yet competitive today. However, the analysis points out that if production is expanded to industrial levels, a 2.19 euro per kilo price can be achieved by 2030. Even with stiff carbon tax hikes, hydrogen prices would have to be as low […]
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With an increasing share of sustainable intermittent power, the worlds of energy and chemistry are integrating. A good example of this is the collaboration between Yara and Orsted. Grey hydrogen is currently still being used for the production of ammonia, but this is slowly making way for green alternatives. To make that possible, however, substantial […]
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If we want to achieve the global climate objectives, innovation seems to be the magic word. And excluding them in advance does not seem wise. If only because more solution directions are needed. Our energy system will have to decarbonise more and more, while important materials require recarbonisation. The talk show on innovation provided an […]
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Siemens Gamesa and Siemens Energy announced that they jointly develop a solution that fully integrates an electrolyzer into an offshore wind turbine. The single synchronized system can directly produce green hydrogen. The companies intend to provide a full-scale offshore demonstration of the solution by 2025/2026. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research announced that […]
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The FLITE consortium will build the first-of-its-kind LanzaJet Alcohol to Jet facility. In 2024 the facility will convert waste-based ethanol to sustainable aviation fuel at a scale of over 30,000 tons a year. The project received €20 million in grant funding from the EU H2020 programme and is a major milestone on the path to […]
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Researchers in Delft (Netherlands) have developed a catalyst that is effective even in negligible quantities. The shape and robustness of the catalyst ensures that it lasts much longer in reactions, saving a lot of energy, waste and costs. The results have been published in Nature Communications. A catalyst is present in the reaction mixture, but […]
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Nexstep’s Poshydon project will soon receive an electrolyser from the Norwegian company Nel Hydrogen. The installation will be placed in a sea container on Neptune Energy’s Q13a platform. It is the first step in the research of offshore hydrogen production with the ultimate goal of landing wind energy via gas pipelines. Nexstep, a joint venture […]
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