The Norwegian company started production in the Ain Sokhna industrial zone, while the Brazilian Federal Court provisionally ordered the suspension of construction activities of Solatio’s project in the state of Piauí.
EgyptPrime Minister Moustafa Madbouli said the 100 megawatt green hydrogen production project has started partial production, adding that the project will ramp up operations. The project, implemented by Norway’s Scatec in collaboration with the Sovereign Fund of Egypt, Orascom Construction and Fertiglobe, will mainly focus on European markets. “He asserted that the European Union and European financial institutions have shown a sincere willingness to support sustainable energy and green hydrogen projects in Egypt, noting that the green hydrogen project under discussion enjoys broad European support,” the Egyptian government said, speaking about the project, which is expected to be located in the Ain Sokhna Industrial Zone.
BrazilThe Federal Court has suspended the consequences of the installation permit for the Solatio H2V Piauí project, aimed at producing 400,000 tons of green hydrogen and 2.2 million tons of ammonia in Parnaíba. “The provisional (preliminary) decision orders the immediate suspension of all construction or implementation activities related to the industrial plant,” said the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office in the state of Piauí. In the lawsuit, the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office reported that it had shown that the state environmental permit was granted without prior granting of water use rights, which were necessary for the planned collection of more than 91 million liters of water per day from the Parnaíba River. “According to the decision, the installation of a project of this magnitude, without proper proof of the feasibility of water and electricity, violates the principles of precaution and protection of an ecologically balanced environment and undermines the preventive nature of environmental permits,” said the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office in the state of Piauí.
TEAL mobility said it has opened seven new hydrogen stations by 2025 and reports that it is now the first European network with 15 hydrogen stations in five countries: France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. “Two new stations came into operation in France at the end of this year: one in Marseille-Fos, on a strategic industrial site, and one in Reims, on the A4 motorway. Each station, open 24/7, offers a capacity of one tonne of hydrogen per day and refuels at 350 and 700 bar, meeting the needs of all H2 vehicles, especially heavy trucks,” said the Paris-headquartered company.
Cavendish hydrogen was awarded a €4-5 million ($4.65-5.82 million) Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract for a hydrogen fueling station in Germany. “The project includes the design, permitting, construction, service and maintenance of an advanced hydrogen fueling station in the western part of Germany. The station will operate at a pressure of 350 bar and is designed to fuel 25 buses per day, supporting the transition to zero-emission public transport in Germany,” the Oslo-based company said.
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