OFGEM has awarded GBP 500,000 ($ 677,000) to a consortium led by National Gas and Gravitricity to develop a fed asylum system for storing a maximum of 100 tonnes of green hydrogen underground. The six -month project is intended to assess the feasibility prior to a possible demonstration in 2026.
Orgem has awarded GBP 500,000 in financing to a consortium to develop a new type of underground hydrogen storage that is designed to contain up to 100 tonnes of green hydrogen in specially built underground lined shafts. “The technology can be located where necessary – for example as part of the National Gas Network or in addition to large industrial users,” said National Gas, which is part of the consortium together with Graviticity, Southern Gas Networks, Guidehouse, Edinburgh University, Energy Reform and PremTech. The development will take six months prior to a possible demonstration phase in 2026.
Plug has expanded his partnership with Allied Green Ammoniak (AGA) with a new 2 GW -Electrolyzer opportunity linked to a sustainable burning project in Uzbekistan. “The deal will be performed during the Tashent International Investment Forum, where Sanjay Shrestha, President of Plug Power, and Alfred Benedict, director of Allied Green, will be on site for the official signature,” ” said Plug capacity, referring to the USD 5.5 billion green chemical production facility that would produce sustainable aviation fuel, green urea and green diesel. Plug Power and Allied Green previously announced a 3 GW electrolyzer engagement for a green ammonia facility in Australia. “The project stays on schedule for a final investment decision in the fourth quarter of 2025.”
Solatio Arab investors recently met Rafael Fonteles, the governor of the Brazilian state of Piauí, to discuss a green hydrogen project in Parnaíba, Brazil. “During the meeting, the beginning of the EPZ [Export Processing Zone] Working was also celebrated, a decisive step for the green industrialization of the state and for attracting new international investments, ” said The Brazilian company. The Solatio H2V Piauí project has been selected to participate in the portfolio of projects supported by the Industrial Transition Accelerator (ITA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services (MDIC). ITA, a coalition that was launched during COP28 to accelerate the industrial transition in the most carbon emittering sectors, entered into a partnership with Brazil in July 2024.
Inpex has started with the commissioning of work, including the introduction of natural gas, with its integrated blue hydrogen and ammonia production and usage demonstration project in Kashiwazaki, Japan. “The project is the first of its kind in Japan to implement an integrated process, from production to the use of hydrogen and ammonia,” said The Japanese oil and gas company. Inpex will first order a auxiliary equipment that uses natural gas as fuel and then continue to set the production facilities for hydrogen and ammonia. “After completion of the commissioning work, the demonstration activities of the project are planned to start in the fall of 2025,” said Inpex, adding that gas will be taken out of his gas field in the same prefecture and carbon dioxide injection in the Higashi-District’s delighted.
Centrica has announced a GBP 20 billion plus agreement with Equinor to deliver gas to the United Kingdom. Due to the deal, Centrica will take the delivery of 5 billion cubic meters (BCM) gas per year until 2035. “The contract also makes it possible for the sale of natural gas to be replaced in the future by hydrogen, which offers further support to the hydrogen economy of the UK,” Centrica said.
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