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E.ON’s H2-Bilanz Indicates Promising Developments in German Hydrogen Economy

(IN BRIEF) E.ON, a German energy company, has published its second H2-Bilanz report, which indicates that the country is making progress in developing the hydrogen economy. The report shows that several new projects are underway to increase domestic electrolysis capacity, … Read the full press release

Steel Giant ArcelorMittal Leads $120 Million Fundraising Round for Boston Metal’s MOE Platform

(IN BRIEF) ArcelorMittal, the steel company, has invested $36 million in Boston Metal as part of a $120 million Series C fundraising round. The investment is the largest single initial investment to date by the company through its XCarb® Innovation … Read the full press release

Ørsted to leverage the strong fit between large-scale renewable energy and Power-to-X as part of a new large-scale project in Denmark

(PRESS RELEASE) FREDERICIA, 6-Dec-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Ørsted (CPH: ORSTED), a Danish leading operator of offshore and onshore wind farms, solar farms, energy storage facilities, and bioenergy plants as well as the world’s most sustainable energy company, has announced a … Read the full press release

Rolls-Royce Power Systems and the German renewable energy expert SOWITEC partner over the production of green hydrogen with mtu electrolysers

Target: up to 500 MW electrolysis capacity for power-to-X projects Production of green hydrogen and e-fuels for shipping, aviation, mining, agriculture, data centers (PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 4-Oct-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Rolls-Royce (LSE:RR., ADR:RYCEY), the pre-eminent engineering company with focus on … Read the full press release

Consortium aims at reducing the levelized cost of hydrogen and improve component efficiency

(PRESS RELEASE) ZWEVEGEM, Belgium, 26-Apr-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Bekaert (EBR: BEKB), a world market and technology leader in steel wire transformation and coating technologies as well as a leader in sustainable solutions in the hydrogen market, has announced that it … Read the full press release

Le consortium vise à réduire le coût actualisé de l’hydrogène et à améliorer l’efficacité des composants

(COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE) ZWEVEGEM, Belgium, 26-Apr-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Bekaert (EBR : BEKB), un leader mondial du marché et de la technologie de l’acier technologies de transformation et de revêtement de fils ainsi qu’un leader des solutions durables sur le marché … Read the full press release

SGS to extend its laboratory in Shanghai to offer hydrogen testing

(PRESS RELEASE) GENEVA, 7-Mar-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has announced the expansion of its laboratory in Shanghai to offer hydrogen testing in order to meet the growing demand of the Chinese green … Read the full press release

DNV and 18 industry partners launch a new joint initiative to enhance the standardization for hydrogen production systems that use renewable energy-powered electrolysis to produce green hydrogen

The JIP will be kicked off on 16 February and is open for more partners to join until mid-April 2022 (PRESS RELEASE) HAMBURG, 10-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, has announced the launch of … Read the full press release

Norsk Hydro to upgrade the electrolysis cells at its aluminum plant in Årdal, Norway

(PRESS RELEASE) OSLO, 23-Dec-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Hydro (OTCMKTS: NHYDY), a Norwegian aluminium and renewable energy company committed to a sustainable future, has announced it will invest NOK 60 million (EUR 6 million) for the upgrade of the electrolysis cells … Read the full press release

Air Liquide to operate the hydrogen production unit at the TotalEnergies platform in Normandy, France

(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 14-Sep-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — TotalEnergies (EPA: TTE), one of the seven “supermajor” oil companies, has announced it will partner with Air Liquide, a world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health, for the decarbonisation … Read the full press release

New DRI and EAF installations in Gijón to reduce carbon emissions at ArcelorMittal’s Spanish operations

New DRI and EAF installations in Gijón will reduce carbon emissions at the company’s Spanish operations by approximately 50%. The DRI installation in Gijón will also enable ArcelorMittal Sestao to be the world’s first full-scale zero carbon-emissions¹ steel plant. (PRESS … Read the full press release

Vattenfall and Preem investigate the potential of the first 50 MW electrolysis plant at Preem’s Lysekil refinery

The conditions are excellent for building an electrolysis plant for producing hydrogen gas for biofuel in Lysekil, as shown by the study conducted in the spring. Producing hydrogen through fossil-free methods can reduce CO2 emissions by at least 80% compared … Read the full press release

bp’s Lingen refinery in Emsland will deploy electrolyser technology at large scale to showcase real-life use of renewable hydrogen

(PRESS RELEASE) FREDERICIA, 10-Nov-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Ørsted (CPH: ORSTED), Denmark’s largest energy company, and bp (LON: BP), a British multinational oil and gas company, have announced they will partner over the development of a potential large-scale renewable hydrogen project … Read the full press release

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) funds pilot plant by Evonik and Siemens Energy that will rely on carbon dioxide and water to produce chemicals

Evonik and Siemens Energy put pilot plant into operations Artificial photosynthesis closes carbon dioxide cycle The Federal Ministry of Education and Research is funding the various project stages with more than €6 millionund Siemens Energy nehmen Versuchsanlage in Betrieb (PRESS … Read the full press release

thyssenkrupp Steel Europe to reduce CO2 emissions with the use of green hydrogen from RWE Generation

CO2 emissions from iron production to be reduced 100 MW electrolyzer could cover 70% of H2 requirement of a thyssenkrupp blast furnace Rapid implementation of National Hydrogen Strategy helpful for investment decisions (PRESS RELEASE) ESSEN, 10-Jun-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Essen … Read the full press release

Hydro to industrialize world’s most climate and energy efficient aluminium electrolysis technology at the Karmøy technology pilot

All 60 electrolysis cells are now in operation at the Karmøy technology pilot, where Hydro aims to industrialize the world’s most climate and energy efficient aluminium electrolysis technology. OSLO, 29-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — “Our aim is to be the global … Read the full press release