The consortium comprising RWE and Neptune Energy has awarded contracts to Siemens Gamesa and Dutch engineering companies H2SEA and Enersea to support concept engineering work as part of the feasibility study for the H2opZee green hydrogen project in the Netherlands. H2opZee, announced earlier this y
DNV has secured a contract to provide the evidence required to demonstrate the safe use and conversion of the local transmission systems (LTS) high-pressure pipelines for transporting 100% hydrogen in the UK. The gas distribution company SGN manages around 3,100 kilometres of the LTS pipelines in th
UK government plans to accelerate various energy projects, including five oil and gas as well as several CCS, hydrogen, and offshore wind projects.
Oil and gas major Shell has selected Japanese electrical engineering and software company Yokogawa Electric Corporation as the main automation contractor for the construction of its Holland Hydrogen I plant in the Dutch port of Rotterdam. The plant will produce renewable hydrogen by using electricit
Aquaterra Energy and Seawind Ocean Technology have signed an agreement for the development of what the companies say will be the world’s largest floating offshore wind and green hydrogen production project in Italy. The project, named HyMed, is currently in its first phase of permitting, with the gr
The global energy sector’s transition from fossil-based systems of energy production to renewable energy sources is proving to be an increasingly challenging goal to attain, especially in the context of current energy security and supply setbacks. However, offshore renewable energies – mainly offsho
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has confirmed to our sibling news site offshoreWIND.biz that it had submitted an application for a gigawatt-scale floating wind farm near the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. The project, which could also include Power-to-X (green hydrogen) capabilities,
Simply Blue Group and Irving Oil have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore opportunities related to the development of an integrated renewable energy hub at the Irving Oil Whitegate Refinery in Ireland. The Whitegate Refinery is the country’s only refinery and a critical part of the
A case study, conducted by Ocean Harvesting Technologies and Lundin Energy Norway, has shown that wave power could provide significantly more stable power production than offshore wind for the electrification of oil and gas platforms.
French waters offshore Saint-Nazaire are buzzing with inaugural activity today (22 September) as the country’s first offshore wind farm was officially put into operation and, in a separate event, the world’s first offshore green hydrogen production platform was launched. As reported by our sibling n
A pilot facility for the storage of fossil-free hydrogen gas, described as the first of its kind in the world, is now in operation in Luleå, Sweden. The HYBRIT pilot facility is owned by a Swedish trio comprising of state-owned power company Vattenfall, iron ore producer LKAB and steel company SSAB.
French green hydrogen technology developer Lhyfe, together with its partners, has inaugurated the world’s first offshore renewable hydrogen platform in France.
NextChem, a subsidiary of an international industrial group Maire Tecnimont S.p.A, has been assigned a €194 million grant for the development of a waste-to-hydrogen plant as part of the IPCEI Hy2Use project. As explained, the project sets up what is said to be the first industrial-scale technologica
Hydrogen projects have reached record numbers globally as 680 large-scale projects were announced, which is an increase of 50% since November 2021. However, investments in hydrogen must triple by 2030 in order to achieve the global 2050 net-zero target, says a new report published by the Hydrogen Co
