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The Karnataka  Government on Monday (on 6th June) signed a pact with Gurugram-based ACME Cleantech Solutions Pvt. Ltd. that plans to invest ₹52,000 crore in Mangalore to set up a hydrogen ammonia unit with a captive solar energy plant. READ MORE

Abu Dhabi’s Masdar signed two agreements to develop 4,000-megawatts renewable energy and green hydrogen projects in Azerbaijan, with options for developing projects with 6,000 magawatts capacity in the second phase. The first agreement covers the development of onshore wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) projects with 1,000 megawatts of capacity each. The second agreement involves offshore […]

The west of Melbourne, Australia is set to become home to the state of Victoria’s first hydrogen-powered buses from March next year (2023). The news comes as part of an expansion from the Victorian Government’s A$20m ($14.4m) Zero Emission Bus Trial, which will see two hydrogen fuel cell buses hit the streets of the state […]

Air Liquide, Lotte Chemical, and SK Gas will build a hydrogen fuel cell power plant in Ulsan, South Korea, as part of newly unveiled joint venture plans. The trio announced plans for the 500,000MWh/y plant, that marks just one of many South Korean-based hydrogen projects that are set to be carried out by the venture. […]

In an effort to reduce its carbon footprint to zero, Indian Railways has awarded a contract to Hyderabad-based Medha Servo Drives for the retrofitting of one Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU) rake on the Sonipat-Jind line. The contract to develop hydrogen fuel cell-based technology that can be utilized to modify current diesel-powered trains has been […]

Total Energies, the French oil and gas major, is likely to pick up a minority stake of 10 percent or more in Adani group’s hydrogen business under the newly formed company Adani New Industries Ltd (ANIL). Total and Adani agreed the acquisition of a 50 percent stake in a 2.35 GWac portfolio of operating solar […]

PIL and GAIL will explore various options for transportation, using the existing natural gas pipeline and the end-use of hydrogen. The MoU aims at collectively exploring the feasibility, desirability and viability of hydrogen as a source of energy and thus build a partnership between the companies, official sources said. READ MORE  

M N Dastur has an agreement with the Gas Technology Institute (GTR) of the US, which has the coal-to-hydrogen technology called blue hydrogen. Dastur is also in talks with JSPL and Dalmia Cement Bharat for coal gasification, methanol derivatives and carbon dioxide to methanol projects. READ MORE

The UK’s first low carbon hydrogen facility at Essar Stanlow will sit at the heart of the HyNet low carbon cluster, to produce a total of 1GW per year of hydrogen, across two units, from 2026. Read more

The European Commission is to propose subsidies for green hydrogen known as Carbon Contracts for Difference as part of its REPowerEU scheme, which is due to be unveiled soon.  There will be strict rules put in place to ensure that the 10 million tonnes of green hydrogen production planned within the EU by 2030 do not […]