Germany, in collaboration with Italy, has revealed plans to import hydrogen from Northern Africa.
Germany and Italy have agreed to develop their vitality ties with a hydrogen pipeline throughout the Alps to transporting gases, primarily hydrogen, from North Africa to Northern Europe. “It’s significantly essential to develop the Southern Hall for gasoline and hydrogen,” stated German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, throughout a press convention this week with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. “With a brand new pipeline throughout the Alps, we need to improve the safety of provide of each our international locations.” The hall will develop cross-border gasoline pipeline infrastructure and permit Europe to import 10 million tons of hydrogen by 2030.
The Danish Vitality Company has rejected Plug Energy’s bid for the primary Energy-to-X tender in Danish historical past as a result of US firm’s failure to satisfy contractual obligations to supply a financial institution assure. “Which means that Plug Energy is now not among the many winners of the PtX tender,” stated the Danish Vitality Company. The opposite winners are nonetheless European Vitality/Vindtestcenter Måde Ok/S, European Vitality/Padborg PtX ApS, Electrochaea/Biocat Roslev, and European Vitality/Kassø PtX Growth ApS. The 4 profitable tasks have nonetheless been awarded their total tender. “The Danish Vitality Company doesn’t imagine that the brand new resolution will have an effect on when contracts shall be signed with the winners, simply as it isn’t anticipated to have an effect on the time horizon for when the crops shall be prepared,” the company stated. The full funds of the tender, introduced in April, is DKK 1.32 billion ($190 million) in 2023 costs.
Because of this, Danish authorities introduced elevated public help for the marginal winner of the Danish Energy-to-X tender, Everfuel and Hy24 A/S JV. “The elevated provide has a price of DKK 211 million ($30,9 million),” stated Everfuel in an emailed observe, explaining that the Danish Energy-to-X tender’s built-in subsidy is computed per kilogram of inexperienced hydrogen produced. The subsidy will run for ten years. “The JV will present additional data if it decides to simply accept the help provide,” stated Everfuel. The marginal bidder nonetheless can’t be supplied the total bid, being supplied solely the remaining quantity of the entire funds.
Masdar has partnered with Emirates Metal Arkan to develop a inexperienced hydrogen undertaking to decarbonize the metal sector within the United Arab Emirates. “The pilot undertaking is the first-of-its-kind within the Center East and North African area,” stated Masdar. “Positioned within the Emirates Metal Arkan manufacturing amenities on the Industrial Metropolis of Abu Dhabi, the undertaking is presently within the set up part.” The businesses plan to fee the ability in early 2024. Abu Dhabi-based Masdar could have a powerful presence at COP28 in Expo Metropolis, Dubai.
Airbus’ Blue Condor has made its first hydrogen-powered flight over the US state of Nevada. The flight was the corporate’s first to make use of hydrogen as the only real gasoline supply, and it kicked off a take a look at marketing campaign that can conclude in a contrail-measuring mission in early 2024. Airbus stated it would monitor the composition of the hydrogen contrails of the modified glider to research the environmental impression of hydrogen aviation.
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