Germany has launched the primary bidding course of for the €4 billion ($4.3 billion) Local weather Safety Contracts funding program. “Corporations within the energy-intensive business that efficiently participated within the preparatory course of in summer time 2023 can apply for 15-year funding for his or her main transformation tasks inside the subsequent 4 months,” mentioned the German authorities. Local weather safety contracts are meant to provoke climate-friendly manufacturing processes in energy-intensive industrial sectors, offsetting the extra prices in comparison with standard processes in areas the place climate-friendly manufacturing processes can not compete.

Gascade and Repco have agreed to attach Germany’s Baltic Sea ports of Rostock and Lubmin and hyperlink them to the Berlin/Brandenburg and Halle/Leipzig/Leuna consumption areas. “Repco’s HyTechHafen Rostock hydrogen manufacturing challenge and the Rostock area in addition to the commercial port of Lubmin are to be related to the larger Berlin/Brandenburg space and the Halle/Leipzig/Leuna industrial space by way of Gascade’s hydrogen pipelines Rostock-Wrangelsburg and Movement – making hydrogen occur,” mentioned the 2 German firms.

The Australian Renewable Vitality Company (Area) has introduced an AUD 1.7 million ($1.1 million) grant to Aboriginal Clear Vitality Partnership (Acer) to assist the primary section of a feasibility research for the East Kimberley Clear Vitality and Hydrogen Venture. ARENA mentioned that the primary section of the feasibility research will start promptly and is anticipated to conclude inside 5 months. If profitable, the deliberate facility will embody round 1,000 MW of photo voltaic era mixed with 850 MW of electrolysis capability.

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