Today @IEEFA_AsiaPac Yong-Liang Por& #39;s new report on the global surge in investment interest in pilot green hydrogen projects. Like battery storage, this is a game changer for low cost #RenewableEnergy. Europe, Australia, Korea, Japan & the US are leading.
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The US is lead by @nexteraenergy with a US$65m, 20MW electrolyser in Florida, operational by 2022/23 for blending with an existing fossil gas peaker.
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And @CWP_Renewables& #39; Asia Renewable Energy Hub aims to build 15GW of wind & solar capacity in the Pilbara to power green hydrogen at world scale.
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In February 2020, @Shell, Gasunie & Groningen Seaports of the Netherlands announced plans for NortH2, Europe’s biggest green hydrogen project, powered by up to 10GW of offshore wind in the North Sea.
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The HyGreen Provence project27 aims to develop a large-scale solar power and green hydrogen project in France’s Durance Luberon Verdon Agglomération (DLVA) by @ENGIEgroup & @airliquidegroup.
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In March 2020, Chinese state-owned utility Jingneng Power (JP) said it will spend RMB23bn (US$3bn) on a 5GW hybrid solar, wind, hydrogen and storage facility in Eqianqi, Inner Mongolia.
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In January 2020 the Port of Oostende, DEME Concessions & PMV announced a partnership to build a green hydrogen plant29 in Ostend, Belgium, by 2025.
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And @Equinor is leading a project to develop one of the UK’s first at-scale facilities to produce blue hydrogen from fossil gas, together with CCS at the project called Hydrogen to Humber Saltend (H2H Saltend).
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West Australia’s first commercial green hydrogen plant by Infinite Blue Energy looks set to proceed after an initial A$300m investment was secured, aiming to have the plant operational by 2022 in Dongara, 320km north of Perth.
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In July 2020, @Iberdrola_En & Fertiberia signed an agreement to construct a €150m plant to produce green hydrogen for fertilizer manufacture in Puertollano, central Spain, and plan for it to be operational in 2021.
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In January 2020, the Sundance consortium of @Macquarie Capital, FortisBC & Renewable Hydrogen Canada (RHC) announced they had secured C$200m financing to build a new C$200m hydrogen plant to produce 60t/day of hydrogen in Chetwynd, British Columbia.
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Green hydrogen is the next energy sector technology space race. Germany is right to focus on green & not get distracted investing in prolonging fossil gas as a bridge.
This is the next big energy sector disruptor, rapidly following batteries.
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This is the next big energy sector disruptor, rapidly following batteries.
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And a newly founded joint venture, "H2 Westküste GmbH", including EDF Germany, @Orsted, Holcim & the Heide refinery, intends to build a €89m 30 MW electrolyser as the first sep towards a 700MW electrolyser system.
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Nice overview, thanks @MichaelM_ACT!
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And this technology race sees Russia also angling not to miss out. June 2020 saw Russia& #39;s Energy Strategy to 2035 bring attention to the development of hydrogen energy, with hydrogen exports are proposed to increase to 2Mpta by 2035.
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And @WoodMackenzie says Japan aims to lower green hydrogen price to US$3/kg by 2030 to build energy security and drive decarbonisation. https://www.woodmac.com/press-releases/japan-to-exceed-2030-renewables-target-supported-by-us$100-billion-investments/">https://www.woodmac.com/press-rel...