ENTERPRISE DX
Aker Clean Hydrogen and CapeOmega have signed an MoU with AS Norske Shell to explore opportunities to develop the Aukra Hydrogen Hub to a large-scale production facility for clean hydrogen using natural gas from the local gas processing plant at Nyhamna .
ABB has joined forces with Swiss utility Axpo to develop modular green hydrogen production plants in Italy that aim at creating an optimum operating model to produce affordable , green hydrogen .
The two companies will apply their complementary skills to achieve their joint vision of more affordable green hydrogen . ABB harnesses its automation , electrification , and digital leadership in industrial operations and Axpo ’ s experience as an established energy provider .
Initial work will include feasibility studies that explore ways to reduce operating costs and ensure a low carbon footprint to identify synergies that will support the standardisation , modularisation , efficient and flexible production of green hydrogen .
Nel Hydrogen Electrolyser has entered into a collaboration for a fossil-free hydrogen facility in Hofors , Sweden , together with partners Ovako , Volvo , Hitachi ABB , and H2 Green Steel . The conversion to green hydrogen in the production process will reduce CO 2 emissions from the facility by 50 % from current levels , with possibilities for future development of hydrogen infrastructure for transportation .
The PosHYdon project , recently buoyed by a subsidy of € 3.6 million from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency , seeks to validate the integration of three energy systems in the Dutch North Sea : offshore wind , offshore gas and offshore hydrogen and will involve the installation of hydrogen-producing plant on the Neptune Energy-operated Q13a-A platform .
Green hydrogen will be mixed with the gas and transported via the existing gas pipeline to the coast . The 1 MW electrolyser will produce a maximum of 400 kilogrammes of green hydrogen per day . The Q13a-A is the first fully electrified platform in the Dutch North Sea , located approximately 13kms off the coast of Scheveningen ( The Hague ).
Siemens Energy and Messer Group have entered into a cooperation agreement with the goal to work on green hydrogen projects in the 5-50MW range for industrial and mobility applications .
Within the framework of this agreement , Messer Ibérica has already submitted three clean hydrogen projects in the chemical complex of Tarragona to the Spanish government . These projects will have a total electrolyser capacity of 70MW .
Christian Bruch , CEO of Siemens Energy , said : “ Green hydrogen will be one important lever to develop sustainable solutions , especially in hard-to-abate sectors of industry and mobility .”
Electric Hydrogen recently announced a $ 24M Series A financing led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures and joined by Prelude Ventures and Capricorn ' s Technology Impact Fund . The funding will support continued product development
“ We will be involved in the whole process – from power generation , using offshore wind , to hydrogen production and distribution across sectors ”
HUIBERT VIGEVENO DOWNSTREAM DIRECTOR , SHELL
32 September 2021