In India, Solar Quarter reported that Egypt has signed a total of seven memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with global companies for the advancement of renewable energy and green hydrogen ventures in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE). The report noted that these agreements were valued at $40 billion. The deals were signed with Pash Global […]
In the Netherlands, Offshore Energy reported that the first major hydrogen corridor in Europe, the so-called H2Med project comprised of hydrogen interconnection between Portugal and Spain and a subsea pipeline connecting Spain and France (BarMar), is entering the next phase of its development with contracts for preliminary engineering and environmental impact studies in place. Transmission […]
In Austria, Baha News reported that Russian national nuclear energy company Rosatom plans to open a hydrogen production plant in the island of Sakhalin by 2029. The report noted that the future hydrogen plant will have an annual production capacity of 36,500 tons of blue hydrogen. “We are currently working on an investment feasibility study, […]
In India, BNN Breaking reported that India’s Steel Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia recently inaugurated a plant to produce green hydrogen for the stainless steel sector. Located in Hisar, Haryana, this plant is set to reduce carbon emissions, aligning with global environmental goals. The plant is engineered to cut down carbon emissions by approximately 2,700 metric tons […]
In Brazil, FS claimed to be the first Brazilian corn ethanol industry to receive the ISCC international certification (International Sustainability & Carbon Certification), attesting that its production process meets international requirements for the production and supply of ethanol and corn oil for the production of SAF. Furthermore, FS also said it is the first ethanol […]
In Finland, Neste has launched its new emission reduction solution, Neste Impact, for businesses looking to reduce the carbon footprint of their air travel and transport activities. The company said that the new solution is based on purchasing Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel with which greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) can be reduced by up to […]
In the UK, Green Car Congress reported that a team of researchers at the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) has compared the Fischer-Tropsch (FT) and methanol pathways for the production of SAF derived from renewable energy sources. The results, published in an open-access paper in the journal Fuel, show a very high carbon efficiency of […]
In Romania, OMV Petrom announced the signing of two financing contracts for the construction of two production facilities for green hydrogen with a total capacity of 55 MW at the Petrobrazi refinery. The contracts were signed with the Romanian Ministry of Energy for a maximum. The projects consist of building two water electrolysis plants of […]
In the UK, International Airlines Group (IAG) announced its largest SAF purchase agreement to date, with Twelve, which will supply advanced e-SAF made from made from CO2, water and renewable energy. Under the terms of the fourteen-year contract, Twelve will supply IAG with 785,000 tons of e-SAF to support its five European airlines (British Airways, […]
In Illinois, LanzaJet announced a $30 million investment by Southwest Airlines in LanzaJet. As part of the agreement, LanzaJet and Southwest intend to work toward the development of a sustainable aviation fuel production facility and collaborate to advance the operations of a corn stover to ethanol technology company in which Southwest is invested, which is […]
