Air Liquide has completed the construction of the world’s largest PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) electrolyser production unit with a capacity of 20 MW in Canada. Supplied with renewable energy, this unit is now producing up to 8.2 tonnes per day of low-carbon hydrogen in Bécancour, Québec.
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Woodside Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Tasmanian Government outlining the state’s support for the company’s H2TAS project, which is a proposed renewable hydrogen production facility in Bell Bay. The signing of this MoU demonstrates support for companies, such as Woodside, looking to develop the hydrogen industry in Tasmania.
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Bangladesh has announced that it has set up a research centre and a pilot processing plant for hydrogen-based technologies. In addition to producing hydrogen, the plant will also produce waste and biomass which will be used as feedstock. For this, the Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSCIR) has kickstarted the training of scientists to work towards setting up a full-fledged Hydrogen Energy Laboratory as part of the project.
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Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala), the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), and ADQ, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish the Abu Dhabi Hydrogen Alliance. As part of this agreement, these partners will collaborate to establish a major green hydrogen economy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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Total and Engie have mutually agreed to design, develop, build and operate a renewable hydrogen production unit called the Masshylia project. The project will be located at a site at Chteauneuf-les-Martigues in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur in the Southern region of France.
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Linde will build, own and operate the world’s largest PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) electrolyzer plant (24 MW) at the Leuna Chemical Complex in Germany. The electrolyzer will be built by ITM Linde Electrolysis GmbH, a joint venture between Linde and ITM Power.
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The consortium behind the OYSTER project comprising of ITM Power, Ørsted, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, and Element Energy has received EUR 5 million from The Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH2-JU). FCH2-JU is a public private partnership of the European Commission.
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A strategic partnership has been announced between United States-based hydrogen fuel cell provider Plug Power and the South Korean SK Group to promote hydrogen-based technologies in the Asian Market. Accordingly, SK Group will be investing $1.5 billion to acquire a 9.9 per cent pro forma ownership stake in Plug Power, thereby forming a joint venture company in South Korea. Plug SK Group’s US subsidiary will purchase around 51.4 million shares for $29.28 per share, and the transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2021.
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