Category: Chemical

July 19, 2024

DESFA recently completed the development of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage and gasification station facilities, the first LNG site to supply a local natural gas network in Greece. The station was designed to supply the Central and Western Macedonia […]

July 11, 2024

Higher prices for natural gas across Europe mean some countries, particularly in Eastern Europe, likely will burn more coal for power generation during the upcoming winter season. Coal remains a large part of the energy mix in Germany—the largest energy […]

July 8, 2024

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced ambitious expansion plans for both liquefied natural gas (LNG) and compressed natural gas (CNG) refueling services across its service station network. Speaking at the simultaneous commissioning of 12 new CNG stations in […]

July 1, 2024

Mexico is ramping up its use of natural gas for power generation, with several plants coming online in recent years, and at least 10 more (Table 1) expected to come online this year, next year, or in 2026. The U.S. […]

June 17, 2024

Coal will move further into decline as an energy producer in Australia, after several superannuation companies announced that they will no longer support investing in companies that derive 10% or more of their income from thermal coal production. As a […]

March 19, 2024

Remember those golden days when natural gas was a clean-burning bridge fuel, a nice way to reduce emissions as we ditched coal and switched to renewables? It was such a pleasant fantasy, while it lasted. Remember how the USA has […]

February 19, 2024

Hydrogen can play a key role in Australia’s energy transition by giving us additional ways of storing and moving energy around. As the world shifts towards cleaner energy production, there’s a push to make hydrogen production cleaner as well. In […]

February 13, 2024

Shell has decided to permanently close its entire hydrogen refueling network in California for light-duty vehicles. According to a report by Hydrogen Insight, the mobility company has pointed out “supply complications and other external market factors,” as the main reasons […]

February 9, 2024

Daimler Truck and Linde Engineering have jointly developed sLH2, a new process for handling subcooled liquid hydrogen. Compared to gaseous hydrogen, this approach allows for a higher storage density, a greater range, faster refueling, lower costs and superior energy efficiency. […]

February 6, 2024

Orlen Unipetrol is continuing its collaboration with the municipalities of Most and Litvínov in the next phase of the pilot operation of a hydrogen-powered bus. The municipalities, alongside Orlen and other entities, are active members of the hydrogen platform in […]

February 1, 2024

It seems everywhere you go, both inside and outside of the power industry, people are talking about hydrogen. Last October, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced an investment of $7 billion to launch seven Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs (H2Hubs) […]

January 26, 2024

A study from a group that recruits workers for energy sector jobs has found that as many as 39% of workers in the nascent green hydrogen industry are coming from the fossil fuel sector. The report from WorldWide Recruitment Energy, […]

January 25, 2024

GE Vernova will collaborate with Japanese integrated heavy industry group IHI Corp. to develop a retrofittable 100% ammonia-capable gas turbine combustion system that would be compatible with GE’s 6F.03, 7F, and 9F models, targeting a potential commercially available product by […]

January 23, 2024

A new hydrogen refueling station (HRS) has been opened by NXT Mobility in the city of Alkmaar, Netherlands. Established as a NXT Energy Hub, the site is located at De Boekelermeer business park after an extensive pilot phase. This makes […]

January 22, 2024

A group of researchers from the Technion Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering has presented a new technology for producing green hydrogen using renewable energy. Their breakthrough was recently published in Nature Materials. The novel technology embodies significant advantages compared […]

December 29, 2023

E-commerce giant Amazon is forging ahead with its plans to produce hydrogen fuel right at its sprawling network of fulfillment centers. In a strategic partnership with hydrogen technology company Plug Power, Amazon has initiated the installation of its inaugural electrolyzer […]

December 26, 2023

For the past few years there’s been a sub-genre of studies trying to pretend that making hydrogen in one place and using pipelines to move it to other places is better than just moving the electrons using HVDC transmission. It’s […]

December 11, 2023

ENOC Group has opened its first green hydrogen (H2) station, integrated into the company’s Service Station of the Future (SSoF) located at Expo City Dubai. SSoF is now the only station in the region to provide green hydrogen, hydrocarbon fuels […]

November 29, 2023

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia’s national science agency, and Swinburne University of Technology’s Victorian Hydrogen Hub (VH2) have launched a state-of-the-art clean hydrogen refueling station (HRS). Built with the purpose of enabling hydrogen (H2) research, the […]

November 28, 2023

ADNOC announced the opening of “H2GO”, United Arab Emirate’s (UAE) first high-speed green hydrogen refueling station. This pilot project has been set up to test a fleet of zero-emission hydrogen-powered vehicles. The station, located on land provided by Masdar City […]