Instead of using grid power, this first 150MW green hydrogen project in Spain is built around off-grid solar power. This is the key. H2Pro’s system is being touted as an ideal match for variable renewable generation since it can track solar output more easily than standard systems. If the plant works at scale, it could be an effective model for producing hydrogen directly from cheap solar power rather than waiting for grid upgrades.

H2Pro develops electrolysers designed specifically to integrate with variable renewable energy. The company’s technology allows the production of hydrogen to be aligned with the availability of renewable electricity, making it suitable for an operational model based on dedicated off-grid photovoltaic generation.

Traditional electrolysers were developed for continuous base-load power. Supply them the variable output of a solar field, and they degrade gas crossover becomes a safety concern, membranes fail, and efficiency drops at partial loads. The industry’s response has been to mitigate the problem with batteries or grid backup. That adds cost and eliminates the purpose of cheap renewable electricity.

H2Pro’s system is the opposite. The Decoupled Water Electrolysis – DWE approach generates hydrogen and oxygen at different times using the same bi-functional electrode. Electricity at the electrode creates hydrogen, and a counter-electrode is charged up like a battery. Then the current is reversed, the counter-electrode is discharged and oxygen evolves. Two discrete steps. No gas produced at the same time and no membrane required to keep the steps distinct.

This means a system that can be turned on and off as frequently as required without hardware degradation, ramped up and down in real time in order to match solar output, and deliver hydrogen that fulfils the EU’s demanding RFNBO standards without grid backup. Earlier Chief Business Officer Rotem Arad said the efficiency is 10-15% higher than state-of-the-art PEM systems from minimal turndown up to nominal load conditions.

H2Pro’s decoupled water electrolysis technology splits the production of hydrogen and oxygen into two stages. Instead of generating both gases simultaneously through a membrane, the process employs a bifunctional electrode as well as alternating cycles. The company says this eliminates the requirement for expensive membranes and minimises the risk of hydrogen and oxygen mixing while making the system more suitable to short-term renewable power.

Sun Systems Group will supply a maximum of 220MW of photovoltaic capacity from a nearby project. H2Pro’s electrolysers plug directly into that generation DC to DC, and there is no grid in between. The first phase is 25MW, producing approximately 1,250 tonnes of green hydrogen every year. That grows to 50MW, subsequently to 150MW by 2032.

Initially the hydrogen will be injected into the natural gas transmission network of Enagás, with the project planned to directly connect into the H2Med corridor as that infrastructure is developed. The main customers are chemical as well as petrochemical users in the Tarragona industrial cluster.

This is the second project announced by H2Pro in Spain in the last three months. In March it entered a contract with Doral Hydrogen so as to develop a 5MW pilot in Extremadura, billed at the time as the first completely off-grid solar-to-hydrogen project in the world for gas grid blending, with plans to expand that to 50MW.

H2Pro says it will sell full electrolyser systems at 500€/kW. Western PEM and alkaline systems now average about $1,500/kW. That’s a three-to-one cost gap, and that’s the claim that will either formally define the company’s path or be quietly modified as projects transition from MOU to engineering design.

The company has raised over $100 million from investors, including Breakthrough Energy Ventures as well as GIC, which is Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund. Earlier in 2026, a 500kW system was brought online in Israel. It is well to be noted that Tarragona will be the first industrial-scale test to determine if the cost curve remains intact at 25MW, followed by 150 MW.

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Portion of $105 Million Multi-Investor Funding

The commitment from IFC of 50 million to Hygenco Green Energies is part of a broader $105 million financing package that includes a number of prominent international investors and climate-focused funds. The funding group comprises the Clean Technology Fund, Siemens Financial Services, and Frontier Opportunities Fund, as well as the Fullerton Carbon Action Fund.

The deal provides for an investment of $25 million from its own account of the IFC, with Siemens Financial Services committing to invest $25 million. Fullerton Carbon Action Fund will make available around $30 million. IFC has also set up blended finance facilities in order to help mitigate risks associated with investments and to attract more private investors. The collaborative funding model seeks to speed up investment in the rapidly growing green hydrogen sector in India.

Increasing Production of Green Hydrogen, Green Ammonia

The capital injection will allow Hygenco Green Energies to create a number of large-scale green hydrogen projects and boost the production of green hydrogen as well as its derivatives, such as green ammonia. The company’s investment will expand production capacity to deliver cost-effective, dependable, zero-emission green molecules to difficult-to-access industries such as refining, fertilizers, steel manufacturing, chemicals, and heavy transportation industries. As demand for clean fuels grows, green hydrogen is increasingly seen as a pivotal solution for decreasing industrial carbon emissions and helping attain the global climate objectives.

Supporting the National Green Hydrogen Mission of India

Apparently, the investment is in line with the National Green Hydrogen Mission of India, which aims to establish the country as a global hub when it comes to green hydrogen manufacturing, usage, and exports. The higher production capacity and stronger supply chains of Hygenco are going to help the company make a contribution to the broader energy transition goals of the country and reduce its dependence on fossil fuels. In addition, projects of the company are anticipated to bolster the clean energy infrastructure of India and also back efforts towards long-term industrial decarbonization.

It was earlier reported that the expansion of Hygenco is indeed a significant step towards creating a strong green hydrogen economy and furthering sustainable development and job creation in India, with increasing investments within the clean energy technologies.

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This facility gives SINTEF Process Technology Centre a distinctive arena for evaluating and creating technologies that are beneficial to both the industry and the environment, more precisely the transformation of CO2 to new products, commonly referred to as Carbon Capture and Utilisation – CCU.

It is well to be noted that the new demonstration facility originated from PYROCO2 – the EU-funded European Green Deal project and the requirement to validate its technology at a larger scale. The PYROCO2 project seeks to turn CO2 and green hydrogen into the industrial chemical acetone and then into a whole range of useful products.

One example of the increasing need for research-based pilot activities at Tiller is PYROCO2. For over 40 years, SINTEF at Tiller has proven to be instrumental in piloting and ramping up industrial processes. Here industry is privy to a distinctive infrastructure and multidisciplinary knowledge for the creation and verification, under safe HSE guidelines, of solutions before their commercialisation.

The new pilot plant will make SINTEF even better prepared to satisfy the demand for validation and testing of novel green and circular solutions.

According to Duncan Akporiaye, the vice president of research, “When developing and testing technologies, strong research support is crucial. The location at Tiller, close to research environments at SINTEF and NTNU, provides clear advantages. It allows technologies to mature before industrial deployment.”

Innovative approaches for carbon capture & utilisation

SINTEF has served closely with the industry for many years to create solutions for carbon capture, utilisation and storage – CCUS and they come with outstanding knowledge and infrastructure to showcase technologies throughout the entire CCUS value chain.

“There is no doubt that carbon capture and storage is necessary to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, to move toward a more circular and sustainable industry, we must increasingly adopt solutions that utilize captured CO₂ as a resource,” adds Akporiaye.

New ways to collect, use and store carbon from carbon-intensive sectors can both cut emissions and utilise some of the carbon that is released.

“Through biotechnological processes, captured carbon can be converted into new products, and many industries are already leveraging biotechnology to move away from processes based on fossil carbon,” he says.

There is a growing interest when it comes to alternative sustainable feedstocks like biomass as well as CO2. But these raw materials need to be transformed via green value chains, novel technologies, and cutting-edge processes. SINTEF has long been involved in these bioprocesses, and there already exists a foothold for sophisticated industrial biotechnology in Norway.

The new pilot facility will offer additional opportunities for demonstrating gas fermentation for the creation of new chemical and plastic as well as fuel products – which is indeed a possible breakthrough as far as high-emission industries are concerned.

Confirms Chief Scientist Alexander Wentzel, “By converting CO2 into valuable products, industry can meet increasingly strict climate requirements while maintaining competitiveness and contributing to a sustainable circular bioeconomy.”

Almost 300 tonnes of acetone every year

Currently, PYROCO2 is the sole technological platform of its kind to utilise gas fermentation to generate acetone from CO2. The new Tiller plant will be able to produce around 300 tonnes of acetone a year from 700 tonnes of industrial CO2 as well as renewable hydrogen. It will also provide essential research data for additional scaling of the technology, for instance, at Herøya Industrial Park along with other industrial clusters in Europe. The aim is to allow cuts of almost 17 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent by 2050.

This scale of operating CO2-based gas processes of fermentation also necessitates a large electrolyser. Power to Hydrogen – P2H2, a U.S. company, shall supply an electrolysis system for the new plant. It will use only renewable power to separate water into hydrogen as well as oxygen. The bacteria in the bioreactors will transform the hydrogen and captured CO2 to acetone. The system is expected to be delivered in the Q4 of 2026.

Concludes Duncan Akporiaye, “The electrolysis system is designed to operate on renewable electricity, making it completely emission-free. It is also built for rapid adaptation to variable renewable power, fluctuating hydrogen demand, and long operational life – making it well suited for projects like PYROCO2.”

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It is well to be noted that Barrow Green Hydrogen is being delivered through Green Hydrogen Energy Company – GHECO, the joint venture formed in 2023 between Schroders Greencoat, which is the specialist renewables and energy transition infrastructure manager, as well as Carlton Power, the British independent energy infrastructure company which used to be the Carlton Power/Schroders Greencoat joint venture.

Apparently, up to 100 GWh of hydrogen a year will be supplied to the local manufacturing facility of Kimberly-Clark from the £125m Barrow Green hydrogen project in Cumbria. The plant will produce consumer products, including Kleenex as well as Andrex, and will reduce carbon emissions by 18,300 tonnes annually by substituting as much as 50% of the natural gas used at the facility. Under the final agreement, Plug is going to supply 30 MW of its GenEco™ Proton Exchange Membrane – PEM electrolysers.

The UK 30 MW Barrow Green Hydrogen project will see six 5 MW Plug GenEco PEM electrolysers generate green hydrogen from renewable electricity. The project was first announced as part of Plug’s award to provide a total of 55 MW of GenEco electrolysers for three green hydrogen projects in the UK, namely Barrow and Trafford as well as Langage.

With FID now in place, Barrow is the very first of the three GHECO projects to be put into implementation. Trafford and Langage go on to progress to their corresponding FIDs.

The three projects together are blueprints for industrial decarbonisation and energy hydrogen business model security, driving forward the low-carbon hydrogen ambitions of the UK. The three hydrogen projects are backed by the hydrogen business model of the UK government via its Hydrogen Allocation Round 1 – HAR1. Once up and running, the Barrow-in-Furness site is projected to become a major catalyst for the hydrogen-based economy within North-West England.

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H2 Core Systems is building its entire digital method of product development around Siemens’ Designcenter™ X Solid Edge® software, which allows the company to create and visualise products in 3D before moving to a physical manufacturing process. The digital workflow has reduced the manufacturing process by 50%, increased design and customization cycles by 20% and captured a total growth rate of 70%. Designcenter X Solid Edge and the cloud-based collaboration features of the Teamcenter® Share app by Siemens help the team develop marketing resources and technical documentation and communicate complicated design concepts transparently to stakeholders and clients.

H2 Core Systems also leverages the automation hardware and software of Siemens, such as S7 1200 compact programmable logic controllers – PLCs and TIA Portal, in order to design and deploy the automation needed by its intricate products.

It is well to be noted that H2 Core Systems was founded in 2019 and is based in Heide, Germany, and creates, manufactures, and upholds modularly configurable production, storage and energy systems which integrate electrolysis along with storage, compression, fuel cells and all of it around a hydrogen-based ecosystem.

The products are adaptable and expandable, as well as easily scalable. In addition to on-grid use, they can be utilised in conjunction with photovoltaic or wind power systems in a decentralized, self-sufficient as well as sustainable green energy supply that can be utilised globally. According to the chief executive officer of H2 Core Systems, Ulf Jörgensen, “In our role as an accelerator of the energy transition, we need to respond to individual requirements promptly and with modular, scalable energy systems. This acceleration is based on fully digitalized, dynamic and efficient collaboration between sales, engineering, production and documentation. Hydrogen energy systems with Siemens Xcelerator enables this collaboration and significantly reduces our time-to-market.”

Opines EVP PLM Products, Siemens Digital Industries Software, Joe Bohman, “Siemens Xcelerator, including Designcenter and Teamcenter, is built to help companies like H2 Core Systems design and collaborate more efficiently; by allowing them to visualize the complete product in 3D and collaborate seamlessly with stakeholders from anywhere, on any device, they can make informed design changes before production starts, saving time and money. This speeds the development of new solutions, allows greater innovation and enables customization based on customer needs. Siemens’ technologies help them reduce complex steps and deliver sustainable energy systems quickly to communities that need them.”

H2 Core Systems has recently designed and built a completely autonomous energy system for an educational institution in Niger. The outcome is an autonomous, emission-free energy source in which solar power is used to separate water into hydrogen and oxygen. The green hydrogen generated is kept and is then able to be converted back into electricity if required, providing a self-sufficient, emissions-free power supply with no diesel, no shaky grids, and no long fossil fuel supply chains.

As per the head of mechanical engineering, H2 Core Systems, Thorsten Claussen, “By combining modular hydrogen energy systems with Siemens’ advanced software and automation hardware, we can continue to deliver sustainable energy solutions worldwide, quickly adapting to customer needs and scaling our impact. We use Designcenter X Solid Edge to fully digitize our dynamic product and production planning. Thanks to the innovative solutions for distributed teams and high variability, we can significantly accelerate our development processes and production preparations and thus considerably reduce the time-to-market of our hydrogen-based energy systems.”

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This announcement comes after a Strategic Roadmap Review issued in March 2026 which concentrated on establishing the path for industrial-scale development and commercialization of SOEC technology in light of the difficult market prospects for clean hydrogen in key markets.

In the future, the company will take a look at commercialising the SOEC and derived technologies via important partnerships, targeted development initiatives, and by proving system and value chain performance and reliability by means of demonstration projects.

Topsoe will also showcase commercial-scale manufacturing capacities from its manufacturing facility based at Herning, Denmark, after which the plant will be hibernated up until demand is sufficiently high.

All near-term SOEC manufacturing operations are going to be performed in Denmark. Consequently, the company will not pursue the previously announced plans to build another SOEC factory in the US.

The new strategic direction is towards a more focused power-to-X business. Topsoe plans to initiate an organisational restructuring, which is expected to affect about 440 positions globally with a continued focus on cost base reduction in today’s general unpredictability of the global market. This is expected to primarily affect the Power-to-X business, as well as other worldwide functions, especially in Denmark. This includes planned redundancies, offshoring, and vacant positions that are not to be filled.

Topsoe will now enter into an information and consultation procedure with appropriate employee representatives in Denmark and notify employees before the end of May 2026 in accordance with Danish legal requirements.

The restructuring is expected to result in cost savings of DKK 450-550 million on a yearly basis when fully executed. A one-off restructuring cost, including the impairment of Power-to-X assets, is expected in the price range of DKK 3,500 – 3,900 million. The impairment and restructuring costs are anticipated to be booked as distinct items, mostly in the financial statements for the first half of 2026.

Topsoe has kept its full-year revenue guidance unchanged at DKK 7,600-8,400 million. The EBIT before special items margin guidance is changed to 4.0-9.0% from 0.0 to 5.0%.

According to the CEO of Topsoe, Elena Scaltritti, “The slower than expected development in targeted clean hydrogen markets, combined with global market uncertainty and general hesitation in the markets we serve, means that we must respond actively to stay profitable and competitive. Unfortunately, we expect that this will impact many dedicated and talented colleagues who have made significant contributions to our company. It is a tough but necessary decision to strengthen our position in the new market reality. Our commitment to being a technology leader in the energy transition remains. We will continue to prove the SOEC technology, progress its performance and align our investments with market development. We believe that e-fuels will be essential for a resilient, sustainable future, and our technology can be a strong enabler for that already capable of delivering 30 percent more hydrogen for the same amount of scarce, valuable renewable energy input.”

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The governments of Korea and Hong Kong executed an intergovernmental Memorandum of Understanding – MoU to bolster hydrogen policy cooperation along with business partnerships at the International Hydrogen Development Symposium 2026, held in Hong Kong from May 18 to 20, 2026. After this partnership with the government, the Group disclosed the plan to move forward with the Hong Kong hydrogen ecosystem project and entered into an MoU with prominent Hong Kong-based and global companies.

The Korea-Hong Kong corporate MoU provides an outline for collaboration to drive the development of the hydrogen market in Hong Kong and to position the city as a strategic hub for the hydrogen business expansion of the group within the Asia-Pacific region.

The contract was executed by Seung Kyu Shin, Executive Vice President and Head of Energy & Hydrogen Policy Sub-Division at Hyundai Motor Group; Cheng Don H.K., Chief Operating Officer – Hong Kong Business at The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited; Yu Taek Seo, Vice President at Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.; Norman Cheng, Chief Operating Officer of Veolia Hong Kong Holding Ltd.; In Gu Park, Chief Executive Officer of JEA ENG., Co., Ltd.; Zhang Jian, Chairman of China Inspection Company., Ltd.; Wu Pinfang, Chairman of Jiangsu Guofu Hydrogen Energy Equipment Co., Ltd.; Alfred Wong, Partner at Templewater Limited; Ir William Luk, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Chun Wo Construction and Engineering Company Limited; and Calvin Wong, Chief Executive Officer of Chun Wo Bus Services Limited.

The signing event was attended by officials from Hong Kong, which included Diane Wong, the acting secretary for environment and ecology of the HKSAR, Poon Kwok Ying, director of electrical and mechanical services of the HKSAR, Alpha Lau, director-general of investment promotion of Invest Hong Kong as well as Jeong Eui Kyung, deputy minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of Korea.

This initiative provides a strategic background and a practical execution plan and Korea–Hong Kong corporate partnerships for the hydrogen ecosystem project of Hong Kong, hence strengthening business momentum for the global hydrogen vision of the group.

According to the Executive Vice President and Head of Energy & Hydrogen Policy Sub-Division at Hyundai Motor Group, Seung Kyu Shin, “Today’s multi-party signing is both a landmark moment for Hong Kong’s green economy and a clear signal that the city’s hydrogen ecosystem is gaining real traction. Over the past three years, InvestHK has helped leading hydrogen enterprises establish themselves in Hong Kong, several of which have since listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, raising over HK$2.5 billion in total. For businesses with global green ambitions, Hong Kong is where business growth takes shape.”

The group is also exhibiting at the symposium, which is being organised at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from 18 to 20 May 2026.

At the exhibition, the group is launching its hydrogen brand and business platform, HTWO, as well as laying out its plans for developing the hydrogen ecosystem of Hong Kong. It is also demonstrating its W2H technologies and global initiatives as well as a fuel cell system developed at HTWO Guangzhou, which, apparently, is the group’s first overseas fuel cell system facility that supports many applications. All of the above underline the group’s integrated capabilities throughout the entire hydrogen value chain beyond mobility.

The group combines associated capabilities with HTWO in order to provide end-to-end hydrogen solutions throughout the full hydrogen value chain from production to storage and transport and refuelling to use. HTWO is an open collaboration, partnership and investment platform and symbolises the group’s ongoing commitment to accelerate practical energy along with hydrogen solutions globally through partnerships with governments and industry as well as innovators.

Why Is Hyundai Motor Group Developing a Hydrogen Ecosystem in Hong Kong?

Hyundai Motor Group is utilising its comprehensive hydrogen expertise in order to contribute to the Climate Action Plan 2050 by the Hong Kong government, which aims for carbon neutrality by 2050. After the city launched its Hydrogen Roadmap in 2024 and rolled out subsidies for hydrogen vehicles and refuelling infrastructure via the New Energy Transport Fund, Hong Kong was seen as a market having huge potential by the group. Like Korea, Hong Kong’s energy is also heavily dependent on imported energy, and it also has structural constraints in renewable energy generation, and clean hydrogen is an important viable option.

Since then, the group has been proactively interacting with local stakeholders, exchanging its experience on waste-to-Hydrogen – W2H ecosystems at the inaugural symposium in 2025 and introducing Korea’s hydrogen policies at the 2025 APEC workshop in Hong Kong.

With its position as a global leader in hydrogen technologies and fuel cell system manufacturing, which includes operations at HTWO Guangzhou, the Group is well positioned to contribute to the clean energy transition in Hong Kong.

What is the Hydrogen Ecosystem Project all about?

The Group’s strategy is designed for the specific environment and economic drivers of Hong Kong. The key initiatives are:

Use of abundant and underutilised landfill gas LFG resources in Hong Kong for low-carbon hydrogen production.

Introduction of locally produced hydrogen fuel cell buses, including tour and airport shuttle buses, in order to serve the city’s vibrant tourism industry that brings almost 50 million visitors every year and relies on extensive long-haul transit operations.

Develop and operate hydrogen refuelling stations HRS so as to serve operations at high-traffic locations.

HTWO Guangzhou will provide fuel cell systems when it comes to the production as well as the deployment of hydrogen commercial vehicles tailored to local requirements.

So, what’s next?

The MoU sets out a framework for practical cooperation, and the Group and its partners will step up the pace of project execution. The short-term focus will be on the development of the W2H manufacturing plants and the initial hydrogen refuelling infrastructure, with a target for a comprehensive and self-sustaining hydrogen ecosystem of Hong Kong to be fully functional by the end of 2030. The project site will be verified by 2027, and the design of the facility is planned to start.

At the same time, the group is further developing its global hydrogen efforts. In Korea, it began operating HTWO Energy Cheongju, which generates clean hydrogen from sewage sludge, in 2026, and in Indonesia, it is implementing a landfill-based W2H ecosystem business in cooperation with the government of Indonesia as well as Pertamina, which is the Indonesian state-owned energy company.

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The agreement promotes technology demonstration and scale-up by GeoKiln and signifies the deployment of its proprietary Manufactured Subsurface Hydrogen – MSSH™ technology in the Middle East. According to the MOU, GeoKiln and RAKEA will work together on technical studies and subsurface data analysis as well as the design of a potential pilot program so as to validate hydrogen production in the field. Work will focus on evaluating geological conditions, optimising stimulation parameters and establishing a path when it comes to future commercial development.

Under the partnership, RAKEA will offer access to relevant subsurface data and support for local coordination, and GeoKiln will implement its sophisticated subsurface heating technology and engineering workflows along with operational expertise in order to evaluate and carry out pilot activities.

GeoKiln takes advantage of decades of subsurface thermal experience and implements established industrial techniques in an innovative manner to uncover a scalable, low-carbon energy source from the Earth. This strategy could enable a reduction in capital expenditure and time-to-deployment compared to traditional hydrogen pathways by utilising current infrastructure alongside supply chains.

Notably, GeoKiln happens to be a proud participant in the highly competitive international Breakthrough Energy Fellows program, which encourages early-stage concepts and innovations with the potential to significantly decrease emissions of greenhouse gases at scale.

According to CEO and Co-Founder of GeoKiln Energy Innovation, Dr Alexei Tcherniak, “This is a defining moment for GeoKiln as we bring our technology into a region with exceptional geological potential and a clear vision for the future of energy. “Our approach builds on decades of subsurface thermal and reservoir experience technologies that have been proven at scale in oil and gas and applies them in a new way to manufacture hydrogen directly in the subsurface. This collaboration allows us to move from advanced subsurface modelling and engineering design into real-world validation in a setting that has the potential to support large-scale deployment. We are opening a fundamentally new pathway to hydrogen production, one that leverages geology, engineering, and existing industrial capabilities to create a scalable and economically viable solution.”

The MOU on the advancement of subsurface hydrogen resources in the UAE provides a structure for GeoKiln to assess one of the Middle East’s most promising geologic hydrogen areas with a potential path toward obtaining preferred commercial rights over up to 100 km2 in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE. As worldwide demand for dependable, low-cost and low-carbon energy continues to rise, GeoKiln is strategically placed at the front lines of an emerging field of hydrogen production a type that transforms the subsurface into a scalable manufacturing system.

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This first hub in the U.S. is going to be operated by the subsidiary of the company, Charbone Corporation USA, and goes on to mark a key strategic milestone when it comes to roll out of the integrated production and distribution network of the company in North America. The Albany site apparently is going to productively serve a varied industrial client base which spans the artificial intelligence, semiconductor, healthcare, aerospace, as well as advanced industrial process sectors, that are positioned strategically in the middle of the Northeast technology region.

According to the President and CEO of Charbone, Dave Gagnon, “Albany is much more than a new hub for Charbone. It’s our strategic entry point into the United States. We’re building a local infrastructure to supply essential molecules to the industries of tomorrow, with UHP quality standards, reliable execution, and a long-term vision. This hub positions Charbone at the heart of a key technology ecosystem and strengthens our ability to become a leading industrial gas player in North America.”

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The Obelisk green hydrogen project in Egypt is situated in the Suez Canal Economic Zone and will produce green hydrogen to be utilised in the production of green ammonia. It fits into Egypt’s larger plan to become a global clean energy hub, taking advantage of its massive solar and wind potential and its strategic position near major shipping lanes around the world.

The agreement includes a defined equity structure for the project guaranteeing long-term support from all stakeholders. Scatec will be the lead developer and will own a majority stake, while Fertiglobe will be the primary off-taker of the green ammonia produced. This off-take setup is crucial as it secures demand for the product, hence making the project more attractive for investors along with financial institutions.

The facility will be fed by renewable energy from dedicated solar and wind plants. This clean power will be used in electrolysers to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, creating hydrogen with no carbon emissions. It is viewed as a key solution to lower emissions from hard-to-abate sectors like heavy industries and shipping, which are currently under pressure to decarbonise.

The collaboration also underscores the importance of international cooperation in the drive for green technologies. It is well to be noted that Scatec brings global expertise in renewable energy development while Orascom and the Sovereign Fund of Egypt provide local experience and infrastructure capabilities. With this combination, the project should be implemented smoothly.

The latest deal is based on the first phase of the project, which went live during the COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh. The move to full equity partnership marks the project’s transition from pilot to large-scale industrial development. The Obelisk project has grown as an illustration of how developing nations can take a leading part in the worldwide energy transition for countries looking for viable alternatives to fossil fuels.

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