Industrial hydrogen makes progress but cost and carbon questions remain
Despite industry-wide setbacks and recalibration, large-scale industrial hydrogen has made impressive steps to becoming a commercial reality in recent months.
Despite industry-wide setbacks and recalibration, large-scale industrial hydrogen has made impressive steps to becoming a commercial reality in recent months.
HyIron’s Oshivela plant is set to begin producing green hydrogen-based direct reduced iron (DRI) within the next month, targeting an initial output of 15,000 tonnes per year.
The SoutH2 Corridor pipeline aims to supply green hydrogen to Europe from North Africa, but activists warn it could exploit local resources and extend fossil fuel infrastructure.
New mandatory regulations for using hydrogen and ammonia fuel in ships are unlikely before 2028 at the earliest, according to a white paper by ships classification organisation DNV.
The European Union (EU) is to invest €4.4bn in South Africa’s clean energy industry as part of a global gateway investment package.
Morocco will offer the projects up to 30,000 hectares of land, attracting global investors such as Moeve, ACWA Power and Ortus.
A 3.1GW solar array with pumped hydro storage will power electrolysers by day and generate electricity at night for continuous operation.
Ballard Power Systems will provide fuel cell systems totalling 5MW to the Egyptian truck and bus manufacturer.
“Importing green iron from our trading partners and allies to supplement the feed to UK and EU electric arc furnaces is the most obvious opportunity that is simply not getting publicly discussed.”
Backed by AHL and LONGi Green Energy Technology, the project aims to produce 1.2 million tonnes of green methanol annually for export.
