Australian liquefied natural gas (LNG) developer Woodside (ASX:WPL) is busy positioning itself for a future in which hydrogen may play a growing role in the energy mix. Significantly, it is working closely with customers in its traditional LNG export markets – particularly Japan and South Korea – to meet demand for cleaner forms of energy.
Australian liquefied natural gas (LNG) developer Woodside (ASX:WPL) is expanding its portfolio of hydrogen production opportunities to the US as it eyes North America’s heavy transport sector.
A UK-backed research group unveiled a design for a liquid hydrogen-powered airliner theoretically capable of matching the performance of current midsize aircraft without producing carbon emissions.
Norway’s Hoegh LNG will supply the first floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) to operate at the Port Kembla Energy Terminal being developed by Australian Industrial Energy (AIE) in Australia under a long-term charter deal.
Plans to power the Arbikie gin and whisky distillery with onsite wind and hydrogen have been given backing by the government’s Green Distilleries fund.
By Claire Wallis, partner and renewable energy specialist lawyer at CMS
There were some welcome developments during COP26, not least the deal announced between the US and China to work together to limit global temperature rises to 1.5C, in line with the 2015 Paris Agreement.
State-backed Malaysian energy company Petronas has signed a pact with Baker Hughes to collaborate on technological developments supporting the energy transition.
Together with partner BP, the German utility is confident that investment plans for the Port of Leith and Aberdeen make for a compelling bid in the battle for ScotWind acreage.
By Natalie Coupar, Communications Director at OGUK
Last month saw the UK Government unveil its Net Zero Strategy, the Treasury publish its Net Zero Review and the Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy give its go-ahead for the UK’s first two carbon capture projects.
Suppliers with access to low-cost renewables will have a competitive advantage when it comes to green hydrogen production. Australia and the Middle East sit in the top echelons for solar irradiance and offer massive green hydrogen potential, according to Wood Mackenzie’s latest analysis.
Woodside (ASX:WPL) today unveiled plans for a A$1 billion ($748 million) hydrogen export plant south of Perth that is designed to export low carbon energy overseas and boost renewable energy supplies in Western Australia.
Technip Energies (PARIS:TE) has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning contract by NTPC for its Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Based Hydrogen Generation Plant project at Vindhyachal, Madhya Pradesh, India.