Hydrogen

Air Products has said more about its logic for deciding which underperforming hydrogen projects to cancel and which to pursue.

Industrial gas major Air Products has delayed the start-up of its multi-billion-dollar Louisiana blue hydrogen project and is looking to divest its stakes in the carbon sequestration and ammonia production elements.

Industrial gas major Linde has said it remains confident in delivering $8bn to $10bn worth of clean energy projects over the next few years, underpinned by blue hydrogen and US 45Q tax credits.

India has launched the country’s Green Hydrogen Certification Scheme (GHCI), laying the regulatory foundation for what it hopes will become a global export market worth $70bn and a cornerstone of its domestic clean energy strategy.

Global renewable hydrogen producer Hy2gen has raised €47m ($53.5m) from existing investors to accelerate the development of its portfolio of green hydrogen, e-fuels, and green ammonia projects across Europe, Canada and South America.

Renewable energy specialist NTPC Green Energy has partnered with the gas processing technology licensor Honeywell UOP India to explore production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in India.

Messer has secured €2.45bn ($2.63bn) in long-term financing to support its growth strategy, following a strong full-year performance at the privately owned industrial gas major.

Global energy company TotalEnergies has unveiled plans to increase investments in green hydrogen and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at its petrochemical refining site in Antwerp, Belgium.

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) plans to produce clean hydrogen using heat from a high-temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactor at the Oarai Nuclear Engineering Institute in Ibaraki prefecture, northeast of Tokyo.

Hidrogenii, a joint venture between US green hydrogen company Plug Power and chemical manufacturing firm Olin Corporation, has turned on a 15-tonnes-per-day hydrogen liquefaction plant in St Gabriel, Louisiana.