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Oman has established a national hydrogen alliance to boost the regions hydrogen capabilities.
Oman's alliance consists of 13 institutions from the public and private sectors, including government agencies, oil and gas operators, educational and research institutions and ports, that will look to put the Sultanate on the map for developing clean hydrogen production in addition to its use.
The project is part of Oman's energy diversification aims within its Oman Vision 2040 economic transformation plan.
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Irish utility ESB and UK-based geo-energy resource company dCarbonX have launched a project to develop large-scale storage for green hydrogen off the coast of County Cork.
The Green Hydrogen at Kinsale project, pending licence and planning approvals, could have the potential to store up to 3 TWh of green hydrogen and hydrogen carriers, the equivalent of approximately 10% of current Irish annual electricity consumption.
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A new bipartisan Clean Hydrogen Energy Act is aiming to create a historic investment in researching and developing clean hydrogen technologies to create a hydrogen economy in the US.
The bill will look to invest in a number of programs to help develop the clean hydrogen economy.
Investments in driving down the cost of hydrogen made through electrolysis is also a part of the bill with the goal of this section being to get green hydrogen below $2 per kilogram of hydrogen by 2026.
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India will compel oil refineries and fertiliser plants to use green hydrogen as the first stage of plans to secure a world-leading market scale for the key energy transition fuel.
Other energy-intensive sectors such as steelmaking and transport could be subject to the green H2 mandate later.
The draft policy will compel oil refiners to have at least 10% green H2 in their overall hydrogen consumption from 2023/24, rising to 25% by the end of the decade, it was reported. The fertiliser sector faces a 5% and then 20% target.
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Panasonic Corp. is planning its first green H2 plant powered entirely by renewable energy and will sell the system globally.
The electronics company is transforming a fuel cell factory in the lakeside city of Kusatsu, in Shiga Prefecture, into what could be a turning point toward Japan’s hydrogen economy plans, by likely becoming the first green H2 based plant.
The company plans to commercialize the system by the 2023 fiscal year.
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