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• B&W will team with Newpoint Gas, supplying BrightLoopTM hydrogen generation and decarbonization technology and BrightGenTM combustion technology for groundbreaking project.
• Babcock & Wilcox subsidiary will provide construction services.
• B&W technology will allow plant to produce hydrogen, isolate carbon dioxide and create clean, near-zero emissions energy.

Latham, New York – Hydrogen fuel cells packed into a pair of 40-foot-long shipping containers here ramped up on an overcast day early this June as engineers gathered around laptops displaying data on the state, health and power output of the cells in this first-of-a-kind hydrogen generator.

• As in Build Back Better, credits capped at $3/kg.
• New bill brings credits close to reality.

The US Inflation Reduction Act, announced July 27, includes support for hydrogen through a new tax credit that will award up to $3/kg for low carbon hydrogen, subject to certain requirements.

Mitsui & Co., Ltd., (“Mitsui”, Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Kenichi Hori) and CF Industries (“CF”, Head Office: Illinois, USA) have formed an agreement to jointly develop a clean ammonia production project in the United States.

• Type IV high-pressure Neptune tanks are to be delivered by Hanwha Solution’s hydrogen tank manufacturing subsidiary Hanwha Cimarron.
• Hanwha Cimarron will work with Shell to build extensive hydrogen refueling infrastructure in California.
• With its Alabama factory expected to come online late this year, Hanwha Cimarron will churn out 4,000 high-pressure tanks annually.

Houston is shaping up as a dominant player in the push to bring hydrogen into the nation’s clean energy mix.

• Oregon-based utility poised to test cutting-edge energy technology at its Central Portland facility.

PORTLAND, Ore — NW Natural, a 163-year-old gas utility based in Portland, announced today a partnership with Washington-based Modern Electron to create clean hydrogen directly from natural gas and blend it into its existing natural gas distribution network.

Utilities around the world have been using turbines fueled by natural gas to generate electricity for decades. Power companies have long been drawn to their greater efficiency over earlier forms of electric generation, and their ability to power homes with fewer carbon emissions.