ROORKEE—Prof. K.K. Pant, Director of IIT Roorkee, recently inaugurated two state-of-the-art laboratories at the Department of Hydro and Renewable Energy (HRED) – the Renewable Grid Integration Laboratory and the Green Hydrogen Laboratory.
HANS Energy (00554.HK) has announced that the Hong Kong government has granted an agreement-in-principle for the construction of the city’s first hydrogen refueling station at West Kowloon Bus Depot of Citybus Limited.
India’s leading power producer, NTPC, recently unveiled plans to establish a green hydrogen hub in coastal Andhra Pradesh, allocating a budget exceeding ₹1 lakh crore for the project. The development entails installing 13.4 GW of solar power and 6.6 GW of pumped storage capacity, which will be used to generate green hydrogen through electrolysis.
Turkey is making strides in the fight against climate change by exploring hydrogen as a clean energy solution. TÜBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) is currently working on two projects – the “HYSouth Marmara Hydrogen Valley Project” and the “South Marmara Hydrogen Coast Platform Guided Project” – to promote hydrogen usage in the country.
Advanced testing of materials for hydrogen now available to APAC energy industries
Avaada Group announced on Wednesday that Brookfield Renewables will invest up to $1 billion in the company, which will be used to finance green hydrogen and green ammonia projects in India. Avaada, boasting a 4GW renewable energy portfolio, has also raised $1.07 billion as part of its ongoing $1.3-billion fundraising effort.
Woodside Energy and Keppel Data Centres have entered a non-binding Heads of Agreement (HOA) to study the feasibility of supplying liquid hydrogen from Woodside’s facilities, including the proposed H2Perth, to Singapore. The HOA sets the stage for joint development of commercial principles for hydrogen supply chain agreements, potentially providing Keppel Data Centres with around 1000 tpd of liquid hydrogen by 2030.
The company commenced the trial injection at the plant in the eastern city of Jamshedpur, using 40% of the injection systems on Sunday, Tata Steel said in a statement.
