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• The preparation of this standard is part of the government’s efforts to encourage and support sustainable clean energy.

Muscat: In line with Oman Vision 2040’s energy objectives and the recent Royal directives by His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik to grow the green hydrogen sector in the Sultanate of Oman, the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion (MoCIIP) has issued specification standards for hydrogen-fueled vehicles. These performance requirements related to safety requirements that reduce impact of accidents Nadia bint Mohammed al Siyabiyah, Director of the Specifications Department, MoCIIP, said that the preparation of this standard is part of the government’s efforts to encourage and support sustainable clean energy.

JAKARTA – A unit of Indonesian state oil and gas company PT Pertamina aims to start a trial of hydrogen energy production next year as it seeks to expand its clean energy portfolio, a company official said on Wednesday.

Oracle Power PLC (AIM:ORCP), the international natural resources project developer, is pleased to announce that the Company has received a letter from the Directorate of Alternative Energy of the Government of Sindh confirming that it will issue a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) to Oracle regarding the establishment of a 1,200MW hybrid solar/wind, green hydrogen/power project (the “Project”) in Pakistan, being advanced by the Company’s joint venture company, Oracle Energy Limited (“Oracle Energy”), subject to the provision of a US$600,000 performance guarantee by Oracle Energy.

NTPC will establish India’s first public green hydrogen mobility project in Leh within a year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone on Saturday (30 July).

Today, Wednesday, Egypt and India signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a plant for the production of green hydrogen worth 8 billion dollars in the economic zone of the Suez Canal.

In a move to significantly reduce its carbon footprint by moving into renewable space, India’s largest Maharatna, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 26 July 2022 to enter into a Joint Venture with one of India’s leading renewable energy companies M/s Greenko ZeroC Private Limited. 

RIYADH — Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz Bin Salman met here Monday with Thailand Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Supattanapong Punmeechaow and his accompanying delegation.

• Nasdaq-listed firm aims to diversify its renewable energy business.

Indian renewables company ReNew Power is planning to develop green hydrogen projects in Egypt and Morocco, news website Mint reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed sources. The company also has plans for Oman.