Hydrogen

Xcel Energy has tasked Worley Ltd. with determining whether its U.S. natural gas pipeline network could inject and blend hydrogen into its system. Australia-based Worley and consultant Advisian Ltd. are reviewing the systems for Xcel, headquartered in Minnesota. Xcel has natural gas infrastructure in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas and…

With one South Texas LNG export project set to be sanctioned by year’s end and a bevy of other ventures underway, Glenfarne Energy Transition LLC is finding its niche by tapping into the environmentally sensitive demands of potential overseas customers that want low-carbon energy. CEO Brendan Duval, who moved from Australia to the United States…

Bear Head Energy Inc. has received environmental assessment approval to move forward with a green hydrogen and ammonia production, storage and loading facility in Point Tupper, Nova Scotia, formerly an LNG export facility. The project was given the green light by provincial Minister Timothy Halman of the Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change. “Following a…

Using the Biden administration’s landmark climate legislation, Mitsubishi Power Americas Inc. is working with Warwick Carbon Solutions Development Co. LP (WCS) to leverage its zero-carbon ambitions in the United States. The companies’ joint development agreement (JDA) was assisted by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which was signed into law last year by President Biden.  “As…

Calgary-based Atco Ltd. has made an opening move on tapping Alberta natural gas to fuel low-carbon hydrogen exports to Japan. Atco also clinched an agreement to create an “integrated clean fuels supply chain” between subsidiary Canadian Utilities Ltd. and Kansai Electric Power Co. The plan is in early stages, with no  volumes, production costs or…

After spending years advancing a Canadian east coast LNG project, Bear Head Energy Inc. is officially moving forward with a hydrogen facility as a zero-carbon fuel of the future. Houston-based Buckeye Partners LP last May completed its takeover of the Bear Head liquefied natural gas project in Nova Scotia. At the time, Buckeye had outlined…

Amogy, a Brooklyn-based startup company, has found a way to use ammonia to power the world’s first zero-emissions tugboat. This announcement comes after the company successfully powered a semi-truck. In an interview with NGI, CEO Seonghoon Woo talked about how using ammonia could decarbonize transportation. “Beyond its incredible energy density and liquid phase at an…

After the Los Angeles City Council last month voted to transition the city’s largest natural gas-fired plant to green hydrogen by 2030, there are still some “areas of concern,” Sapphire Technologies Inc. CEO Freddie Sarhan said.  According to LA100, a study and roadmap for the city’s best means to achieve 100% renewable electricity by 2045…

As firms like Tree Energy Solutions GmbH (TES) and HIF Global work to build large-scale production and export hubs for hydrogen in the United States and Europe, executives said the next generation of fuels would likely need to be supported by existing natural gas infrastructure. TES CEO Marco Alverà, speaking on a panel this week…