Clean fuels

Jørg Aarnes, Energy Systems at DNV, Norway, explores key trends in hydrogen production, transport and end use.

Westwood’s intelligence solution for energy transition stakeholders, Atlas New Energies has recently launched, and revealed that blue hydrogen is the key to driving development of hydrogen and CCS clusters.

Aemetis has reported that the engineering work completed during the past year by CTCI for the Aemetis Riverbank Carbon Zero SAF and renewable diesel plant is on schedule for filing permits and conducting procurement.

Hydrogen UK (HUK) has added 13 new partners to its membership since April 2022, meaning that the organisation has doubled in size since its launch in December 2021.

Imperial has announced a long-term contract with Air Products to supply low-carbon hydrogen for Imperial's proposed renewable diesel complex at its Strathcona refinery near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

McDermott, together with its storage business, CB&I, has been awarded a FEED contract from Gunvor Petroleum Rotterdam B.V. for a green hydrogen import terminal project.

BASF with ARCUS Greencycling Technologies GmbH have concluded a framework agreement for the purchase of pyrolysis oil from mixed plastic waste.

Delta and DG Fuels are looking to expand the availability of sustainable fuel, with a new low-emissions SAF, which is critical to achieving a more sustainable future for aviation.

Fluxys, Advario Stolthaven Antwerp and Advario Gas Terminal have joined forces to study the feasibility of building an open-access green ammonia import terminal at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges in Belgium.

LG Chem has selected Technip Energies’ proprietary blue hydrogen technology to supply its Daesan complex in South Korea.

Sulzer and BASF sign MoU to develop collaboration on enhancing renewable fuels and plastic recycling technologies.

Red Rock Biofuels and Frontline BioEnergy have successfully tested their innovative technology that gasifies Red Rock’s residual woody biomass feedstock into high-quality syngas for the production of SAF and renewable diesel.

Raven SR has signed an MoU with Howden to provide more certainty in procuring key components for hydrogen fuel production facilities, including advanced compressors.

Changes to both production and consumption of global liquid fuels have changed the EIA's forecast for balances between the two for the rest of 2022 and 2023. For most of 2021, more liquid fuels were consumed globally than produced.

NWHA is urging the UK government to accelerate its plan for hydrogen storage business models, arguing that greater focus on the distribution and storage infrastructure is required to deliver hydrogen at scale.