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UAE expects to capture 25 per cent share of global hydrogen market by 2030 

The UAE is investing heavily in the production of green hydrogen and green ammonia as part of its strategy to transition to clean energy and sustainable development, and the country has the first facility in the Middle East to produce green hydrogen, with the UAE projected to gain a 25 per cent share of the global hydrogen market by 2030, according to foreign media sources. Green hydrogen is considered the fuel of the future by the UAE, and Masdar aims to produce one million green hydrogen per year by 2030, with ADNOC's annual production reaching 300,000 tonnes by then.

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Amazon inaugurates Mercedes-Benz GenH2 hydrogen fuel cell trucks

Amazon Europe's website has posted progress on Amazon's exciting new hydrogen fuel cell vehicle pilot in Germany. Amazon Europe says that testing the new Mercedes-Benz GenH2 fuel cell truck is a big step towards decarbonising Amazon's transport network, with Amazon aiming to achieve net-zero carbon emissions from all operations by 2040. And hydrogen fuel cell vehicles will help Amazon achieve that goal.

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Uruguay expects to produce 1 million tonnes of green hydrogen per year by 2040

Recently, Uruguay's Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining, Elisa Facio, said that the development of hydrogen is a huge opportunity for Uruguay, which can produce methanol, synthetic fuels or heavy-duty transport fuels. Facio predicted that by 2040, Uruguay could produce 1 million tonnes of green hydrogen per year, generating revenues of about $540 million and creating more than 30,000 new jobs. Fa said the results of the hydrogen industry, which has achieved significant development and has been practically applied in the United States, are heartening and give U.S. even more confidence that U.S. is on the right path of energy development and that U.S. should seize the opportunity to transform itself from an energy importer to an exporter.

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U.S. Department of Energy is building a platform for accelerated hydrogen research on the groThe U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies and Office of Science highlighted H2LinkSC - a unique scientific research platform designed to strengthen the faculty between basic and applied science in hydrogen across the DOE Nation.The H2LinkSC project focuses on basic and applied science in a synergies to improve the performance and durability of next-generation electrolysers and move the clean hydrogen economy closer to DOE's hydrogen bomb goals.

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Origin Energy, one of a trio of Australian utility companies, announced its exit from hydrogen energy

Origin Energy, one of a trio of Australian utility companies, has announced that it will halt all hydrogen energy development projects, including the high-profile, government-backed 1GW Hunter Valley Hydrogen Hub project in New South Wales. CEO Frank Calabria said the hydrogen energy market has been slower than expected and there are still risks to overcome in terms of input costs and technological advances. The combination of these factors has prevented us from making a final investment decision at this time.

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Australia launches new National Hydrogen Strategy to drive net zero emissions and energy transition

Recently, Australia released a new National Hydrogen Strategy to guide industry and regulators on how to best utilise hydrogen energy, to guide the production, use and export of hydrogen in Australia, to help Australia meet its statutory decarbonisation commitments and to contribute to Australia's ambition to become a renewable energy exporting superpower.

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U.S. Department of Energy 2024 Reel-to-Reel Coating Technology Development Project

Advance efficient, high-throughput and high-quality manufacturing methods and processes for clean hydrogen technologies to accelerate domestic manufacturing and reduce capital costs for durable and high-performance systems.

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Ballard transfers some hydrogen fuel cell powertrain assets

Recently, SFC Energy Denmark ApS, a Danish hydrogen energy company, signed an agreement with Ballard to acquire some of the assets of its small stationary hydrogen fuel cell business in Scandinavia, including intellectual property and (with the customer's consent) customer contracts.BPSE is a Vancouver, Canada-based proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEM fuel cell/PEMFC) pioneer a subsidiary of Ballard Power Systems Inc. The transaction price is in the low multi-million euro range.

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Japan "cracks" the hydrogen puzzle

Japan's Ryuhei Nakamura team recently said that the latest process for hydrogen production has moved away from its dependence on iridium, promising to transform hydrogen into the king of energy. They are a group of researchers at the RIKEN Research Centre for Sustainable Resource Science in Japan, who have reduced the amount of iridium needed for electrolysis by 95% without changing the efficiency of the process. Their discovery could help solve the problem and promote a zero-emission economy based on green hydrogen and other sustainable resources.