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Chile sets record rates in renewable bids
September 1, 2021
Twenty-nine companies placed bids to further develop renewables in Chile setting a record rate. Source (in Spanish)
The ecological fuel of the future that already has projects in Argentina
September 1, 2021
Like many countries across the LAC region, Argentina is weighing entering the green hydrogen race. According to this report by Infobae, experts have identified four regions that make it competitive leveraging its renewables: photovoltaic, biomass, wind and solar energy. Source (in Spanish)
‘World’s first fossil-free steel’ produced in Sweden and delivered to Volvo
September 1, 2021
Sweden’s SSAB says it has “produced the world’s first fossil-free steel” and has started delivering it to the Volvo Group, its first customer. The news represents the latest development for the Hybrit project, which was set up in 2016 and is owned by SSAB, energy firm Vattenfall and LKAB, a mining and minerals group. Both […]
Bill Gates commits $1.5B for clean technologies including hydrogen
September 1, 2021
Bill Gates wants to spend $1.5 billion on clean technologies, including hydrogen, through a new partnership with the US Department of Energy (US DOE). Expressing a passion for hydrogen and clean fuels, Gates explained that whilst the clean fuel is very promising the price must be right, not just for the US, but for the […]
China approves renewable mega-project for green hydrogen
August 25, 2021
The Chinese region of Inner Mongolia has approved a massive power project that will use solar and wind to produce green hydrogen. Inner Mongolia’s Energy Administration has given the go ahead to a cluster of plants in the cities of Ordos and Baotou that will use 1.85 gigawatts of solar and 370 megawatts of wind […]
Private sector launches task force to increase hydrogen market in Brazil
August 25, 2021
A group of private sector companies led by Shell announced the creation of a task force to increase the competitiveness of hydrogen in Brazil before COP26. Source (in Portuguese)
UK sets out to implement its hydrogen strategy by 2030
August 17, 2021
As the U.K launched its Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution last year, developing a thriving low carbon hydrogen sector in the UK is a key plank of the government’s plan to build back better with a cleaner, greener energy system. With the potential to overcome some of the trickiest decarbonization challenges facing […]
UN weather agency: millions affected by climate change and extreme weather in Latin America and Caribbean
August 17, 2021
Climate-related and geophysical events resulted in the loss of 312,000 lives and directly affected more than 277 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean, a new report released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) revealed on Tuesday. Source
Development floating offshore hydrogen production plant South Korea
August 13, 2021
A South Korean consortium involving state research bodies and private companies has been launched to develop a floating offshore plant using wind power to produce hydrogen. The consortium aims to build a 1.0-megawatt pilot plant in 2022 before developing and demonstrating a gigawatt-class plant in 2030. The consortium led by Korea Maritime & Ocean University […]