HIL Issue 13

CONTENTS

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International Projects

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TÜV Certification: What are the Steps to Follow?

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TÜV Certification: What are the Steps to Follow?

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How is Innovate UK KTN Unlocking Hydrogen Business Opportunities?

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What two Factors are Priming the UK Market for Success?

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Building the Hydrogen Economy Across the North East

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Turning Hydrogen Potential to Reality

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Building the Hydrogen Economy Across the North East

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How Ammonia Cracking Could Produce 1 Million Tons of Hydrogen

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International Projects

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HIL London

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Previous Editions

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HIL London Next Up

BUILDING THE HYDROGEN ECONOMY ACROSS THE NORTH EAST

There is a lot of exciting innovation coming from Tees Valley.

TÜV CERTIFICATION

TÜV CERTIFICATION: WHAT ARE THE STEPS TO FOLLOW?

by Floyd March

Certification models and structures are forming as the hydrogen economy is built. These methods are an essential way to ensure compliance with safety regulations, quality on an international scale, and verification.

While many of these certification models are new, such as the UK's most recent hydrogen certification model, TÜVs have been a long-standing method of certification from the industrial revolution in Germany all the way through to renewables.

View Sonic define TÜVs as: “Short for Technischer Überwachungsverein in German, which means Technical Inspection Association. These associations are independent companies that test, inspect, and certify technologies, products, and systems to ensure potential hazards and prevent damages.”

TÜVs can be a good benchmark for further certification

These methods of verification can be applied across the hydrogen sector as a blueprint due to the fact it has been historically recognised as the trademark for trust and quality. View Sonic explained that: “TÜV certification ensures that a product, service, or process has been tested for safety and that it complies with the requirements of national, regional, and international regulations.

Four steps to achieve TÜV certification

Depending on what is needed, the TÜV organisation works with companies in the following steps:

1 | Identification of Type and Scope of Certification:

With international and statutory regulations in mind, the TÜV will look at the most suitable methodology to approach the certification. They will also assess if the content is sufficient or if the trainers need to be qualified for the exercise.

2 | Development on Type of Examination:

After the scope has been decided on, the TÜV will develop ideas on the examination and its process, its target qualifications of test subjects, the questions to be asked, assessment criteria, and the required examination committee.

3 | Preparation of Examination:

Next, the TÜV will plan the logistics of the examination, including dates and locations, and set clear regulations for the test. Test subjects will also be verified to ensure that they fit the examination’s scope.

4 | Execution and Assessment of Examination:

Lastly, the examinations will be carried out and supervised by the TÜV and their selected committee. Once the tests are completed, the results will be assessed and certified that they have met the standards laid out in the beginning.

Expanding on this, there is a TÜV Rheinland Standard H2.21 which is an independent verification for the documentation of renewable and low-carbon hydrogen fuels. This standard is in line with the developments of definitions in the EU, which has been widely reported. “TÜV Rheinland Standard H2.21 defines a Greenhouse gas emission reduction threshold of 70% of the Comparator Value (94 g CO2-eq/MJ) and differentiates between two major hydrogen classifications, green and low-carbon.” With the flexibility of the standards, there can also be sub-categorisations through specific criteria on RFNBO, blue hydrogen, pink hydrogen, and more. Other feedstocks such as hydrogen derivatives, ammonia, and methane.

Ensuring these standards are appropriate for all forms of hydrogen can offer encouragement that the TÜVstyle framework can be applied across the hydrogen sector.

Regardless of the life cycle stage of the hydrogen, whether that be production distribution, etc. TÜV certification for renewable and low-carbon hydrogen fuels enables: “You to provide evidence that you, as the owner, are supplying the hydrogen to the recipient in a climate-neutral manner.”

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

HOW IS INNOVATE UK KTN UNLOCKING HYDROGEN BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES?

by Chelsea Bailey

Innovate UK KTN is working to enable technology and knowledge-sharing among businesses, public bodies, and academia to foster cross-sector collaborations for innovative solutions.

To enable local clean hydrogen uptake at scale and cost, Innovate UK KTN has been running Hydrogen Innovation Network since 2020.

The goal of the Hydrogen Innovation Network is to provide deep expertise for those who need it, increase investment in the hydrogen sector, address the gap in skills, and help create a robust supply chain landscape through innovation and collaboration.

Hydrogen Innovation Network has been involved in various activities, such as the Tees Valley Hydrogen Hub, cross-sector activities, the HydroGenerally Podcast, international collaboratory activities and the latest funding briefing events.

To showcase the above, Innovate UK KTN’s Hydrogen Innovation Network is organising a Hydrogen Supply Chain Showcase event on June 22 at Toyota Derby to demonstrate Hydrogen Supply Chain and bring low carbon hydrogen enthusiasts from all levels together to explore opportunities.

The Hydrogen Innovation Network is facilitating knowledge sharing and collaboration

Following initial work with key stakeholders to validate challenges and local issues, the Hydrogen Innovation Network plans to identify case studies demonstrating the hydrogen economy in practice and provide a platform to find innovative solutions across industries and sectors through Innovation Exchange programmes.

We are collaborating for low-carbon Hydrogen because there is a great significance in terms of transition to sustainability and Net Zero.

Avijita Kharel Knowledge Transfer Manager Clean Energy Innovate UK KTN

Speaking about the Hydrogen Innovation Network, Avijita Kharel, Knowledge Transfer Manager Clean Energy at Innovate UK KTN, explained that it is all about collaboration: “We connect organisations together, and help unlock business opportunities for them. It is a platform to accelerate innovation and expand cross-sectoral horizon.”

She continued: “The purpose is to enable local low carbon Hydrogen uptake at scale and low cost by facilitating knowledge sharing, and accelerating collaboration, innovation and growth.”

The Hydrogen Innovation Network recently launched the Hydrogen Supply Chain Directory which contains the database of UK-based organisations involved in the Hydrogen supply chain. After launching in February, the Hydrogen Supply Chain Directory already hosts 235 organisations working in the Hydrogen sector in the UK.

This is where the Supply Chain Directory comes in, through the sharing of details of end-users either currently using hydrogen or proactively planning to. It also aims to showcase solutions providers in this space that may be able to help these end-users move closer to their hydrogen goals.

The Directory can be viewed based on six different categories: production, conversion, storage, movement, utilisation, and support services. With growing representation in the sector, the UK Government are looking to advance the hydrogen economy in the transport sector providing funding, policy, and advice across all public and private sectors.

Innovate UK KTN is boosting collaboration in the hydrogen industry

Another way in which Innovate UK KTN is working to unlock business opportunities and boost collaboration in the hydrogen sector is through the Innovation Exchange programme. Innovation Exchange is

supporting innovation transfer by matching industry challenges to innovative companies with solutions from various sectors.

It does this by connecting businesses experiencing challenges with companies who have the right innovative solutions, for quicker and cost saving development and deployment of solutions.

Over the past years, the Innovation Exchange programme has held 155 challenges so far while generating an estimated value of £27.9million

Avijita revealed that the programme is there for when: “Companies or organisations with certain problems come to us for solutions. We create a challenge based on the issue and then we send it out to companies who can provide solutions.”

These companies providing the solution will pitch their solution to the challenge holder, who then will select the best and costeffective solution.

The programme is key to enabling and facilitating collaboration in the industry and allows people to share their knowledge and technical expertise with others. Collaboration in the hydrogen industry is crucial to seeing it evolve and to build confidence in the hydrogen supply chain.

MARKET SUCCESS

WHAT TWO FACTORS ARE PRIMING THE UK MARKET FOR SUCCESS?

by Floyd March

The NZHF and HBM are well underway, with new allocation rounds coming in the summer and autumn of 2023. While they are vital to incentivising the private sector with grants that cover start-up costs, Westwood Global Energy Group recently indicated two key factors priming hydrogen for success in the UK market: cost reductions and supply and demand.

Naturally, government support was the first key priority, with various funds offering the chance to de-risk initial investments to help meet the 10GW target set by the UK Government.

Continued support is also essential, which is recognised through the allocation rounds, allowing for any changes to objectives and criteria to be introduced as the economy grows.

Bottlenecks continuing to grow in the UK

Levelised costs are one of the biggest bottlenecks to hydrogen production, and it is hoped that this government aid will be able to address these issues. The report said: “The average levelised cost of hydrogen for blue and green remain uncompetitive versus grey until 2030.”

Until hydrogen scales and costs decline, government support will be instrumental in making low-carbon hydrogen competitive, which is essential for incentivising uptake.

Developers are simultaneously attempting to strengthen their business cases for hydrogen by leveraging advantages such as feedstocks and infrastructure that could deliver further cost reductions.

Scalability is something that the UK has successful experience in doing, especially with other renewables. At the end of 2022, the Westwood Global Energy Group found that the UK installed 13.7GW of offshore wind capacity, which is second only to Mainland China at 29.4GW.

Hydrogen integral in creating a secure energy system

Fragmentation is expected to linger for a while, especially as rules on additionality will require any wind and solar built for hydrogen to not be taken from pre-existing infrastructure that could be used for other energy sources.

As the UK energy mix and infrastructure evolves, the storage of hydrogen can play an important role in creating a more secure energy system:

1 | It can balance the intermittency of renewables and create value from power that would otherwise have been curtailed. Hydrogen can be stored during periods of high renewable electricity generation and used during periods of low generation, helping to smooth variability from renewables.

2 | It can balance seasonal fluctuations in demand. Grid-scale hydrogen storage can meet large fluctuations in seasonal heating demand.

3 | It can be used for grid balancing. Hydrogen-fuelled combined cycle gas turbines can be a source of fast dispatchable power when required.

The report also expanded on the need to scale up hydrogen pipelines, whether that is through the retrofit and repurposing of existing lines or through new build delivery. “Pipelines, especially repurposed, offer the cheapest method of transport in the immediate term. Repurposing existing gas pipelines for hydrogen is up to five times more cost effective than building from new. It can also significantly reduce construction time.”

Project Union is one such project aimed at achieving this. Project Union is the largest hydrogen pipeline project planned in the UK. Spearheaded by National Gas (formerly National Grid), the project aims to create a hydrogen backbone for the UK by repurposing 2,000 km of pipeline (25% of the UK’s natural gas transmission pipeline) to hydrogen.

Project Union could be the backbone to link clusters

It will be done in phases starting from 2027, with the initial backbone to be completed by the early 2030s. The backbone will initially link the industrial East Coast clusters of Teesside and the Humber.

Additionally, the project will aim to connect to existing interconnectors in the Bacton gas terminal in Norfolk, which could open up hydrogen trade with Europe.

The idea of clusters will be utilised for a considerable length of time, especially when building supply and demand chains.

EFFICIENCY AND COST BENEFITS:

Of course, these plans and goals carry risks and uncertainties around safety, deployment, and scalability. Political uncertainty is one of the initial issues, specifically in the UK, after undergoing a series of government leadership changes over the past 18 months. The disruption has resulted in fiscal instability, policy uncertainty and some delays.

Risks remain in place, some specific to the UK, others globally

A risk more associated with other countries is the level of competition between nations. The report highlighted this: “The policies and tax incentives of other countries (i.e. the US’ Inflation Reduction Act and Europe’s Green Deal Industrial Policy) could threaten hydrogen production and investment in the UK."

While definitions of green hydrogen are starting to form, with the EU and the US being the most recent to form more solid definitions and the UK announcing the certification scheme, there are further issues around whether the definitions will line up with one another. If not, there could be serious issues in exporting and importing hydrogen.

• Shares infrastructure (i.e. pipelines and storage).

• Minimises hydrogen transport, which over long distances is very costly.

• Quickly achieves economies of scale from large industrial demand.

• Connects multiple revenue sources and balances stable industrial demand with variable power demand.

• Builds in redundancies, as new technology carries a higher risk of unexpected operational issues.

• Promotes liquidity in a burgeoning sector where there are few market participants.

HYDROGEN NORTH EAST

BUILDING THE HYDROGEN ECONOMY ACROSS THE NORTH EAST

by Floyd March

Ahead of the HIL 100 Breakfast hub held in Durham, Hydrogen Industry Leaders takes a look at the core project pipeline across the whole of Teesside and identifies how the region is a vital part of the net zero puzzle.

The event will hear from a range of speakers including representatives from Northern Gas Networks, Teesside and Durham University.

Innovation comes directly from University research

Focussing on what is happening on a University level, Teesside University and Durham University have been collaborating on a ground-breaking project to accelerate decarbonisation and the use of hydrogen through supporting industrial research and development and capacity building in the Tees Valley.

Researchers from both universities will harness their complementary strengths in the ambitious four-year project, Growing Teesside’s Hydrogen Economy and Catalysing a Just Transition to Net Zero (‘Collaborations in Research’).

The £11m project is led by Teesside University and funded with £4.8m from the Research England Development (RED) Fund, part of UK Research and Innovation, as well as funding from Teesside University, Durham University and industrial partners.

Funding directed towards the Tees Valley is well placed as it is responsible for almost 50% of the UK’s production of hydrogen and innovation.

In 2018, a report by KPMG found that exploiting the opportunities of the hydrogen economy could add up to £7 billion to the Tees Valley economy by 2050 and create up to 1,000 high-value-added jobs.

Shifting away from University level research into future innovation, the event will also explore the projects that are being proposed and those that are in action, showcasing how Teesside is at the heart of net zero.

Redcar Hydrogen Community could be a trailblazing project

The Redcar Hydrogen Community is an example of such projects, which is being run alongside Northern Gas Networks, who is the gas distributor for the North East and parts of Cumbria and Yorkshire.

This initiative would involve changing the gas supplied through pipes from the natural gas supplied today, to hydrogen.

The project leaders were invited to submit plans to create a hydrogen village by the government and you can find out more about why a hydrogen conversion is being explored on the Government website Detailed proposals have been submitted to the Government and Ofgem, with final decisions expected in fall 2023.

If the proposal is given the go ahead, they would need to install new hydrogen appliances in the place of any current gas ones including boilers, fires and cookers in the homes and businesses within the Redcar Hydrogen Community.

This would be at no cost to customers, ensuring they are not directly impacted by the change of supply.

Along with the other gas distribution network companies, they were also invited to submit a location for a conversion to the gas network to hydrogen from 2025. Redcar was selected because of existing commitments to produce hydrogen in the area.

The government has highlighted that the UK’s hydrogen economy could be worth £900 million by 2030 and create as many as 12,000 jobs, so hydrogen could represent a great opportunity for Redcar and the local area.

The team at Northern Gas Networks is really excited to be working in Redcar over the next year and begin liaising with residents and businesses as we develop our plans.

Northern Gas Networks

World first projects coming straight from Teesside

In addition to this exciting project, a pioneering energy project to gather vital evidence about the suitability of the existing gas network to transport hydrogen is underway in the South Bank area of Teesside.

This project will see Northern Gas Networks use a network of existing natural gas mains to carry out standard gas operational procedures under 100% hydrogen conditions for the first time.

Testing is taking place on an area of disused land where gas pipes that once supplied homes on the site, while all still intact, are disconnected from the rest of the network. Evidence gathered will be used to understand any changes needed for the potential conversion of the gas distribution network to transport clean burning hydrogen in the future.

The UK has set a target of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 to help reverse the impact of climate change.

The natural gas used by 85% of homes connected to the gas grid is responsible for over 30% of the UK’s carbon emissions, but hydrogen produces no carbon when burned, so could provide a greener energy solution for heating and cooking.

The South Bank research is part of the H21 project, a major collaborative UK gas industry hydrogen programme led by NGN, to assess the suitability of the UK’s existing gas network to carry hydrogen.

Network with likeminded professionals

STANTEC WEBINAR

TURNING HYDROGEN POTENTIAL TO REALITY

by Floyd March

Eric Daglish Product Sales Manager Cochran

WATCH THE WEBINAR ON DEMAND

Ahead of the Q&A session, Hydrogen Industry Leaders heard presentations covering the key parts of the Arbikie H2 production and use case study, circular economy, and investment priorities in the supply chain.

Following the QR code, you can catch up with the latest insights into the delivery of the hydrogen economy across Scotland, hear what Graham, Paul and Eric had to say about these topical issues and observe the engaging Q&A session in full.

This well-attended webinar provided honest conversations about where hydrogen is today and what needs to happen to grow the economy and meet ambitious government targets, allowing the region to become exporters of hydrogen on a global scale.

Q | How will different definitions of green hydrogen impact the sector?

GRAHAM

A | The European Parliament already has two draft documents about the quality of hydrogen standards and the UK's hydrogen standard is being developed on the basis that the Europeans are likely to publish a document on it.

If we wish to trade hydrogen with Europe, hydrogen value chain standards will have to meet that of the Europeans as a minimum. If we take that onto the global stage, there's no conversation going on about an international standard for hydrogen with, say, Canada and the US and they will want to trade.

And that's before we get to some of the bigger continents such as Africa and parts of Asia such as China and India. Some of these big economies will also get involved in the hydrogen value chain as we go along. So it's imperative that we have some kind of international agreement about standards, and that will simplify the investment decisions that are being made.

PAUL

A | Obviously, we're very focused on green hydrogen and this delivery can be challenging because of definitions and the fact renewables cost a reasonable amount of money to invest in the first place. It is quite expensive to be able to deliver electrolyzers and compressors to feed into boilers.

As I mentioned previously, if we can assist through legislation and definitions of green hydrogen then it will be easier to get subsidies from private investment. Ultimately it's going to be private investment that takes projects like ours through to fruition.

ERIC

The knowledge and information are already there from a gas safety point of view, any changing definitions won’t change our practices from a gas safety point of view. We now understand that from a design point of view, which is the focus of our R&D project, what would be required from a rectifier application, and I don't think that will discourage anyone from transitioning.

I think it is all about purely giving customers the confidence that it is the right approach and it's one of many. As Graham said, there's no silver bullet. But ultimately as things stand, it's going to be very difficult financially to support the transition to a hydrogen-based approach across the board on the current prices I pointed out in my presentation. The costs of the fuel and subsidies ultimately are going to have to be in place to get the first initial projects off the ground to improve the economy of scale and to make it more affordable.

AMMONIA CRACKING

HOW AMMONIA CRACKING COULD PRODUCE 1 MILLION TONS OF HYDROGEN

by Hannah Wintle

The prospect of an industrial ammonia cracking plant has been deemed a feasible method for large-scale hydrogen production, according to a recent study.

A total of 18 parties, including the Port of Rotterdam, Air Liquide, bp, Shell, RWE, and Uniper, commissioned leading engineering and construction firm Fluor to perform a pre-feasibility study into the concept.

The study concluded that the technology required to safely convert ammonia into hydrogen is available today through a multistage approach, and offered insight into both centralised and decentralised options.

Ammonia, which is a more stable method of transporting hydrogen, would arrive at the plant where it will be converted back into hydrogen through an endothermic equilibrium reaction requiring an external heat supply.

Producing 1 million tons of hydrogen per year, equivalent to approximately 3000 tons per day, would result in an approximate consumption of 20,000 tons of ammonia per day.

With the ongoing global efforts to decarbonise and meet emissions targets, the prospect of producing such a quantity of hydrogen is encouraging. 1 million tons of green hydrogen per year could reduce CO2 emissions by about 10 million tons, according to the Port of Rotterdam.

Furthermore, thanks to designs based on the exclusive use of carbon-free fuel, the plant would produce no CO2 emissions.

Centralised or decentralised?

Three plausible options for ammonia cracking were provided by the report, two of which were centralised, meaning the cracking would happen in one location, and one decentralised option which necessitates multiple locations and cracking facilities.

Of the two centralised options suggested, the only difference was in their ammonia offloading and storage solutions, one demonstrating that six locations could be utilised while the other includes storage at the cracking location.

A final option would consist of six decentralised ammonia cracker plant locations, each with its own ammonia offloading and storage facilities.

Despite asserting that the cost is considered roughly equal for centralised and decentralised options, the report alluded to the capital cost advantages to building a centralised plant with offloading and storage solutions at the same location. Currently, there isn’t much of cost discrepancy between cracking ammonia in multiple process trains at different locations, or in the same number of trains at one location.

However, due to advances in technology, a larger amount of ammonia can be cracked in one train, which in turn reduces the amount of process trains required.

This directly benefits the concept of having one central facility, as the increased levels of production would cause a proportionate saving in costs.

Ultimately, despite the substantial investment required to fund a large-scale industrial ammonia cracker, the report found that 80-90% of the cost of H2 production is due to the cost of ammonia feedstock.

The Port of Rotterdam will host the facility

In its investigations, the study explored the Port of Rotterdam as a base for the facility including storage, conservatively estimating the space requirement for the one million tons of hydrogen capacity to fall between 200,000m2 and 450,000m2 Safety considerations were largely resolved by previous studies commissioned by the Port of Rotterdam, which have determined that large amounts of ammonia can be imported, stored, and transported within the safety contours of the port.

Additionally, companies in the Harbour Industrial Complex (HIC) are experienced and skilled in their handling of various chemicals and dangerous goods.

Ammonia cracking is already gaining momentum throughout Europe

For Air Liquide, this venture would be the latest in their portfolio of similar projects. Earlier this year, the French industrial gas supplier announced the construction of an industrial-scale, ammonia cracking plant at the Port of Antwerp. Operations at the plant are projected to begin in 2024.

At the time, Executive Vice President Michael J. Graff said: “More than ever, the Group is committed to making hydrogen a key element of the fight against climate change, in particular for the decarbonization of heavy industry and mobility.”

In Germany, Aramco and Linde Engineering jointly announced plans to develop their own ammonia cracking technology. Based on a new catalyst developed by Aramco and the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, the ammonia cracking technology will be followed by a demonstration plant in northern Germany. Moreover, UK-based company AFC energy, a leading provider in fuel cell technology, recently announced a new ammonia cracking technology platform, with the hope of also overcoming challenges relating to hydrogen generation, storage, and transport.

Their cracker technology was accelerated in response to an increase in ammonia imports to Europe, in conjunction with the increasing need for the UK to address energy independence challenges arising out of the war in Ukraine.

INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS

HYDROGEN PROJECTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Chile

Glenfarne Energy Transition has announced the execution and launch of a collaborative agreement with Samsung Engineering to complete feasibility studies for multiple green hydrogen and ammonia projects in Chile.

It is part of Glenfarne’s recently announced Hydrogen Fuels Initiative, with Green Pegasus being the first project being developed as part of the agreement.

Green Pegasus will have up to 2GW of solar PV installed capacity and is estimated to produce 459 kilotons of green ammonia and 89 kilotons of green hydrogen annually.

Primarily, the project will focus on export to Asia, particularly South Korea and Europe, where Glenfarne maintains several business and commercial partners.

Speaking on this, Brendan Duval, CEO and Founder of Glenfarne Energy Transition, said there are: “Thrilled to be strategically collaborating with Samsung Engineering on hydrogen fuels projects that will be vital to advancing the energy transition in Chile, Asia, and Europe.”

Netherlands

A €3.0 million grant from the Dutch Government has been secured by BW Offshore, Switch2, MARIN, TU Delft and Strohm.

OFFSET, an industrial-scale floating green hydrogen and ammonia project, was selected by the RVO, part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs & Climate Policy in the Netherlands, for a grant under the Mission driven Research and Development or ‘MOOI’ scheme.

The project aims to demonstrate cost reduction in the production of green fuels and increase the competitiveness of hydrogen and ammonia as green fuels.

As part of the project scope, the partners hope to develop a floating hydrogen and/ or ammonia production and storage facility, which will be connected to a wind farm by 2027.

Hydrogen produced will be transported to shore using existing oil and gas pipelines, and the ammonia will be transported to end-users using shuttle tankers.

Norway

Recently, Nel announced growth in its revenue, operating income, and order intake. However, the company also disclosed substantial losses due to the negative impact of fueling and the low margins of its electrolyser projects. In the first quarter of 2023, the Norwegian company specialising in electrolyser manufacturing disclosed that its revenue and operating income amounted to NOK 359 million ($33.77 million), representing a 68% increase.

The company also revealed that it had received orders worth NOK 580 million ($54.53 million), with 96% of the total coming from electrolysers. This amount represents a significant increase of 105%.

Despite the positive financial results, Nel reported a negative EBITDA of NOK -121 million (-$11.37 million) for Q1 of 2023, which is an improvement from NOK -152 million (-$14.29 million) in the same period in 2022. According to Nel, this was primarily caused by significant losses in fuelling low-profit margins on electrolyser projects signed in 2020/21.

California

As hydrogen blending technologies are put to the test, the sector looks to grow the percentage that can be merged, Hydrogen Industry Leaders highlights how SoCalGas is collaborating with GTI Energy.

Many sectors need decarbonising but are hard-to-abate. Often, the solution to this is to blend hydrogen with existing gas networks and reduce emissions this way, but it has historically been at a lower percentage.

In recent news, SoCalGas and GTI Energy announced a collaboration in which they will study hydrogen blending and unlock the potential surrounding the concept. The study will look closely at commercial and industrial processes.

Looking closely at heavy equipment that may be blended up to 100%, there is a specific focus on end-users that aren’t looking to electrify their processes.

Project leaders GTI are supplying the technical expertise after SoCalGas was awarded $752,000 (€682,928) to fund it. They received additional grants of $1.77m (€1.6m), which the California Energy Commission approved last year.

Building the Hydrogen Economy

LONDON 20 2 3

The Radisson Hotel and Conference Centre, Heathrow

5 July 2023

Making the best use of existing infrastructure, ensuring final investment decisions are improved and building a future-proof hydrogen economy are integral aspects of building a secure hydrogen network. HIL London will explore how the UK is performing in all these areas and the opportunities in the region.

• How do we build a future-proof hydrogen economy?

• What type of infrastructure will the industry need to develop/retrofit?

• How do we boost the amounts of final investment decisions?

• What are the main bottlenecks, and how do we make the most of these opportunities?

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