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PROJECTS UPDATE
ASIA-PACIFIC
Yara, Kyushu Electric Power
explore clean ammonia
collaboration in Japan
Yara International ASA and Kyushu
Electric Power Co. will collaborate to
establish clean ammonia supply chains
in Japan to reduce CO2
emissions at
Kyushu's thermal power generation plant
in Kyushu Area, Japan.
The companies aim to jointly develop
a clean ammonia (blue and green
ammonia) end-to-end supply chain to
Kyushu's coal thermal power generation
plants and to develop a receiving and
distribution system of clean ammonia
for usage in a wide range of fields
around the Kyushu region.
Japan targets 3 MMt of ammonia
import demand for fuel by 2030 and
30 MMt by 2050 as part of its measures
to cut CO2
emissions and reach carbon
neutrality by 2050. Blue ammonia is
derived from a carbon-capture-andstorage
(CCS) process, while green
ammonia is produced using H2
from carbon-free renewable energy
as feedstock.
NORTH AMERICA
Nikola, OPAL to construct
H2
fueling stations and
infrastructure
Nikola Corporation and OPAL Fuels
LLC have entered into an MOU for the
development, construction and operation
of H2
and the use of renewable natural gas
(RNG) in H2
fueling stations in North America
production. Under this
strategic engagement, Nikola and OPAL
Fuels intend to co-develop and co-market
H2
refueling infrastructure to accelerate
the adoption of heavy-duty zero-emission
fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs).
The initial focus of the collaboration is
on developing the infrastructure required
to more safely and reliably serve the needs
of large private fleets that utilize their own
dedicated property fueling infrastructure
" behind the fence. " Nikola and OPAL
Fuels will also identify and evaluate
opportunities to establish public access to
H2
stations. This collaboration will combine
Nikola's proposed FCEV bundled lease
offer, which will include Nikola's FCEVs,
vehicle service, maintenance and H2
fuel
supply, with OPAL Fuels' experience in
developing, constructing, and operating
SOUTH AMERICA
Waste-to-H2
project slated for Caribbean
Ways2H Inc. and VALECOM intend to transform up to 9,000 tpy of Martinican
waste into renewable H2. This first project between the two companies will focus
on H2 production for power generation on the island, with possible applications
for clean mobility solutions including municipal buses in the future.
In Martinique, one of the largest waste streams is the plastic bags used to
protect the island's main export product, bananas. The island uses 3,000 t
of these plastic films every year, which cannot be reused, making it an ideal
feedstock for Ways2H's waste-to-H2
waste, including plastics and furniture with an additional 8 tpd, once the
infrastructure is fully operational after an 18-mos construction period.
Ways2H's modular reactors sit onsite, recycling all types of waste-from
agricultural, to plastics, sewage sludge, MSW and other refuse-in a carbon-neutral
process that converts the waste into a gas and extracts pure H2
. The primary
applications of Ways2H's process are fuel for FCEVs and power generators.
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process. Ways2H intends to replicate similar
waste-to-energy units on other Caribbean islands.
Under the partnership, Ways2H will initially process 24 tpd of mixed commercial
sourced
heavy-duty truck fueling stations to
deliver a complete solution.
In addition, both parties plan to
leverage OPAL Fuels' growing portfolio
of RNG supply to cost-effectively reduce
the carbon intensity of H2
supplied by
Nikola at the station, to meet customer
sustainability objectives as they begin to
transition to zero-emission vehicles.
Under their MOU, Nikola and OPAL
Fuels intend to initiate beta projects with
select customers. The parties intend
to also develop best practices and
standards for H2
refueling station design
and protocols allowing for safer, more
reliable, scalable, and lower total cost of
ownership for the transportation market.
MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA
Oman, Belgium to cooperate
on green H2
production
The two countries have signed an
MOU to strengthen cooperation related
to the Hyport project in Duqm, Oman,
supporting the cooperation efforts of
companies in Oman and Belgium, and to
build an international alliance to produce
and import green H2
to Belgium and its
neighboring countries.
The MOU also stipulates the
implementation of green certification
standards for the electricity grid,
in addition to interaction between
universities, scientific research institutions
and the private sector in both countries
with the aim of training, educating,
exchanging students and promoting
research and development.
HYPORT Duqm is a joint initiative
of OQ Alternative Energy and DEME
Concessions of Belgium. In phase one of
the project, a 250 MW-500 MW green H2
facility will be developed in the Special
Economic Zone at Duqm. The facility is
planned to begin operating in 2026.
The project will be connected to the
Port of Duqm's export terminal, storage
infrastructure and liquid jetties and will
use the Port of Duqm as its gateway to
deliver decarbonized molecules to users
worldwide.
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