Middle East

Aramco and Air Products Qudra (APQ) announced that Aramco has completed the acquisition of a 50% equity interest in the Jubail-based blue H₂ industrial gases company (BHIG).

WasteFuel and ITC have announced a partnership to commence the FEED on a green methanol biorefinery located in Ankara, Turkey—the first green methanol facility in Anatolia and one of the largest of its kind in the world.

Ballard Power Systems announced a multi-year supply agreement from Manufacturing Commercial Vehicles (MCV), a leading commercial vehicle manufacturer based in Egypt, for fuel cell engines totaling approximately 5 MW.

In this mini-series, Hydrogen Economist takes a deep dive into the global H₂ value chain. Part 1 provides a forecast of global H₂ demand, as well as capital spending and active project developments.

Addressing global net zero ambitions will require a wide range of solutions from across industries, governments, and communities. The H₂ industry is emerging as an important part of the solution set, particularly in hard-to-abate industries that account for a notable percentage of global emissions.

Hysata has announced a new agreement with ACWA Power to deliver commercial scale demonstrations of its high-efficiency capillary-fed electrolysis technology (using only 41.5 kWh of electricity to produce one kilogram of H₂) in Saudi Arabia.

ACWA Power, a Saudi-listed company and the world's largest private water desalination company, a pioneer in green H₂, and a leader in energy transition, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the German company SEFE Securing Energy for Europe.

ACWA Power has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Snam to explore collaboration and joint investments to establish a supply chain of green H₂ to Europe.

Sungrow Hydrogen has signed a supply agreement with ACME Group and will provide water electrolysis hydrogen (H₂) production equipment for the 320-MW green ammonia project in Oman.