Project Management

Primary Hydrogen Corp. announced execution of an Option Agreement with Power One Resources Corp. (Power One) to acquire a 75% interest in the Wicheeda North project in British Columbia.

The World Hydrogen Summit saw a pivotal keynote from Werner Ponikwar, CEO of thyssenkrupp nucera, as he delivered a candid and sobering assessment of the green H₂ industry’s present state and future potential.

This initiative aims to demonstrate the safety and diverse applications of H₂ as a dependable source of electricity, focusing on Questa, NM, Penasco, NM, and the Town of Taos.

The facility, located at Fife College’s Levenmouth Campus, will train over 100 Gas Safe registered engineers this year, equipping them with the green skills needed to safely convert homes from natural gas to H₂.

Toyota Motor North America (Toyota) reaffirmed its commitment to a hydrogen society, introducing hydrogen-related plans, investments and debuting new fuel cell technologies and products.

HYCO1, Inc. and Malaysia LNG Sdn. Bhd. (MLNG) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the potential utilization and conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) into chemical and fuel products, setting new standards for sustainability and innovation. The carbon capture and utilization (CCU) project will be in Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia. 

IMI is supplying a 4-MW PEM electrolyzer to the SARPOM Refinery in Trecate, Novara, Italy operated by IP Gruppo API.

The state of Bahia in northeastern Brazil has signed a significant early-stage agreement with GoVerde Energia to develop a large green hydrogen-powered industrial park, involving an estimated $1.6 B investment in hydrogen, methanol, ammonia production and solar power infrastructure. 

The hydrogen trains will serve eight stations on the Mühldorf (Upper Bavaria) – Tüßling – Burghausen non-electrified route, which is 32.3 kilometers long. Deutsche Bahn (DB) will build an electrolysis plant in Mühldorf that will be 100-percent powered by green electricity.   

Hidrogenii, the joint venture (JV) between Plug Power Inc. and Olin Corporation, announced the commissioning of its 15 metric tons per day (tpd) H₂ liquefaction plant in St. Gabriel, Louisiana.

Like most construction megaprojects, processing projects have scaled up in complexity while offsetting that complexity using tools such as computer-aided design (CAD), building information modeling (BIM) and project management software. The bad news for the processing industries is that complexity has been outpacing the implementation of productivity tools—however, this may be about to change.

Mitsubishi has agreed to participate in a demonstration project for the development of a H₂-based fluidized bed fine ore reduction process and electric smelting furnace as a strategic partner of Primetals Technologies, along with Rio Tinto and voestalpine.