Winning projects in the second round of the EU Hydrogen Bank auction have been announced. Requesting production subsidies similar to first round winners, fifteen renewable hydrogen projects will be funded over ten years, including two ammonia projects led by IGNIS in Spain. A third auction round is set to launch later this year.
Phase 1 of Envision’s project – with an annual ammonia production capacity of 300,000 tons – is set to come online very soon. Envision will begin offering certified renewable ammonia to both international and domestic markets from Q4 2025.
InterContinental Energy’s new hydrogen production technology, the P2(H2)Node system, colocates hydrogen production within wind and solar farms, lowering Capex and increasing efficiency through minimising expensive electrical transmission infrastructure.
BASF has launched a new renewable ammonia product to its customers. The product launch comes shortly after the company deployed a 54 MW PEM electrolyser at its Ludwigshaven manufacturing site for renewable hydrogen production.
In our May Episode of Project Features, OQ Alternative Energy Dutco joined us to discuss progress on SalalaH2, a renewable ammonia export project under development on Oman’s southwestern coast. Technical specifications, shared infrastructure, and further decarbonization of existing OQ assets at Salalah were explored.
Adani Energy Solutions has had a $330 million transmission project approved that will supply power to its renewable hydrogen and ammonia project in Mundra, Gujarat. The first phase of the Mundra Green Hydrogen Hub will feature 1 million tons per year hydrogen production capacity, with ammonia to be utilized for coal co-firing, marine fuel, exports, and as a substitute for current feedstock imports into India.
John Cockerill will provide its pressurized alkaline electrolysis technology, and partner with Vietnam-based The Green Solutions to develop the 182,000 tons per year Tra Vinh ammonia production project.
More than half the awarded funding goes towards ammonia, including GW-scale projects led by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and Moeve. IGNIS has also won funding for its maritime fuel-focused project in Coruña.
27 low-emission hydrogen projects have been shortlisted for funding by the UK’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, including Statkraft’s marine ammonia fuel project in Shetland. The UK government has also confirmed that it will exempt electricity used in electrolysis from the Climate Change Levy - one of fourteen policy recommendations from the authors of the Splitting the Difference roadmap to reduce the price of producing electrolytic hydrogen in the UK by 58%.