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A selection of PtX topics summarized at the end of the week
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The large-scale hydrogen project “Moolawatana” in the Australian state of South Australia, announced at the end of last year, is being put on hold. The 
The reasons for this are risks in water supply and the associated permits, explained Terry Kallis, founder and CEO of Kallis Energy Investments Pty Ltd, on LinkedIn. A plant for the production of hydrogen was planned, the electricity from which would come from wind and solar power plants with a cumulative output of 6.000 megawatt hours. Kallis remains involved in the Murchison Hydrogen Renewables Project, which is to be built about 20 kilometers north of Kalbarri in the mid-west of Western Australia. Wind turbines with an installed capacity of 3,7 gigawatts and solar farms with an capacity of 1,5 gigawatts are planned as electricity suppliers. (Photo: LinkedIn screenshot)
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After a feasibility study, the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) gives the green light for the Innovation and Technology Center for Hydrogen (ITZ H2). The ITZ is provided with local 
The focus is decentralized and distributed across the four regions of Duisburg, Chemnitz, Pfeffenhausen as well as the northern location with Hamburg, Bremen/Bremerhaven and Stade. In Duisburg Compressed gas hydrogen applications with high energy requirements in heavy-duty transport on road and rail as well as in inland shipping are primarily investigated. At the locations Bremen/BremerhavenAccording to the Lower Saxony Ministry of Economic Affairs, aviation and shipping projects are being worked on in Hamburg, Hamburg and Stade. The ITZ Chemnitz location focuses on the vehicle powertrain, the fuel cell system, the fuel cell stack and their individual components for passenger cars, light commercial vehicles and rail vehicles. Pfeffenhausen focuses on the topic of tanks, drive integration and refueling of heavy commercial vehicles, cars and small aircraft. The ITZ locations are intended to create a development, research and testing environment especially for startups, founders and small and medium-sized companies. For this purpose, the BMDV is providing start-up financing of 290 million euros. (Photo: Cover photo of the BMDV feasibility study; click on it: download as a PDF with 20 pages)
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The Budget Committee of the German Bundestag has increased funding for the “Hydrogen and Mobility Innovation Center” (HIC) in Chemnitz by 12,5 million euros. 
This gives you that Hydrogen Competence Center now receives federal funding of 72,5 million euros. The THIS is being created with the participation of Chemnitz University of Technology on the South Technology Campus and thus in the immediate vicinity of the university. (Illustration: Plan of the HIC location © HZwo eV)
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The Saudi operator of electricity and hydroelectric power plants ACWA Power has started building a plant for the production of green hydrogen in the area of the future Neom model region in Saudi Arabia. With its completion, the kingdom will “become an important exporter” of the green energy source, reports the Saudi news agency.Zawya“. The investment costs for the first construction phase amount to 900 million dollars (838 million euros). According to earlier information, the facility will later be used by the Neom Green Hydrogen Company operated, a joint venture between Neom, ACWA Power and the US manufacturer of industrial gases Air Products & Chemicals Inc. Thyssenkrupp announced in December that the group had signed a contract to develop alkaline water electrolysis. The hydrogen produced is reportedly synthesized into carbon-free ammonia and exported by Air Products. According to plans, the finished factory will produce 650.000 tons of hydrogen and 1,2 million tons of green ammonia per day. The Vereinbarung Air Products and ACWA Power had already announced in July 2020 for a hydrogen-based ammonia production plant with an investment volume of around five billion dollars.
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Wind power company EDP Renováveis SA (EDPR) has reached an agreement with French green hydrogen producer Lhyfe SA under which the company, part of energy utility EDP Energias de Portugal SA, will supply renewable electricity for Lhyfe's hydrogen production projects. They both want more than that Company examine the joint development of projects and possibilities for further collaboration. EDP wants to build a production capacity of 2030 gigawatts in the area of renewable hydrogen by 1,5. The “H2BU” (H2 Business Unit) business area was created specifically for this purpose. Lhyfe has been listed on Euronext in Paris since mid-May. By 2030, the aim is to install a production capacity of three gigawatts for the production of green hydrogen. According to the information, the portfolio currently already comprises more than 4,8 gigawatts.
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TGS is investing $840 million in Vietnam's first green hydrogen production facility. Construction should begin in June, according to the news agency.Reuters” citing government sources. The Green Solutions Group Corp. (TGS) will build the facility in the southern province of Ben Tre. Trial operations could begin in the first quarter of next year.
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U.S. industrial gases manufacturer Air Products & Chemicals Inc., the Sultanate of Oman's oil and chemicals group OQ and Saudi power plant operator ACWA Power signed an agreement to develop a plant to produce ammonia-based green hydrogen in Oman. The "Joint Development Agreement” (JDA) 
reportedly involves a “multibillion-dollar investment.” The signing follows a declaration of intent from December 2021. The project is to be built in the Salalah Free Trade Zone in Oman. The production facility remains equally owned by the project partners. No details were given. (Photo from left to right: Seifi Ghasemi, Chairman, President and CEO of Air Products, Mulham Al Jarf, Chairman of OQ, and Mohammad A. Abunayyan, Chairman of ACWA Power © ACWA Power)
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